by Larry Greenfield | Oct 14, 2011 | Opinion
A friend reminded me awhile back that when the Pharisees were trying to trick Jesus in order to entrap him during that last week of his earthly life, he finessed their own entrapment. The question the Pharisees raised was simple: Is it, or is it not, lawful to pay...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 13, 2011 | General
A sermon delivered by Larry Greenfield, Pastor, Morgan Park Baptist Church on October 9, 2011. Matthew 22: 1-14 Our nation lost a great treasure this past week. He was someone unusually gifted in intellect and imagination and integrity, in courage and curiosity and...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 30, 2011 | Opinion
Sympathy toward an absentee landlord, difficult though it may be, is exactly what the Gospel writers ask of us in a narrative assigned to the voice of Jesus. (See Matthew 21:33-46, Mark 12:1-12 and Luke 20:9-19.) The story goes basically like this: A landowner decides...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 16, 2011 | Opinion
It seems so blatantly unfair, doesn’t it? Even unjust. Jesus tells this story of a vineyard owner who had fields that needed tending. Early in the morning, the vintner goes to that place where day laborers gather to find job opportunities and finds a group eager...
by Larry Greenfield | Sep 2, 2011 | Opinion
As I approach my 70th, I’m spending more time remembering how fortunate I was to have been raised in a loving family, where, as an only child, I was treated as something special. For health reasons, my mother was explicitly told not to risk what would likely be...
