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Full Text Many heirs of the reformation can get tangled in a web of worry about legalism and works righteousness. But it is not works righteousness to encourage Kingdom values. And that is what Jesus is warning about. Decisions we make today solidify in eternity. Nobody sets . . . → Read More: Missing the Obvious Full Text The unjust manager is a confusing parable primarily because is isn’t a parable in the Sunday School “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning” way. It is more an argument from lessor to greater. Jesus is teaching his disciples, look at the people of the world (this generation). They know how it . . . → Read More: Kingdom Values  Comments are closed  Luke, Sermons  curb rule and mirror, firstborn, law, law and gospel, new creation, parables, unrighteous steward, uses of law Full Text Text: Luke 15:1-10 Parables tell us about how God and his Kingdom work. Jesus’ parables has this tendency to get us nodding our heads in agreement as our minds slip off into warm fuzzy images of precious moments sheep and shepherds. But we should be struck by the fact that this is not how . . . → Read More: Our Economy vs. God’s Economy – Seeking and Finding Comments are closed Luke, Sermons broom, female images of God, god's economy, parables, shepherd, wholeness Full Text Luke 14:25-35 The travel narrative in Luke, what the lectionary has been taking us through this summer, is about discipleship. It is Luke’s collections of teachings and events that the disciples learned from Jesus on His was to the cross, as He prepared them for their cross. The lesson this week was one of . . . → Read More: It Looks Half Built Comments are closed cross, Luke, Sermons cross, faith, Luke, progress, sermons, shiny-happy, travel narrative Full Text Text: Luke 14:1-14 “…The human economy runs on quid pro quo. We buy things to signal status. We look at each other for affirmation of our status. We give and get expecting repayment. Those who can’t repay or can’t help are either in our debt or never considered. But Jesus is . . . → Read More: Status Games  Text: Luke 13:22-30 Full Text I like the word cloud. Grace makes things topsy-turvy. It scrambles our hard won pieties. But thankfully, the narrow door is one opened by grace. A door made of anything else and nobody would be thin enough. The text is interesting to me because of who it appears to be . . . → Read More: The Narrow Door…Big Enough for Everyone 
Full Text of Sermon Text: Luke 12:49-53 One of the VBS kids said something profound in the way only children can. The second day’s bible point was: God’s Word is Comforting. In quizzing the kids the next day what that main point was, one stood up, emphatically waving his hand in the air saying I know, . . . → Read More: God’s Word is ______ – the VBS Litergy Full Text Our time and culture is one of the customized material goods and a generalized God. What I mean by that is we can have our burger our way and get 300 formulas of shampoo, but there are no limits or descriptions that apply universally for God. The culture believes God is love and . . . → Read More: Palm Sunday – Hidden and Revealed Full Text There are a number of points I review and judge a sermon on. Being cut and thrust personality, I like criteria for evaluation that are as crunchy (vs. squishy) as possible. Coming out of a number of sources (CFW Walther’s Law & Gospel, Dr. Schmitt my Homiletics Prof at Concordia, Robert Dabney through . . . → Read More: Specific Grace – Relooking at the Prodigal Son – Lk 15:11-32 Full Text I’ll just say I hated the text this week. It was harsh and rough, and I couldn’t escape it. Everything I read to prepare for preaching just lead deeper into the heart of repentance. Everything lead to heart rending stories. A better preacher would have been more winsome. Me, . . . → Read More: Deep Lent One comment - (Comments are closed) Lent, Luke, Repentance, Sermons China, Ezekiel, Haiti, Lent, Repentance |
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