Lutheran Church of the Savior Sermon Audio 6/12/2016

Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Lectionary Year CActs Sermon Series 2016, Week Two2 Samuel 11:26--12:10, 13-15Luke 7:36-- 8:3Today I abandoned the Acts reading in favor of a more complicated current issue related to our other readings. The sentencing after the Stanford rape case shows that rape culture is alive and well, even as it was when David killed Uriah so he could get Bathsheba as his wife. There is good news in this sermon, but it takes awhile to get there by a difficult path. Also, so concerned was I about this sermon that I avoided looking at news or social media this morning. Thus I didn't hear about the horrific massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando until after worship, or that too would've made it into this sermon. My prayers are only the beginning of my response to that tragedy.