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In a series of verbal skirmishes with religious leaders, Jesus showed who we are and how we should live as the image of God and children of the resurrection.

Because they questioned and rejected Jesus' authority, the chief priests were removed from their post and replaced by others from all the nations.

As Jesus finally approached Jerusalem, he admonished the leaders and affirmed his mission.

It's one thing to say we believe, another to demonstrate it with what we do with our possessions and our abilities.

In a series of encounters, Jesus showed the way to enter the kingdom of God.

People asked Jesus about when and where the kingdom of God would come, but Jesus focused on the fact that it's already present and how we should live until the end.

Faith is the means by which we are saved, obey God, and forgive our brothers and sisters.

While the Old Testament is still valid, we also have the message of the one who was raised from the dead.

In a surprising parable, Jesus taught his disciples to be shrewd in our money management to produce eternal benefits.

In one of Jesus' most famous parables, he taught us that the only proper response to a son being dead and coming to life again is celebration.

Jesus told more parables to show that the kingdom of God is free to enter but demands everything.

In his teachings on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus announced the great reversals that the kingdom of God produces among the first and the last, and the exalted and the humbled.

Jesus combined a warning of judgment with a demonstration of the liberating power of the kingdom of God.

With parables and warnings, Jesus told everyone in his day and ours to be ready for the coming of the Son of Man.

Jesus told his disciples how to handle not only adversity, but also prosperity, both of which require faith in God.

As opposition grew toward Jesus, he anticipated that it would reach his followers as well and prepared them for how to live without fear.

Jesus' scathing denunciation of the religious leaders exposed their hypocrisy and challenges us to let his light shine on ours.

Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.

Jesus told his followers what to pray and why to pray, so let's pray and keep on praying!

While the Parable of the Good Samaritan is well known, it is easy to miss its shock value, its subtle surprises, and its connection to Mary's listening at Jesus' feet.

As he traveled toward Jerusalem, Jesus sent out 36 missionary teams and made provision for many more, because then, as now, the harvest was plentiful, but the workers, few.

Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.

While Peter correctly identified Jesus as God's Anointed, the disciples still had much to learn about the Anointed's work and what it means to go after him.

In preparation for the time when he would not be with them, Jesus began to give the disciples on-the-job training in evangelizing and showing compassion. (Because of a tech problem, we couldn't get into our building today, so we worshiped outside on the patio, and this audio recording is less clear than normal.)

Two stories combine to show how Jesus has power to make people whole again and to call us to believe his words.

The demons revealed that their only purpose is to destroy, while Jesus demonstrated his power to heal and restore.

In a boat journey across the lake, Jesus showed himself to be an exhausted human and almighty God.

The Parable of the Soils describes the division caused by Jesus' preaching and urges us to hear his word well to receive more and more.

During a dinner at a religious leader's house, a sinful woman crashed the party and gave Jesus an opportunity to teach about big forgiveness and big love.

From prison, John the Baptist sent to ask Jesus if he was the coming one. Jesus answered by demonstrating that in the kingdom of God, mercy precedes judgment.

In encounters with a powerful man and a destitute woman, Jesus showed the authority of his word over sickness and death.

Probably the most difficult of Jesus' commands is for his disciples to love our enemies, following what he already did for his enemies to make us his friends.

Happy are those who have the kingdom of God, even if they lack much on earth, and the most pitiful are those who do not have the kingdom, even if they have abundance for a short time now.

In a series of controversies with the religious leaders, Jesus revealed the nature of the Kingdom of God and how he would bring it to the world.

In three related episodes, Jesus demonstrated his authority to forgive our sins.

Having defended himself from the devil's temptations, Jesus went on the offensive as the one anointed to deliver people from sin and oppression.

As the second Adam and the faithful Israel, Jesus resisted temptation and so can help us when we are tempted.

In the next pair of sections about John and Jesus, Luke reported that the Word of God came upon John, and the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus.

The extraordinary events in Jerusalem and the mundane events in Nazareth reveal Jesus' uniqueness and his ordinariness.

We need to look again at the familiar story of Jesus' birth to see the many connections with past promises and their coming fulfillment.

John's birth and Zechariah's prophecy pointed to the greatest manifestation of God's mercy ever.

Although the son of Elizabeth would be great, the son of Mary would be even greater!

The opening of Luke's narrative about Jesus helps us know for certain the things we have learned about Jesus.

While David rejoiced in being rescued from an untimely death, his words pointed to his descendant who would experience an untimely death but be rescued from the grave.

The ideal king's marriage to the ideal bride not only teaches us about marriage but also about the relationship between God and his people.

God's creation shows forth his majesty and the majesty of humanity and of the Son of Man.

Starting the day by focusing on the LORD orients the entire day toward him.

Although the nations are constantly in rebellion against the Lord, he has established his Son as King over the whole world.

The first psalm describes the two ways to live and their results.

These two psalms teach us to ask our soul why it is downcast and to answer it with the only hope in life and death.

The imprecatory (cursing) psalms point to the triumph of God's justice through judgment or salvation.