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Sermons from the Rev. Alan D. Bentrup, rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Keller, Texas.
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God's Love Doesn't Need a Permit (opens the original)
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Some people spent this week being told they do not belong. Here is the good news we could not keep to ourselves: God's love does not need a permit. In this sermon on Matthew 21:23-32, we step into the temple the morning after Jesus turned over the tables and threw the gate wide open. The people in charge show up demanding to know by what authority he welcomes the ones they would keep out. Jesus answers with a story about one family, two sons, and a Father whose love is not rationed to some and d
The End of Counting (opens the original)
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We all carry an unwritten mental ledger, constantly tracking who hurt us, who owes us, or who forgot to say thank you. But what happens when we bring that scorekeeping mindset into our faith? In this sermon by the Rev. Alan D. Bentrup, we explore Peter’s question to Jesus about forgiveness and dive into the parable of the unforgiving servant. Rather than asking us to work harder at forgiving, Jesus reveals a radical truth about the Kingdom of God: the ledger has been completely torn up. Discover
How to Know When You’re Running the Wrong Way (opens the original)
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Peter says the truest thing he will ever say, and within the hour Jesus calls him Satan. We hear "Get behind me" as a door slamming. What if it is an arm across your chest instead? This week Peter wants to order things his own way, and so do we. We ration our love like the tank is almost empty. The people closest to us first, the stranger maybe, the one who wronged us never. Then Paul reaches into that fear and takes it apart. No inner circle first, no enemies never. He just keeps widening the c
What Happens When You Offer God Your Nothing? (opens the original)
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In 1897 a group of Texas educators went looking for a cooler place to hold a summer school. Boulder, Colorado, won the contract. The trouble was the site: a bare mesa at the foot of the mountains with nothing on it but grass and rock and a view. Thousands of people would soon board trains in Fort Worth, ride north, and arrive at the end of a long journey, hungry. Boulder had fifty three days.Hold that hillside, because it is where the Gospel starts.Jesus has just heard that John the Baptist is d
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