09/29/2019
Luke 16:19-31
Chris Breslin
I say móre: the just man justices;
Keeps grace: thát keeps all his goings graces;
Acts in God’s eye what in God’s eye he is —
Chríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men’s faces.
-Gerard Manley Hopkins, As Kingfishers Catch Fire
“God’s Word teaches a very hard, disturbing truth. Those who neglect the poor and the oppressed are really not God’s people at all—no matter how frequently they practice their religious rituals nor how orthodox are their creeds and confessions.” -Ronald Sider
“The mystery of the poor is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for Him. It is the only way we have of knowing and believing in our love. The mystery of poverty is that by sharing in it, making ourselves poor in giving to others, we increase our knowledge of and belief in love.” -Dorothy Day
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Slides from September 29, 2019
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me by African-American Spiritual
Take My Life and Let it Be by Havergal/Herold
Father, Let Your Kingdom Come by Porter’s Gate Worship Project
The Hope of the Poor (Psalm 9) by Kimbrough
More Than Anything by Leonard/Ingram/Jordan/Garrard
Eternity Already by DaPonte/Walton/DeConto
Doxology
