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Bishop William H. Willimon
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Why Jesus? Part 2: Jesus the Storyteller

Matthew 13:10-17

October 10, 2010

Bishop William H. Willimon (UMC)

Hey, did you hear the one about the traveling salesman going down from Jerusalem to Jericho who was mugged, beaten, stripped naked, and left to die like a dog in a ditch?

Now, by chance, down the road comes a priest, that is a man who makes his living off of God--and you know how we all despise clergy. He spies the man bleeding, lying helpless in the ditch, and the priest . . . passes by on the other side.

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The Rev. Dr. Jimmy Allen
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Response to the Good News

Matthew 13:1-9,18-23

Proper 10 - Year A

July 13, 2008

The Rev. Dr. Jimmy Allen (CBF)

The scripture we have read today is called the 'Parable of the Sower.' Actually, it's the 'Parable of the Soils.' It speaks not of the power of the seed or of the availability of the opportunity. It speaks of responses to the Good News Jesus had brought into our world. I want to examine with you these responses, recognize ourselves, our situation, and our possibilities.

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