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676. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... is of utmost importance. Isaiah also reminds of the time to come: “My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” Later we will hear Jesus call to those who need “rest,” as he IS the Sabbath gateway –the advocate and mediator for our relationship with God. Psalm 92 is known as the Sabbath Song and is a great praise song to God revering God’s creative power and majesty. God’s creativity is the impetus for the Sabbath. Psalm 92 also emphasizes the ...

677. Bittersweet

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... What do others see in you? Ever ask yourself that in the mirror? “What do others see in me?” The real mirror question is “Can they see Christ in me?” One of the people I admire much is Fred Rogers, a Presbyterian minister and an early advocate of children’s public television. Fred Rogers spent his life making children feel special and wonderful. People who knew Fred said one thing about Fred: he was the same person on and off camera. One thing that you may not know –every time he went on camera ...

678. Lost

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the son comes home clearly repentant and willing to serve, his father instead calls friends and neighbors to celebrate with a grand feast. For his son was lost. And now is found. Not only is Jesus redefining sin as “lost-ness.” But he is advocating for the joy of “found-ness.” The son, the coin, the sheep –all are celebrated upon coming home, just as God celebrates every single lost sheep of Israel who have been scattered by the means of unethical shepherds, and have now been sought and brought ...

679. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... says the psalmist (Psalm 19:1-3). Just as God’s “self” created the heavens and the earth and called it good, all things living and not living in heaven and on earth are renewed and redeemed by the Son, Jesus, and continued and maintained by the coming Advocate, the Holy Spirit. And you are His witnesses. You too with your life and your experience of Jesus are a witness to the glory and resurrection truth of the Lord of Life. When you allow Jesus into your life, you become part of the great cloud of ...

680. Vetted

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a series of portals and tests, as some have done before us. Jesus has been vetted for all of us. All we need to do is follow Jesus. All we need to do is trust Him enough to believe in who He says He is. Because HE is our heavenly advocate. HE has the power to get us through the doors of the heavenly gates. Our passcode to the kingdom is the name of Jesus. Our proof is Jesus engraved upon our hearts. Jesus is the doorkeeper to the kingdom of heaven. And we all have been given access through Him ...

681. Apples, Onions, and Cheese

Mark 7:1-23, Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a gentile woman’s daughter. This is one of the most interesting “teaching moments” in that Jesus knows his disciples will default to the usual jargon of the Pharisees’ teaching, and he plays them….. When they respond to his “devil’s advocate” comments about the woman, he turns the tables on them, showing them that it is her heart that counts, not her heritage! The primary metaphor of course is “defiled.” What makes something or someone defiled? What makes a heart defiled? Jesus says ...

682. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... out God’s plan to overcome doubt and sin, sickness and peril –even the throes of death, to be an ever living and ever lasting witness to God’s strength and sovereign glory! That’s good news!! Jesus is sent to equip God’s people with an advocate –the Holy Spirit, so that all people for all time can walk with God in His eternal garden of peace and comfort, food and water, healing and love, abundance and grace! That’s good news!! Jesus is the promised one, God’s Holy Bridegroom, come to collect ...

683. The Raising of Paul

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... can this door be opened before them, and they may enter in. What a beautiful metaphor for proclamation! And in this, Jesus “raises” up a church! Because where two or more are gathered, there Jesus will be….in His resurrection form…..in the form of the advocate the Holy Spirit, guiding people in the Way, in the Truth, and toward the Life in Him. This story like many of the Acts of the Apostles and in Paul’s Letters witnessed shows us the danger in proclaiming Jesus among people and in places where ...

684. Over the River and Through the Woods

Luke 2:1-7, Psalm 121:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

“Over the River and Through the Wood” is mostly associated with Christmas. But it was originally a Thanksgiving poem written in 1844 by one of the strongest abolitionist advocates and women’s rights supporters of the 19th century, Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880). Her grandparents' house made famous in this song was restored by Tufts University in 1976 and stands near the Mystic River on South Street, in Medford, Massachusetts. Lydia Maria Child also supported native American rights, opposed ...

685. Scroll Bread and Honey

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... s diet was a heavenly feast! Locusts in John and Jesus’ time were the “totally versatile food”! In fact, if you go online, you can find all kinds of delicacies made with the delicious meat of the locust. Now, before you start gagging, I’m not advocating trying the locust diet. But as a metaphor, locusts were natural delicacies. Like honey, they weren’t man made or cooked up human style. They were eaten from the land, and often dipped in honey to sweeten them. They were better even than the staple ...

686. Holy House

Eph 2:11-22, Rev 3:1-22, Heb 9:1-28, Jn 14:15-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , no matter where they went. No matter where they roamed, God’s holy house, God’s presence, God’s tabernacle of protection, nourishment, and presence, went with them every step of the way. Jesus tells us the same! In the power of the Holy Spirit, our advocate, Jesus remains with us always –no matter where we are, no matter what we’re doing, no matter how far we travel, no matter what country we live in, Jesus tabernacles with us in every moment of every day. He nourishes us, quenches us, feeds us ...

687. The Overtaxed Soul (Even Me)

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... invites even you? Jesus is committed even to you. Enough to invite you into His holy kingdom and give you a seat at the free-of-charge Table of Life. For always. Forever. Will you share that gift with others? Will you spread the love around and advocate to Him for those others, so they too can receive that gift? Today, as we celebrate Holy Communion, I ask you to come forward and receive the elements. And when you hear the words, “Jesus invites YOU to His table,” I invite you to respond with, “Even ...

Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and making a home.

Dennis Prager

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes... But once war is forced upon us, there is no other alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end.

Douglas MacArthur

Ernest Hemingway

What after all has maintained the human race on this old globe, despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not the faith in new possibilities and the courage to advocate them?

Jane Adams

The best theology would need no advocates; it would prove itself.

Karl Barth

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Ronald Reagan

I have never advocated war, except as a means of peace.

Ulysses S. Grant

695. No Pay Raise

Humor Illustration

Citations

A worker asked for a pay raise and got this note back from his supervisor: "Because of the fluctuation predisposition of your position's productive capacity as juxtaposed to standard norms, it would be momentarily injudicious to advocate your requested increment." The puzzled worker went to the supervisor and said, "If this is about my pay raise, I don't get it." "That's right," said the supervisor.

696. The Art of Critique

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... one’s disapproval if one feels slighted or hurt. But it’s vitally important to learn the genuine “art” of critique, which fosters instead of destroys relationships, which nurtures healing and change rather than exacerbating sorrow and pain. Psychology Today’s article advocates that in order to critique well, we need to 1)do it without any hidden personal agendas 2) be calm and stable and able to receive as well as give critique on the issue and 3) be social intelligent (choose our moments ...

697. Jesus’ Recipe for a Kingdom Style Feast

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... worked its way through all of the dough. His advice? Just keep on teaching under the radar, teach the truth, and be patient. Yeast is a stealthy ingredient. And Jesus’ advice for changing the world is to teach truth quietly and consistently. He doesn’t advocate for a harsh, violent, uprising. But for offering a gentle, poignant, appealing taste of what God’s kingdom is like, and what God’s intent in the scriptures truly is. People know “truth” when they taste it. It just takes time for a good ...

698. "Cathedra"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Ron Love

... compliance or severing the colonies’ relationship with the England. On Thursday, March 23, 1775, having sat quietly long enough, Patrick Henry stood where he was seated. Speaking without notes, and in a voice that increasing became louder and more empathic, he advocated raising a militia and declaring independence from the King of England. The climax of the speech was the closing line that has become a hallmark of American patriotism when Henry declared, “Forbid it, almighty God! I know not what course ...

699. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... , it was dishonoring to God because it was to God they owed their ultimate allegiance. If Jesus wanted to make himself popular with the Jewish people, he had only to say it was against God’s law to pay taxes to Caesar. However, if he advocated publicly against paying taxes to Caesar, he would certainly get in hot water with the Roman authorities. We understand that lots of people despise paying taxes—even today in this country. Here in the U.S., plenty of people have tried to escape paying taxes. Every ...

700. God Sees You

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and utter all kinds of evil against you false only on my account. ……Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven….for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Blessings purvey a gracious, humble, and gratitude filled way of life advocated by the Jewish faith. To live a blessed life is to find a way to feel God’s face shining upon you even in darkest times. To be blessed is to remember that God is the source of all goodness and grace, and that God has His eye ...

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