11/8/2026: Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27)

Sermons & Worship links - Redeemer Lutheran · Nov 5, 2026

Open Hands: One Master

Try holding a coin in a tight fist and receiving a gift with the same hand. It can’t be done. A clenched hand has no room for anything new. Scripture says our hearts are often like that clenched fist. By nature we grip our money, our security, and our future. To us, that’s called being responsible.

Jesus says plainly that no one can serve two masters. He even calls out the rival: money. He doesn’t only scold clenched hands. He opens them with a gift. Everything we hold was put there by him, and he bought us back from every inferior master with his own life.

Open hands…