A Message for All

The Parables of Jesus in Luke's Gospel

The Parables of Jesus in Luke's GospelJesus told parables to help his audience imagine a reality other than the one that they took to be normative and to respond to it by having a change of heart and seeking a closer relationship with God. That reality is the Kingdom of Heaven. As children perhaps our early lessons on the parables led us to think of them as little morality stories, the lesson of which is "be good and you will be rewarded." Now it is time for us to hear the good news of the parables, the message of God's extravagant grace.

We are invited into the topsy turvy reality of the kingdom in which those who serve and are treated as lowly or shameful or insignificant by the world are blessed and valued by God. We are shown a world in which the categories of neighbour and enemy or family member and outcast become meaningless, a world in which it is possible to imitate God and share abundance rather than hoard what the world deems valuable. 

Phil Jenkins

All services in this series:

Title Description
How the Kingdom Comes 04 May - Morning Service - 11:15am - Owen Brown - Luke 13:18-30
Excuses, Excuses 11 May - Morning Service - 09:30am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 14: 15-24
How the Kingdom Comes 11 May - Morning Service - 10:00am - Owen Brown - Luke 13:18-30
Excuses, Excuses 11 May - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 14: 15-24
Excuses, Excuses 18 May - Morning Service - 10:00am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 14:15-24
Lost and Found 25 May - Morning Service - 09:30am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 15:1-10
The Hardest Saying of Jesus 25 May - Morning Service - 10:00am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 14:25-35
Lost and Found 25 May - Morning Service - 11:15am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 15:1-10
The Greatest Story Jesus Told 01 Jun - Morning Service - 09:30am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 15:11-32
Lost and Found 01 Jun - Morning Service - 10:00am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 15:1-10
The Greatest Story Jesus Told 01 Jun - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 15: 11-32
Managing your money 08 Jun - Morning Service - 09:30am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 16:1-15
The Greatest Story Jesus Told 08 Jun - Morning Service - 10:00am - Tim Wilson - Luke 15:11-32
Managing your money 08 Jun - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 16:1-15
Rags and Riches 15 Jun - Morning Service - 09:30am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 16:19-31
Managing your Money 15 Jun - Morning Service - 10:00am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 15:11-32
Rags and Riches 15 Jun - Morning Service - 11:15am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 16:19-31
Prayers God Hears 22 Jun - Morning Service - 09:30am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 18:1-17
Rags and Riches 22 Jun - Morning Service - 10:00am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 16:19-31
Prayers God Hears 22 Jun - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 18:1-17
The Rejected King 06 Jul - Morning Service - 09:30am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 19:11-27
Prayers God Hears 06 Jul - Morning Service - 10:00am - Tom King - Luke 18:1-17
The Rejected King 06 Jul - Morning Service - 11:15am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 19:11-27
The Final Warning 13 Jul - Morning Service - 09:30am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 20:9-19
The Rejected King 13 Jul - Morning Service - 10:00am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 19:11-27
The Final Warning 13 Jul - Morning Service - 11:15am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 20:9-19
The Final Warning 20 Jul - Morning Service - 10:00am - Dave Gobbett - Luke 20:9-19
Questions and Answers 20 Jul - Morning Service - 10:30am - Phil Jenkins - Luke 20:20-40

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Preparing for God

Preparing for GodOn Sunday evenings we are looking at the book of Amos. The message of this book is basically to declare the impartiality of God. God plays no favorites. He makes no allowances for one person that he will not make for others as well. There is no such thing as being God's fair-haired boy. 

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