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Sermon: "All We Really Need..."

Sermon: "All We Really Need..."

Sermon.10.25.20.Proper25A St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings, SD Fr. Larry Ort Deuteronomy 34.1-12; Psalm 90.1-6, 13-17; I Thessalonians 2.1-8; Matthew 22.34-46 All We Really Need … Today’s gospel lesson concerning the first and greatest commandment, and the second like unto it reminds me of a Frank and Ernest cartoon I saw some years ago. Moses is standing on Mt. Sinai, God has just handed him two tablets across which is written, “Thank you for not sinning!” Moses looks up and

Sermon: "The Place of God, Caesar, and Self"

Sermon: "The Place of God, Caesar, and Self"

Sermon.10.18.20 St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort Exodus 33.12-23; Psalm 99; 1 Thessalonians 1.1-10; Matthew 22.15-22 As we have noted, the Pharisees and the Sadducees have been questioning Jesus’ authority. Jesus’ teaching and ministry was a threat to the stablished religious system. They desired to arrest Jesus; they sought ways they might charge him with blasphemy. Last Sunday we considered the parable of the wedding banquet. While traditional interpretations

Sermon: "The Vineyard and the Parable of the Tenants"

Sermon: "The Vineyard and the Parable of the Tenants"

Sermon.10.04.20 St. Paul’s Episcopal – Brookings Fr. Larry Ort Exodus 20.1-4, 7-9, 12-20; Psalm 19; Philippians 3.4b-14; Matthew 21.33-46 For the past few Sundays we have been examining parables which depict the immensity of God’s grace – the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant, the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard, and the Parable of the Two Sons who were told to go work in the vineyard. Today we encounter another parable involving a vineyard – the Parable of the Tenan