Fruitful Sacrifice: Welcoming the Stranger with Abraham
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The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Genesis 22:1-14
Matthew 10:40-42
Sermons
The Rev. Dr. Paul Kolbet's First Sermon at St. Paul's
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The Second Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 9:9-13, 18-25
In our Gospel reading we are told that while Jesus was talking, a father interrupted him saying, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” In so many of the stories of Jesus, we find life and death side-by-side. Perhaps then it is not so surprising when they all lead in their own way to Jesus himself dying on a cross with his disciples–and all of us–praying that life will win out yet one more time.
