Archive for October, 2013
October 27, 2013 (Reformation Sunday) – Luke 18:9-14
Luke 18:9-14 Re-formed by Grace Reformation Sunday [Lectionary 30] – October 27, 2013 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Okay: the Pharisee is a swell guy. And let’s face it: we’d love our churches to be filled with Pharisees. The guy goes above and beyond: he fasts more, he prays more, and he gives […]
October 20, 2013 – Jeremiah 31:27-34
Jeremiah 31:27-34 The Writing on the Heart 22nd Day after Pentecost [Lectionary 29C] – October 20, 2013 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Complete and utter failures. Broken. Hopeless. Isolated. Useless. Destroyed. Homeless. Without a cent to their names. Losers. That pretty much sums up where the people of Judah are at this morning. […]
October 13, 2013 – Luke 17:11-19
Luke 17:11-19 Ten Cured but only One Healed 21st Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 28] – October 13, 2013 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB This could be the shortest Thanksgiving Sunday sermon ever: the moral of the story about Jesus and the ten lepers seems to be: Don’t be a schmuck! Be […]
October 6, 2013 – 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10
2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 A Spirit of Encouragement 20th Sunday after Pentecost [Lectionary 27] – October 6, 2013 First Lutheran Church – Winnipeg, MB Let’s be clear right off the top: Timothy is discouraged. He is a leader of the church in Ephesus, a church Paul where Paul had worked. But news reaches […]