Category Archives: Luke
The Forgiveness of Sin
The iMonk (Michael Spencer) has an interesting article on “unconfessed sin,” in which he encourages his readers to download a podcast and reflect upon what they hear. He writes: The August 19th edition of the White Horse Inn contains a large segment of interviews asking people at a Christian conference what happens to a person if [...]
Luke 13:10-17 – My Paraphrase
Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And a woman was there who had a spirit of disease for eighteen years. She was completely bent over and was never able to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he summoned her and said, “Woman, you are set free from your [...]
Collapsing Bridges, Repentance, Judgment, and God as the Divine Punisher
Turbulent Cleric, in an interesting post from yesterday, wrote that he found this article by John Piper concerning the recent bridge collapse in Minnesota notably unhelpful. TC (if I can use the initials), says that the paragraph that caused him to struggle in particular was this one: The meaning of the collapse of this bridge is that John Piper [...]
Reflection on the Lectionary: Choosing What Is Best
The Gospel for this Sunday (July 22, 2007) is Luke 10:38-42: Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down beside Jesus’ feet and listened to what he was saying. [...]
Powerpoint Slides for Ordinary 16C, Proper 11C or Pentecost 8C
Here are six powerpoint slides for your use. The first two are based on Amos 8:11-12 (One is a “title” slide with the scripture on it), and the last four are based on the Luke passage (Luke 10:38-42). Technorati tags: Powerpoint Slides, Ordinary 16C, Proper 11C, Pentecost 8C, background, Luke 10:38-42, Amos 8:11-12
Luke 10:38-42 – My Paraphrase
Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down beside Jesus’ feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was driven to distraction by much serving; so she [...]
Causing Satan to Fall
I am indebted to many people for the shape and content of this sermon: Nathan Nettleton, Will Willimon, Pastor Dan of Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church, Sarah Dylan Breuer, and Stephanie Hankey of the North Puget Sound Presbytery. Anything good here probably comes from them. Blame any bad theology, grammar, or mistakes on me. A [...]
Some Thoughts on “The Good Samaritan”
[print_link] I usually don’t finish my sermon until late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. But yesterday afternoon I started working on my message for next Sunday, especially as concerns the Good Samaritan. Here are some of the notes I jotted down, mostly mine, but a few from other sources. I hope the stream of consciousness [...]
Some Thoughts on “The Good Samaritan”
I usually don’t finish my sermon until late on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. But yesterday afternoon I started working on my message for next Sunday, especially as concerns the Good Samaritan. Here are some of the notes I jotted down, mostly mine, but a few from other sources. I hope the stream of consciousness format [...]
Powerpoint Slides for Proper 9C, Ordinary 14C or Pentecost 6C
The slides below, as evidenced by the second one, are based on Luke 10:18, which reads, “He [Jesus] said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightening.” At the moment this will be my primary text for Sunday, although this is subject to change : ) Technorati tags: Proper 9C, [...]
