Using the Parable of the Rich Man as translated by Eugene Petersen in “The Message” this sermon takes a turn from the man’s self-absorbed reflection on his life… when God shows up. Image Credit: Rick Smith
Sermons on Parable (Page 2)
Today we hear the familiar parable of the Prodigal Son. This story is a reminder that we have a God who loves us always and forever, a God who rejoices to have relationship with us, a God who blesses us with the gift of new life. May the knowledge of these priceless gifts not only […]
The parable of the fig tree follows a story which invites the hearer to consider that “it’s never too late to live another day.” The gardener knows that tending to the fruitless fig tree will bring about fruit where there was none previously, because that’s what the gardener does!
With what can we compare the first Pentecost? The preacher creates a real life parable of ministry with and to residents of a memory support assisted living facility.
Today we hear a parable about people who have forgotten to whom their faithfulness should belong and have forgotten the gracious hand which blessed them with the gifts they needed to do the work they have been called to do. How easy it is for us to forget that God is the one who has […]
This is a baptismal homily for Mallaurie McCombs. Having the mind of Christ shapes the kind of church into which she is baptized. In addition to Philippians 2, the parable of the 2 brothers Matthew 21 is cited
The preacher takes a stab at creating parallel parables to the terse little stories of Jesus. Do you understand all of this?
There’s a crisis in the kingdom; someone has planted weeds into the wheat. The preacher imagines what the disciples say to Jesus after (according to Matthew) Jesus explains his parable. An allusion is made to the crisis in keeping peace in the Holy Land.
Today we have our old familiar friend, the Parable of the Sower, as our Gospel lesson. The seed in our parable today is sown everywhere! The one who has been called to sow the Word in the world made it a point to sow the seed in every kind of soil. Yet isn’t that what […]
Today we have the Sadducees questioning Jesus about the resurrection because they did not believe in it. So they pose a situation to Jesus that uses the law of Moses to show how a woman could have been married several times and then they want to know in the resurrection whose wife she would be. […]