Sermon
- Author: Rev. Beth Warpmaeker is the Faith Formation Pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Updated: 08/11/2008
- Copyright: Beth M. Warpmaeker. All rights reserved.
"Certainly our material things and our desire for money to buy more things have a hold on us today, perhaps more than any other time in history.
"Jesus preached that redistribution of wealth and acts of justice were more in line with God's reign than the accumulation of wealth."
Sermon
- Author: Rev. Eric M. Williams is rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jamestown, N.Y.
- Updated: 07/31/2008
- Copyright: Rev. Eric Williams
The church is not immune from the battle between the opposing worldviews of scarcity and abundance. Scarcity insists we lack the resources for doing what God calls us to do. The contrary view expresses confidence in God's abundance.
Eric Williams, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jamestown, N.Y., uses two snack food ad campaigns to illustrate this tension. Read on to see if you have a Ruffles or a Doritos way of life.
Sermon
- Author: Don Fultz, St. Paul Area Synod ELCA, companion synod coordinator with Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
- Updated: 07/12/2008
- Copyright: Don Fultz
Stories about how people can become backbones to others through their generosity.
Sermon
- Author: Kathryn D'Arcy Blanchard is an assistant professor of Religion at Alma College in Alma, Michigan and has a Ph.D.in theology and ethics from Duke University.
- Updated: 07/12/2008
- Copyright: 2007 Kathryn D'Arcy Blanchard
2007 - Share, Save, Spend Sermon Series At Mount Calvary
January 13-14, 2007 "Share, Save, Spend"
Dr. Kathryn D. Blanchard as the guest preacher introduced this years series of Share, Save, Spend. Dr. Blanchard will preach on Martin Luther's Pastoral Teachings on Money. Always one to speak boldly, Martin Luther is sure to engage us in very lively thought!
Her sermon is based on her award winning article "Martin Luther's Pastoral Teachings on Money, printed in Word & World Theology for Christian Mission, Volume 26, Summer 2006, Number 3, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, MN.
Sermon
- Author: Rev. Timothy Hart-Andersen has been pastor and head of staff at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minn., since 1999.
- Updated: 07/12/2008
- Copyright: Westminster Presbyterian Church. All rights reserved.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30
"The response we Christians have toward the chaos and insecurity of the world around us is not fear but gratitude to God, for in God all things hold together. What is missing in the life of the reluctant servant in the parable is a grateful response -- which brings us back around to the stewardship campaign, after all."
