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4176. Proper 15

Romans 11:11-24

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... ! Leader: For the grace of God is irrevocable! People: AND THE CALL OF GOD IS FOR ALL TIME! Collect Most dependable God, you have placed upon us a calling and have bestowed upon us gifts that no one can take away. Endow us now with a sense of purpose: that, knowing our vocation and realizing your assistance, we may engage in ministry and mission in the name of the Christ. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most understanding God, we confess that we regularly and thoroughly forget, ignore, or ...

4177. Wonder Before the Wisdom of God

Romans 11:33-36

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... terms and categories that cannot begin to comprehend your majesty and might, wisdom and wonder. Forgive us, we pray, and overcome both our natural limitations and our artificial restrictions, because of which we conceive you after our own image and likeness. Expand our minds at least enough for us to sense the utter mystery of your holiness, and for us to be moved to worship in wonder. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen

4178. Proper 18

Exodus 19:1-25

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Theme: The awesome presence of God Exegetical Note Every aspect of this narrative points to the awesomeness of the presence of God. The people's distant encounter with the Almighty is startling enough, affecting almost every sense; yet, they were kept at the foot of the mountain, protected from the direct experience of God that ostensibly they would not have been able to bear. Only Moses and Aaron are given the privilege of hearing God directly and (subsequently) mediating God's word and will. Call to ...

4179. Proper 21

Exodus 33:12-23, Psalm 99:1-9

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... GOD'S GREAT AND TERRIBLE NAME! (Based on Psalm 99) Collect Magnificent God, you have revealed of yourself as much as we need to know for our redemption. Spur our inquiring minds: that, questing after complete knowledge of you, we may gain an even better sense of your unfathomable being and unspeakable grandeur. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of the universe, we confess that we sometimes grow frustrated at our inability to grasp more of your divine nature than we do, and ...

4180. Proper 25

Matthew 22:34-40

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Theme: Christian love as bifocal Exegetical note In a sense, Jesus refuses here to play along with the Pharisee's question, which called for a singular answer. Jesus' answer, advocating a "bifocal" love, was not original in the rabbinic tradition. Others had emphasized these two Old Testament injunctions before. Jesus does, however, appear to raise the second commandment to a ...

4181. God's Word at Work

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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... relied too much on our own abilities and strengths; and that we have failed to do justice to your holy gospel as a result. Forgive us, we pray, and give us the wisdom to search within ourselves for your divine power, the good fortune to find it, and the good sense to use it in our efforts to convey your saving word. In the name of the Christ we pray. Amen

4182. Proper 29

1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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... the genuine Otherness of your transcendent nature become an excuse for treating you as remote and removed from our everyday world, and aloof and alien to our daily lives. We numb ourselves to your presence, mistake your silence for absence, and fail completely to sense our deep and abiding spiritual unity with you. Forgive us, we pray, and touch us again with your Holy Spirit. Make us feel truly one with you, with Christ Jesus, and with all who share your wondrous creation with us. In Jesus' name we pray ...

4183. All Saints' Day

1 John 2:28--3:10

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... note The writer here is probably countering the Gnostic belief that was circulating in the early church that saving knowledge (gnosis) brought instant perfection. Verse 2 here makes it clear that, while Christians are indeed God's children now, they are in a sense "unfinished," for their ultimate destiny is to be like Christ Jesus at the parousia. Meanwhile, says the following verse, hope purifies the believer. Call to Worship (based on Psalm 34) Leader: Let us bless God at all times! People: LET GOD'S ...

4184. Thanksgiving Day

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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... God's magnificent majesty and wondrous works! People: LET US PRAISE GOD'S MIGHTY ACTS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION! Collect Most giving God, you have provided well for human needs in every generation. Make us to see the blessings we have now as provisional: that, sensing the greater things that your coming Reign has in store, we may shed our contentedness and strive the harder to spread your word and do your work until the Christ comes. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Blessed God, we confess ...

4185. Advent 3

Matthew 11:1-19

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... , lepers cleansed, dead raised up, the poor having good news preached to them. Use materials from your local and world mission. Charge to the Congregation One pastor used this as a follow up of the theme on wonder: If we have experienced reality in any sense of that word, as reality comes to us in the person of Jesus Christ, and if we allow our friends, neighbors, enemies to continue to live in their illusions (that is, their unrealistic wonderings), by refusing to share reality with them, then we subtlety ...

4186. Easter 5

John 14:1-4

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... the children's message to give my reasons. You may want to tie this in with Philip's need for reassurance in relationship to Jesus. Proclamation of the Word Consider including Philip's confusion: Begin with words similar to these, "What, in the name of common sense, was wrong with Philip? A man in his position, with his intelligence, certainly should have known better. After all, he had more than a bird's eye view of Jesus. He had known him intimately, personally. He had talked with him face to face. He had ...

4187. Trinity Sunday

Matthew 28:16-20

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... a relationship recently, feeling angry because someone dragged us here, feeling frightened because of what's happening around us and to us, feeling joy and wanting to share it with our friends? Did we come out of habit, to learn something, to restore our sense of values? For whatever reason we came, we celebrate on behalf of all those who decided not to come for whatever reason. We come to celebrate the Christ-event, life in its fullness, and to declare that life has new purpose and possibilities. Rejoice ...

4188. It's Not All That Bad

Luke 18:9-14, Mark 4:1-20

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Bill Bouknight

... read the Bible selectively, omitting those parts they don't like. The first thing many American churchgoers throw out is the concept of hell, because (in their view) a nice, well-behaved God wouldn't let anybody go to hell. After you lose hell, you lose a sense of sin. Nobody is guilty of anything. Everybody is just a victim. The call to repent has no meaning. Dr. Calvin Miller of the Beeson Divinity School claims that instead of repenting we play a nice little game entitled, "It's not all that bad." It ...

4189. A Glory Revealed in Liberty

John 8:31-41

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... foolish and even dangerous speculations. The wrong question was being asked. If the men hitting Utah Beach had been asked the question, they would have been at a loss how to answer: "To whom was our blood and pain paid to set Europe free? That doesn’t make sense. We didn’t pay the price of death to Hitler or Eisenhower or Stalin or anyone else. We paid the price necessary to set Europe free. Nothing more, nothing less. It cost us greatly. But we got the job done." So it is with Jesus. He did not pay ...

4190. A Glory Revealed to Faith Alone

Numbers 21:4-9

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... God’s provision for us in Jesus Christ, lifted up, and we will be given eternal life. In his autobiography, Charles Spurgeon writes of the events leading up to his conversion as a young man. For some time his heart and conscience had been burdened by a sense of sin he could not get rid of. For several consecutive Sundays he had been attending different churches in an attempt to find the way of salvation. One Sunday, a snow storm compelled him to visit a church other than the one he intended because it was ...

4191. The Passover Meal Of The Last Supper

Mark 14:12-26

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... Communion Service This communion may be celebrated around tables or in the pews. It is possible for a meal to be served as part of the celebration, but not necessary to the service. This is not, strictly speaking, a Seder in the traditional sense, for many of the Seder traditions are rooted in the diaspora of post-biblical times. Rather, this is a celebration of the Lord’s Supper which includes some traditional Hebrew Passover prayers and symbolic actions to help Christians understand the context of Jesus ...

4192. Three Secrets of A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 4:6-8

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Brett Blair

... struggle, all of us can say that we have fought the fight, but can we echo the words of Paul that we have fought the good fight. Can we affirm in good faith that we have given the last ounce of energy? Can we look back upon life with a sense of satisfaction, rather than regrets? It was a fight, says Paul, but it was a good fight. II Second, Paul says, desertion does not mean defeat. Paul was brought before the Roman Emperor to defend the charges brought against him. It was in essence a one man jury. The ...

4193. Hail! Your King!

Mark 15:1-15

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... Judean procurator serving under Tiberius Caesar. Time: The day of the crucifixion. Background: Both Pontius Pilate and Simon of Cyrene are "used" to carry out Jesus’ execution. Both, to different degrees, are accomplices to his murder and both are, in a sense, bystanders, somewhat indifferent, as far as we know, to what happens. Nevertheless, their intimate and yet detached participation in the crucifixion is a powerful message in itself. But the hearer should not be able to remain a casual or indifferent ...

4194. Steadfast and Faithful

Genesis 9:1-17

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... dependability of God’s creation. For a generation that regards such things as Space Shuttle flights as routine, the orderliness of God’s creation is something that is merely assumed.2 Indeed, the scientific worldview is so persuasive that many do not sense the need to look beyond it for explanations of causality. But the Bible teaches that the "regularities of nature, which moderns have rationalized into ‘laws,’ are at bottom expressions of the faithfulness of God, upon which all rely."9 Noah’s ...

4195. Good News for Exiles

Psalm 137:1-9, 2 Chronicles 36:15-23, Ephesians 2:1-10

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... is to apply the Law. But, if the marriage is to survive, you can’t hold these things against the other person, which is what law does. Such things need to be overlooked and forgiven. That’s the Gospel side of marriage, a side that is based upon a profound sense of the other person as gift - God’s gift. Next week, we will see how the partners in God’s marriage Covenant "fell in love all over again," and how that love is nourished by Christ, our great high priest.

4196. Leadership: the Moses Model

Numbers 27:12-23

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... Council of Community Churches, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church. In addition there were observer/consultants from the Lutheran Council in the USA, Reformed Church in America, and the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, vision, in the sense of both a necessary ideal and a pragmatic goal, is seen when the document humbly admits, "The unity of the Church is a gift of God in Jesus Christ to be made visible before the world." Let’s turn our attention to ...

4197. Death: Commonality Explored

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... point to be made. Transition Once death occurs, things are not the same. Moses was gone and Joshua had taken over. The importance of Moses was not lessened; it may have reached greater heights. Yet, he was gone from the scene in a physical sense and a replacement, whom he had blessed was now the leader. One of the most thrilling characteristics about the universal church is that transition upon transition occurs across the decades, generations, and centuries, but never does she cease to exist! We have read ...

4198. Loyalty: Imperative Ingredient

Ruth 1:1-22

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... bombarded with rhetoric, and much worse, which insists this expression of a world organization is anti-nationalistic and, in fact, communistic. What many such diatribes never seem to consider is an adequate substitute, should it cease to exist. A common sense approach to our global village makes necessary some such organization to communicate among Christ’s flock. The World Council of Churches is a fellowship of "churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior according to the Scriptures ...

4199. Acceptance: The Keynote

Ruth 2:1-23

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... his followers have known it, also. Much more, however, they knew the glories of acceptance! There is a trio of values that sparkle before our eyes. If we are committed to Christ’s cause to be One, we need to become childlike or, in a more adult sense, teachable. Work! Ruth worked hard and this provided an example for all to see. It is hard work to toil among others in hope of gaining their acceptance. Too long, Christians have thought a subtle hint here and there would bring about unity. There are plenty ...

4200. Serpent-Wise

John 8:48-59

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... over their heads, in the position of stoning] Person: Listen to me! If you can hear me and understand me, you, too, can live. You will never die! Freedom can be yours. Don’t you understand; the only glory I seek is in being me; that’s all that makes sense! Group: [Very close to the Person] Person: I am alive. I must be allowed to live! I am a person. I am me! [The Person ducks down and moves between two people in the Group and gets behind the Group. Grabs a rock, and joins the Group in the position ...

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