Septuagesima – Matthew 20.1-16
The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner. When Jesus begins in this way, it means He’s telling a parable. A parable is a story that teaches us a lesson. It’s not necessarily a moral lesson, and in...
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I don’t always agree with him, but Stanley Hauerwas’s Matthew commentary in the Brazos series is always thought-provoking. Here he comments on the temptation of Jesus after His forty-day fast: “The...
View ArticleLuther's Summary of the Judica Gospel
Fr. Juhl posted some helpful quotations from Luther’s first sermon in the House Postil below. The second sermon also is very good (vol. 1, pp362-365). He summarizes the meaning of the Gospel at the...
View ArticleHoly Thursday sermon
The words of the great Swedish bishop Bo Giertz damn us all: “There are no worthy guests at the Lord’s table. None has deserved to come.” Those words damn us all – yet they are also filled with...
View ArticleSermon for Rogate
“Whatever you ask,” says Our Lord. What do you want? What do you lack that would make you happy? And if you had it, would it truly make you content? “Whatever you ask,” says Our Lord. What do...
View ArticleSermon for Exaudi
Today is an in-between Sunday. The Ascension was this past Thursday, and Pentecost is next Sunday. Jesus left the disciples, and the Spirit had not yet come. They were left to themselves. What...
View ArticleTrinity 17
Gospel: Luke 14:1-11 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” +inj+ To exalt yourself is to measure everything by what pleases you. To exalt yourself is to...
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