Sermons

Journey to Jerusalem

It’s helpful to read the Gospel of Luke a travel narrative: something like Kerouac’s On the Road or Steinbeck’s Travels with Charlie, except Jesus wasn’t out seeking adventure, or spiritual enlightenment. Jesus was on the road to die. All of Luke points toward this end, his entry into Jerusalem and his eventual death and resurrection. This is the point of the story, and the closer we get to Jerusalem, the more clearly we get to see Jesus. Perhaps it’s a little like a Bob Ross painting. I loved watching his PBS painting show because he would start with what seemed to me to just splashes and splotches on the canvas (a happy little tree here, and a happy little bush there), and as the show went on, the picture gradually began to take shape. As Jesus gets closer and closer to Jerusalem he reveals more to his disciples about his identity and his mission. We hope you'll join us on the road to Jerusalem as we look together at the Gospel of Luke.