Sermon Audio 9/22/2019, 15th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 16:1-13

Jesus follows his confusing parable about the "dishonest manager" with the much simpler declaration, "You cannot serve God and wealth." How can this clear instruction help us see the manager as a model for our own relationship with money?

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Sermon Audio 9/8/2019, 13th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 14:25-33

How do we count the cost when following Jesus? 

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Sermon Audio 8/11/2019, 9th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Genesis 15:1-6

God's promise to Abraham is such good news. In our church, locally and nationally, we also heard some good news this week. What is God telling us? 

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Sermon Audio 8/4/2019, 8th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 12:13-21

Gun violence. White supremacy. My sermon preparation on money as idolatry did a surprisingly good job of preparing me for the new sermon I had to write on Sunday morning.

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Sermon Audio 7/14/2019, 5th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 10:25-37

How do you think we talked about the Good Samaritan story in the context of current news about separated families, ICE raids, and concentration camps?

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Sermon Audio 7/7/2019, 4th Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Jesus sent his seventy disciples ahead of him, to prepare his way and proclaim the Realm of God, equipping them only with trust in God and in people.

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Sermon Audio 6/23/2019, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost C

Hope Lutheran Church, Saint Paul

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year C

Luke 8:26-39

The United States government is keeping children in cages at our Southern border, tearing families apart and inflicting untold horror on children as a coercive deterrent to convince other Central American families not to seek asylum here. The gospel of Jesus Christ stands in opposition to this normalized, rationalized cruelty and evil.

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