Sermons from July 2007

By the Very Rev. Sherry CromptonJuly 29, 2007Read: Luke 11:1-13, Genesis 18:20-32 “Lord, teach us to pray”, one of the disciples asked. Have you ever noticed someone who seems to be at peace with themselves and the world? They seem somehow “different”. Jesus must have looked like that when he had finished praying. And when we see someone who has something that we want, we try our best to find out how he or she got it, don’t we? Teach…

By the Very Rev. Sherry CromptonJuly 22, 2007Read: Luke 10:38-42 What time is it? And where are you? Those are considered to be two of the most asked questions in our day. What time is it? And where are you? I’m going to come back to those questions in a little bit. The story of Martha and Mary is an often familiar one, one that is written about frequently when it comes to prayer life. I believe it’s used so…

By the Very Rev. Sherry CromptonJuly 15, 2007Read: Luke 10:25-37 The Jericho Road. It happened on the Jericho Road. It always happens on the Jericho Road. The Jericho Road is the seventeen mile road that connects Jerusalem to Jericho. That road drops 3600 feet in those seventeen miles. It is a steep, winding, descending, remote road that for centuries has been a place of robberies. It always happens on the Jericho Road. It is the seventeen miles of violence and…

By the Very Rev. Sherry CromptonJuly 8, 2007Read: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 “The Lord appointed 70 others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go.” In preparation for today’s message, it struck me that Jesus appointed “70 others”. This was after he had appointed the 12 apostles that remained close to him. He appointed 70 others…but remember that numbers were significant in biblical times. 12 signified the number of…