Sermon Outline - DRAFT

DISCLAIMER: The resemblance of this outline to the finished sermon is purely coincidental.

Sermon Setting - I have decided to place this sermon at a congregation in Nebraska.
Text - The main text is Matthew 13.1-23 (I have decided to include the verses omitted (10-17) by the Lectionary. The other lessons are Genesis 25.19-34, Psalm 119.105-112 & Romans 8.1-11.


Sermon Outline
Farm Yields
   The yields mentioned by Jesus are good for the time, but not for modern agribusiness
   Attributable to the poor sowing practices in the parable
      Never sow on the path, nor on rocky ground, nor in thorns
A way to read a parable
   Someone/something will represent Jesus
   Someone/something will represent us
The seeds = the word of the kingdom of God
  Jesus unpacks that in the explanation to the disciples
  Seeds = Jesus & his Gospel
So who are we?
  The sower?
     If so, then the soil represents areas where we take/spread/throw the Good News
       Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and when it doesn't, it isn't our fault
     But what if we aren't the sower
       The sower is the one who sowed the seed/sent the seed
        The sower is God
So that means we are the soil
  But what type of soil are we?
      Hard pathways / Rocky ground / Surrounded by thorns / Good soil
 Go back to the middle part of the lesson - where Jesus explains why he speaks in parables
      Those who have will be given more (good soil)
      Those who have nothing will lose what they have (path)
      Those who listen but do not understand (thorny ground)
      Those whose hearts have grown dull (rocky ground)
So, what do we do?

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Oh Yeah, Football

Quick Random Football Notes The BCS should be abolished. The OSU deserves to be in the title game, but making a case for LSU, Oklahoma or USC is very easy. I hate the ESPN whiners saying how tough a playoff would be. I think the sweater vest can use the extra resources at The OSU in a playoff a little better than he did at Youngstown State where he won 3 National Titles in 1AA. If division 3 non-scholarship teams can play a 16 game tournament, so can the megabucks schools. Michigan will be better off for not having Les Miles. Why Brian Kelly is not on any list amazes me. I'd love to see GoBlue call the sweater vest and offer a blank check. The Pats beat the Ravens to stay undefeated. The Ravens whine about "phantom calls." Mugging isn't a phantom crime. Losing your composure isn't a phantom crime. Having an "offensive genius" run an offense that has held back an all-time defense isn't a phantom crime. Billick is the only person in the NFL who need
Read more

Lutheran Carnival LV

Image
Prepare Ye is proud to host the 55th Lutheran Carnival . As I'm preparing to pack up and move to Gettysburg to enter the Seminary there, I thought I'd volunteer to host the carnival and delay packing up the computer for one more weekend. Please ignore the mess, the assorted boxes and bubble wrap just laying around and enjoy the submissions. (Oh, if you carry any boxes - be sure to lift with your legs!) The posts are listed in submission order: The Tour Marm presents I Saw a Man Walk on the Moon , a touching look back on her memories and relationship with her stepfather. Write to right presents 3 Easy Steps On How To Create A Productive Life , an enlightening essay on how to do what's truly important. I wish I would have seen the "Strip Out the Useless" advice before I started packing! The Pistol Packin' Presbytera presents National Ice Cream Day: Passing On Family Traditions , a post which links the past and present as she describes family and friends
Read more

And Music Still On MTV

Image
"1985" by Bowling for Soup A quick tale of woe from a second-career seminarian. I don't know how the conversation got started, (I blame Law & Gospel ) but I got in a conversation with some of my class mates who are pipeliners. The discussion was about embarassing clothing. I grew up in the 70's & 80's, the two decades that provided the most opportunities for fashion crimes. If you were ever at the height of fashion coolness in those decades, you do NOT want to show anyone those photos now. One of my classmates (bless her heart) said, "I didn't even go to school in the 80's." I honestly have clothes here with me that are older than many of my classmates. I'll take my arthritic knees and kneel to pray before I go to bed. Hopefully I can get up. I know my experience will pay off sometime soon, but how long must I wait O Lord?
Read more