Sermon: Pick the Sinner Out of the Lineup

<p><b>Pick the SInner Out of the Lineup</b></p><p></p><p>Sermon preached by Pastor Julius Buelow for Trinity 11 at Mt Olive Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE on August 16th 2026.</p><p></p><p>Sermon text: Luke 18:9-14</p><p></p><p>9Jesus told this parable to certain people who trusted in themselves (that they were righteous) and looked down on others: 10“Two men went up to the temple courts to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 11The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people, robbers, evildoers, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12I fast twice a week. I give a tenth of all my income.’ 13“However the tax collector stood at a distance and would not even lift his eyes up to heaven, but was beating his chest and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14“I tell you, this man went home justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”</p><p></p><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ref.ly/res/LLS:HBEHV/2023-01-27T16:54:40Z/4133216?len=801" target="_blank"><i>Holy Bible: Evangelical Heritage Version</i></a> (Milwaukee, WI: Northwestern Publishing House, 2019), Lk 18:9–14.</p>