Lectionary sermons on the Gospel of Luke. Links to biblical exegesis. Also children's sermons, hymn lists, and hymn stories coordinated with the lectionary readings.
Sermons on the Gospel of Luke
Sermons for Luke 1
Luke 1:26-38 A Faithful Response (McLarty)
Luke 1:26-38 When the Angel Leaves the Room (Hyde)
Luke 1:26-38 The Rebirth of Images (Hoffacker)
Luke 1:26-55 Mary's Complaint (Leininger)
Luke 1:35-45 With God Nothing Is Impossible (Kegel)
Luke 1:39-45 Making a Place for Hospitality (Entrekin)
Luke 1:39-55 This Magnificent Mess (Anders)
Luke 1:39-55 The Song of Divine Triumph (Hoffacker)
Luke 1:46-49 Mary Sings (Gerhardy)
Luke 1:68-79 Repent and Behold (Kegel)
Luke 1:68-79 Preparing the Way (Wagner)
Sermons for Luke 2
Luke 2:1-14 Christmas Colors (Zingale)
Luke 2:1-20 Mary's Story (Sanders)
Luke 2:1-20 The Eternal Houdini (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:1-20 Straight to Bethlehem (Molin)
Luke 2:1-20 Good, But Not Safe (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:1-20 When Heaven Came Down (Hyde)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Peace (Kegel)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas Season (Wigmore)
Luke 2:1-20 Christmas: Not a Day but a Season (Bedingfield)
Luke 2.1-20 O Holy Night (McLarty)
Luke 2:1-20 Good News of Great Joy (Brettell)
Luke 2:15-21 Naming Jesus (Bedingfield)
Luke 2:15-21 The Name of Jesus on Our Lips (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:22-40 There Was a Man Whose Name Was Simeon (Molin)
Luke 2:22-40 The Rest of the Story (Kegel)
Luke 2:22-40 A Pattern Far Better (Hoffacker)
Luke 2:41-52 Fast Forward (Molin)
Luke 2:41-52 The Perfect Child (Gerhardy)
Luke 2:41-52 Why Have You Treated Us So? (McLarty)
Luke 2:52 Growing in Grace (McLarty)
Sermons for Luke 3
Luke 3:1-6 A Political Season (Hoffacker)
Luke 3:1-6 All Flesh (Hyde)
Luke 3:1-6 One Shock after Another (Leininger)
Luke 3:1-6 God's Coming (McLarty)
Luke 3:7-18 Find a Need and Fill It (Hoffacker)
Luke 3:7-18 Hospitality from the Margins (Entrekin)
Luke 3:7-18 Good News, Bad News (Molin)
Luke 3:7-18 What Should We Do? (Hoffacker)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Not Water Only (Kegel)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Terms of Endearment (Leininger)
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Come, Holy Spirit, Come (Brettell)
Luke 3:15-22 Obedience (Hyde)
Luke 3:15-22 Good News Is Bad News Is Good News (McLarty)
Sermons for Luke 4
Luke 4:1-13 The Desert Will Blossom (Hoffacker)
Luke 4:1-13 Tourist or Pilgrim? (Hoffacker)
Luke 4:1-13 According to the Scriptures (Hyde)
Luke 4:1-13 Attracted to Power (Entrekin)
Luke 4:1-13 Trials, Tests, and Temptations (Brettell)
Luke 4:14-21 The Mission Statement of Jesus (Hoffacker)
Luke 4:14-21 Out and In (Hyde)
Luke 4:14-21 Agenda for Jesus (Kegel)
Luke 4:14-21 When Preaching Turns To Meddlin’ (McLarty)
Luke 4:14-30 Jesus’ First Sermon (McLarty)
Luke 4:21-30 Not Just Inside (Kegel)
Luke 4:21-30 What About Us? (Molin)
Luke 4:21-30 In and Out (Hyde)
Luke 4:21-30 Infinite Circles (Hoffacker)
Sermons for Luke 5
Luke 5:1-11 Why I Stopped Fishing in a Parking Lot (Molin)
Luke 5:1-11 First, You Have to Row a Little Boat (Wagner)
Luke 5:1-11 Foolish Invitations (Hoffacker)
Luke 5:8-11 Encounter with the Divine (Gerhardy)
Sermons for Luke 6
Luke 6:17-26 Just a Plain Sermon (Molin)
Luke 6:17-26 The Power of the Victim (Hoffacker)
Luke 6:17-26 With Jesus You Don't Need Buttons (Amon)
Luke 6:17-49 Ancient Biblical Hospitality for Today (Entrekin)
Luke 6:20-31 Jesus' Third Way (Hoffacker)
Luke 6:27-36 Unimaginable Love (Wagner)
Luke 6:27-38 Pay-Back Time (Leininger)
Luke 6:39-49
Sermons for Luke 7
Luke 7:1-10 Such Faith as This (McLarty)
Luke 7:11-17 I Believe in Miracles (McLarty)
Luke 7:11-17 When Grief Turns to Fear (Hyde)
Luke 7:36 - 8:3 That Kind of Woman (Stevenson)
Luke 7:36 - 8:3 Saved by Faith (Kegel)
Luke 7:36-50 The Woman Who Washed Jesus' Feet (Leininger)
Sermons for Luke 8
Luke 8:26-39 What's in a Name (Stevenson)
Luke 8:26-39 Christ and Chaos (Hyde)
Sermons for Luke 9
Luke 9:29-31 Encouragement (Gerhardy)
Luke 9:28-36 The Greatest Miracle (Gerhardy)
Luke 9:28-43a A Redeemed Face (Hoffacker)
Luke 9:28-43a It's Better Higher Up! (Tilleraas)
Luke 9:28-43a Mountain Tops in Our Faith (Brettell)
Luke 9:51-62 The Unexpected Call (Hoffacker)
Luke 9:51-62 Ban the Buts (Leininger)
Luke 9:51-62 Don't Look Back (McLarty)
Sermons for Luke 10
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 A Guide for Ministers (Kegel)
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Do Not Be Afraid (Hoffacker)
Luke 10:1-2, 17-18 Words and Deeds (Gerhardy)
Luke 10:25-37 The First and Foremost Samaritan(Hoffacker)
Luke 10:25-37 Nothing More To Say (Hyde)
Luke 10:25-37 Parable of the Good Samaritan (Condon)
Luke 10:25-37 Parable of the Good Samaritan (McLarty)
Luke 10:25-37 Seeing Our Neighbors (Brettell)
Luke 10:25-37 See, Feel, Act (Hoffacker)
Luke 10:38-42 Finding Our Center (Hoffacker)
Luke 10:38-42 It's All In the Timing (Hyde)
Luke 10:38-42 Overworked and Underpaid (Kegel)
Luke 10:38-42 Mary and Martha (McLarty)
Luke 10:38-42 Hearing and Doing (Brettell)
Luke 10:38-42 Passionate Spirituality (Hoffacker)
Sermons for Luke 11
Luke 11:1-4 Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Gerhardy)
Luke 11:1-13 Seek and Find; Knock and Open (Molin)
Luke 11:1-13 Ready to Give (Hoffacker)
Luke 11:1-13 Those Whom God Calls (McLarty)
Luke 11:1-13 Why Do You Pray (Brettell)
Sermons for Luke 12
Luke 12:13-21 Avarice: The Disease and Its Cure (Hoffacker)
Luke 12:13-21 It's Not the Money (Leininger)
Luke 12:13-21 A New Lease on Life (Hyde)
Luke 12:13-21 Overlooking Saipan (Kegel)
Luke 12:16-20 The Parable of the Rich Fool (McLarty)
Luke 12:32-40 Make God Happy - Give Your BMW to Me (Molin)
Luke 12:32-40 Light on Your Feet (Hyde)
Luke 12:32-34 Funeral Sermon: On Losing a Giant (Molin)
See also our Funeral Homilies web page
Luke 12:49-56 Flashing Yellow Lights (Molin)
Luke 12:49-56 A Strange Sort of Peace (Molin)
Luke 12:49-52 Not Peace but Division (Gerhardy)
Sermons for Luke 13
Luke 13:1-5 When Bad Things Happen to Good People (McLarty)
Luke 13:1-9 Whose Fault Is It Anyway? (Kegel)
Luke 13:1-9 Telling the Truth (Entrekin)
Luke 13:1-9 Truth that Leads to Change (McLarty)
Luke 13:6-9 Another Year of Grace (Gerhardy)
Luke 13:10-17 Maybe Resting on the Sabbath Is Overrated (Molin)
Luke 13:10-17 Repressive Religion (Leininger)
Luke 13:10-17 Set Free (Hyde)
Luke 13:31-35 Paying Attention (Entrekin)
Luke 13:31-35 In His Own Time (Hyde)
Luke 13:31-35 Just Do It (Kegel)
Luke 13:31-35 Challenging the Foxes in Life (Brettell)
Sermons for Luke 14
Luke 14:1, 7-14 Outside the Comfort Zone (Hoffacker)
Luke 14:1, 7-14 Choose to Sit in the Back of the Bus (Molin)
Luke 14:1, 7-14 Friends in Low Places (Molin)
Luke 14:11 Upside Down and Back to Front (Gerhardy)
Luke 14:25-33 How Much Are You Willing to Give? (McLarty)
Luke 14:25-33 The Danger of Discipleship (Leininger)
Luke 14:25-33 Riot Control (Hyde)
Sermons for Luke 15
Luke 15:1-10 Jeremiah: the Judgment (Hyde)
Luke 15:1-17 The Parable of the Lost Sheep (McLarty)
Luke 15:3-7 The Ninety-Nine and One (Hyde)
Luke 15:8-10 Loose Change (Sylvester)
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Invited to Extend Forgiveness (Hoffacker)
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Sonny Moneybags (Leininger)
Luke 15:11-32 Jesus’ Father (Hyde)
Luke 15:11-32 Expanded Imagination (Entrekin)
Luke 15:11-32 The Parable of the Prodigal Son (McLarty)
Luke 15:11-32 Jesus Tells about a Father (Wigmore)
Sermons for Luke 16
Luke 16:1-13 The Dishonest Manager (Anders)
Luke 16:1-13 It's the Little Things That Count (Wagner)
Luke 16:1-13 A Scandalous Story (Hoffacker)
Luke 16:1-8 The Parable of the Dishonest Manager (McLarty)
Luke 16:19-31 Dying Into Life (Hoffacker)
Luke 16:19-31 Redeem the Present, Insure the Future (Hoffacker)
Luke 16:19-31 Have You Heard About These Two Guys? (Molin)
Sermons for Luke 17
Luke 17:5-10 Warm Hearts, Calloused Hands (Molin)
Luke 17:5-10 More Faith (Kegel)
Luke 17:5-6 Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed (Gerhardy)
Luke 17:11-19 Attitude of Gratitude (Kegel)
Luke 17:11-19 Don't Forget to Say Thank You! (McLarty)
Luke 17:11-19 Dead Men Walking! (Gerhardy)
Luke 17:11-19 Returning Thankfully (Donovan)
Luke 17:11-19 Writing Your Thank You Notes (Hoffacker)
Sermons for Luke 18
Luke 18:1-8 The Voice of the Widow (Hoffacker)
Luke 18:1-8 Bothering God (Hyde)
Luke 18:1-8 The Squeaky Wheel (Kegel)
Luke 18:1-8 The Unjust Judge and the Persistent Widow (Sylvester)
Luke 18:1 Keep on Praying (Gerhardy)
Luke 18:9-14 Two Ways (Hoffacker)
Luke 18:9-14 From Judgment to Compassion (McLarty)
Luke 18:9-14 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector (Sylvester)
Sermons for Luke 19
Luke 19:1-10 Those Who Stand Tall (McLarty)
Luke 19:1-10 It's All About the Money (Hyde)
Luke 19:1-10 Saving Stories (Bowen)
Luke 19:28-40 How Can We Sing Hosannas? (Stevenson)
Luke 19:28-40 In the Name of Peace (Wagner)
Luke 19:28-40 Faithful Followers or Fickle Friends (McLarty)
Sermons for Luke 20
Luke 20:27-38 God's Novelty (Hoffacker)
Luke 20:27-38 Seven Weddings and a Funeral (Hyde)
Sermons for Luke 21
Luke 21:5-19 A Choice of Temples (Hoffacker)
Luke 21:5-19 Out of the Rubble (McLarty)
Luke 21:10-12, 18-19 Interruptions (Gerhardy)
Luke 21:25-36 Out of the Blue (Molin)
Luke 21:25-36 Head's Up (Leininger)
Luke 21:25-36 Be Alert (Kegel)
Luke 21:25-36 Purple Rain, Purple Reign (London)
Luke 21:25-33 Katrina Victims Memorial Service (Wigmore)
See also our Funeral Homilies web page
Sermons for Luke 22
Luke 22:14-28 Walking in Humility (Entrekin)
Sermons for Luke 23
Luke 23:1-49 The Ultimate Removal from Community (Hoffacker)
Luke 23:33-43 Leadership on the Cross (Hoffacker)
Luke 23:36-43 Safe at the End (Gerhardy)
Sermons for Luke 24
Luke 24:1-12 Habeas Corpus (Hyde)
Luke 24:1-12 Hard to Believe (Leininger)
Luke 24:1-12 Just a Stone's Throw to Life (Molin)
Luke 24:1-12 What Does the Empty Tomb Mean? (Brettell)
Luke 24:1-12 He Is Risen! (Gerhardy)
Luke 24:1-12 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead? (McLarty)
Luke 24:13-35 Christ Alive in the World for Which He Died (Hoffacker)
Luke 24:13-35 A Tradition Like No Other (Molin)
Luke 24:13-35 A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to Emmaus (McLarty)
Luke 24:13-35 Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (Leininger)
Luke 24:13-35 The Christ of the Commonplace (Leininger)
Luke 24:13-35 Scripts of the Exile (Butler)
Luke 24:13-35 Oasis Emmaus (Bedingfield)
Luke 24:36b-48 A Guy with a Body (Hoffacker)
Luke 24:36b-48 Eatin’ Fish with Jesus (Wigmore)
Luke 24:36b-48 The Open Bible (Kegel)
Luke 24:36b-48 Looking Back, Looking Ahead (Wagner)
Luke 24:49-53 & Acts 1:11 Desire for God (Hoffacker)
Luke 24:50-53 Who Do You Look Up To? (McLarty)