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4626. The Miracle Comes at the Breaking

Luke 24:13-35

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Various Authors

... it. That is, for those who can recognize and acknowledge that they are sinners. Because, you see, we can’t really take this broken Bread in a whole hand. It is only as we confess our own broken state - our sins - that we can receive such a gift of healing and forgiveness. As you perhaps know, the Greek Orthodox Church refers to the service of Holy Communion as the Eucharist, which means the giving of thanks. But Professor Dale Bruner reminds us that the word means more than that. He notes that eu means ...

4627. Strength to Overcome Suffering

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

James R. Tozer

... young woman named Betty sought my counsel. Her best friend had spread false rumors about Betty among the people with whom Betty associated professionally and socially. Betty let this hurt defeat her. Then quite abruptly I said, "You’re beautiful, you’re strong, you’re gifted, you’re sure of success!" Startled, she asked, "Do you really think so?" "I am sure it is true because God has placed his image and his plan within you!" I answered. In time she exclaimed, "God is great! With his help I do have ...

4628. The Ministry of Refreshing

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Various Authors

... as a sacrifice to God. Was he still thirsty? His tongue and throat, yes, but that love had refreshed his spirit, restored his soul. James Russell Lowell knew that it was the personal touch which transformed a cup of water into the Holy Grail - "The gift without the giver is bare." Onesiphorus went out of his way eagerly to seek Paul out. Whatever words Onesiphorus might have said, his self-giving alone would have lifted Paul’s spirit. In Berthold Brecht’s play, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Wong, the water ...

4629. Never Stop Praying

Ephesians 1:16

Children's Sermon

... ? (Let them answer.) Do you think that when you are not with your friends or some of your family they remember your name and think about the good times that you have had together? (Let them answer.) I want people to remember me. I want them to remember the gifts that I gave them or the places that we visited together, or even the games we had so much fun playing. Being remembered is wonderful. I brought something with me that helps me to remember a lot of people and also helps me to remember God. (Show them ...

4630. Shaped by the Future

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... The closer I got to Christmas, the farther away it seemed. Christmas Eve felt like the longest day of the entire year. When we become adults, Christmas comes too fast. Time rushes by. There is so much to do in so few days. There are gifts to buy, ceremonies to arrange, families to entertain, courtesies to care for, and protocol to move through. Christmas seems all too immediate and all too soon. For children and adults, the coming of December twenty-fifth shapes our lives between the First Sunday in Advent ...

4631. Responding to What We Hear and See

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... those nice shepherds and angels, And we felt just awful about King Herod. Look at all we did for you. We made a national holiday in your honor. We built big industries around it - Christmas cards, Toy machine guns for the kiddies And all those fancy gift-wrapped whiskey bottles. We built pretty churches in your honor, Stained glass, organs, the works, And when the people moved away from the riff raff, The church followed them Straight out into the suburbs. Looking at all we've done for you, Jesus, Why can't ...

4632. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

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... on just the right tree, eating food from a menu which has been handed down from generation to generation, or by visiting the same relatives at precisely the same time on Christmas Day. Some believe that Christmas is made by purchasing a uniquely special gift for every relative, friend, and acquaintance. To be sure, all of these contribute to our cultural understanding of Christmas. But the answer to "What makes a real Christmas?" must be found in human history. That is what Joseph did. And, in a very real ...

4633. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

... hear his voice saying, "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did this to me." (Matthew 25:40) One of the traditions in my family is to gather at my wife's home on Christmas Day to break bread and open gifts. For almost twenty-three years I have joined my family in that ritual. Until my wife's grandfather died, one of the tender moments of every December twenty-fifth had been Granddaddy's prayer before the Christmas feast. All of the family would gather in one room, and Granddaddy ...

4634. The Called Ones

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... responsibilities to this congregation and to this community. I am involved in many things which are important to me. In a few short months, my younger daughter will be graduating from high school. I want to be there for the baccalaureate, the graduation exercises, the gifts, the parties, and all the rest. Next year, my older daughter will be graduating from Lambuth College. "All the king's horses and all the king's men" could not keep me from being on the Lambuth campus for that special day in the history ...

4635. Cowherding Christians

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... along our journey. His love is so immense for us! But who did the Lord chose as his very first disciples? Did he choose saints, unlike ordinary men? No! He choose people very much like you and me. They were laymen, unlearned, plain and yet believers with gifts he saw that he could use to further his kingdom. Notice, however, that he chose them. They were not simply volunteers. You see we all have different uses to our Lord. And Jesus knows best how to use each one of us. There was a pastor named Alexander ...

4636. Searching for Peace

Matthew 10:1-42

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... . I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union Twixt Nature’s heart and mine; To profit by affliction, Reap truth from fields of fiction, Grow wiser from conviction, And fulfil God’s grand design. I live to hail that season By gifted ones foretold, When men shall love by reason, And not alone by gold; When man to man united, And every wrong thing righted, The whole world shall be lighted As Eden was of old. I live for those who love me, For those who know me true, For the ...

4637. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon Aid

... As time runs out for us, it becomes clear that he is our only hope, too, and knowing that, we can wait in hope and with thanksgiving. The Psalm Prayer (LBW) Lord Jesus, give us the peace of the new Jerusalem. Bring all nations into your kingdom to share your gifts, that they may render thanks to you without end and may come to your eternal city, where you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, flow and forever. THE READINGS Isaiah 2:1-5 Isaiah's vision is of a future time that will see all the ...

4638. The Nativity of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon Aid

... the redeeming event in the cross and tomb and anticipate his Second Coming to the world. In the meantime, Christ first comes to each of us in baptism and gives us new birth through water, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; he does, of course, renew that gift in every celebration of the Eucharist, including the Christ Mass (the hymn might better read, "cast out our sin, and enter in. Be reborn in us today"). The initiation of God's reign that will finally bring lasting peace to the earth is highlighted, and/or ...

4639. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon Aid

... assigned to the Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, verses 1-5 and 5-13; verses 14-22 are not included for liturgical use on this occasion. The first section of the psalm enumerates the blessings of God that the psalmist has personally experienced as gifts from the Lord - forgiveness, healing, deliverance from destruction, steadfast love, and mercy, and the good things that satisfy people's hunger. In the second part of the psalm he reminds Israel of God's blessings to the nation and to his people - justice ...

4640. Palm · Passion Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Psalm 31:1-24, Matthew 27:11-26, Matthew 27:32-44, Matthew 27:45-56, Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon Aid

... to death and live in the hope of the resurrection of the Lord. The best way that people can participate in the "glorious victory of his resurrection" is through the renewal of their baptismal covenant. Baptism, as death and resurrection, brings obedience and victory together as a gift of grace. The Psalm of the Day (LBW) - Psalm 31:1-5, 9-16 The last word Jesus spoke on the cross, "Into your hands I commend my spirit," comes from this psalm. It points to Good Friday and the apparent end of the story. The ...

4641. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon Aid

... their guilty stains. 3. Passover - Then and Now: Then only the flesh was eaten; the blood was spilled on the doorway. Now the body and blood of the lamb must be consumed in this Passover meal. Participation in this meal completes the "washing" and renews the gifts received in baptism. 4. Passover - Then and Now: Then the Passover commemorates an event of the past to the Jews. Now the Eucharist proclaims that which is yet to come: "As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's ...

4642. Easter 2

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

Sermon Aid

... the Bible. Was his "faith-difficulty" a matter of not hearing the Word proclaimed in the community of faith?) A sermon on the Gospel - John 20:19-24 - "Peace, Peace ... There is no Peace." 1. The risen Lord spoke a word of peace to his church; it is a gift of the resurrection. "The peace of the Lord be with you" is always the greeting of the living Christ to his people. 2. "Peace" is a greeting that exacts a response in the form of action by the believers. Christ expects his own - all of them, every one ...

4643. Easter 7

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 47:1-9, 1 Peter 4:12-19, John 17:1-5, John 17:6-19

Sermon Aid

... the door to eternal life has been thrown wide open by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, completed in the ascension. Christ therefore - and this is the main reason that the latter half of this text is appointed for this Sunday - prays for his disciples, who were a gift from God to him. He says: I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world but for those whom thou hast given me, for they are thine; all mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them. The reading concludes on a ...

4644. Proper 5 & Pentecost 3

Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:1-25, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Genesis 22:1-19, Psalm 13:1-6, Psalm 50:1-23, Hosea 5:1-15

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... him for three decades and what he did would be in his subconscious mind as long as he lived, he didn't blame God for what happened; he still loved and trusted God. Awful as his action was in the bunker when he smothered his son, the gift of the Torah in memory of his son must have pleased God because it answered his word given through Hosea. Joseph Kramer not only continued to love God - "For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings" - He also turned ...

4645. 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

Sermon Aid

... Life is just a bowl of cherries" attitude that many of us pursue results in the danger of a complete sell-out of our baptismal birthright, the kingdom of heaven. Can the world buy out our claim to the kingdom? 4. The kingdom-birthright is God's gift to everyone. Appreciate it, claim it, and cling to it in true faith forever. Exodus 19:2-8a - (R, E, L) - "A Necessary Reminder." 1. The ascent to Mt. Sinai. Moses needed to reconnoiter with God, not to survey the surrounding terrain. A great human leader needed ...

4646. Proper 13 & Pentecost 11

Matthew 14:13-21, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon Aid

... a couple of fish (Matthew 14). There is also a hint of the ultimate banquet to come, of which some Christians sing (LBW) every Sunday: "This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia! This much is perfectly clear: the banquet is an act of pure grace, a gift from God" - Come, every one who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price ... Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live.... All of this adds ...

4647. Pentecost 23

Exodus 22:16-31, Leviticus 19:1-37, Ruth 2:1-23, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, Psalm 1:1-6

Sermon Aid

... of God. The Prayer of the Day (LBW) This revision of a classic collect has been shifted from the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity/Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost to this Sunday, partly because it has a deep concern for the ultimate things of God ("increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity"), but also because it anticipates what the Gospel for the Day has to say about the love of God and human beings ("and that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command," that is, to love both ...

4648. Sermon Opener - To Be Sure!

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

Theodore F. Schneider

... of itself, without our prayers ...To be sure, the good and gracious will of God is done without our prayer ...To be sure, God provides daily bread, even to the wicked, without our prayer... To be sure, to be sure, to be sure! God's gifts come to us despite our unfaithfulness and often without our prayers. Paul quotes an ancient Christian hymn in his second letter to Timothy: "If we are faithless, he remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself (2 Timothy 2:13)." Our faithlessness and ingratitude cannot ...

4649. Sticks and Stones

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

... twelve years he had lived in a bubble built by doctors to prevent disease from assaulting his body, which lacked immunity to any disease. Recently David died in a Houston hospital room. Hospital staff had come to love him. Doctors meeting the press wept openly. A retired gift shop lady said to a reporter that David had come to be thought of as their own boy by the entire city of Houston. Houston mourns his passing. It always seems to those who scan the headlines that it is the Goliaths who pound the Davids ...

4650. Cameos of Conscience

1 Samuel 22:1-5

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... : at the cave of Adullam by the barren shore of the Dead Sea. To most of us this tale about the death of Ahimelech is obscure. Jesus, though, knew the tale well. Once he told a conclave of Pharisees that he remembered how David had received a gift of showbread, sacred bread to feed his starving guerilla band. Jesus said that Ahimelech gave it to David on the Sabbath. It would be as if someone banged open the white doors of your church one Sunday and begged you to feed him your communion bread. Jesus was ...

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