Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Wicker Park Lutheran Church Sermons
English - September 25, 2022 19:40 - 20.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Spirituality wickerparklutheranchurch wplc sermons elca chicago wickerpark church sermon bible christian Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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I need to confess that I don’t like today’s parable. It’s been a thorn in my side all week, and you’re probably getting the fourth rewrite of this sermon, but honestly, I stopped counting on Friday, so I don’t know. What makes me most uncomfortable is that I cannot seem to find the “gospel.” And when I say “gospel” I mean it in the Lutheran sense–the good news, that reminder of God’s grace, the recounting of God’s love, the thing that picks me up when the world kicks me down. Instead, this parable has a lot of fire and brimstone, a lot of talk about an afterlife, and it is based on the actions of the rich man and Lazarus...
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