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20260419 Luc 11, 14-36 Répondre à Jésus

Pour beaucoup d’entre nous, la vie est un véritable tourbillon. Nous sommes tiraillés dans toutes les directions. Nous sommes accaparés par le travail, les études, l’éducation des enfants, des situations sociales complexes, des mariages difficiles, des problèmes de santé, des parents vieillissants ou des histoires d’amour à l’école. Ces situations exigent notre attention immédiate et nous avons rarement l’impression d’avoir le temps de nous investir dans notre relation avec Dieu. Nous aimerions pouvoir accorder de l’importance à notre foi, mais nous ne parvenons pas à trouver le temps. Pour d’autres d’entre nous, le problème n’est pas le temps, mais l’intégrité intellectuelle. Avant de pouvoir suivre Jésus, nous avons besoin de réponses. Tant que nos questions n’ont pas trouvé de réponse satisfaisante, nous ne pouvons pas suivre Jésus avec intégrité. Nous nous disons peut-être que si seulement nous recevions un signe de Dieu, nos doutes disparaîtraient et nous croirions. Que nous soyon...
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20260419 Luke 11:14-36 Responding to Jesus

For many of us, our lives are crazy. We feel a pull from many directions. We are busy with work, education, parenting, complex social situations, hard marriages, health problems, aging parents, or romance at school. These situations require our immediate attention so some of us feel like we do not ever have time to invest in our relationship with God. We wish we could value our faith more, but we can't seem to find the time. For others of us, our problem is not time but intellectual integrity. Before we can follow Jesus, we need some answers. Before our questions are answered satisfactorily, we cannot follow Jesus with integrity. We may tell ourselves that if only we got a sign from God, then our doubts would disappear and we would believe. Whether we are overwhelmed by our life circumstances or struggle intellectually with Jesus, Luke 11:14-36 is for us. Luke 9-19 is Luke’s Travel Narrative from Galilee to Jerusalem. This travel narrative serves as a discipleship manual teachi...
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20260405 Ésaïe 25:6-9 – Il anéantira la mort pour toujours

Le dimanche de Pâques, ou dimanche de la résurrection, les chrétiens célèbrent l'événement le plus important de l'histoire du monde. La résurrection du Christ est le point culminant de son ministère terrestre. Le Christ a été ressuscité pour notre justification et pour inaugurer la nouvelle création. Aujourd'hui, la résurrection est le fondement de toute espérance lorsque les chrétiens souffrent dans cette vie. La résurrection est importante car elle a été le point culminant du ministère terrestre du Christ. Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, s'est fait homme. La vie du Fils de Dieu incarné est marquée par son état d'humiliation et son état d'exaltation. L'état d'humiliation du Christ commence avec son incarnation. Il est né dans des conditions modestes. Ses parents ont fui en Égypte et ont vécu comme des réfugiés lorsqu'il était bébé (Matthieu 2). Jésus a grandi et a été rejeté par sa famille, qui pensait qu'il avait perdu la tête (Marc 3:21). Son peuple l...
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20260405 Resurrection Sunday Sermon: Isaiah 25:6-9 – He Will Swallow Up Death Forever

  Introduction The Importance of the Resurrection On Easter Sunday, or Resurrection Sunday, Christians celebrate the most important event in the history of the world. I want to offer three introductory reflections on the importance of the Jesus’ resurrection. First, the resurrection of Christ is the climax of his earthly ministry. Second, Christ was raised for our justification and to inaugurate the New Creation. Third, the resurrection is the basis for all hope when Christians suffer in this life. The resurrection is important because it was the climax of Christ's earthly ministry. Jesus, the Son of God, became a human being. The life of the incarnate Son of God are marked by his state of humiliation and his state of exaltation. The state of humiliation of Christ begins with his incarnation. He was born in humble circumstances. His parents fled to Egypt and lived as refugees when he was a baby (Matt 2). Jesus grew and was rejected by his family, who thought he was out of...
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20260315 Luke 9:51-10:24 The Mission of Jesus

 Luke 9:51 marks a shift in the narrative of Luke's Gospel with the phrase, “He set his face to go to Jerusalem.” In the three synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, a similar shift occurs. The Gospel writers begin by presenting the person and works of Jesus, but once Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, Jesus turns the attention to his death in Jerusalem. After this shift, Luke's Gospel is different from Matthew and Mark. The transition from Galilee to Jerusalem takes one chapter in Mark and two chapters in Matthew, but 11 chapters in Luke. Luke 9:51-19:27 is called Luke’s Travel Narrative. It includes all the famous stories that do not occur in the other Gospels. They include the Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, Lazarus and the Rich Man, The Persistent Widow, and The Pharisee and the Tax Collector in the Temple. With this extra material, Luke turns Jesus' journey to Jerusalem into a discipleship manual. Luke's Travel Narrative teaches us about living as a fo...
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