Many things are going through my mind today. It’s my 12 year wedding anniversary today. I got married in the year of the Golden Dragon, Feb 2000, and apparently that is a super lucky year that only comes up once every 60 years. Right before we got married, Jackie and I were going through a […]
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2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt4 of 4)
1) Religion is about what you know. Love is about what you do. 2) Religion is reasonable and it doesn’t cost much. Love is full of interruptions and it’s costly. 3) Religion is about justifying oneself. Love is demonstrated by showing mercy to another. 29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt3 of 4)
So that completes our bird’s eye view of the life of Jesus. Now with that as the context, I think we are ready to tackle the parable of the Good Samaritan. Let’s read the text. Luke 10:25-37. Tying in the bird eye’s view of Jesus’ life, I want to end with 4 brief observations. And […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 4)
v45 is a weird verse. Luke 9 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it. Of course, this was a prediction of the cross where Jesus would die for their sins. And we […]
2012 Vision – The Life of Jesus and the Good Samaritan (pt1 of 4)
On New Year’s Day, not many of you were here, but we talked about the vision for LBC in 2012. What are we going to be about? What are we going to focus on? I mentioned last time that when choosing a vision statement or a mission statement or whatever you want to call it, […]