shrewd manager

Luke 16:1-13

We worry about what is fair because we think that we are fair, but in reality, Jesus shows us that we are all the recipients of unfair wealth being given to us out of His gracious life.

As is often God's timing, my message, written prior to the recent bombings in NYC and NJ, and the mall attacks in MN, became all the more relevant as we awoke Sunday morning to the news while we got ready for church. As in the days of the prophet Jeremiah, our world is spiritually bankrupt. The people are worshipping the false gods of self-centeredness and secular humanist culture. Violence in the name of a false god and his false prophet is unbridled. The world is in need of the same healing balm of repentance for which Jeremiah lamented. Like the shrewd manager in Jesus' parable in Luke's Gospel message, we must be streetwise, creative and get our books in order, and then help others to do the same.

As we embark upon this new year, we return to the book of Luke as Mike Woodruff discusses how God wants us to be generous, in many ways that may seem like a stretch, but truly bring fulfillment.

As we embark upon this new year, we return to the book of Luke as Mike Woodruff discusses how God wants us to be generous, in many ways that may seem like a stretch, but truly bring fulfillment.