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            <title><![CDATA[The Old Testament Points to Jesus]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Parenting is full — and faith conversations can sometimes get put on the back burner. The Connected Family discipleship podcast is here to make it simple. Each week, you and your family will listen to a short recap of Stonebrook’s Sunday School lesson and given three meaningful questions to help your family talk about God’s Word together. Whether it’s around the table or on the go, these moments of connection can help your kids see that faith isn’t just for Sundays — it’s for everyday life, together.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jesus is Our Rescuer (Luke 2)]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Parenting is full — and faith conversations can sometimes get put on the back burner. The Connected Family discipleship podcast is here to make it simple. Each week, you and your family will listen to a short recap of Stonebrook’s Sunday School lesson and given three meaningful questions to help your family talk about God’s Word together. Whether it’s around the table or on the go, these moments of connection can help your kids see that faith isn’t just for Sundays — it’s for everyday life, together.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 24 – The Resurrection:  From Suffering to Glory]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Though Jesus’ own disciples were highly skeptical that he actually rose from the dead, they were persuaded when they saw him and when he proved from the Scriptures what they should have already seen and believed.  This Sunday we will read about what is arguably the most important event in history: the resurrection. We’ll discover some powerful implications for us in our daily lives, such as addressing our doubts and our source for truth.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 23:26-56 – The Love of God on Display]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2022 21:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 22:66-23:25 – The Trials of Jesus and the Wisdom of the Crowds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:22:31 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This week we come to one of the most confounding scenes in the gospel narrative, Jesus’s trial before the Jewish Council, Pilate, Herod, and the Crowds. We see Jesus rightly identified as The Son of God, the Messiah, the King of the universe. We see him falsely accused of crimes he did not commit. We see him acquitted by both Jewish and Roman political authorities. But we see him taken away by the crowd to be murdered.  In all this we get a glimpse into our own sinful hearts, and marvel at Jesus’s mission to save the world.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 22:39-65 – Triumphing Over Temptation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Today’s passage contains the story of how three individuals responded to temptation. One response was catastrophic (Judas), one grievously disloyal (Peter), and one heroic (Jesus). We’ll look at Jesus’ heroic triumph over temptation and seek to learn how we can prepare ourselves to endure temptation. For there will likely be times when Satan will demand to sift us like wheat.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 22:1-38 – The Betrayal of the Son]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SERMON POWERPOINT Sunday, July 31, 2022  Brad Barrett Luke 22:1-38 The Betrayal of the Son The setting from the text of Scriptures this morning is just hours before Jesus is crucified.  Brutally murdered.  A more unjust treatment the world has never seen. But it’s no surprise, for Jesus had previously told the disciples that this day was coming. Luke 9:22 ESV “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, […]]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 21 – The Coming Destruction]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2022 23:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In his account of Jesus’s entry to Jerusalem to finish his earthly mission, Luke focuses his narrative on Jesus’s repudiation of the injustice, corruption, and error in the temple service and the elite religious leaders. Finishing his teachings to his disciples, Jesus overhears a comment about the magnificence of the temple, which he responds to by prophesying the destruction of the temple. This prompts a question from his disciples: “When will this happen? What signs should we look for to prepare?” Jesus gives four non-signs, things that are going to happen but do not signal the destruction he’s referring to, and instead warns them: “You’ll know it when you see it. Be ready at all times.” This call to readiness is as relevant for us today as it was for them then, and for all believers throughout history.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 20 – Jesus Confounds His Opponents]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:14:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[With brilliance and tact, Jesus confounded His opponents as they did their best to find a way to entrap Him. For the sake of His followers and potential followers, Jesus outmaneuvered them, turning the tables to expose their opposition to God and His ways. Following Jesus’ example, it’s important that we, the church, hone our responses to today’s critics and opponents so that followers and potential followers of Jesus are drawn to Jesus and strengthened in faith.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 19:11-48 – Do His Business Until He Comes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered, “What is God’s will for me?” Just one week before he is crucified and resurrected, Jesus tells his followers in a parable what his will for them is after he ascends into heaven. He says, “Engage in my business until I come back,” and he promises great reward to all who do. This Sunday’s passage will look at this parable plus some other words from Jesus that may surprise us, pleasantly so.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 18:35-19:10 – Salvation for the Outcast]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 23:13:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Though few of us like to admit that we are weak and even lost, such an admission is a beautiful place to find intimacy, strength, and help from the God of all power and mercy. This Sunday we will look at two stories that will powerfully inspire us to humbly seek after our merciful Savior.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 17:20-18:8 – Like the Days of Noah and Lot]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 23:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Pharisees ask Jesus about the timing of the arrival of God’s Kingdom on earth that He has been talking about. Jesus response to this question in the gospels is always the same: No one can know the timing, but it will happen suddenly, without warning, that is, without further warning than the one he continually gives: be ready today. In our eating, drinking, getting married, buying, selling, planting, building, sleeping, and milling, are we also praying: “Lord let your kingdom come!”]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 16:18-17:19 – Rich man and Lazarus, servants and lepers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2022 23:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Rich Man and Lazarus, Servants and Lepers]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 16:1-17 – God’s Economics]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 22:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This week, we’ll look at a perplexing parable about a master, a manager, and money. The details are confusing to our modern understanding of business, but Jesus’s message is clear nonetheless. The problem that Jesus was pointing out was that we, like the disciples and the Pharisees, don’t know what money is really for, and we forget who it really belongs to. When we see how Jesus uses this parable to instruct the disciples and rebuke the Pharisees, we’ll gain great insight into God’s economics. How does he want us to use “our” money?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 24:13-27 – How Jesus Reveals Himself]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-2413-27-how-jesus-reveals-himself</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, even the apostles were devastated and confused, going only by what they could see. Their entire world was crashing around them, or so they thought. When Jesus finally does show up on that first Easter morning, the surprising ways he reveals himself to his despairing flock can teach us much about what we need from him today.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 15 – Lost, But Now Found]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Jesus was frequently accused of being friends with the worst sinners in society.  The outcasts. The untouchables. And the accusations were true. So he opens wide the heart of God in an astonishing trio of parables, including his best known one, the Prodigal Son. This Sunday from Luke 15 we will seek to have hearts full of gratitude, for God has diligently and actively sought us out in the gospel story. And we will seek to have great joy, for God joyfully loves and welcomes us.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 14:7-35 – The Way of a Disciple]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 21:15:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The way of a disciple of Jesus—the life and heart of a disciple—is not intuitive due to our sinful tendencies and the world’s influences, but it is beautiful and glorious. This Sunday in our sermon we will examine Jesus’ surprising words as he calls us to be true disciples.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 13:10-14:6 – The Heart of Christ for Sabbath Healing and God’s Kingdom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 01:34:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What is the purpose of the Sabbath? In Luke 13-14, Jesus confronts the Pharisees’ answer to this question and will similarly challenge our preconceived notions about how God goes about his work and what his kingdom work looks like in this world.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 12:35-13:9 – Be Ready for the Master’s Return]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:21:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In our passage this week, Jesus tells us to think forward to judgement day, The Day of The Lord, The Return of Christ, and teaches us something remarkable: Christians never need to fear death, because they never die. He confronts us with a question: Are you ready for that judgement day? Or are you living like it’s not coming?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 12:13-34 – Be Heavenly Minded]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-1213-34-be-heavenly-minded</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:23:33 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The natural way to look at life is from a short-term, temporary view, and when this is connected to the topic of money, two outcomes result:  greed and worry. In this passage from Luke 12, Jesus calls us to an eternal and heavenly-minded view that leads to something glorious: a contented and peace-filled life that centers its trust in our great God and Father.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 12:1-12 – Fear, and Fear Not]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-121-12-fear-and-fear-not</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:38:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 11:37-54 – Woe to the Pharisees and Lawyers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 03:22:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this week’s sermon, we look at a scene in which a question about washing up before a meal provokes a seemingly very harsh response from Jesus.  But you stack up everything Luke has recorded the Pharisees and Lawyers saying so far in the gospel account, the response makes much more sense. Why does Jesus respond this way to the Pharisees? Because of the way they have been responding to the Messiah, and treating God’s children. We’ll look at ways we can be just like the Pharisees and Lawyers, and more importantly, we’ll look at our great savior who offers mercy, healing, forgiveness, and love.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 11:14-36 – Blessed Are Those Who Hear and Obey]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:11:01 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[From our passage, we will learn of the simplicity and beauty of following Jesus: whoever hears and obeys him will have God’s rich blessings upon us. And there is no middle ground, for we are either for him or against him.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 10:38-11:13 – Mary, Martha, and Prayer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:49:20 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Following Jesus often involves boldness. Mary makes the bold choice to sit at Jesus’ feet and pursue Him rather than bend to cultural and family pressures. And Jesus teaches us to be bold and persistent in prayer. Followers of Jesus should sometimes keep pressing in prayer, even when the initial answer seems to be “no.”]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 10:25-37 – The Good Samaritan]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-1025-37-the-good-samaritan</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:21:32 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In our sermon text this Sunday we will read the parable of the Good Samaritan, and the purpose and meaning behind the story may surprise us. However, an application from the story may not surprise us: that God would empower us through the gospel to show Good Samaritan type of compassion, even to someone who may not like us.  How can we prepare ourselves in the Spirit for opportunities—expected or unexpected—to show life-giving compassion?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 9:51-10:16 – What it’s like to follow Jesus]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-951-1016-what-its-like-to-follow-jesus</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 22:07:31 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A life of following Jesus is a life on an exciting but difficult mission. This week we will see Jesus setting the example for us in proclaiming the good news about the kingdom. He sets the expectation for us that we will not only get to see God working powerfully, miraculous providence, and lives healed and changed, but we will also suffer rejection, loneliness, separation from the rest of the world, hardship, and danger. Following Jesus is a serious and weighty task. But when he calls us, and we follow, we will get to see the kingdom of God come near, and what could be better than that?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 9:37-50 – Afraid to Ask]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-937-50-afraid-to-ask</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Having our ideas challenged is hard. Studies show that when an idea is presented to us that goes against our current understanding, our brains treat the situation same way we treat a physical or emotional threat. We feel like we’re in danger!  This week, we’ll read about three times the disciples had their understanding corrected by Jesus, but they are unable to “get it.”   Their unwillingness to change, and their fear to ask, will show us things about ourselves, and what it takes to learn and grow in our walk with Jesus.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 9:28-36 – The Transfiguration: The Coming Glory]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-928-36-the-transfiguration-the-coming-glory</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What awaits us after we die? Is there life beyond the grave? In one of the more unusual events in Scripture, Jesus’ earthly body is glorified in blazing light—he is transfigured—and then Moses and Elijah appear with him. This unique experience points us today to the glory of Christ in heaven, strengthens our faith in all that Christ did and will do, and increases our hope in God’s promised resurrection life for us after death.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 2:39-52 – Jesus Grows Up]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-239-52-jesus-grows-up</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:23:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This week we will examine the one glimpse the Bible gives us of Jesus’s childhood. That he sought to learn in the temple. That he “grew” in wisdom and stature and favor with God and man, has spoiled many formulas of theologians throughout the ages. God, incarnate, had to learn and grow!  As we explore this mystery, we learn some encouraging things about our faith.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 2:21-38 – Waiting Patiently]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-221-38-waiting-patiently</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this week’s passage, we are introduced to two faithful Israelites: Simeon and Anna, both of whom had spent their life waiting for the promised redeemer, God’s Messiah. Unlike the Pharisees who were trying to bring about the Messiah’s arrival through their good works, the Sanhedrin who had capitulated to Roman politics, the zealots who were trying to liberate Israel by force, or the Essenes who withdrew from engaging the world at all, these two faithful believers trusted God’s promises in his timing, and so found themselves in a position to meet and receive the Messiah at his arrival. The parallels for us today are obvious.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 1:57-80 – Christ our Sunrise]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-157-80-christ-our-sunrise</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2021 22:45:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The time of John the Baptist’s birth were days of wonder and praise, for after 400 year of silence from heaven God powerfully visited his people. Like a psalmist, Zechariah sang praises to God, declaring the mighty attributes of God and his Son and prophesying about events that would soon shake the world. This Sunday we will read of these extraordinary days and the fullness of God through his Son, learning that through this we can love him and trust him more.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 1:26-56 – The Promise Keeper]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/the-promise-keeper-luke-126-56</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 03:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This Sunday we will be looking at Mary’s response to God’s promise and we will ask the question “How do we respond to God’s Promises?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deferred Hopes, Fulfilled. An advent reflection on Luke 1:5-25]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/deferred-hopes-fulfilled-an-advent-reflection-on-luke-15-25</link>
            <guid>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/deferred-hopes-fulfilled-an-advent-reflection-on-luke-15-25</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 20:15:49 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The wise King Solomon, having understood and experienced many things, and blessed by God with great wisdom, makes a simple observation that we can all resonate with: “A deferred hope makes the heart sick.” – In our passage this week, we will watch a faithful Israelite couple have two of their deepest, deferred hopes suddenly fulfilled. Their reaction can give us great insight about ourselves, and point us to an unshakeable hope that will never fail us.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Advent: The Long-Awaited Messiah]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/advent-the-long-awaited-messiah</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2021 20:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ For us today, we say, “Jesus the Messiah has already come.” But for centuries prior to that history-making day, the people were in high anticipation.  This Sunday three of our pastors will have a panel discussion examining many of the remarkable Old Testament prophecies of the advent– the coming– of Jesus.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 9:18-27 – Come to Jesus]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-918-27-come-to-jesus</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Religion in general is often viewed as a system or a set of rules or teachings. But Christianity is unique because Jesus Christ is unique, and he calls us to a person, that is, himself. He calls us to “come after” him. The implications are life altering. We’ll examine what Jesus means by that and its impact on us.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 9:1-17 – Jesus Sends the Twelve and Feeds the Five Thousand]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-91-17-jesus-sends-the-twelve-and-feeds-the-five-thousand</link>
            <guid>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-91-17-jesus-sends-the-twelve-and-feeds-the-five-thousand</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[ In this week’s passage we see Jesus continuing to reveal his power over his spiritual enemies and bringing restoration to a world that is broken and bruised by sin and death — and he does so in dramatic fashion, feeding thousands of people with a mere five loaves and two fish. If we look closely, we will see a calling to Christ’s disciples that echoes forward to us today.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 8:40-56 – Do Not Fear, Only Believe]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-840-56-do-not-fear-only-believe</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:40:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Though overwhelming sin and circumstances can lead to an understandable fear and despair, Jesus Christ proves that trusting in him is far more reasonable. He gently and firmly calls us to such a faith.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 8:22-39 – Soul Storms]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/soul-storms-luke-822-39</link>
            <guid>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/soul-storms-luke-822-39</guid>
            <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 8:1-18 – The parable of the soils]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-81-18-the-parable-of-the-soils</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2021 19:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Facing increasing rejection and opposition from the religious leaders of the day, Jesus begins “hiding” his teachings in parables, so that only those who really desire to follow and learn from Jesus are able to know his meaning. This week we will focus on the parable of the sower – or, better, the parable of the soils. The parable asks us to examine our attitude toward Jesus – are we believing? connected? rejecting worldly pleasure? holding fast to his word? This parable warns us, corrects us, and shows us the way to a fruitful life of faith.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 7:36-8:3 – Extraordinary Forgiveness and Love]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-736-83-extraordinary-forgiveness-and-love</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2021 20:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In a remarkable story in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus powerfully contrasts a self-righteous Pharisee with a sinful woman. The man looks with disdain on her, while she reveals a deep love for Jesus that springs out of the forgiveness he has granted. What can we learn from her? She models to us humility and faith that discovers the riches of God’s grace and results in a deeper love for Jesus.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 7:18-35 – The One Who is and is to Come]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-718-35-the-one-who-is-and-is-to-come</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 21:29:33 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[While in prison, John the Baptist hears reports of Jesus’s ministry. Many things line up with his expectation of the Messiah, but many things do not. He sends his followers to ask Jesus directly “are you indeed the Messiah, or are we waiting for someone else?”  Jesus’s unusual response inspires trust in God for those who believe and repent, but for those who are righteous in their own mind, no response he could give would be sufficient.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 7:1-17 – The Authority and Compassion of Christ]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-71-17-the-authority-and-compassion-of-christ</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2021 21:20:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In our passage this week, we will see Jesus in action once again, this time in two remarkable stories, one of healing a dying man, and the other raising a dead man to life. We must ask, who is this Jesus? Who else speaks and acts with such authority that is combined with tender compassion? The answer: there is no one like him, no one else who is worthy of our trust and admiration.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 6:12-49 – The Sermon on the Plain]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/the-sermon-on-the-plain-luke-612-49</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:59:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 5:33-6:11 – Fasting & Sabbaths]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/fasting-sabbaths-533-611</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:16:45 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SERMON POWERPOINT Sunday, September 19, 2021  Brad Barrett Luke 5:27-6:11  The Physician of our Souls Series: Luke Sermon:  The Physician of our Souls  Luke 5:27-6:11 Verse:  Luke 5:32 ESV  I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Description:  If someone is familiar with the Bible and you want to stab them in their heart, there is one word that will do it:  Call them a Pharisee. The Pharisees were a Jewish religious order in the first century, and […]]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 5:1-26 – We Have Seen Extraordinary Things Today!]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/we-have-seen-extraordinary-things-today</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this week’s passage, we are introduced to four sets of people: the first disciples, a leper, a paralytic and his friends, and the pharisees. Through his interactions with these four very diverse people, Jesus shows us that he has the power, willingness, and authority to heal and forgive sin for anyone who comes to him in faith.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 4:31-44 – The Good News of the Kingdom of God]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-431-44-the-good-news-of-the-kingdom-of-god</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2021 19:08:48 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We all long for a world where chaos, brokenness, and death are no more. 2000 years ago someone came to earth declaring such a world, actually a new kingdom. Jesus of Nazareth came revealing an other-worldly power and authority—the kingdom of God—to restore all that is broken in us and in our world. This Sunday we will see Jesus and worship him as the King who has come and is coming again soon to reign over his glorious kingdom and make all things new and right.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 4:16-30 – Bring Your Nothing]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/bring-your-nothing</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this week’s passage, Jesus proclaims that the long awaited “year of the Lord’s favor”, is here! In his very brief sermon he tells his hometown, the people he grew up with, that he is, in fact, the Messiah. In two strange analogies to Old Testament stories, he tells them the surprising nature of his ministry: God’s grace is free, is open to the gentiles, and we should receive it as humbly as a widow and a leper. This shocking claim enrages the town. And we should ask ourselves, how do we respond?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 3:23-4:15 – The Last Adam]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/the-last-adam-luke-323-415</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:31:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In this week’s passage, we will Jesus, the descendant of King David, and of all our “father” Adam, and also, most importantly, the Son of God, face temptation from our adversary, the devil himself. We will be encouraged as Jesus faces temptation, just as Adam did, and just as we do: as a human. Using the same resources we have available to us, the leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit, and reliance on God’s promises and commands in his word.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 3:1-22 – Preparing the Way for the Lord]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/luke-31-22</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:49:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After more than 400 years of silence from God and enduring much political and moral upheaval, Israel was presented with an extraordinary moment. God sent a prophet named John (a.k.a., the Baptist) whose message was one of repentance, baptism, and forgiveness to turn hearts toward God in preparation for a coming Savior who would change the world.  This Sunday we will look at God’s remarkable faithfulness and mercy and also see how John’s message is just as relevant for us today as it was centuries ago.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Luke 3:23-4:15 – That We May Know Him]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/that-we-may-know-him</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2021 21:04:58 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This Sunday we begin a new sermon series diving into the great story of the Savior of the world, the Gospel of Jesus Christ, written by a man named Luke. The author’s purpose for writing is clear: he wants the reader to have greater certainty of what he has heard about Jesus. Whether you are a member of Stonebrook or simply seeking to understand who Jesus really is, we will read Luke’s Gospel to know Jesus better and to trust him more, for we will discover there is no one like him.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Easter Afternoon Encounter at Emmaus]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[This Easter Sunday we will take a look at Luke 24 and see how the resurrection of Jesus can give us hope, courage, and strengthened faith even as we are couped up at home in a time where we may be asking ‘Where is God in all this?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:49:21 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We may find it today to be a challenge to feel the drama of the Advent story, i.e., the first coming of Jesus Christ.  If we said aside the nostalgia of “the holidays” and focus on this story, we will be amazed by the work of God.  In Luke 1:39-56 we are thrust into the story of two women and their God—two women caught up in the glory of the most momentous period in human history.  Both are participants in the drama of angelic appearances, prophetic utterances, and miraculous conceptions—one son to be a great prophet and the other to save his people from their sins.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The First Coming of Christ, part 2: Mary’s response]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As we continue the story of Jesus’s first coming, we find Gabriel now appearing to Mary. Luke’s account of Gabriel’s conversation with Mary tells us much about who this child will be: the fulfillment of prophecy, and a very unique individual at that. We learn important truths about Jesus’s nature, and we see a right response to God’s revelation: faith even through amazed wonder at seemingly impossible promises.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 19:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As we continue the story of Jesus’s first coming, we find Gabriel now appearing to Mary. Luke’s account of Gabriel’s conversation with Mary tells us much about who this child will be: the fulfillment of prophecy, and a very unique individual at that. We learn important truths about Jesus’s nature, and we see a right response to God’s revelation: faith even through amazed wonder at seemingly impossible promises. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The First Coming of Christ]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/the-first-coming-of-christ</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We are entering into a season of remembrance of the greatest period of time and the most influential events in human history.  This period centers on the person of Jesus Christ and his entrance into our world, when the divine took on humanity.  This is his First Coming, or the First Advent.  All of history and the foundation of our lives is built upon this Person and these events.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Art of Neighboring Part 1: Getting Over Yourself]]></title>
            <link>https://stonebrook.org/resources/sermons/the-art-of-neighboring-part-1-getting-over-yourself</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2017 21:23:29 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Perhaps he meant our literal, physical neighbor? Let’s talk about getting past our greatest obstacle to being a good neighbor: ourselves.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[God and Money]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[  Introduction This man in the photo is Denethor from Lord of the Rings. What was his title? Steward of Gondor. Steward. What is a steward? He is a manager of someone’s property. In Denethor’s case, the King of Gondor was absent, so he was charged with leading the people of Gondor. As Steward, he was to lead, guide, and protect until when?? Until the King returned.  We are stewards like Denethor. We are stewards. Managers. Who is the OWNER? The King, the Lord God. Psalm […]]]></description>
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