Sermons by The Very Rev. Daniel Brown
Lectionary based Sunday Sermons
“So it was not you who sent me here, but God: . . .” Gen. 45:8a
Jesus is his own typological pointing. He dies a little that day near the mediterranean so that the dogs get to eat the crumbs. He’ll do more later.
Jesus said, “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! Luke 12:49
Jesus was being obedient for everybody. He wasn’t just being a good boy for his mama.
“If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.” Luke 12:39
You can’t talk behind God’s back.
“Tonight your life is required of you.” Luke 12:20
We are not going to answer God’s calling, alone.
“yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.” Luke 11:8b
Our prayers are so that we can be good hosts and help God feed the world. Because the world is just as hungry as we are.
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. Luke 10:39
Raise your hand if you got caught up in house cleaning when you really had something else your were supposed to be doing.
“Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” Luke 10:36
It’s not a point of privilege but an act of mercy that will determine our neighbor for us.
Jesus said “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.” Luke 10:17
It’s not about you. It’s about who God is.
“[Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem.” Luke 9:51
We must be changed so that what God has always been doing can happen in and through us.
“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” Luke 8:38
Addiction is a natural response to a life lived on substitutes.
Jesus said to the disciples, “I still have many things to say to you, . . . ” John 16:12a
The things we say about God are not God.