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James McCormick

“There is a great deal that we should like to say about this high priesthood, but it is not easy to explain it to you since you seem so slow to grasp spiritual truth. At a time when you should be teaching others, you need teachers yourselves to repeat to you the ABC’s of God’s revelation to His children. You have become people who need a milk diet and cannot face solid food! For anyone who continu...

4402. Make Disciples—Intentionally

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J. Howard Olds

It was a clear crisp autumn afternoon. I was on an airplane headed for a preaching mission in Centerville, Kansas. As I got settled into my seat, a big muscular man wedged his way into the seat beside me. The man took a quick glance at a magazine, then turned to me and said, “What do you do?" For most people that must be a simple question. For me it is a temptation to tease rather than answer...

4403. The Great Commission

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

The Gospel’s final story shows Jesus meeting with his disciples on a Galilean mountain (28:16–20; with mountains being locations of revelation in Matthew; cf. chaps. 5–7, 17, 24–25). One of the Twelve has betrayed Jesus, Peter has denied knowing him, and the others have fled at his arrest (26:56). Yet Jesus summons the eleven to meet him in Galilee and refers to them as his “brothers,” signaling r...

4404. As You Go, Remember…

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Tom Garrison

What intrigues us the most is that mysterious boundary where the human and the divine intersect. This was the place I said I wanted to plant my life and to do my central work. This was, in fact, living out the charge that was given to me the night I was ordained to the Christian ministry. I still remember the way an old pastor stated it. He said, "Tom, I admonish you to stay close to God, stay clo...

4405. The Great Commission

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

The Resurrection: The resurrection stands as the cornerstone of the Christian faith. The crucial importance of this historic event is clearly set forth by Paul in the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians. If there is no resurrection, then Christ has not been raised (v. 13), faith is useless (v. 14), the apostolic witness is false (v. 15), believers are still in their sins (v. 17) and are to be p...

4406. The Fourth Person In The Trinity

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King Duncan

A man named Kenneth Gibble tells of spending his after-school hours as a child in the feed mill where his dad worked. He enjoyed playing in the section of the warehouse where the bags of feed were stacked in deep rows. "I loved playing games of pretend," he says, "with the feed bags becoming in my imagination hills and valleys, boulders to hide behind, dark caves to hide inside." Sometimes one o...

4407. No Time for a Knapsack Faith

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King Duncan

A ridiculous story made the rounds years ago. Most of you have heard the story, but I wonder if you have caught its religious significance. It is about a pilot and three passengers--a boy scout, a priest, and an atomic scientist--and a plane that develops engine trouble in mid-flight. The pilot rushes back to the passenger compartment and exclaims, “The plane is going down! The plane is going do...

4408. Helping People Fall Down

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I hope you noticed the sermon title today, and I hope even more that it made you wonder what this preacher could possibly say about it. "Helping People Fall Down." Does that even make any sense? I think most of us could understand something like "helping lift up people when they have fallen" or "raising their spirits when they are low." That sounds like work which Christ would call us to. But to h...

4409. Teachers Without Chalkboards

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It happened many years ago now, but I remember it well. I had completed my theological education and was appearing before an examination committee of the Church. The group and I conversed for a while and then the questions began. Some questions were theological and some were practical. I seemed to be able to answer both types to the committee's satisfaction. Then, as a kind of final question, the ...

4410. The Doubting Sum

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The Holy Trinity When the eleven disciples, minus Judas, came to the mountain previously chosen by Jesus to meet him, some doubted. We would like to speak concerning the sum of doubt. Doubt adds up to zero. It is not a negative number; it is nothing! When we think of the word doubt we associate words like: indecision, uncertainty, hopelessness and powerlessness. People with convictions act. The o...

4411. First Sunday After Pentecost

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First Lesson: Deuteronomy 4:32-40 Theme: Remember what God has done Call to Worship Pastor: God reveals himself to us, that we may know he is with us. People: God redeems us from sin, that we may know he loves us. Pastor: God calls us to respond with faith and obedience, that he may know we trust him. People: We remember many wonderful experiences God has given us. We give ourselves in sincere d...

4412. Father's Day Prayer

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Father's Day A special day! It's not in the church calendar But it might as well be! (I observe it religiously!) A time to pay tribute to Dad Cards Gifts Special attention Maybe a way to make up For taking him for granted the rest of the year! Give him his own day Complete with commercial hoopla Ads Sales Promotions by stores and manufacturers Dear Old Dad! There's nothing wrong with that! Dad ...

4413. Trinity Sunday

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B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter - Psalms 8:1-9 First Lesson - This is the beginning of the book of beginnings. Genesis 1:1-2:4 Second Lesson - Paul sends closing greetings to the church at Corinth. 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Gospel - Jesus gives his great commission to the eleven remaining disciples to insure continuity of the faith. Matthew 28:16-20 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be wit...

4414. Prayer

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Three is a magic number! (At least among the ancients) A stable number. In construction A triangle is strong; But in relationships, It's threatening! I'm supposed to be a Trinitarian Christian Believing in God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit, But that's so confusing! Three in One One God in three Persons. How do I explain it? How do I make sense of it? - Or do I have to? Can I just ...

4415. But Some Doubted

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Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship (Unison) O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are...

4416. The Great Commission

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us gather together all who are committed to serving the Lord! People: Let us seek the will of the Lord as we share God's love around us. Leader: Let us call on the Holy Spirit to be our strength and our courage. People: And let us proclaim with joy God's mercy and grace through the Cross. Leader: Let the world hear our praises and songs for God's wonderful Love! All: Bl...

4417. The Holy Trinity

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Amy C. Schifrin

Apostolic Greeting Leader: All the saints send their greetings. People: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Prayer Of The Day Leader: Out of the mouths of infants and children, of women and men, of every race and nation, your majesty, Holy God, is praised even far above the heavens. May the goodness of your creation s...

4418. Trinity

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 1:1-2:4a God the Father created the universe. In this first of two creation accounts, God, the first person of the Trinity, causes the entire universe to come into existence with humankind, made in God's image, as the crown of creation. How did he do it? By the power of his Word. How did he feel about his work? It was good. Old Testament: Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 God...

4419. The Holy Trinity

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THEOLOGICAL CLUE The Holy Trinity is a "liturgical late-comer" among the feasts and festivals of the church; officially, it has been an established feast of the church for 555 years, since Pope John XX approved of it in 1334. Its history began with the dedication of churches to the Holy Trinity in the ninth century, at least one liturgy in the tenth century, and an actual feast celebrated in the ...

4420. Trinity Sunday

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Liturgical Color: White Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20 Theme: Trinity Sunday, emphasizes both our receiving and sharing the Good News. Pastoral Invitation to the Celebration One pastor began this way: "How did we come to worship today? Did we come feeling sad because we lost a relationship recently, feeling angry because someone dragged us here, feeling frightened because of what's happening around u...

4421. Trinity Sunday

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Theme: The threefold name of God Exegetical note: Matthew's version of the great commission contained here provides the clearest scriptural statement of the trinitarian formula that would later become the Trinitarian doctrine of orthodox Christianity. Important here is the context given by Jesus for this charge: it is a matter of authority, which has been given to him, and which he, in turn, is p...

4422. Ascension Sunday

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Liturgical Color: White Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 24:44-53 Theme: The Great Commission. Pastoral Invitation Try this: Invite the choir and congregation to respond with the following litany (Perhaps the choir could develop a tune to go with the words, and maybe a soloist could sing the congregation's line, and the congregation then repeat it.): Choir: Come, come with open hearts and lives. ...

4423. The Threefold Name of God

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes Matthew's version of the great commission contained here provides the clearest scriptural statement of the trinitarian formula that would later become the Trinitarian doctrine of orthodox Christianity. Important here is the context given by Jesus for this charge: it is a matter of authority, which has been given to him, and which he, in turn, is passing along to those who will be in m...

4424. Here I Am, Lord

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Praise be to the Lord who calls us to serve the living Christ! People: For we wait upon the Lord with open hearts filled with love. Leader: Christ would send us to every people and nation of the world. People: We are called to proclaim for all to hear of our risen Lord and Savior. Leader: Let us celebrate our mission and let us always give God the praise. All: Blessed be th...

4425. Trinity Sunday

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Note The story of Nicodemus brings together the basic elements of the later creedal formula, not in some abstract, philosophical discourse, but rather in response to the very practical, existential question of salvation. Thus the Spirit is God's regenerating power "from above," the Son (of man) is the proper object of faith, and the Father is the loving parent behind the whole plan for huma...

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