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                  woman (a sinner) anointed Jesus' feet at the home of Simon the 
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                  PREACHING:   </SPAN></FONT>When I was young I 
                  thought my job as a preacher was to explain things. In my 
                  second ten years of preaching I no longer explained, I 
                  apologized. In this last third, I'm not explaining or 
                  apologizing. I'm celebrating the holy mysteries of the faith. 
                  (Peter Gomes, courtesy of Fr. Charles Hoffacker)
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                  IN A SENTENCE:</FONT>  Jesus is a friend of sinners, 
                  offering forgiveness and salvation to sinners who come to him 
                  in faith.
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                  Luke 7:36 - 8:3
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                  STORY:</SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>In her book, Out of the Salt 
                  Shaker, Rebecca Pippert tells about a college student whose 
                  name was Bill.  Bill wasn't what you would call a snappy 
                  dresser.  In fact, Bill didn't wear shoes -- summer or 
                  winter -- rain, sleet, or snow. Bill always went 
                  barefoot.<BR><BR>There was an attractive church across the 
                  street from the campus, and Bill decided to attend worship 
                  there.  By coincidence, that congregation -- attended 
                  mostly by well-dressed, middle-class people -- had decided to 
                  reach out to the students across the street.  They had 
                  been trying to figure out how to do that when Bill walked 
                  through their door.<BR><BR>Dressed in his jeans and T-shirt -- 
                  and barefoot, of course -- Bill stood out like a sore 
                  thumb.  He walked down the aisle looking for a seat, but 
                  the pews were full.  That wasn't a problem for Bill, who 
                  simply sat down on the carpet at the front of the 
                  church.  At that moment, he became the center of 
                  attention for most of the people in that 
                  congregation.<BR><BR>Then an elderly man got up from his pew 
                  and walked down the aisle toward Bill.  As he made his 
                  way down the aisle, people tensed.  Was the old man going 
                  to make a scene?  Was he going to make Bill move? Was he 
                  going to ask Bill to leave?<BR><BR>But when the man reached 
                  Bill, he simply lowered himself --with difficulty, mind you-- 
                  and took a seat on the carpet next to Bill.  That's where 
                  the two of them worshiped God that morning. Rebecca says, "I 
                  was told there was not a dry eye in the 
                  congregation."<BR><BR><BR>As you consider these things today, 
                  ask yourself whether you are more like Simon the Pure or 
                  Barefoot Bill.  I hope that we have some people here who 
                  are more like that old man who went to sit on the carpet with 
                  Barefoot Bill.  That man was not far from the kingdom of 
                  God.
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                  <BR><BR>Scroll down to Luke 7.  There are links to 
                  several sermons on this text posted there.
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                  STORY:</FONT>  See the story of Barefoot Bill above.
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                  <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><BR>He that thinks he lives 
                  without sin does not avoid sin<BR>but rather excludes all 
                  pardon....<BR>And therefore I dare assert it is good<BR>that 
                  the proud should fall into some broad and disgraceful 
                  sin.<BR><BR>Augustine, City of God<BR><BR>*  *  
                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
                  *<BR><BR>Forgiving love is a possibility <BR>only for those 
                  who know they are not good, <BR>who feel themselves in need of 
                  divine mercy.<BR><BR>Reinhold Niebuhr<BR><BR>*  *  
                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
                  *<BR><BR>He that cannot forgive others <BR>breaks the bridge 
                  over which he must pass himself; <BR>for every man has need to 
                  be forgiven.<BR><BR>Thomas Fuller<BR><BR>*  *  
                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
                  *<BR><BR>The really unforgivable sin is the denial of sin, 
                  <BR>because, by its nature, <BR>there is now nothing to be 
                  forgiven.<BR><BR>Fulton J. Sheen<BR><BR>*  *  
                  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
                  *<BR><BR>The less a man thinks or knows about his virtue 
                  <BR>the better we like him.<BR><BR>Ralph Waldo 
                  Emerson<BR></DIV><BR>
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                  STORY:</SPAN></FONT>  O Worship the King<BR><BR>This hymn 
                  was written by Sir Robert Grant, a Scottish Anglican who, 
                  because of his father's association with the East India 
                  Company, was born in India in 1779.  Robert's father, 
                  Charles Grant supported Wilberforce, an early and effective 
                  opponent of slavery. Both father and son served as members of 
                  Parliament and directors of the East India Company.  
                  Robert wrote this hymn in 1833, a year before being appointed 
                  Governor of Bombay, a position that he held until his 
                  death.<BR><BR>This hymn was inspired by a 16th century hymn by 
                  William Kethe -- a hymn that was, in turn, inspired by Psalm 
                  104.  If you read Psalm 104 alongside the words of this 
                  hymn, you will find several correspondences.  For 
                  instance:<BR><BR>- The psalm (v. 2) speaks of God as "wrapped 
                  in light as with a garment," and the hymn speaks of God "whose 
                  robe is the light."  <BR><BR>- The psalm (v. 2) says, 
                  "You stretch out the heavens like a tent," and the hymn uses 
                  the phrase, "whose canopy space."  <BR><BR>- The psalm 
                  (v. 3) says, "You make the clouds your chariot, you ride on 
                  the wings of the wind."  The hymn says, "His chariots of 
                  wrath the deep thunderclouds form, and dark is his path on the 
                  wings of the storm."<BR><BR>The first two verses of the hymn 
                  celebrate God's glory.  The last two verses celebrate 
                  God's love and providence.  God's greatness and God's 
                  loving providence -- go together.  God's power makes it 
                  possible for him to provide for us "frail children of dust" 
                  (v. 4.).  <BR><BR>NOTE:  See other hymn stories at 
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