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NOTE: The online Worship Booklet is not available this week. Video of service
Worship Booklet Sermon So, the reading from Luke’s gospel this morning is about a man … a farmer … whose land has produced abundantly … so abundantly that he has no room to store all his grain. Rather than sell or give the excess grain away to others, the man decides to tear down his storage units, and build bigger ones. This man figured that he would be set for life, and that he could “relax, eat, drink and be merry.” What he didn’t figure on was his death before the grain could be put into storage. The story ends with the line: “21So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.” Video of service
Worship Booklet Sermon This morning’s first lesson about Abraham negotiating with God is almost unbelievable. The people of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have caused a great offense against God, and God wants to wipe the cities off the face of the earth. Abraham pleads with God that if he, Abraham, can find fifty innocent and good people, will God be willing to take a softer line. God agrees, but then Abraham begins to push the envelope … what if I can find only forty-five people? God says, “Okay, I’ll relent for forty-five good and innocent people.” Abraham continues this negotiation until it gets down to ten people. Imagine the chutzpah it took to talk God down from fifty good people to only ten. Hold that thought for a while. |
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