OTC Podcasts (Luke): Recent Episodes

Olive Tree Congregation

These are podcasts of teaching and testimonies from the Olive Tree Congregation in Prospect Heights, IL.

The deadly consequences of smug unbelief

Jesus' parable about the shrewd steward sheds light on how we can invest in that which has eternal rewards

The prodigal son - or, more accurately, the parable of three sons.

(52) Luke 14:25-35 - Put Yeshua First

(51) Luke 14:1-24 - Adjust Your Attitudes

Jesus loves us passionately and wants to care for us, but will we let Him?

Jesus shows what His kingdom is like now, giving hope for bigger things to come.

What do we do when the cost of following Jesus seems too highly a price to pay?

What can we learn from how Jesus handles the Pharisees?

(42) Luke 11:14-36 - Stand and Gather

What can we learn from Jesus teaching His disciples to pray?

(39) Luke 10:25-37 - Good Samaritan Kills

When your priorities are wrong like Martha's, it's time to sit down with Jesus like Mary.

What can we learn from Jesus sending out the 70 disciples?

Jesus requires the He be our priority.

What is the significance of Jesus' transfiguration?

(36) Luke 9:37-50 - Need Assessment

Is Jesus' demanding discipleship program worth going all in?

How does Jesus' question to his disciples about who He is impact what we tell others about who Jesus is?

What do we do when Jesus asks more from us than we do?

What can we learn from how Jesus sent out His disciples?

Jesus is the game-changer when all hope appears to us to be lost.

Jesus casts out demons from a man. What can we learn about how Jesus can heal our insanity?

What can we learn from Jesus' response to a dangerous storm?

Jesus explains the parable of the soils.

How can we know if we're part of Messiah Jesus' family?

Jesus teaches on the love that arises from knowing how much we are forgiven and who to look to for that forgiveness.

How can our expectations about Jesus prevent us from seeing the truth about Jesus?

What can we learn from Jesus' raising to life the widow's dead son?

A gentile centurion get's Jesus' highest praise.

Jesus explains the importance of being His disciple.

Looking forward to the reward in store for those who are Messiah can help us to love fearlessly, just as God loves.

Happy are those who learn to count loss as gain and gain as loss.

How can Jesus' choosing His apostles give us hutzpah?

Yeshua gives us a new look at obedience.

Why do people either love or hate Jesus' message?

Jesus' response to the paralytic teaches us that we need to trust Dr. Yeshua'diagnosis of our problem and His prescription for the cure.

What does Jesus' cleansing of the leper teach us about our relationship with God and how we, too, can be cleansed from our sin?

Making Jesus' passion our own

What are we to learn from Jesus' miracles?

What is the significance of Jesus' sample sermon recorded by Luke?

What can we learn from Jesus' temptation by Satan?

Luke reveals that just as Adam was the representative of people who brought judgement and death to us all, Jesus is the representative of people who offers forgiveness and life to us all.

What was the contex and content of John the Baptist's message?

What does Jesus' first spoken words reveal about the Messiah's mission and what our message should be?

Who is the real source of our comfort?

Is our hope in our merit or God's mercy?

How do we feed our faith so that we can respond to God's will for us the same way Mary did.

Sometimes doubt infects the best of us.

(01) Introduction to the Book of Luke