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John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

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John R. Brokhoff

... Sinned (v. 2). By their question the disciples revealed that they believed that sin was the cause of sickness. In the case of the blind man, did he or his parents sin? How can an unborn child sin? Sometimes children suffer physical and mental deficiencies if parents indulge in alcohol and/or drugs. Jesus refuses to accept this view. He sees the blindness as an opportunity to glorify God through his power. Spittle (v. 6). Jesus uses his saliva to make mud by mixing saliva and dust. It was believed ...

27. Lent 1

Romans 9:30--10:21, Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Luke 4:1-13, Psalm 91:1-16

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George Bass

... is to bring into action your own latent reserves of power. You possess undeveloped, untapped energies - physical and psychic energies - of which you have scarcely dreamed. Well, then, summon them forth! There is no need to be tyrannized by a haunting sense of deficient resources. That can only breed mental ill-health and nervous breakdown. Take a firm grip on your staggering soul! Believe in your own inner light. Develop your own natural resources! This is the way to stand fast in the evil day, and having ...

28. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

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George Bass

... the church of God). It is this gospel of God's love, power, and mercy in Jesus Christ that Paul had preached to the Corinthian congregation when he had visited Corinth a few years earlier. He reminds them of this to correct the theological deficiencies and spiritual "back-sliding" that had occurred in their community. In the process, he reminds his readers in every age about the nature and content of the good news in Jesus Christ. The Lutheran lectionary begins with Paul's famous assertion, "If in this ...

29. Bartolome’ de Las Casas Protector Of The Indians

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Thomas A. Renquist

... Spaniards possessed of Encomiendas are the greatest enemies of these apostolic clergymen, who are engaged in the evangelization of the Indians. They fear that if their bondsmen are taught to know the difference between virtue and vice, they will also learn how deficient is the former and how abundant is the latter in their masters. The Indians, they think, hate us now, but they will look upon us as devils incarnate if they learn the Christian religion.” Reader 1: Las Casas asked and received permission ...

30. Affecting Eternity

Romans 12:1-8

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Richard F. Bansemer

... to do something about our youth and their poor singing." Then she said, "Here's some money, go find them a director." It didn't matter to ______________ that directors aren't that easy to find. It didn't matter that the youth hadn't recognized their own deficiency. She didn't expect them to know what they needed; to know what she knew. She wanted to make sure that music became a part of their life, and that singing and music flourished in this church. We began a youth choir, and we're struggling along with ...

31. Step Six - Willingness

Jn 5:2-9a · Heb 4:14-16 · Is 1:12-20

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John A. Terry

... so beautifully in the back.' " This story is a rejection of blaming the conditions of the world for my problems. It reminds me of a cartoon I saw where the foreman of the jury stood and said the defendant is not at fault. He is a victim of social deficiency. The jury is guilty and ready to serve time. This story is a rejection of smothering pity. "Oh, you poor dear. Thirty-eight years and no one said, 'You go first.' or 'Take my hand I'll help you get in.' That is terrible. People are so thoughtless and ...

32. An Encounter With Two Old Friends

Luke 18:9-14

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... ." And here comes the publican’s petition: "God, be merciful to me, a sinner!" As he stood a solitary figure in the presence of his God, the glory was beyond him. Only mercy was within his reach. He, too, admitted who he was, but his credentials were deficient. He took refuge in the Holy Name, the God who comes to us with his credentials, love for the loveless, mercy for the merciless, pardon for iniquity. Justified "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other." Why is that ...

33. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

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... ? Will you listen if I try to preach about your sin, God’s judgment, and your need of repentance, as well as about the love, mercy, and grace of God? Is it safe for me to address your prejudices, challenge your greed, question your values, or point to deficiencies in your behavior? What if I try to bring my understanding of the Word of God to bear on problems and issues in our community, nation, and world? Are you prepared to accept the fact that the Gospel is social as well as personal? Can you bear the ...

34. A Crippling Spirit

Luke 13:10-17

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Brett Blair

... was a woman who was a hunchback. We do not know her name; we do not know her family background. We know that she has had this condition for eighteen years. The implication is that she had not been born with it. Perhaps it was a calcium deficiency, a spinal injury, or genetic, or some extreme case of osteoporosis. We don’t know. We are simply told that a spirit has crippled her. Jesus called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” We are told that she suddenly stood erect ...

35. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... call of God. He said, "I am only a youth" and "I do not know how to speak." That is not an excuse, God says. I will send you where you are to go and I will give you the words to speak. God makes up for our inadequacies and deficiencies. 3. Touched (v. 9). Yahweh touched the lips of Jeremiah and put his words in Jeremiah's mouth. It was a touch of cleansing, power, and grace. A true prophet is one who speaks not for him/herself but for God. This gives him/her a message of truth and ...

36. Remember Toward the Future John M. Cobb

Exodus 12:1-30

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... be an inner desiring - for what exactly he does not know. People today are searching for something, but they don’t know exactly what for. I’ve heard that a person can also see something like that in animals, in livestock. For example, when there is a deficiency in a trace mineral, such as phosphorus for the bones,7 or magnesium, or, in our area, selenium, then that animal can have a lot of feed, the nicest looking hay and this and that, but still, there is something lacking. And he gets restless, and I ...

37. No Weedless Garden

Matthew 13:24-30

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Richard L. Thulin

... revisions ought to be made. The field, he discovered, was not a place of totally unadulterated growth, beauty and nourishment. Along with the growth there were some indications of decay and spoilage. Ugliness appeared in the middle of the beauty. Signs of deficiency and of impairment accompanied those of nourishment. The Church of his experience did not fully coincide with the Church of his dreams. "I could have saved that young man a lot of trouble," my grandfather probably would have said. "I could have ...

38. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, John 1:29-34, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7

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CSS

... at Corinth, which has some misconceptions, even delusions of grandeur, about itself as the church, Paul reminds the Corinthian Christians that they are part of a larger fellowship than the one they enjoy in Corinth; their ecclesiology was flawed and their polity was deficient. But Paul also reminds them of the grace they have received in Jesus Christ, of the fine and faithful preachers and teachers they have had, of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which will strengthen their faith and give them hope as they ...

39. The Lacking Christian?

Matthew 14:13-21

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Dennis Kastens

... greatest agony, fighting every force of hell and winning salvation for all people, he takes time to provide for blood relatives (Mary, his natural mother, John 19:26-27), surely he will provide for us who have been redeemed by his blood (1 Peter 1:18-19). Indeed, shortages and deficiencies come to the Christian, but unlike other persons, the believer turns to Christ for a rich supply and there are more than fragments to spare! Amen.

40. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

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Herchel H. Sheets

I don’t know how much arithmetic Simon Peter knew. But if he did not understand the answer Jesus gave to his question about how many times a person should forgive one who has wronged him, it was not because he was deficient in mathematics, but because he was short on love. In asking the question, Peter must have known that he was speaking for a lot of other people. Injuries of one kind or another are inflicted upon every person at times, and it is not unusual for one to experience injury ...

41. The Waters of Your Baptism

Colossians 2:6-23

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Bill Bouknight

... underneath the water, they were lost souls. Every Sunday afternoon down at the Chattahoochie River, he re-baptized ten or fifteen folks. Everything was going well until he met a Methodist lady named Raynelle Roberts. He persuaded her that baptism by sprinkling was deficient. He scheduled her for underwater baptism the following Sunday afternoon. But Raynelle's desire for re-baptism was exceeded only by her fear of water. She happened to have a son who had been in the Navy. He had brought home one of ...

42. Is Someone Knocking?

Luke 2:1-7

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Bill Bouknight

... "inasmuch as you did it unto the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you did it unto me." Some years ago an elementary school teacher was preparing her students for the annual Christmas play. In her class was a boy named Bob whose mental abilities were deficient. He was a slow- learner just barely able to function in a public school setting. Bob wanted to be in the play, but the teacher knew he was not capable of remembering lines. But Bob wanted so much to be included and the other students begged ...

43. The Master at Prayer

Luke 22:39-46

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Bill Bouknight

... be your enemy." We can say all that and more and God will not punch us out. He is big enough to take it and keep on loving us. A young man went to his pastor one day to talk about his prayer life which was sort of dry and deficient. The pastor asked him to tell a little about himself. His third or fourth sentence began this way: My dad died when I was 10." The pastor stopped him and said, "Tell me about that. What was it like to lose a father at that age?" The young man leaned ...

44. Glorious Surprises

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Bill Bouknight

... will run down. But if we activate the Holy Spirit's resources that are available to us, it's like plugging that transistor radio into the electrical socket. It has power to burn. The two most common reasons that Christians are Spirit- deficient are these: unconfessed sin and self-sufficiency. Unconfessed sin acts like dirt within your spiritual carburetor. Self-sufficiency is a form of human pride. We believe that we have the power and wisdom within ourselves to live effectively. Therefore, we turn to ...

45. Christmas Is Coming

Luke 2:21-40

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James Bjorge

... Simeon, nor the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks that night, nor the wisemen. The shepherds were filled with fear, that is, they were stunned with astonishment. The whole affair was fantastic. Our world is inundated with facts, information and entertainment, yet deficient in wonder. We have an unceasing parade of novelties but rapidly things seem to go stale. And if we lose wonder and amazement in our religious faith, it, too, shall go stale, flat and wearisome. Maybe Christmas is the time to have ...

46. The Hardest Thing That God Could Ask

Genesis 22:1-19

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Bill Bouknight

... with educated parents, they had lots of advantages. They played Little League baseball, went to summer camps, owned computers, and attended one of the best schools in the nation. There were no signs of abuse or dysfunctional parents. (3) So far, only one area of deficiency has emerged. There seems to have been no spiritual training. Eric and Dylan seem to have been reared as though they had no spiritual component. When that vital space of one’s life is empty, the Evil One is happy to fill that space. In ...

47. An Easter Dividend: The Courage To Be and To Do

Acts 4:1-22

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Donald Macleod

... . Once in a sermon in New York, the Reverend Charles E. Jefferson of the Broadway Tabernacle said: The world is inexpressibly rich in courage. And at the same time the world is inexpressibly poor in courage. We are richly supplied with military courage, but we are deficient in civic courage. We can fight victoriously in the armor of Caesar, but we are awkward and often important in the armor of God. The whole world is waiting for the development of a higher form of courage.1 I do not suppose there has ever ...

48. Stewards of Life, Death, and Beyond

Matthew 6:19-24

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... and very bad and full of life and death stories. Edwin Meese, our Attorney General, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse their ruling on abortion, the famous Roe vs. Wade decision. It has also been revealed that Rock Hudson died from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS. With this sermon, we complete our series on "Caretakers of Creation." We’ve seen thus far that for God to put us "in charge" of the whole creation is a very large responsibility and privilege. We saw that we must conserve and ...

49. Sharing with Our Brothers

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

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Ewart E. Turner

... it as "malnutritional dwarfism." They are mentally dwarfed as well as physically. This has a direct bearing on peace. It is an infection in society which leads to political radicalism, revolution, and crime. In Mexico, a study reveals that protein deficiency resulting from malnutrition reduces the I.Q. of children by 13 points. This is one direct cause of the present instability in world society. Modern communications bring something to poverty populations unknown a few years ago: namely, the startling ...

50. A Prayer for the Faithful

John 17:6-19

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George Bass

... precious little sacrificing being done. Maybe our problem is that we don’t understand what it is that Christ calls upon all of us to do where we are. Maybe we lack the conviction and/or the motivation to witness for the Lord today. Perhaps our perception is deficient and we are unable to comprehend how the Word speaks to the life of today’s world, or if we see how we ought to witness to others in the name of Christ, perhaps we are afraid to do so. Perhaps those who dare to speak up and articulate ...

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