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Killing the Messenger (Matthew 21:33-43)
Killing the Messenger Harry T. Cook 10/05/08 Matthew 21: 33-43 The text at hand is Matthew’s thinly-veiled parable of the vineyard coup d’etat wherein the owner’s emissaries are beaten, stoned and killed by his tenants and, in the end, even the owner’s son who had come to collect the vineyard crop is likewise killed. This […]
Grace isn’t fair
Matthew 20:1-16 The workers in the vineyard ‘For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the labourers for the usual daily wage,* he sent them into his vineyard. 3When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others […]
It’s the Action, Not the Talk
News Flash! It’s the Action, Not the Talk Harry T. Cook 9/28/08 Matthew 21: 28-32 Scene: A vineyard. Dramatis Personae: A father, owner of the vineyard, two sons Plot: Father orders first son to go into the vineyard and work. Son says, “OK,” but does not go and work. Later, father orders second son to […]
Forgiving seventy times seven
Another challenging sermon from my liberal friend Harry Cook. Very Close to the Center Harry T. Cook 9/14/08 Matthew 18: 21-35 We are into today’s reading from St. Matthew only by three sentences when we find ourselves at or very near the center of the ethical wisdom credited by history to Jesus of Nazareth. It […]
Ezekiel
Harry T. Cook 9/07/08 Ezekiel 33: 1-11 The words we hear today from a great remove of more than 2,500 years are credited to a sixth century B.C.E. public intellectual known as Ezekiel who may have been one of those exiled from Judah to Babylon near the beginning of that century — or at least […]
Who’s Eligible?
(Another thought-provoking sermon from a liberal Episcopalian. Rowland). Matthew 15: 21-28 By Harry T. Cook If we remember that all four gospels we find in the New Testament were assembled no earlier than 70 C.E., and that much of their content reflects the life of the communities out of which they came, it will be […]
Terror
(Another from our theologically liberal friend Harry Cook: this sermon is weak on ‘miracle interpretation’ and strong on pastoral psychology. Rowland). The Religion Works Sermons by Harry T. Cook August 10, 2008 To read this week’s sermon “Terror,” just scroll down. Matthew’s story of Jesus walking on the water in the midst of a violent […]
When you’re judgmental…
“These Christians might want to review the list of outstanding people of faith in Hebrews 11, a list which includes such moral deviates as Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Rahab, Samson and David.”P Philip Yancey in “Soul Survivor”
Taking the Bible Literally or Seriously
Another from my liberal friend: posted here for mature thought rather than my endorsement of all Harry’s ideas. Rowland. **** The Religion Works Sermons by Harry T. Cook August 3, 2008 To read this week’s sermon “Taking the Bible Literally Or Seriously,” just scroll down. Matthew’s version of the “feeding of the five thousand” is […]
The Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:14-17): another view
Dr. Smith: I came across your article after doing a google search on 2 Tim 3.14-17. (See http://jmm.org.au/articles/15292.htm ) I didn’t find a date on your article, but it is refreshing to learn someone is still questioning the interpretation of texts that most think are long settled. I hope you don’t mind me sharing my […]
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