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religion is worthless the gospel passage also addresses this theme mark quotes from isaiah 29 13 this people honours me with their lips but their hearts are far from me in other words they are not faithful and truthful because their words contradict how they live and treat one another that reminds me of one of my faithful parishioners many years ago who passed the following poem on to me concerning how powerful our tongue is the poem was written by joseph hough one of her relatives and is called the tongue and goes like this my subject of discourse i m compelled to use please keep your tongue silent nay do not refuse for a babel of tongues is shocking to hear in bridled ones there is nothing to fear would est thou enjoy life and be happy for aye keeping the tongue from evil is the very best way it s the organ of taste the instrument of sound giving great thoughts deep ones profound crushing a broken heart or filling it with bliss it must be mysterious to have power like this now i am going to sit some of you may rise deal gently with your tongues if you should criticise for there s a very old adage you ve oft heard said it takes a still tongue to make a wise head but i heard that reversed when very very young it takes a wise head to make a still tongue this poem and verses 2 and 3 of our psalm and verse 26 of our james text all are in a way a commentary on the 8 th commandment you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour that reminds me too of luther s explanation of the commandment in his small catechism which perhaps you remember it goes like this we are to fear and love god so that we do not tell lies about our neighbours betray or slander them or destroy their reputations instead we are to come to their defense speak well of them and interpret everything they do in the best possible light would that everyone obey these words of wisdom then there would be no fake news that leads so many people astray these days and the gossip tabloids and magazines etc would no longer exist continuing now with verse 4 of our psalm another requirement for god s people to be faithful and to worship in the temple was to stand by their oath even to their hurt that reminds me of the following story disregard for a moment your convictions about gambling and take note of something special in this news story on friday march 29 1984 robert cunningham ate a meal of linguine and clam sauce at his favourite restaurant sal s pizzeria where he had been a regular customer for seven years his waitress phyllis penza had worked at sal s for nineteen years after his meal cunningham made a good natured offer to penza he said she could either have a tip or split his winnings if his number was drawn in the upcoming new york lotto penza chose to take a chance on the lottery and she and cunningham chose the numbers together on saturday night cunningham won the jackpot was six million dollars then he faced the moment of truth would he keep his promise would he give the waitress a tip of three million dollars cunningham a police sergeant husband father of four and grandfather of three said i won t back out besides friendship means more than money promises are to be kept no matter what the cost 1 speaking of money verse five addresses the matter of money lending interest and taking bribes the message puts it like this keep your word even when it costs you make an honest living never take a bribe you ll never get blacklisted if you live like this that reminds me of the following story like many other canadian pioneers the first jew to settle permanently in ottawa was a colourful and exciting personality moses bilsky was born in russian poland in 1829 and he reached ottawa from new york in 1858 he faithfully adhered to the jewish dietary laws as well as to other traditional religious practices bilsky was one of those unique men for whom jewish belief and tradition constituted a way of life as a banker he was reputed never to have charged interest on loans to poor persons jew or gentile when he encountered a jew who showed no interest in the religious community or who lacked proper conduct he refused to lend him money at all reverend mirsky tells how one night during a fierce blizzard bilsky appeared outside his door covered with snow he was dragging a sleigh piled high with fruit loaves of bread vegetables milk butter cheese and eggs bilsky took hold of a string tied to the sleigh and pulling it behind him walked by reverend mirsky s side with the snow beating his face bilsky told him that he had just learned that the family of the rascal whom he had refused a loan was in want he would not cross the threshold of his house but he wanted reverend mirsky to bring the cargo to the needy folks 2 now that is faith it describes god s faithful people who practice verse 5 of our psalm keeping the commandments in our deuteronomy passage and follows james exhortation to be doers not merely hearers of the word may god grant you and i the grace to be faithful to god and one another in thought word and deed amen 1 craig brian larson contemporary illustrations for preachers teachers and writers grand rapids mi baker books a division of baker book house co 1996 p 190 2 stuart e rosenberg the jewish community in canada volume 1 a history toronto montreal mcclelland stewart ltd 1970 pp 92 93 filed under church universal sermons tagged with ecumenical homily ecumenical sermon homily homily based on ps 15 homily for 14 pentecost yr b lutheran homily lutheran sermon rcl homily rcl sermon sermon sermon base on ps 15 sermon for 14 pentecost yr b sermon for 12 pentecost yr b august 14 2021 2 comments 12 pentecost yr b 15 08 2021 1 sam 21 ps 34 9 14 pastor garth wehrfritz hanson revere god don t tell lies and enjoy life psalm 34 has the following superscription of david when he feigned madness before abimelech so that he drove him out and he went away this superscription has a background story involving david in 1 samuel 21 david is on the run fleeing from saul fearing for his life he flees to the city of nob which is located between gibeah saul s hometown and jerusalem nob was a city of priests and david approaches the priest ahimelech who gives the holy bread to david and his men david then continued to flee from saul going into enemy territory to the philistine king achish of gath perhaps he was hoping he d be safe there and offer his services as a soldier at any rate david wondering how the philistine king will receive him puts on an insanity act scratching the doors of the gate and letting spittle run down his beard king achish has no time for such insane behaviour he has too many other crazy folks to deal with and so david continues to flee from gath escaping to the cave of adullam the nrsv lutheran study bible with this background story in mind gives psalm 34 the following title praise for deliverance from trouble the deliverance from trouble being the threat of saul and the enemy king achish so david would have praised and thanked god for such a deliverance the good news bible has this title in praise of god s goodness at any rate psalm 34 is a song of thanksgiving however it is also an acrostic poem meaning that each line or section begins with a succeeding letter of the hebrew alphabet in addition to it being a song of thanksgiving and an acrostic poem our verses for today 9 14 contain similarities to wisdom psalms verse 9 begins with a major theme of the bible s wisdom writings in both the psalms and the book of proverbs namely an admonition to fear the lord the good news bible renders verse 9 like this have reverence for the lord all his people those who obey him have all they need the reb translates it like this fear the lord you his holy people those who fear him lack for nothing to fear the lord involves being in a close and healthy relationship with god by worshipping loving obeying respecting and revering god when we fear the lord by being in reverence of god and obeying god our psalmist goes on to spell out the consequences the blessings that go along with fearing the lord revering and obeying god verses 12 to 14 highlight the consequences the blessings basically the psalmist is saying revere god don t tell lies and enjoy life or to put it another way these verses of psalm 34 are a commentary on the commandment you shall not bear false witness against your neighbour exodus 20 16 that reminds me of two stories that i d like to share with you today the first one goes like this a man went to his rabbi with a question rabbi he said i understand almost all of the law i understand the commandment not to kill i understand the commandment not to steal what i don t understand is why there is a commandment against slandering the neighbour the rabbi looked at the man and said i will give you an answer but first i have a task for you i would like you to gather a sack of feathers and place a single feather on the doorstep of each house in the village when you have finished return for your answer the man did as was told and soon returned to the rabbi to announce that the task was complete now rabbi give me the answer to my question why is it wrong to slander my neighbour ah the rabbi said one more thing i want you to go back and collect all the feathers before i give you the answer but rabbi the man protested the feathers will be impossible to collect the wind will have blown them away so it is with the lies we tell about our neighbours the rabbi said they can never be retrieved they are like feathers in the wind 1 if one tells lies about others and others find out the lies are not true the liar can end up losing their respect as well as losing a friend or neighbour or the liar may even end up losing their means of making a living there is also the jewish tradition of linking illness caused by speaking evil of someone or telling lies for example moses sister miriam criticized moses for marrying a cushite wife and miriam ended up with a skin disease her skin turned as white as snow numbers 12 10 that reminds me of the following story the people s power revolt that toppled philippine president ferdinand marcos in february 1986 was perhaps the most thoroughly chronicled popular uprising in modern times legions of foreign journalists covered it and each scene of the unfolding drama was instantly broadcast around the world yet remarkably few details emerged about how the rebellion began and why marcos failed to overcome the lightly armed rebel forces once it was under way the result says bryan johnson who was in manila for toronto s globe and mail is a massive misunderstanding of the revolt that brought president corazon aquino to power according to johnson the rebellion s most durable myth concerns the role of juan ponce enrile a former defence minister and the reformist military officers who supported his challenge to marcos after enrile barricaded himself in manila s camp aguinaldo along with deputy chief of staff lt gen fidel ramos and 200 armed men marcos went on national t v to accuse his colleague of planning a coup at the time most filipinos dismissed marcos s charges as another charade by a pathological liar but those involved now admit that before marcos discovered their plot they had planned to attack the presidential palace imprison the first family and set up a provisional ruling council for once in his life marcos was telling the truth says one of the cabal and nobody believed him this is a tragic example of someone who ruined their reputation because of their lies marcos had lied to the philippine people so much that the people had totally lost their trust in him they believed he was no longer capable of speaking the truth 2 marcos s lying led him to take refuge in hawaii perhaps all of his lying was linked to his death in honolulu of kidney heart and lung failure over the years there have been several law suits and many victims and victims families of marcos s brutal dictatorship have been compensated so as the psalmist so wisely teaches would you like to enjoy life then fear the lord revere and obey god keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies then you do not have to worry about looking for feathers that have blown away in the wind or having to flee to another country for refuge because of the consequences of telling lies your life will be blessed and you will be a blessing for others as well amen by god s grace may it be so for each one of us 1 wm r white stories for telling a treasury for christian storytellers minneapolis augsburg publishing house 1986 p 73 2 maclean s may 18 1987 p 54 filed under church universal sermons tagged with ecumenical homily ecumenical sermon homily homily based on 1 sam 21 ps 34 9 14 homily for 12 pentecost yr b lutheran homily lutheran sermon rcl homily rcl sermon sermon sermon based on 1 sam 21 ps 34 9 14 sermon for 12 pentecost yr b book review the righteous august 9 2021 4 comments the righteous the unsung heroes of the holocaust author martin gilbert publisher henry holt and company hardcover 529 pages including list of maps preface acknowledgements afterword maps of places mentioned in the text bibliography illustration credits and index the author at the time this volume was published in 2003 sir martin gilbert had published eight books on holocaust themes a subject he had been writing on for forty years he was an honorary fellow of merton college oxford where he taught and did research for many years in 1995 he was knighted and in 1999 he was awarded a doctorate of literature by the university of oxford for the totality of his published work he also taught jewish history at the university of california and hillsdale college michigan content in addition to the sections of this volume mentioned above this work contains seventeen chapters titled 1 rescue in the east 2 eastern galicia 3 vilna 4 lithuania 5 poland the general government 6 warsaw 7 western galicia 8 germany and austria 9 germans beyond germany 10 central europe and the balkans 11 norway finland and denmark 12 france 13 belgium and luxembourg 14 holland 15 italy and the vatican 16 hungary 17 in the camps and on the death marches observations as a historian of the holocaust gilbert has been thorough in the compilation of this volume in addition to travelling to many of the places mentioned he has relied on correspondence and conversations from holocaust survivors and their family members the righteous those who helped jews and saved them by hiding them and archives especially from the yad vashem righteous among the nations archive and the united states holocaust memorial museum photo archive as well as newspaper and journal articles and books on the holocaust the stories of the jews who escaped the nazis and survived the holocaust because of the righteous gentiles who hid them are very similar though of course there are unique factors in each of them when asked why the righteous gentiles hid the jews knowing that if the nazis caught th...