Do you practice partiality? This message is the last of the teaching of the parable started in “take the lowest place.” In this final segment of the parable, we are taught to look at ourselves to see if we show partiality. What are our motives for...
Is your hospitality driven by pride? After, confronting the pride of the Pharisees’ guests and teaching them a lesson in humility, Jesus turned his attention to his host. Following the same teaching, ‘to be exalted one must first be humble and...
Pride brings embarrassment. A continuation of Take the Lowest Place. Travis teaches how having a humble spirit shows wisdom, but to learn wisdom and learn to be humble we must fear God. Proverbs 9:10, states “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of...
A lesson in humility. The Pharisees invited Jesus and His disciples for a meal on the Sabbath. Jesus finds Himself in an unfriendly environment that He turns into an opportunity to glorify God. He is going to show the Pharisees and scribes love by...
Why do some people follow Jesus while others do not? Have you ever wondered why the disciples, the Pharisees, and Judas Iscariot all saw the same things in the life of Jesus; witnessed all the miracles, heard the same teaching, the same parables...
The Bible is eyewitness testimony about Jesus. Travis takes us on a bit of an overview of the book of Luke, pointing out that the disciples were privileged to actually spend one-on-one time with Jesus, a little over 2000 years ago. Jesus confirms...
Can we trust God? In the midst of learning about Jesus’s rejoicing, Travis is teaching us about the Trinity and the doctrine of election. If you’ve ever had questions when you hear the term “Triune God” or if you are confused about the doctrine of...
Jesus is fully God and fully Man. For us to really comprehend this passage correctly it is vital that we believe that Jesus is both man and God. It is important to understand how Jesus understands Himself, when it comes to the nature and the plan of...
Jesus has reasons to rejoice. After Jesus encouraged His disciples with knowledge that they should rejoice because their names are written in heaven, that they are kingdom citizens, He immediately turns to His Father in prayer and begins His prayer...
Jesus rejoices in who God is. This section of scripture is the only place where we get to look on as Jesus rejoices in God, His Father. And what we are going to see through Jesus is that he anchors His cause for rejoicing in the character of God...