Rejoice in the Lord

Sermon preached at Vespers for the 61st Annual Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Coventry 2 October 2015 Ps. 119:145–52; Philippians 4:4–9; Luke 11:5–13 There are certain commands that almost always have the opposite effect from what they actually command. An exasperated parent’s “For goodness sake, stupid child, stop…