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3326. The Fourth Sunday of Easter

John 10:1-21

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Kendall K. McCabe

... 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 the impression that being in heaven will be no fun without the added knowledge there are also some people in hell. It is this attitude that tries ...

3327. A New Plan for Lent

Joel 1:1-12

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... or at the county welfare agency? If you want to grow spiritually, why don't you do volunteer work at a local hospital or at CONTACT, the crisis phone service; volunteers are always eagerly sought. Placed as a volunteer among the anguished and the dying, our concerns about boredom on the job and the lack of direction in life seem petty. All that counts, in such work, is how well you can love and serve another. It's a great chance to learn about people, including yourself. If these sound too demanding, why ...

3328. When God Says "Go"

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... choir; building cathedrals or sweeping them out; knocking on doors or teaching Sunday school. The nature of your ministry is for you and God to work out, in prayer and trial. Only remember this - it will be a ministry of service. Even as king, David's chief concern was the welfare of others and the glorification of God. More than a ministry of service, it will be a ministry which no one else can do in your place. God summons us to be workers, not spectators. This is a priesthood of all believers. When God ...

3329. Why Look To Heaven?

Acts 1:1-11

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... to its success. Survey after survey shows of the new members of the average church, fewer than ten percent came initially because of some inanimate allure, a newspaper ad, perhaps, or the attractiveness of the church building. Over seventy percent came because some concerned Christian, some modern apostle, went out of their way to personally invite them. Christ called us to plant the seed of his Word. He said nothing about decorating and guarding the barn filled with the harvest of the faithful. The key to ...

3330. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Jeremiah 20:7-18

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... a young woman, named Deborah, who is mentally ill. She has lost touch with reality and lives in a dream world. One reviewer says that Deborah is courageous and heroic, yet she might be any one of us. Her story gives belief and promise to those who are concerned with the human spirit. No rose garden is offered to Deborah, yet she slowly fights her way back to reality, to a world that is often harsh and challenging. It is the story of one young woman’s successful fight for health, and of the others around ...

3331. The Cracked Crystal Ball

Jeremiah 28:1-17

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... between two men with odd-sounding names, who both claimed to be speaking the Word of God in their little corner of the world, many years ago. But the substance of their claim is something quite contemporary. This is a matter that is of concern to every Christian. Who speaks for God today? Whom can we believe? Who is speaking the truth? Are there voices that may be leading us astray? Recently a brochure came through the mail, containing some "Solemn Prophetic Warnings," written by Stanley Frodsham. He stated ...

3332. ... and Justice for All

Ezekiel 18:1-32

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... is struck by the difference between what things are and what they ought to be." Ezekiel is well aware of that difference, as he speaks the word of God. God’s justice takes into account the way things are and the way they ought to be. His chief concern is the urgent appeal stated in verse 31. (Ezekiel 18:31): "Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed against me, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!" We don’t need to worry about God’s ultimate judgment. We can trust ...

3333. The God Who Doesn’t Give Up

Hosea 11:1-11

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... has watched over his own as they were growing up. Children aren’t really aware of the sacrifices their parents make, so that the kids can have new shoes, play in the little league or take piano lessons. Children have no way of knowing how concerned their parents are about a balanced diet, their child’s education, or what they are watching on television. Children consider it a bother when their parents insist on knowing where their children are going, with whom, and for how long. Parents carry out the ...

3334. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

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Dean Lueking

... into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:1-17) The Nighttime Seeker It has often been noted that Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, out of fear of being found out. No doubt he did come with concern that some of his fellow Pharisees might see him and report his visit. But the point is that he came. He came with a sense of searching and desire to know more of this unconventional rabbi from Galilee who was performing such signs as Jerusalem had not seen ...

3335. A Moment of Brightness

Matthew 17:1-13

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Dean Lueking

... Old Testament figures have an air of mystery about their departure from this life. No one knew Moses’ burial place. Elijah was taken into God’s presence in the fiery chariot. But it is Jesus who remains the central figure in the Transfiguration. Concerning his death there is to be no mystical shroud. His death is coming, and it is indeed public! His resurrection is the central theme of the entire New Testament, toward which all else points - including his Transfiguration. What This Moment Points To The ...

3336. Not Blind but Seeing

John 9:1-12

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Dean Lueking

... Jesus but of this man who had received the gift of sight. "You are born in utter sin, and would you now teach us?" They then put him out of the temple. Finally the man is found by Jesus, who had heard of his being thrown out. Jesus asks him concerning his faith. The man is frank to say he doesn’t really know who the Son of man is. "I am he," Jesus says. The man’s answer is, "Lord, I believe," and he is on his knees in worship. The man released from blindness into the world learns about ...

3337. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

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Dean Lueking

... truth that is worlds away from the common human assumption, "something of the best in each of us lives on ..." If that difference is clear to you, then you are in a very good position to appreciate the decisive, revolutionary character of this word of Jesus concerning himself as the resurrection. The Stone of Offense The word, "I am the resurrection and the life" upon Jesus’ lips means not only that he is given the power to rise again from death to life. It means that in his own victory over death, Jesus ...

3338. The Two Washings

John 13:1-17

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Dean Lueking

... Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man ‘s blood, see to it yourselves." (Matthew 27:24) The First Washing It concerns Pontius Pilate, who had declared Jesus innocent on two distinct occasions in the course of that wildly frightful early morning of our Lord’s crucifixion day. But when faced with a frenzied mob, shouting not for justice but for blood, Pilate chose to side with ...

3339. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

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Dean Lueking

... as the only sure foundation. Equally forceful are the currents that would incline us to escape from the world. But God calls us to live in the faith which overcomes the world. The Scripture underlies that faith. We have texts. And so, if today finds you concerned by anxieties or worn down by a late afternoon sense of how futile it is to even try to believe anymore, listen to the text. That text has strengthened and renewed the hearts of many like yours before. Believing the text gives us the vision of ...

3340. L’Chaim!

John 10:1-21

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Dean Lueking

... the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. The Pharisees threw the blind man out of the temple when he kept on insisting that his sight was returned to him by Jesus and that he now believed in him. The response Jesus made is centered on his concern not simply to have his claims accepted, but to be known and believed as the giver of life with God and to be followed for the sake of the nurture of that life. It’s not just survival that God brings us through his Son. It is a restoring of ...

3341. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... going to happen to them, or to whom they might turn. They have asked, "Is the Lord among us?" Grief is lonely and deep; depression is frightening, and we wonder, "Is the Lord among us?" So the question, arising from the ancient experience of the Exodus, is still a contemporary concern. In the human condition in which we find ourselves, we want to know, "Is the Lord among us or not?" You know, of course, as a preacher of the faith, what my answer is going to be. It is going to be the same as Moses’: God is ...

3342. He Who Vindicates is Near

Isaiah 50:1-11

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... ride. All they had to say was: "The Lord has need of it" and no questions would be asked. In the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem we see one of the eternal truths about this man. You simply cannot take him for granted, ignore him or remain neutral concerning him. He is so dynamic and powerful a character and presence that when we hear his words we cannot remain unimpressed. As we see the procession and look at the crowd, we might see ourselves represented there. There are still many, even in our day, who say ...

3343. Who Has Believed?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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... that a baby boy had been born to be a new king, he sent out a decree to have all the boy babies, born at that time and in that area, killed. Mary and Joseph should have known that this was not only a dangerous threat but a serious omen concerning the future of their newborn son. Being warned in a dream, Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt out of Herod’s territory and out of his reach. When word came that Herod had died, they decided that it was finally safe to return to Nazareth, which was their home. There ...

3344. The Source of Power

Acts 1:1-11

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... we, like him, are lifted to God’s eternal glory. If the disciples and Luke, who recorded the events, could make the bold leap from fact to meaningful faith and allow it to transform their lives, I believe it is also possible for us. This is my concern. Let us look at the disciples and see what the faith did for them and what they did with their faith. From the very beginning, the disciples began to share their lives and their experiences of Jesus Christ. They were amazed at the confirmation they received ...

3345. Advent 2

Malachi 2:17--3:5, Philippians 1:1-11, Luke 3:1-20

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... by repentance. Lesson 1 - Prepare by purification. Lesson 2 - Prepare by righteousness. Obviously the synthesis of themes is preparation for the coming of the Lord. Are we to prepare for the first, second, or last coming of Christ? The Gospel and Lesson 1 are concerned with the first advent of Christ; the Second Lesson refers to the Second Coming. Preparation is necessary for everyone to receive Christ, whether it is the first time Christ is accepted or a second, third, etc. time Christ is to re-enter a ...

3346. Easter 5

Jn 13:31-35 · Acts 13:44-52; 14:8-18; 21-27 · Rev 21:1-5

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Russell F. Anderson

... the new love is self-sacrificing. Lesson 1: Acts 14:8-18 1. Likeness (v. 11). The people of Lystra thought the gods came down in the likeness of men, Paul and Barnabas. They saw the miracle of making a cripple from birth to stand and walk. Such power and concern are Godlike. Apparently they thought it was possible for the gods to become human. So do we Christians: The Incarnation means God became a man in Jesus. Would it not be great if we could so live and help people that the world would see God in us? 2 ...

3347. Corpus Christi

Lk 9:11-17 · 1 Cor 11:23-26 · Gen 14:18-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Melchizedek, King of Salem, brings out bread and wine to Abraham when the two meet before the sovereign's gates. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Paul's report of the Eucharistic tradition. Writing to the Corinthian Christians, Paul reminds them of the teaching concerning Holy Communion which he first received from the eyewitnesses of the Lord and participants in the institution of this Holy Meal in the Upper Room. Luke 9:11-17 Feeding the five-thousand. Jesus miraculously multiplies a pantry of five loaves and two ...

3348. Proper 6

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

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John R. Brokhoff

... a sinner. The truth is that both were sinners - the woman's sin of the flesh and the Pharisee's sin of the spirit. Which of the two was the greater sinner? 3. Forgiven (vv. 47, 48). The dinner party turns into a theological issue concerning forgiveness. Was the woman forgiven because she loved, or did she love because she was forgiven? According to the parable Jesus told at the dinner, the more one is forgiven, the more one loves. When Jesus forgives the prostitute, the dinner guests question who Jesus ...

3349. Proper 8

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

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... good fruit, a good heart possessed by the Spirit yields good virtues. Paul lists none of them that flow automatically and naturally out of a spirit-filled heart. Therefore,Christians do not work hard, or try harder, to do the right thing, but they are concerned about having the Spirit who in due season produces the fruit of character. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 9:51-62 1. Demands of Discipleship (9:57-62). Need: Many people would not mind being Christians if it did not cost anything in the way of ...

3350. Proper 9

Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 · Gal 6:7-18 · 1 Ki 21:1-3, 17-21 · Isa 66:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... at this injustice Galatians 6:14-18 Rejoice over Jerusalem, for God blesses her with prosperity and comfort. What matters is not circumcision or uncircumcision but a new person who lives according to the Spirit. Paul closes his letter with the same concern with which he started. After reminding his people that they will reap what they sow, Paul makes his last appeal by his own handwriting for the Gospel. It is the problem of circumcision as the prerequisite for becoming a Christian. They who promote ...

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