Calling Down Fire (Luke 9)

Introduction

Hello, and welcome to the Will Preach for Food podcast. I’m Doug, a pastor here at Faith Lutheran Church, based out of Shelton, Washington, a congregation of the ELCA. Faith is a welcoming community: growing closer to and more like Jesus; making Christ known; joyfully serving each other, our neighbors, and all God’s creation. You can learn more about Faith at our website, www.faithshelton.org. Thanks for listening today.

I am recording this podcast for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost. My sermon title is “Calling Down Fire,” based on a reading from Luke 9:51-56. A little bit later we will look some verses from Galatians 5, but we begin with the holy gospel according to St. Luke, the 9th chapter, beginning with verse 51.

51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.

This is the word of the Holy Spirit. Thanks be to God.