Sermon for Third Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2014
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Wallis, Texas
Sermon Text: John 4:5-26
Sermon Theme: “A Paradigm for Witnessing”
(Sources: Emphasis online illustrations; Emphasis online Commentary; Anderson, Cycle A, Preaching Workbook; original ideas; Concordia Pulpit Resources, Volume 24, Part 2, Series A)
Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
I want to tell you an old story that’s been around for so long you may know it. Even if you’ve heard it before, I’m going to tell it anyway, because it’s one of my favorite stories and it helps to make the main point of my sermon.
The story is about two evangelists who went door-to-door inviting people to come to church. They knocked on the door of a certain woman who told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to be bothered. To reinforce her point she slammed her door right in the faces of the evangelists, but the door just bounced open again. Continue reading