First Presbyterian Church, Boulder

Date:Oct 02, 2011 Passage:Luke 13:6-9

Preacher: Dr. Gary Stratman

Series: TRUTHSTORIESCategory: Traditional Service

Keywords: parable, sin, grace, judgment

The setting for this parable is the kind of “Headline News” we are used to hearing! Jesus refers to two recent tragedies one “political” and other “natural”. He rejects the theology that automatically sees the victims as encountering God’s judgment or being “worse sinners” than others. Yet all individuals and groups are placed on earth for a time and a purpose. A part of our story is that we all have sinned and come under God’s judgment. The fig tree had been given more than the normal allotted time and “grace periods”. It had taken up space and not produced. Now the gardener had come and agreed to go to extraordinary lengths to give life to the tree. Here is a parable of grace. How does it speak to me? What does it say to the church?

Date:Oct 02, 2011 Passage:Luke 13:6-9

Preacher: Rev. Ray Donatucci

Series: TRUTHSTORIESCategory: Contemporary Service

Keywords: parable, sin, judgment, grace

The setting for this parable is the kind of “Headline News” we are used to hearing! Jesus refers to two recent tragedies one “political” and other “natural”. He rejects the theology that automatically sees the victims as encountering God’s judgment or being “worse sinners” than others. Yet all individuals and groups are placed on earth for a time and a purpose. A part of our story is that we all have sinned and come under God’s judgment. The fig tree had been given more than the normal allotted time and “grace periods”. It had taken up space and not produced. Now the gardener had come and agreed to go to extraordinary lengths to give life to the tree. Here is a parable of grace. How does it speak to me? What does it say to the church?