SERM: Matthew 20:1–16, Septuagesima, LSB One-Year

2016-01-25 Thread Paul L. Willweber
"The Kingdom of Heaven is like… a Transaction?" Septuagesima Commemoration of Timothy, Pastor and Confessor January 1724 2016 Matthew 20:1–16 For a Lutheran, it just doesn’t seem right. Jesus tells a parable about the Kingdom of Heaven but it seems the opposite of what we’re constantly saying,

SERM: Matthew 20:1–16, Septuagesima, LSB One-Year

2015-02-01 Thread Paul L. Willweber
God Is Not Fair Septuagesima February 1, 2015 Matthew 20:1–16 In the Gospel reading today Jesus tells a parable. He tells the parable for the purpose of teaching us what the Kingdom of Heaven is like. He says it is like a man who is a householder. The Kingdom of Heaven as Jesus is showing us here

SERM: Matthew 20:1-16, Septuagesima, LSB One-Year

2014-02-19 Thread Paul L. Willweber
Transactional Theology Septuagesima Commemoration of Philip Melanchthon (birth), Confessor February 16, 2014 Matthew 20:1-16 For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Today's Gospel reading presents us with a