John Hebenton's Podcast
Sunday sermons preached at St. George's Anglican Church, Gate Pa, Tauranga. These are mostly based on the RCL Lectionary readings for that Sunday, with a few variations for our own lectionary in this Province, and special events here at Gate Pa.
John Hebenton's Podcast
Wrestling with a Pharisee
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John Hebenton
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A conversation about how we read this story of the Pharisee and the tax collector (publican). In what ways do we trust that we are righteous? What does that even mean? Who do we regard with contempt if any? What does it mean to be humble? Who is God in all of this?
The sermon finishes with these questions
- What limits do we seek to place on God?
- How do we seek to narrow the wideness of God’s mercy?
- What barriers do we put between those we deem unworthy and God of infinite compassion, generosity, justice?
Notes for this sermon can be found here