Luke 13 10 17 sermon writer6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Certainly I am not including smaller tragedies, like accidental deaths and injuries, illnesses, and tragedies that are the result of crimes. The list goes on, and I know that I am not including everything that has happened. And so far this year, 301 people have been shot in the city of Chicago alone. ![]() ![]() In January, Abu Sayyaf terrorists bombed the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Jolo in the Philippines, killing 20 and wounding 102. In early February, 40 Indian troops were killed in a suicide bombing in Kashmir, increasing tensions between India and Pakistan. Three weeks ago, Fulani herdsmen attacked the village of Karamar in Kajuru, Nigeria, setting a church and several houses on fire and killing 32 people. Just this past week we had the Ethiopian Airlines crash of a Boeing 737 Max-8 that killed 157, rockets shot into Israel from Gaza and retaliation by the Israelis, terrible and historic flooding throughout the states of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri that has displaced thousands and killed three, and the terrible attack on the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 people dead. Terrible things seem to be a frequent fixture in the news of late, don’t they? It seems like some new horrible thing happens somewhere around the globe every day. Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This sermon was originally preached at Living Savior Lutheran Church, Fairfax Station, Virginia, for the Circuit 9B Pastors’ Winkel on March 21, 2019, in preparation for its delivery on March 24, 2019. “The Vine Dresser and the Fig Tree (Le vigneron et le figuier)” (1886-1894), by James Tissot (1836-1902). ![]()
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