love neighbor
Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love Neighbor (pt3 of 3)
Love for neighbor is when you love others practically the same way you love yourself. Put yourself in the shoes of this half dead man. What if that was you? You were traveling and out of nowhere you got mugged, beaten up and that was you bleeding on the side of the road. How would […]
Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love Neighbor (pt2 of 3)
Now that we explored the relationship between the greatest commandment–love God–and the second greatest commandment–love neighbor, that is, love for neighbor is a pretty good indicator of our love or lack of love for God, the natural question that follows is, who is my neighbor? Let’s turn back to our main text–Luke 10:25-37. In Luke […]
Three-Part Series on Vision 2013 – Love Neighbor (pt1 of 3)
Please turn your Bibles to Luke 10:25-37. Last week, we talked about 3 resolutions based on the Greatest Commandment and the Great Commission that I believe apply to all Christians. The 3 resolutions are: 1) Love God 2) Love Neighbor 3) Make Disciple We focused on loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and […]
Matt 14 – Being Compassionate During the Holidays (pt1 of 3)
Christmas is coming, and for the college students, this is your last Sunday until next year. So I wanted to give you one final message going into the holiday season. Jackie calls me Scrooge because I really don’t care for Christmas. That sounds weird. How can a pastor not love the birthday of Jesus? That’s […]
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 […]