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376. Why Aspire to Sainthood?

Daniel 7:1-14

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... neighbor were harshly rebuffed. Especially resented were his attempts to suggest that the dog be some way curbed or restrained. Then one day the dog came into his yard, attacked the small son and killed him. All the emotions of grief and hatred flooded the man’s soul. He was inconsolable. The many painful, immobilized days and sleepless nights stretched into weeks and months as he pondered possibilities for revenge. In the meantime, all the people of the village turned against the ugly neighbor. He ...

377. You Are Worth Much!

Matthew 10:1-42

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... gone backwards. Or maybe you've had days when sin seemed to get the best of you. There wasn't a thing you could say that wasn't hard or cruel. Sometimes it seems that the devil takes over and we rush headlong into pet sins, or allow emotions of hatred, recrimination or disgust to rule us. I say, in view of our own past performance, it may be hard to believe this good word that God values us highly. We may also doubt our worth to God in view of our small, individual position in a vast, teeming universe. This ...

378. Killing A King

Luke 19:28-44

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... tale of Bluebeard, the man had a secret room in his house which no one must enter on pain of death. Some say to Jesus, "You may come into the house of my life, except for one room. That is the room where I keep my pet prejudices, my fervid hatreds, and my secret sins." There are areas of life where Jesus may not yet be sovereign. A warrior of Saxony came to be baptized and unite with the church. At that time it was the custom to baptize by immersion. When the warrior was immersed, he held up his right ...

379. If Only We Would Do The Obvious ...

2 Kings 5:1-27

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Wallace H. Kirby

... had verbalized it. As a consequence, she had been striving for some twenty years to excel in everything she did to prove that she was worthy of her parents’ love and acceptance. In the process, she began to build up disgust and even hatred for anything that interfered with her goal. She tried to be perfect and demanded that same perfection of everyone else: her parents, her students, her acquaintances, and even strangers she encountered. When they could not measure up to her standard of perfection, she ...

380. The Bells Of Christmas Eve

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... : Let us say you are right. I am not saying you are, mind you. But for the moment let us say you are right. What must be done to lift the curse? HANS: The murder - and that's what it was: murder - of Signora Fruzzetti was a great act of hatred. It must be countermanded by an equally great act of love. A miracle of love, if you will. FRANCO: Can you be more specific? HANS: I will take my leave now. It is for you and your parishioners to find in your hearts the love that will remove the curse ...

381. Proper 29 * Pentecost 27 * Ordinary Time 34

Matthew 24:1-35

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Signs of the end! False prophets False Christs Wars Rumors of wars Famines Earthquakes Persecution Hatred Betrayal Death Or As far as that goes, Things that have always happened! Should I be afraid? Should I prepare for the end? Or should I go on as usual Buying and selling Crying and laughing Living And Dying? I Don't Know!! Lord, forgive me when I see signs ...

382. Prayer: Our Crosses into Victories

Mark 8:31--9:1

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... cross, a reminder of suffering, of brokenness, of pain. Our Lord did not drive away in a Cadillac; He was plastered on a tree by the world. And you and I are also crucified upon our crosses: the heartbreak in a marriage, the bitterness of a job, the hatred of a neighbor, the loss of a loved one, the heartache of a child, our handicaps, frustrations, life itself. But what Our Lord tells us is this: It's not that suffering will never take place, (Hype movements tell you this, rip offs, fads), But that it's ...

383. God Is Good But Not Easy

Luke 18:1-8

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... learned to rejoice in the gifts of Mozart and to celebrate them. He may have learned to see his own mediocre musical gifts as beauty rather than failure. He may have lived as a man at peace with himself rather than as one eaten alive by envy, greed and hatred. What a great difference the goodness of God could have meant in his life. He could have been a different man if he had learned from this parable, God is good but not easy. The only people who experience the goodness of God are those who try to relate ...

384. PARABLE OF THE BEST CHURCH

John 15:9-17

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... , that ye love one another," and "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Each disciple saw Christ from his own point of experience and belief, but all sought to follow as best he knew how. Yet they quarreled among themselves. Through our faith in God, Human hatreds are to be overcome by Godly Love.

385. The Fifth Sunday of Easter

John 14:1-4

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Kendall McCabe

... do it." We do not operate on our own in the place Christ has prepared for us. We do not walk down that path unaccompanied. We go equipped with the power of his name, that is, armed with the force of love and service. Whenever we have overcome hatred and misunderstanding, we are doing the works of Christ. Whenever we stand against the forces of injustice and intolerance, we are doing the works of Christ. God's power is on our side, even when we are least aware of it. St. Augustine's mother, Monica, prayed ...

386. Authority Through Servanthood

Matthew 20:20-28, Matthew 20:17-19

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Dean Lueking

... lord it over them and their great ones exercise authority ... it shall not be so among you. (vv. 24-26) Every day in our world, people are frustrated and brutalized by authoritarian muscle-flexing. Businesses fail. Families flounder. Armies collide. Hatreds simmer. Over and over again the sad spectacle recurs, one person seeking to dominate the other. Or one group gaining leverage over the other. One reaction to that is despair over all authority. Being victimized by authoritarianism, people give up ...

387. The Friday We Call Good

John 18:1-11

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Dean Lueking

... as to take hold of it and conquer it through enduring it. He turned the wrath of humans to the purposes of God’s accomplishing our salvation. Nothing takes him by surprise, nor moves him to work out a plea bargain compromise. With frenzy and fanatical hatred bursting out all around him, Jesus is strong and steady in his mission to carve out the pathway through all that our sins create. That includes death itself. Here Is Our Center It is here that our faith is centered. What we preach on Good Friday, and ...

388. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Exodus 10:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Colossians 3:1-17

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... The women took to the streets to protest. The media referred to them as "Victims of Victory." In a far greater and more wonderful way, Christians are the victims of victory. Outline: What are the victims of Christ's victory? a. Despair is the victim of hope b. Hatred is the victim of love c. Death is the victim of life Lesson 2: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 A Personal Easter Experience (1 Corinthians 15:3-8). Easter can be only a matter of history - of what happened to others. It can tell us of various appearances ...

389. Proper 11

Lk 10:38-42 · Col 1:21-29 · Gen 18:1-10 · 2 Ki 4:8-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... home - A. The family has daily devotions. B. The children are taught Biblical truths. C. God blesses the home with new life - v. 17 2. Kindness Gives a Reward. 4:8-17. Need: Our world is in desperate need for kindness. It is saturated with hatred, violence, and selfishness. An act of kindness is like a candle burning in a dark world. Sometimes kindness pays rich dividends. The kind person is rewarded because the recipient of the kindness was grateful. In our text we have a case of kindness being rewarded ...

390. The Nativity of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... the preacher is to proclaim peace, love, and goodwill among men. He/she declares that in Christ God came to the world. What difference does that make in the world? How can you celebrate and rejoice in a world like this: a world of darkness, despair, crime, hatred, hunger, and poverty? Is Christmas real or is it just a myth like Santa or a sweet story like " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas"? Three Lessons: Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 Rejoice! Rejoice! Text: Three Lessons. Need: Christmas is a ...

391. Proper 20

Lk 16:1-13 · 1 Tim 2:1-8 · Amos 8:4-7 · Hos 11:1-11

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... may have that kind of world in which the gospel can flourish. Outline: Consider your hands of prayer A. Lifted hands - lifted up to the Source of our help. B. Open hands - opened by faith to receive what we pray for. C. Holy hands - free from hatred and anger; filled with forgiving love. 2. A Better World Through Prayer. 2:1-5. Need: Christians become righteously indignant at the economic and political abuses in our society. When it comes to a solution, we realize that it depends on more than one person's ...

392. Proper 25

Lk 18:9-14 · 2 Tim 4:9-18 · Sirach 35:12-18 · Deut 10:12-22 · Zeph 3:1-9

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... Gomorrah) - vv. 6-8 C. The hope for a better city - v. 9 2. Saved by Speech. 3:9. Need: What we say and how we say it reveals whether we are lost or saved. The wicked person uses filthy, obscene, and crude language. Where there is hatred, people disagree with one another violently and use their tongues to slander one another. Zephaniah says that God will change the sinful people's speech into pure speech. The speech reflects the condition of the heart. One speaks according to what is in the heart. To have ...

393. Christ the King

Lk 23:35-43 · Jn 12:9-19 · Col 1:11-20 · Jer 23:2-6 · 2 Sam 5:1-5

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John R. Brokhoff

... ." They constituted a sour note in the Hallelujah Chorus. In this great celebration of Christ the King today, are we singing a sour note? Outline: What the sour notes are - A. Pride - we want the glory. B. Jealousy - we hate to see others popular and successful. C. Hatred - we hate people who get ahead of us. Gospel: Luke 23:35-43 1. Jesus, Lord at Thy Death. Need: Jesus is dying on the cross and yet we celebrate the festival of Christ the King. How so? Execution as a criminal is usually considered a time ...

394. Lent 4

Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 · 1 Cor 1:18-31 · 2 Cor 5:17-21 · Isa 12:1-6 · Jos 5:9-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Spiritually creation continues also. To be in Christ is to effect a new creation. A person baptized in Christ with repentance and faith has a new existence. He/she is not the same person essentially. He/she has changed. His/her old self was one of hatred, malice, and sin. Now he/she lives for God and possesses the spirit of love and goodness. As God is the creator of the physical universe, he also creates new people through Christ. 3. Himself (v. 19). God was in Christ reconciling the world to "himself ...

395. Proper 9

Matthew 11:25-30

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Assistant: Jesus said: "Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads." People: How often we feel weighed down with burdens and cares, struggles and frustrations, hurts and hatreds. Pastor: Jesus, our Savior, we turn to you as you have invited; we bring to you our loads and lay them at your feet, recognizing in you the one who can help us - the person of God who stands with us in the experiences of life. People: We thank you ...

396. Jesus - the Holiest Name

Luke 2:21-40

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... hated by his enemies. He learned what it means to be despised and detested by people he had come to help and to save. The last three years of his life must have been a terrible shock to him; to be despised by people, to the point of hatred, must have been almost too much to take. Jesus’ experience must have been something like that of Neil Simon, only worse. Simon’s award-winning play, Biloxi Blues, is about a lot of things, but especially about anti-Semitism; he was writing about his own experiences as ...

397. Boundaries or Frontiers?

Leviticus 19:1-37

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... What marked the free man? "You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." Revenge enslaves us, so hold no grudges. As God works in our lives to remove our hatreds and grudges, we begin to learn to love ... we begin to feel free. Martin Luther struggled with boundaries all his life. God led him to the boundary of the monastery when he was twenty-one. Why? Did God want him to ache for freedom? Did he want this ...

398. The Promise of Peace

Isaiah 2:1-5

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he Irish seem constantly at war, seeking to kill each other for religious goals. Arabs and Jews wage war, both hot and cold, of hatred and survival. The Russians and Afghans are engaged in mortal conflict for oppression and freedom. In Central America there is fighting and killing for control of land and destinies. In South Africa there is a race war of horrendous proportions being waged, that destroys and imprisons people. In our own ...

399. Christmas Vision

Isaiah 9:1-7

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... we view the world, the way we view things is different. The vision of God in human flesh turns the whole crazy, mixed-up mess on its ear. The drunk lying in his vomit is a figure hiding the Babe of Bethlehem. A young, punk kid, mouthing profanities and oozing hatred for all, shields a dying form on a tree. An old lady, wracked in cancerous pain, wraps a risen life in death. Vision. How else shall we see God at work in our world now? See God in darkness and light? See God in bread and wine? See God wrapped ...

400. The Call to Choose Life

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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... walk in the ways of the Lord God. In choosing life, we obey the command of God to love the Lord with the totality of our lives in every today of our lives. The call to chose life promises us that we shall live in a world free from hatred and contempt, lusting and lies, a world into which God in Christ continually calls us and for which God's love liberates us and empowers our obedience. In Covenant, James Michener tells the story of Hillary Saltwood. Hillary was sent as a missionary to South Africa by the ...

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