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At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2020/09/20

An annoying story

I know, I know . . . I even say it in the sermon, we really aren’t “allowed” to be annoyed or irritated by stories in the Bible. But c’mon, the story about the landowner with the vineyard and his HR practices can be really annoying. There is something in Jesus’ story in Matthew 20 […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / annoyance, fair, fairness, gifts, grace, irritation, justice, landowner, parable, preaching, vineyard, work Leave a Comment

2017/09/24

It is grace, no matter what you might want

One of the hallmarks of Jesus’ parables is they potential they hold to shock us into thinking of things in a new way. Some of his parables do this better than others and the parable we looked at today is one of the best. There is something about this parable that is virtually guaranteed to […]

Article by Barry / Pentecost, Preaching, Sunday, Year A / fair, fairness, grace, injustice, Jesus, justice, landowner, Matthew, parable, preaching, vineyard 1 Comment

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