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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 says, “Look, I know these people. You are going to have to be tougher than that!” Yet when we consider the commandments to love God and our neighbor, I do not think it can get any tougher! When I was teaching ethics, I

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 held that God was the king, and Jesus was the son, I offered an interpretation in which Jesus was the man who was not wearing the wedding robe and set forth several reasons for holding this interpretation. Jesus is the o

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 Tenants. At first glance, this parable, or more accurately, this allegory, may not appear to depict the immensity of God’s grace, but closer examination reveals otherwise. Jesus addressed this allegory to the chief priests an

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Sermon: "All We Really Need..."

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

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