Sermons from September 2023

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost September 24, 2023 Matthew 20:1-16 A Story of Perplexing Generosity!   1“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.             3“About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4He told them, ‘You also go and work in…

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 17, 2023 Matthew 18:21-35 The Church God Wants: A Church that That’s Quick to Forgive!   21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.             23“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement,…

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 3, 2023 Matthew 16:21-26 The Church God Wants: A Church that Takes Up Its Crosses!   21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. 22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.…