Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Forgiven - Part 4\n Luke 18:10,13\n 08\/20\/2026\n\n\n 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a\n Pharisee and the other a tax collector.\n 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not\n even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his\n breast, saying, ``God, be merciful to me, a\n sinner!'' (ESV)\n\n This week we pray:\n Almighty and everlasting God, always more ready to hear\n than we to pray and to give more than we either desire\n or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of Your\n mercy, forgiving those things of which our conscience\n is afraid and giving us those good things that we are\n not worthy to ask, except through the merits and\n mediation of Christ, our Lord.\n\n\n ``Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee\n and the other a tax collector.'' Unlike the Pharisee, who\n confidently walked into the Temple with his head held high, the\n tax collector slowly walked in. He stood in the shadows, knowing\n that his neighbors despised him, calling him a traitor and a\n thief. People avoided him, not wishing to engage in\n conversation, not wishing to be seen with him.\n\n But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even\n lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast,\n saying, ``God, be merciful to me, a sinner!''\n\n\n Our English translations do not do justice to the original\n Greek. Saint Luke recorded the tax collector's words, ``Lord, be\n merciful to me, the sinner.'' This tax collector did not hide\n himself as one of many sinners. He stood alone, taking\n responsibility for his sin, not comparing himself to anyone or\n anything but God's holy law.\n\n There is no pretense, you and I stand with the tax\n collector, for we also have sinned against God and neighbor. Was\n God pleased to hear this prayer?\n\n May our Lord grant us the courage to take full\n responsibility for our sin and confess it to Him. Amen.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 20, 2026 Broadcast Forgiven – Part 4 Luke 18:10,13 08\/20\/2026 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. … Continue reading “Forgiven – Part 4”<\/span><\/a><\/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-5197","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\/5197","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=5197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5198,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5197\/revisions\/5198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}