[Propertalk] Fw: SermonWriter: June 13 (Proper 6C) Luke 7:36 - 8:3

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                  THE FOLLOWING are SermonWriter materials for June 13 (Proper 6C). They focus on the Gospel lesson, Luke 7:36 - 8:3, where a woman (a sinner) anointed Jesus' feet at the home of Simon the Pharisee.

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                  Dick Donovan


                  A THOUGHT ON PREACHING:   When I was young I thought my job as a preacher was to explain things. In my second ten years of preaching I no longer explained, I apologized. In this last third, I'm not explaining or apologizing. I'm celebrating the holy mysteries of the faith. (Peter Gomes, courtesy of Fr. Charles Hoffacker)
                 
                  TITLE:   Simon the Pure & Barefoot Bill
                 
                  SERMON IN A SENTENCE:  Jesus is a friend of sinners, offering forgiveness and salvation to sinners who come to him in faith.
                 
                  SCRIPTURE:  Luke 7:36 - 8:3
                 
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                  SERMON STORY:

                  In her book, Out of the Salt Shaker, Rebecca Pippert tells about a college student whose name was Bill.  Bill wasn't what you would call a snappy dresser.  In fact, Bill didn't wear shoes -- summer or winter -- rain, sleet, or snow. Bill always went barefoot.

                  There was an attractive church across the street from the campus, and Bill decided to attend worship there.  By coincidence, that congregation -- attended mostly by well-dressed, middle-class people -- had decided to reach out to the students across the street.  They had been trying to figure out how to do that when Bill walked through their door.

                  Dressed in his jeans and T-shirt -- and barefoot, of course -- Bill stood out like a sore thumb.  He walked down the aisle looking for a seat, but the pews were full.  That wasn't a problem for Bill, who simply sat down on the carpet at the front of the church.  At that moment, he became the center of attention for most of the people in that congregation.

                  Then an elderly man got up from his pew and walked down the aisle toward Bill.  As he made his way down the aisle, people tensed.  Was the old man going to make a scene?  Was he going to make Bill move? Was he going to ask Bill to leave?

                  But when the man reached Bill, he simply lowered himself --with difficulty, mind you-- and took a seat on the carpet next to Bill.  That's where the two of them worshiped God that morning. Rebecca says, "I was told there was not a dry eye in the congregation."


                  As you consider these things today, ask yourself whether you are more like Simon the Pure or Barefoot Bill.  I hope that we have some people here who are more like that old man who went to sit on the carpet with Barefoot Bill.  That man was not far from the kingdom of God.
                 
                  FOR MORE SERMONS ON THIS TEXT, GO TO:

                  http://www.lectionary.org/SermLinks/NT/NT03luke.htm 

                  Scroll down to Luke 7.  There are links to several sermons on this text posted there.
                 
                  TRUE STORY:  See the story of Barefoot Bill above.
                 
                  THOUGHT PROVOKERS:  


                  He that thinks he lives without sin does not avoid sin
                  but rather excludes all pardon....
                  And therefore I dare assert it is good
                  that the proud should fall into some broad and disgraceful sin.

                  Augustine, City of God

                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

                  Forgiving love is a possibility 
                  only for those who know they are not good, 
                  who feel themselves in need of divine mercy.

                  Reinhold Niebuhr

                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

                  He that cannot forgive others 
                  breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; 
                  for every man has need to be forgiven.

                  Thomas Fuller

                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

                  The really unforgivable sin is the denial of sin, 
                  because, by its nature, 
                  there is now nothing to be forgiven.

                  Fulton J. Sheen

                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

                  The less a man thinks or knows about his virtue 
                  the better we like him.

                  Ralph Waldo Emerson


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                  HYMN STORY:  O Worship the King

                  This hymn was written by Sir Robert Grant, a Scottish Anglican who, because of his father's association with the East India Company, was born in India in 1779.  Robert's father, Charles Grant supported Wilberforce, an early and effective opponent of slavery. Both father and son served as members of Parliament and directors of the East India Company.  Robert wrote this hymn in 1833, a year before being appointed Governor of Bombay, a position that he held until his death.

                  This hymn was inspired by a 16th century hymn by William Kethe -- a hymn that was, in turn, inspired by Psalm 104.  If you read Psalm 104 alongside the words of this hymn, you will find several correspondences.  For instance:

                  - The psalm (v. 2) speaks of God as "wrapped in light as with a garment," and the hymn speaks of God "whose robe is the light."  

                  - The psalm (v. 2) says, "You stretch out the heavens like a tent," and the hymn uses the phrase, "whose canopy space."  

                  - The psalm (v. 3) says, "You make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind."  The hymn says, "His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is his path on the wings of the storm."

                  The first two verses of the hymn celebrate God's glory.  The last two verses celebrate God's love and providence.  God's greatness and God's loving providence -- go together.  God's power makes it possible for him to provide for us "frail children of dust" (v. 4.).  

                  NOTE:  See other hymn stories at http://www.lectionary.org/hymnstories.htm
                 
                 
                    Richard Niell Donovan  


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