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Today we conclude our series on King Saul realizing how far he had fallen from his faith.  We see that in Saul’s most desperate hours, he fails to repent and truly seek the Lord. We learn that a pattern throughout life is hard to change, even at the end of life.

Today we continue our series on King Saul by seeing that he could not let go of the past. Even though David had done no wrong to Saul, the king harbored a resentment that he carried throughout his life.  That unnecessary burden of resentment ruined his life, the lives of his family and loved ones, and nearly cost Israel its land.

Today we look at the third major problem in King Saul’s life, JEALOUSY. We will see that there is good and bad jealousy in life, but that Saul was consumed by the wrong kind. We will see what caused Saul’s jealousy and how to avoid it in our own lives, so that we DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME.

Today we continue our series on King Saul by seeing the first of his faults that we don’t want to follow.  Saul doesn’t seem to understand or appreciate his relationship with God, and he is only partly committed.  He reminds us of many people today.

Today we begin a new series from the Old Testament — a break from Luke for five weeks. In this study, we will look at the life of King Saul.  He was a man with great potential. Unfortunately, he took God’s gifts and misused them.  Saul’s problem was not his many failures, but how he dealt with those failures.

In Today’s message we conclude the series Elements of Faith.  We have seen the various pathways of trust people have taken in response to who Jesus is.  Now, let’s challenge ourselves to respond to Jesus in a way that parallels the faith expressed by one sinful woman.  From her story we can know that Jesus forgives us when we express our love for him from our hearts.

In the beginning of Luke’s gospel, John the Baptist proclaimed the coming of the Messiah. Now, John has a question.  Of all the lessons in this series on faith, today’s may be the most penetrating. What happens when our faith in Jesus does not produce what we expect?  Today we consider steps of wisdom to follow when we are confused about how God is working.

Our faith may grow directly out of our understanding who God is.  In today’s account, Jesus acted out of a heartfelt compassion which reflects His divine nature.  The demonstration of power over death was birthed through Jesus' compassion toward a needy widow.  In seeing His response to her need, we will see that through great mercy God has done the same for us.

Today we look at a very popular topic that the world seems to misunderstand about Christianity.  Jesus teaches us not to be condemning, but to be discerning.

Today we come to an easier passage to understand, but much more difficult to implement.  We continue the “heart of hearts” of Kingdom teaching, and realize that this “loving enemies” command may be the toughest for Christians to obey.

Today we begin our third series in the Gospel of Luke by seeing THE HEART OF JESUS’ MINISTRY.  In this series, we learn what Jesus is all about and we see Him become more proactive in Kingdom teaching.  In this first study, we see that He can’t do anything for “righteous people” but only for those who know themselves to be sinners.