Sermons from October 2022
23 October 2022
The parable begins…Two men went up to the Temple to pray… and then ends a few verses later by concluding…and one went down to his home justified. In between is a story that most of us are familiar with. One of the men is extremely confident in himself. He is a Pharisee, one who has devoted his life to his faith and to his synagogue. He strides to the front of the church and stands up proudly to pray. His…
16 October 2022
Texts: Luke 18:1-9Date: 13 October 2022 Introduction The parable in Luke 18:1-8, often known as the “Parable of the Unjust Judge”, is a familiar parable to many of us. The parable is about a “Persistent Woman.” Now there are only two characters in the parable itself: The unjust judge and the persistent widow. Which character do you identify with? Are you the judge or the widow? I might be wrong but I think most of us would identify with the…