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3651. Under New Leadership

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, “It was he who helped to curb my own ambition, he who showed me the limits of success and the goals I at one time thought I wanted. To watch him, to observe the price he has had to pay for what he has gotten, the way he has had to ... compromise, and flatter, and step on others on the way up, has helped me to decide that I didn’t need what at one time I thought I had to have.” (2) We need to be careful whom we call successful. Success in some areas of our lives can mask deep problems in ...

3652. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Daddy,” she said, “but I could also get hurt right here.” He said, “But honey you could be killed there.” “Daddy, I could be killed at any time, anywhere. I really believe that God is calling me to go to Uganda,” she said. Andrew Young thought and prayed about it, and finally he gave her his blessing. “When my daughter walked onto that airplane,” he said later, “I realized that in baptizing her and raising her, what I said I wanted most for her was that she would become a respectable ...

3653. A New Attitude

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... announces, “Boy, do I feel crabby.” Linus tries to help her feel better. He fixes her a sandwich. As he gives her the sandwich, he asks, “Now, is there anything else I can get you? Is there anything I haven’t thought of?” Lucy replies, “Yes, there’s one thing that you haven’t thought of. I DON’T WANNA FEEL BETTER!” Do you know someone like that? They’ve got a miserable attitude--and that is just the way they like it! A woman named Linda Neukrug was vacationing with a friend in Canada ...

3654. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... of the epistle for All Saints Day are three of five verses, 2:28-3:3, that form a meditation on the theme "children of God." This unit of thought is located in the first major section of this epistle (1:5-3:10), which works with the metaphor of "walking in God's light" to reflect upon the ... for interpretation of the Beatitudes is voluminous, so the following remarks focus on matters to stimulate thoughts for preaching. First, throughout the Beatitudes, Jesus' address is to "you" in the plural Greek form. ...

3655. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... us just raw enough to allow the oil beneath the ashes to become a healing oil that is bonding the ashes of repentance to our bodies while the sign of the cross of Christ becomes the true character of our very selves. ASH WEDNESDAY: THE CELEBRATION Thoughtful planning for today involves the need to balance the individual and corporate nature of the event. Joel calls for a gathering of the people, Paul discusses what it should mean for a community to be in ministry, and Jesus speaks in the plural you about ...

3656. Christmas 1

Mt 2:13-23 · Heb 2:10-18 · Isa 63:7-9 · Ps 148

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... take up the idea of Jesus' and humanity's common human condition—which is the basis of his suffering's attaining our salvation. The reasoning of this passage begins with God and moves from Jesus to humanity. Then, vv. 12-13 establish this line of thought by offering an argument from scriptures. Finally, vv. 14-18 reverse the logic of vv. 10-11 and begin with the human condition and move to Jesus who accomplished the liberating (for humanity) destruction of the power of death (namely, "the devil") in his ...

3657. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... the blessings that Christians have received (similar to a Jewish berakah) in 1:3-14; and then, 1:15-23 is the usual thanksgiving prayer report. Structure. The lectionary reading comprises the verses of the divine blessing. The reading has two large parts with several thoughts or themes in each part: 1. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ --who blessed us in Christ --who chose us in Christ --who destined us for adoption through Jesus Christ. And all of God's activity results in the praise of ...

3658. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Significance. The presentation of Paul in this passage does not so much show him arguing as proclaiming. This speech has only loose associations with normal Pauline theology, and indeed, when read only in part, one could garner a strange idea of what Paul thought about God and humanity. Parts of the speech sound vaguely more like Stoic pantheism than Christian theology. Lest we take a side street and get lost by examining some of the exceptional ideas in these lines, we should notice that the speech rambles ...

3659. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... relation to Israel and the nations. The sentences of this psalm appear random or disconnected, at times. In vv. 4-10 commentators often suggest that v. 4, vv. 5-6, and vv. 7-10 are separate units of thought. If the response is incorporated into the liturgy, one might choose a short unit of thought rather than the entire psalm. Verses 32-35 are quite doxological. Significance. The kingship of God and the Lord's assumption of kingship in Zion is the theme of this psalm, no matter what view of the structure ...

3660. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... God. Such is true piety. Jesus speaks about "the Law and the prophets." Ancient Jews would have understood that he was speaking about the so-called books of Moses and the collection of the writings of the prophets of Israel. These two bodies of literature were thought of in relation to each other in Judaism as text and interpretation. Thus in v. 19 Jesus can say only "Law," but he is still concerned with the same items named in v. 18. The teaching of Jesus concerning the Law steers a middle course between ...

3661. Lent 2

Psalm 121:1-8, Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, John 3:1-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... promise of God rather than by any work(s) that one does oneself. Structure. The lectionary omits vv. 6-12, but one may deal with all or parts of the seventeen verses (as is always the case!). Chapter 4 actually forms a complete unity of Paul's thought in Romans, but it is possible to view the lectionary text in three parts: vv. 1-8 treat the justification of Abraham by faith; vv. 9-12 make a chronological argument about the priority of faith over works by recalling how Abraham was reckoned righteous before ...

3662. Lent 4

Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... will be a tendency to simply think in terms of good and bad behavior. This biblical language speaks of far more than that. It is cosmological and theological in nature. Notice that v. 14 says Christ shines on the one who is redeemed. Darkness and light are thought of as realms and forces set in powerful opposition to each other. The author and other ancients believed that humanity lives in one or the other of these realms and under the influence of the power of that realm. Today, people do not think in such ...

3663. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Numbers 11:4-35

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... 's purposes in sending Jesus are now extended as Jesus sends the disciples. In other words, the concerns of Jesus' own ministry, as it is known through the Gospel according to John, are to be the concerns of the work of the disciples. This line of thought continues as Jesus breathes the Holy Spirit upon the disciples. He had worked in the power of the Spirit, and now the same Spirit is given to the disciples after Jesus commissions them. And the words of the risen Lord continue to provide clarity about the ...

3664. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... who gives a son to Sarah gives his own Son so that the world's weeping may be turned into laughter. This is the faithfulness of love, which is true passion that is willing to suffer and die for the beloved. This is not a sentimental, romantic love mistakenly thought to be everyone's right from God, a condition of the created order; it is a costly love that goes forth to give in the face of rejection, a love unmerited, undeserved by the beloved. And being so loved by such a faithful God, dying with Christ in ...

3665. Proper 7

Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... of God's People" Setting. As noted above, the story of Hagar is inseparable from the story of Sarah's miraculous birth. The conclusion of the latter story in Genesis 21:7 —where Sarah poses the rhetorical question to us while breast feeding Isaac "Who would have thought that God could produce such a miraculous birth?"—is carried over into the new story in Genesis 21:8 with the notice that she has now weaned the child. The notice in v. 8 underscores that Sarah has lived with God's miracle of birth for ...

3666. Proper 10

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23, Genesis 25:19-34

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... is part of the larger section of chapters 5-8. As we recognized in considering earlier portions of this section of Romans, Paul's main focus here is on the life of the Christian community in its experience of God's grace. Structure. Romans 8:1-17 forms a thought unit on "life in the Spirit." Verses 1-2 are a kind of thesis statement, which summarize earlier passages and point toward an overt statement about the Spirit. Verses 3-11 are a two-part elaboration on the thesis of vv. 1-2. First, vv. 3-8 explain ...

3667. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... are a subsection of a larger unit, 1:19-26, in which Paul explicates his fortune and expresses his conviction that whatever may happen to him will be for the good, whether that is life or death. Second, vv. 27-30 form a distinct unit of thought and initiate a series of exhortations advocating Christian unity, which continue through 2:18. Significance. Paul begins in vv. 21-25 by identifying the options that lie before him as he faces apparently grave charges: He is either going to continue living, or he is ...

3668. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... out your own salvation with fear and trembling." But very few people know or can deal with the second part of Paul's statement, "for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure." What a foreign thought to our era—a God who tinkers even with our will! Immediately lights flash and bells ring. Does this mean that we do not have free will? To be frank, Paul would not understand the idea of a totally free human will. Paul understood that humans were creatures ...

3669. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

... comes to us in the first place as a gift from God, new life comes to us afresh as another gift from God. In Christian thought we do not have souls that are trapped in our bodies and waiting to be released at death. Instead, we are souls, and at death ... in church don't need to hear the threatening dimensions—it will create an us/them split—but without a doubt, Jesus thought God had standards and that humans ought to take them very seriously for their true good. PROPER 27: THE CELEBRATION Today's epistle ...

3670. Thanksgiving Day, North America

Luke 17:11-19, Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Psalm 65:1-13, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... is righteousness—that is, God's faithfulness in redeeming sinful humanity. Our generous God supplies for us what we as humans cannot provide—namely, forgiveness and a new, eternal relationship to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. In seeing this focus of Paul's thought, we should not be surprised by the direction he takes in vv. 11-15. The generosity to which Paul calls the Corinthians and for which God blesses them is a demonstration of faith and love, so that those who receive the provisions from the ...

3671. Trinity Sunday

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 28:16-20, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... treatise; it is time to be "lost in wonder, love, and praise." A discussion of the Trinity in terms of being can help diffuse much of the controversy surrounding language, since it will make clear the inadequacy of any language to describe God. Thoughtful consideration of the topic can help open the way to the use of alternate images that can expand our appreciation of what may have been originally intended but is now obscured by the traditional Trinitarian language. Augustine's understanding of the Trinity ...

3672. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... thinks. Even though we are in this treasured fellowship, in a sense it’s just us and God. We are humbling ourselves in the presence of complete holiness and praying with the Psalmist, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” (139:23-24) Our focus this night is not upon ourselves, but on the cross of Christ, he who “made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made ...

3673. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... were! The men on the work crew were still laughing when they stopped at the local gas station and told the owner what the boy had said–“the fish weren’t biting at all, but the worms sure were!” They were more than surprised when, after a moment’s thought, the gas station owner got a panic-stricken look on his face and raced for his own pickup and headed up into the hills. Not long after that he came back into town with the unconscious body of the boy by his side. The “worms” in his can, you ...

3674. Changed Lives: Lazarus

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... days. The fact that Lazarus was in the grave four days may be significant. There were some Jews who believed that you should return to the grave for the purposes of mourning for three days after your loved one’s death because the soul of that person was thought to stay around the body for three days, but after three days, according to this tradition, the soul of the dead person would depart. Four days may have been a statement by Jesus that Lazarus really was dead. There was no life left in him. Some of ...

3675. Roll out the Green Carpet

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... dog, buy our cat clothes, decorate our horse’s stall with pictures and ribbons, because we don’t want to feel alone in the universe. We need to feel connected to the rest of creation. We don’t want to be alone in the world of emotions, thoughts, dreams. We want to experience life and death with other creatures. We know we human beings are “different,” but we crave a spiritual connection with the universe. So what do we do on Palm Sunday. We roll out the green carpet. Hollywood rolls out the Red ...

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3651. Under New Leadership

John 1:29-34

Sermon

King Duncan

3652. A New Calling

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

3653. A New Attitude

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

3654. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3655. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3656. Christmas 1

Mt 2:13-23 · Heb 2:10-18 · Isa 63:7-9 · Ps 148

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3657. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3658. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3659. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3660. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3661. Lent 2

Psalm 121:1-8, Genesis 12:1-8, Romans 4:1-25, John 3:1-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3662. Lent 4

Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3663. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3664. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3665. Proper 7

Psalm 86:1-17, Romans 6:1-14, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 21:8-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3666. Proper 10

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23, Genesis 25:19-34

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3667. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3668. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3669. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

3670. Thanksgiving Day, North America

Luke 17:11-19, Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Psalm 65:1-13, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3671. Trinity Sunday

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 28:16-20, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

3672. Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

3673. Changed Lives: Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

3674. Changed Lives: Lazarus

John 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

3675. Roll out the Green Carpet

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

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