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The Grace of Courage
Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash As a people of hopeProper 22A | Matthew 21:33-46 When you drive by a building and they’ve got the Ten Commandments on a monument out front, what do you think? I suppose they think this will move us to follow Jesus. Or perhaps that we will think something about them. And usually that has something to do with righteousness and doing what’s right in the…
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Wrestling with the wicked
This Week: Proper 22AGospel: Matthew 21:33-46 There is a naked simplicity to the gospel this week. And yet, it is somehow also deceptive. The bulk of the passage is the parable. And the intent of the parable is obvious to everyone. Not just the reader but to the people hearing it. And unlike parables told to the disciples, this one is told to the Temple leaders. And it appears to condemn them…
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Facing the truth
Jesus challenges the Temple leaders to change. And we’re being invite to do the same. Even in the midst of a pandemic.
Jesus and the desire to protect what’s normal Proper 22A | Matthew 21:33-46, Exodus 20:1-20
Photo by Kamil from Pexels Let’s start with a contrast.
Two weeks ago, we heard a parable about a landowner. Jesus is telling people that the Kin-dom is like a landowner who…
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In the Kingdom of Earth
In the Kingdom of Earth, selfishness rules and violence is justified. How far such things are from what Jesus offers: a kin-dom of heaven.
Proper 22A | Matthew 21:33-46
Several years ago, Rose and I took a trip to northwestern Michigan. We stayed in a bed and breakfast near Traverse City and drove up the Leelenau Peninsula to go wine-tasting. While the region is known for their cherries,…
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Matthew 21:33-46, The Accountability of Stewards
Matthew 21:33-46, The Accountability of Stewards
[October 5, 2014] Some commentaries and church curriculum materials ought to have the warning attached that they promote anti-Semitic prejudices. Jesus tells a damning parable here that is directed to the chief priests and scribes and members of the Sanhedrin concerning their stewardship of the Lord’s vineyard, and the fairly common interpretation of the conclusion is that God is taking his…
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