18th Sunday After Trinity 2017 10/15/2017 18th Sunday After Trinity 2017 Matthew 22 October 15, 2017 “What Do You Thing About The Christ?” In today’s Gospel, we see the enemies of Jesus, the Pharisees, trying to trip Him up in His words and find some crime to charge Him with. They tried coming at God, Himself, with human reasoning and argument, not truly realizing to whom they were speaking. The Sadducees had just tried to confound Jesus’ authority by asking Him, what they thought, was a trick question. As you recall, they
18th Sunday After Trinity 2017 Matthew 22 October 15, 2017 “What Do You Thing About The Christ?” In today’s Gospel, we see the enemies of Jesus, the Pharisees, trying to trip Him up in His words and find some crime to charge Him with. They tried coming at God, Himself, with human reasoning and argument, not truly realizing to whom they were speaking. The Sadducees had just tried to confound Jesus’ authority by asking Him, what they thought, was a trick question. As you recall, they
17th Sunday After Trinity 2017 10/13/2017 Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity 2017 October 8, 2017 Jeremiah 13:15-22 “The Coming Judgment” In today’s Old Testament reading, we hear Jeremiah’s words about the coming judgment God was going to unleash on the “backsliding” nation of Israel. Jeremiah’s message was horrible news to deliver and it tore at his heart. He did everything God told him to do in an effort to get his countrymen to repent, but it was too little, too late for them. Watching the progression of events in our
Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity 2017 October 8, 2017 Jeremiah 13:15-22 “The Coming Judgment” In today’s Old Testament reading, we hear Jeremiah’s words about the coming judgment God was going to unleash on the “backsliding” nation of Israel. Jeremiah’s message was horrible news to deliver and it tore at his heart. He did everything God told him to do in an effort to get his countrymen to repent, but it was too little, too late for them. Watching the progression of events in our
16th Sunday After Trinity 2017 10/01/2017 16th Sunday After Trinity 2017 October 1, 2017 Ephesians 3:13-21 “Spiritual Strength” In today’s epistle, we see Paul resuming his original prayer, which he started earlier in chapter 3. The kneeling posture he takes represents humility and reverent worship, which was in contrast to the common practice of standing to pray while in the Jewish temple. Paul’s prayer is directed to God the Father. This Father is the Father of all fathers, for every family in heaven and on earth
16th Sunday After Trinity 2017 October 1, 2017 Ephesians 3:13-21 “Spiritual Strength” In today’s epistle, we see Paul resuming his original prayer, which he started earlier in chapter 3. The kneeling posture he takes represents humility and reverent worship, which was in contrast to the common practice of standing to pray while in the Jewish temple. Paul’s prayer is directed to God the Father. This Father is the Father of all fathers, for every family in heaven and on earth
