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3501. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

John 6:25-59

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Wayne H. Keller

... . It symbolizes food, sustenance for the body and life, and thus, a remembering of Jesus, who said, "I am the bread of life" (John 6:48). It symbolizes fellowship; for eating is both a physical and spiritual act, both a biological and sociological act. In a sense, we eat on behalf of all of those who have nothing to eat. 2. The bread. Not neatly pre-cut into dainty cubes; not the soft, white, bleached, overly-refined bread, which loses its vital character. But rather, a bread made of whole grain flour, with ...

3502. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 3:20-30

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Wayne H. Keller

... the Christ as the one who has conquered all the "Bubs" of his day, and ours, despite all the odds, despite all the criticism, ridicule, ignorance. Hymn of Praise "Blessing and Honor" CELEBRATION THROUGH CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Introduction to the Act of Confession In a sense, we live at the extremes of one world. On the one hand, if we are at all sensitive to Christ's presence in our lives, we continually pray, "Lord, have mercy." For the next three minutes, I invite us to consider those times this past ...

3503. Meaning of Advent

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E. Carver McGriff

... as preach that there will be a small minority of people who find this season emotionally difficult. Advent continues through four Sundays preceding Christmas Eve and its purpose is as suggested, to prepare us for the arrival of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. In a sense, of course, Advent is a reenactment in spirit of an event which took place in history nearly two thousand years ago. The season was celebrated as early as the sixth century. It calls for an emphasis on penitence, yet joyous anticipation of a new ...

3504. Designated Son Of God

Romans 1:1-17

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Frank Luchsinger

... that bush to burn on a hillside long ago is divine and in the earliest of times his name was considered too holy to pronounce at all -- YHWH. So two millennia ago, those who were wise looked into the heavens and followed what they saw there, traveling west, sensing God was about to do something new -- a new revelation from the One we have received and named. "God With Us in a new way," the designated Son of God. How Are We Designated? So, how are we designated; how are we chosen? People are chosen all the ...

3505. Moving At The Speed Of Light

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Frank Luchsinger

... really scared. The other boys decided that I would be an easy target, and I started finding unappealing earthy things in my bunk, and not finding personal belongings which had been hidden. Tommy realized there was a budding problem and began showing up, as if by a sixth sense, when I was about to receive a dose of creative mischief. Each night after lights out I would watch from my top bunk the path through the woods. Since my bunk had the best view of the path, my cabinmates said I was supposed to give the ...

3506. Moving At The Speed Of Light: In Corinth Or Cana?

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Frank Luchsinger

... the religious boundaries between the Christian community and its pagan society."1 So there was a collision at Corinth within the church and within the family similar to the collision we face within the church and the family in our time. How will we maintain our sense of balance? When is it okay to compromise? What is the role of man/husband/father and woman/wife/mother? Paul claims: "You are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ ..." but waiting for the ...

3507. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Nazareth: Family Ties

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

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Frank Luchsinger

... develop as Jesus began to locate his ministry more and more in Capernaum. One can only imagine how the hopes of Nazareth were placed on Jesus. The residents, who almost all were related to him, had seen him grow in wisdom and stature, until there was a sense of great expectancy. Jesus' family was of the davidic line, the line from which the prophets said the messiah would come. And just when he seemed to be coming to full flower, he went to live with some fishermen by the lake. Jesus' Other Home Jesus in ...

3508. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Frank Luchsinger

... may not know who go out of their way to help you out. A while back a mother was driving home, and an eruption of discontent came from the back seat -- two little boys who could not get along. She pulled off to the side of the road and stopped. Sensing there might be a mechanical failure, a police cruiser with two officers pulled up next to her inquiring if she needed help. "Well, you see, officer," she said, "I had such a commotion in the back seat that I knew it wouldn't be safe for me to continue driving ...

3509. Moving At The Speed Of Light: On The Mountain

2 Peter 1:12-21

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Frank Luchsinger

... enduring and healing from divorce, returning to regular living after the death of a loved one, recovery from an addiction -- all of these and many more are places in life where we must take the elephants over the mountains. And we take the elephants over the mountains in a final sense when our bodies wind down in this world and we make the transition to the next. It was a part of life for Jesus, it was a part of life for his followers, it is a part of life for Christ's church, and it is a part of life ...

3510. Just In Time

Ephesians 1:1-14

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Frank Luchsinger

... running out of time and the end of time for us is coming. Maybe we will go out collectively together, but it will be more likely as someone has written, "We will each slip away quietly, one at a time, while the party is still going strong." In a real sense the end is near for all of us. Some will go sooner than others and the timely arrival upon which we all depend is the One we celebrate in this season of the year, in this second Sunday of Christmastide. You see, the rescue upon which we depend happened in ...

3511. Uncovering Cover-Ups

John 15:18--16:4

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Maurice A. Fetty

... hearings, one mobster testifying said, "Everybody's doing what we're doing. Why don't you just stop all this nonsense and call everything legal?" Why not indeed! The mobster was not too far off from the popular mood which denies any ultimate sense of right and wrong. For many people there are no moral absolutes, no divine commandments to be obeyed, no universal, timeless principles to which they feel obligated. Many people are governed by whatever gives them pleasure or satisfies their lust or ambition or ...

3512. Finding Faith In Unlikely People

Luke 7:1-10

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Maurice A. Fetty

... of the world, grant us thy peace." It was not passive euthanasia. It wasn't a matter of pulling the plug. It was active euthanasia, entered into with a sound mind. While I do not know the intensity of pain, the emptiness and loneliness, the sense of worthlessness which the Van Dusens suffered, and while I would not be quick to pass judgment, I would raise some questions and observations. It is fair to say that many Christians over the centuries have suffered worse than the Van Dusens. Some have undergone ...

3513. Safely Through The Waters

Isaiah 43:1-13

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Robert A. Hausman

... obey?" (Isaiah 42:24). As such, God becomes our enemy, leaving us in our blindness and emptiness, giving us just what we asked for -- goods rather than goodness, the crusts of consumerism rather than the bread of life. In our exile, will we come to our senses? Will we grieve our loss? Will we be able to recognize that we are clean cut off? Given our hollow lives, our crumbling families, our cultural wasteland, and our decaying cities, it is time for us to admit our helplessness and grieve our loss. We have ...

3514. You Meant Evil; God Meant Good

Genesis 45:1-28

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Robert A. Hausman

... were binding sheaves grain in a field, and his stood up tall and proud, while the sheaves of his brothers bowed down before his. He had another dream in which the sun, moon, and 11 stars bowed down to him. Now you would think Joseph would have had the good sense to keep the dreams to himself, but he didn't. He was too naive to imagine the trouble it could cause. So he told them the dreams, and they responded angrily. "Are you indeed to reign over us? Are you indeed to have dominion over us?" (37:8). The ...

3515. Priest Without Peer

Genesis 14:1-24

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Barbara Brokhoff

... were preaching, everyone was falling asleep, but when the bus driver was driving, everyone was praying." One of my best friends, when I was a pastor in Missouri, was the Roman Catholic priest who ministered in the same town as I. He was Irish, had a sense of humor that was both gentle and hilarious, and was one of the most deeply committed to Christ ministers that I have ever known. But not all priests are of such godly character. The news has recently been filled with the scandal of priests who sexually ...

3516. What Law is Operating Here?

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John Killinger

... kindness," he says. "You have given me what I wanted, not what you thought I wanted, or what you wanted me to want." Isabel dresses. They shake hands very formally. She unlocks the door and leaves. Some may find prurience in this passage, but I sense instead a great depth of love and mercy, a recognition of our common humanity, an act of genuine and redemptive compassion. What law is operating here? The law forbidding sexual looseness, voyeurism, and lust? Or is that transcended, in Isabel's case, by the ...

3517. At The Right Place At The Right Time

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Timothy J. Smith

... man who stole from the poor man in taking his wife to be his own. In effect David pronounced judgment on himself! Jim had just started a new job in a new city in a new state. Jim and his family had just moved into a new home, welcoming the sense of a new beginning. Jim and his family had only lived in the new community a couple of months, but he had already proved to be a dedicated and hard-working member of the church. Still something was deeply bothering Jim. It was as if one day someone held a ...

3518. When Life Seems Out Of Control

2 Samuel 18:1-18

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Timothy J. Smith

... alone in his grief. Without a doubt this was David's most authentic moment; no more plans, no more scheming, his son was dead and even though they had great differences he felt afflicted with grief. When our lives are out of control and nothing much is making any sense, it's time to turn to God. David got himself into trouble thinking he could take care of himself. During the most crucial times in his later life, David did not turn to God for advice. David was who God wanted to lead the people. David was a ...

3519. You Can Be In Heaven Or Hell

Psalm 139:1-24

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Michael B. Brown

... looked into his/her eyes ... the first time you saw the baby smile or felt a little finger wrap around your own ... the first time you heard a tiny voice say "mama" or "dada," you suddenly understood "Paradise." In that moment God was real and you sensed something so wonderful and beautiful that earth could not have authored it. You were in heaven. Two of my dearest friends longed and planned for a baby. At last their prayers appeared to find an answer, and she became pregnant. For nine months all went well ...

3520. The Meaning Of Advent

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John R. Brokhoff

... , priests, kings and acts of history for the coming of the Messiah. 2. The child born in a manger in Bethlehem was none other than the Son of God, the promised Messiah. Because "the word became flesh," Advent, as the time of preparation for the Messiah, makes sense. This holy child is "very God of very God." In him God invaded human history. He was the Christ-event, the Word-event. If this is not true, then there is no meaning or message to Advent. 3. Advent deals also with the second coming of Christ ...

3521. Advent 1

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Luke 21:5-38

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John R. Brokhoff

... joy and happiness. It can be the joy of salvation or of friends or of service. But here Paul is not speaking of a joy for himself but he is happy for his people. He is full of joy because of their love and faith in Christ. Out of that sense of joy comes a desire to thank God for his blessing on them. Christians have a twofold joy: One is the joy of being in Christ and the other is the joy that the ones you love are also in Christ. 2. Lacking (v. 10). Paul earnestly prays that he ...

3522. Advent 4

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:1-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... to the cross. Jesus came to earth to die as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. The manger should have been in the shape of the cross. With the cross in sight, we can be saved from the usual sentimental baby-Jesus, meek and mild. In this sense Christmas has a bittersweet taste. 3. Offering (v. 10). People gave offerings to please and/or placate God. In the temple, offerings of animals were for the forgiveness of sins. If Christ's death was an offering for sin, does it mean that his death was a payment to ...

3523. Easter 4

Revelation 7:9-17, Acts 13:13-52, Acts 9:32-43, John 10:22-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... v. 28). We have heard it said, "Never say 'never'." It is a broad, all-inclusive word that allows no exceptions. Jesus used the word to assure us that his people will never be taken from him by another person or force. This gives the Christian a sense of permanent security. Indeed, a person may voluntarily leave Christ, but he will not allow anyone nor anything to deprive us of Christ against our wills. Epistle: Acts 9:36-43 1. Disciple (v. 36). Dorcas was considered by the church of her day as a "disciple ...

3524. Baptism of Our Lord

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 43:1-13, Isaiah 42:1-9, Acts 8:9-25, Acts 10:23b-48

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John R. Brokhoff

... . 38) This is the case with those baptized. Baptism is a covenant between God and the believer. God promises to be his God, to forgive, to deliver from evil, and to be with him always. God is faithful to his promises. In this covenental relationship, a Christian senses always that God is with him. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 29 -- "The voice of the Lord is over the waters." (v. 3a) Prayer Of The Day: "Father in heaven, at the baptism of Jesus in the river Jordan you proclaimed your beloved Son ...

3525. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10 · Ps 71

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John R. Brokhoff

... among his own people, Jesus suggested that non-Jews would accept him. He gave two cases to prove his point: Elijah went to a Gentile widow for food and drink at a time of drought (1 Kings 17), and Elisha healed Namaan, a Gentile from Syria, of leprosy. This sense of the universality of God's concern for all people enraged a congregation of folks who believed they had a monopoly on God. Old Testament: Jeremiah 1:4-10 1. Before (v. 4). Here is one who was a preacher "before" he was born! Even before he was ...

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