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3551. Epiphany 4

Luke 4:14-30

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... the passionate, near-violent response to Jesus' hometown sermon to prefigure the Nazarene's ultimate rejection at the hands of his own people, as well as the eventual extension of the Gospel to the Gentiles. Also implicit in this story, however, is the sense that human desires and expectations may well be thwarted by God's plans and by the actions of those servants who are responsive to God's bidding. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise Dear Christians, One And All Song ...

3552. Epiphany 5

Luke 5:1-11

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Dennis Koch

... of Peter apparently is based on Mark and Luke's own material, but placed comparatively late in Jesus' ministry. The call itself is accompanied by a self-depreciation typical of other biblical characters summoned to godly vocations, but is unusual in the sense that the declaration of personal unworthiness precedes the call, as a reaction to the power exhibited by Jesus in the miraculous catch of fishes. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Hail To The Lord's Anointed Your Word, O Lord, Is Gentle Dew ...

3553. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26

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Dennis Koch

... world and the poor choices we make. We feel relaxed and comfortable as we gather in this place for worship today. We would like to remain here because it is quiet, safe and secure. However, you did not call us so that we could be relaxed and comfortable in that sense. You have called us to enter the mission field. You have called us to blessedness. Help us to move beyond the limitations of what our eyes can see. Bring our faith into focus, and by your grace,lead us to make right choices. Amen.

3554. Lent 1

Luke 4:1-13

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Dennis Koch

... virtually unnoticed. A decision here. A value judgment there. Give and take. Live and let live. Self-preservation is more appealing to us than self-sacrifice. The mere hint of hunger sends us to the marketplace. It is easy for us to build up a false sense of security. We know that your word is Truth, Lord, more essential than bread. So many truths clamor for our allegiance we tend to become easily distracted, even lost. Could this be what is meant by an Opportune Time? The Lenten journey lies ahead. Guide ...

3555. Pentecost 27

Luke 19:11-27

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Dennis Koch

... of material possessions. Luke also refers to kingship, which prepares the disciples for Jesus' entry into Jerusalem. The parable is a corrective to the popular notion about the End: although the kingdom of God is "among" the disciples there is a sense in which the kingdom is not to appear immediately. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns The Day Is Surely Drawing Near Rise, O Children Of Salvation Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers Wake, Awake, For Night Is Flying Jerusalem, My Happy Home Jerusalem, The Golden ...

3556. Proper 10

Luke 10:25-37

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Dennis Koch

... Who Hear God's Word O God Of Love, O King Of Peace Hope Of The World Proper 10 -- Pentecost 8 -- OT 15 Jesus, you told us to love our neighbor. This is easy to say and very difficult to do! It is challenging to be a neighbor in the sense that you mean. The Samaritan was a good neighbor! He went out of his way to help someone in need. He performed the necessary first aid. He provided for extended care. He made the commitment to follow through. He certainly went beyond what was expected! Jesus, nudge us so ...

3557. Proper 13

Luke 12:13-21

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Dennis Koch

... there is more to life than material possessions, and his parable of the rich fool are part of a recurring theme in his teachings, especially as reported by Luke. The contrast is between the material and the spiritual, not in any Platonic metaphysical sense, but as regards the true priority of the things of God over the things of the world. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Jesus, Priceless Treasure Praise And Thanksgiving O Bread Of Life From Heaven May We Your Precepts, Lord, Fulfill In Christ There ...

3558. Proper 23

Luke 17:11-19

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Dennis Koch

... receives a divine word of comfort and affirmation: God will act surely and decisively against the unrighteous. Those who have remained righteous will live by their faith, which here means adherence to the covenant and its demands rather than the New Testament's more profound sense of trust in God's grace. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns All Who Believe And Are Baptized A Multitude Comes From East And West Thee Will I Love, My Strength Once He Came In Blessing Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus Faith Of Our ...

3559. Proper 25

Luke 18:9-14

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Dennis Koch

... Green Suggested Hymns Lord, Teach Us How To Pray Aright Oh, That The Lord Would Guide My Ways Oh, Praise The Lord, My Soul Proper 25 -- Pentecost 23 -- OT 30 Lord God, Creator of the universe, we praise your glorious name. With a deep sense of gratitude, we humbly approach your throne of grace. Our hearts overflow with thanks. For you have fashioned us so that we can appreciate spiritual reality. We are not simply a collection of cells, thrown haphazardly together by ordinary and random forces. Biology ...

3560. Proper 9

Luke 10:1-24

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Dennis Koch

... tribes of Israel and the nations of the world, respectively). The passage is full of eschatological imagery (e.g., harvest, lambs and wolves, Satan's falling), which -- along with the central theme of the reign of God -- no doubt accounts for the sense of single-mindedness and urgency entailed in the instructions: the apostles are to travel light and preach the proximity of the coming divine reign under the power and authority of Jesus himself. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns O Christ, Our Light, O ...

3561. Father's Day

Psalm 78:1-72

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and dictator, but how many are the loving religious head of the family. In the end there is only one way that we can gain status as father. That is by remembering that when Jesus prayed he used the words "Our Father." You are a true father in the spiritual sense only if you have the same relationship with your children as our heavenly father has shown toward us. May we as fathers recommit ourselves to that challenge on this special day. Amen.

3562. As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Steve Burt

... for the retaliation to the retaliation ... and so on ad infinitum. There's no end to it, no way to ever get even, is there? And through it all, both countries, millions of people, and the whole world -- everybody -- suffers. There's no real justice and no real sense to that, is there? Take the Hatfield/McCoy feud of legend. A Hatfield kills a McCoy, so a McCoy has to go out and kill a Hatfield. But that doesn't really even the score, because every Hatfield knows a Hatfield is worth two McCoys, and every ...

3563. Need Help Removing That Roadblock?

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Steve Burt

... stones for pyramids. It is for me and for my children and for my children's children that we left in the middle of the night, so that together we can be the people our God has called us to be." Can we blame them, friends? Maybe it made more sense to go back, to return to a place that was at least known and thereby, oddly, secure. Like plucking chickens. "If I apologize, I can have my old job back. If I'm willing to re-bury my authentic, God-called self, I can feel more secure. Better than a ...

3564. The Baptist's Prophecy

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... many opinions are offered. But one thing at least is certain: In his vision of the coming one, he saw a mighty judge, an awesome and exacting king, someone of uncompromising right-eousness who would no more hesitate to consign a sinner to the unquenchable fire with senses undiminished than you or I would hesitate to squash a cockroach. In terms of the Tinker Creek image, John saw a figure walking across the ice, club in hand, ready to brain and bash every frozen soul and hack them from the ice with a steel ...

3565. Would We Rather Be Comfortable Or Comforted?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... and dozens more are guaranteed to make us uncomfortable. Those who are determined to keep their comfort level high therefore avoid dealing with these things, or at least minimize their exposure to them. Let's be careful: Not all people of wealth are comfortable in this sense of the word, nor does one have to be wealthy to be comfortable in this way. What one needs to be in order to be comfortable in this way is apathetic, dispassionate, detached, aloof and/or very, very good at denial. The sad truth is: Too ...

3566. How Blest Are Those Who Know Their Need Of God

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... Because God in Christ has made us citizens of his kingdom, transferring us from a final future secured by our accomplishments to a future guaranteed by divine promise, our lives now, in this present moment, take on a new shape, a new texture. In a very real sense, we live life backwards, moving from death to life. God treats us now as the people will be when his kingdom comes in all its glory. Again, the Beatitudes give us the picture. Because we have obtained and shall obtain mercy, we are even now free to ...

3567. For All The People

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... one: at one with each other and at one with themselves. That is why his birth is and can be good news of great joy for all the people. For he alone is God incarnate among us, sharing our fate and our lot, our struggle and our sense of alienation from self and others. True man, he knows our frailties and failings, our sinful tendency to make and multiply distinctions between people and make them the basis for division. True God, he takes these frailties and failings into his own divine being and essence and ...

3568. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , of course, the answer is obvious. Mary, Peter and the beloved disciple would probably say that the reason why they have greeted this first Easter with instantaneous wind sprints is because of the fear and the excitement of it all, because they sensed intuitively that the moment was filled with electricity, dread and urgency. Like people who have been startled by a sudden, sharp clap of thunder on a clear, blue day, they did not immediately know exactly what had happened, but they spontaneously responded ...

3569. Facing Up To Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Thomas Long

... rich laughter from the audience. They were enjoying themselves, and we were, too. But in the second act, an actor forgot his lines. You could see on his face that he knew it was his turn to speak, but he could not find the words. The audience did not sense it yet, but the other actors and those of us off-stage did. What to do? Everybody was paralyzed as this unfortunate classmate squirmed and tried to remember what he was supposed to say. I was standing in the wings, next to the young teacher who was the ...

3570. Loving Jesus, Hating The Church

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Thomas Long

... than the sample group, but that doesn't mean they aren't "religious," too; indeed, they are nearly unanimous in their willingness to affirm their devout belief. As the novelist Kingsley Amis wryly describes one of his characters, "He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic."2 Clearly, part of the reason why people are so quick to claim religious faith but not so ready to occupy a regular pew is that the church today no longer serves as the social ...

3571. The Wheat Among The Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... , too. Let them grow together until the harvest, when everything has to be pulled up anyway. Then we'll use the weeds for fuel and save the wheat in the storage barn." If we can put ourselves back into a pre-modern mindset, we can understand this sort of common-sense story in terms of farming. But Jesus took this familiar picture and used it to talk about the rule of God. So, if we are to understand this parable as God's word for today, we have to see that the farmer's words and actions are those of God ...

3572. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... country, has a different skin color, and is from a different culture, be sure to talk ugly about him, using words carefully chosen to ensure that the person is looked down on. 8. If you want to be angry, practice shouting. No matter that common sense tells you that a quiet voice brings about understanding and harmony. Since your goal in life is to be miserable, when others don't see and do things the way you do, start shouting and yelling at them. This is particularly effective for creating miserable ...

3573. And Then Came The Angel

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... in some way by divorce, but some still think of it as an easy way out for someone who has grown tired of a relationship. Those who have been through a divorce know that it is one of the most humiliating experiences one can endure. The sense of failure is overwhelming. Years are spent trying to overcome the guilt and second-guessing. Marriage and divorce are awesome considerations. They are for us, and they were for Joseph. Even though things were different in those days, we can tell from the very delicate ...

3574. Going Ahead Anyway

Matthew 2:1-12, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... title of Kushner's book. Nor is that the point of his book. The correct title of the book is When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Isn't that the best we can do? We can spend years wondering why, but it is beyond human capacity to make sense of most tragedies. We can try our best to explain evil, but most of it is beyond explanation. Another way to deal with evil is to eliminate it altogether. It sounds impossible, but there are folks working around the clock trying to rid our communities and world of evil ...

3575. Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... about mourning, the kind of shaking of the foundations which C. S. Lewis described in A Grief Observed. Lewis wrote of his wife after she died of cancer, "Joy's absence is like the sky, spread over everything. There is spread over everything a vague sense of wrongness, of something amiss."5 In writing about the Psalms, Walter Brueggemann says that the Psalms are written by and for people who are caught in "the rawness of life."6 Rather than language that is safe and mundane and socially acceptable, the ...

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