The Real Problem Wasn't in the Tree
We love to make the wrong thing the problem. In Jericho, the crowd thought Zacchaeus was the issue: his height, his corruption, his tree. But Jesus saw deeper. The real problem wasn’t in the tree. This week, our nation reels from violence and division. It’s tempting to pin our brokenness on one person or group, like Charlie Kirk, Democrats, Trump, or Hillary. But the gospel won’t let us. The real problem isn’t in the tree. It’s in the crowd. It’s in us. And the real hope isn’t found in any crowd at all. It’s in Christ, who still calls people by name and brings salvation home.
Series Information
Terry proclaims the one Gospel through the history, research, rememberings and faith expressed in the text of the Gospel According to Luke. Jesus himself is the good news expressed by Luke. Beginning with the birth narratives unique to Luke's presentation, the good news of the Kingdom explodes into faithful view as each account, teaching, parable and event lived out and offered by Jesus, the Messiah-King, is examined the way Luke seemingly examined Jesus in his own work. Here we find a Jesus to love, a Jesus to follow, and ultimately a Jesus to worship.