Jesus First Sermon
This week’s Bible Story Jam was produced with the folks at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. As their website describes, “Redeemer Lutheran Church’s 100-year story continues to unfold as our diverse community worships and serves together reflecting the kingdom of God on earth. Our congregation’s deep impulse is towards a dynamic, impactful ministry through the development of authentic, transformational relationships and open doors with the surrounding community.”
What I really appreciated in their discussion of Jesus’ first sermon as recorded in Luke 4:14-30 (up this week in the Narrative Lectionary and split across Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 in the Revised Common Lectionary) was an honest questioning of three things: a) where is the power and freedom Jesus promises today, 2) what is it about Jesus’ promises that make the crowds so mad, and 3) who is Jesus really talking to – the folks back then or maybe, just maybe, the folks listening today.
For more information about the Bible Story Jam project, you can look back to our original post. Thanks, as always, to Ben Cieslik and Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Luther Seminary’s Working Preacher, The Lilly Endowment, and this week especially the good people of Redeemer Lutheran.
Bible Story Jam – Luke 4:14-30 from Ben Cieslik on Vimeo.
This is the first time that I have been to this site and I Praise God that He put it before me. I am writing a sermon for Sunday, Luke 4:21- 30 and have been asking myself the same question. I have now hear the answer that Jesus is speaking to me.