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James 3:1-12, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

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Russell F. Anderson

... , it will not be granted to them. However, those who listen to the voice of wisdom will dwell secure. Lesson 1: Isaiah 50:5-9a (RC); Isaiah 50:4-9 (E) (See Sunday Of The Passion) Lesson 2: James 3:1-12 (C) Chapter 3 revolves around the subject of true wisdom. James warns that not many should seek to become teachers, because they will be judged by a stricter standard than others. Perhaps as an act of self-confession James confesses that "we" all make mistakes. The person who makes no mistakes is like an ...

302. Proper 8

2 Corinthians 8:1-15, 2 Samuel 1:17-27, Mark 5:21-43

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Russell F. Anderson

... dies or we become sick or suffer the ravages of age. Our Lord too was mighty, in the very image of God, yet he also fell subject to the power of sin and death for our sake. Christ suffered our fallen condition, but he rose again from the dead. Like Saul and ... s true that churches shouldn't be talking about money but they had better talk about giving because the Bible never tires of the subject. Our faith is founded on the self-giving love of God in Christ (v. 9). So let's talk about New Testament guidelines ...

303. Christmas 1

Isaiah 61:10–62:3, Luke 2:21-40, Galatians 3:23–4:7, Colossians 3:12-21

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Russell F. Anderson

... Not so! By putting on Christ through faith we meet the just demands of God's law. Outline: 1. Jesus was born under the law (v. 4) and subject to all human obligations. 2. Some people act as if they were above the law. (Give examples.) 3. Jesus fulfilled the law of God in our place. 4 ... group stated that people, not profits, are the most important and valuable asset. "People are forever" was the subject of the morning's focus, with the discussion centering around how employers could and should treat their ...

304. Lent 4

John 3:1-21, Psalm 107:1-43

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B. David Hostetter

... in you, we confess that we do not always turn your light on ourselves as carefully as on the behavior of others. We are too prone to spotlight the failures and injustices of other societies than our own. In our private lives we have been subject to the whims of our sensual natures convinced that the natural is always good, ignoring your prohibitions against what is hurtful to both others and ourselves. Forgive our incomplete obedience to your prompting and save us from our sins by your grace in Jesus Christ ...

305. Proper 16

John 6:60-71, John 6:25-59, Psalm 84:1-12

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B. David Hostetter

... that he might present the church to himself all glorious, with no stain or wrinkle or anything of the sort, but holy and without blemish. Friends, believe the Good News! In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. EXHORTATION As member of the church, be subject to Christ and husbands and wives be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. PRAYER OF THE DAY Faithful God, when others leave you and your word, help us to be true to your Son, Jesus, no matter how hard that choice is and how unpopular. Steady us ...

306. Grace Is What Christ Has Done

Acts 15:1-21

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Barbara Brokhoff

... over a discussion by some men in Jerusalem who had arrived in Antioch. They were insisting that the rite of circumcision was essential to Christian salvation. This would, of course, make the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, subject to the Mosaic law and make Christ himself subject to Moses. These Jews felt it was all right for the gentiles to become Christians, but first they must be circumcised; meaning that they first become Jews and then could be Christians. So a conference was called, and the ...

307. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

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John R. Brokhoff

... . In recent years churches in America raised millions of dollars to send food to peoples in the third world countries. Even in America the poor are hungry and manage to exist on food stamps, soup kitchens and surplus food distributed by the federal government. The subject of food is not a take-it-or-leave-it matter. Bread is the basic need for life. We must eat to live. Hunger leads to malnutrition, and malnutrition leads to ill health and eventual death. Lack of food results in stunted bodies and arrested ...

308. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... of Revelation - What does the appearance of a legendary star to eastern star-gazers about 2,000 years ago have to do with us in the 1990s? Why preach on this star miracle? What connection or message does it have for modern society? For one thing, the subject of stars, planets and space travel is a popular one today. The media keeps us informed of new stars, of NASA's sending probing capsules billions of miles into space, of the possibility of life on other planets and of the possibility of landing a person ...

309. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... v. 22) - The Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus like a dove. The Spirit descended from the Father above and came in "bodily form." This emphasizes that the coming of the Spirit was not an hallucination, a dream or a fantasy. The Spirit is real. He is both subjective and objective. Like the landing of a dove, the Spirit came calmly, quietly and peacefully. There was no roar or convulsions or rolling on the ground or foaming at the mouth as some do when they claim the reception of the Spirit. The Spirit of God ...

310. The Nearness Of A Faraway God

Isaiah 40:12-18

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Erskine White

... going; and of course, popular religion is following along in step. He was talking about magazines to make his point. In the 1940s and 50s, he said, we had a magazine called Life. Now, that's a big enough subject to be concerned about, Life. In the 1960s, we got a magazine called People. That's a somewhat smaller subject, but still, it's broad enough, People. In the 1970s, a new magazine came out called Us. Of course, that's an even smaller focus than People, since now we're only talking about a sub-group of ...

311. Straight Talk, Due Process and Grace

Matthew 18:15-20

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William J. Carl

... counterpart in the eye and said, “There are times in my life when I could have spoken up and didn’t; now I regret it. State your piece.” So the timid, fledgling did and to his surprise, it resulted in a significant change in seminary policy on that subject and a change that should have occurred much earlier. But it’s so hard to do, you say. Of course it is. So we don’t, or we do it around behind the scenes in destructive ways or we store up all our problems, which is called gunnysacking and ...

312. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

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John M. Braaten

... , but as one who gives, not as one who is served but as one who serves. Jesus gives himself up in love to his subjects which is not at all the way kings normally act. Now we can be fooled by all of this, underestimating who Christ really is ... terms that means that this suffering King, who rules in love, comes to lay his claim on your life. Your entire life, is subject to his Lordship, not just a portion of it. Dr. Alvin N. Rogness, president emeritus of Luther-Northwestern Seminary explained it this way, " ...

313. The King Who Came To Die

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John M. Braaten

... means that the Messiah was King, not only of the living, but of all who have ever lived. His plan had never been to avoid the experience of death, to exempt himself from it. If Jesus was to be our Savior, sharing our humanity, then he also had to be subject to death. As the Bible says, in dying, Jesus "destroyed the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and freed those who all their lives had been held in slavery by fear of death (Hebrews 2:14b-15)". So we gather this day, this Good Friday ...

314. Standing Up To Death

Romans 6:1-14, Psalm 90:1-17

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Robert Noblett

... people are listening to a song these days that carries the line, "I'm going to live forever." It's repeated many times in the song and maybe some hear that so often they begin to believe they will never have to die. I realize this isn't a pleasant subject, but it is an important one. Failing to come to grips with it now can mean setting ourselves up for much unhappiness later. Where are you in the process of accepting death - your death and the death of people who are close to you?A way of answering that ...

315. Marked For Community

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George Bass

... that, its members are freed up to love one another and the world. Admittedly, the church doesn’t always seem to be what it is supposed to be. We have all sorts of squabbles and petty disagreements with one another, and sometimes we seem to be subjects of Satan, working to destroy hope and love, rather than disciples of Christ who are about the business of developing peace and harmony here on earth. This is especially true whenever we dare to think we are better than other people in our congregations, or ...

316. “Lucky” Is The Saddest Word

Jeremiah 20:7-18

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Keith Hammer

... today. All of us participate sometimes, even if we don’t play the lottery. We take part when we purchase tickets for raffles held by various community groups, sometimes even churches. I picked the subject because I believe that in a certain sense preaching against lotteries, raffles and games of chance is much like the message delivered by Jeremiah the prophet in our text for today. Jeremiah delivered a message of judgment upon the people of Israel who had taken to worshiping other gods. They ...

317. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... among us, then we can allow his love and our love to join forces in loving other people. A big part of the great gospel (good news) is that we are loved by our God and by each other. Wishing to receive the affection of his subjects, Frederick the Great struck a subject with a whip one day and exclaimed: “Confound you! I want you to love me.” We sometimes act that way. But we are chosen to love. Not forced, God takes the initiative, and chooses and comes after us. “I love you when you’re good,” a ...

318. Life is Messy

John 1:29-34

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Johnny Dean

... a common occurrence. "Well, it’s hog-killing time again, isn’t it Fred? You got one fattened up this year?" Not any more! That’s too messy, and we don’t like messy stuff. Death used to happen at home too. I don’t recall how the subject came up, but we were talking after dinner the other night about death and funeral homes. I mentioned to my daughter Terri that back before the advent of funeral homes people held wakes for the newly departed in the family home. The dead person was brought home for ...

319. Mom Taught Me to Share

Acts 17:16-34

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Johnny Dean

... t want to overwhelm them. We don’t want to be regarded as some kind of religious fanatic, the office Jesus Freak. Years ago, William F. Buckley noted that you may be able to mention religion at a fancy dinner party once, but if you bring up the subject twice in one evening, your name won’t be on the guest list for the next big shindig! Sharing our faith is difficult sometimes. Besides, as we sometimes say, "I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day." "Actions speak louder than words." The best way ...

320. Is He Really Coming?

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Rolf E. Aaseng

... , Jesus was referring to more than his leaving them in death, for he explained that he was going away in order to prepare a place for them and that he would send his Spirit to take his place in the interim. One of the most direct statements on the subject came when Jesus was being questioned by the Sanhedrin after his arrest. The high priest put Jesus under oath and asked what he claimed about himself: "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus took ...

321. Good News Or Bad News?

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Rolf E. Aaseng

... holy. This Christ accomplishes in his coming. As Paul told the Corinthians, "When perfection comes, the imperfect disappears" (1 Corinthians 13:9 NIV). Obviously this means some great changes must take place in us. Paul lists some of them. Rather than being subject to corruption or decay, we shall be imperishable - forever immune to destructive change. Rather than having a nature that may at times bring dishonor to God, we shall only and always give God glory. Rather than being beset by weakness so we ...

322. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

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Larry Powell

... tobacco" - "Attend Church Sunday" - "America, love it or leave it" - and so on. Then, there are those apocalyptic messages like, "Where will you spend eternity?" or "In case of the Rapture, this car will be abandoned." There are thousands of others - "See Rock City" - "This driver subject to Big Mac attacks" - "I may be slow, but I'm ahead of you" - ad infinitum. Sometimes, I see the one which reads, "I found it," and wish I had one which read, "I didn't know it was lost." Signs are purveyors of messages ...

323. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Larry Powell

... Paul makes his point in the first three words, "Love never ends." It is a built-in principle of the universe that things of the world will "pass away." We know it is true of material things, but Paul reminds us that other things are subject to the same process, even those things which were considered in Paul's day as "gifts of the Spirit" - prophecy, tongues, and knowledge. Prophecy. Genuine prophecies will be fulfilled. The very pronouncement of a prophecy assumes there will be a fulfillment, and when the ...

324. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

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William Luoma

... are saying that he is a king who commands respect. 2. This is a king who deserves loyalty.If a king does not have loyal subjects, he is in trouble. The Book of Proverbs says, "What is desired in a man is loyalty." (Proverbs 19:22) A loyal person is not ... the times of trouble, disappointment, crisis, or grief. It seems right, under normal circumstances, that a king ought to expect loyalty from his subjects. But it is also necessary for the king to be the kind of a person who is worthy and deserving of their ...

325. Jesus Meets Buddha and Confucius

Luke 24:36-49

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Carl Jech

... entities or not is "immaterial," pun intended), and to give up on channeling grace. This issue of the role of ethics in religion is probably the single most important point of discussion between Buddhists and Christians. Take, for example, the currently popular subject of so-called "New Age Higher Consciousness." New age awareness of the "higher self" can easily turn into a selfish preoccupation with our own ego. But instead of being an excuse for self-absorption, the search for our higher self can ...

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