10052022 – Luke 17. 5-10 From the gospel tonight I detect two or maybe even three different kind of churches. And of course you realize by the time of gospel writer, the church had already been around for some 40 years… There are “MANY TYPES of churches,” and some might even say, THEY ARE […]
1002022 – Luke 17. 5-10 Jesus got a little testy, this morning… Maybe he got up on the wrong side of the mat or something… And surprisingly, it’s not with the Pharisees, not with the rich or the powerful, not with the scribes, but with his buds—his homeboys, the disciples. The story begins with the […]
10012022 – Luke 17 5-10 Let’s talk about FAITH! Miss Adell, if she were still alive, would spell it out, so you couldn’t forget what she was talking about…F-A-I-T-H she would frequently say! To be clear: Jesus is talking with his disciples. He is NOT speaking to the crowds. He is NOT talking […]
09282022 – Luke 16. 19-31 What parable, what story would make a man with three doctoral degrees (one in MEDICINE, one in THEOLOGY, one in PHILOSOPHY) leave “civilization” with all of its cultural amenities and depart for the deepest jungles of Africa? What parable could incite a man, who was recognized as one of THE […]
09282022 – Luke 16. 19-31 What parable, what story would make a man with three doctoral degrees (one in MEDICINE, one in THEOLOGY, one in PHILOSOPHY) leave “civilization” with all of its cultural amenities and depart for the deepest jungles of Africa? What parable could incite a man, who was recognized as one of THE […]
09252022 – Luke 16. 19-31 According to the Harvard Business Review if you earn over $10,000 a year…you are in the top 14% of the WORLD’S RICHEST PEOPLE. I say this, just for “perspective.” And, because, as we know, everything is “relative anyway.” So, the “master storyteller” is AT IT AGAIN. With “a very few […]
09102022 – Luke 15. 1-10 Dustin E. is an incarcerated man of color. He wrote the following poem from his prison cell. Because on that given day, the scriptures spoke to him. It was actually the first time he ever heard about “the lost coin.” Here’s what he penned. “If you feel like a big […]
09072022 – Luke 14. 25-33 Jesus never regarded “a LARGE FOLLOWING” as necessarily “a GOOD SIGN.” For one thing: you did not need an advanced degree to know WHO were some of the people in “those crowds.” Jesus was positive that in those large and massive crowds, you could find peppered throughout: “Pharisees,” “Sadducees,” “Scribes,” […]
09042022 – Luke 14. 25-33 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German LUTHERAN pastor, theologian, an anti-Nazi DISSIDENT, and key founding member of the “CONFESSING Church.” His writings on Christianity’s role in the “secular world” have become “WIDELY INFLUENTIAL,” and his book “The COST of DISCIPLESHIP” is described as being “a modern classic.” Apart from his “theological writings,” Bonhoeffer was known for his […]
07162022 – Luke 10. 38-42 Its “weird” what people “get out” of – or “force out” of the various gospel lessons. For example: It is ok for women to be “pitted against one another,” for them to be in “conflict and competition,” because its in the Bible! Mary versus Martha, it’s in […]