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51. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

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William E. Keeney

... of three Sundays dealing with the parables of the kingdom from Matthew 13. Context of the Lectionary The First Lesson. (Genesis 29:15-28) The story of Jacob continues from last week. He is now working for Laban. The trickster who tricked his brother out of his inheritance is in turn tricked into marrying Leah instead of Rachel. He had to work another seven years before he finally was granted Rachel as his wife. The Second Lesson. (Romans 8:26-39) The first half of this reading gives assurance of support by ...

52. Proper 27

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Luke 20:27-40

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John R. Brokhoff

... . The pericope closes with Paul's expression of his confidence that God will strengthen them and that they will obey what he commanded them. Gospel: Luke 20:27-38 In heaven there is no marriage, but there is a resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees give Jesus a trick question. It was based on the Levirate law (Deuteronomy 25:5) that if a woman's husband dies and leaves no children, the next of kin must marry her and have children to guarantee the progeny. The irony of the question is in the fact that the ...

53. Proper 11

Romans 8:18-27, Isaiah 44:6-23, Genesis 28:10-22, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

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Russell F. Anderson

... it likely they would attack at that time. He went home to be with his wife on her birthday. Without the successful element of surprise, the battle and the war might have turned out quite differently. We too must know our Enemy, his strategies, his tricks and subterfuge. Sermon Title: Live And Let Die. Sermon Angle: When the servants asked their master what to do about the weeds, he told them to let them grow until harvest time, when the weeds would be gathered in bundles and burned, but the wheat would ...

54. Clear Channel Voice

Proverbs 1:20-33

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Timothy J. Smith

... easier?" "No," came the reply. "What you see in this room, what you want to take home with you, is spirituality, and if there is one thing that all alcoholics discover, it is that there are no shortcuts to spirituality, no techniques that can command it, and especially no 'tricks.' That's what we tried to find in the bottle, in booze, in alcohol. It did not work. What we have learned is that the only technique is what we call 'a four letter word.' It is spelled T-I-M-E." Amid the numerous voices calling for ...

55. I Am Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

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Dr. Raymond Bailey

... close the door on me. You don't want my gift? You don't think of me as a friend? You don't want to have anything to do with me? I can't say that I blame you. You have every right to feel that way. What's the trick? No trick. See -- nothing up my sleeve. I've come to offer an apology. No! No! -- Now hear me out. You are right; something more is due you than an apology -- That's why I brought the dates, the goat milk, and the bread. Oh, you misunderstand. No, I realize that ...

56. Living The Alternatives

Luke 17:1-10

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W. Robert McClelland

... a secure retirement, Jesus levels the block-buster, "It will be more difficult for you to make it into the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to get through a needle's eye (cf. Matthew 19:24)!" It was not a halo around his head nor a bag of tricks under his toga that caused such commotion among the authorities. It was the way he looked at life. "There's nothing settled about it!" he insisted. "We don't have to grant as final the present situation." Jesus is the Son of God and our Savior because he gives us ...

57. And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Matthew 6:13a

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... lost. Woe is me when I give in to the tempter. That is in fun but the real tempter is not so funny. When we pray to God to keep us from temptation we are praying that God will protect us from the devil. The devil is always trying to trick us into thinking that what is wrong is all right this time. The devil can make the worst thing in the world look good, so good that we can hardly resist it. That is the way he works. When we pray to God for His help we are asking Him ...

58. The Glorious Company

Luke 6:17-26

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Theodore F. Schneider

... whose candles will not even last the evening. While there are some October Scrooges who bemoan the knocks at the door, there are many more who pile up the fruits and candies, turn on the lights and wait by the door for the little ones and their anything-but-frightening, "Trick or Treat!" We chuckle as we listen for the familiar voice from behind the mask, and we drop an apple in the extended bag. Except for a few roaming older teens and perhaps a few soaped windows at their hands, no one worries about the ...

59. Wine Into Water

John 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... 't think so? Pour the bleach into the glass with grape juice. It will turn clear. What do you think about that? (response) Application: Now don't ask me to turn it back into grape juice. I can't do that because what I did was a trick. But, Jesus didn't have to use tricks. He simply touched the water and it turned into wine. You know how he was able to do that? (response) It's because he was God. And God can do anything. Let's Pray: Jesus, we know you can make miracles happen. You can take the ...

60. Life on the Roller Coaster

Matthew 16:21-28

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Johnny Dean

... don’t include me in that number. I don’t like roller coasters. I discovered at an early age, after only one ride on one of those contraptions – the "Zippin’ Pippin at the old Memphis Fairgrounds - that I am not a roller coaster person. My stomach does doggie tricks on a roller coaster. It sits up and begs ("Please get me off this thing!"); it rolls over (and over and over); it jumps as high as it can possibly jump (all the way up to my throat). No, I’m definitely NOT a roller coaster person. I ...

61. Quantum Leap

Acts 13:13-52

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Carl Jech

... God's favor, but of responding to God's unmerited favor. We are not discouraged by God's high moral demands because we know that God does not intend them to discourage us! We know that God wants us to learn the "trick" of combining great effort with an ability to relax, the "trick" of combining a sense of urgency with a sense of humor. It wasn't only the people in Jesus' day who resisted climbing out of their ruts. How open are we to new insights? Jesus never asked or expected his fellow Jews totally ...

62. Ordinary 32

Lk 20:27-38 · Zech 7:1-10 · 2 Thess 2:13--3:5 · 1 Chron 29:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... . The pericope closes with Paul's expression of his confidence that God will strengthen them and that they will obey what he commanded them. Luke 20:27-38 In heaven there is no marriage, but there is a resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees give Jesus a trick question. It was based on the Levirate law (Deuteronomy 25:5) that if a woman's husband dies and leaves no children, the next of kin must marry her and have children to guarantee the progeny. The irony of the question is in the fact that the Sadducees ...

63. The Shortest Distance Is Not A Straight Line

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Harold Warlick

... birthed first by a few seconds, is supposed to get the blessing and wealth of Isaac. But Jacob, the younger twin, tricks old blind Isaac and snatches his brother's rightful life. Where is God when the formula is broken? Right there. Right ... an ultimate reconciliation of the twins. Then Jacob is confronted with an ambiguous situation. He works seven years to marry Rachel and is tricked into marrying Leah, the older sister of Rachel. The formula, if there was one, is broken to pieces. Jacob finally gets on ...

64. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EPIPHANY

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Tom Eberle

... none of you is at home with yourself. Something has gone wrong with creation and you are all suffering its illness. You are divided, lonely, insecure, sometimes not even loved. One: What are you going to do about it? Voice: That star overhead thinks it is playing a trick on you, but even mischievous stars have their place. I have decided to become one of you. And I have selected you three avid star-chasers to be the first to receive the good news. Three: Now that you are one of us, what are you going to ...

65. Jesus ... Who?

Matthew 16:13-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... not only saved a life but he won a soul that day. We can be proud of one like that! When Jesus’ enemies came to trick him with their insoluable questions, he answered in such a way that we can be proud of him. They brought him the tricky matter of ... off his hat, and saying, "Howdy God, I am here." Then he would begin to preach to an empty barn. Some pranksters plotted to pull a trick on him. They hid in the barn, and when he said, "Howdy God, I am here", with a deep voice they answered, "Howdy, Jim, I am ...

66. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... . HEROD: You presumptuous ... JESUS: I am who I am, Herod, and you simply are not dealing with that. I must do what I must do, the Father’s will, and there is no point in my answering questions that are contrived only to trick me. HEROD: I’m not trying to trick you. JESUS: It is not for amusement that people call you the fox. HEROD: [Delighted that people fear his craftiness, he shows his hand inadvertently] Yes, I daresay that I am a clever man, one of the best kings you’ve had. [Suddenly realizing ...

67. Go Away, Devil!

Matthew 4:1-11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... wilderness and the Devil tempted him. It was an awful experience for Jesus. He was tired and hungry from not eating anything and the Devil kept coming after Jesus and promising him all sorts of things if he would just forget about God and follow him. Jesus refused to be tricked by the Devil and did not give up. Over and over again the Devil would say to Jesus that he would give land and fame and food to him if Jesus would fall down and worship him. It would have been easy to do. When we are tempted to stay ...

68. Was Jesus a Magician?

John 16:17-33

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... after death. Not only is Jesus going to live after he dies, but he promises us that all of us are going to live with him. It is a wonderful promise and for real. Magic is just pretend. There is a trick to it. But the kind of thing that Jesus is talking about is for real and there is no trick to it. He used no wands or handkerchiefs but the power of his Father to make new life. None of us will ever disappear but instead we shall come back to life and a life more real than the one ...

69. The Devil's Optical Illustion

2 Crinthians 4:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... different ends. The same piece will be closed and you will not be able to see what you have seen before. We call this an optical illusion. The same thing happens to people because of the devil and his tricks. The teachings of God are like a beautiful light and they shine on all of us all of the time. But when we let the devil work with us instead of God we cannot see the light. We ... is here and the next moment it can be gone. We must always be alert to the love of God and stay away for the Devil’s tricks.

70. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... thought of that. SETH (Returning to the cards) Let’s just play the game. Okay? JAREL (Taking the cards from him) Wait a minute. I can smell a swindle - and I’d like to be in on it from the beginning. No more tricks, please. SETH Tricks? JAREL Marked decks, phony merchandise, invisible partners, rigged prices. I’ve been around. SETH There’s no swindle, honest to God. I was merely making conversation. JAREL Starting with my devotional life? SETH Some people ask about the weather. I asked about your ...

71. Crossing the Great Divide

Matthew 27:11-26

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Michael J. Anton

... his hands dirty - or rather bloody. But Pilate took a further step. He thought he could just skip over the valley altogether with one small leap of washing his hands before the roaring crowd. But crossing the great divide is not a matter of physical skill or mechanical tricks, nor can we dream our conscience across. There is only one route - to go through the valley. The valley is the harder way, the darker way. At times it is the valley of the shadow of death. It is also the way of the cross. It is the ...

72. Paul of Tarsus

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

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Michael L. Sherer

... through, you’re saying. PROTAGONIST: No, love is powerful. It simply doesn’t come on with clenched fists. ANTAGONIST: Sounds confusing. PROTAGONIST: Well, it is at first. Until you get the hang of it. The trick is, seeing - with the eyes of faith - what will result when you use suffering love - before you even use it. The trick is knowing what Paul knew - that what looks weak is really strong. If you know that cross-shaped love is the strongest power on earth, it won’t be scary trusting yourself to it ...

73. Blind Man's Bluff

Acts 9:1-19a

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... out murderous threats against the followers of Jesus, now in Damascus in a spiritual safe house? Is this a bluff? Could this be a trick? Could this be a game concocted by the enemies of Jesus to lure us into a trap? How could a man who was feared ... to use him for kingdom building. That he is on a street called Straight is not a bluff. It is not a rumor. It is not a trick or a trap. He is really in a place where Christ has his crooked ways straight in order to help rather than persecute the followers of the ...

74. His Teachings

Luke 20:27-40

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Brett Blair

... . Let’s give him enough rope and he may just hang himself. Thus, each group would in turn ask him a question, not because they thought that they could learn from him; they did not think that Jesus could teach them anything. But they wished to trick him. They were hoping for that one slip of the tongue. Each group would ask him a question that would be dear to their cause: I The first question asked on Tuesday was from the Herodian. Since these were people who were politically and governmentally oriented ...

75. The Political Controversies Of Jesus

Luke 20:27-47

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Brett Blair

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