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Sermon Brainwave 1103: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 20, 2026
The parable of the workers in the vineyard raises an uncomfortable question: what if God's grace isn't fair?
On this episode of Sermon Brainwave, Karoline Lewis, Cody Sanders, and Matt Skinner dig into Matthew 20:1-16 and explore why this story about a generous landowner makes us so angry. They unpack fairness, retributive justice, and what it means to see as God sees. The conversation also covers Jonah's fury at God's mercy, Exodus 16 and the daily bread that sustains a hungry people, Psalm 145's unsearchable greatness, and the opening chapter of Philippians. Preachers will find fresh angles…
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