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2826. Me First

Mark 9:35

Children's Sermon

... the whole group. Being a leader is fun, but it also has tremendous responsibility. You have to help others to be a leader. Jesus needs leaders, but he needs leaders who want to work and do things for others. That is the way it is to be with Jesus. The disciples thought about that for a long time. Most people want to be first because they like the other people who are already leaders. Most people forget that it took a lot of work to become a leader. If you want to be first, or be a leader, then you must ...

2827. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

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... Jesus had. He did not feel sorry for these people. He felt the pain of love. We see this compassion of Jesus, this pain of love, in other places. On one occasion, a large crowd had come to hear him. After he had healed the sick he said to the disciples, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way." He took the loaves and the fish and fed the people. On another occasion he ...

2828. Number Thirteen Had to Try Harder

1 Corinthians 15:9

Children's Sermon

... as hard as anyone else to make sure that the whole world knew of the love of God and that Jesus was the Christ. He told everyone about the resurrection of Jesus as he traveled from one country to another. Paul was not one of the first twelve disciples (Show them the twelve screws.) and he came much later to believe that Jesus was the Christ, but (Show them the small screw.) he worked hard to make sure that everyone remembered the resurrection of Jesus and not the terrible things that Paul did. You and I can ...

2829. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... yourself in pain or see some part of yourself being dismantled. Perhaps you have been rejected by someone you have loved. Maybe you have had a recent significant loss in your life. Whatever may be going on, please know that Jesus was deserted by the very disciples he loved and taught. Jesus suffered temptations and overcame them. Jesus died like we will die. He understands you wherever you are and however you feel. But we must see that being a follower of Christ is not an easy journey. He said that we must ...

2830. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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... perfect as your Father in heaven in perfect!" 3. Concealed in this combination of the "But I say to you" teachings of Jesus is what amounts to a forecast of his fate. He knew that he was ultimately going to face suffering and death, as would his disciples, too, but Jesus was ready to pay the price. His life was sinless, but that sinlessness only received final expression when he was nailed to the cross on Calvary. The gospel itself, as the good news of deliverance from the devil, sin, and death, is in Jesus ...

2831. The Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

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... his resurrection, lived in another dimension - his was a glorified body - but he had the power to reveal himself to people for these forty days. At the ascension, he really left this world, as Luke tells us, but with a postlude in which two angels appeared to the disciples and told them that Jesus would come back to the world in the same way that he left. The ascension affirms the start of Jesus' reign over heaven and earth, but it also points to the Parousia and his return, when he will judge the earth and ...

2832. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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... and it asserts that God is with his church as it does his business. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Matthew 28:16-20 - "The Orders Christ Gave Us." 1. Christians are to be "disciple-makers. " Those who receive God's gift - Jesus Christ - are to be busy "making disciples of all nations." Jesus himself has cut out our work for us. 2. Go, tell/teach, and baptize. That's how disciples are to be "made" in all nations. The story has to be told, the faith has to be taught, and believers have to be baptized "in the name of the ...

2833. Proper 5 & Pentecost 3

Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:1-25, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Genesis 22:1-19, Psalm 13:1-6, Psalm 50:1-23, Hosea 5:1-15

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... resurrection of Jesus Christ. Matthew 9:9-13 All of the lectionaries bypass the eighth chapter of St. Matthew and move from Matthew 7:27 to Matthew 9:9. The apparent reason is that the church is eager to develop the story of the calling of the disciples instead of dealing with the five specific miracles listed and the "many cures" also mentioned in chapter eight, as well as the healing of the paralytic in chapter nine. It could be that the church didn't want to deal with the miracles that the Gospel says ...

2834. Pentecost 4

Psalm 100:1-5, Genesis 25:19-34, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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... that the call to the ministry of the church and the proclamation of the gospel began with the calling and naming of the disciples, and that the church must establish evangelism as its outward thrust and its reach into the world. The church is evangelical by the ... therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Without any more warning than that, the disciples were assigned to the first missionary effort; evangelism was born there and then. First, they were called, then they were ...

2835. All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:1-8, Isaiah 26:1-21, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Revelation 21:1-27, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 24:1-10, Psalm 149:1-9, Psalm 34:1-22

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... utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you. The first part of each beatitude is descriptive of the situations of the disciples, while the second part spells out the blessings that will come to them - and the faithful of every age - in the kingdom of heaven. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Matthew 5:1-12 - "Saints Alive." It took me nearly eight years before I think I began to understand what ...

2836. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

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... meal and in recounting a footwashing, an act that for the evangelist symbolically entwines two principal symbolic themes: cleansing and mutual submission. The former of these appears to refer mainly to the import of Jesus' crucifixion for the disciples, while the latter bespeaks the attitude that the disciples should display to one another. Call to Worship (based on Psalm 89) Leader: Blessed are those who walk in God's light! People: BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO REJOICE IN GOD'S NAME! Leader: For they exalt in God ...

2837. Epiphany 3

1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 27:1-14, Matthew 4:12-17

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... cause them to come running, as for example: "Dinner's ready," "It's time to open our Christmas presents," "Let's go swimming." Compare these messages to the calling of the disciples, who "immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him." Usually, with the message we hear, we know what's going to happen next. The disciples may have thought they knew, but they were in for many surprises. Proclamation of the Good News Consider this idea: Center the theme around "developing a style of life." The ...

2838. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

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... to sing: "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" Follow this with a prayer for Maundy Thursday. Proclamation and Response Guided Meditation: You may want to purchase the book, Prayers, by Michel Quoist, (Sheed and Ward, Inc., 1963) Develop the meditation around Jesus' washing the disciples' feet. Consider the other Scriptures: Psalm 89:20-21, 24, 26 Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11 Then, invite someone from the congregation to come forward so that you can wash his/her feet. Have basin and towel available. When I ...

2839. True And False Prophecy

Mark 14:27-31

Drama

... are not addressing each other, and do not even recognize the other’s presence. After Peter has entered, as one talks, the other freezes. Text: Mark (26-31) 53-72 Cast: Caiaphas, high priest, mid-50s or older. Simon Peter, a fisherman and disciple, probably age 30-40. Time: After Jesus’ arrest but before his execution. Background: This drama was originally titled "The Lies That Served God’s Purpose." Here are two men of seemingly opposite perspectives about Jesus, but neither of them realizes the full ...

2840. My God, My God, ... Why?

Mark 15:33-41

Drama

... sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day." Such judgment is not what I was hoping for. You know I really cannot count myself as one of his disciples. But I sincerely wish it could have been different for Jesus and different for the people of Israel. (Shakes his head) A very sad day. (Stares at his book, then into the distance.) You have probably heard that I was the one who buried Jesus. It’s true. Somebody ...

2841. Advance into Europe

Acts 15:36-41

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... . However, about a dozen years passed before Paul mellowed enough to ask Timothy to bring Mark to him. Mutual reconciliation and forgiveness took place at this time, even if it had not done so earlier. Mark’s place as a gospel writer and as a faithful disciple of Jesus is unsullied. Whatever the cause of his "desertion" at Perga, it may well have been justified. Mark’s long career is believed to have included a final period as bishop of the church at Ephesus. Paul watched Barnabas and Mark sail off for ...

2842. Let Yes Be Yes!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... - and ‘yes’ to her. So be it then. I want to let God’s ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes.’ " Her background shouted "No!" She wasn’t in the stream of Israel’s history nor its promises, and yet she heard God’s "yes," and she said "yes" back to him. Jesus’ disciples told her "no," and Jesus also. But she heard a "yes" and, knowing good news when she heard it, she responded to it. Until Jesus, who may have been testing her (much as a teacher, who wants to be sure a pupil is convinced, will say, "But are you ...

2843. This God’s For Real!

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

... to total world embrace and total risk for Jesus. Once Peter has rejected - and absorbed his Lord’s rebuke for it - the thought that God-in-Christ might suffer and be bloodied in the process of embracing his creation, Jesus drops the other shoe: Disciples of the Living God will suffer similarly. Suddenly the lifeless sort of god seems preferable again. Clearly Peter didn’t know exactly what he was confessing when affirming that the Master was the Christ of God. Even when the promise and the warning had ...

2844. No Longer Spectators - But Participants!

Acts 2:14-41

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Barbara Brokhoff

... witnessing a real miracle. There flies a dead duck!" So, all of us are witnesses to the Lord who has bent to our skepticism and made believers of us anyway. He did not argue with us but won us as he took us by the hand. So now, as participating disciples, we try, not to "prove" anyone into faith, not to force, not to argue, not to shame - we just attempt to show the doubters a bit of the glory we have seen. We may never astound them with our long, involved dissertations on creeds, but we have had a part ...

2845. Christians Die Well

Acts 7:54--8:1a

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Barbara Brokhoff

... of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. And the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen ...

2846. Power to Forgive

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... 2:20) "... Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." (Colossians 3:13) With this admonition, you and I have a challenging assignment to carry out. In order to do it, we will have to exert considerable effort. We will have to pray with the disciples who felt how difficult forgiveness was. Lord, increase our faith! We may have to do as did Whipple, a missionary in Minnesota. "For thirty years," he said, "I have tried to see the face of Christ in those with whom I have differed." Perhaps we will (in ...

2847. Count Me In!

Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... expressed in today’s Gospel lesson (Matthew 15:21-28) when a Canaanite woman begged Jesus to heal her daughter. This Canaanite woman was a Gentile, a pagan. What right did she have to call upon a Jewish rabbi to help her? Because of her continual begging, the disciples asked Jesus to get rid of her. Reflecting the attitude of the Jews of his day, Jesus explained his refusal to help her by saying, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." When she continued to press him for help, he said, "It is not ...

2848. Does God Give A Damn?

Exodus 5:22--6:12

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John R. Brokhoff

... . If we have two coats, Jesus urged us to give one to a person without any. God cares whether people are hungry and poor, but his concern to help depends upon our cooperation in sharing what he has given us. Care If We Perish? One night Jesus and his Disciples were in a boat on the Sea of Galilee. It was a long hard day and Jesus was exhausted and went to sleep. While he was sleeping, a terrific storm suddenly came and frightened the men to the point that they thought the boat would capsize. One of them ...

2849. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

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Peter Rudowski

... When I was hungry, you didn’t feed me and when I was naked you didn’t clothe me." What you really did was take care of yourself. You only worked out of insecurity. Our lesson is also addressed to Jesus’ disciples. I notice a major difference between those two types of people. When Jesus says to his disciples, "You fed me and you clothed me and you made me welcome," they say, "Who, me? What did I do? I didn’t do anything." What they did for other people is worked out of the other’s need. They did ...

2850. Epiphany 3

Mark 1:14-20

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... world. Pastor: Our mission is an all inclusive mission to share Christ with our world. People: We have good news to tell! We pray that we will miss no one as we share Christ's message. Collect Most holy God, whose Son began a ministry with disciples, and continues that ministry today with responsive followers: Make us quick to give of ourselves to be in mission as your church today, that the good news of Christ may bring wholeness in all parts of our world. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession ...

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2826. Me First

Mark 9:35

Children's Sermon

2827. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

2828. Number Thirteen Had to Try Harder

1 Corinthians 15:9

Children's Sermon

2829. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

2830. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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2831. The Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

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2832. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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2833. Proper 5 & Pentecost 3

Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:1-25, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Genesis 22:1-19, Psalm 13:1-6, Psalm 50:1-23, Hosea 5:1-15

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2834. Pentecost 4

Psalm 100:1-5, Genesis 25:19-34, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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2835. All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:1-8, Isaiah 26:1-21, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Revelation 21:1-27, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 24:1-10, Psalm 149:1-9, Psalm 34:1-22

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2836. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17