Lectionary: Series C (540)
  1. Jesus leaves us hanging. Does the tree improve? Does the owner of the vineyard even grant the vinedresser another year? Or does the tree finally get the ax?
  2. The promise is rooted in the fact that the only way we can endure any ounce of suffering in this life is because Jesus Christ.
  3. The question is: Who is the watchman? By whose blood are we accounted for as righteous before God?
  4. On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss a story of Jesus in which he speaks of a tree not bearing fruit.
  5. Jesus' course led from death into life, as He had promised. And He promises to lead us on that same course from death to life, from lament to joy.
  6. We are standing within the body of Christ. This gives us the strength to stand, and it strengthens us in heart and mind, body and soul.
  7. Grace is God’s attitude towards sinners; not holding their sins against them but relenting from the Law’s just judgement and giving the undeserved Gospel instead.
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