February 19, 2023 Quinquagesima The Sunday of the Passion Prediction
(No full text of the sermon available. Preached from an outline.)
Quinquagesima February 23, 2020 The Sunday of Jesus Predicting His Death and Healing a Blind Man
Quinquagesima
Luke 18:31-43
February 23, 2020
Say to the Heart, “Be Strong; Fear Not!”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Why do bad things happen to good people? It’s an honest question and one that we will look at today in our Scripture readings. Of course, we won’t ever have a perfect answer until we get to heaven. Because God’s ways are higher than our ways. We won’t ever understand everything God does. But Jesus gives us windows into the answer. He gives some reasons why bad things happen to good people. (I’ll define those terms later.) And the biggest window He gives us is this: bad things happen to show the mercy of God. Bad things happen to show the works and mercy of God.
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Quinquagesima – The Sunday of the Passion Prediction and Bartimaeus February 26, 2017
Quinquagesima
Luke 18:31-43
February 26, 2017
“Blind as a Bartimaeus”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Sermon Questions
1. Why did Paul make Elymas blind? Why did God first make Saul blind?
2. Where do you most pointedly see your blindness to your own sin? What about your blindness to the needs of others?
3. What was the real blindness Jesus cured in Bartimaeus?
4. What kind of love does 1 Corinthians 13 say that Jesus has for you?
5. The forgiveness and love of Jesus opens our eyes also to our neighbor. Who do you see in your life that needs Christ’s love?