Potential Sermon Series

I am thinking about doing a sermons series on Freedom of a Christian this fall, in conjunction with the 500th anniversary of the reformation.  My hope would be to think more concrete about the actual freedoms we have as a Christian

- The freedom to grieve
- The freedom to fail
- The freedom to "be ourselves"
- The freedom to love

In short, I think Luther correctly interprets Scripture by pointing toward our radical and amazing freedom in Christ.  I just want to unpack this a bit.

I would aim for a 5 to 6 week preaching series.  I would like to offer adult education classes on the same material for Sunday morning Bible study  (something along the lines of this:  http://www.stpaullititz.net/smallcatechism.html).  Perhaps we would look at the Galatians (and Luther's commentary) alongside of this for the Bible study.

Let me know if this is of interest to you.  I've included below the list of Gospel passages for this time period.

Rob

1-Oct	Matthew 21:23-32	Jesus challenges temple teachers
7-Oct	Matthew 21:33-46	Parable of the Vineyard
15-Oct	Matthew 22:1-14	Parable of a (harsh) banquet
22-Oct	Matthew 22:15-22	Paying taxes; rendering to Ceasar
29-Oct	Matthew 22:34-46	Jesus teaches on the law and being greater than David
5-Nov	Matthew 23:1-12	Love of false and fancy things
or	Matthew 5:1-12	Beatitudes
12-Nov	Matthew 25:1-13	Bridesmaids
19-Nov	Matthew 25:14-30	Talents
26-Nov	Matthew 25:31-46	Sheep and Goats