September 7th: Honest Evangelism
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September 7th: Pastor Jim will be celebrating the 50 anniversary of the merger of Centenary UMC and Trinity UMC in Lebanon. He was there when the vote was taken and will return with his siblings to the successor church where they all spent some formative years. Millard Fisher will be our “guest” preacher and consecrate the elements for the sacrament of Holy Communion.
In today's gospel lesson, Jesus does a very unusual thing. He shows that he is much more interested in honesty than He is with getting the responses He wants. How might following His example change ourselves and our culture? Our Scriptures are Psalm 139:7-12 and Luke 14:25-33. The sermon title is "Honest Evangelism", and we will celebrate Holy Communion together.
See you Sunday.
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Jim
Psalm 139:7-12
7 Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light around me become night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Luke 14:25-33
The Cost of Discipleship
25 Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 30 saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.
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