It is the night before the cross, and Jesus reclines at the Passover table with twelve men who never earned their seat. One of them has already agreed to betray Him. In Luke 22, Josh Fortney shows how Jesus breaks the script of a meal His people had kept for generations and announces a new covenant in His own body and blood. The table He set that night is still a gift, a declaration, and a mirror for everyone who comes to it.
Read MoreJesus is sitting in Martha's living room, and she can't stop thinking about dinner. By the time she finally speaks up, her frustration has become a question: "Lord, do you not care?" In Luke 10, Brad Kirby shows how even good things can pull us away from the One we're doing them for. In a life crowded with many things, Jesus names the one thing that is necessary.
Read MoreA woman the whole town had already labeled walks uninvited into a Pharisee's dinner party and kneels at the feet of Jesus. The host takes one look and decides that a real prophet would have backed away from her. In Luke 7, Josh Fortney shows that the scandal is not what Jesus failed to see, but that He saw her completely and welcomed her anyway. By the end of the night, the woman with the worst reputation in the room is the only one who sees clearly.
Read MoreThe people with the worst reputations in town keep moving closer to Jesus, and the religious crowd cannot stand it. Their complaint is that He does not just talk to sinners, He eats with them. In Luke 15, Brad Kirby opens the Table Church series by walking through the two stories Jesus told in response. What they reveal is a God who notices exactly who is missing, and who does not stop searching until the one comes home.
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