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351. The Nativity of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Isaiah 9:2-7 A child is born whose name is wonderful and whose government is characterized by permanence, justice and righteousness. The people of Isaiah's day were in darkness. Assyria had just taken Zebulon and Naphtali to captivity in 734 B.C. Out of this darkness the people see a light of God's promise of a messianic king, a son of God. This produces great rejoicing. His royal names define his character: wisdom, courage, fatherly concern and peace. His government will be characterized by ...

352. Your Finest Invitation

Illustration

In coming to church this morning, you are responding to an invitation, and I do not mean merely the invitation of the church, although the church does, of course, invite you. In coming to church, you are also coming to worship, and the service of this hour is merely the context in which you do this. The church may invite you to the service, and it does, but it is God who invites you to worship. It is he whom you worship; it is he to whom you come; it is he before whom you bow; it is he to whom you pray. ...

353. The Daniel Diet

Daniel 1:1-21

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Bill Bouknight

I recall a song I learned in Sunday School long years ago. Perhaps I should sing it to you. Ever since Bishop Morris was here last month and ended his sermon with a beautiful song, you have been asking me why I don't do the same. Frankly, you can't afford the number of voice lessons it would require to bring me up to an acceptable level. Here are the words of the song I remember: "Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone, Dare to have a purpose firm, Dare to make it known." For the next seven weeks we will ...

354. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

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Carroll Gunkel

From time to time people will ask, "How long does it take to write a sermon?" Generally, I cannot attach a specific time to the preparation of a particular sermon. Every sermon is a composite of everything a preacher has read and studied on a subject. In the case of this particular sermon, however, I can give at least a general response to that question: This sermon was begun more than twenty years ago. It began when I was in college, and it began under unlikely circumstances. Our professor of English ...

355. Born to Play Second Fiddle

Luke 1:57-66

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George Bass

Sunday is the day when the people who call themselves Christians remember and celebrate the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every Sunday is a "little Easter" - that is what Sunday means and why those who believe in Christ worship on the first day of the week instead of following the Old Testament practice of setting aside the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath or day of rest. But Christians also remember the birth of Christ whenever the Eucharist is celebrated as they sing the song the ...

356. He Bore Our Sins

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Dennis Kastens

Every year during Lent, the role of Christ bearing his cross to Calvary is re-enacted in the village of Sartene, Corsica. This has been going on ever since the Middle Ages, and it always draws a big crowd of villagers and thousands of tourists who come for the occasion. Time magazine, when reporting on one of the more recent episodes, called it "one of the world’s most brutally powerful Holy Week processions." And the report was a graphic description of what happened: A grotesque lump of a man ... barefoot ...

357. The Three Faces of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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Robert G. Tuttle

Let’s get our theology straight It makes a world of difference what we live by. It determines our lives. Jesus gave us a broad, sound base on which to build our lives and our relationships: "Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." Jesus was at one with the Father and at one with the Holy Spirit The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit are one - the eternal living reality at the heart of the universe. Late one night I was ...

358. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

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James Bjorge

Johnny Carson has a side-kick who opens the evening television talk show with a phrase that never varies. Big Ed McMahon bursts forth with the introduction, "Here’s Johnny!" Then the talk man comes forth from the wings to entertain his audience and television viewers. As the herald of the show, Ed McMahon plays an important role in getting the show off the ground with gusto. Jesus was coming to stage the greatest drama the world would ever witness. It would unfold the mighty act of redemption. While he was ...

359. Hay, Harmony, and Hallelujah

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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G. William Genszler

Text: Luke 2:12 - "And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." The night was bitter cold. Little Nanuska couldn’t sleep because she was cold and she had never slept in a hayloft before. She desperately missed her warm comfortable bed back in the East Zone. The smell of the cattle below the hayloft almost turned her stomach and, when the cows let out a bellow, she became scared. Oh, why, oh, why, had her father been so set in his ways? It all ...

360. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

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Leonard H. Budd

So often a road is built upon the back of an earlier pathway - one upon the other, built up and strengthened by what went before. The busy Detroit Avenue before our church (Lakewood, Ohio) was once a Pony Express route, carrying mail toward Detroit City in Michigan. That route was earlier an Indian trail through forest lands. So it was with the road that came from Bethany, climbed across to the Mount of Olives, snaked down into the Kidron Valley, moved through the region of the Garden of Gethsemane and ...

361. Christmas, Proper 3

John 1:1-18, Hebrews 1:1-14, Isaiah 51:17--52:12

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Paul A. Laughlin

First Lesson: Isaiah 52:7-10 Theme: God’s mercy to redeem and might to reign Exegetical Note The prophet, probably celebrating a return from exile, proclaims the same good news that will resound again and again in ages to come: God has returned to rule in mercy and might, bringing peace, goodness, comfort and salvation. Call to Worship Leader: How welcome is the person who brings us good news, especially the kind that both comforts us and gladdens our hearts! People: THAT IS JUST THE SORT OF NEWS WE HEAR ...

362. OUR LORD FORSAKEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

As the winds rose and the black sky threatened to unleash its wrath the crowd on the hillside began to melt away, small groups and pairs and an occasional individual hurried toward the dark, brooding buildings of the city. Even the morbid attraction of a crucifixion could not hold the fickle mob against the portent of the fury of a spring storm. At the last there were few to witness the deaths of the crucified or their laborious descent from the crosses. The four soldiers who had made up the crucifixion ...

363. Service

Mark 10:35-45

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Warren Thomas Smith

"For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (v. 45) James and John came to Jesus asking for preferment! It is a situation as old as the institutional church. I know, for I am heart and soul in the institutional church; I love it. I believe in the church. I readily accept the statement, "The Church is of God, and will be preserved to the end of time ..." At the same time, I see - as do you - the imperfections in the church, and these imperfections ...

364. The Marriage of Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:4-25

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Alton F. Wedel

This is how it started! It happened long ago and far away, in a place called Eden (Eden Prairie to the southwest of Minneapolis bears no resemblance to it), that the masculine and feminine were joined together as complement (not compliment) for each other ... that the man became a husband and the woman became a wife ... that the differences between the sexes formed a blend of unity and love. This is how it started! The ceremony was unique, performed amid the most unusual circumstances: no bridal gown, no ...

365. When Jesus Speaks Your Name

John 20:10-18

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Gregory J. Johanson

ARTHUR L. FOSTER is currently Director of Pastoral Associates in Wichita, Kansas. Previous to that he worked in other counseling settings and served as a professor of pastoral counseling on the faculty of the University of Chicago and other theological schools. He has had a research interest in how self-images in people change when their images of God change as well as an interest in the development of house churches. (See his book The House Church Evolving, Exploration Press, 1976.) These interests are ...

366. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

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Maurice A. Fetty

O Star (the fairest one in sight), We grant your loftiness the right To some obscurity of cloud – It will not do to say of night, Since dark is what brings out your light. Some mystery becomes the proud. But to be wholly taciturn In your reserve is not allowed. Say something to us we can learn By heart and when alone repeat. Say something! And it says "I burn." -- Robert Frost, "Choose Something Like A Star" The Star of Bethlehem associated with this holy season was taciturn and mysterious. It was lofty ...

367. Real Gratitude

Luke 19:1-10

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James W. Moore

I want to begin this morning by telling you about two of my most prized possessions. The first one is a simple ordinary rock. It’s a rock with some green and yellow paint splattered on it. I use it as a paper weight on my desk. I have had it for over 30 years. It’s not worth a lot, but I cherish it. If I tried to sell it, I couldn’t get much money for it, but you see, I would never even consider selling it, because I treasure it so much. Why is it so special to me? Not because of what it is. Not because of ...

368. Lesson From A Blind Man

Mark 10:46-52

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King Duncan

Eugene was a wimpy prince; stunted in growth, ugly, sickly, pale and hunched back. Everyone in Louis XIV's castle had written him off and ignored him. The young prince wandered around in the shadows of the French monarch's castle going unnoticed among the nobles and royalty who attended the balls, ballets, and parties. Eugene's friends were the slaves. No one else would have anything to do with him. Eugene wanted to be a soldier so he went to Louis XIV and asked for a commission in his army. Louis wouldn't ...

369. It's Not Nice To Call Someone A Dog

Matthew 15:21-28

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King Duncan

One of the appealing characteristics of the historical Jesus is how open he was to people ” all kinds of people. Will Rogers once said he never met a man he didn’t like. Jesus never met a person he didn’t love. People from all kinds of situations found themselves comfortable in his presence. He didn’t come across as stuffy or pretentious. It reminds me of the story of a priest in the mountains of Kentucky who had come home with a family of new converts for dinner. He was received cordially by all but the ...

370. Sons And Daughters Of Thunder

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

An MG Midget pulled alongside a Rolls-Royce at a traffic light. "Do you have a car phone?" its driver asked the guy in the Rolls. "Of course I do," replied the haughty deluxe-car driver. "Well, do you have a fax machine?" asked the Midget driver. The driver in the Rolls sighed. "I have that too." "Then do you have a double bed in the back?" the Midget driver wanted to know. Ashen-faced, the Rolls driver sped off. That afternoon, he had a double bed installed in his auto. A week later, the Rolls driver ...

371. Worriers Or Warriors?

John 14:15-31

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King Duncan

A commercial airline pilot on one occasion made a particularly bad landing. The wheels of the big jet hit the runway with a jarring thud. Afterward, the airline had a policy, which required that the pilot stand at the door while the passengers exited. He was to give each of them a smile and say, "Thanks for flying with us today." In light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment, but no one seemed annoyed. Finally everyone ...

372. So Who Needs A Shepherd?

John 10:1-21

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Donald B. Strobe

One Sunday morning, following the church service, a layman accosted the pastor and said, “Tom, this church has been insulting me for years, and I did not know it until this week.” The stunned pastor replied, “What on earth do you mean?” “Well,” said the layman, every Sunday morning the call to worship in this church ends with the words, We are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand.’ And I have heard ministers over the years call the congregation, God’s flock.’ Then this past week I visited ...

373. Connected to Christ: I Am the Vine

John 15:1-17

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Eric Ritz

Today, we bring to a close our series on the seven "I am . . ." statements found in the gospel according to Saint John. As we have learned, these claims were deeply rooted in the Old Testament. As a matter of fact John uses the name of God revealed to Moses at the burning bush. When Moses was on the mountain, God spoke to him from the bush and said, "I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ''I Am has sent me to you.''" In John''s gospel--Jesus speaks these words not only to the nation ...

374. The Powerful Fragrance of Sharing and Caring

Philippians 4:10-20

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Eric Ritz

Baseball legend George Herman "Babe" Ruth was playing one of his last full major league games. The Boston Braves were playing the Reds in Cincinnati. The old veteran wasn't the player he once had been. The ball looked awkward in his aging hands. He wasn't throwing well. In one inning, his misplays made most of the runs scored by Cincinnati possible. As Babe Ruth walked off the field after making a third out, head bent in embarrassment, a crescendo of "boos" followed him to the dugout. A little boy in the ...

375. Going Home for Christmas?

John 1:1-18

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Eric Ritz

It has been said that the heart turns homeward at Christmas. Being home for Christmas is a deep and powerful instinct that compels us to make every effort and expend time and resources to fulfill this longing and need. I remember once reading about a group of university ornithologists who took a rare species of bird from a remote island in the South Pacific to their laboratory here in the United States. They observed them, studied them, tagged them, and then let them go. The newspaper article then shared ...

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