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451. Proper 26

Lk 19:1-10 · 2 Thes 1:5-12 · Ex 34:5-9 · Hag 2:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... prospective member of the church is what he will say that may result in a favorable decision to accept Christ and join the church. In this passage, we hear what Jesus has to say to a sinner and succeeds. This is not necessarily a lesson on how to make an evangelistic visit, but it may apply to each person in the church. Outline: What Jesus says to a sinner A. Come down - v. 5a. Come down from your high perch on the tree of life. Come down from your pride, your isolation, your sin. B. Come in - v. 5b. Jesus ...

452. The Epiphany of Our Lord

Mt 2:1-12 · Isa 60:1-6 · Eph 3:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... when a black sought membership which was at first denied. Under pressure from the new president and national publicity, a majority of members later voted to allow non-whites to apply for membership. Another implication is that a church's outreach must not be limited to one race or class. Evangelistic efforts should be made to the church's immediate neighborhood even if the people are different from the church's constituency.

453. Lent 1

Lk 4:1-13 · Rom 10:8-13 · Deut 26:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... which he had just learned at his baptism - "beloved Son." Shall he use wealth, power, or fame to save the world? None of these was accepted. He would be God's suffering servant, a humble king of truth, love, and peace. Differing from the other evangelists, Luke reports that Satan was not done with Jesus. He left Jesus until another "opportune time." THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 1. Spirit (1). One of the distinctive marks of Luke's account of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness is his emphasis ...

454. A Claim to a Crown

Matthew 24:36-51

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George Bass

... would, as yet. But he was right about one thing - that he would die at the hands of the Jewish leaders and rise on the third day. We stake our faith on the validity of the reports of his resurrection passed down to us by the disciples and the evangelists. Could he have been entirely wrong about "the coming of the Son of Man," or could it be simply that God has not determined that the time is ripe for Christ’s return and the beginning of his everlasting reign? That should make us question our predictions ...

455. A Call for a Change in Lifestyle

Matthew 3:1-12

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... wheat into the granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." There’s not much good news in that message, is there, especially for people who are self-satisfied and close-minded where God is concerned. John sounds too much like a "fire and brimstone" evangelist, who belongs to another age, doesn’t he? Can his message be for us - here and now? Sometimes it takes a radical idea or action to get the attention of people and make them listen, think, and go into action. John was faced with an ...

456. Harnessed Power

John 20:19-23

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Richard L. Thulin

... from one another, from themselves and from God, there forgiveness is needed. Wherever people yearn for new beginnings, for liberation from guilt or fear, there forgiveness is needed. Wherever people long for reconciliation within family or community, there forgiveness is needed. The evangelist John points us to the fact that we have been included in the ongoing life of God's kingdom. And he points us to the fact that the Spirit has been given in order that we might bear the presence of that kingdom ...

457. Parking Lots and Traffic Jams

John 3:1-21

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Richard L. Thulin

... told me to "Reach Up." "Reach Up For Jesus," is what is said. However right that direction seemed at first, it soon seemed wrong. If God "sent his Son into the world," then an invitation to "reach out" seems more appropriate than a call to "reach up." The evangelist insists that the "Word became flesh and dwelt among us." The Son is not above us, he is among us. But perhaps out is not the right direction either. If one takes a cue from Jesus' words to Nicodemus, then the direction in which Jesus can best be ...

458. An Intimate Conversation and an Exclusive Covenant

Exodus 19:1-25

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... about the vision which Oral Roberts had a few years ago. Richard Roberts told how his father’s vision had to do with evangelism and mission, that it involved sending missionaries to the ends of the earth - doctors, first, to treat and care for the sick, and then evangelists to preach the gospel to people in countries where Christ is not known at all. Oral Roberts also spoke of the revelation: "God told me I am on the last rung of the ladder ... He gave me a year to set up this project." He said that his ...

459. A Day For All the Saints

Revelation 7:9-17

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... the way the Church has acknowledged people as saints, probably ever since the martyrdom of Stephen. Remember at Christmas, a few weeks from now, that December 26 is the Feast of St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr, December 27 is St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, and December 28 is set aside as for the holy innocents, martyrs. And while it may seem incongruous that two of the three days immediately following Christmas should commemorate martyrs and martyrdom, all three days are listed within the Twelve Days of ...

460. Compassion

Luke 10:25-37

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Harold Warlick

... a tough Mel Gibson or Sylvester Stallone look-alike with muscles flexed and a jogger's pair of legs. Then, in the 1970s, we tried to reconcile Jesus' appearance with the fantastic sums of money pouring into the coffers of television evangelists. "Jesus only deserves the very best," became our watchword. As Pat Robertson explained to visitors to his 700 Club headquarters in Virginia Beach, when they asked about the expensive paneling flown in from England or the opulent antiques decorating even more opulent ...

461. The Church Body Building

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Call to Worship Leader: Jesus gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure ...

462. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... are more like pilgrims than settlers. They are more like learners than like those who know it all. The poor in spirit are those who are open to new insights and new ways. They are those who know that their judgments are not absolute and final. The great evangelist, E. Stanley Jones, once said, "We don't break God's laws, we break against them." Be certain of this fact: we do not break the Beatitudes, but if we live contrary to their spirit, we will break against them. If we try to live contrary to mercy ...

463. Cowherding Christians

Matthew 9:35-38

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Gary W. Houston

... and not think of settling in a foreign country.2 Friends, what most of us really want is to get safely home to the barn at evening feeding time. And our Lord has not only identified with us in his compassion, but he has sent ministers, teachers, evangelists, choir directors, Sunday school teachers, musicians, and many others to minister to us and to feed us 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 ...

464. Epiphany 3

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Psalm 27:1-14, Isaiah 9:1-7

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... course, in part, the Old Testament reading for the first service of Christmas. On that occasion, the passage, as the church interprets it, was connected to the birth of Jesus Christ; the light came into the world, because he was, and is, as John the Evangelist reminds us, the light of the world; Christ's nativity portrays this as the dawning of the light in the world. When Jesus began his ministry, the light really began to shine into the darkness of people's lives, as Matthew suggests by incorporating most ...

465. 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

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... the liturgy of Passion Sunday. Second, there is an attempt to return to the earlier practice of reading the story of the Passion in its entirety on Passion Sunday and three other times (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Good Friday) during Holy Week; each evangelist told the Passion story from his perspective. Third, there is a focus on the mighty - redemptive - acts which God performed in Jesus' passion - his suffering and death - during this week. Holy Saturday is really given over to the resurrection in the first ...

466. Easter Day

John 20:1-9, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 118:1-29, Acts 10:23b-48

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... resurrection will come with the Second Coming, when he will gather the faithful to himself. John 20:1-9 (10-18) John tells the resurrection story a bit differently than do Matthew, Mark, and Luke. All of them mention Mary Magdalene, but the other three Evangelists say that there were other women, whom they name, with Mary Magdalene; John has Mary Magdalene at the tomb by herself but she does not enter the tomb, as she did in the other accounts, rather, she immediately went and told Peter what she had seen ...

467. Pentecost

Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21

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... had really wanted to damage Christianity when he made the movie, The Last Temptation of Christ, he picked the wrong novel and novelist in Kazantzakis; he should have chosen one of the novels about finding the bones of Jesus, such as the former evangelist, Chuck Templeton, wrote over a decade ago. That would have attacked the central doctrine of the faith, Jesus' death and resurrection. Scorsese denies any intention to discredit the Christian faith. 3. The wind on Pentecost Day takes us back to the Garden of ...

468. Proper 8 & Pentecost 6

2 Kings 4:8-37, Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 89:1-52, Psalm 17:1-15, Isaiah 2:6-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Matthew 10:1-42

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... foes will be those of his own household. A "decision for Christ" also involves taking up one's cross and following Jesus, which will have its final reward in the age to come. Three short sayings, two of which are about the reception of the evangelists, while the third is about giving a cup of water to "one of these little ones," conclude the charge and the chapter. The Roman reading concentrates on the second of these three remarks of Jesus, highlighting the second (the reception of a prophet) over against ...

469. Proper 12 & Pentecost 10

1 Kings 3:1-15, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

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... the Episcopal Lectionary does two things: it adds two additional parables - the mustard seed and the woman using yeast as leaven (vv. 31-33) - to highlight the kingdom of heaven theme; and, the last two verses, which really speak to the work of evangelists and preachers, who always are faced with the task of interpreting the "old" Word freshly in another time and new situations, have been removed. (One might discern the influence of Reginald Fuller in the additions and, especially, in the deletion of verses ...

470. Giving Thanks Before Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

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Brett Blair

... we feel that we don’t have to even finish the story for we certainly know how it will end. These cured men will go running back to Jesus with the words: “Blessed healer”, “Great Physician”, “Praise be to Jesus.” But no. That’s not how the evangelist tells the story at all. Nine of the ten were never heard from again. What a pitiful revelation of human nature. What rank ingratitude. Surely this is not typical! This can’t be a picture of 90% of the people in the world. But then again… We ...

471. Sermon Opener - To Be Sure!

Luke 17:11-19

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Theodore F. Schneider

... the miracle of 10 lepers cleansed, but rather the contrast of gratitude and ingratitude depicted on the same dramatic canvas. Luke draws the contrast all the more boldly when he notes that the man returning to give thanks was a Samaritan, a "foreigner." Always the master storyteller among the four evangelists, Luke, having already given us the story of the "Good Samaritan," now gives us the story of the "Thankful Samaritan."

472. What Will He Find… When He Comes? - Shorter Version

Luke 18:1-8

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Theodore F. Schneider

... and their missionary work. Christ was coming soon, they believed. By the time Luke set his hand to writing the gospel that carries his name, 40 or perhaps 50 years had passed since the crucifixion. It was the late first century when the evangelist was writing, sometime between 70 and 90 C.E.(2) Many (and supposedly conflicting!) accounts already had been written. There was need to gather information from eyewitnesses and others and to write an accurate account. Luke considered himself to belong to the ...

473. Epiphany 2

John 1:29-34

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... , but the witness of the Baptizer to Jesus is direct and unambiguous, the result of both visual and aural evidence: he sees the Spirit descend "like a dove" and rest upon Jesus; and he hears the very voice of God. The Baptizer's (as well as the Evangelist's!) testimony, therefore, is unequivocal: "this is the Son of God" and "the Lamb of God who takes away the world's sin." Call to Worship Leader: Behold the Child of God! People: WHO BAPTIZES WITH GOD'S SPIRIT! Leader: Behold the Lamb of God, People: WHO ...

474. Lent 5

John 11:1-16

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Theme: Jesus as life-giver Exegetical note John's account of Jesus' raising of Lazarus is in many ways a traditional miracle story. But the evangelist's place ment of this event near the end of Jesus' earthly ministry and his addition of the dialogues and discourses give his own theological "spin" to the story. The key Christological assertion comes in Jesus' pronouncement in verses 25 and 26, which portray him as a life-giver, for ...

475. Monday in Holy Week

John 12:1-11

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Theme: Impending tragedy, ultimate triumph Exegetical note The Fourth Evangelist's version of the anointing of Jesus at Bethany differs from those of his predecessors by identifying the woman as Mary as well as by mentioning Lazarus, whose emergence from the grave John has just recounted (11:38-44). Mary's act of anointing (as told here, at least) is, ...

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