Sermons on Matthew 13:31-33 & 44-52

Pentecost 8A – July 30, 2017

Today’s Gospel is a menagerie of parables. Jesus floods the disciples with parables, and then asks if they understand. They say, YES. Do we understand? Sometimes we say we do. Maybe we don’t want to reveal to others that we don’t really know what the Bible is saying. What Jesus is saying. So, like the disciples, we just say “Got it! Thanks.”…