Scripture
Luke 18:1
Luke 18:1-8 or (Matthew 10:1-9)
Sermon Week/Year
Sermon Topic
A Sunday School teacher was reading the Old Testament Book of Jonah to her class:
And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying “I called to the Lord out of my distress and He answered me” … and the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land (Jon. 1:17-2:1-2,10). When she had finished reading, the teacher said, “Now, children, you have heard the Bible Story of Jonah and the whale. What does this story teach us, Tommy?” To which Tommy replied, “You can’t keep a good man down!” Right on, Tommy! You can’t keep a good man down, or a good woman, as we learn from Jesus’ parable in today’s Gospel Lesson.
The parable is the story of a poor widow trying desperately to secure…
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