by Justin Marple | Mar 21, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 23:26-49 shows us the death of Christ on the cross. The death of Christ is something many would consider one of the greatest tragedies of history. Here was a man who had done nothing deserving of death being killed in the most excruciating way ever invented. ...
by Justin Marple | Mar 17, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 23:1-25 tells us about the trial of Jesus before Pilate and Herod. Luke quotes Pilate’s words saying that Jesus is not guilty four times and implies there was at least one more time that he said it. Thus Pilate does not want to go along with the religious...
by Justin Marple | Mar 10, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 22:66-71 may seem like a short passage but it is in dialogue with Luke 20:41-44 and Luke 22:53 and the surrounding context of those verses. A power struggle between the religious leaders of Israel and Jesus comes to a head with the trial of Jesus. And it is...
by Justin Marple | Mar 3, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 20:20-26 has the famous answer of Jesus to the question, “Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?” with “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” But the main...
by Justin Marple | Feb 24, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Luke for Lent, SERMONS
Luke 20:9-19 includes a parable that still catches people today. Many religious leaders live today as if it were the gospel truth that God is dead. And many identify with those leaders and live that way themselves. In the parable, the tenants were the religious...
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