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826. Proper 24

Lk 18:1-8 · 2 Tim 3:14--4:5 · Gen 32:22-30 · Ex 17:8-13 · Hab 1:1-3, 2:1-4

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John R. Brokhoff

... his ministry. Luke 18:1-8 The parable may have been included by Luke to take care of a problem existing in the early church - the delay of the Parousia. Will Christ return as he promised? Though they have been praying for his return, the event is long overdue. Many are losing faith in Jesus and his return. Like the widow, the Christians are praying continually. The point of the parable is: if an unjust judge who has no concern for God or man will respond to continual cries for justice, how much more will ...

827. Who are these Kings?

Isaiah 60:1-22

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... they are buried, are not really that important. What is important is that they left all to do homage to their king. They followed his star, not their own, and they let the light of God’s dawn break through their darkness. They had lived under a cloud for a long time. When the time was right, they walked from that cloud to the brilliance of God’s new dawn in their lives. About twenty-five years ago, I stood in the airport in Teheran at four a.m. I wanted to step out on the runway to see the sky ...

828. A Taste of God's Tomorrow

Matthew 14:13-21

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Glenn L. Borreson

... Jesus for another chance, you have come to the right place. But the people who broke bread with Jesus come to taste other truths at his table, too. They discover that the bread of mercy which they are fed is also the main course of command. That long ago day in Galilee, the disciples learned the command under protest. "Feed these hungry people," Jesus told them. "Take care of their needs; do not just send them away!" I suppose that word was a shock to them. The disciples had begun to realize the benefits of ...

829. So Soon We Forget!

Exodus 16:1-36

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... don't like the preacher: he/she is too old, too young, too skinny, too fat, too autocratic, too lax, too liberal, too conservative. The conference sent us the wrong one. We fuss about the church: the order of worship is not to our liking, the sermons are too long, the organ is too loud, the hymns are too unfamiliar, the choir sings off-key, the board members control everything, no one speaks to us, all they do is ask for money. It's just not like it used to be. And, of course, our grumbling spills over into ...

830. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

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... could demand, on the basis of his might, compared to our weakness, we submit to him. But God never coerces. He wants service only from those who offer it willingly to him, out of hearts filled with gratitude and appreciation at his mercy and kindness, that we long only to give more. The Commandments were never meant to be a list of stale prohibitions to squeeze the life juices out of us. They are not prescriptions and restrictions to bind us and make us miserable. They are not a set of limitations to bring ...

831. The End is a New Beginning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... give to the Israelites must have pleased Moses greatly. The whole broad expanse of it lay before him as he viewed it from Mount Nebo. How long he had to assess it and envision what the life of the people might be in this land "flowing with milk and honey" will never be ... Could it be that the sight of this land evoked memories of the Garden, which God had given to Adam and Eve so long ago, telling them to care for it and everything in it? Could Moses have thought about the responsibility of the people toward ...

832. The Beginning of a New Life

Ruth 2:1-23

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... cultivated. The fields seemed to be as large as many of those in the Central Plains of the United States. The difference is that all of the work was being done by hand, by manual labor. By the middle of the morning, some would be far down the long rows of the crops, working with simple tools and doing everything "the hard way." There were no machines in sight, no tractors, no cultivators, no combines waiting to be used in the harvest. It struck me, when I first saw how the Chinese work on these farms, that ...

833. Getting Off the Go-Round

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... usually cover only about a hundred miles. Toward the end of the trip, they were attempting to reach home in one long, hard drive. It was about midnight, and raining. The going was difficult, auto headlights dim, visibility poor. But presently the road ... they had somehow gotten off the public road and onto a race track, and had been driving round and round on it for a long, long time. Tired and eager to be home, with a couple of children who were weary and wet and hungry - and here they were going round ...

834. Who Is This?

Matthew 21:1-11

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... escape suffering himself. Yes, when he entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday he was heralded as a king. However, it would not be very long before he was betrayed, not only by Judas, but by all of the other disciples as they denied their allegiance to their Lord ... the lives of so many people both in and outside of our churches? We want to carry the name of Jesus as long as it is fun, as long as it is easy, as long as it is the popular and sensible thing to do. We will profess the name of Jesus when we need a healing ...

835. A Joyful New Beginning

John 20:1-9

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... , leading to resentment. The energy expended in working with the mentally or physically handicapped may seem to be of little value, for the work can be so terribly frustrating. But only God who is the Lord of time and history can really know what will happen in the long run to an investment in people. We may not be able to see any results, even any miraculous healings, in our own lifetime, but as we grow in age and maturity, we will come to know that many of those people we have known and loved have been ...

836. The Shortest Distance Is Not A Straight Line

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Harold Warlick

... truth like a man looking through a foggy windowpane. I just don't know everything." Well, he would not be on the air very long. People want a straight line. That's the shortest distance to God, is it not? What does it take to evoke a response from ... ounce? In the account of the healing of the centurion's servant, a huge amount of faith brings a healing. Jesus healed the servant long distance because " ... 'not even in Israel have I found such faith' (Matthew 8:10)." Here it would seem that the formula is one ...

837. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Leonard W. Mann

... was, but to bring what was forward that it may be an element, a factor, in the living present. All of us who have lived very long have some good memories and some which are not so good. Some may be even unpleasant or bitter; and if our life is to be ... be theirs. And in our world, so do we. And Jesus is saying the same thing to us that he was saying to those other disciples long ago: I want you to remember me. When you are struggling with temptation, he is saying, I want you to remember me, how I was "tempted ...

838. Advent 2

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

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... darkness of this world; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. The petition of the original collect points more to God's purpose for our lives, that is, to love and serve him as long as we live: "... so that by his coming we may be enabled to serve thee with pure minds...." The intent of both prayers is initially the same, asking God to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves - "to stir up our hearts ... to prepare (make ready ...

839. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10

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... King of glory?" "The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory." The one who was in the creation and to whom all people and all things belong, is about to enter the world through the king, his Son, to give God's blessing to his people. Long sought by his own, he comes at last to them, whose hands have been cleansed and whose hearts have been purified through repentance and repudiation of sin. With heads lifted high, the people of God ready themselves to receive him with joy as they celebrate the feast, his ...

840. Good Friday

Matthew 27:45-56

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... didn't seem to be there. The total despair that Jesus experienced had to be momentary, otherwise, he would have fought to live as long as he could. He died in the assurance that, as he had told the disciples from the words of the prophets, God would raise him ... from the dead. Together, his death and resurrection take the terror out of our deathtime, because our Lord will be with us as long as we live and see us through the darkest moment of our lives. We may dare to believe that God really is with us, in ...

841. Pentecost

Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-21

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... work of creation - resurrection - in the form of the church and the preparation of the faithful for their mission on earth. So the psalmist can declare: May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in all his works.... I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will praise God while I have my being. The Psalm Prayer (LBW) God of all light, life, and love, through the visible things of this world you raise our thoughts to things unseen, and you show us your power and your love. From your ...

842. Proper 7 & Pentecost 5

Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 91:1-16, Genesis 28:10-22

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... , I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven." Tradition has it that eleven of the twelve were faithful - ten as martyrs and one, John, as a "confessor," who faced persecution, was willing to die, but was spared a martyr's death and lived long enough to die from natural causes. SERMON SUGGESTIONS Matthew 10:26-33 - "Marching Orders." In less than two weeks, my wife and I will attend a high school class reunion; there is, usually, nothing special about that. This one is special, partly because half a ...

843. White, The color of purity, holiness

Luke 2:1-7

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... child that Jesus came and he tells us that we must come with child-like faith to understand his love and receive his blessing. And don’t we all become children again at Christmas? Aren’t we innocent and pure once more, looking forward and yet looking back to Christmases long ago - and to the first Christmas long, long ago? In the spirit of God’s love and the truth of Christmas, I’d like to close with the words of a simple Christmas poem, a special poem for this special day: In that little stable so ...

844. The One Who Made His Cross

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... letter. A letter from your brother, Matthew. Silas Read it to me while I finish this up. Anna (Anna sits down) "Dear Family. How are all of you at this special holiday time? I hope this letter finds you all in good health. I have not written you in a long time, although I have thought about you a great deal. Things here have been very, very busy, what with the stonecutting I am doing as well as the olive grove ..." Silas Matthew always was one to find work to do. Not a lazy bone in his body. I wish ... Anna ...

845. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

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... It’s good to be with you again on "Good Morning, Jerusalem!" - even on such short notice! First of all, these reports need to be looked at from the perspective of Jewish history. The Jews in Palestine have been trying to get rid of Caesar for a long time. They still think that, because they chased the Greeks out some 190 years ago, they can somehow do the same to the Romans. But, of course, it’s all a flight from reality. Unlike the time of Judas Maccabeus, the Jews today are hopelessly divided ... Some ...

846. The Yestermorrow Eclipse

John 10:1-21

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... , is ready to collapse. The more deadly eclipse is the more subtle one. It doesn’t broadcast its coming in any grand, celestial way. In fact, there’s really no need for it to broadcast at all because it’s already here and has been here for a long, long time. Christ tried to warn us about it in his description of the lilies of the field. He was asking us to give some thought to how much time lilies spend with concerns, details, and arrangements for tomorrow, the day after, and the month and year after ...

847. Train Whistle In The Night

Matthew 25:1-13

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... Gethsemane to pray in his place because he just didn’t feel up to it that night. Inner spiritual strength in each picture long since gone. Perhaps the most disturbing part of this message is the fact that it lands squarely in the midst of our new ... lose in our complete devotion to the new religion. Machines and gadgets give us a sense of power, and it’s very real power ... so long as the machine or gadget works. But all of us have come to know all too well our moment of helplessness with a huge machine ...

848. Shipwrecked on Malta

Acts 27:1-12, Acts 27:13-26, Acts 27:27-44

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... of Asia. The boat’s first call was at the port of Sidon, 100 miles up the coast from Caesarea, where it evidently docked long enough to take on some cargo. At Sidon, the centurion allowed Paul to leave the ship and visit with friends. From Sidon, southerly ... with a beach, an area now known as St. Paul’s Bay. Improvising a foresail, because the main mast and the big square sail had long since been lost, they made a run for the land. They didn’t make it. The ship struck a sandbar or shoal, where the prow ...

849. Welcome to the Training Table!

Matthew 22:1-14

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... it) "in foretaste for the feast to come." When we come to the Sacrament of the Altar, we are really participating "proleptically" - that is, in anticipation of the future which is yet to be but which, somehow, can be drawn back into the present as we wait longingly for it - in the great celebrative banquet God’s people will share when they are gathered into his family in the world to come. The parable in the text for today, about a great wedding banquet, could also be understood in that way. God calls all ...

850. Midnight Turned Into High Noon

Isaiah 42:10-17, Isaiah 42:18-25

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Barbara Brokhoff

... of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV) Most of us relate very well to the dark night of the soul. We have all been there, and we long for the light. It is no figment of the imagination that Christ’s cross has the power to change the darkness of our human condition to the brightness of noon day. The Condition of Difficulty The dark condition of some of you today is that you have so many problems ...

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