Sunday, October 09, 2016
Sunday Reflection: Four mercies
This morning I'm giving the sermon at First Covenant Church here in Minneapolis (810 South 7th Street, 9:30 AM). The text is Matthew 5:7: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy."
It's a tough passage in some ways; is it an offer of a quid pro quo, or something deeper?
I'll talk about four kinds of mercies that we can show:
-- forgiveness of those who are repentant
-- forgiveness of those who are not repentant
-- forgiveness of God
-- forgiveness of ourselves.
It's going to be quite a morning!
It's a tough passage in some ways; is it an offer of a quid pro quo, or something deeper?
I'll talk about four kinds of mercies that we can show:
-- forgiveness of those who are repentant
-- forgiveness of those who are not repentant
-- forgiveness of God
-- forgiveness of ourselves.
It's going to be quite a morning!
