{"id":2537,"date":"2016-07-16T22:25:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T22:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:47:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:47:52","slug":"worship-july-17-2016-9th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2537","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; July 17, 2016 &#8211; 9th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>&#8220;Evangelical&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"evangelical1\" class=\"wp-image-2540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-227x150.jpg 227w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/evangelical1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>Luke 16:14-17 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-25626\" class=\"text Luke-16-14\">The Law and the Kingdom of God<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Luke-16-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things, and they ridiculed him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-25627\" class=\"text Luke-16-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>And he said to them, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cYou are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-25628\" class=\"text Luke-16-16\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cThe Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-25629\" class=\"text Luke-16-17\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>Mark 1:14-15 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-24226\" class=\"text Mark-1-14\">Jesus Begins His Ministry<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Mark-1-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14 &#8230;<\/sup>Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-24227\" class=\"text Mark-1-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>and saying, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #bd17bd\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall. Join us today for Pastor Phil Ross\u2019s sermon \u201cEvangelical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Evangelical&#8221; Luke 16:14-17 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) The Law and the Kingdom of God 14&nbsp;The<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-worship-this-week","no-post-thumbnail"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sharon Tali","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}