THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST JUNE 21, 2020 MATTHEW 10: 24-39 A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will...
THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST JUNE 14, 2020 MATTHEW 9: 35-10: 8 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep...
Today's focus is friendship.
Jesus says, “I no longer call you servants. Instead, I have called you friends. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit. This is my command: love each other….”
The nuanced meaning in Jesus’ words is that we begin relationship by serving, but then we move to friends. It is not giver and receiver—it is we are in this thing called life together and, we who are in Christ, move from being those who serve to those who befriend the neighbor.
The Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost LUKE 21: 5-19 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”...
THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST JAMES 2:8-13 LUKE 6: 37-42 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just...
THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 LUKE 16: 19-31 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the...
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 LUKE 15: 1-10 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep...
THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST AUGUST 25, 2019 LUKE 13: 10-17 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus saw her, he called her...
THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST AUGUST 4, 2019 LUKE 12: 13-21 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds...
THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST JULY 28, 2019 LUKE 11: 1-13 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your...
