"God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" A sermon on Luke 18:9-14
Below is a rough transcript of the sermon I preached on October 23rd. Unfortunately we had technical difficulties that day and were unable to get a recording of the sermon, but I've had several people ask about getting a copy of the sermon. I write my sermons to be spoken, therefore I sometimes write things in such a way that I know how I'll say it, even though that's not how it is written, so this transcript might be a bit choppy. Grace and peace be to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt. In my first call, as a missionary pastor to three small congregations in southeast Missouri, I was serving in an area where Lutherans were sparse. In fact, on occasion the question would be raised, “Lutheran? I’ve never heard of it. Is that some sort of cult?” Of course, there were a lot of churches around. And the focus of