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Sermon for Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 20, Year C

September 18, 2022 Amos 8:4-7                                          Psalm 113                            1 Timothy 2:1-7                                 Luke 16:1-13 Charges of squandering the master’s property are brought against a manager, so the master calls the manager to …

Sermon for Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 19, Year C

Exodus 32:7-14                                  Psalm 51:1-11                    1 Timothy 1:12-17                            Luke 15:1-10           The God of the Old Testament is often described as a jealous God, quick to rain down terror upon the …

Sermon for Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 18, Year C

Deuteronomy 30:15-20                                  Psalm 1                 Philemon 1-21                   Luke 14:25-33           I won’t take the chance of embarrassing anyone here by asking for a show of hands as to who would …

Sermon for Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Proper 17, Year C

August 28, 2022 Proverbs 25:6-7                                 Psalm 112                            Hebrews 12:1-8, 15-16                   Luke 14:1, 7-14           Humility is the word for today.  In both Proverbs and Luke, we are told we should …

Sermon for Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Proper 16, Year C

August 21, 2022 Isaiah 58:9b-14                  Psalm 103:1-8                                    Hebrews 12:18-29                            Luke 13:10-17           This past week I’ve had the opportunity to worship in other churches – first in Memphis last Sunday, …