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426. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 105:1-45, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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... and life. "Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!" should be sounded and re-sounded on each of these Sundays. On this, the Second Sunday of Easter, Jesus' appearances to the disciples in the upper room in Jerusalem announce that the risen Lord is able to make contact and communicate with his disciples in a mysterious manner; he has seen and heard. In the future, he will be heard but not seen. Faith in the good news that Jesus is risen from the grave will come by hearing alone. Hence, the Word must be preached ...

427. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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... of the recalcitrant children of Israel; he not only wanted them to know God's forgiveness, but to experience his presence, as well. That happened when he went down the mountain, the two tablets of the Law in his hands, and his face radiant from his contact with the Lord God. 3. God answers to his name. That prayer, answered positively by God in the covenant established in Mt. Sinai, has been answered again and again, specifically at one time and place in the incarnation of Jesus Christ and the new covenant ...

428. Pentecost 4

Psalm 100:1-5, Genesis 25:19-34, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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... you sustain us with your hand. Help us always to give you thanks, for you alone are worthy of thanksgiving and praise and honor now and forever. Psalm 46 (C) - The key is in the seventh verse, "The God of Jacob is our refuge," which clearly makes contact with the first reading, Genesis 25:19-34. See the commentary on this psalm for Reformation Sunday (L) for more detailed discussion of it. THE READINGS Genesis 25:19-34 (C) This particular story finds no place in the lectionaries of the other churches. It is ...

429. Proper 7 & Pentecost 5

Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 91:1-16, Genesis 28:10-22

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... that was sent to bury the missionaries who were killed in the attack by the Auca Indians in South America almost thirty years ago. I intend to ask him for his story about the Aucas and the missionaries, who gave their lives as they attempted to make contact with the Aucas in order to preach the gospel to them. It is one of those stories which reminds us that the proclamation of the gospel continues to be met with distrust, hostility, and violent action - now, just as Jesus predicted it would in the first ...

430. Thanksgiving Day

Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Luke 17:11-19

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... Luke 17:11-19 - "Gratitude and a Gift from God." In his book about the Mayflower Company adventure, Saints and Strangers, George F. Willison tells how the first Pilgrim landing party in 1520 saw some Indians and pursued them in the hope of making contact and replenishing their supplies; the voyage from England to New England had taken sixty-days. Unsuccessful, they made their way back to the Mayflower, stopping long enough in a field where they had seen some strange mounds, to dig up a number of them ...

431. Proper 22

Mt 21:33-46 · Php 3:4b-14 · Ex 20:1-20

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... directly with God (vv. 2-4) actually reflect, not monotheism, but henotheism, i.e., the allegiance to one god without denying the existence of others, in this case the nature gods of the agricultural peoples with whom the Israelites came into contact. Far from reflecting a dated problem, however, the injunctions remind modern people of the many god-like concerns that claim ultimate allegiance. Call to Worship (based on Psalm 19) Leader: The heavens declare God's glory! People: THE FIRMAMENT PROCLAIMS GOD ...

432. Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:1-11

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... were no further than we'd been when we started. Then, then that day we entered Jerusalem and the people mobbed him and hailed him. I saw the time was ripe. All I needed was to force him into showing his hand and he'd have to produce. So, I contacted the high priests 'cause I knew they hated his guts, and I turned him in. I thought this would bring him directly up against the powers and he'd have to get mad and give us the victory. Question: Okay, let's get back to what you said earlier. Did ...

433. Proper 5

Matthew 9:9-13

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... old." Jeremiah to God: "Who me!? I'm only a kid." Jonah to God: "Who me!? I just don't wanna." Peter to God: "Who me!? I'm not educated." Paul to God: "Who me!? I'm a murderer." Someone once said, "We need to know that in our every contact with another person, we encourage him/her to live or die." God calls people through us. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: In the giving of our time/talents/treasures, do we give the left-overs or the first-fruits; do we give only skimmed milk or cream off the top? Charge ...

434. A Glory Revealed to Faith Alone

Numbers 21:4-9

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... construction en auto emphasizes the immobility of the [Son of] Man ... the focal point of the gaze/faith of everyone.... In Numbers 21:9 (LXX), the preposition is epi followed by the accusative (which denotes the object of a movement), indicating the point of contact, (Matthew 14:28f.; John 1:33); it can elicit the simple response to the question, ‘Where?’ ... With reference to Jesus, the [Son of] Man lifted up, its use underscores his role as a visible sign and point of convergence [of the people’s ...

435. Poured Out for Many

Exodus 24:1-18, Mark 14:12-26

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... understood the Rh factor or the mysteries of hemoglobin. But they did understand that blood stood for life. Quite naturally, their religious instincts guided them to the conclusion that blood was sacred, for it was life. Everything that touches life is in close contact with God, who is the origin of all life. For the Hebrews, this understanding of blood brought three immediate consequences: a. The first was ethical. Murder is a violation of God’s Law. To spill another person’s blood is to deprive God ...

436. "The Return"

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... You?! Get lost, buster, before I call a cop! The line some dudes will use to try to get a pick-up. Jesus No, really, I am, I really am. Look, I know it’s been 2,000 years, but you must recognize me. We have been in rather regular contact. Woman Yes, we have, and that is why I know you are not my husband. My husband is big, and strong, and handsome, and very clever. As anyone can see, not at all like you. Look, fella, just what does it take to cut you down? I am not interested ...

437. If You Are A Disciple of Jesus Christ

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... nothing more than pray daily for the church. If you write down two or three of your interests or passions on a piece of paper, with your name and phone number, and get that to me or to an usher, I will see that someone on our staff contacts you with a suggestion for a meaningful ministry. Rebecca Pippert, a gifted layperson from Washington, D.C., tells an unforgettable story in her book, "Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World." It paints a wonderful picture of a disciple. Bill was a college student with ...

438. Striking Silversmiths Start Riot

Acts 19:23-41

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... are Jews who would not worship the true goddess anyway. No figures are available on the sale of statues. The temple priests and priestesses receive half of the profit on such sales, but none of them was involved in yesterday’s demonstration. Attempts to contact Paul last night were unsuccessful. One of his associates said he wanted to speak to the crowd in the Great Theater to explain his position, but was prevented from doing so by his followers and some local officials. The officials feared that his ...

439. "I appeal to Caesar!"

Acts 24:1-27, Acts 25:1-12

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... , although nominally in custody, should have some liberty and that his friends should be permitted to visit him and "attend to his needs." Luke and the others who had accompanied Paul were therefore able to settle down in Caesarea and keep in daily contact with him. An interesting relationship developed between Paul and Felix, who "sent for him often and conversed with him." There’s some indication that Drusilla, the Jewish wife of Felix, was a student of religions and might have been the source of Felix ...

440. Rome at Last

Acts 28:11-16

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... enough trouble with the Romans without being accused of fostering a new religion. The Christians, although looked upon by officials as a Jewish sect, included Gentiles in their fellowship. The Jews among them were despised as deserters and apostates by the orthodox Jews and any contact with them could lead to open quarrels. Yet we have a nagging question: why did not Paul send for those "saints at Rome" to whom he had written? Where were they? Paul’s overtures to the Jews of Rome met with the same result ...

441. "Sneak Up On ‘Em!"

Acts 17:16-34

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Barbara Brokhoff

... God as Creator, the Source of all life. He told how God guided history and is the One on Whom all life depends. We live "in Him" and "we are His offspring," meaning we don’t even take a breath without his giving it to us. He found contact with the people on the grounds of our common humanity. Then Paul proceeded to instruct that God is the center of the physical and spiritual universe. If somehow, someway, we could "sneak up on ‘em" with the wondrous knowledge that all their soul’s needs are met in ...

442. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

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Carroll Gunkel

... pall and finally casting several spades of dirt on the pathetic leper huddled under the pall. Having been declared dead, lepers were required to wear or carry a bell or claxon as a warning for nonlepers so that the latter could avoid contact with the infected person. Their wives or husbands were considered as being widowed. Their children were orphans. Their property was divided as with a natural death. During the Middle Ages - as evidence of concern for lepers - hospices were developed for them, largely ...

443. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

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George Bass

... to Mary Magdalene’s as they were walking to Emmaus. A stranger joined them - Jesus Christ - but they didn’t recognize him either. Steimle says: "That part of the story, that he was not recognized, is baffling. Presumably they had been in daily contact with him for the better part of three years. And now they do not even recognize him. What goes on here? Was he wearing a disguise? But what of his voice? His familiar clothing? His mannerisms, the way he walked? All those familiar characteristics ...

444. The Joy of Sorrow?

Matthew 5:4

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Wallace H. Kirby

... stopped that young man and asked him if he knew what sorrow meant, he might have told me something of his grief over the loss of his leg. The telephone rang late the other night. A friend of ours was calling to ask advice. He had been contacted earlier that evening by his District Superintendent about a potential move. This was one of those sudden changes that often happens in our appointive system. He and his family love their present church and moving will cause them grief. I know some of the sorrow they ...

445. The New Covenant

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Dennis Kastens

... gospel outreach on that continent. Livingstone calls attention to it, as do other explorers of his era, and in Stanley’s books of exploration he tells us that he "cut the covenant" more than fifty times with different tribes. In one instance he came in contact with a powerful, very war-like, equatorial tribe. Stanley was not in condition to fight them. Finally, his interpreter asked why he didn’t make a strong covenant with them - with the chieftain of the tribe. Stanley asked what the results of such a ...

446. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

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Dennis Kastens

... . The missionary worked on the island for thirty years. He had a cork leg. Little did he know that the tragedy which cost him his leg years before would be used to give him entree among cannibals for a third of a century. As we remain in contact with the resurrected Christ, operative through his church and through the means of grace, we have the bonafide access which we need in dealing with every extremity of life which may come our way. Knowing that in the end we shall be victorious enables us not only ...

447. Facing Up to a Power Problem

Acts 2:1-13

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Robert G. Tuttle

... in the disciples, the disciples in the world - and still it is so wherever the Holy Spirit is experienced and obeyed. The most terrible thing that can happen in space travel is to lose touch with "Mission Control." You are let loose in space without contacts. What God creates, God quickens along the journey of life. When we break with our Creator, we lose our guidance system. As "Mission Control" corrects the course of ships in space, God through the Holy Spirit reaches out again and again to put us on ...

448. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

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Robert G. Tuttle

... upon you, who are the bearer of the Fire Divine." She lived! She had found her place: "The bearer of Fire Divine." What’s your place in the divine scheme of things? Dr. Russell Bowie tells of a great woman: "She always had her feelers out, making contact with humanity." He tells of a minister: "A trusted, trained, accredited friend at large." What’s your investment of yourself? What’s mine? I know I am not a great preacher. But I believe in God, in Christ, and in life. And I would rather help people ...

449. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

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Robert G. Tuttle

... ? A movement which by its very existence reminds both the world and the church that Christianity in essence is not words but a Person and a power?"2 This spiritual renewal which is evident in many ways throughout our nation reminds those of us who have lost personal contact with God’s love and power that God is alive and personal and near and is available even to us in our agonized confusion. Last night I was surprised by the appearance in my study of a beautiful young woman I had not seen for two years ...

450. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Hubert Beck

... with all these distresses and disturbances of life. They are all signs of our "dying-ness," of our separation from the source of life itself, of the fact that our feet are set on the path of death, not on the path of life. The cross is the point of contact between human death, the consequence of this sin that has so beset and befuddled us, and the grace of God that would so lovingly give us reprieve from our fate under sin. In the cross God has dealt with sin and death and opens for us a new possibility ...

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426. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 105:1-45, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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427. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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428. Pentecost 4

Psalm 100:1-5, Genesis 25:19-34, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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429. Proper 7 & Pentecost 5

Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 91:1-16, Genesis 28:10-22

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430. Thanksgiving Day

Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Luke 17:11-19

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431. Proper 22

Mt 21:33-46 · Php 3:4b-14 · Ex 20:1-20