Almost all pastors have preached from Luke’s Gospel, but only some have preached all the way through. Consider how many times you’ve heard a sermon on the Prodigal Son. Or consider the birth stories of Jesus; they’re preached every year during Christmas.
Pastors, even though Luke is the longest book in the New Testament, I want to encourage you to preach through the whole book. We planted our church in 2014, and I chose Luke for our first sermon series. I knew that if I preached a sermon on every paragraph that I’d still be going through it now, almost five years later. Instead, I chose to take a 30,000-feet view and I preached 15 sermons through all 24 chapters. In other words, don’t allow Luke’s length to prevent you from preaching through it.
Whether it takes you five months or five years, preaching through Luke will help your people see how the story of Jesus fulfills the story of God and Israel in order to bring salvation to the whole world. Additionally, preaching through Luke’s Gospel will help your church:
1. Understand familiar passages in their larger context.
One of the common pitfalls of preaching selected passages like the
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