Monthly Archives: March 2013

08

Jump Start # 810

  Jump Start # 810 Matthew 20:16 “So the last shall be first, and the first last.” We have spent a week looking at this parable that is commonly called, “The laborers in the Vineyard.” Several workers were hired throughout the day to work in the master’s vineyard. At the end of the day they […]

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Jump Start # 809

  Jump Start # 809 Matthew 20:11 “When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner,” We continue our look at Jesus’ parable of the laborers in the vineyard, a powerful lesson about the goodness and generosity of God. Various workers were hired throughout the day to work in the vineyard. Only the first group […]

06

Jump Start # 808

  Jump Start # 808 Matthew 20:8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay the wages, beginning with the last group to the first.’” We continue our look at the wonder parable we know as “the laborers in the vineyard.” The parable begins with this […]

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Jump Start # 807

  Jump Start # 807 Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” We are looking this week at one of my favorite parables, the laborers in the vineyard. This parable emphasizes the generosity of God. Our God is […]

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Jump Start # 806

  Jump Start # 806 Matthew 20:6-7 “And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he said to them, ‘why have you been standing here idle all day long?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’” Our […]