09/22/2019
Luke 16:1-13
Chris Breslin
“[T]he unjust steward is nothing less than the Christ-figure in this parable, a dead ringer for Jesus himself. First of all, he dies and rises, like Jesus. Second, by his death and resurrection, he raises others, like Jesus. But third and most important of all, the unjust steward is the Christ-figure because he is a crook, like Jesus. The unique contribution of this parable to our understanding of Jesus is its insistence that grace cannot come to the world through respectability. Respectability regards only life, success, winning; it will have.” -Robert Farrar Capon
“God may speak to us through Russian Communism, a flute concerto, a blossoming shrub, or a dead dog. We do well to listen to Him if He really does.” -Karl Barth CD I/1
“There is joy in the journey precisely when we don’t try to make a home out of our car, so to speak. There is love on the road when we stop loving the road. There is a myriad of gifts along the way when we remember it’s a way. There is delight in the sojourn when we know where home is.” -James K.A. Smith, On the Road with St. Augustine
Mentioned:
Slides from September 22, 2019
Revelation by Flannery O’Connor
You Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
From Everlasting to Everlasting by Eader
Be Thou My Vision by Forgaill
Glory Be to God the Father by Bonar/Mundell
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Robinson/Wyeth
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Crosby/Doane
Open Our Eyes by McCracken
Doxology
