Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
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March 2, 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
Book: Gospel of Luke
Study Guide
Proclaiming the Kingdom
An Orderly Account:
Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 9:1-9
Introduction:
Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy stumbled into a frozen country called Narnia, buried under the eternal winter of the White Witch. After supper with Mr. & Mrs. Beaver, they want to know what can be done to turn back the evil in the land and Mr. Beaver says, “It’s no good, Son of Adam, no good your …
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February 23, 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
Book: Gospel of Luke
Study Guide
Jesus is Never Late
An Orderly Account:
Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 8:40-56
Introduction:
I love being able to share my location from my phone. Have you ever tried it? It sends a miniature map to anyone you want and in the center of that map is a little blue dot representing your location. As you move, the dot moves, allowing friends of family to track your position.
That way, …
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February 16, 2026
STUDY GUIDE
The Power & Compassion of Christ
An Orderly Account:
Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 8:22-39
THE TEXT
One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out…
INTRODUCTION:
“Is God really there? Does he care that I’m suffering?”
When Luke recorded the life of Jesus, he wrestled with the same …
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February 9, 2026
Luke 8.1-21 Study Guide
A Parable on Parables
An Orderly Account:
Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 8:1-21
The Text
Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God….
Introduction:
Jesus constantly told stories called parables. Today we’re looking at the parable of the Sower. It’s always the first parable in the gospels, and most importantly: it’s a parable that teaches …
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January 19, 2026
STUDY GUIDE
Loving Jesus
An Orderly Account: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 7:36-50
The Text
One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table… (Luke 7:36-50)
Introduction
The question this text presses on every one of us is: How do we grow in love for Jesus? Not how do we manufacture more emotion, or try harder to feel passionate, or …
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January 12, 2026
The Noble Task 1 Tim 3 – Study Guide
The Noble Task
Elder Selection Process 2026
1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-5
The Text
The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not …
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January 5, 2026
Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
Topic: Doubt, Fear, Gospel of Luke, Impatience, Jesus, Luke, Rejection, Stubborn
Book: Gospel of Luke
STUDY GUIDE
The Scandalous Jesus
An Orderly Account: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Luke
Luke 7:11-35
The Text
11 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him…
Introduction
Luke’s gospel shows us that responses to Jesus are always divided. One crowd presses in to hear him preach, while another rolls their eyes. Why show us the various responses …
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December 22, 2025
Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
Topic: Ascension, Christology, Exaltation, Resurrection, Session
Christ: His Exaltation
Who is Jesus?
The Doctrine of Christ
Introduction
We’ve spent weeks answering one question: Who is Jesus?
Last week we studied the state of Christ’s humiliation: incarnation, suffering, death, and descent into hades. This week, we consider the state of Christ’s exaltation: resurrection, ascension, and session.
The story of Jesus does not end in the tomb, but neither does it end on Easter Sunday. The resurrection of Christ is only …
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December 22, 2025
Speaker: Jonathan Homesley
Topic: Christ, Death, Descent, Humiliation, Incarnation, Suffering
Christ: The State of Humiliation
Who is Jesus?
The Doctrine of Christ
Introduction
Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be
I dream I move, I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could be like Mike
Like Mike
Oh, If I could be like Mike
Be like Mike, be like Mike
On August 8, 1991, the greatest commercial launched about the greatest basketball player of …