Sermon podcast from the Sunday, 1-30-22 worship service - St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL. Luke 4:21-30
Showing posts with label Luke 4:21-30. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Luke 4:21-30. Show all posts
2/03/2019
Edge
Sermon podcast from today, Scout Sunday - 2-3-19 - at St. Paul's UCC in Downers Grove, IL. Luke 4:21-30. Our boilers stopped working very early in the morning so the sanctuary was a crisp 60 degrees F.
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Bonus - Hallelujah - Praise Ye the Lord Children's Sermon audio
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Bonus - Hallelujah - Praise Ye the Lord Children's Sermon audio
1/28/2013
So much for filters
Last week (in Luke 4:14-21) Jesus stopped reading the scroll before things got messy and anger-inciting. But the filter lasted about a second.
In this week’s Bible reading from Luke 4:21-30, Jesus followed up his reading of the Scroll of Isaiah (where he said this:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, {19} to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Jesus continued with mildly provocative words: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in our hearing.”
That didn’t stir up folks too much. The people spoke well of him.
And then Jesus really turned off the filters. It went sort of like this:
“You don’t really respect me. I’m going to say stuff that is going to make your brains hurt and that will make you angry. You think that you’re the ones who are the oppressed? You’re the oppressors! You don’t get it! Just because there are people being healed and there’s a whole bunch of people following me, it doesn’t mean that you’re going to somehow become rich or powerful. Quit thinking of yourselves and notice that I’m talking about God’s good news for the whole world!”
And the people who were just speaking so kindly tried to throw him off a cliff.
I think there are better ways to address conflict.
In this week’s Bible reading from Luke 4:21-30, Jesus followed up his reading of the Scroll of Isaiah (where he said this:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, {19} to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
Jesus continued with mildly provocative words: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in our hearing.”
That didn’t stir up folks too much. The people spoke well of him.
And then Jesus really turned off the filters. It went sort of like this:
“You don’t really respect me. I’m going to say stuff that is going to make your brains hurt and that will make you angry. You think that you’re the ones who are the oppressed? You’re the oppressors! You don’t get it! Just because there are people being healed and there’s a whole bunch of people following me, it doesn’t mean that you’re going to somehow become rich or powerful. Quit thinking of yourselves and notice that I’m talking about God’s good news for the whole world!”
And the people who were just speaking so kindly tried to throw him off a cliff.
I think there are better ways to address conflict.
1/30/2010
Cliff
This week's provocative Bible study blog post for i.ucc (Provocative - :) provides the start to -- and a little bit of the meat of -- Sunday's sermon at Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Somonauk, IL
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"Cliff" notes (I just had to say that part)
1/25/2010
Provocative
Here's this week's Bible study blog post for i.ucc:
In this week’s Bible reading from Luke 4:21-30 (following what we started last week), everyone loved Jesus. They were all so proud that he had healed folks, welcomed folks, and proclaimed that God’s promises were now being fulfilled.
Until he started to say more. . . It was sort of like this.
“You don’t really respect me. I’m going to say stuff that is going to make your brains hurt and that will make you angry. You think that you’re the ones who are the oppressed? You’re the oppressors! You don’t get it! Just because there are people being healed and there’s a whole bunch of people following me, it doesn’t mean that you’re going to somehow become rich or powerful. Quit thinking of yourselves and notice that I’m talking about God’s good news for the whole world!”
Anyone who heard harsh words similar to that from someone they thought was going to let them reap some rewards might get angry. They did. They tried to throw him off a cliff.
Maybe, though, for just a moment, they started to understand what he was trying to say. Maybe they took a deep breath, thought about Jesus’ message of Good news being for everyone, and watched, thoughtfully, as he walked away.
Do Jesus’ words provoke us to anger today? Can we take a breath and look at the bigger picture still?
In this week’s Bible reading from Luke 4:21-30 (following what we started last week), everyone loved Jesus. They were all so proud that he had healed folks, welcomed folks, and proclaimed that God’s promises were now being fulfilled.
Until he started to say more. . . It was sort of like this.
“You don’t really respect me. I’m going to say stuff that is going to make your brains hurt and that will make you angry. You think that you’re the ones who are the oppressed? You’re the oppressors! You don’t get it! Just because there are people being healed and there’s a whole bunch of people following me, it doesn’t mean that you’re going to somehow become rich or powerful. Quit thinking of yourselves and notice that I’m talking about God’s good news for the whole world!”
Anyone who heard harsh words similar to that from someone they thought was going to let them reap some rewards might get angry. They did. They tried to throw him off a cliff.
Maybe, though, for just a moment, they started to understand what he was trying to say. Maybe they took a deep breath, thought about Jesus’ message of Good news being for everyone, and watched, thoughtfully, as he walked away.
Do Jesus’ words provoke us to anger today? Can we take a breath and look at the bigger picture still?
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