Bible Text: James 2:14-20, 24-26; Acts 15:12-21 | Preacher: Karen Delaney | 2019-06-30: Untitled Sermon
Bible Text: I Kings 19:11-15; Galatians 3:23-29 | Preacher: Rev. Judi Edwards | 2019-06-23: Untitled Sermon
Biblical scholars spend a lot of time looking at what is repeated in each Gospel, what is different, what is emphasized, to whom each book was originally written, and so on. In our reading from Luke one of the things that these folk tend to point out is the almost "in- your-face" aspect of the writing in this Gospel account that keeps using the little word "but" to introduce a new sentence or action. It sort of feels like the tedious television advertising commercial that when you think it is finally over the announcer says, "but wait, there’s more..."