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Luke: The Law of Mercy

The Law of MercyMarch 15, 2026 • Greg Pinkner • Luke 6:27–42In Luke 6:27-42, the “Sermon on the Plain,” Jesus challenges both Roman and Jewish ideas of morality by teaching something radically different: love your enemies. His commands to bless those who curse you, give to those who take from you, and do good even to those who hate you would have sounded shocking and even immoral to people shaped by cultures built on power, justice, and religious self-righteousness. Jesus goes further than simply telling people not to do evil; he calls them to actively show kindness and generosity even toward their enemies. In doing this, he exposes the reality that human hearts are not truly loving or merciful and that no one can meet God’s standard of perfect righteousness on their own. The message ultimately points to the gospel: because we cannot achieve perfect love or mercy ourselves, salvation comes through Jesus Christ, who fulfilled righteousness for us and offers God’s mercy and grace to all who believe.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Luke: This Changes Everything

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Luke: Something New

Something NewMarch 1, 2026 • Devon Accardi • Luke 5:27–39, Luke 6:1–11In Luke 5:27–6:11, Jesus introduces something radically new: God’s kingdom breaking in. Jesus calls Levi, a tax collector, out of his old life and then sits at a table with the tax collectors and sinners, insisting he came like a doctor for the sick—inviting the needy, not congratulating the self-righteous. When the Pharisees push back with their religious expectations, Jesus answers that his presence is like new wine that requires new wineskins, meaning grace can’t be contained inside an old framework of rule-keeping and performance. He then confronts Sabbath legalism by declaring himself Lord of the Sabbath and healing a man in the synagogue, exposing hearts that care more about staying “right” than restoring what is broken. Communion Sunday then served as a tangible reminder that Jesus has brought a new covenant of mercy, forgiveness, and rest for anyone who will come.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

Luke: The Healing of a Sinner

The Healing of a SinnerFebruary 22, 2026 • RD McClenagan • Luke 5:17–31Luke wrote his Gospel to Theophilus so he could move from partial knowledge about Jesus to deeper certainty, and in that sense Luke was written not to us but for us. Reading the Gospels is an invitation to encounter Jesus personally and be led from doubt into confident relationship with him. Discipleship is pictured as Jesus meeting us where we are and then steadily drawing us from the shallow end into deeper waters, often addressing deeper needs than we recognize. In Luke 5, friends lower a paralyzed man through a roof expecting physical healing, but Jesus first forgives his sins to show that the deepest healing is spiritual restoration with God. Jesus then heals the man’s body to prove his authority to forgive, pointing ahead to the cross—like the lifted bronze serpent in Numbers 21 fulfilled in John 3—calling us to look to Christ not merely for relief but for heart renovation and life with God.WEBSITE: https://fellowshipknox.org/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/fellowshipknox/

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