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3751. The Call to be Holy in Love

Leviticus 19:1-37

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... be loved, fed, cared for. Later in the 19th chapter, the stranger who sojourns in the land of Israel is to be loved as the neighbor. It is clear that, for the church, our neighbors are definitely those people who are members of the covenant community of our Lord Jesus. But to define neighbor in that way only is to do so in too narrow a fashion. In Luke's Gospel, after Jesus has summarized for the lawyer the will of God as loving God with the whole self and loving your neighbor as yourself, the lawyer asks ...

3752. The Beginning of a New Life

Ruth 2:1-23

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... and had a young woman with her. The women of Bethlehem, who had known her before she left, called her by name; "Do not call me Naomi," she told them. "Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty." They soon heard the rest of her story and learned about Ruth’s loyalty and love that prompted her to leave her native land and go to Bethlehem with Naomi. That must have really started tongues wagging: "I’d like to have a daughter ...

3753. The Shepherd King

Revelation 7:9-17

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... and Blood, the Eucharist, as one fulfillment of his last words, according to Matthew, "And, lo, I am with you, even to the end of the age." On this Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday of the year, we affirm the mystery of the resurrection of our Lord, knowing full well that we will never comprehend how God raised him up from the grave and took him to heaven - wherever that is. We are in the position of that group of scientists who took apart the famous wooden bridge over the Cam River in Cambridge. It ...

3754. Special Occasions Christian Death

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

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... , who have no hope. Congregation: Since Jesus died and rose again, we know that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. This tempers our grief. Leader: According to the Lord own word, we who are still alive, who are alive at the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. The Lord himself shall come, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Congregation: Then we who are still ...

3755. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:35-48

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... . "Why, you haven’t done anything about the first one yet. When you do, then we’ll talk about another one." I don’t recommend doing that, but the pastor has a point. God expects our tithe, be it great or small. When we are asked to help with the Lord’s work, he expects us to say "Yes." We are those to whom much is given. Christ has bought us and paid for us on the holy Cross. He has done for us what we could not do for ourselves nor for each other. He has loved us and redeemed ...

3756. The Secret Story of Gabriel

Luke 1:26-38

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... sick and the lonely, and for those with restless spirits and unsatisfied minds. Help everyone in need to find their rest in You, O God. Bring comfort to those who hurt, and strength to those who mourn. Be as real to us as the ground beneath our feet, O Lord, and help us plainly every step along the way. Almighty, Everlasting God, who has taken the form of a helpless baby lying homeless in a bed of straw, lead us to find You in the quiet places of simple faith this Christmas season. Lead us in the paths of ...

3757. A Most Amazing Night

Luke 2:1-7

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... her breast to give Him His first meal. Then, when the baby goes to sleep, she lays Him in a manger. There He was asleep on a bed of straw, lying in a manger in a donkey's stable! Thus is born into the world the King of kings and Lord of lords. That same night there are shepherds in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks. For them, it is a night like any other; they are huddling by a warm fire, swapping stories and gossip. Some are dozing off. The rest keep watch and wait for the dawn. Suddenly, there ...

3758. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:27-30, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:38-42

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... ; for we do not give to Christ's mission for services rendered, or on the basis of what we receive for ourselves. We give as a response of thanks. As a prayer of dedication, consider this: "We have received the greatest gifts in the world. Thank you, Lord. Grant that our response in thanks may exceed our speaking about thanks, for Christ's sake, for the world's sake, for our sake." Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: I invite you to be lovers of God; for then, you will be lovers of your own lives, and ...

3759. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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... Ministers: We shall! We are! Amen and amen! Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life Consider this: What does our compassion level look like? Examine it in the Spirit of Christ as we use this hymn as our prayer of confession: "Forgive, O Lord, Our Severing Ways." Following the hymn, ask the people to sit in silence for two minutes. Then, you may want to ask them to pray this prayer together: O Jesus, sometimes we get sick of ourselves, of our littleness, or our selfishness, of our sinfulness ...

3760. Proper 25

Matthew 22:34-40

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... for myself? 2. How do I resist God's plan for me? Where do I have divided loyalties? 3. Who or what is more important to me than Christ and his mission - indicated by the way I use my time, energy, resources, money? Choral response: "You are the Lord, giver of mercy ..." For the act of forgiveness, use this litany: Pastor: Even before we finish asking forgiveness, O God, we know that in Christ, we are forgiven. Help us to believe that truth, and ... Ministers: Help us to put that truth to work in a world ...

3761. A Glory Revealed to Faith Alone

Numbers 21:4-9

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... and in faith.... They recovered from a physical ailment, but I bestow eternal life on those who bclieve in me.’ These are very strange [words]."3 Yes, they are strange. Yet the strangeness lies in their odd power to convey to us the work of our Lord on our behalf. The message today will be in two main parts; both parts will focus on the same three ideas: Sin is a power that kills. God provides salvation "under the sign of the opposite." Salvation - life - is received by looking in faith at God’s ...

3762. Steadfast and Faithful

Genesis 9:1-17

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... that is signed by the rainbow is God’s eternal promise to uphold the natural order. There is just no way that the good Lord is going to suspend the laws of gravity, even for one second. Nor do we have to worry about waking up tomorrow and discovering ... natural order: "For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, let us pray to the Lord: LORD, HAVE MERCY" (BCP). A covenant is not just a one-way gesture from God to us. lt involves a return obligation on our part as ...

3763. Poured Out for Many

Exodus 24:1-18, Mark 14:12-26

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... that. When the Hebrews were being sprinkled with blood, they had no idea that twelve centuries later, Christ would shed his blood on a cross as a fulfillment of what they had started. They hadn’t a clue about that! Possibly, our participation in the Lord’s Supper prefigures something that we can only now dimly perceive - like the wedding feast of the Lamb perhaps? Maybe when we drink Christ’s blood of the New Covenant, we are looking through a glass darkly, drawn into a great Mystery that far exceeds ...

3764. Death: Commonality Explored

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... with gratitude. It affirms Christ died for all, and those who profess his Name have the right to be treated as brothers and sisters in the Faith. The shed blood and the broken body call, without interruption, to his people to be one. Soon after he speaks of the Lord’s Supper, the Apostle Paul reminds us: "For just as the body is one and has many members and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ." (1 Corinthians 12:12) It is with the tools of self-acceptance, reality ...

3765. Loyalty: Imperative Ingredient

Ruth 1:1-22

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... aids us at this juncture. It maintains: "The Spirit guided each stage of the development of the early church. In every age, as the Paraclete, he reminds us of all that Jesus said, guides us into all truth, and enables us to bear witness to salvation in Christ." Our blessed Lord, in Matthew 10:37-38, claims us on his terms: "He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me." Our first loyalty is to him; all else is secondary ...

3766. Success: Ultimate and Unlimited

Revelation 7:9-17

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... example: When all my labors and trials are o'er And I am safe on that beautiful shore, Just to be near the dear Lord, I adore Will through the ages be glory for me. With Roman Catholics now singing Protestant hymns and Protestants beginning to have an ... and motivations can be drawn into techinques and promises that, at best, lead to an acquaintance with a smidgen of what our Lord expects of us. Some purveyors of such beguilement use a few of the traditional forms of Christianity to point out the promise of ...

3767. The Wolf and The Lamb Inside Us (Sermon Series 1)

Isaiah 11:1-16

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Bill Bouknight

... oxen. A little child will reach down into a cobra’s den and not be harmed. That’s what the world will be like one day, according to Isaiah the prophet. At some future time the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the oceans are with water; then no creature shall harm any other creature in all of God’s earth. But for now we seem bent on destruction. The workforce magazine “Personnel Journal” put together this incredible statistic: since the beginning of recorded history, the entire ...

3768. Welcome to the Training Table!

Matthew 22:1-14

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... we need them on the team. The great parade of people who come to the Table in this congregation is made up of people just like that. Many of them - maybe all of them - were nurtured with these gifts for healing service on the great team of the Lord right in this congregation. That’s why they were called. They are prime candidates for service on God’s elite corps. Not only do they have some special gift - or possibly a dozen gifts - but they possess, as well, a knowledge of the mind and will of Christ ...

3769. What Do You See?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Barbara Brokhoff

... and Feel Hatred and Guilt That Caused the Suffering We read, "He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all." and "You made His soul an offering for sin." and then a feeling of guilt possesses some of us. We may feel an individual guilt, we may admit to corporate sin, but in any event, we have to admit, "He didn ...

3770. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... of how slowly or quickly people respond, we have the promise of God’s word that: "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth ... so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth (saith the Lord)." (Isaiah 55:10, 11.) This is God’s sure promise made already in the Old Testament but just as effective today. It doesn’t ultimately matter whether we’re living in the last days with Satan raging, knowing that his time to ruin souls is short; or whether ...

3771. Who Are God’s People?

Exodus 19:1-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... Israel, time after time it is illustrated that God’s people suffer to the point of defeat and captivity as a result of faithlessness to God’s covenant. The word from Christ to us today is, "Except you repent, you will all likewise perish." What does the Lord require of us his people? "To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God." After Moses received the above message from God at Mt. Sinai, he reported to his people. Would they accept the covenant offered by God with its moral demands ...

3772. Count Me In!

Isaiah 56:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... white Christians and are made to know that they are not welcome. If it is not race that excluded people, it may be dogma. If you do not believe certain doctrines, you can have no fellowship with some Christians. This can happen at the holiest occasion when the Lord’s Supper is administered. There is the true story of a young woman who came to an altar rail for Communion. The pastor asked her, "Are you a member of this Synod?" When she replied that she wasn’t, he withheld the elements and passed her by ...

3773. Born to Play Second Fiddle

Luke 1:57-66

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George Bass

... is confirmed. It doesn’t really mean anything to most people." Like so many people today, this young man wanted objective proof that God really does exist and has the power to do something about conditions in our world before he was willing to say - with meaning - "My Lord and my God." John had no problems, as far as we can tell, like that. He took God at his word and believed the fantastic story that his father had told him over and over again. That was enough, and that is grace. John is important to our ...

3774. Lift High the Christ!

John 12:20-36

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George Bass

... We would see Jesus" - to be confronted again with the cross as well as Christ. In the kind of world we are living, with all of its alienation and seemingly hopeless situations, we desperately need to see Christ as the Son of God who became King of Kings and Lord of Lords when he died on Calvary. That’s why we sing: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Till all the world adore his sacred name. It is really that we lift high the Christ - and his cross - as we are about to enter the last part of ...

3775. No Condemnation!

Romans 8:1-17

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Dennis Kastens

... heard. Even the Devil didn’t expect God would do it! God took our sins - every one of them, the whole monstrous load - and placed them upon his own sinless Son, who as our substitute, paid the full penalty for them by himself dying in our stead. Isaiah says, "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." Paul says, "God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us." Peter says, "Christ died for our sins, the just for the unjust." God is saying to you: "The punishment for your sins has been paid in full ...

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