Genesis 15:1-6; Romans 4:3 A Sermon for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost In this season of Pentecost, we’re asking how does Christian faith work with its feet on the ground? Today we take up the Bible itself because “being practical” is a matter of how we use the Bible and why we treasure it. To […]
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Money and the love of money
Luke 12:31-21
A sermon for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
In this season of Pentecost, we are asking how does Christianity work with its feet on the ground? What does it mean for day-to-day living?
Today we come to the whole topic of money. Every three years we come to this text in Luke about the man who built these barns and did well so he built bigger storehouses. But then, all of a sudden, the Lord calls on him and says: “‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you.”
The Eleventh Commandment
Genesis 18:20-32; Luke 11:1-13
A Sermon for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
We’ve been talking this summer about how our faith works with feet on the ground. What are the practical consequences of Christian faith for how we think and live on a day-to-day basis? We’ve talked about private property and stealing, government, and today we take up prayer. It’s a work, like other works, and has more in common with other works than you might think.
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Love means doing no harm (Government)
Luke 10:38-42; Romans 13:10; 1 Peter 2:13-17
A Sermon for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
The long season of Pentecost is a good time to consider the practical consequences of our Christian faith. How does it work? The Gospel is not just a head-trip but a message with down to earth consequences. We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, as the text last week from Luke said.
This week we have the account of Mary and Martha. It says something about priorities. It summarizes the whole of Luke 10, about the “alls”—love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and your neighbor as yourself.
About that little word “all”
A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
We have fascinating texts today. First in Colossians 1:10 where it says: “Lead a life worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work . . . .”
Then, of course, we also have the famous parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10. People misunderstand what the Good Samaritan is about. They think it’s about good works, but it’s really about the Samaritans. It’s like the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17:11-19. One came back to say “Thank you.”