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3876. Mark 6:14-29

Mark 6:14-29

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Leonard Sweet

... . He knows the man is a prophet of God. But his own obsessions, his political aspirations, his moral atrophy, keep him from taking John’s words to heart and putting them into positive action in his life. Herod is attracted to John the Baptist ... ’s fearless righteousness. Yet his personal weakness and moral morass keep him from traveling the right paths and making the correct choices. Herodias has no such moral qualms. She nurses her hatred ...

3877. Penguins in Mission

Ephesians 1:1-14

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King Duncan

... ’ meaning whole. It means your life is holy devoted to living as God would have you live. It means always seeking to do the right thing. It includes: sincerity, keeping one’s word, honesty, truthfulness, ethics, fairness and justice, and never faltering for what one believes in. There is a saying regarding integrity, “It is better to have an enemy who keeps his word, than a friend who does not.” Living a holy and blameless life does not mean we are perfect, of course. But it does mean, by God’s ...

3878. Advent 1

Psalm 25:1-22, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Luke 21:25-36, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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B. David Hostetter

... all those who appear with Jesus before our Maker. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Keep awake and sober. The Son of Man is coming with great power and glory. Hold your heads high, for your liberation is near. PRAYER ... OF THE DAY Eternal One, who was, who is, and who is to come, keep us aware of the meaning of events in our own lives and in our times. Save us from panic that hinders our doing anything ...

3879. Proper 4

1 Kings 18:16-46, Psalm 96:1-13, Luke 7:1-10, Galatians 1:1-12

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B. David Hostetter

... . We rejoice in the good news that because Jesus has overcome death, we also will live. We are encouraged by the witness of your apostles who saw Jesus alive and ascended to you. Into your keeping we have committed our beloved dead. Like him who was dead but is alive for evermore, so we believe are those whom we see here no longer. Keep us ever in this faith, that we may bear the heat of the day, knowing that there will be at last the rest of eternity in everlasting peace. To the risen Christ our Savior, to ...

3880. Proper 5

Galatians 1:11-24, 1 Kings 17:7-24, Psalm 146:1-10, Luke 7:11-17

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B. David Hostetter

... Leader: Happy are you whose help is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. People: We are happy for our hope is in our God, who keeps faith forever. INVOCATION Eternal God, we worship you, for you lift us up when we are bowed down, you love us as if we were as righteous ... help to the powerless. Make us strong to do what we can and humble in knowing what is beyond our power to remedy. Keep our country true to its highest ideals, and where our actions have fallen short of our ethics grant us the will to ...

3881. Proper 22

Lamentations 1:1-6, Lamentations 3:19-26, Luke 17:5-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-14

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B. David Hostetter

... gracious forgiveness. We pray for our country and ourselves. Stiffen our wills to do your will and to resist all evil compromise. Spread among us simple faith, sexual purity without prudishness, justice without inclemency, firmness without arrogance. Bless our national leaders and their families. Keep them safe from ha rm and firm in their intention to do what pleases you. May they be an example of true piety to all the families of the nation. May our laws and our judges be a strong defense for the wronged ...

3882. Proper 26

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Psalm 119:1-176, Luke 19:1-10

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B. David Hostetter

... command we pray for your whole creation especially for all your people everywhere. So bless your church with gracious love that it may gather to you those who have neglected the great salvation you offer to all in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Keep us simple in our basic faith that however complex our theology we may offer to unbelievers the plain invitation of Jesus to come to him and find abundant life. So may your church grow in numbers and in hope, receiving the humblest and the youngest ...

3883. Epiphany 6

Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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B. David Hostetter

... by the mind of Christ. Bless all our elected officials that they may never pervert justice but govern us with respect for all people and reverence for you. Almighty God, you made the world and named it good and gave it to our management. Make us wise enough to keep air clear and water pure and the land beautiful. Prevent us from destroying land and fouling streams. Let us treat lovely things with true appreciation so that all may enjoy the earth. In time of need your children may come to you, O God, as to a ...

3884. Tear Down This Wall!

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Wall was conceived, there was another famous wall the Great Wall of China. This wall was actually begun 500 years before the birth of Christ and parts of it still stand. It was built and rebuilt over a time span of 1100 years in order to keep out armies from the north. Building a wall of this length and magnitude over mountain peaks, precipices and ravines was an undertaking unparalleled in human history. You have probably heard it said that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made edifice visible from ...

3885. Christmas Eve

Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Luke 2:1-14 (15-20), Titus 2:1-15

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B. David Hostetter

... of Pardon Pastor: Friends, hear the Good News! The Lord has come, and is coming again. People: May the peace of God keep guard over our hearts and our thoughts in Christ Jesus. Pastor: Friends, believe the Good News! People: In Jesus Christ, we are ... be so preoccupied with our work that we fail to hear their voices or pay attention to them and their special vision of truth; but keep us with them, ready to listen and to love, even as in Jesus Christ you have loved us, your grown-up, sometimes wayward children. ...

3886. Easter 5

Psalm 31:1-24, John 14:1-14, Acts 7:55-60, 1 Peter 2:2-10

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B. David Hostetter

... and eternal life. Out of scatteredness and shapelessness and clumsy purposelessness, you make us into a people, a worshipping community, a corporation for service; through Jesus Christ, Prince of Priests. Amen PRAYER OF DEDICATION Creator and Sustainer of the church, so keep us in the faith that we may not be separated from you and one another but united in a common service with diverse but complementary gifts to offer you, through Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Gracious God, as ...

3887. First Sunday after the Epiphany (Baptism of Our Lord)

Psalm 29:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17, Acts 10:34-43

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B. David Hostetter

... powers of godlessness and crime with the sharp truth of your word and the strong witness of your people. Compassionate Parent in heaven, accompany with your presence those living through days of pain and anguish, weeks of sickness and weakness, months of grief and sorrow. Keep from despair those near to dying. May your peace possess them and give them final victory in Christ, who makes us more than conquerors. As we believe in you, O God, we are not troubled, for we believe also in Christ. We rejoice in his ...

3888. First Sunday in Lent

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Psalm 32:1-11, Matthew 4:1-11, Romans 5:12-19

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B. David Hostetter

... , receive our gifts, rude and simple as they may be, but given from thankful hearts and hands. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Hear, O God, the intercessions we offer on behalf of others. Gracious God, you have called us to be the church of Jesus Christ. Keep us one in faith and service, breaking bread together and telling the good news to the world, that all may believe you are love, turn to your ways, and live to give you glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Remove the veil over the eyes of ...

3889. Proper 4

Genesis 6:11-22, Psalm 46:1-11, Matthew 7:21-29, Romans 1:16-17, 3:22b-28 (29-31)

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B. David Hostetter

... they were baptized into the family of God. We rejoice in the companionship of saints when we surround the table you have set in the church. May our communion with you at the holy table confirm the ties that bind together your people in heaven and earth. Keep us in faithful remembrance of the offering of himself by Jesus the Christ. These our prayers we present before your throne of grace through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be the glory both now and for ever. Amen ...

3890. Proper 5

Genesis 12:1-9, Psalm 33:1-12, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:13-25

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B. David Hostetter

... children, rest the weary, soothe the suffering, comfort the dying. Send your children to brothers and sisters who are alone and needing caring company. What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, you have prepared, O God, for those who love you. Ever keep us in that love so that we may be in communion with you and all your people in this world and the next and come to them and you at last, never to be separated again by misunderstanding or disagreement. To you, O God, be ascribed all ...

3891. Proper 17

Matthew 16:21-28

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B. David Hostetter

... . May all your people seek to follow him through the doors of opportunity that are open to us in our own times and leave behind projects and programs that are no longer useful. Preserve your church everywhere in patient endurance to any opposition to your word, and keep us from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. Encourage all Christians in every land to hold fast to what has been given them, that their crown of glory may not be taken away but, having ...

3892. Proper 19

Exodus 14:19-31, Exodus 15:1-21, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1-12

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B. David Hostetter

... are not to expect forgiveness from God if we can not forgive one another. Matthew 18:21-35 CALL TO WORSHIP Pastor: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Pastor: Keep our Lord Jesus in mind as you honor the first day of the week. People: We will keep our Lord Jesus in mind as we honor the day of his resurrection. INVOCATION Gracious God, we honor you and extol your power in raising Jesus from death to life eternal. Receive us patiently, for our worship is not worthy ...

3893. Proper 22

Matthew 21:33-46, Psalm 19:1-14, Exodus 20:1-21, Philippians 3:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. May we be your eyes to see human need, your ears to hear cries for help, your hands to gently touch and support the weak, your feet to go wherever we are needed. Keep your church strong to do your will on earth as it is done in heaven. As we leave our gifts and offer our prayers before your altar, O God, grant that first we may be reconciled to our brothers and sisters, that our offerings and intercessions may be sincere ...

3894. Lent 2

Genesis 12:1-8, Psalm 121:1-8, John 3:1-17, Romans 4:1-25

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B. David Hostetter

... by the Spirit is as mysterious as the source of the winds. John 3:1-17 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Come to the Eternal One, who will keep you from all evil and preserve your life. People: God will keep our going out and our coming in from this time on and forevermore. INVOCATION We are drawn to worship you, God of Creation, by the mystery of your power to bring into existence what did not exist. We could be too awestruck to ...

3895. Second Sunday of Advent

Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19, Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

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B. David Hostetter

... of wisdom and power, of what should we repent to prepare the way for your coming? We confess that there are many things to keep us busy in preparation for the celebration of Christmas. Have we allowed too much time for our own parties and too little for ... your healing spirit to the sick in body, mind, or spirit, renewing them in strength and in the trust that your power will keep them in your care, that, in life and in death, underneath are the everlasting arms. Eternal God, we give thanks for all your ...

3896. Trinity Sunday

Matthew 28:16-20, Psalm 8:1-9, Genesis 1:1-2:3, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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B. David Hostetter

... ; and human rights for rich and poor alike. Teach the art of negotiation until nations shall not lift up the sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more. Bless our families, young and old, gathered in households and scattered by duties and travel and vocation. Keep our children from harm and danger. May our nurture of them in home and church and school develop in them a love of beauty and truth in art and in life. May they behold the beauty of the Lord in the house of the Lord. Jesus, Lord ...

3897. When You're Overwhelmed

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... so he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down.” Mark adds the interesting detail that they sat down in groups of fifty and 100 (Mark 6:40). You see, the problem with feeling overwhelmed is that we see our problems coming at us from every direction, and so it keeps us from solving the problem right in front of us. Which leads me to ask this question, Do you know the best way to swat a fly? Stay with me now. According to the scientific journal Nature, the best way to swat a fly is to take a piece of ...

3898. Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... mouth — what went in, what came out. The mouth is the door-keeper for that which is fair or foul, physically and metaphorically. Swirling inside your mouth salvia is fine. Hurled out of your mouth it is a vile insult. The body-building benefit for keeping all that comes out of the mouth “fair” is that such speech may “give grace,” recycle God’s grace, back to the community. Foul language, on the other hand, would “grieve the Holy Spirit of God.” In Isaiah 63:10 the Israelites, who had been ...

3899. A Certain Word in an Uncertain World

1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... your automobile engine is what is know as an oil filter. Oil is needed in order to operate the engine of a car, but if impurities get into that oil, the engine can begin to knock or be seriously damaged or totally shut down. That filter is designed to keep that oil as clean as possible so the engine will be lubricated to run as smoothly as it was meant to. Let me give you this comforting thought. Everything that happens to you in this life is filtered by the Father. It cannot come into your life without His ...

3900. Eternity 101: The Final Exam

1 Corinthians 3:5-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... God's glory." (I Corinthians 10:31, MSG) Incidentally, if you will live by that principle it will save you a lot of heartache and grief and keep you from a lot of sin, because anything you can't do to the Glory of God, you shouldn't do. II. God Is Going To Reward ... jealous of another denomination. We are each to do our own work for which we are each going to receive our own rewards. Keep in mind we are going to be rewarded according to our labor, not according to our success, not according to our results, ...

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