Christ Church Bentonville

A Real Man, The Real Son of God (Luke 3:23-38)

Jesus is a real man.  He is the real son of God.  And our hope is not in anyone or anything other than Him.  He alone saves us from our sin, transcends our differences, and unites us.

The Way Has Been Prepared (Luke 3:1-22)

"While the people were called to prepare for God’s salvation, it was God who was preparing salvation for them (and us) in a special person (the Lord Jesus)." - Darrell Bock

Truly God, Truly Boy (Luke 2:41-52)

In our faithful defense of Christ's divinity, we sometimes slight his humanity.  This sermon was given by Aaron Raines, our Ministry Intern.

The Early Days (Luke 2:21-40)

This text isn’t as romantic or sentimental; it’s definitely not as sensational as the previous text.  But it is just as important.

Good News of Great Joy (Luke 2:8-20)

Christmas is about “Good News of Great Joy”.  Oh how the shepherds needed good news, and so do we.

The Time Had Come (Luke 2:1-7)

Christ set His glory aside so that He could draw near to us, dwell with us, as one of us, for us.

The Benedictus (Luke 1:57-80)

John’s message would be one of repentance and forgiveness of sin.  That’s because the deliverance the Messiah would secure was so much more than political and social; it was spiritual.

The Magnificat (Luke 1:39-56)

Mary’s song should be our song because we are recipients of God’s mercy, we are Abraham’s spiritual offspring, to use Paul’s language from Galatians, and there is no greater thing He could do for us than what He has already done for us in and through Christ.

Nothing is Impossible with God (Luke 1:26-38)

If God could bring life from a barren womb, he could bring life from a virgin womb.  Nothing was impossible for him.  Nothing was beyond his reach.  Everything was under his purview. 

His Word Will Be Fulfilled (Luke 1:5-25)

Luke begins with a story that leaves us with a choice. "Will we believe God and His Word or not?"

That You May Be Certain (Luke 1:1-4)

It doesn’t take much for us to wander away into more man-centered plans of salvation that all make more of us and our ability and less of our sin, less of our need, and less of Christ.  So, we need to be reminded on a regular basis that this redemptive plan is true.  So, we are going to study the Gospel of Luke, because this is exactly why he wrote it.

The Gospel is Enough (Romans 1:16-17)

The Gospel was enough for Paul, it was enough for Luther, it is enough for us today.