NCF Sunday Worship Livestream - May 31, 2026

Meditation: Isaiah 30:18 

Call to Worship: Psalm 110 

Old Testament Reading: Daniel 7:9-14 

Sermon Text: Luke 19:11-27

Sermon Title: “Successful or Faithful?” (James Richters)   

Sermon Summary:

The following is a quote from Kenneth Bailey, a missionary to the Middle East for forty years. “Each of us perceives reality through the lenses of our language, culture, history, politics, economic theories, religion

and military. As Westerners, one of our lenses is capitalism. Does the parable of the pounds need to be liberated from the presuppositions of capitalism that perhaps have unconsciously influenced our translations and interpretations of this story?” Bailey and other commentators have brought to the forefront the historical and political context of this parable in Luke, allowing us to “sit behind” the original audience, possibly hearing more accurately what they heard.