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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>"It’s almost free" is a sermon for September 24, 2017, the first one at <span style='color:black'><a href="http://sjnj.com/media_view.php"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://sjnj.com/media_view.php</span></a> and is based on Matthew 20:1-16. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The motivation of the landowner in Jesus' parable seems to be to make sure every worker has at least the amount necessary for the survival of their family for one day, an amount equal to one denarius. Anything less than a denarius of pay per day for a worker would mean the person’s family would either starve or become homeless. So the seemingly unfair landowner is indeed more focused on giving survivable income to all his workers, and he disregards the grumbling of the jealous ones.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>Peace and blessings,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white'>(Preaching at the Episcopal Church of </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white'>Divine Love, Montrose<span style='color:black'>, New York)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>