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St. Andrew UMC Podcast
THE POLITICS OF JESUS - "The Jubilee Revolution" (Luke 4:16–30) - Rev Mark Feldmeir - September 7, 2025

St. Andrew UMC Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 30:28


Current Sermon Series The Politics of Jesus: Following Christ Beyond Left and Right September 7 – October 12 In our polarized world, Christians often feel pressured to choose between political tribes. But Jesus offers a third way that transcends partisan divisions. This series explores how Christ's kingdom values challenge both conservative and progressive assumptions, calling us to a higher allegiance. We'll examine how Jesus' cross dismantles systems of domination, how his economics challenge both capitalism and socialism, and how his community of disciples embodies a new social order. Rather than baptizing political ideologies, we'll explore how the gospel can shape our civic engagement, finding unity in Christ while navigating complex social issues with wisdom, grace, and prophetic imagination and courage. September 7 | The Jubilee Revolution • Luke 4:16–30 September 14 | The Way of the Cross • Mark 8:31–38, Luke 9:51–56  September 21 | A New Social Order • Acts 2:42–47, Acts 4:32–37 September 28 | The Powers and Principalities • Ephesians 6:10–20, Colossians 2:13–15 October 5 | Revolutionary Subordination • 1 Peter 2:13–25, Romans 13:1–7 October 12 | The Politics of the Table • Luke 14:7–24, 1 Corinthians 11:17–34

Impact Church with Travis Hearn
Episode 140: Freedom From Familiar

Impact Church with Travis Hearn

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 50:16


What if the greatest barrier to your breakthrough… is what you've grown too used to? In this soul-stirring message, Freedom From Familiar, Guest Pastor Darrison Tellez unpacks a powerful moment from Luke 4, where Jesus returns to His hometown—not to comfort the crowd, but to confront their complacency. Though He reads the scroll proclaiming liberty, healing, and freedom, the people reject Him. Why? Because what becomes familiar often becomes dismissed. With piercing insight, Pastor Darrison exposes how the sin of familiarity can rob us of reverence, how church can become a chore instead of a joy, and how the enemy distorts our perception—making captivity feel like liberty, and true liberty feel like a burden. Through scriptures like John 8:36 and Galatians 5:1, we're reminded: freedom is not a feeling—it's a promise. But you have to fight to keep it. You have to resist the pull of old patterns, daily deny yourself, and choose the altar—not just for others, but for you. This is your wake-up call to stop circling the same mountain and step boldly into the freedom Jesus died to give you. It's time to break the chains of the familiar—and walk in the power of the Spirit.

Every Nation Baptist Church
Luke 4:30-42, The Authority of Jesus Christ

Every Nation Baptist Church

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 43:19


Join as Pastor John continues our series in the book of Luke 

Grace Monroe Podcast
Good News for All Pepole Luke: 4:14-30

Grace Monroe Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025


Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | Luke 4:38-44

Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 1:43


After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,and they interceded with him about her.He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.She got up immediately and waited on them.At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him.He laid his hands on each of them and cured them.And demons also came out from many, shouting, "You are the Son of God."But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speakbecause they knew that he was the Christ.At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,they tried to prevent him from leaving them.But he said to them, "To the other towns alsoI must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,because for this purpose I have been sent."And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

Downtown Church: Memphis, TN
What is the Gospel? (Luke 4:18-21) - Sir Gregory Thornton

Downtown Church: Memphis, TN

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 30:36


August 31, 2025Main Idea: The gospel is the proclamation of hope to the broken and a challenge to the forces that oppress.

St Gabriel Catholic Radio
Damascus Daily Prayer Lab – Luke 4: 38-44

St Gabriel Catholic Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 5:00


Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | Luke 4:31-37

Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 1:43


Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.He taught them on the sabbath,and they were astonished at his teachingbecause he spoke with authority.In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon,and he cried out in a loud voice,"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?Have you come to destroy us?I know who you are–the Holy One of God!"Jesus rebuked him and said, "Be quiet! Come out of him!"Then the demon threw the man down in front of themand came out of him without doing him any harm.They were all amazed and said to one another,"What is there about his word?For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,and they come out."And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.

St Gabriel Catholic Radio
Damascus Daily Prayer Lab – Luke 4: 31-37

St Gabriel Catholic Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 5:00


Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, Luke 4:31-37

Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 3:01


Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLuke 4:31-37They were all amazed and said to one another,"What is there about his word?For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,and they come out."And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.

Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella
Monday, September 1, 2025 | Luke 4:16-30

Daily Catholic Gospel by Tabella

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 2:48


Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,and went according to his custominto the synagogue on the sabbath day.He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captivesand recovery of sight to the blind,to let the oppressed go free,and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.Rolling up the scroll,he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.He said to them,"Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing."And all spoke highly of himand were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.They also asked, "Is this not the son of Joseph?"He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb,'Physician, cure yourself,' and say, 'Do here in your native placethe things that we heard were done in Capernaum.'"And he said,"Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.Indeed, I tell you,there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijahwhen the sky was closed for three and a half yearsand a severe famine spread over the entire land.It was to none of these that Elijah was sent,but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.Again, there were many lepers in Israelduring the time of Elisha the prophet;yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."When the people in the synagogue heard this,they were all filled with fury.They rose up, drove him out of the town,and led him to the brow of the hillon which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong.But he passed through the midst of them and went away.

St Gabriel Catholic Radio
Damascus Daily Prayer Lab – Luke 4: 16-30

St Gabriel Catholic Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 5:00


Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, Luke 4:16-30

Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 4:31


Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary TimeLuke 4:16-30"Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."

Trinities
podcast 391 – Jesus’ Temptations and Ours – Part 1 – Luke 4

Trinities

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 38:48


Jesus' temptations were custom-made for the Messiah.

You're not alone!
Episode 411: Episode 411 : The Liberty Bell rang for freedom : Luke 4:18-19

You're not alone!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 10:49


The inscription on the Liberty Bell says: “Liberty throughout the land, onto all the inhabitance thereof”. And yet earthly circumstances and situations do not look like freedom. Spiritually though we can have liberty. Listen and be encouraged. Copyright, Dave Andrus 2025

Every Nation Baptist Church
Luke 4:14-30, Jesus Preaches His Calling in His Hometown.

Every Nation Baptist Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 51:59


Join us as Pastor preaches in Luke 4:14-30, on Jesus Preaches His Calling in His Hometown.

Every Nation Baptist Church
Luke 4:1-13, Jesus Goes into Battle Part 2

Every Nation Baptist Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 46:24


Join as Pastor John continues our series in the book of Luke

St.Peter's Free Church Sermons
Sunday 17th August 2025 (PM) Rev Will Lind on Luke 4:1-15

St.Peter's Free Church Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 30:49


Sermons from our Sunday Services at St.Peter's Free Church, Dundee

Every Nation Baptist Church
Luke 4:1-13, Jesus Goes Into Battle

Every Nation Baptist Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 45:05


Join as Pastor John continues our series in the book of Luke

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Jackie Hill Perry
August 14 (Esther 1–2; Psalm 40; Luke 4)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Jackie Hill Perry

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 14:44


❖ Follow along with today's reading: www.esv.org/Esther1–2;Psalm40;Luke4 ❖ The English Standard Version (ESV) is an 'essentially literal' translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. ❖ To learn more about the ESV and other audio resources, please visit www.ESV.org

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood
SAS Chapel: Luke 4:31-44

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 25:00


Program for 08/14/2025 SAS Chapel: Luke 4:31-44

ABP - King James Version - Blended Mix - January Start
Day 226: 16 Nehemiah 1-2; 19 Psalms 95-96; 42 Luke 4

ABP - King James Version - Blended Mix - January Start

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 15:47


16 Nehemiah 1-2; 19 Psalms 95-96; 42 Luke 4

ABP - World English Bible - Blended Mix - January Start
Day 226: Nehemiah 1-2; Psalms 92-94; Luke 4

ABP - World English Bible - Blended Mix - January Start

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 15:49


Nehemiah 1-2; Psalms 92-94; Luke 4

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood
SAS Chapel: Luke 4:14-30

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 25:00


Program for 08/13/2025 SAS Chapel: Luke 4:14-30

Calvary Chapel Gateway | Midweek
Guest Speaker: Ryan Meza | Luke 4:1-13

Calvary Chapel Gateway | Midweek

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 57:01


ABP - King James Version - One Hour A Day - April Start
Day 117: 20 Proverbs 22-23; 29 Joel 3; 30 Amos 1-8; 19 Psalms119 1-88; 42 Luke 4-6

ABP - King James Version - One Hour A Day - April Start

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 64:37


20 Proverbs 22-23; 29 Joel 3; 30 Amos 1-8; 19 Psalms119 1-88; 42 Luke 4-6

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood
SAS Chapel: Luke 4:1-13

Abiding in Christ w/ Jim Wood

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 25:00


Program for 08/12/25 SAS Chapel: Luke 4:1-13

Georgia Plain Baptist Church
Catch of the Day | Luke 4.42 - 5.10

Georgia Plain Baptist Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2025


Let's Read the Gospels with Annie F. Downs

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ABP - King James Version - One Hour A Day - January Start
Day 221: 20 Proverbs 17-18; 24 Jeremiah 32-36; 19 Psalms 39-43; 42 Luke 4-6

ABP - King James Version - One Hour A Day - January Start

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2025 66:21


20 Proverbs 17-18; 24 Jeremiah 32-36; 19 Psalms 39-43; 42 Luke 4-6

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
Day 220: Prophecy Fulfilled (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 24:35


Fr. Mike points out that the prophecy from Isaiah 61 is fulfilled by Jesus (as described in Luke 4). In Ezekiel, Fr. Mike draws our attention to the importance of the Sabbath as the sign of the covenant with God. The readings are Isaiah 61-62, Ezekiel 20, and Proverbs 13:13-16. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

CPC New Haven Podcasts
The Power of the Word, the Presence of the King | The Sunday Sermon | Rev. Craig Luekens | Luke 4:31 - 5:11

CPC New Haven Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 39:34


"The Power of the Word, the Presence of the King"Luke 4:31-5:11Rev. Craig Luekens7.27.25visit cpcnewhaven.org

New Hope Daily SOAP - Daily Devotional Bible Reading

Daily Dose of Hope August 6, 2025   Scripture - Luke 4:31-44   Prayer:  Holy God, We come before you today in humility and awe.  You are a good God.  You, who put the stars and planets in motion, also created us.  You care about the most minute details of our lives.  You have numbered the hairs on our head.  Thank you for loving us.  Thank you for caring so much.  Help us be put even a small reflection of your love toward those around us.  More of you and less of me, Jesus.  Amen.   Welcome to the Daily Dose of Hope, a deep dive into the Gospels and Acts.  Today is Recharge night in the Garage at 6:30pm.  Hope to see you there for fellowship, worship, prayer, and small community.   Today, we finish up Luke 4.  Jesus is now fully involved in his public ministry.  He is demonstrating the Kingdom of God with his teaching and healing.  In Capernaum, his chosen home, he heals a man possessed by an evil spirit.  He then heals Simon Peter's mother-in-law, and a whole slew of other people who come to him.  There were demons who Jesus casts out and they declare out loud that Jesus is the Son of God.  Jesus quickly rebukes them.  My guess is that it wasn't yet time for people to know him as Messiah.  There was still so much to do.   I want us to notice something.  After Jesus does all this healing, he goes to a solitary place.  Jesus gives us this great pattern of doing work/ministry and then having solitude with his Father.  No matter how busy Jesus is, he still seeks time alone to pray.  The lesson here for us is that the busier we are, the more we need to seek the Father!  We need times of quiet with God.  Every single one of us.   At the bottom of chapter 4, Jesus reiterates his purpose.  He says this in verses 43-44, But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent. And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.  That is why he was sent.  We touched on this yesterday.    I want to say once again that what Jesus was saying was radical.  He was saying that the Kingdom of God is here and he represented the Kingdom. He embodied the Kingdom.  He represented a new way of doing life, demonstrating the reign of God.  So everything he did–all his miracles, his teachings, all his parables---they were all intended to show what the Kingdom of God was like, what the new way of being human was all about.   Why did Jesus feed people? Because in God's Kingdom, in the kind of world that God always intended for us to have, there is no hunger.  Thus, it was only natural for Jesus to feed people. In God's Kingdom, there is no sickness, so Jesus healed people. In God's Kingdom, there is no discrimination, so he elevated the status of those who were rejected by society. He ate with the people that everyone else hated–the tax collectors and the prostitutes–because in God's Kingdom, every single human life has value.   In God's Kingdom, there is justice, mercy, and love. Thus, Jesus offered acceptance. He offered LOVE in everything he did, ultimately giving up his life in the greatest act of love in the history of the world. In everything he did, from the time he sat on the steps and read the scroll from the prophet Isaiah to the cross through the resurrection, all of these give us a picture of the Kingdom of God, the world that God intended, a world in which there is reconciliation, healing, beauty, and wholeness.   I'm sorry to harp on this but I want everyone to see how Jesus' ministry was not just about getting individuals right with God. That's part of it, definitely, but the good news of the Kingdom is more than “you can go to heaven when you die.” It's “you can be reconciled to God now. You can live under the reign of Christ and live life abundant.” Yes, Christ came to ensure individual salvation but it was one part of something much bigger. By dying on the cross and being raised from the dead, there was final victory over sin AND the barrier between heaven and earth was broken for good.  N.T. Wright writes, “The resurrection completes the inauguration of God's Kingdom...It is the decisive event demonstrating that God's Kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven.”   Okay, I've probably rambled enough for one day.  I can talk about the Kingdom for hours, fair warning for future devotionals.   Blessings to all of you, Pastor Vicki    

New Hope Daily SOAP - Daily Devotional Bible Reading

Daily Dose of Hope August 5, 2025   Scripture – Luke 4:1-30   Prayer:  Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.   Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional and podcast that complements the New Hope daily Bible reading plan.  We are currently doing a deep dive into the Gospels and Acts.  Today, we begin Luke 4.   The chapter starts with Jesus being led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit.  There, he was tempted by Satan for forty days.  Luke goes into a fair amount of detail here.  The devil tempts a fasting Jesus by telling him to turn rocks into bread.  The devil promises Jesus that he will offer him the whole earth if he will just bow down and worship Satan, but Jesus refuses.  He also encourages Jesus to put God to the test.  Just like the baptism, this is part of Jesus' preparation for public ministry.    Remember, Jesus was both fully God and fully human.  There is mystery here; with our human brains, we struggle to wrap our brains around this truth.  I certainly do.  It's in the wilderness experience that we can see Jesus' humanity.  He is truly tempted.  But he stays in line with God's will.  In his baptism, he has made a public declaration that he will obey God's will for his life.  And he stays true to that, even when tempted by the devil and his schemes.    I grew up in Christian traditions in which we didn't talk much about the devil.  I think people were kind of scared to talk about it.  In my previous denomination, there was definitely a wishy washiness about belief in Satan and demons.  If you didn't believe in a real devil, they were fine with it.  While they could not deny evil, which is a force that is obviously very strong, they were definitely hesitant to make firm statements about the source of that force.   After almost twenty years in ministry, I don't see how anyone who reads Scripture and lives out the Christian walk can deny the existence of a real Satan.  God has an enemy who is at work against him and against us.  References to Satan/the devil/the enemy are found throughout the entire Biblical narrative.  At least a quarter of Jesus' ministry dealt specifically with the conflict between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of darkness.  We are going to see all of this play our as we walk through the gospels.  Jesus was God with flesh on and he came to crush Satan under his feet. What Jesus experienced in the wilderness was spiritual warfare and as we look at this narrative in other gospels, we will see how Jesus uses Scripture, God's Word, in response to everything the devil threw at him.  He emerges from the wilderness victorious and ready to start preaching and teaching God's message of redemption, reconciliation, and love.    Jesus also gives us a great example of how to stand up against the enemy's tactics in our world.  We don't need to be scared but be prepared.  There isn't a demon lurking in every corner, but the world is full of evil and evil beings.  Be ready to proclaim God's Word, that is the only offensive weapon we have.  Keep following Jesus, stay faithful, but be prepared for opposition.    The next part of the passage moves into Jesus standing on the steps of the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth.  Let's start with some background to help us understand the significance of this moment.  Our God is a God of mission. His mission from the beginning was to redeem his world and restore it to its intended purpose. We see throughout scripture how God's plan unfolds. First, he pours himself into the nation of Israel, revealing his character, shaping a new kind of people. But, if you've read the Old Testament, you know what happens. Israel repeatedly disobeys God and eventually rebels against God until there is no turning back.  At this point, it seems like all is lost.    But at just the right time, God speaks through the prophets and the next part of his mission begins to unfold. He says, “It may seem like things are hopeless now but they aren't because someday, I'm going to send someone who will restore the people of Israel to me. This person will be a light to the Gentiles, and will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth and it will be obvious once more that your God reigns.” And then 600 years after that prophecy in Isaiah, once again in God's perfect timing, his mission becomes more full and complete through the person of Jesus Christ who fulfilled this promise of reconciliation and “making things right again.”    That's where we are pick up in the scripture passage for today.  It's early in Jesus' ministry and he begins to reveal his mission.  Jesus reads scripture from the prophet Isaiah, scripture that those present would have been quite familiar with.  But Jesus does something extraordinary after that.  He says, The Scripture you've just heard has been fulfilled this very day.     Jesus is saying, “Guess what, guys? I am the long-expected redeemer. I am the one who came to fulfill the mission of God. To put things right, GOD SENT ME!” This would have caused a bit of shock.  But Jesus doesn't stop there.  He begins to tell them how the Jews have traditionally rejected the prophets.  They haven't recognized God's sent people, even when face to face.  Here they are, face to face, with the Son of God, the Messiah himself, and they don't recognize him at all.    But this only angers them and it seems that they may even try to throw Jesus off the cliff.  But Jesus walks right through the crowd, totally unscathed.   I like to think of this text as Jesus' mission declaration.  But what exactly did God send Jesus to do?  What was his mission?  This is the critical question for us.  In American Christianity, when we think about why Jesus was sent, we tend to say “to die on the cross so we can have eternal life.” That is certainly part of the reason (and it's really, really important but it's incomplete. It's not the whole story.)   In tomorrow's reading, we will hear Jesus say, I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent. Jesus was sent to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom of God.  And just a review, what is the Kingdom of God?  The Kingdom of God is anywhere that God reigns and his values are at work, anywhere where the world is working in the way that God always intended it to work. This means the Kingdom of God is present when values like justice, mercy, forgiveness, hope for the poor and oppressed, compassion, righteousness, are lived out by God's people.   What we need to understand is how radical and revolutionary this was at the time.  Jesus is saying that the Kingdom of God had arrived. He represented the Kingdom. He represented this new way of doing life, this new way of being human, a way of doing life that demonstrates the reign of God. And everything Jesus did–all his miracles, all his parables---were intended to demonstrate the Kingdom.    More tomorrow.   Blessings, Pastor Vicki

CPC New Haven Podcasts
When Jesus Seems Too Hard to Believe or Too Good to Be True | The Sunday Sermon | Rev. Jerry Ornelas | Luke 4: 14-30

CPC New Haven Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 42:44


"When Jesus Seems Too Hard to Believe or Too Good to Be True"Luke 4:14-30Rev. Jerry Ornelas7.20.25visit cpcnewhaven.org/podcasts

The Commons Church - East Lansing
Luke 4:1-13 | The Testing of Jesus

The Commons Church - East Lansing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 31:12


Shea Prisk continues The Best Sermon Ever Series.

Narwee Baptist Church Podcast, Sydney, Australia
Liberation and rejection (Luke 4:14-44)

Narwee Baptist Church Podcast, Sydney, Australia

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 38:05


Ange Gratsounas pm - Narwee Baptist Church

Creekside Park City
08.3.25 I am not what I have (Luke 4 5:8)-Gordy

Creekside Park City

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 35:34


The Hour of Intercession
Reading Through the Word of God Ps. 37-4:3, Luke 4:14-5:21 (ep. 440)

The Hour of Intercession

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 48:15


Together On Mission
Racism | Luke 4

Together On Mission

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 12:00


Welcome to the Daily Disciple Podcast. As daily disciples, we seek to adore and follow Jesus, our teacher, into the abundant life that he offers. Because we find Jesus irresistible, fascinating, and incredibly practical, we want to be students of his scripture. Today's episode is found in Luke 4: "Racism"

Anchor Baptist-Dayton Ohio
The Opportnity Of a Lifetime - Luke 4. 16-20 - Pastor Mike Elliott

Anchor Baptist-Dayton Ohio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 65:57


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Let's Read the Gospels with Annie F. Downs

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Trinity Reformed Church Podcast
Healed to Serve (Luke 4:31-44) - Brian McLain [Sermon]

Trinity Reformed Church Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 28:56


This is July 13th's sermon in which Brian McLain calls you to reflect on how you respond to the marching orders God gives. When He heals and blesses you, do you show that kind of mercy to others? Brian and his lovely wife Denise were born and raised in Florida. They have been blessed with six beautiful daughters who fill their home with boundless joy and entertainment. Brian has degrees in Theology and Electrical Engineering and spent 20 years in the Power Industry. The McLains love to sing, dance, read, cook and play games, and they cherish the opportunities they get to serve and host others in their home. Trinity Reformed Church is a CREC church in Huntsville, AL seeking to extend and unite the Kingdom in the Huntsville area. Check out our website, Facebook or YouTube!