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Sermon - Trinity IX, 2026 - Luke 16:1-13

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The Parable of the Unjust Steward , Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1540 Christian Wisdom Seeks Eternal Dwellings Wisdom is forward thinking and focused on the goal Christian wisdom employs every treasure, heavenly and worldly, for the sake of reaching the goal If there is a hardest parable, it might be this one; throws people off every time. The parable presents a rich man with a steward who was found wasting the rich man’s possessions. The job of a steward is to be faithful with someone else’s possessions, and this guy wasn’t cutting it. So obviously, he got fired. What’s crazy is the rich man lets the steward hand in the books, and he doesn’t hunt them down and take them from him immediately. The steward does exactly what you don’t want the steward to do, which is why normally the books get taken from the steward: the steward cooks the books. He meets some of the rich man’s debtors, probably tenant farmers, and in order to ingratiate himself with the debtors he adjusts how much they owe, ...
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Sermon - St. Philip & St. James 2022 - John 14:1-14

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Maesta (detail of St Philip and St. James) , by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1311 Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! A blessed festival of St. Philip and St. James to you dear friends in Christ. Many of the most significant historical figures have had numerous documentaries and films made of their lives. We often know more about these historical and contemporary celebrities than we do our own neighbors. Among some of the most significant figures in history, the twelve apostles likely are probably close to the top of the list, afterall Christ our Lord Himself specifically chose them to learn directly from Him. Yet, very little is known about the two apostles we remember today. There were multiple men named Philip and James in the Bible, and the two men we remember today were mentioned very seldom. From what we know of Philip He was enthusiastic to tell others about Jesus. After Philip was called to be an apostle, he “ found Nathanael and said to him ‘We have found Him of...
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