Year C, Proper 21
“Lazarus and the Rich Man”
Main point: Save yourself from hell. Love your neighbor.
BLESSING THE CHILDREN
SERMON
For the time being, I'm going to put the issue of hell and eternal torment on the back burner. If this is something you have questions about, I suggest a book for you by C.S. Lewis entitled, The Great Divorce. Or you can chat me up at another time.
Instead, our story references the premacy of Moses and the prophets, so I would like to begin with the closing remarks from the last of the books of Moses - the book of Deuteronomy.
This reading, in many ways, is a summation of the Torah…
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