The Radical Grace of God

The so-called Parable of the Unjust Steward, when viewed from man’s perspective, makes no sense whatsoever. A manager wastes his master’s possessions, and when this is discovered, the master tells him that he’s going to take the management away from him. The steward goes to work to pad his landing. There’s a twist right away. The master didn’t have him turn in the books right away, which gave the manager time to follow through on his shrewd plan. He has all of his master’s debtors come in one by one and slash their bills to a fraction of what they owed. And then the ultimate surprise: the master doesn’t throw him in prison; rather, he commends him for his shrewdness.

This parable makes no sense when viewed from the perspective of men. 

Find out more in this sermon from St. John's Lutheran Church of Oakes, ND which was preached by the Rev. Mark Chepulis, president of the North Dakota district of the LCMS.