Sermons from November 2019

Reconciliation The Last Sunday after Pentecost November 24, 2019 Preaching Text – Luke 23:33-43 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his…

Questions Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost November 10, 2019 Text: Luke 20:27-38 Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him a question, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven…

Quirky All Saints’ Day November 3, 2019 The alternate reading for this Sunday is the story of Zaccheus.  How many of you know about this charming story from Luke’s gospel?    I am going to read it to you – it is only a few verses. Luke 19:1-7 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector…