Am 824-7 lTim 2:1-8 Lk 16:1-13
Social Justice
Christian Cleverness; Money and Religion; Wealth Possessing the Possessor;
Can We Have Both Money and God?
Ex 32:7-11, 13f. 1 Tim 1:12-17 Lk 15:1-32 (or 15:1-10)
Being Joyfully and Mercifully Forgiving
God’s Unique Kind of Forgiveness; Relying Upon and Imitating God’s Forgiveness; Rise and Go to the Father; Forgiveness, the Final Form of Love
Wis 9: 13-18 Phl 9f., 12-17 Lk 14:25-33
The Price of Being a Christian
The World’s Street-Smart Wisdom vs. God’s; Commitment, Self-Control, and Detachment.
Sir 3:17f., 20, 28f. Heb 12:18f., 22-24 Lk 14:1, 7-14
Part of Correct Etiquette at the Banquet of Life: Humility
Humility in the Scheme of Things; Compassion Made Real in Gentleness; The Paradoxical Nature of Christianity.
IN ORDINARY TIME
Is 66:18-21 Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 Lk 13:22-30
Who in the World Will Be Saved?
To Whom Does Salvation Come“); Education in Christ; Salvation: What Does It Mean?; Is Salvation Easy?; Are We Smug?; Discipline and Correction.
IN ORDINARY ‘TIME
Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 Heb 12:14 Lk 12:49-53
The Christian Life Is Not a Spectator Sport
Life Is a Race; Keep Your Eyes on Jesus; The Personality of Jesus; Commitment; Jesus’ Strength; Doing What You Have to Do; Telling the Real from the Fake.
Wis 18: 6-9 Heb 11: 1-2, 8-19 (or 11: 1-2, 8-12) Lk 12: 32-48 (or 12: 35-40)
Integrating Our Faith into Our Lives
Preparedness; Readiness for the Lord’s Coming; Let Go and Let God!; Urgency and Watchfulness; Trust in God.
Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23 Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Lk 12:13-21
Having Our Priorities Straight
What Is the Good Life?; Wealth as a Sign of God’s Favour; Against Vanity; Money and the Good Life.
Gen 18:20-32 Col 2:12-14 Lk 11:1-13
Can Prayer Change Sin City?
Bargaining Our Petitions with God; How to Pray; Perseverance in Prayer; Prayer: to Change God, or Ourselves?
Gen 18: 1-10 Col 1:24-28 Lk 10:38-42
One Thing Only Is Required in Life
Thinkers and Doers; Divided?; The Duties of Hospitality; What to Remember in Times of Worry.
Dt 30:10-14 Col 1:15-20 Lk 10:25-37
Christ’s Teachings:
Stimulus to Human Growth and Potential
Christ’s Teaching: Best in All the World; Christ’s Laws: Too High for People?
Is 66:10-14 Gal 6:14-18 Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 (or 10:1-9)
Peace and Rejoicing
Missionary Christianity; Faith; Universality of the Gospel Message.
1 Kgs 19:16, 19-21 Gal 5:1, 13-18 Lk 9:51-62
Resoluteness
Becoming Free; We Don’t Walk Alone; Single-Mindedness; Courage; Renunciation; Sacrifice; Purification.
Zec 12:10f. Gal 3:26-29 Lk9:18-24
Life through Death
Quality of Life through Christianity’s Paradoxes
2 Sam 12:7-10, 13 Gal 2:16, 19-21 Lk 7:36-8:3
Mercy and Love over Correctness and Smugness
Woman in the Life of Christ; Faith vs. Legal Observance; Mercy vs. Smugness; Putting Yourself Right with God.