Trinity 11 The Sunday of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector August 12, 2018
Trinity 11
Luke 18:9-14
August 12, 2018
“Stop Trying To Be Noticed”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Some thoughts of this sermon are taken from various sermons by Rev. David Petersen for Trinity 11.)
The Pharisee thanks God that he isn’t like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers. And we all think he’s a terrible jerk for it. But is it always a sin to thank God that you’re not like someone else? Is it okay to say, “Thank you, God, that I’m not that child molester in prison?” Or “thank you, God, that I’m not that mother who has had all her children taken away, is addicted to heroin, and is on welfare? Is it always wrong to thank God that you’re not someone else? …
