Luke: For the Love of Money (Randy)

We haven’t spent much time on this topic over the years, yet Jesus focused on it often. In fact, he warned his disciples far more often about money than he did about sex.  This is especially true in Luke chapters 16-18 where he speaks very directly about the risk money poses.  In this lesson, we explore how money deceives us, how it puts us in danger, and how God helps us deal with it.

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Luke: Godly Life vs. Worldly Life (Chris)

The pace of Jesus' teachings picks up as he travels his road to Jerusalem.  Luke presents a rapid-fire series of encounters and parables in the middle chapters of his Gospel.  Collectively, these help to explain the nature of God, of God's Kingdom, of Jesus' role as the Messiah, and our role as Christ's disciples.

This week's lesson focuses on a series of teachings directly applicable to the challenges of affluent, "First World", 21st century, American life.  How do we live in the world but not be of the world?  How can we be stewards of wealth, influence, and opportunity in ways that are pleasing to God?  What does faith require of our time, our talent, and our treasure?

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Luke: Be True - Avoiding Hypocrisy (Randy)

We often think of Jesus as meek and mild, but he criticized the religious leaders of his time for their strict adherence to the moral code while ignoring love, mercy, and justice.  He warned his disciples and the crowds that followed him to “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,” by which he meant, “beware of their hypocrisy.”  While his disciples weren’t religious leaders (yet!), he took the time to warn them against the insidious tendency for hypocrisy to sneak into their lives.  Why was he so ardently against hypocrisy? What harm does it do? And how do we avoid it ourselves?  We tackle these questions and more in this lesson.

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