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Sermon - Trinity XIII, 2026 - 2 Chronicles 28:8-15

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The Good Samaritan, Joseph Highmore, 1744   God’s People are Those Who Have Faith in Him We typically think my people are those who are like me externally History of the two kingdoms The Faithful Remnant of Samaria was more faithful than Judah We are God’s people through faith The lawyer asked Jesus: “ Who is my neighbor? ” That’s another way of asking: “Who are my people?” We ask this question because like prefers like and we want to love those people who are like us more than we love those who are not like us. This is a generally true principle in many facets of life. We do this in mostly playful ways with sports, where we greatly prefer our team which we identify with and we do not like the rival teams. This happens more seriously between countries, sometimes even to the point of war. This happens with some seriousness between political parties, sometimes leading to political assassinations. This happens in families when one family member defends another even through criminal be...
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Sermon - Last Sunday of the Church Year, Year C, 2025 - Luke 23:27-43

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Between the Two Thieves , Ioannis Moskos, 1711 Jesus Reigns as King from the Cross to Spare us from God’s Judgment against Sin The Coming Judgement marked by babies Christ was born of the blessed virgin Mary in order to defend us against the impending judgment Through Christ’s crucifixion we may enter into Paradise We’re coming up on Thanksgiving this week, and as such the Christmas decorations are popping up quite quickly. Most of them have nothing to do with Christmas of course, but every now and then you see a manger scene and it reminds you that this isn’t just a big marketing scheme to take your money, but on Christmas we celebrate the birth of Jesus. I think everyone loves to look at manger scenes, to see Joseph and Mary in a stable, surrounded by animals, and in a manger or in Mary’s arms there rests the sweet little baby Jesus. It’s a touching image because we love babies! What an incredible thing that we can hold such a small beautiful adorable eternal human being in our arms....
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