SERM: Luke 18:31–43, Quinquagesima, LSB One-Year

2016-02-08 Thread Paul L. Willweber
Blinded by Sight Quinquagesima February 7, 2016 Luke 18:31–43 Seeing is believing, right? Someone tells you an amazing thing and you can’t bring yourself to believe it. You have to see it for you to believe it. You can’t know it until you know it for yourself. Sometimes taking the word of another

SERM: Luke 18:31–43, Quinquagesima, LSB One-Year

2015-02-16 Thread Paul L. Willweber
"Seeing in a New Way" Quinquagesima Commemoration of Philemon and Onesimus February 15, 2015 Luke 18:31–43 In the Gospel reading Jesus was helping the disciples to see in a new way. In going up to Jerusalem Jesus knows why they are going up. They’re not aware of it, even though Jesus has told them

SERM: Luke 18:31-43, Quinquagesima, LSB One-Year

2014-03-02 Thread Paul L. Willweber
"Faith: The Christian's Empty Hand" Quinquagesima March 2, 2014 Luke 18:31-43 Faith is difficult, isn't it? The struggle as a Christian in this life; the difficulty of trusting in God when you are experiencing trials. That's our perception anyway. God's is very different. Today's Gospel reading s