Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rejecting God - Part 2\n Luke 14:16-20\n 06\/16\/2026\n\n\n 16 But he said to him, ``A man once gave a great\n banquet and invited many.\n 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his\n servant to say to those who had been invited,\n `Come, for everything is now ready.'\n 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The\n first said to him, `I have bought a field, and I\n must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'\n 19 And another said, `I have bought five yoke of\n oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me\n excused.'\n 20 And another said, `I have married a wife, and\n therefore I cannot come.' (ESV)\n\n Our prayer this week acknowledges our selfish desires which\n pull us away from God's grace and love. Only as the Holy Spirit\n grants us wisdom and faith can we accept His invitation to dine\n in the kingdom of God.\n O Lord, since You never fail to help and govern those\n whom You nurture in Your steadfast fear and love, work\n in us a perpetual fear and love of Your holy name.\n\n\n Jesus was at a banquet when one of the guests said,\n ``Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.''\n But [Jesus] said to him, ``A man once gave a great\n banquet and invited many. And at the time for the\n banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had\n been invited, `Come, for everything is now ready.' But\n they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to\n him, `I have bought a field, and I must go out and see\n it. Please have me excused.' And another said, `I have\n bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them.\n Please have me excused.' And another said, `I have\n married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'\n\n\n Who were the men invited to the banquet in the parable?\n They were members of the religious establishment, the children of\n Israel, who turned their backs on God. They are all who ignore\n the Church today, who ignore their own sin and their need for a\n Redeemer. The men who rejected the invitation prized wealth, or\n work, or family and leisure above God. Those are the same\n excuses we hear today.\n\n May our Lord grant us faith to fear, love, and trust in Him\n above all things. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 16, 2026 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4946,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions\/4946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}