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401. The Epiphany Season
Mt 2:1-12 · Jn 1:43-51 · Mk 1:9-28; 35-45 · Mk 2:1-12; 18-22 · Mk 9:2-13
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Russell F. Anderson
... they didn't know where it would lead them but they followed what light they had. The star led them to the King of Kings. The Baptism Of Our Lord -- First Sunday After The Epiphany Sermon Title: Mission Mandate: Live As A Covenant People! Sermon Text: Isaiah 42:6 and Mark 1:10-11 Sermon Theme: We are the servants of God because of the covenant God made with us in baptism, just as Israel was called to be his covenant people. Our mission is to bring to the world the light of God's redeeming love and favor, the ...
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R. Sheldon MacKenzie
... Jewish legend that the skull of Adam was buried at Golgotha."If through Adam disobedience, sin and death came into the world,"wrote Paul, "through Jesus there is obedience and life to undo Adam's wrong."5 The connection of Golgotha with both Adam and Jesus is one that Mark would have us make. People who were crucified were put to death in a location at eye-level with the traffic that passed by.The body of the victim was bent in an "S" shape to keep its feet from touching the ground. As he hung dying, the ...
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B. David Hostetter
... people who remember you around the table. Be with those who are finding life hard and faith difficult that they may rediscover you and be of good courage. Hear us as we pray in the words our Savior Christ has taught us: Our Father . . . THE FINAL CONFLICT BEGINS: Mark 14:1-11 HYMN: O Come And Mourn With Me A While THE LAST SUPPER: Mark 14:12-25 HYMN: 'Twas On That Night When Doomed To Know HOLY COMMUNION (Actions at the table may be synchronized with the words of the hymn above.) PROPHECIES AND PROMISES ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... claim that the miracles were illusions. They try to explain away the miraculous element. In the case of the raising of Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:35-43), they claim that the girl was not really dead, only asleep. In the miracle of feeding 5,000, the ... to bring fame to Jesus. Often he wanted the miracles to be private and secret. Repeatedly he instructed healed persons, "Tell no man (Mark 1:44)." Since the Father gave the power to perform miracles to Jesus, the glory should be given to God alone. 2. To ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... claim that the miracles were illusions. They try to explain away the miraculous element. In the case of the raising of Jairus' daughter (Mark 5:35-43), they claim that the girl was not really dead, only asleep. In the miracle of feeding 5,000, the ... to bring fame to Jesus. Often he wanted the miracles to be private and secret. Repeatedly he instructed healed persons, "Tell no man (Mark 1:44)." Since the Father gave the power to perform miracles to Jesus, the glory should be given to God alone. 2. To ...
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John M. Braaten
... you shall know the Lord, the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings." So we are sealed by the Spirit and marked with the Cross Of Christ forever. Well, what do you think the cross is a sign of? The cross is the sign of suffering ... story; if you are good, God will bless you with health and wealth, the whole ball of wax. But we are the baptized. We are marked by the glory of the cross. There we received our identity. There we were called to be God's children in this world, as Jesus ...
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Betty Lynn Schwab
... . Yet signs of the Festival shimmer through the Holy Week events of Jesus' life. Reader 1: The Festival of Booths was almost as important as Passover. Large crowds journeyed to Jerusalem to celebrate it each year as they did for Passover. The Festival of Booths marked the end of harvest and it recalled the fragile existence of God's People during their 40 years in the wilderness after the Exodus. Youth: In the Bible it says Jesus sent two disciples on ahead of him saying, "Go into the village ... and you ...
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Brett Blair
... ? (response) Why? (response) What do you do when someone hurts you or your friends? (response) As you say the following “tattle-tells” make a mark on the forehead of each boy and girl. When we get hurt by someone most of us tattle-tell, we say, “Mom, Look at ... to do but you make things even uglier when you complain and tattle-tell on others. It’s like making a big mark on them—staining their forehead. Instead of telling everybody what happened, what do think you should do? (response) Jesus tells us ...
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... to just sit down and send money. He thought of his church and his pastor. Early in the week he called the church office and made an appointment with his pastor, and they talked together about the church’s programs of feeding the hungry people of the world. Mark was more excited than ever. That day he made a commitment to give the same amount of money to feed the hungry people of the world that he spent on himself for entertainment. When he first left the pastor’s office he thought that perhaps he had ...
410. Proper 9
Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 · Gal 6:7-18 · 1 Ki 21:1-3, 17-21 · Isa 66:1-14
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John R. Brokhoff
... Jews. In contrast, Paul will boast only in the cross. What matters finally is not circumcision or uncircumcision but the new creation in Christ. After the first benediction, Paul wants no one to bother him in the future on this subject, for he bears on his body the marks of Jesus. Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Jesus sends out seventy to preach and heal and they return excited with joy that in his name demons fled. Only Luke tells of Jesus' sending out seventy disciples to go to places he intended to come. They were ...
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James G. Cobb
... into the mire and I have become like dust and ashes ..." and then to God, "I cry to you and you do not answer me, I stand before you and you do not give me any attention." The cry has gone up again. In the fourth chapter of St. Mark’s Gospel, with the winds on the Sea of Galilee whipping the waves into violent churnings, the disciples, with Jesus present in their midst, wake him and scream out, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" This crying out to God, spoken and screamed out at God, has continually ...
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... L: And as they were eating, he took bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them, and said: "Take; this is my body (Mark 14:22)." (Break, pass and eat the unleavened bread.) Blessing And Sharing The Cup L: And he took a cup, and when he had given ... to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the Kingdom of God (Mark 14:24, 25)." (Share communion of the cup.) Hymn (tune Bunessan, often sung as "Morning Has Broken") 1. As they were eating, took bread and ...
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Richard Hoefler
... a sailor in World War I, who wrote home to his mother: If you should hear that I have fallen in a naval battle do not cry. Remember that even the ocean in which my body sinks is only a pool in my Savior’s hand. Hardened Hearts Mark’s version of the story is somewhat longer - seven verses (6:45-52). His concern is suggested in the last thing he says. He relates this experience with the multiplication of the bread and points out the confusion of the disciples because "their hearts were hardened." This is ...
Drama
Tom Eberle
... . Female: You tell me who you wish you were, and then I will tell you mine. Male: O.K., but you’ve got to promise you will tell the truth, and that you won’t laugh at mine. Female: I promise. Tell me. Male: I wish I were Mark Spitz. Female: Wow! Mark Spitz! You gotta be kidding. That’s the most ridiculous ... Male: [interrupting] Hey, wait a minute! You promised you weren’t going to laugh. Female: Yeah, but I didn’t know how dumb you were going to be. Male: Well, forget about it. Now tell me yours ...
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Frederick C. Edwards
... can read it." It is a sign of the passing of time that I forgot that this is a wash and wear generation. On the way home one little girl asked her mother, "Mom, what’s an iron?" The children understood the point, though, that at baptism we are indelibly marked with the reminder that we are children of God. It is not baptism or the symbol of water that makes us children of God. We are all that from the beginning. That is a universal truth of all of us. But in baptism we recognize and affirm that truth with ...
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Thomas Long
... journey into the valley full of demons to be cast out, disputes to be settled, rejection to be faced, burdens to be borne, suffering to be endured, and a cross to be carried. The future had been seen, and now it shaped the present with urgent responsibility. Mark also tells us that Peter said what he did about the booths because he was afraid, and well he should have been. People who have seen the future and who know what it holds are compelled to live differently in the present. They are now accountable to ...
417. Proper 19
Proverbs 22:1-16, James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26, Mark 8:27-30, Mark 8:31--9:1
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Paul A. Laughlin
... church. Forgive us, we pray. Give us the assistance of your Spirit in changing our images of success, so that moral righteousness will finally be more important to us than material riches. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen Gospel: Mark 8:27-38 Theme: Bearing the mark of Christ Exegetical Note The famous saying of Jesus about discipleship and "taking up his cross" allows another interpretation worth exploring. Some exegetes suggest that in the pre-Easter version of the saying, stauros meant not a "cross" but ...
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King Duncan
... ocean. Some of us need the home aquarium. Our lesson contains one of those growing, stretching experiences that occurred for Jesus' disciples. Go with me to the top of a mountain. Jesus is there as are his three most trusted disciples: Peter, James and John. As usual Mark doesn't give us details about what happened on the mountain. Did they have a time of prayer? Did Jesus lead them in a time of meditation? We don't know. ALL WE KNOW IS THAT SUDDENLY THE DISCIPLES SAW JESUS TRANSFIGURED. What does that mean ...
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King Duncan
... sign about his wife's cancer, he was amazed by the outpouring of love and support from his customers, and even from total strangers. A few days before last Christmas, the Cruikshanks got the good news that Debbie's cancer was all gone. On Christmas Eve, Mark Cruikshank drove to his shops to post a new sign: PRAISE GOD, DEBBIE IS WINNING HER BATTLE WITH CANCER. (4) Not everybody wins their battle with cancer, but we do know that Christ's will is for healing. He never withheld healing from anyone who asked ...
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King Duncan
... If anybody can give us advice on what we can do to achieve a new, vibrant, victorious life it is he. Listen to his words: "...but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." If you wanted to write out a prescription for victorious living in just a few words, it would be difficult to improve on these words of St. Paul. There are three words that I would use to ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... being illegitimate. He was despised and rejected Himself. And that is why I cannot accept any explanation of this strange story which has Him despising and rejecting another human being. Say that the story got garbled in translation, say that it never happened quite the way Mark reports it, say that Jesus said these words with a smile on His face, say anything you like, but don’t try to tell me that Jesus ever rejected anyone who sincerely sought for His help. That’s not the Christ I know. As the hymn ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... prophecy that countless thousands will still be fed from the same supply! There are a lot of comings and goings across the Sea of Galilee in this chapter. So many that I’m having a hard time keeping them straight. It seems that in this chapter Mark wants to stress the contrast between Jesus’ reception among Gentiles and among His own people. When He appeared to the Gentiles, where He was supposed to be unknown, a woman had sought him to fall at His feet in reverence and supplication. When he touched the ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... know what to say, refrain from saying it.” I. PETER “DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY, FOR THEY WERE EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID.” (v. 6) says St. Mark. I can’t blame Peter much. I imagine if I had the same kind of vision he had, I, too, would be afraid. And after the ... vision faded, I might well want to return to the same place to see if I could recapture the rapture of it all. Mark tells us that Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him to a “high mountain” to be apart from the crowds for a time of ...
424. Are We Able?
Mark 10:35-45
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Donald B. Strobe
... LESSON. Jesus had just told the twelve that the road they are traveling will ultimately end in his trial, torture, and death. He told them that he is going to have to drink the cup of suffering. “They will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him,” He said. (Mark 10:34) Then it was that James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said , “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” (10:35) Jesus asks them what it is that they want, and they reply: “Grant us to ...
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Donald B. Strobe
... . It is entirely possible to have both of our eyes functioning perfectly, and still not see what God is doing in the world. So, Mark included this touching story, I think, not only to proclaim Jesus as the wonder-worker who would give sight to the blind, but also to ... spiritual sight was keen. And so he had the right answer when Jesus asked, for the second time in the tenth chapter of Mark’s Gospel, “What do you want me to do for you?” Bartimaeus asked for his sight. And then he followed Jesus. III. MY ...
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