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801. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Zechariah 14:1-21, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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George Bass

... to live and please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more" that prepares people for the parousia of the Lord. Christians are to grow in love and do works of love in the world as they await the second coming of Christ. Luke 21 ... at hand, although we know the tragic consequences that may occur if we don't take radical action to save the world. So, pray, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come, quickly!" - right now so that we may live in faith, hope, love and obedience, doing those things which he has commanded us ...

802. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Acts 13:13-52, Numbers 27:12-23, Revelation 7:9-17

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George Bass

... These are the ones in white robes - the newly baptized - who have been "washed in the blood of the Lamb." They cry out, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb." The angels, too, were there, and they joined in the worship of the Lord, picking up the "new song" that was sung in last Sunday's reading; "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen." John 10:22-30 (E, L, C); 10:27-30 (RC) The first part of ...

803. Proper 26

Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10

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George Bass

... actions. That's what repentance really is - a complete about turn in one's life. Zaccheus was not simply a sinner; he was a repentant sinner, and that was okay with Jesus. "Today," Jesus said, "Salvation has come to your house." So it is with all of us when the Lord, the eternally living word of God, comes to us and exposes us to ourselves. The gospel convicts us of our sins, but it also frees us from them and enables us to live a new life in Jesus Christ. And that makes God quite happy. Wisdom 11:22--12:1 ...

804. Take Up Your Cross

Luke 8:1-15

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Robert V. Dodd

... , I begin to sink. (Matthew 14:22-33) And in those times my only way of escape is to cry out as Peter did, "Lord, save me! Lord, save me!" And as I stretch forth my hand, I always discover anew the glorious fact that Christ is also reaching out for me ... we make our way into the world with God's wondrously Good News, may we travel with an awareness that we never walk alone. The Lord of Life has promised to be with us. Perhaps this is why Christ is only a second-hand rumor for some people. Because they have ...

805. Joy Comes With The Morning

Psalm 30:1-12

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Robert G. McCreight

... as ourselves. We have not done justice, loved kindness, or walked humbly with you, our God. Create in us a clean heart, O Lord, and renew a right spirit within us. Restore to us the joy of your salvation and sustain us forever with your bountiful ... grief And trust your gracious hand. Within this house we lift our hearts, Our lives we promise now. This sacrifice of thanks and praise, Here Lord receive our vow. As you have fed us in this place, Now lead us past these doors. That all may learn to seek your face ...

806. EPISODE 2: THE SECOND WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... you can do something for sick people. JESUS: What did you hear? WOMAN: That you can make them better. JESUS: That may be. WOMAN: My husband needs some help. JESUS: What’s wrong with him? WOMAN: He’s paralyzed from a stroke. THOMAS: He can’t move at all, Lord. WOMAN: He can’t even talk. He can’t do anything. I’ve got to feed him like a baby. JESUS: Do you believe that I can help him? WOMAN: Yes ... yes ... we believe it, mister. We have to believe it. There isn’t much hope anyplace else. JESUS ...

807. BECAUSE HE LOVES ME

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Gary C. Bratz

... one God, to whom we give honor and glory now and forever. Amen. THE OFFERING I. THE PROMISE THE SONG: "Come, Jesus, Holy Child, to Me" Come, Jesus, holy Child, to me; Close tight my heart to all but Thee; And with Thy Holy Spirit’s grace Make me, dear Lord, Thy dwelling place. And leave me not, Thou welcome guest - A promise in Thy Word expressed. With Thee alone will always be All joy and blessedness for me. With joy and love I wait for Thee To come with Thy good gifts to me. Stay close to me all through ...

808. Making Sense of the Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

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Donald B. Strobe

... In the Bible, UP is used metaphorically to refer to closeness to God. UP denotes majesty, glory, dominion, and power. “I saw the Lord high and lifted up,” said the prophet Isaiah when he experienced God’s presence in the Temple (see Isaiah 6). Such metaphorical ... sorts of practical ramifications. It tells us what we should do when we come face to face with any earthly power that tries to lord it over us. It tells us how to handle difficult decisions. Do we really dare to put Jesus’ way of love to work ...

809. The Trance Of Non-renewal

Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 24:36-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... will be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left. Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." Life is transitory -- even arbitrary. There's no knowing when death is going to come. In the same fashion, there is no knowing ... you not ask me for help long before this? -- I've been here all the time." And she knew it was the voice of the Lord. She had spent the rest of the night pacing the floor and praying to God all the while holding the Christmas card and the picture of ...

810. No Barriers, No Distinction

Acts 10:34-43

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Frank Ramirez

... church that knows no national boundaries, no denomination, no distinctions. We come to you equal in our need and equal in your eyes. Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen. Prayer Of Confession (Unison) We know the message you sent, Lord, to the people of Israel. True peace comes through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all. We confess the lordship of Christ when we ask for forgiveness, acknowledging your power and authority over all of our lives. Bless us. Bind us together. Forgive us. Amen. (based on Acts 10:36) Hymns ...

811. This Is a Test

Genesis 22:1-14

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Mark Trotter

... all things come from God. Can we live in the faith that the God upon whom we depend is in fact trustworthy? That's the test. That is the ultimate test for any one of us. Are you able to let go of everything in the trust that the Lord will deliver on the promise? That is the meaning of the sacrifice of Isaac. Do you trust God, who gives the gift in the first place, can give it again? Martin Luther rediscovered this radical, biblical understanding of faith, and coined the phrase, "We are saved by our trusting ...

812. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... is, as a dark and gloomy day of judgment for the people of God rather than the nations. Amos 5:18 provides an early example of this reversal. Here the prophet presents a judgment oracle by stating: "Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light." Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 is a prophetic oracle in the tradition of Amos, where the prophet uses a strong tradition of salvation to declare judgment on the people of God for not living out God's will. Simply put ...

813. America in the Mirror

2 Kings 17:5-23

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James Merritt

... to worship the stars. Now God had warned them in Deut. 4:19, "And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage." There is only one star worthy of our worship, and that is the Bright and Morning Star, whose name is Jesus. But these people had begun to worship the stars. Today, one in four Americans ...

814. The Truth about Trouble

2 Timothy 4:16-18

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James Merritt

... over again, is that a business partner can leave you, a spouse can walk out on you, a child can run away from you, but Jesus will never leave you. I was reading about a children's Sunday School teacher who was trying to explain Hebrews 13:5 where the Lord says, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." He said, "Can anybody in the class tell me what that means?" A little boy raised his hand and he said, "I know what it means teacher." The teacher said, "What?" He said, "That means when there is only one of ...

815. How to Keep Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs (Fruit of the Spirit: Peace)

Galatians 5:22

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James Merritt

... us, the deeper you drive us, and the deeper you drive us, the more peaceful it becomes." Notice carefully that this is the peace of God. The Lord Jesus said in Jn. 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to ... of God is peace from God. You will never have peace from God until you have peace with God, and that peace is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ. If you want the peace of God upon you, you must have the God of peace within you. In the middle of a great ...

816. The Client

Zechariah 3:1-7

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James Merritt

... the devil. Martin Luther said, "Well, when he comes knocking at the door of my heart and asks, "Who lives here?' the dear Lord Jesus goes to the door and says, ‘Martin Luther used to live here, but he's moved out; now I live here.' When the ... robe." You know what these robes were; they were the robes of righteousness. The Bible says in Is. 61:10, "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of ...

817. Fish and Sheep

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

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Donald Charles Lacy

... being who was ever born. In a small, but certainly similar way, we pastors know this holy routine. It is not secular questions and answers, like being interviewed or evaluated for a job in a bank. Some of us in years and even decades still hear our blessed Lord addressing us as a reminder. For the shepherd of the lambs and sheep to fail his/her boss is to set in motion more hurt than any of us can adequately imagine. It is sometimes scary, but necessarily so. Perhaps the hardest thing to understand is that ...

818. A Chance To Sing

Matthew 9:32-34

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... and undo the memories that are holding us back. And through the forgiveness he offers he can create in us new hearts that can Sing The Lord's Song. D. HAVEN'T FOUND OUR VOICE: Some us don't sing because we haven't Found Our Voice. We have no clue what God ... old man read: "Thank you for a beautiful performance." It was signed very simply: "Your King." You and I are called to Sing The Lord's Song to the best of our ability in all circumstances because we never know who will be in the audience. Besides, we know ...

819. Where do You Live?

Romans 14:1-12

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... do you live in? Judgment House or Grace and Mercy House? You and I have been challenged to deviate from the world, to be abnormal. We've received a prescription for holiness and we've put on Christ. And now we are called and challenged to live to the Lord. But we can't do it by ourselves and we sure can't do it in Judgment House. We can only do it in Grace and Mercy House. How clean are your windows? Where Do You Live? 1. Bryan Belknap, Group's Blockbuster Movie Illustrations (Group Publishing, Loveland, CO ...

820. Can These Bones Live Again?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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King Duncan

... I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” So Ezekiel prophesied as he was commanded. And as he was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. [rhythmically] The toe bone connected to the foot bone/ The foot bone connected to the leg bone/ The leg bone connected to ...

821. Body

2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... 58; Rom. 13:11–14; 14:10). 5:6 Cf. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, “ ‘Being at Home in the Body We are in Exile from the Lord’ 2 Cor. 5:6b),” RB 93 (1986), pp. 214–21. By stating that he knows he is at home in the body, Paul may also be ... here in order to move in elsewhere, leaving the body behind to gain heaven and see Christ. Here below, Christians are in exile ‘apart from the Lord.’ They live as exiles (ekdēmeō) so long as they dwell in this body, which is likened to a tent (skēnos—2 Cor. 5: ...

822. Eastern Tribes Return Home

Joshua 22:1-34

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J. Gordon Harris

... Verse 5 reports Joshua’s challenge to the Gadite and Reubenite tribes and the message of Deuteronomy 22:5 and 6:5. The key phrases remind the people to be very careful to keep the commandment and the law given by Moses the servant of the LORD. They are to love the LORD their God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all their heart and . . . soul. Every generation of believers needs to hear the message of the covenant with the eastern tribes (v. 5). The ...

823. Deborah

Judges 4:1-24

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Cheryl A. Brown

... : If you go with me, I will go; but if you don’t go with me, I won’t go (v. 8). Granted, an army with nine hundred iron chariots would be a formidable foe, but not every commander goes to war with a prior assurance of success from the Lord of the universe. Considering Barak’s response, it is amazing that the author of the book of Hebrews places Barak in his trophy cases of heroes of the faith. But Barak is not the only one in history who has chosen to focus upon the flesh and blood that he ...

824. Clean Garments for the High Priest

Zechariah 3:1-10

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Pamela J. Scalise

... messianic hopes had not been fulfilled in Zerubbabel. In this verse God answers the question posed in Psalm 89:49, “O Lord, where is your former great love, / which in your faithfulness you swore to David?” As the people wait in hope, they ... at his right hand.” In this last case, the subject of the verb stn is on the side of justice. Similarly, the angel/messenger of the Lord “stood in the road to oppose (stn)” Balaam (Num. 22:22, 32). The satan in Job 1–2 is also a member of the heavenly court ...

825. Judgment on Israel's Enemies

Zechariah 9:1-8

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Pamela J. Scalise

... divine action, seeing and fearing, may result in trembling incapacity (Isa. 41:5) or in trust (Ps. 40:3). Gaza, a name related to the word ʿoz, or “strength,” will writhe in agony, like a person approaching death (Ps. 55:4) or like peoples facing the day of the Lord’s judgment (Isa. 13:8; Jer. 51:29; Joel 2:6). In Isaiah 23:5 it is Egypt that writhes upon hearing the report of Tyre’s fall. Ekron, at the center of the chiasm in this verse, will also writhe, for her hope will wither. The loss of the ...

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