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Romans 8:18-27

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Second Lesson: Romans 8:18-25 Theme: The great expectation Call to Worship Pastor: We sometimes feel that life gives us more than our share of problems. People: There are always others who are worse off than we are; but we still tend to feel sorry for ourselves. Pastor: The suffering of this world is quite insignificant compared to the glory we look forward to with Christ. People: We anxiously await God's wonderful revelation when he calls us into eternity! Collect Almighty and most wonderful Father, who ...

777. Proper 13

Romans 8:31-39

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Second Lesson: Romans 8:31-39 Theme: Christ makes us victorious Call to Worship Pastor: God's love is a permanent gift which can never be taken from us. People: Jesus has made that love forever ours through his death on the cross. Pastor: There are still strong powers of evil in our world; but they cannot separate us from God's love. People: We are certain that God gives us victory over all these powers, keeping us in his love through Christ Jesus our Lord! Collect Almighty God, whose love in Christ can ...

778. Proper 14

Romans 9:1-5

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Second Lesson: Romans 9:1-5 Theme: A concern for Jews to accept Jesus Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus was born a Jew in the flesh, but many Jews did not receive him as Savior. People: The are still God's children, and are therefore to be included in God's plan of salvation. Pastor: We share Paul's concern for them, and cannot exclude them from God's love; nor can we cease to pray for their salvation. People: We pray that all descendants of Abraham may accept the love of God in Jesus Christ. Collect O loving ...

779. Proper 15

Romans 11:13-16, 29-32

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Second Lesson: Romans 11:13-16, 29-32 Theme: God's mercy for the disobedient Call to Worship Pastor: God has made his love available to all people in hopes they will accept salvation. People: We are all guilty of disobedience, and deserve to be rejected by God; yet he shows mercy instead. Pastor: When God offers his love, he does not change his mind and retract it. People: We have seen God's mercy in his love for us. We bless him for our salvation! Collect Merciful Father, who is unwilling to call back ...

780. Proper 16

Romans 11:33-36

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Second Lesson: Romans 11:33-36 Theme: A doxology to God Call to Worship Pastor: How wonderful is our God! His glory exceeds the greatest praise of our lips! People: We bless the Lord our God with heart, mind, and soul; and still we feel we have hardly begun to praise his name! Pastor: We have reached deep into space, and yet have only scratched the surface of his creative works! People: All praise and honor be to God. To him be the glory forever! Collect Almighty and most merciful God: You have shared the ...

781. Proper 17

Romans 12:1-13

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Second Lesson: Romans 12:1-13 Theme: Be a living sacrifice to God Call to Worship Pastor: God has made salvation possible through his Son, Jesus, our Lord and Savior. People: Because of God's love in Christ, we owe God the best lives that we can live. Pastor: We should live as persons transformed by God's love, instead of being conformed to the ways of the world. People: May our true worship of God be our daily lives, lived to his honor and glory. Collect Most gracious Father, whose wondrous love has ...

782. Proper 18

Romans 13:1-7

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Second Lesson: Romans 13:1-10 Theme: Let love be sincere Call to Worship Pastor: God's love is genuine and self-giving. He expects our love for one another to be just as real. People: We are brothers and sisters in Christ, and need to share our faith and love with each other. Pastor: Our love should also be just as real for those who abuse us; for they too, are God's children. People: May our lives become instruments of God whereby he can bring peace and joy to our world. Collect Eternal God, our heavenly ...

783. Proper 20

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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First Lesson: Exodus 32:1-14 Theme: God expresses mercy when we deserve wrath Call to Worship Pastor: Israel's sin of idolatry with the golden calf was a real test of God's mercy. People: We are amazed when we read of God's patience with Israel during their journey to the promised land. Pastor: His mercy with us is no less marvelous when we think of how we try his patience with our sinning. People: We thank God for his Son who intercedes on our behalf, bringing us mercy that is greater than our sins! ...

784. PROPER 20

Philippians 1:12-30

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... whom we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession We claim Jesus as our Savior, Father, because the good news of his salvation has been told to us. But we have listened more to our Lord's word of redemption than to his disciplines for living. Forgive us for our life styles that do not reflect the gospel of new life in Christ. Help us to live in accordance with the gospel, that we may be faithful in our witness. We pray in our Savior's name. Amen. Hymns "Lord, I Want to Be a Christian" "O Jesus, I Have Promised ...

785. A Desperate Question

Matthew 11:1-19

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George Bass

... kind of life than she had known before. Her decision meant renunciation of luxuries and the kind of temporal pleasures she had with Gary - the cause of her desperate search and questions - and the acceptance of a different, yet simpler and more satisfying, life-style with Desi.8 That kind of a desperate search, with its haunting questions about personal identity, which have given rise to all sorts of pop psychology, surely is very important, but is not the ultimate quest in life. It is the person of Jesus ...

786. Deliverance by a Dream

Matthew 2:13-18

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... respect one another. God wants us to promote peace all over the world, not simply talk about it or yearn for it. Christians are peacemakers by nature and by God’s design. We Christians need to be engaged in activities which will alter the life-styles of people in refugee camps, who desperately need relief and assistance. Someone has said Americans react generously when a physical crisis occurs, such as the recent famine in Ethiopia (and other parts of Africa, as well as the rest of the world), but we soon ...

787. The Importance of Forgiving Others

Matthew 5:17-20

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... that he could hardly be numbered among those who confess that Christ is Lord (he never affiliated himself with any denomination or communion), he spent much of his life painting scenes from the Passion of Jesus Christ. He did them in a style that is reminiscent of Gaugin - large, exaggerated, rather primitive types of people. Late in his career, he was accused of painting obscene scenes and, accordingly, was refused membership in The Royal Academy (of art). And his second wife, Priscilla, made it impossible ...

788. Daily Choice

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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... her singing that song. I even found out that she performed in a club in New York, and I began to make plans to get there to see her in person. I began to wonder ... was it she, or that song she sang, that captured my imagination? Was it her style, or the title of her song, that caught me up in the stream? As I neared my fortieth birthday I really began to believe that things were going to be a lot different after forty - better and better in every way. Sophie Tucker was right, I felt. She belonged right ...

789. Pilgrimage of Faith John M. Cobb

Exodus 3:1-22

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... in fact, there were several parties which set out at that time to emigrate from South Germany to Russia. The use of lengthy quotations and the device of reading the whole story (and adding comments) is there mostly for the sake of homiletic style. The emigration itself is well-known in the literature concerning Germans in Russia (Both Eisenach and Giesinger cite a variety of secondary sources); but to the average congregation in North America, even those with descendents of Russo-Germans (as is the case in ...

790. Remember Toward the Future John M. Cobb

Exodus 12:1-30

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... this day designated on some Canadian calendars simply as "Civic Holiday," although the Heritage Day theme seems to be quite strong in Alberta. 5. "im inneren Menschen," literally "in the inner man." 6. Volkslieder 7. The quote is for purposes of homiletic style. Actually, the statements are paraphrased and "a week ago" is only approximate. 8. Likely more than a trace, properly speaking. 9. Built, as I understand it, in the 1940s, it is a late example of the nineteenth-century Gothic revival, outstanding for ...

791. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

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Glenn L. Borreson

... these events as people you've never seen before, all claiming to be your relatives, while your spouse hunches over the picnic basket muttering, "Never would have married him if I'd been to one of these before the wedding." That is perhaps a Bombeck-style response which picks up on a certain truth to these gatherings: there are always some disappointments amidst the delights. It was actually today's gospel, which got me to thinking about family reunions (just to assure you I'm not merely "shootin' the breeze ...

792. The Power and the Glory

Matthew 20:20-28

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... was a man who had learned how to count. Number three: spend yourself without thought for a return. We all know people who will do favors for others, if there's a chance it will pay off down the road a way. That is not the Stephen Ministry or Christian style. Here one simply does what is needed: Spend an hour with a child who has no power to pay you back. Listen to an old story someone needs to tell far more than you need to hear. Send a card on an almost-forgotten anniversary, and do all this because ...

793. The Gift That Claims Our Response

Matthew 22:1-14

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... which calls forth some serious, well-considered responses from the recipients. Jesus’ parables of the wedding feast and the guest without a wedding garment call us to consider a similar kind of gift - one that claims our response, one that necessitates adjustment in our styles of life. The gift is the invitation of Christ to participate in the Kingdom of God; it’s the gracious offer of Jesus to seek and enjoy that condition of life wherein faith and hope and love are celebrated and practiced. Jesus said ...

794. The End is a New Beginning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... School of Theology, in San Antonio, Texas. There I was struck by the fact that one cannot walk anywhere on that lovely campus without coming in contact with the Stations of the Cross. There are two sets of them, done in two different styles. They remind students, priests, professors, and other Christians to remember Jesus’ death, in view of his life, his resurrection and ascension, every day of their existence. It might be well, since we all celebrate and worship on Sunday as the day of Resurrection ...

795. The Christian Life Set an Example

Titus 2:1-15

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... about us." Women: Father, may we set an example in the home and anywhere we go. May our homes and our lives reflect your peace. Men: Father, may we show integrity even in our place of work. May we show all we meet that your ways are never out of style. Youth: Father, may we set an example of your standard, not worrying about those who oppose us at school or anywhere we go. May our faces reflect your joy always.

796. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

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Brett Blair

... is not that the rich man went to hell and the poor man went to paradise. Neither is it a description of the after life. They say that the story stands as a warning to those who are still alive. Some have suggested that the parable should not be styled the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus; rather, it should be called parable of the Six Brothers. The one who died and landed in hell and the five surviving brothers who are like him living in selfish luxury, deaf to God's word, and unaware that life does ...

797. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... to mercy, humility, goodness, purity, and all of the other qualities expressed, it is not the Beatitudes that will be shattered. It is those of us who live contrary to their spirit who will be broken. The reasoning of this world begs us to live a style of life contrary to that of the Beatitudes. Our society teaches that blessedness comes by another route. The voices of our day say, "Blessed are those who are full. Blessed are those who are rich. Blessed are those who are successful. Blessed are those who ...

798. A House for God

Matthew 7:24-29

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Gary W. Houston

I remember as a small boy sitting in a small country church with seats in auditorium style that you flipped up when you got out. Outside the window, where I sat, some wasps were buzzing around in the sunshine. From time to time one would fly in, then back out the window. People were fanning themselves with fans donated by a local funeral home; they had pictures ...

799. Advent 2

Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12

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... . 2. The "mightier one" - Jesus the Messiah - has come, is coming constantly, and will come again at the end of the age. 3. No one is exempt from the call to repentance as a changed life that will "bear fruit" appropriate to a Christian life-style. Good works cannot provide people with the assurance of salvation; people are saved by God's grace and initiative in his redeeming action in Jesus Christ. 4. Repent, but rejoice, for Jesus, who baptizes with fire and the Holy Spirit, is with you now and forever ...

800. Proper 13 & Pentecost 11

Matthew 14:13-21, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13

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... . Is this miracle a sign that the bread of the Eucharist will never be exhausted until the feast is celebrated in heaven itself? This incident, coupled with the contemporary story - or stories like it, and conditions in the world, suggests a narrative sermon (Steimle-style), which would see the interweaving of a biblical story and our stories to allow the text to speak to people today. Isaiah 55:1-5 (L); 55:1-3 (R) - "The Divine Invitation." 1. God's invitation to a "free meal" - the heavenly banquet ...

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