The Question Of Our Time

Today’s sermon is on the subject of authority, based on the text above.

It is no overstatement to say that authority is the question of our time. Wherever one looks in our world today, in family, government, business life, and the church, the conclusion seems unanimous. Authority is in a bad state of erosion. Why is this so? What can be done about a matter so vital to people in every aspect of life?

The story St. Matthew tells us in today’s text speaks directly to the problem of authority, and it offers the solution to the problem. That’s

claiming a great deal for this story which seems at first to be little more than an ambitious mother wanting preferential positions for her two sons. Much more than that is there. All who have ears to hear let us hear!

The St…