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4851. Gabriel Speaks to Mary

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

George Bass

... loved and trusted her completely. Why else would he have chosen her to become the Mother of his Messiah? It is in Mary - from our perspective as well as God’s - that the perfect submission of believers in God first surfaces in conjunction with Christ and his continuing mission in the world. Mary is a model for all of the saints of God. Someone once said: "A saint is simply a person to whom God has given strength to take his basic commandment (to love God and humanity with heart, mind, soul, and strength ...

4852. Telling the Right Story

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

George Bass

... commercials with sometimes almost ridiculous "out-takes" from commercial taping sessions. With his football career long behind him, he is in considerable demand to speak to all sorts of groups, clubs, and churches about his experiences in football and television. His popularity continues to grow in this newer phase of his life. Saint Mark must have been known in parts of the ancient church long before he wrote his version of the gospel. Paul’s letter to Timothy not only mentioned him but cast him ...

4853. Epiphany 3

Mark 1:14-20

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... . Pastor: Our mission is an all inclusive mission to share Christ with our world. People: We have good news to tell! We pray that we will miss no one as we share Christ's message. Collect Most holy God, whose Son began a ministry with disciples, and continues that ministry today with responsive followers: Make us quick to give of ourselves to be in mission as your church today, that the good news of Christ may bring wholeness in all parts of our world. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We ...

4854. Called To Be In Mission

Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:23-25

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4855. Who Keeps Getting in My Way?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... missions as coming to the aid of the poor. So, at first glance, we might take the easy way out. If we’re not careful, we may think - or hope - he’s saying, "Happy are those who draw a monthly check from public welfare." "Blessed is the woman who continues to increase her family so that the size of the check increases." "Happy is the man who cannot afford membership in a country club, or a new suit, or an occasional steak." That is not what Jesus is saying. He is not talking about material poverty at all ...

4856. Do We Want to See?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... with the other make friends with that world which lives without any reference to him, then we give up our chance of the promise. Trying to look in two directions, splitting our loyalty in half, giving one part to God and holding the other for ourselves robs us of a continuing sense of the divine presence. If we want to see God, if we want to know his presence as strong and real, we must find out what he wants us to do and how he wants us to do it, and make up our minds we are going to do ...

4857. Why Are We So Split Apart?

Matthew 5:9

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... love of a certain kind of peace makes him evade trouble. Such a man may be called a peaceable man or a peacelover, but he is not a peacemaker. in the end he is really a troublemaker, for the longer any such situation is allowed to continue the more serious its consequences. The peacemaker must be prepared to face unpleasantness, unpopularity, and trouble in order to make peace. For the peace this Beatitude speaks of is the peace which comes from facing the issues, and from being prepared to deal with them ...

4858. Pardon for Sin

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... shattering message to tell?" Calming himself, he thrust his hands into his pockets and glanced apologetically in the direction of our Lutheran program director. But the program director signaled him to keep on. "I was raised a Jew. I am a good Jew," he continued quietly. "But after doing ‘This Is the Life’ for eight years I consider myself a pretty fair Christian theologian. I know that the Atonement is the heart of the Gospel message, and the thing that is so disturbing to me is that it works." Staring ...

4859. The Three Faces of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... him was not anything made that was made.' The Spirit of God has always been the Spirit of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ the Spirit of God. At the time of Abraham God was Christlike. The God Spirit is the Christ Spirit. "What is this Christ?" I continued, "He is the redeeming, forgiving, saving, mercy of God, made visible. No one is saved or comes to God except by God’s mercy and grace, God’s willingness, which are revealed in Christ. Ancient or modern, we are all saved (if we are saved) by the ...

4860. Faith A New Potential for Life

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith ... and therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness" (Romans 4:20, 22). Faith was the only thing that made Abraham different from the other inhabitants of Ur of the Chaldees. They continued in their blindness and unreality. Abraham left home because he was sure there was a real God somewhere, not one of wood and stone. Believing, Abraham left all, determined to find this God who was real. You and I, also, stand on our own feet ...

4861. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of the Eighth Day.1 "Even so we also should walk in newness of life." "Man is not an end but a beginning." "We are at the beginning of the second week of Creation." Creation is not just something I receive. Creation is something that I do and continue to do in a working fellowship with God. The line of succession could be Abraham, Jesus, and now us. That puts life in a different perspective. What, that is meaningful beyond my personal support and my family upkeep, am I doing creatively in the life of the ...

4862. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... ’t know how to find you, but I’m going to try! I’m not much the way I am now, but somehow I want to give myself to you.’ I didn’t know how to say more, so I repeated over and over the words: ‘take me.’ "4 Colson continues, "I was alone in the quiet dark of the night. Yet for the first time in my life I was not alone at all." He goes on, "Down deep I knew that forces were at work which were demanding that I rethink every facet of my life." The Spirit won ...

4863. Clouds and Son-Shine

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... he will not be expecting another surprise so soon!) and he is indeed overwhelmed, it is because gifts are gifts and are to come unexpectedly in most instances. The mother, deciding that the third day is another opportune time, may again find much gratitude. But should this continue until, on the tenth day, she has no gift, the child is most apt to ask her, "Where’s my present?" It is no longer a surprise or a gift but is now expected and thanklessly awaited, almost as though it was due him. We are no ...

4864. The Impartiality of God

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... under which they work defy imagination! Were one to attempt to catalogue the available saviors, one would be hard pressed to name them at any one time, for they tend to come and go like the wind. Some are faddish nonsense and others are continuing refinements of methods that have proved helpful under given situations and circumstances. How does one ever sort through them all? Better stated, how does one ever find a true Savior among the many who offer themselves to the world? It is difficult to imagine ...

4865. The Glory of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... " that anyone ever dares to proclaim this message, for it never really strikes the world as "plausible words of wisdom." Yet it has transformed the world in the twenty centuries of its proclamation because within it resides "the power of God." And so we dare to continue to proclaim it today. It bears its own fruit by the power of the Spirit. Anyone who submits to this way of glorifying the name of God forsakes the notions of fame and wealth and honor and power. For, as Paul has said in some of those ...

4866. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... the way that he has established in his walk with God, the way that has brought them through the Red Sea and the perils of the wilderness to this gateway to the Promised Land. Now they must go their way without Moses, but he presses on them the need to continue following the hand of him who had freed them from their slavery and given to them the land that lay before them. To follow the word that had been given them was to inherit the land and to keep it. To forget the word and him who spoke it was ...

4867. Journey To The Cross V: Jesus and Simon Peter

Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to my joke. How did you translate it to get such a laugh?” The Japanese translator (in typical Asian-style) only smiled and bowed respectfully and did not answer. Well, President Carter was determined to know how he made the joke so funny, so he continued to ask the interpreter how he had translated it. Finally, the translator said he knew the audience would not get it, so he said to them in Japanese these words: “President Carter has just told a funny story. Everyone must laugh like crazy.” Now, why ...

4868. Journey To The Cross VII (Easter): Jesus And The Women At The Tomb

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... several days had passed, he suddenly realized that he was picking up the same stones again and again. So he devised a plan… pick up a stone; if it’s cold, throw it into the sea. This he did for weeks and weeks. Then one morning he went out to continue his search for the touchstone. He picked up a stone; it was cold… he threw it into the sea. He picked up another stone – cold! He threw it into the sea. He picked up another stone… it turned warm in his hand, and before he realized what he was doing ...

4869. A MIRACLE AWAITS YOU EVERY DAY

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... diagnosis, it also had its positive side. Art later reflected, "I began to see the beauty of God’s creation in a way I hadn’t seen it before. With the length of my life now limited, I began to make the most out of every moment." Art continues to discover God’s miracles every day. What blinds us to the beauty of a budding tree, the ever-changing formations of interesting clouds, or a spring rain making small circles in a mud puddle, is the toil of daily living. God is performing miracles every day, but ...

4870. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES

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John H. Krahn

Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, wrote children’s stories which not only captured the imagination of the children but also bore a message. In one of his fantasies he tells of a lock that runs around continually searching for something. Finally a curious bystander asks, "What is the matter?" "I am seeking," says the lock, "for something to unlock me." How many of us are faced with the same dilemma as that of Lewis Carroll’s lock? Many times we go through life locked up in ourselves ...

4871. THE POWER OF IMPOSSIBILITY

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John H. Krahn

... it. If this seems to be your answer, you must listen harder. Be sure to thank God for the solution you will receive. Do it immediately, it shows faith. Move in this way from one problem to another, one list to the next. If you get bogged down on one, continue to work on it a little each day as you tackle another. Before long, you will find doing the impossible a daily occurrence.

4872. HOW TO COPE WITH FEAR AND ANXIETY

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John H. Krahn

... sense of assurance and security that the worldly person never knows. To help us cope with fear and anxiety God has promised us new strength through the indwelling of his Holy Spirit ... God, not just alive, but alive in you and in me. However, many Christians continue to harbor fears and anxieties. To cope with these we must seek out God. Fear and anxiety are often the by-products of solo performances through life. Even some Christians have not learned that life is a partnership between God and man. A daily ...

4873. WE HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL

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John H. Krahn

Until Jesus Christ permeates every fiber of our being, we can never begin to appreciate the power and potentiality available in us. We continue to doubt whether we can do this or that or be what we want to be. Yet, God wants us to reach the heights of our created potential. God wants us to develop a faith that can handle both problems and opportunities. He desires that we capture his vision of ...

4874. BE A DARKNESS DISPELLER

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John H. Krahn

... that we are a chosen people belonging to God. There is no disembodied Christianity. The Lord calls us to relate to him in the community of the church with all of its warts and imperfections. Christianity is a social faith, a community of fellow believers. Jesus continues to build his church upon our confession of faith that he was the one promised by the Father to die and pay the penalty of our sinfulness and to defeat death and the grave by rising again. No individual makes the church. Saint Paul speaks of ...

4875. WHEN WINNING MEANS LOSING

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John H. Krahn

... is as I have just described it, then all of us must be wondering whether we really are Christians. Although our walk with Jesus brings us many blessings that will enhance our lives, the Evil One does not roll over and play dead when we follow Christ but continues to dog us as we make our way through life. Following Jesus Christ also brings with it a degree of suffering as our selfishness is lost to service and discipleship. And as we struggle to be what we are, children of God through Baptism, it is often ...

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