8th Sunday after Pentecost
The Compassion of Feeding Souls
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading about the feeding of the 5,000. You’re very familiar with the feeding of the 5,000, I’m sure. But did you notice the very first few sentences of…
Found and Saved
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The story of the Good Samaritan. Many of you have heard it dozens of times, if not hundreds. On the surface, it seems that Jesus is telling His hearers how to love the unlovable, or how even outcasts can find acceptability to God. That is, there’s a tendency to read…
Follow Jesus, Our Shepherd-King
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Sheep are not the brightest of creatures, which is probably why we in the church are often called by that name. As I’ve mentioned a couple times before in sermons, years ago a fine pastor taught me that sheep are “dirty, smelly, stubborn, and stupid.” Sounds a lot…