Monthly Archives: July 2010

Trinity 9 – Luke 16:1-9

Lots of help on this one from different places. I took a different tack with this text courtesy of Robert Farar Capon. It’s a way of preaching this text, one of many angles. I tried to weave in a more … Continue reading

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Robert Farar Capon on Trinity 9 – Luke 16:1-9

I don’t read Robert Farar Capon as often as I should. He’s quirky, but often has a different view of the text that many of us, if not all of us, never thought. Here’s Capon up to his old tricks … Continue reading

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Stöckhardt on Trinity 9 – Luke 16:1-9

George Stöckhardt’s sermon for Trinity 9 in Gnade um Gnade is quite good. Here are a few choice quotes, some are extended quotes. The wisdom which the Lord enjoins is but a special outflow and evidence of the wisdom that … Continue reading

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Trinity 8 – Matthew 7:15-23

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit The Alleluia verse for the Eighth Sunday after Trinity is from Psalm 78: Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears … Continue reading

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Johann Gerhard on Trinity 8 – Matthew 7:15-23

Gerhard’s Postil for Trinity 8 is fantastic. I recommend the entire sermon! The book is available here. There now follows some choice quotes. Gerhard first summarizes Nehemiah 4:7-8. Nehemiah orders those working in Jerusalem to keep one hand on their … Continue reading

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