Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13) 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Luke 5:1-11 I brought a casting net with me today. I’ve never actually used it. It came to me with a bunch of other things when my mother moved from Florida, though I’m not sure why she had it either. Have any of you ever actually tried to catch fish with a casting net? It’s hard! It’s hard to keep it from tangling. It’s hard to throw it in such a way that it spreads out, not to mention the fact that any self-respecting fish that hasn’t been caught unawares in the shallows would be startled by it. Of course, Simon and James and John were probably using more of a dragnet, the kind you drop and pull through the water and collects indiscriminately. They had been fishing all night. They were tired, and they knew there were no fish to be had. After all, they were fishermen. Yet, there was something about this Jesus. It wasn’t just the crowds or the rumors. No, at some point as he wa...
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