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Year C Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Meditation

In the story of Lazarus and the rich man, Lazarus mad it to Heaven and the rich man didn't. Why was Lazarus saved? What good did he do to deserve heaven? There is no evidence he was a believer. He may not have done anything evil, but he probably did not do much that was good. He did suffer much. Some Churches might say he did not have a snowball’s chance in Hell of making it to Heaven. Then why did Jesus have him make it?  Read more


Year C Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost Bottom Line Meditations

Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Romans 8:3 - For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son. Never mistake legalism for grace. One wants you to make a living, the other helps you make a life! Think Legalism: “Those who Love me” is loving God to be delivered. Feel Grace: “Those who Love me” are those who feel the Love of God.  Read more


Reading The Old Testament With New Testament Grace

Luke 16:19-31 In this familiar parable there was a rich man who feasted sumptuously inside his gate and the poor man Lazarus who was starving outside his gate. Lazarus, who had nothing, went to Heaven by the grace of God. The rich man, who had everything, went to Hades because he did not have the grace of God.  Read more


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