What do you think about the Scripture for September? The Rich man and Lazarus.

Friends,

Thank you for contributing to worship on September 25^th by offering your impressions and thoughts about this Scripture from Luke 16:19-31.  Please read the scripture and let me know what you think!

On that Sunday, I’ll recognize the people who responded and contributed to the discussion.  This is a beta experiment in "Collaborative preaching".

Here are just a few prompt questions to get you started;  What were your reactions to this scripture after you read it?  What did you think about after reading it?  What questions do you have? What would be a good sermon title for this passage?  Etc. Think outside the box with your reflections please.

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Or Phone; 330-264-9250-leave a message on voicemail if you don’t reach me in the office, but I’d be more satisfied to listen to your thoughts firsthand. 

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Thank you to those who contributed to the August 28 service!

-Kevan

Scripture for September 25, 2016

Luke 16:19-31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁹ “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. ²⁰ And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, ²¹ who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. ²² The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. ²³ In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. ²⁴ He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.’ ²⁵ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. ²⁶ Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’ ²⁷ He said, ‘Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father’s house— ²⁸ for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ ²⁹ Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’ ³⁰ He said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’³¹ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”