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301. The Golden Gift

Drama

... today? BISHOP: Um - Thursday, I think. ARLETTE: No, Uncle! What day. BISHOP: The eighth. December eighth. ARLETTE: And what is special about December 8th, 1815? BISHOP: Ah! Let me think. It's not your birthday. That comes in October. It's not mine. I've ceased having birthdays. ARLETTE: I'll give you a hint. It's an anniversary of something. BISHOP: Now I should get it. Um - December 8th. The Battle of Waterloo. No. That was only six months ago. ARLETTE: No, no, Uncle. It's more personal than that. BISHOP ...

302. Proper 5

Genesis 22:1-19

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... so easily become more dear to Abraham than God himself. But this was what God could not permit to happen with Abraham, for, if Abraham let even his beloved child begin to take the place in his heart that belonged to God alone, then he would have ceased to be the father of the covenant people of God." (The Old Testament in Dialogue with Modern Man, James D. Smart, pg. 68) The relationship between God and the person of his choice must be unconditional. Paul repeatedly refers to himself as the slave of Jesus ...

303. Proper 6

Genesis 25:19-34

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... a great enticement for a large, hungry man. Its sight and smell were quite enough to convince Esau that Jacob's preparations would be marvelously suitable for his hunger. The literal translation of Esau's demand is, "Give me some of that red ... that red." It never ceases to amaze, when one thinks about the people God has picked to carry on his work. Someone once said: "How odd Of God To Choose The Jews." But the fact is, as soon as God decided to break into history, he selected a peculiar group of people ...

304. Hunger, Health, and Happiness

Luke 14:1-14

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... true. There was food for their table and clothes for their backs and training for Vijah. Things began to go together very, very well for this South American family. They grew in stability and became friends with William. Vijah missed his parents, but he never ceased to give thanks for William and his friends who gave them food, clothing, and training and enabled them to continue to lead normal lives. Mark Steele Mark Steele was a happy-go-lucky, single man with an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He had gone ...

305. New Help on an Old Question

Luke 20:27-40

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... . Later that day she sat in a chair in his office wringing a handkerchief that was already wet with her tears. She explained to the doctor that she could not endure her bereavement. She talked without stopping, and he let her talk. After a while the anxious, rambling questions ceased, and with a new clarity she asked, "Will I ever see my son again? Will I be with him in heaven? Will I know him, and will he know me? Will we be mother and son?" All her questions were set in the concrete of the present family ...

306. Being Wealthy, Religious and Powerful

Micah 2:1-5

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... Sic transit gloria mundi." Thus passes away the glory of this world. Those of you in this congregation who are over sixty years of age have seen the disappearance of an empire that seemed untouchable. The British Empire is no more. During our lifetime it has ceased to be. Contemplate that for a moment. Teach us to number our days and apply our hearts unto wisdom. The Hitlerian empire with its dream is no more. Carl Sandburg captured that moment in a poem in which a chorus sings, "We are the greatest nation ...

307. The Violence Within, The Violence Without

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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... his zeal did not know love, he violated the name of God Almighty in the name of God Almighty. What shall we say to all this? Nothing! The first response is silence. Be silent before the Lord God. The noise of religion and solemn assemblies must cease as well as the violence of the non-religious world. So pervasive is this violence inside and outside religion that Paul Tournier calls it "our endemic disease." It would seem that God has no other choice but to meet violence with violence, not in the manner ...

308. A Word About the Right Time

Haggai 2:1-9

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... the cross. It’s confusing until we realize that by that action he is saying, "You can’t name a time or a place where I cannot be with you. Even death cannot separate us." Because his people were in exile under Darius and Cyrus, it did not mean He ceased to be with them, as at first they thought. He went with them into exile. He was with them in exile. He returned with them from exile. He was with them after exile. So it is with us. We may have less than we ought, less than we would like ...

309. There’s Gotta Be a Day

Malachi 4:1-6

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... he will not abandon you." "He calls you to be faithful to the covenant as he is. Why? In times of broken covenant the ones who suffer most are those who can afford to suffer least. That’s correct: the widow, the orphan, the alien. And God will not cease caring until these people are given their due because he is the God of all." Things come apart because we lose a sense of interconnectedness. We are all one family. We are all related. "Hath not one God created us?" asks Malachi. If that is the case, then ...

310. To Thank Is To ...

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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... . Thanksgiving is not optional. Thanksgiving grows out of the heart and guts of our identity. We have received the richest of His gifts. God made us what we are, formed us in our mothers wombs. God is forever giving us the first fruits - himself. He never ceases in his giving of first fruits - his Son. As God detailed his Deuteronomic gift of himself, in that same detail he insinuated Christ into our life. He wove the fabric so closely that our destiny became his destiny. He was thankful as we are thankless ...

311. My dear friends, let us play.

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

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Kendall McCabe

... my literalism is put to the test. If I am going to protest about the ashes, then I hope I will be as strict about the doing of prayer and alms-giving as I am about the non-doing of the ashes! When we understand the ashes as play, they cease to be a big deal, as ashes. They merely are an annual reminder that the fasting life, the self-giving life, is the life to which we are called in Jesus Christ who loved us and gave himself for us. In my human weakness, I confess I need this outward ...

312. A Daffy, Magnificent Hope

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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... the Middle Ages, the reformers who promoted the Renaissance, the English evangelicals who abolished the slave trade in Europe - they all improved this life precisely because they were so concerned with the next one. As C.S. Lewis has said, "It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that we are so ineffective in this one. Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in'; aim at Earth and you will get neither." To have high hopes is not to dream the impossible dream. With God, all ...

313. Honest to Goodness Religion

Hosea 4:1-19

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... been a mistake to let people learn to talk. It is difficult to understand them with so much speaking." But the Lord said, "I don’t listen to the words as much as I do to their lives." He closed the window, and the noise of the tempest of words ceased. The Lord pressed a button on the receiver, and over the speaker came just one prayer. It was a condensed version of a great number of prayers that came up from the lives of people. A quavering voice was heard, "O Lord, if it does not cost too much, we ...

314. A Place for You

John 14:1-4

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Dean Lueking

... Lord summon us to hold fast to the magnetic power of hope. The final test of that hope is our own death; that is the last chance the evil one has at us. What gives death it real sting is not just the anticipation of our heart and brain ceasing to function. It is the terminating of all the relationships, the endeavors, the activities, the dreams, and faithful striving that belong to our living. In the words of Psalm 103, it is the melancholy fear that when our life ends, "its place knows it no more." (v. 16 ...

315. Seeing as the Lord Sees

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... , the son of David, being envious of his father and youthfully ambitious, wanted to put together an army so he could depose his father and rise to the throne himself. Both were slain. In spite of the adversity and the alienation, however, David never ceased loving. He cried when his loved ones died because that was not what he wanted. Not once did David, in the midst of his adversity and alienation, say, "Why me, God?" David acknowledged that adversity and alienation are not an indication of the absence ...

316. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... , men built a city and tower. They would make a name for themselves by building a tower which would reach the sky. To prevent this Yahweh confused their language so that they would not understand each other and the building project had to cease. As a result men were scattered over the earth. Pentecost is a language affair. The evil spirit causes confusion and scattering. The Holy Spirit using various languages brings people together. Acts 2:1-21 On Pentecost the Disciples receive the Holy Spirit and ...

317. Proper 11

Lk 10:38-42 · Col 1:21-29 · Gen 18:1-10 · 2 Ki 4:8-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... long way, baby!" You once lived in BC (before Christ) and now you live in AD (after Christ). Before Christ comes into a life, the person is "estranged" and "hostile in mind." Out of that hostility come evil deeds. Because we now belong to Christ, the enmity has ceased and we are free to live and love. 2. Provided (v. 23). Indeed Christ died for our sins. We can now stand before God as blameless because our lives are hidden in Christ. But there is a condition. We will be acceptable to God "provided" we keep ...

318. Proper 18

Lk 14:25-33 · Eze 33:1-11 · Phm 1-20 · Prov 9:8-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... is a just God and violations of his law will bring the wrath of God upon the offender. The "watchman" needs not be limited to the professional preacher, but since we believe in the priesthood of believers, each Christian has the responsibility to warn sinners to cease and desist lest death overtake them. 2. Warn (v. 9). The word is used three times. It is a key word in the passage. A Christian is to be God's person who warns sinners. Many have overlooked this responsibility of a Christian. The common saying ...

319. The Nativity of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... lives by his teachings. This leaves the church with a huge task of converting the world to Christ. At the same time our personal lives will change only when Christ is born in us. Outline: Because Jesus was born - A. Darkness can turn to light - v. 2. B. Oppression can cease - v. 4. C. War can be eliminated - v. 5. 2. Who Is This Child? 9:6 - "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given." Need: The good news of Christmas is that a baby has come to the world. How can this be good news ...

320. Pentecost 27

Lk 19:11-27 · 1 Cor 15:54-58 · Isa 52:1-6

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John R. Brokhoff

... work! 2. When Conservatism is a Curse. 19:20-26. Need: In recent years we have become conservative in politics, religion, and elsewhere. As in all things, there is danger in going to an extreme. It is possible to be ultra, ultra conservative to the point that it ceases to be a blessing. In this parable we have the tragic case of an extreme conservative who refused to take a risk, who held on to what he had, and who was scared of failure. In the end, he lost what he feared he would lose. Outline: Consider ...

321. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... is not. It is a reverse way of getting to the truth. Paul uses this device when he explains the nature of love - it is not jealous, arrogant, rude, irritable, or resentful. 3. Never (v. 8). Paul claims that love "never" ends. Is love eternal? Love ceases in marriages and divorces result. Friends break up. Nations go to war. Churches split. Love seems to die in these cases. That is human love, probably eros or philia. Paul is speaking of agape, a divine love. This kind of love never ends, because God is ...

322. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... into a tree. The tree is by a river where it gets water. Outline: A person trusting in God is like a tree - A. Planted - "like a tree planted by water" - v. 8a B. Provided for - "sends out its roots by the stream" - v. 8b C. Productive - "It does not cease to bear fruit - v. 8c 2. A Tale of Two Trees. 17:5-10. Need: People are either blessed or cursed. There does not seem to be any middle ground. The key to which it shall be is trust in God or in people. Our text gives us the contrast ...

323. Sunday of the Passion

Lk 22:14--23:56 · Isa 50:4-7 · Php 2:6-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... was: the Messiah. 3. Rested (23:56). The women observed the removal of Jesus' body from the cross and placing it in Joseph's tomb. Then they went home to prepare spices to embalm the body when the sabbath passed. Since the sabbath began at sundown, they ceased their work and "rested according to the commandment." With something as critical and traumatic as the death and burial of their Lord, it is amazing that they were still obedient to rest on the sabbath. With so much to do in caring for the dead body ...

324. Proper 14

Romans 9:1-5

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... flesh, but many Jews did not receive him as Savior. People: The are still God's children, and are therefore to be included in God's plan of salvation. Pastor: We share Paul's concern for them, and cannot exclude them from God's love; nor can we cease to pray for their salvation. People: We pray that all descendants of Abraham may accept the love of God in Jesus Christ. Collect O loving Father, whose love for your chosen race is still the source of their salvation: Grant us the mercy and the compassion to ...

325. Good Friday

Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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... in Christ who forgives us, strengthens us, and call us into discipleship. Collect Almighty God, who suffers through the agony of seeing your Son rejected by those he is trying to save: Grant that our faith may be a sincere acceptance of your Son; that we may cease to bring you hurt, and avail ourselves of the forgiveness of our crucified Lord, in whose name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Today we are especially conscious of how sinful we are, Father, and how forgiving you are toward us. We are moved to ...

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