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but i couldn't get it out The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the 18th Chapter ! This week we begin another year of programming. With this beginning we switch from thanking God for rescuing us in baptism; to confessing our sins, and hearing God’s Word of grace. I know to some that kind of thing seems gloomy, but the truth is, it’s really a miracle. The miracle that if God hadn’t forgiven our sins, we’d never be able to confess them. This week we had “God’s Work Our Hands” day. What is interesting about that day, isn’t our hands. Heaven knows our hands love to be doing something; right or wrong. What is interesting is that God would come to folks like us, freeing us to do God’s work. Today’s sermon is a story. It is a warning-story of sorts. It is a story of what kind of work our hands can do without God’s intervention. Okay, let me tell you how it went. There was this member of my old congregation. I won’t be going back there anytime soon. Anyway, th...