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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 Test for this sermon was Mark 4:26-34, a pair of parables about seeds. This is an exerpt… Luke 10:25-37 The text is (or should be) well known. It is the Good Samaritan. One of the roles of parables is to get us thinking about the relationship between God, the kingdom and us. We have heard this parable over and over and know that it is a moral tale. Go and do . . . → Read More: A Man who fell among robbers Full Text Looking through law/gospel eyes the Good Shepherd and this passage is both severe and sweet. If you are in a position of responsibility here is the model. The two traits of that model are: 1) the model shephed lays down his life for the sheep and 2) the model shepherd knows the sheep. . . . → Read More: Sermon – “The Model Shepherd” – John 10:1-11 |
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