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3376. Third Sunday in Lent

Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

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... our sin with a desire to save us from condemnation: Bring us into the presence of your Son; that we may know from personal experience that he is our Savior. In his name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We live from day to day, Father, not too concerned about the consequence of our sinful behavior. Judgment almost seems like a dream from the unreal world; and so we do pretty much as we please. Forgive us for not receiving Christ as one who reveals our sins to us here and now. Forgive us for ignoring his ...

3377. Joseph’s Dream

Matthew 1:18-25

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... thoughts about this child who was to be born. What would he be like, this child of God through the Holy Spirit? Would he be fully human or, perhaps, super-human? At least, people in this day and age, when fertility drugs can produce septuplets, would have such concerns about the normality of the child to be born. Ray Bradbury once wrote a story that he called "Tomorrow’s Child." Peter Horn took his wife to a hospital in a helicopter, and then awaited the birth of his son. He was on his third highball when ...

3378. The Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

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... claimed the right to the primary seat of authority in the Roman Catholic Church? At times, he seemed to be convinced that he was Jesus Christ, like when he responded to a question about the fate of Emanuela Orlandi, who was kidnapped in 1983, concerning a crime some have connected to the attempt on the pope’s life: "It is certain that Orlandi is alive. She was certainly kidnapped by the powerful Masonic organization P2 of Licio Gelli (the Italian industrialist, and leader of the Masonic Lodge in Italy ...

3379. Training Session

Matthew 5:1-12

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... doing this)." A sign outside the house reads: "Welcome to Transplant House," and it really represents a response to the grace given to them by those who made generous contributions to the fund for Susan.39 Susan died, but the goodness and genuine concern of others, who were able to put themselves into the situation with the Kohls, could not be taken away. That, indeed, is a Christian response, the kind of thing Jesus was talking about in his training session with the disciples. Nor could their participation ...

3380. The Importance of Forgiving Others

Matthew 5:17-20

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... enter into the kingdom of heaven." Our business as Christians, whatever shape the details of Christian discipleship may assume, is to forgive others as we have been forgiven and reconciled to God in Jesus Christ. "Though Christianity had to be concerned with opposing social injustices, its main message was this forgiveness, offered through Christ," Dr. Runcie declared to his congregation and the world. This part of the Sermon on the Mount is connected to Calvary, "the Mount of Forgiveness and Reconciliation ...

3381. Never Forgotten

Isaiah 49:8-26

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... gathering us when we feel scattered? Church exists to remember us when we feel forgotten; or it doesn’t exist at all. A large part of pastoral ministry is remembering and visiting people. This is what we all do as the church. One of my most constant concerns as a pastor is that I cannot remember people enough, so some people feel forgotten. Why does God allow us to have these forgotten feelings? Why do we, like the Bourbons, forget nothing and learn nothing? Why do we get eaten up from inside by what we ...

3382. A Faith To Live By John D. Mauney, Jr.

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

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... . Going with them was God, under whose guidance they had traveled in all their wilderness experiences, most of which had been dark and difficult. Moses knew that the greatest threat to their future was in having no spiritual existence, and it was to this concern that he spoke. He reminded them that "The Lord their God is One." God delivered them from bondage, and gave to them the Law. Through their father Abraham, God entered into a covenant relationship with them and made them his people. God must come ...

3383. A Faith-Life To Emulate John W. Cobb

Genesis 12:1-8

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... very noble motives, others merely as an expression of family pride or an ego trip. According to both Matthew and Luke Jesus’ progenitors in the flesh included Abraham, son of Terah. We may be grateful that there were those in ancient times who were concerned to write down such information. Yet, even though Jesus must have been aware of his own lineage, there was something of greater importance. In his controversy with the sons of Abraham Jesus affirmed "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw ...

3384. A Protecting Grace

Matthew 18:15-20

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Glenn L. Borreson

... the third Sunday he preached the same one again, several parishioners asked him why he didn't preach a different sermon these past two Sundays. He answered, as many of you already know, "You haven't done what I said in the first one yet." Before we go concerning ourselves with the second step and the third, much less the fourth, we may need to do what Jesus said first, "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother ...

3385. Helping People Fall Down

Matthew 28:16-20

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... moment to think what this act means. If you were to fall flat on your face on the ground in front of another person, what would be your situation? Forget for a moment that you would dirty your clothes and scrape your knees. That would be the least of your concern. Flat on your face, you would be at that person's mercy. You would be defenseless. You would be subject to whatever that person would choose to do with you. And you would be saying, "That's what I want. I don't mind. Whatever's in mind for me ...

3386. Parking Lots and Traffic Jams

John 3:1-21

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Richard L. Thulin

... reaching, however, is not done by the purchasers or displayers of bumper stickers. The reaching is not done by any or all readers of bumper stickers. Some reaching is necessary, but it has been done already by God in Jesus. Jesus has descended. He has come. This concern about direction may seem unimportant. It may seem like so much hair-splitting. But it is crucial. To say that we must reach for Jesus suggests that he is distant and that we must do something to bring him near. To say that we must reach for ...

3387. Soap Opera Silence

Matthew 10:1-42

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... of order, or of peace, or of consolation. Their talk would only add more noise to an already deafening situation. I could probably dismiss such a suggestion with the claim that scriptwriters are inept theologians, or that producers cannot afford to make religious concerns a focal point on commercial television. But such claims do not undo the insinuation. Clergy are silent because they have nothing to say that will be of any help. They are not incompetent as individuals. It is just that their words, even ...

3388. No Weedless Garden

Matthew 13:24-30

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Richard L. Thulin

... better than they think it is. Or again, it is not something that we must do so that we can avoid getting into serious trouble. Rather it is something which we can do, something which we have been freed to do. God is the one we finally have to be concerned about. When we admit in his presence (which is anywhere and everywhere) that we are not what we ought to be, we are not telling him anything that he does not know already. "I know all about the weeds growing among the grain," he says. "But you are still my ...

3389. God Is Into Birds!

Exodus 19:1-25

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... finding a house and the swallow a nest. Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem and said "like a hen gathers her chicks under her wing, so he would have liked to have gathered them." Jesus reminded us a sparrow does not fall without the Father's knowing concern. The prophet Isaiah spoke of the vultures, and the wise man of the Song of Solomon, in his poem of love, spoke of the voice of the turtledove. Noah used the raven and the dove as instruments to measure the water level before leaving the ark. Elijah ...

3390. Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Exodus 19:1-25

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Our "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude concerning God is evidence that we do not always fully appreciate who he is. You may have watched Marlin Perkins of TV's "Wild Kingdom." This wonderful animal lover and trainer has been trying to get people on a first-name basis with animals for most of his seventy-seven years. ...

3391. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

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... wash, iron, cook, and dust'!" We live in a time when filthy speech is spewed out like an overflowing sewer. No exception is the use of the name of God in vulgarity and gutter language. The name of God, or Jesus, should never be used for unworthy purposes. The name concerns the very being of that which it identifies. Today, the name of God is handled lightly and casually, but the Third Word commands it not be so. We are not to take the name of God in vain, nor put it to trivial use, nor prideful use, or even ...

3392. He Lights Up My Life!

Exodus 33:12-23

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... Debbie Boone. Some folks said it was just a simple love song. Others said that, like "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," it could apply to human love or to the love of Jesus Christ. Regardless of what the song writer, or Debbie Boone intended, it speaks to what I personally feel concerning the Divine Presence in my life. Life is utterly hopeless and dark without him, but life shines with Divine radiance when he is near. As no other, in heaven or earth can do, he lights up my life!

3393. Communion Is Reformed

Luke 22:7-38

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... comes with forgiveness of sins. He brings assurance of salvation. He gives strength for battling temptation and living the abundant life. Psalm 55:22 says, "Cast your burdens upon the Lord and he will sustain you." Many of us become burdened with worries, concerns and problems. In Holy Communion, Christ invites us to come to him with repentant hearts, confessing our sins and he will relieve us of our burden of guilt with the assurance of forgiveness. Christ is present in this special meal of grace. Christ ...

3394. Communion Is Realizing Forgiveness

Matthew 26:17-30

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... others said Dave was afraid that Pastor Jamison was angry and would hurt him if he returned. One day while in a store, the pastor saw Dave and greeted him in a friendly manner saying, "Dave, I paid for the window and as far as I'm concerned everything is all right. Come on back and play with your friends." But it was several weeks before the youngster got the courage to come back. He heard Pastor Jamison say that everything was all right - but somehow he still wasn't sure. One afternoon while the children ...

3395. Communion Is Response to an Invitation

John 6:25-59

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... and Forum at the White House on Sunday, June __, 19__. Your congregation has been randomly selected to send two (2) representatives to the event as we gather 500 Lay Persons from all over this great nation of ours to share their concerns and convictions with the president. Please forward to us the names, addresses and phone numbers of your representatives by February 29th. I thank you in the president's behalf as together we work toward strengthening America. Kindest Regards, White House Press Secretary ...

3396. Death of a Blacksnake

Luke 17:11-19, Genesis 1:1-2:3

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... , it makes no difference to me," the man said, still beating the now lifeless body. "I kill 'em all!" I walked away from the man feeling very angry and a little sick. The killing of the snake was not anything unusual, and neither was the man's attitude concerning it. And yet - perhaps the very commonness of the act and the attitude behind it indicates something more than just an aversion to snakes. The man went out of his way to kill the snake - not because it posed a danger to him, or because he especially ...

3397. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 9:1-5

Bulletin Aid

... we have tended to accept Your mercy and grace yet we have not been willing to love and care for others. So often, Lord, in our own self-centered ways we have not shared Your broken heart for the lost around us. Too often we have not even been concerned about their well-being. Forgive us, Lord, and help us love Your children. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed" "Blessed Be The God Of Israel" "How Shall They Hear The Word" Gospel: Matthew 14:13-21 Theme: Power of the Lord Call To ...

3398. "He Who Commands Is He Who Fulfills"

Matthew 22:34-40

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... attitude and actions. "One can love God only by loving one’s neighbor".1 By the same token, "only through a sense of love for one’s neighbor, experienced in concrete actions and embracing all of life, is the Law fulfilled."2 The Law’s concern for justice; the prophets’ passionate pleas for loyalty to God and righteous behavior: all of this is summed up in the bifocal command: love God, love your neighbor. This is the righteousness which "exceeds that of the Pharisees and scribes" (5:20). One of the ...

3399. Talents and Trust

Matthew 25:14-30

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... claims he’s unstable and asks to be grounded. But if Orr asks to be grounded, then that’s proof he’s not unstable, and he has to fly more missions. Or, as Heller puts it: "There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; but as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would ...

3400. Possession is Nine Tenths of the Fall

Matthew 21:33-46

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D. Wayne Burkette

... this was the last parable Jesus told. And, although it has been regarded generally as a reference to Judaism’s rejection of Jesus as Messiah and his eventual death, surely it is more than that. Could it be that in what was probably his final parable concerning the Kingdom which he had come to proclaim, Jesus was cautioning all who would follow him not to misunderstand their roles in that Kingdom? The Spirit and the gifts are surely ours, but ours to use, not to own. Christian faith and its expressions are ...

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