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2651. Water Into Wine

John 2:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... calls it a sign. What do signs do? They point us to something. In this case, John comes right out and tells us: He thus revealed his glory! In Greek, the word we translate as "glory" (doxa) means more than radiance or light — it also carries with it the sense of weight or heft. Put all that together and the message for John (and remember he places this event right at the beginning of Jesus' earthly ministry) is not about Jesus rescuing a party, it is that this Jesus whom we are about to get to know is ...

2652. The Church Should Go To Hell!

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more bearable for everyone, that is not such a great price to pay, is it? The devil led [Jesus] to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God [and the Greek in all of these ‘If' clauses carries the sense of ‘If you are (and we know that you are)'], throw yourself down from here. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone ...

2653. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:3-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... God; my soul sings forth its praise; God immerses us in loveliness in many marvelous ways. Sermon Idea The images in Malachi, a strong soap that washes clean and a fire that polishes silver, appeal to the senses of smell, sight, and touch. God’s presence with us is like that — appealing to all our senses! When our whole selves are saturated with the Holy, then we will be what God intends. In Philippians, the image that stands out is the connectedness we have with one another; the ribbons that circle us ...

2654. The End of the Gladiator Games

Mark 7:24-37

Illustration

Robert Salzgeber

... Far down there in the arena lay the little battered body of the monk. Suddenly the mob grew quiet. A feeling of revulsion at what they had done swept over them. Their once deaf ears sensed a stirring. Emperor Honorius rose and left the coliseum. The people followed him. Abruptly the games were over. Honorius sensed the mood of the crowd. His ears too were opened. He issued an edict forbidding all future gladiatorial games. Honorius' ears had been opened to the violence and dehumanization of the games. As a ...

2655. Epiphany 9

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43, Psalm 96:1-9, Luke 7:1-10, Galatians 1:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... opportunity to give them to God and to feel free of angst, guilt, and shame. Community Confession Living God — our human nature is prone to do things that are not helpful to ourselves or to others. When we do things or plan things that violate our internal sense of right, we are uncomfortable with ourselves. Sometimes we carry great burdens. Take them; take them all and let us be free and creative. Reveal to us what in us is not aligned with your Spirit. Straighten us, we pray. Amen. Word Of Grace When we ...

2656. Proper 22

Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... our psyches, and our experiences. Perhaps people seeking to manifest godliness are always in the minority. If the Lord’s Supper is shared, intinction at stations or around the table might promote a sense of closeness with the whole world family of God. Also, bread recipes from different countries might enhance the sense of unity. (If you use breads with hot spices, warn the people ahead of time.) Another suggestion: if juice is used rather than wine, use frozen juice only half diluted with sparkling water ...

2657. God's Gift

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... ....” Peter’s gift to his parents was a crayon drawing of flashy colors in the most modernistic style of the Depression era. It was the picture of three people laughing — a man, a woman, and a little boy. They had their arms around one another and were, in a sense, one person. Under the picture Pete had printed one word: US.1 The prophet Jeremiah looks down the corridor of time to see that God has given us a gift. It is the gift of his one and only son, Jesus, who has come to put his arms around us ...

2658. Hope Again!

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. The wicked will have only heaps of rubble when I cut off man from the face of the earth, declares the Lord” (Zephaniah 1:3 NIV). As the Life Application Bible introduction to Zephaniah says, “We can sense the oppression and depression his listeners must have felt. They were judged guilty and they were doomed” (p. 1366). In chapter 2 there is a whisper from the prophet of hope. He calls on the people to beg the Lord to save them and perhaps he will listen ...

2659. Thanksgiving Means Giving

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... done all things well. He can sleep during the wind.” As we begin a new liturgical year by lighting the first candle on the Advent wreath, Saint Paul encourages us to manifest an attitude of thanksgiving. While saying “thank you” in a physical sense is a start, we must go further. Paul tells the Thessalonians that he is grateful to them, but now they must demonstrate an ethic of thanksgiving of presence, mutual love, and right conduct to others. Similarly, we need to manifest thanksgiving in our lives ...

2660. Responsibility Comes with Privilege

Acts 8:4-8

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to spend the time that is necessary to meet our responsibilities. Additionally, we fall victim to apathy, indifferentism, laziness, and even a sense of fatalism. We say, "Why should I get involved? Things will be the same with or without my effort." It is easy ... reality that responsibility is part and parcel of our lives as baptized Christians. All great privileges bring with them a sense of responsibility. We readily and with great joy accept the former, but only grudgingly, at times, fulfill the latter. ...

2661. Passing the Test

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... edge, about ready to collapse, having had everything we thought was so important stripped out of our hands, all we can do is cry for help. All we can do is open our hands to receive ... for we have nothing. It is then that Paul's words begin to make sense. Paul boldly declares, "God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond your strength." He is not just telling us to "grin and bear it." No, these are words to comfort. God is coming to the rescue. "With the testing he will also provide you with the ...

2662. Heaven on Earth

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... you!" I had never ever seen anything like this. When you go to a food bank, the "clients" or "needy folk" or whatever you call them always keep their distance. They are suspicious of the donors and the donors are suspicious of them. You sense their shame. You sense the mistrust of those handing out the food, but that day something amazing happened. The wall of suspicion crumbled. That bag of food touched them with what John in Revelation would call the love of the lamb. For a short time, this ministry of ...

2663. On Not Giving Up

Galatians 6: 7-16

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... law, Paul argued. As he writes earlier in Galatians 3:28: "There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." All those distinctions no longer make sense because there is a new creation. Second Corinthians 5:17 says, "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new." Ephesians 2:15 describes it as a "new humanity." Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10 ...

2664. When God Adds Insult to Injury

Colossians 2:6-15

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... about matters of the heart. These two verses are about our relationship to the risen Christ. They are about building our faith, a sense of trust that comes from within us. A recovering drug addict, writing to her pastor about the faith she and her husband — also ... are not so much in the realm of our hearts as in the realm of our heads, our intellect. We are not talking so much about the sense of trust, joy, and faith that we feel deep in our souls as we are about what we think in our heads. What we think in ...

2665. No Work, No Food!

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... often at the local soup kitchen or homeless shelter. We don't turn away people due to gender or race or religion. We don't even turn away people because of a sense of entitlement. But there are certainly those guests who come with gratitude in their heart, thankful for what can be provided. And there are others who come with a sense of entitlement, demanding more than we have and ungrateful for what we can offer. We haven't come to the point of enforcing Paul's command, but we certainly understand Paul's ...

2666. Strengthening Your Grip On Prayer

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... talk of yesteryear." He then tells his readers that they need biblical fixed points to hang onto that are firm with solid handles to guide our lives into a life of purpose. "What we really want is something to grab — believable, reliable truth that makes sense for today's generation, essential principles for our aimless world."[2] The puzzle was in God's hands during the 1980s and the puzzle is still in God's hands today, nearly thirty years later! One area that needs strengthening the grip is prayer ...

2667. When The Fruit Is Spoiled

Amos 8:1-12

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... his message to us today, he would be focusing on how our materialistic culture is driving us away from God. Using Amos' images let me take you down that path and see what you conclude. First Amos sees people becoming over-identified with their work and losing any vital sense that they are reflectors of God in their lives. Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, "When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and the sabbath, so that we may offer ...

2668. What God Expects From Worship

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... no clock on the wall telling anyone to stop singing or preaching or praying. The people's worship begins when all are present, and it draws to a close when there is a sense that all are finished with the rites and prayers and songs. What do we expect out of worship ... to be entertained? Do we expect to experience a sense of connection with the almighty? Are we expecting to gain wisdom for living or to feel better about ourselves? Even more important is this question — what does God expect of us when we ...

2669. When God Calls

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... to be able to carry out this call. But God is persistent, and although we hear no acceptance speech from Jeremiah, he apparently agrees to serve. Consider what aspects of your own sense of call might illustrate God's persistence. When I entered Trinity Luther Seminary in the early 1980s, I was a young woman, barely 21 years old. My sense of call had developed slowly and almost imperceptibly as I became involved with campus ministry during college. In fact, having grown up as a Roman Catholic, I was not even ...

2670. Finding Fault With God

Jeremiah 2:4--3:5

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... it. I've sat with many heartbroken spouses and puzzled with them over what could have made their partner break their commitment with them so suddenly. "What fault did he find in me that made him leave?" I've cried with many parents who have tried to make sense of their son or daughter's complete and utter repudiation of them and their family life. "What did I not do for her?" Sadly, there are many reasons why a person might find fault with a friend, a family member, a boss, or a coworker. Sometimes we don ...

2671. Making Something Out Of Nothing

Haggai 1:15b—2:9

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... because of the promise of God's presence with us we no longer need to be in the negative business of making something out of nothing through worry and disappointment, which only leads us into depression. Instead, we are to let God, in the positive sense, make something out of our nothings. Our failures, our weaknesses, our difficulties are not a barrier for God. After all, "for God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26). In fact, nothing, in the hands of God, always becomes something. Those of us who live ...

2672. The Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Savior. The symbol of Christ is not that of an eagle or a hawk, but a dove. It is also interesting to note that Christ was baptized by his cousin John. John was Elizabeth and Zechariah’s boy. This humble couple were righteous people in the best sense of the word. Zechariah was a priest and Elizabeth was of a priestly family. John was born to them in their old age and his birth was foretold by God. Elizabeth and Zechariah had great dreams for their boy and he already was the most successful preacher in ...

2673. John 12:1-8

John 12:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... described in this week’s text. In John’s gospel, as Jesus approaches Jerusalem there is an increasing scent and sense of death. In chapter 11 John tells the extended story of Lazarus — his illness, his death, and his miraculous resurrection ... that offer that interpretation of Mary’s actions. Rather than assuming Mary was some sort of spiritual savant, it probably makes more sense to read her action as one of extreme gratefulness for the restoration of Lazarus and her utter humility and servitude to ...

2674. Blessed Are Those Who Believe

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... hand into his side, I will not believe.” We all long for certainty. But that is one gift that God has not granted us. Undoubtedly, God has His reasons. If His aim is to produce mature spirits fit to spend eternity in His presence, it makes sense that He would not reveal Himself in His fullness to us. Such certainty would keep us perpetually immature. If a child knows that his father will always be there to solve every problem, to resolve every crisis, to comfort every sorrow, the child will never develop ...

2675. A New Kind of Authority

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

King Duncan

... enforcement agency. He couldn’t help himself. Every time he would get near an officer of the law he would feel this terrible sense of anger and murder and rage within him. But one night in the south of France, in a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, ... dangerous, difficult road. Up until we yield ourselves to God’s leadership, we live our lives puffed up with an inflated sense of our own authority or power, and warped by our own selfishness and self-importance. Even though we may believe we mean ...

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