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“But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another…” begins today’s passage from Matthew 11:16-19 and 25-30. Rev. Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany...
“He was minding his own business. But he ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time…or so it seemed…Luke’s Gospel (Luke 23:26) says that on a certain Friday 2000 years ago, a man...
“It is a relief after chapter 10 to come to Matthew 11:25-30,” says Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday. “Come to me all you that...
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon from Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 called, “Pulling Together with Jesus.” “My yoke is easy and my burden is light,” Jesus said,...
The Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, and one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, preaches this...