September 14, 2025. Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Year C.
“This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them,” the authorities grumble. Meanwhile, Jesus is rejoicing, and inviting us to do the same. For the lost are found, lives have been changed, and the kingdom has drawn near. What might happen when an entire congregation has a reputation for such “vexing celebrations”? Word travels quickly when there’s a place people can go to be forgiven, change their ways, and live their lives in communion with a people whose celebrations are never more jubilant than when a sinner repents.
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Mack Dennis
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