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3301. Good News for the Multitudes

Luke 14:25-35

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Thomas C. Short

... . He wanted to follow this Jesus and to learn from him, but he did not want to suffer pain for him. Most of us can understand these people because we are like them. Or at least I am like them. When I hear these difficult words of Jesus I know that ... because I cannot fool myself. The demands outlined in this portion of the fourteenth chapter of St. Luke’s Gospel help me to understand that the cost of discipleship is too high for me. Suppose It’s Too Costly Suppose Bonhoeffer was right when he wrote, "All ...

3302. Dear Mrs. Day

Luke 15:1-7

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Thomas C. Short

... , I could not take my eyes off him, and he could not take his eyes off me. We stared at each other as though some great common bond of life held us together. His eyes crying out to me for help and my eyes reaching into his with tenderness and understanding and above all, a desire to help. I was interrupted in my communication with this dying pigeon by my friend who suddenly said, "There it is. Over there." Yes, of course, it was the restaurant. We had a big, green W-A-L-K and we started across the street ...

3303. A Good Picture of Bad People

Luke 16:1-15

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... were the good guys and who were the bad guys. The good guys usually wore fine clothing, rode white horses, used better English, had wholesome faces, and were nicer to their animals. Their saddles were often studded with jeweled stones. Many signs were given to help me understand who was good and who was bad. Now as an adult, things are not nearly as clear and simplistic. I went to see a movie recently, and it was so complicated that it was several hours before I realized who was good and who was bad. And ...

3304. The Confessions of a Younger Brother

Luke 16:19-31

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... games. What I Have As one of the living brothers, the next part of this parable makes me a little nervous. The rich man is in Hades, a place of torment, because of his insensitivity toward Lazarus when this beggar was in dire need. The rich man understands why he is in torment, and he asks for permission to come and warn me so I can be more loving to the hungry, naked, homeless, thirsty, lonely, empty and fearful people of my world. Abraham refuses to allow him to come and whisper a word of warning ...

3305. The Second Sunday of Easter

John 20:19-23

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Kendall K. McCabe

... ! If the good news is good news, then it must be that forgiveness and a right relationship with God is to be had without payment on our part. That is the scandal of the cross; somebody else paid for us. It is still what we disciples don't want to understand. But it is the good news of Easter; it is the good news into which some of us were baptized last week, into which still others will be confirmed on Pentecost, and into which still others of us have been both baptized and confirmed in years past and which ...

3306. The Fourth Sunday of Easter

John 10:1-21

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Kendall K. McCabe

... needs, in order to carry on the work of Christ in our midst. Christ is the door for the shepherd. But Christ is also the door for the sheep. It is through Christ we all have entrance into the kingdom of heaven. But we must be careful in how we understand that. The temptation to lock some people out of the fold is not restricted to Milton's bishops. There seems to be a type of personality as concerned about how many persons are left out of heaven as they are about how many get in. Indeed, they sometimes give ...

3307. Ascension Day

Luke 24:36-49

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Kendall McCabe

... killing, in case the divine imagination decides to take up incarnation again sometime! Luke tells us "He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures." The Scriptures are our testimony to what God has done in history and they must be the sourcebook to ... -hearted, to those who have no hope, to those bent with silent and helpless grief, to those who cause their own hurt and do not understand. In the face of all the world's grief and sorrow and need, it seems a hopeless task. On our own, it would be. But ...

3308. A Wandering Aramean

Genesis 12:1-8

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... ancestry Jimmy Carter had to carry to the White House. We are what our ancestors have left us to be. But, if that's all we are, then we're in sad shape. The painful truth is, although we have roots and they are valuable for our self-understanding, our roots usually are not very pretty. Many of our ancestors are worth little as models for us to imitate. That's even true of our religious 'ancestors. Look at some of our ancestors in faith, those wandering Arameans we claim as fathers. They were more sinners ...

3309. Repent!

Acts 2:14-41

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... the possibility of finding the miracle of the cross - this God who could give his Son to die for us still loves us as much now, after a lifetime of failures and sins, as when he gave us birth as symbols of promise. Only as penitent people can God's understanding love be real to us. Long before we were ready to repent he was ready to forgive. And in the humility of our confession, we will find this is not so much the God of vengeance as the God of love, and, therefore, the source of peace and joy.

3310. God's Passion

Acts 2:42-47

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... creation." (Capon, p. 39) "A love affair between God and creation." This is what the early church knew, and what gave it such vitality. And if that seems distant and foreign, remember the marriage is 2000 years old now. Like all old romances, it may be hard to understand, a distant memory of freer times. But it can be more than a memory. Through the years, God calls Christians to renew the passion for his presence which we once knew so clearly. He calls his people to renew it as a passion, and not a mere ...

3311. Honest to Goodness Religion

Hosea 4:1-19

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... done. As the service ended, worshippers left their pews and went out the aisles. Bron’s nurse left with the others, but when she got outside she realized that the boy was not with her. Bron was thoroughly moved by the story of this Man and could not understand why people around him were so calm about this remarkable happening. They walked out of the church as though nothing unusual had been told to them. Bron was still in the pew, sobbing. His nurse found him and said, "Bron, you mustn’t take it so much ...

3312. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

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Dean Lueking

... only sing love songs under the moon, but we send machines onto the moon! No one among us has any accurate idea of what space travel is going to mean for the question of longevity of life and the measuring of life by time as we presently understand it. But be this all as it may, the final issue must be faced. Death cannot be indefinitely postponed. Sooner or later it comes to every door. The Present Power of the Resurrection Hope The Christian faith is based upon the truth that God has overcome death, for ...

3313. A Sermon for Passion Sunday

Matthew 27:45-56

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Dean Lueking

... and heroic detachment from his agony. This is the word which tells us he shared the tragedy, the uncertainty, and the dark loneliness of human life to the last full measure. We Have Our Own Questions of "Why?" I do not mean to say that we can fully understand this anguished cry of our Lord. I am only wanting to remind you that in a much, much smaller measure, we all know the feeling of forsakenness. We have it whenever we feel that we have been asked to shoulder some burden that appears greater than we can ...

3314. Chosen as Witnesses

Acts 10:23b-48

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... by faith in a Living God, because of our experience of the faithfulness of God, are willing to believe in his power. When we have faith in God’s power we can also have faith in the possibility of our own resurrection. Those who have this faith will understand and experience most deeply the meaning of resurrection and the joy of its enduring expression. What we celebrate then is not only the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We celebrate the power of God to raise us up also to a new way of living in a new life ...

3315. The God You Worship

Acts 17:16-34

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... They thought that was another divinity. We do not have idols or altars like you might have expected to see in Athens. What would a modern-day Paul see, which could help him understand what our needs are? What kind of message ought he to bring which would speak to our needs? What would he see that would help him understand the things to which we are already committed? Would he see the tall buildings, the major industrial and business developments? Would he see the big banks? Would he think he ought to talk ...

3316. The Source of Power

Acts 1:1-11

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... assurance. The disciples knew he would always be with them and he would always affirm their lives. "When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight." Thus, the earthly life of Jesus was ended. While I understand why they may have done it, I admit I was surprised the first time I went to Jerusalem and visited the Church of the Ascension on the Mount of Olives. We were taken to the roof of the church where we saw a small cupola, which had an opening in ...

3317. Easter 3

Acts 9:1-19a, Revelation 5:1-14, John 21:1-14

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... ? Was it only a case of modesty? Or was it a symbol of Peter's guilt for having sinned by his denials? When Adam and Eve sinned, they clothed themselves with fig leaves. When we do wrong, we instinctively want to cover up. 3. Third (v. 17). We can understand, can't we, why Peter was aggravated by Jesus' asking him the same question three times. Since Jesus knew all things, he knew that Peter loved him. Why then repeat the question? Was it to match the triple denial? It was for Peter's sake that Jesus asked ...

3318. Easter 6

Jn 14:23-29 · Acts 14:8-18; 15:1-2, 22-29 · Rev 21:10, 22-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... . By love and faith we can be at home with God. 2. Remembrance (v. 26). The Spirit is to bring to our remembrance the things Jesus taught. The Spirit is not to give us new truth beyond what Jesus taught. The Spirit will help us recall and understand Jesus' teachings. The Spirit is necessarily involved in the Word. If the Spirit should tell us anything that does not correspond to the Word, we should doubt whether we have the Spirit. 3. Peace (v. 27). Peace is not an attainment but a divine gift. It is far ...

3319. Easter 7

Jn 17:20-26 · Acts 7:55-60; 16:16-34 · Rev 22:12-20

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Russell F. Anderson

... 24 Lesson 1: Acts 16:16-34 1. Belief has its Surprises! (16:16-34) Need: It seems that "believe ... and you will be saved" is too easy and glib. To believe in Jesus means more than a passive acceptance that Jesus is the Christ. Our people need to understand further dimensions of belief. Outline: Believe in the Lord Jesus - a. Believe in Jesus and suffer for him! vv. 19-24 b. Believe in Jesus and sing in your suffering! v. 25 c. Believe in Jesus and be saved from eternal suffering! vv. 25-34 2. Saved - What ...

3320. Proper 6

Lk 7:36--8:3 · Gal 2:11-21 · 1 Ki 19:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... works or intentions? 3. Crucified (v. 20). A disciple is not better than his master. If the Master was crucified, the follower should do likewise. Paul says, "I am crucified with Christ." What does he mean? If he had said, "I crucified Christ," we could understand, for we know that sin crucifies Christ afresh. Paul is referring to his former self, the self before Christ, the old Adam, one's carnal nature. The old, sinful self must die so that a new person may arise with Christ in the resurrection. PREACHING ...

3321. Proper 8

Lk 9:51-62 · Gal 5:1, 13-25 · 1 Ki 19:15-21

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... to burn up the village that rejected him, Jesus "rebuked" them. We often forget this side of Jesus. We usually think of a man meek and mild and one who always turns the other cheek. We think of Jesus solely as a person of perfect kindness and understanding. But Jesus can become angry over wrong. He criticized and gave strong disapproval to James and John for wanting to get revenge. Like God, Jesus is a person of love and justice. When something is wrong, Jesus does not hesitate to condemn it. 3. Fit (v. 62 ...

3322. Proper 24

Lk 18:1-8 · 2 Tim 3:14--4:5 · Gen 32:22-30 · Ex 17:8-13 · Hab 1:1-3, 2:1-4

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John R. Brokhoff

... live by faith" the cardinal doctrine of Christianity. In Habbakuk's day it meant that God's people would live in faithless days with faithfulness to Yahweh. For our times this understanding of the text still speaks to similar world conditions. Outline: Faithfulness is the key for living in these days - A. Faithful to God though we do not understand his ways. B. Faithful to God's promises that have not yet been fulfilled. C. Faithful to God though evil flourishes in today's world. Lesson 1: Genesis 32:22-30 ...

3323. Reformation Sunday

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

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John R. Brokhoff

... the penalty paid by another, Christ. The sinner is not righteous, but he is accounted or considered righteous for Jesus' sake. 2. Righteousness (vv. 21, 22, 25). The righteousness of God is not the popular understanding of goodness, perfection, or justice. In the Scriptures, righteousness means right-relatedness to God. This understanding of the word gave Luther his liberation and insight into the Gospel. It is not a word to fear nor to cringe at the wrath of God, It means God's goodness is approaching us ...

3324. The Transfiguration of Our Lord

Lk 9:28-36 · 2 Cor 3:12--4:6 · Ex 34:29-35 · Deut 34:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... Elijah, the cross is discussed, and the Disciples are divinely ordered to listen (Obey) to Jesus. This is just cause for the church's making the Transfiguration a major festival of the church. It is the privilege of the preactier to make the people understand the importance as well as the message of the Transfiguration in both the life of Jesus and today's Christians. 2. A Bridge to Lent. Transfiguration Sunday falls three days before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. In the former Lectionary, there was ...

3325. Epiphany 8

1 Corinthians 4:1-21, Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, Leviticus 19:1-37

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... 's name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We follow the way of the world so easily, Father. And our circle of friends grows smaller. Forgive us when we have not reached out in love to all persons, even those who would be our enemies. Help us better to understand your love for us, that we may become more free in sharing our love with others. We pray in the name of Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymns "Christ for the World We Sing" "Lift Up Our Hearts, O King of Kings" "O Young and Fearless Prophet" "Rise Up, O ...

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