As we look out at our political moment, the story Jesus tells in Luke 10 reminds us that our greatest calling is to love God and love neighbor. In a climate of fear and hate, Christians are to be a people of love.

Jesus’s answer for his political moment is the same answer he would give for our political moment: the Kingdom of God will prevail. Kings and Kingdoms will all pass away, but our eternal hope is that Jesus is Lord. Scripture: John 18:33-36

Only through the indwelling of the Spirit, are we able to bear new fruit. Salvation is given by God and God alone, and identity is given to us by the One who created everything. Scripture: Ephesians 2:8–10

Jesus can comfort every kind of sufferer and understands every kind of suffering because He takes every kind of suffering onto Himself. Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Jesus wants to be Messiah over every part of our lives—even for “the outcast”. He meets all of us in our pain and shame and offers us living water that we may be made whole. Scripture: John 4:1-30

Jesus invites us to leave the distracted life for the devoted life. He meets us in our “anxious and troubled” and welcomes us to return to His feet. Scripture: Luke 10: 38–42

Jesus is a friend of sinners. In Luke 7:33-50, Jesus speaks to the unrighteous and the self righteous. His words to them are the words we need to hear today.

Every human soul longs for God and finds ultimate satisfaction only in God. Sin distorts our longings so that we desire as God things that are not God. Psalm 84 gives us a picture of a life that rightly desires the Lord.