Sermons
Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.
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Actual Love
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9 min read
The dark parable Jesus tells challenges us, not to learn what to do, but to recall and do what we’ve already learned from him.
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The Grace of Courage
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7 min read
A parable of wickedness told to the wicked creates a challenge for people of faith who seek to do good — it is a call to good courage.
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In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, Jesus offers us a chance to look at our relationships completely differently: with generosity.
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Forgiveness is the given
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9 min read
Our brains start with the wrong presumption. Forgiveness, not punishment, is the starting place for dealing with our neighbors.
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Normalize Mercy
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7 min read
The challenge of stumbling into Matthew 18 without its context is that we get the point Jesus is trying to make completely backward.