Luke 18:15-30

So many people see the rich in the powerful in one of two ways.

• They either see them as the posterchild of success and they secretly envy them.
• Or they villainize them as corrupt oppressors.

Neither view looks through the eyes of compassion. Jesus sees what few others see about what riches and power are doing to them.

This one explores the way that Jesus speaks out of compassion for the rich and the powerful.

Credits and Sources:

Ivan Paz, William Herzog, Gerhard Lenski, Tim Jennings, Dacher Keltner, Sukhvinder Obhi, James Alison, Jerry Useem, Skye Jethani, Justo Gonzalez, David Garland, Bruce Malina, Richard Rorhbaugh, Alan Culpepper, N.T. Wright, Kenneth Bailey, Moises Silva, Tim Geddert, Renee Durbin, Miguel de la Torre.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(11/23/25)