Listen to Readings and Sermon 28So Christ… will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for [Christ’s return]. Audio readings and sermon (http://sunshinecathedral.org/sermons/audio/20091108_6.mp3)
Listen to Readings and Sermon
28So Christ… will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for [Christ’s return].
Audio readings and sermon (http://sunshinecathedral.org/sermons/audio/20091108_6.mp3)
// < ![CDATA[ YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function() { YAHOO.sunshine.setBtn("20091108_1"); }); // ]]> Listen to Readings and Sermon The Good News Written From Eric Butterworth’s Spiritual Economics: The Principles and Process of True Prosperity “Remember, your money is an extension of you. It is a symbol of limitation or of limitlessness according to how you think while you use [...]
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The Good News Written
From Eric Butterworth’s Spiritual Economics: The Principles and Process of True Prosperity
“Remember, your money is an extension of you. It is a symbol of limitation or of limitlessness according to how you think while you use it. When you receive or spend money, ‘think green’, and as you handle it, ‘keep the green side up’ (speaking figuratively, of course). In other words, keep your identity with money as a symbol of limitless God-substance.”
Mark 12.38-44 (The Inclusive Bible, Priests for Equality)
“In his teaching, Jesus said, ‘Beware of the religious scholars who like to walk about in long robes, be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, and take the front seats in the [houses of worship] and the places of honor at banquets. These are the ones who swallow the property of widows and offer lengthy prayers for the sake of appearance. They will be judged more severely.’
“Jesus sat down opposite the collection box and watched the people putting money in it, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then Jesus called out to the disciples and said to them, ‘The truth is, this woman has put in more than all who have contributed… [because] she has put in everything she possessed…’”
The Good News Proclaimed
Preached by the Reverend Robert L. Griffin at the Sunshine Cathedral on Sunday, November 8, 2009.
In previous verses prior to our gospel reading this morning, we find Jesus debating with the religious leaders of that day who are trying to trap Jesus. The religious leaders engage Jesus in discussion and arguments about paying taxes to Caesar, the emperor, and Jesus simply says, “Bring me a denarius and let me see it”, and Jesus asked the would-be entrappers, “Whose head is this, and whose title?” They answered, “the emperor’s” and Jesus says, well, “Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s and to God the things that are God’s.” So that settles that argument about who gets what.
Now the next form of questioning has a little humor in it to me, and if there is humor in the world, especially this week in light of the vote in Maine, here it is, and I want you to follow me closely on this. The next form of entrapment came when they begin to question Jesus on the resurrection through questions about marriage. The question set up is quoting Moses saying, if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man’s brother shall marry the widow and father children on behalf of his brother, in order to carry on the brothers’ name and lineage. In the story used on Jesus, seven brothers marry the same woman and all seven die, none of them leaving children behind, and lastly the woman herself dies. And the entrapment part comes where they ask Jesus, “after the resurrection, in heaven, whose wife will she be?” (I think they made a movie from this story.) Continue reading »
