Mark 12:28-34

REFORMATION DAY Proper 25B

The healing of Bartimaeus and the story of Malala Yousufzai.

Sermon on Mark 7:24-37

Sermon on James 1:17-27

Sermon on Joshua 24:1-25. Joshua challenges us to choose the god we will serve.

Sermon on Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Amos 7:7-15 Amos receives a prophecy from God and reports to the temple leader and king, but his words are rejected.

Mark 16:18-49 John, the baptizer, criticizes Herod Antipas’ marriage to his Herod’s brother’s wife, Herodius and winds up beheaded.

Sermon on the call of Samuel (I Samuel chapter 3) — Speaking Truth to power.

Mark 1:29-39