Grace Abounds…More Than Fairness (Septuagesima 2009)

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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Septuagesima (February 8, 2009)
Matt. 20:1-16

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TITLE: “Grace Abounds…More Than Fairness”

A Sermon on Faith and Good Works

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for today is the parable of the men working in the vineyards from St. Matthew chapter twenty.

This morning’s parable is about the grace of God and the fairness of God. The grace of God is that He sent His Son to die in our place, to forgive our sins, and to draw us into His loving embrace. Our life in God is not measured in comparison to others. There are no degrees of sonship in God’s family. You are either in or out. Either you are a child of God or you are a child of the devil. Fortunately for us, you are in by virtue of your baptism into Christ. As St. Paul writes in Galatians 3, “…for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” (Galatians 3:26-27 ESV) Continue reading →

Pics, hymns and the like from 2009 Preaching Seminar

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This past Monday our congregation hosted a Lent Preaching Seminar entitled “Cross+Words”. It was led by Rev. Paul Beisel. We had about a dozen guys, and a wonderful discussion of several words used in the New Testament to describe the atonement. Here are a couple pics:

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As a result of this fine work, I’ve also put together our schedule of hymns and readings for the midweek series. Here they are:

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2009Crosswords.pdf

I will post PDFs of the sermons as soon as I get them scanned. Enjoy!

And thanks, Pr. Beisel, for an excellent presentation.

-LL