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626. Redefining “Blessed”

Luke 1:39-45 (46-55)

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... .” Someone who is blessed is someone who is somehow made more God-like. But there is something even more telling. The original word for “blessed” is also used to describe that which used to be upright and straight, but by some event or events has become bent. To be blessed means to experience something that makes us more God-like, by bending us, by reshaping us into the person God intends us to be. It is another of God’s great surprises. We come to Christmas thinking that God blesses us by bringing ...

627. Courage to Break

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... will be the greatest “shortcut” you ever could take! The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step ...

628. You Can Talk the Game, but Can You Play the Game?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... to make us the music. In this age, when self-gratification is more our game than self control, when few of us have anything more significant to do with ourselves than ourselves, we stand I awe of a fellow human being whose every waking moment has been bent toward the production of a smooth three point shot. Our awe is well taken. I'm sorry if some of you thought that the Christian life comes naturally, that you get discipleship just by breathing the air and drinking the water and being lucky enough to be ...

629. Why Pass By?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... edge of the road. He is bleeding and moaning, barely able to move. Several Roman soldiers come down the road and, after conferring with each other, they stop and go to the man to see if they can help him. One of the soldiers knelt down and bent over the wounded man, then turned him onto his back to assess the extent of his wounds. The wounded man’s eyes suddenly opened and he pulled a dagger out of his cloak and stabbed the soldier to death. Immediately, armed men leapt from behind the surrounding rocks ...

630. No Excuse

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... energy studying the game and getting in condition that they spent thinking of excuses, we could have won the Super Bowl.” Excuses: A Biblical Perspective In this day’s gospel lesson, Luke related the story of Jesus healing a woman who had been bent over for eighteen years by something like scoliosis or osteoporosis. It was the sabbath and Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, when the woman entered. Scholars tell us that, since only men would have been sitting at the table doing Bible study with Jesus ...

631. God Is Like...a Parent

Hosea 11:1-4 · Luke 15:1-32

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... again to some of the phrases. When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son…. It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms…. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them (from Hosea 11:1-4). Here God speaks as a loving parent. Notice that God could be either a mother or a father in this passage. There is no way to tell which. But the point I want to make is that this is ...

632. God Is Like...Fire

Malachi 3:1-4 · Luke 3:1-6, 9,16-17

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

633. A Revolution in Seven Verses

Luke 13:10-17

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Mickey Anders

Walter Wink, in his book Engaging the Powers, suggests that Jesus' action represented a revolution happening in seven short verses. In this short story, Jesus tries to wake people up to the kind of life God wants for them. He often talks about the Kingdom of God where people have equal worth and all of life has dignity. But in the latter part of his ministry, he begins to act this out. In the midst of a highly patriarchal culture Jesus breaks at least six strict cultural rules: 1. Jesus speaks to the woman ...

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