Luke 18:9-14 If you’re wondering what all the red is about this morning, it’s because today is Reformation Sunday. It is a moment to reflect upon those times in the life of our faith when we have had to look ourselves squarely in they eye and identify the need to change – to grow – to become reformed! Today’s sermon is titled “The Protestant Jihad”. We’ll come back to that in a moment! She was an elderly woman. Moderately well-preserved, although a bit dried out. Fifty years old they estimate. Granted, fifty is not all that ancient – especially in a setting like [READ MORE]

Luke 18:9-14 The great Russian novelist Dostoevsky tells the story of a woman who somehow winds up in hell. There, in agony, she complains that there must be some mistake. She cannot bear the misery and cries out to God for mercy. God hears her plea and is moved with pity. "If you can remember one good deed you did in your lifetime, I can help you," says the Lord. The woman thinks back over the course of her life and a dim memory begins to emerge. "I once gave an onion to my starving neighbor," she sobs. In that very instant, God [READ MORE]