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Luke 7:11-17

Children's Sermon

Object: a first aid kit with a red cross marked on it. Once in a while, boys and girls, something happens that makes us realize that we really need God's care. Sometimes people begin to think that God really doesn't care what happens to them at all. They say, "What's the use," or they say, "Who cares?" ...

3502. Advent 2

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

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... God and sinners. The Word made John frank in exposing and condemning sin. He was not afraid to deal with controversial subjects in his preaching. 3. Went (v. 3). After John received the Word, he "went" to the people with God's Word. In this Luke differs from Mark who says the people came to John in the wilderness. Rather, Luke says John went to the people. This agrees with the experience of other witnesses. First they came to Jesus and then they go out to tell people. "Come" and "Go" are two sides of a coin ...

3503. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Exodus 10:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Colossians 3:1-17

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... of the dead. For them Jesus' resurrection was only one step in his immortal spiritual essence. The people did not relate this to their own lives in terms of a resurrection. Paul holds that Jesus was the first-fruit and then comes the resurrection of believers. Easter marks the beginning of God's victory over all evil powers including the worst, death. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 The post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Colossians 3:1-4 (RC) John 20:1-18 (C); John 20:1-9 (10-18) (L); John 20:1-9 (RC ...

3504. Proper 25

Lk 18:9-14 · 2 Tim 4:9-18 · Sirach 35:12-18 · Deut 10:12-22 · Zeph 3:1-9

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... "who you are" that counts with God A. Wealth, station do not commend us to God's love B. Lack of influence does not cut us off from the Almighty 2. It's who God is that matters A. God cares for all who are members of his family: baptized, marked with his love, there is no distinction B. If push comes to shove, God will side with the hurting (the prosperous can better take care of themselves) 3. We need to imitate God's style A. No favoritism in the Christian community! B. Let us not forget the unfortunate ...

3505. Proper 28

Lk 21:5-19 · 2 Thes 3:6-13 · Mal 3:19-20, 4:1-6

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John R. Brokhoff

... to go back to work and to follow his example. He worked so that the church would not have to support him and his ministry. Luke 21:5-19 Jesus describes the end and urges endurance in suffering. Today's gospel lesson is Luke's version of Mark's little apocalypse. Jesus describes the end. For one thing false prophets will claim that the Parousia is at hand. The church in Luke's day no longer expected an imminent return. Before Jesus returns, there will be international conflicts, but the faithful are not to ...

3506. Lent 1

Lk 4:1-13 · Rom 10:8-13 · Deut 26:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... , a humble king of truth, love, and peace. Differing from the other evangelists, Luke reports that Satan was not done with Jesus. He left Jesus until another "opportune time." THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 1. Spirit (1). One of the distinctive marks of Luke's account of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness is his emphasis on the Spirit. The temptation immediately follows Jesus' baptism when the Spirit came upon him like a dove. Luke describes Jesus as "full of the Holy Spirit" as he enters ...

3507. Lent 4

Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 · 1 Cor 1:18-31 · 2 Cor 5:17-21 · Isa 12:1-6 · Jos 5:9-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... at Gilgal. Under Joshua's leadership the Israelites cross the Jordan to the Promised Land. In preparation for the conquest of the land, all were circumcised as a renewal of the Abrahamic covenant. Also, the first Passover was kept in the Promised Land at Gilgal. It marked the end of the wilderness wanderings. On the day of the Passover, manna from heaven ceased and the people began to eat the fruit of the land. Isaiah 12:1-6 Rejoice in God's salvation 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 Because in Christ God reconciled ...

3508. The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

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Brett Blair

The mark of a great leader is the demands he makes upon his followers. The Italian freedom fighter Garibaldi offered his men only hunger and death to free Italy. Winston Churchill told the British people that he had nothing to offer them but "blood, sweat, toil, and tears" in their fight against ...

3509. CHRISTMAS 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Hebrews 2:5-18, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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... price you have paid. Sharpen our senses to see what wonderful feats you have performed in order that we might be redeemed from sin. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies" "Fairest Lord Jesus" "Go Tell It on the Mountain" "How Beauteous Were the Marks"

3510. Second Lesson

Matthew 5:13-16

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... them and reflect upon them. From the end of the Beatitudes through the next two and a half chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, we seem to have fragments from Jesus’ three-year teaching ministry that are strung together in didactic disarray. One wonders, since neither Mark nor John reports anything like the Sermon on the Mount, and although Luke does have a parallel to it in his sermon on the plain, if Jesus actually gave all of this material at one sitting. Could this simply be various of his sayings strung ...

3511. The Glance of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

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... before, their ancestor Abraham had been told to leave his home and his father, and go to a new land. Abraham, hoping against hope, believed what the Lord had said and left Ur of the Chaldeans for the Promised Land. The chosen people had wandered off the mark. Worshiping golden calves or hurling their children to gods called Baal, they tried to win God’s favor. Believing in their own potential to control God, they tried to be perfect in his presence. So the Lord God of Israel stared at his people. With a ...

3512. Boundaries or Frontiers?

Leviticus 19:1-37

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... our boundaries for his boundless frontiers. God told his people he wanted them separated from all that enslaved them. Even though they preferred bondage, God did not tolerate their preference. He led them to the bread of freedom, tasted first in the howling desert. What marked the free man? "You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." Revenge enslaves us, so hold no grudges. As God works in our lives to ...

3513. God's Push

Matthew 15:21-28

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... at her incredible, persistent faith, says, "Woman, it's yours!" And her daughter is healed just like that. In the years which followed Jesus' life and death and resurrection, this story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman was repeated among our Lord's followers. Eventually, Mark and then Matthew came to include it in their gospels of Jesus. Why did they do it? Quite frankly, in some ways the story does not seem very complimentary to Jesus. He surely is no "eager beaver" to respond to this woman. In fact, he ...

3514. An Easier Way?

Matthew 16:21-28

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... of light, which makes her feel as if maybe she will live for the first time - because she died to the old ways. I would tell you of a great man, Dag Hammarskjold, just before his appointment to the leadership of the United Nations. In his book Markings, we find this reflection. Beside the words of a hymn, "the night approaches now," which gave expression to what he was experiencing, he penciled a death and life addendum: "For all that has been - Thanks! To all that shall be - Yes!" I would tell you of the ...

3515. The Promise of Wholeness

Isaiah 35:1-10

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... to be fearful, despairing, hopeless. Israel addressed in today's text found herself in a similar situation. She had been defeated by Babylon. Jerusalem lay in ruins. The temple was totally destroyed. The nation Israel was defunct, in exile in Babylon. The times were marked by despair, hopelessness, resignation to defeat. But into this situation of ancient Israel there comes a Word of the Lord. You exiles will be set free. God is about to deliver you from Babylon. And the thirty-fifth chapter of Isaiah is a ...

3516. The Promise of Redemption

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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... . In the waters of baptism our God has united us with the death and resurrection of Jesus to elect, to call us to be God's people. God's mercy and loving-kindness has made us, who once were nobodies, into his own somebodies. We have been sealed and marked with the cross of Christ forever. Nothing can separate us then from God's love. No despair, no defeat, no death, no grinding old age, no poverty, no loss, no exile, no terrorist, no horror of holocaust can sever us from the Good Shepherd's loving care. In ...

3517. A Renewed Call

Isaiah 49:1-7

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... to us in Jesus we are again and again called to be faithful servants of our God, in spite of our times of discouragement and disappointment. "For the Son of Man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45) The service of the Son of Man was his death on the cross and God has raised Jesus from the dead promising us that God's mission will be fulfilled.

3518. God Turns Darkness to Light

Isaiah 49:8-26

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... deliverance and restoration. The exodus from the land of exile, for us, has already occurred in the death and resurrection of Jesus the Christ, God's servant. The darkness of our lives has been pierced by the one who is the Light of the World and whose birth we marked by the shining of a star. We have been freed from all that would deny, destroy, make dark our lives and world. There is nothing in the whole of the cosmos that is able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. We are ...

3519. God of the Ordinary

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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... reformer that changed the religion of his world. Martin Luther's mother may have rocked a reformation in her cradle, but it would have taken a seer's vision to ever see it in such an ordinary infant. John Wesley's early ministry would have marked him, had any one bothered to notice, as a less-than-average preacher. He was nervous Christian, a scared-of-the-storm-at-sea traveler, a failure as a missionary to the American Indians in Georgia. He unwillingly attended an ordinary prayer-meeting at Aldersgate ...

3520. Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Exodus 19:1-25

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... and frustration, his automatic response at that altar, receiving the body and the blood of our Lord, was to whisper, "God damn!" Our Lord deserves better. As the Jews come to the holy mount to meet God they are enjoined not to come too close. A boundary was marked around the mountain. Beyond that separating line they must not go. They were commanded not to go up to the mountain or even get near it. If anyone set a foot on it, he was to be put to death, either stoned or shot with arrows. Does that ...

3521. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

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... evil can never be defeated. Jesus' Two Commandments Jesus did not destroy the Law written in the Decalogue; he simply boiled the ten down to two. "Thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Mark and Luke added, "and with all thy strength" This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (Matthew 22:37-39) Colonel Sanders added ...

3522. Communion Is Running No More

Mark 9:42-50

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... , we are reminded that something can be done about our sin. In today's Gospel, we learn that there is something we can do. We can know our weaknesses and exercise caution about the circumstances and situations which will lead us into sinful action. In the text from Mark 9, Jesus said, "If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off ... If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out ..." The Lord points out to us that sinful actions are a serious matter and serious steps should be taken to insure that those ...

3523. The Divine-Human Nexus

Matthew 25:31-46

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... during Advent together with preparation for his coming; the incarnation - the embodiment of God’s Son deep in human flesh - celebrated during the twelve day season of Christmas; Christ’s baptism, transfiguration and manifestation to the world marked the season of Epiphany; his temptation, his challenge to the religious establishment and his call to costly discipleship and cross bearing form the stuff of our Lenten proclamation; his last days, his torment, sufferings and death, contemplated during ...

3524. When the Poor Become Rich

Matthew 5:1-12

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... - I was unhappy, we say, because ... We remember this and that, giving good reasons, but happiness is like one of those islands far out in the Pacific which has been reported by sailors when it emerges from the haze where no cartographer has ever marked it. The island disappears again for a generation, but no navigator can be quite certain that it only existed in the imagination of some long-dead lookout.[1] As understood in the Bible, happiness is the condition of being spiritually blessed. It is an ...

3525. An Intimate Conversation and an Exclusive Covenant

Exodus 19:1-25

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... with prophets and religious leaders of old, but in his Son, Jesus. And that Word still comes to us in the scriptures and sacraments, in public worship and preaching, and in moments of private devotion. Baptism is the sign and seal of that covenant, because we are "marked with the cross of Christ forever" when we are baptized with water and the Word. A few months ago, I baptized the infant son of a couple at whose marriage I had presided some years ago. He was their second child; I had also baptized their ...

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