Click here to listen to this lesson. In today’s lesson we will look at the world’s favorite verse. However, once we properly understand what Jesus is teaching, we will find that it does not mean what many think this verse means. Judging Others (6:37-38) In the last lesson, Jesus left us with a very important [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. After teaching the disciples and the crowd about who is blessed and who will receive woes, Jesus continues his teaching about what the people of God do and how the people of God act. What Jesus is commanding is rightly called the hardest commandment. Love Your Enemies (6:27) [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. Apostles Selected (6:12-16) Jesus is about to make an important decision. The decision is so important that Jesus goes out to a mountain and prays all night to God. When the day comes, Jesus calls his followers and chooses twelve of them. He calls them “apostles.” The word [...]

Click here to listen to this lesson. The Bridegroom (5:33-39) In the last lesson we noticed the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law complaining that Jesus was eating with tax collectors and sinners. Luke records another complaint about Jesus and his disciples. The complaint is that John’s disciples fast often and the disciples of [...]

Introduction: The gospels do not all record the same stories concerning Jesus. There are some stories that are unique to particular gospels. I would like to spend some time this year looking at some of the unique stories of Jesus, stories that we often do not spend time studying because these stories do not occur [...]