A Window for Looking In and Out

Our team from the Center for Faith and Culture at Lindsey Wilson College will continue sharing thoughts and comments for the upcoming Sunday's lectionary Scripture readings. Whether for your sermon, or a seed to share in a Bible-study in the church, we hope our thoughts will, at least on occasion, be the icing-on-the-cake you need for Sunday.

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time/18th Sunday after Pentecost (Oct. 2 - 8)

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 - Team member Kayla Koerner shares these thoughts:
The 10 Commandments bring to life God's great power. As the commandments are presented, the first four are commandments about our relationship to God. The remaining six are geared toward the nature in which we treat people. Since we are in the image of God, if we break these commandments towards each other, we are breaking it with God at the same time. It's easy to forget that we have God within us, but it's important that we live out the lifestyle that God intended for us.

Psalm 19 - A Walk through the museum of God’s artistry on display:
Part 1 - A beautiful statement about the opening verses of this great Psalm says, “His voice is heard without a word.”
Part 2 - A poetic commentary of God’s commandments. Each statement a separate room in the museum!
Part 3 - A stunning bow that ties the power of God’s creation and His commandments to our outward (“the words of my mouth”) and to our inward lives (“the meditation of my heart).

If we were centering on this passage, we would enjoy applying “the Johari Window” to the inward and outward areas of our lives. Give the “Johari Window” a Google search. Diagrams abound. The four quadrants become four windows into our inward and outward lives.

Philippians 3:4b-14 (the N.L.T. titles this section The Priceless Value of Knowing Christ)

Matthew 21:33-46 (The Parable of the Tenants)


The Center for Faith & Culture team at Lindsey Wilson College,
Gerald Chafin with Ryan Engle, Kayla Koerner, Kelsey Redford, Jerrica Townsend