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301. Jesus' Countercultural Sermon

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... among us once believed in some form of elemental fairness and justice in this life. And then we saw virtuous people suffer great hardship and heartache, while others who lived only for themselves prospered and flourished. Part of growing up is shedding ideas and notions that fit us no better than toddlers' clothes would fit us now. "Older and wiser" is the phrase that comes to mind. But sometimes, age and experience reinforce long held views. I have, for example, long believed that the Christian faith is by ...

302. Room For Questions

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... us to come to know it firsthand. Don't be disturbed by John's question, or other people's questions, or by your own. Instead, let us give thanks that our faith is still alive enough to ask questions. Let us give thanks that we haven't succumbed to this notion that we have heard it all before. Let us give thanks for those people in our lives who have created "the roominess" in which we are free to ask and explore and grow and learn. Let us give thanks for people who have opened for us new doors and different ...

303. Advent 4

Mt 1:18-25 · Rom 1:1-7 · Isa 7:10-17 · Ps 80

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Russell F. Anderson

... freedom, the freedom to love and to give. We are called, in our baptism, to become the slaves of Jesus Christ: his apostles, ambassadors, sent into the world to call others to embrace the obedience of the gospel. This message is the essential antidote for the false notion of freedom being touted today: the heresy that the way to fulfillment is to be free to do as you will. We must hold high the gospel paradox that we are only free when we willingly serve Christ as slave. Gospel: Matthew 1:18-25 Just Joseph ...

304. All Saints' Sunday

Mt 5:1-12 · 1 Jn 3:1-3 · Isa 26:1-21 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:9-11, 22-27; 22:1-5 · Ps 24 · Ps 34 · Ps 149

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Russell F. Anderson

... and moral decay. For Isaiah, police or army forces do not bring about a strong and secure city. Rather, God's salvation is the source of security. Perfect peace (v. 3). The Revised Standard Version speaks of perfect peace in this verse. I like that notion because what the world views as peace is so incomplete and tentative. Peace is often enforced by the barrel of a gun and is usually understood as a cessation of open hostilities. The peace of God comes from within, when our minds and hearts are focused ...

305. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

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Russell F. Anderson

... kingdom. Premillennialists teach that Christ will come, receive his own into heaven, and then reign for 1,000 years here on earth, until he has subjected all of his enemies. However, such an interpretation does violence to this text. We need to counter this notion with the assertion that the kingdom is come with the resurrection of Christ and the advent of the church. When Christ returns (the Parousia) the kingdom will be fully come. The battle of Christ and the forces of the Adversary will continue until ...

306. Lent 2

John 3:1-21, Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25

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Russell F. Anderson

... accomplished and respected member of his community, at the pinnacle of power and piety. It's this knowledge that makes Jesus' words so radical and offensive. Jesus was telling this righteous, accomplished man that he needed a new spiritual center. He must abandon his prideful notion of self-righteousness and let God start from scratch with him. It was a hard pill to swallow. No wonder he didn't get it. 2. Those experienced in Christian life know that we are not only born again, but again and again and again ...

307. Lent 4

Matthew 20:20-28, Matthew 20:17-19, John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, Romans 8:1-17, Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, John 9:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... also confronts the skepticism of the Jewish authorities and each person is confronted with the question: Who is this Jesus? COMMENTARY Old Testament: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 (RC) This text presents us with an interesting theological concept that challenges our notions of God's unchangeableness. Here God changes his mind about a choice he had previously made. Saul was no longer worthy to be king and Samuel was to appoint another to take his place. The prophet reluctantly goes to the house of Jesse as ...

308. Proper 11

Romans 8:18-27, Isaiah 44:6-23, Genesis 28:10-22, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

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Russell F. Anderson

... we should give more attention to prevention. Weeds grow best where there is an emptiness, a vacuum. Millions of our young men and women, boys and girls, experience a spiritual emptiness within. The pursuit of materialism, the breakdown of the family, the exaltation of the notion of free self-expression to the neglect of community, have created a huge void in the lives of our young. Nature abhors a vacuum and will soon fill it. Also, Satan and the forces of evil thrive in such circumstances. We are not going ...

309. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Jeremiah 15:15-21; 20:7-18, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:1-8

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Russell F. Anderson

... himself to explaining to his disciples the meaning of his messiahship. He told them that he was going to Jerusalem where he would suffer and die, before being raised to newness of life. Jesus' purpose of offering himself on the cross was contrary to the disciples' notion of the Messiah. The ultimate purpose for Jesus was the cross, which put him at cross purposes with those closest to him. Outline: 1. Jesus lived on purpose to give his life completely to God 2. God's purpose led Jesus to the cross 3. This ...

310. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Proverbs 31:10-31, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... and worldly involvements. Such women carry a tremendous burden and richly deserve the praise of their husbands and their children. Old Testament: Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18 God the impotent. The hearts of the people had grown complacent in their worldly pursuits. Their notion was that God was impotent, not able to reward or punish. "The Lord will not do good, nor will he do harm" (v. 12). For many modern believers, God the omnipotent has been replaced by God the impotent. These folks want to marginalize ...

311. Proper 7

Mt 10:16-39 · Rom 5:12 – 6:11 · Jer 20:7-13 · Gen 21:8-21 · Ps 86

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Russell F. Anderson

... or in the jewelry box. I looked frantically. Maybe one of my daughters saw this shiny rock, and picked it up as a play thing. We looked in the toy boxes, in the recreation room, down in the basement where they played, outside. We hadn't the foggiest notion where to go from here. I hadn't prayed about it. I thought, God has more important things to concern himself about than my ring. But one day, in desperation, I decided to petition the Lord. I prayed, "Lord, I know you have other issues on your mind ...

312. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34 · Ps 46

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Russell F. Anderson

... , and commitment 5. If you continue with Christ, you are truly his disciple Sermon Title: Invisible Chains. Sermon Angle: When Jesus told the Jews addressed in this story that if they continued in his word would be his disciples and be free, they rejected the notion that they were in bondage. They could not see the chains which bound them, chains of selfishness and sins. They responded: "We have never been in bondage to anyone" (v. 33). Jesus tried to make them see. "Everyone who commits sin is a slave to ...

313. Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... (v. 13). He instructs the disciples not to reveal his identity yet and then reveals something that causes them to reel in shock. He is going to suffer and die in Jerusalem and then rise from the dead. Following this, Peter and Jesus exchange rebukes. This notion of suffering and death is anathema to Peter and the others. Then comes the second part of the one-two punch. Not only must their Master suffer and die but they must take up their crosses also. Finally, Jesus speaks of the Son of Man returning ...

314. Christmas 1

Galatians 3:26--4:7, Galatians 3:15-25, Colossians 3:1-17, Hebrews 2:5-18, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

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Russell F. Anderson

... "Rainbows" and it has already spread to 27 states with a waiting list anxious to enter, that they might share their anguish and anger. Could this disastrous disintegration of our family and community life be a result of our American love affair with the notion of radical individualism? In the action movie, The Last of the Mohicans, there is a scene where some buckskin clan colonials are being badgered by a dandified British officer to join in the fight against the French for control of the land. When the ...

315. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... have meaning in that kind of historical context. While Paul was not a hostage in the classic sense, he was under house arrest a number of times, thus separated from his family and friends, and from his task as ambassador for Christ. I decided to drop the hostage notion and just concentrate on the way things were for the story line. Storytelling can do that to you, give you a premise and then take it away, and still come up with something you feel is worth working on. It was not hard, once I examined the ...

316. Matthew

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

Comment: Somewhere in my reading, I came across the notion that "executive diseases" like ulcers and headaches were common in Jesus' time among the bureaucrats. With a lead like that, a dimension was added to a story sermon. Again, the pastor and a lay person speaking from the other side of the sanctuary (at a lectern, perhaps) could conduct the ...

317. Those Who Mourn

Sermon

John A. Terry

... As we took turns examining those things over which people were grieving, we found that the way in which people were mourning these various losses was strikingly similar, basically following the patterns observed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. It is good that our society has moved away from the notion that the way to deal with a loss is to keep a stiff upper lip. It is good that there is a lot more openness in many places about loss and grief. But there is still much work to do. Some seem to cling to their grief ...

318. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... unseen labor and personal finances to keep the place going. Likewise, he assumed that the stock appeared on the shelves of a grocery store by magic and the managers just opened and shut the door in between, taking what they wanted off the shelves. This facile notion of property was quickly dispelled in his teenage years when he secured his first part-time job as a stock boy in a large grocery store. After that he began to focus on any career but owning a grocery store. Behind-the-scenes preparation can be ...

319. Pain And Promise In The Heart Of God

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Hosea and his wandering spouse. Hosea's acutely personal experience is used to illumine a conception of a spouse's forgiveness as indicative of Yahweh's ability to reconstitute the entire people of God. One of the amazing features in the book of Hosea is the notion that words, even The Word, are not enough to turn pain into promise. As Hosea's life unfolds, the prophet's obedience is contrasted with Gomer's disobedience. His faith is shown over and against Gomer's unfaith. The Old Testament story in all its ...

320. Invitation To Community

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

William G. Carter

... letters he received about the nature of his marriage. Angry people wrote, "How dare you think of your wife that way! It's positively Neanderthal. She is an individual, separate and distinct, with her own life to live." Berry mused over what could be wrong with the notion of sharing daily tasks with one's spouse. As he observed, a lot of couples live separate lives, detached and cut off from one another. They pretend to be married, but they divide things up as if they are divorced. He went on to note, There ...

321. Can Christians Dance?

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , when deserts rejoice and dead flowers blossom. The music swells, as steel hearts are broken open and hardened ears begin to listen.5 The rhythm invites us to get in step with God's activity in our world, regardless of our preconceived notions and legislated limitations. The music of Resurrection demands a response. It also makes a response possible. When Rhoda went to the nursing home, nobody ever thought she would walk again, much less dance. She spent her days watching game shows and soap operas ...

322. Have You Heard The Good News?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... , a moment in history, on what God through grace has been doing always and everywhere. The incarnation becomes the essential clue to the interpretation of the whole mission of God to the world. What surprises us about God's grace in regard to the Advent is the notion that God should take on flesh and dwell among us. What a surprise that the Son of God was born into a lower-class Jewish family living on the fringe of poverty and obscurity and was permitted to die in disgrace as a common criminal! That is ...

323. Discovering The Unexpected

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... us, "You cannot wrap me up in a proof-sheet of logical, rational reasoning. You cannot have me gift-wrapped for a Christmas present. You cannot preserve me in your theological formulas or your religious incitations." The fact is, Christ breaks through all of our notions about him. The dynamic of his life cannot be confined, but he is ever revealing himself in the most unexpected ways. Jesus Came To Share Our Life Expected or unexpected, Christ came. The world will never be the same since his coming. He came ...

324. Easter 5

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes This passage begins three chapters of Jesus' "farewell discourses," which follow directly the foot-washing and "new commandment." Among several distinctively Johannine themes here is the notion of Jesus' "coming again" presented in verse 3. But its elaboration does not occur until vv. 15ff., where it becomes clear that what John has in mind is not an event of the distant future, but rather precisely the gift of the Holy Spirit, which, in effect, makes the apocalypse ...

325. Those Who Mourn

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John A. Terry

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