A Message for All
The Parables of Jesus in Luke's Gospel
Jesus 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.
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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