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851. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

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Erskine White

... As there are many physical ailments which can afflict us, there are that many more spiritual ailments which likewise need healing if we are to live in the fullness of health and grace. "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" I am a slave to lusts and passions of the flesh which keep my mind from thinking of You, my eyes from seeing You, my feet from running to You and my hands from touching You, which keep my spirit from resting in You. Daily I sink deeper under the relentless weight of my degrading habits ...

852. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Erskine White

... and ambitions must sometimes be abandoned altogether and left as unfinished monuments to what might have been. Then we have to start afresh and not be defeated, for this is the art of living. There was a teenage boy growing up in Decatur, Illinois, who had a passionate interest in photography; in fact, he wanted to make it his life's career. So, he saved up his nickles and dimes, until finally he had enough money to send away for a mail order book on how to get started in photography. But the mail order ...

853. Who Do You say He Is?

Mark 8:27-30

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Erskine White

... right in the eye: "But who do you say I am? Never mind what others say. You who have been with Me all these months, do you know what you are seeing? Do you know who you are walking with? Who do you say I am?" Only Peter - headstrong, passionate Peter, who is always willing to jump in with both feet even before he knows how deep the water is - only Peter responds: "You are the Christ." Make no mistake about it: by saying to Jesus, "You are the Christ," Peter has jumped into waters that run very deep ...

854. Good Soldiers, Bad Wars

Joshua 11:1-23, Matthew 8:5-13

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Erskine White

... for business because] people are buying better flags, more expensive flags." We've got it all wrong in this country. We hate the good and love what is evil. We hate the good soldier by treating him shabbily and we glory in the profits and passions of war. Remember the centurion and all good soldiers today. And remember how, even in its most violent episodes, the Bible does not bless our vision of war. God's Word requires repentance and a national leap of faith, because it says that righteousness must be ...

855. Wedding: The Love which Makes a Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... a relationship. Thus, when the chips are down and our relationship is strained, emotional love is found wanting. In fact, it is probably the emotional part of us which first entertains the thought of ending our marriage when the going gets rough. So it isn't passion which goes together with marriage like a horse and carriage, and emotional infatuation isn't a many splendored thing, and romantic love is not the answer. What then? What value is love in a marriage if it has no adhesive power to hold a couple ...

856. Wedding: Grounds for Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... evidence that brides and grooms have not yet experienced the depths of love because they are still overwhelmed by infatuation. True love is more than being emotionally, mentally, and physically involved with a person; it is incredibly more profound than passion. That is why a relationship which does not grow beyond physical attraction, never becomes rooted and grounded in love, and eventually crumbles. Countless marriages have failed simply because the persons never fell in love. I shouldn't say "fell in ...

857. Fall On Your Knees

John 12:12-19, Philippians 2:10

Children's Sermon

... 't, your mom and dad might have when they were your age. Some churches have kneeling benches in them. (If your church has one, talk about when you use it.) People sometimes kneel when they say prayers in church. It helps them to think about Jesus. Today is called Passion Sunday. It's a special day when we remember how special Jesus is and all the things he did and taught us. One day Jesus rode into town on a donkey and the people all threw their coats down just like Jesus was their ruler. Some of them even ...

858. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Psalm 96:1-13, Psalm 36:1-12

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George Bass

... indeed manifest himself in Jesus' teachings, his miracles of mercy and might, and in his final glorification in the cross/tomb event. It is fitting, on this Second Sunday after the Epiphany, that Jesus should do a miracle, changing water into wine, presaging his passion, death, and resurrection. It might well have been used with more effect on the same Sunday in Cycle A. The Prayer Of The Day The collect for this Sunday in The Book Of Common Prayer articulates the "light" theme in the Gospel of St. John ...

859. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

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George Bass

... God's hands. Psalm 71 might well be called "a psalm of the elderly," and it might be used in all sorts of devotional situations. It appears to have been appointed here because it reflects the actions of Jeremiah, when he got into trouble, and it also points to Jesus' passion, when he has only God to support and deliver him from death at the hands of his enemies. Psalm Prayer "Lord God of the living, do not desert us in old age, but help us to follow your will in both good and bad times, so that forever we ...

860. 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

... in love and do works of love in the world as they await the second coming of Christ. Luke 21:25-31 (E); 21:25-26 (L, C); 21:25-28, 34-36 (RC) Time was running out on Jesus during that period that we call Holy Week; his passion and death were imminent. But he had just witnessed a beautiful act of sacrificial love, when the widowed woman put her two copper coins into the temple treasury. Prompted by comments made by people (his disciples?), who seemed to have missed what Jesus saw and were impressed by the ...

861. Lent 3

1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Exodus 3:1-22, Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 103:1-22, Luke 13:1-9

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George Bass

... praise and glorify you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever." The psalm prayer for Psalm 126 focuses on the cross/exodus event of Christianity and the message of this day: "Lord Jesus, our life and our resurrection, the tears you sowed in the sorrow of your Passion brought the earth to flower on Easter morning. Renew the wonders of your power in the church, so that after the sorrows of our exile, we may come home to you in gladness and praise you now and forever." THE READINGS Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 ...

862. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:1-11

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George Bass

... thanking God for the prophets of old and, specifically, for the part that John the Baptist played out in the drama of Jesus' incarnation and ministry here on the earth. Psalm prayer "Lord Jesus, our life and our resurrection, the tears you sowed in the sorrow of your Passion brought the earth to flower on Easter morning. Renew the wonders of your power in the church, so that, after the sorrow of our exile, we may come home to you in gladness and praise you now and forever." THE READINGS Baruch 5:1-9 (RC, E ...

863. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 63:1-11, Zechariah 12:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

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George Bass

... with the Gospel of the Day. Verse 10 has long been associated with the crucifixion of the Lord, "when they look on him whom they have pierced ...," and his subsequent death and burial. It has been considered to be a prophecy of Christ's passion, although just what the original intention of Zechariah was is unclear. There are scholars who argue that this reading has an eschatological dimension to it - in the longer readings - and that it keeps the church aware of its hope, and going in the right direction ...

864. Proper 10

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 25:1-22, Luke 10:25-37

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George Bass

... old covenant, or a Christian, who has sinned and needs to have the new covenant in Christ, and in Baptism, renewed. It could be the word of either of the two sons in Jesus' parable. Psalm 69:13, 16, 29-30, 32-33, 35-36 (RC) - A song of the passion that is considered to be second only to Psalm 22 is Psalm 69. Clearly, it could be put - parts of it, at least - in the mouths of many of the martyrs, who might have said: "Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head ...

865. Proper 15

Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Psalm 82:1-8, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 23:9-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13

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George Bass

... water there. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian, plays an important role as deliverer, because he tells the king about Jeremiah's situation, and Zedekiah orders his release. There is a bridge here to the New Testament and the fate of John the Baptist, as well as the passion of Jesus Christ, both of whom - like Jeremiah - got into trouble for preaching God's word boldly. (The details of the rescue, in which the Ethiopian, Ebed-melech, tells Jeremiah to put the rags and old clothes under his arms, and to put the ropes ...

866. How Does One Prepare For The Unknown?

Matthew 25:1-13

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George Johnson

... rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men and women are created equal." King's speech from the steps of the capitol in Washington, D.C. will always be remembered. It was a new voice, a passionate voice. He went to jail for preaching his message of love and equality. Finally, we killed him. Many in the church wondered about this black man who caused such a stir. As a young pastor, I took our young people to hear him speak to 15,000 youth in ...

867. Two R-Rated Stories

John 7:45--8:11

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John M. Braaten

... ’ll lead the parade." Sometimes a cause "out there" can be used as an excuse to keep from getting involved in ministry that needs to be carried out "right here." I like what Madeleine L’Engle says about this matter: "I watch in horror as a great liberal, passionately interested in the cause of - shall we say - the leper, very carefully avoids speaking to the leper in his path, in order to get on with the cause. And it occurs to me that Jesus couldn’t have cared less about the cause of the leper or the ...

868. God's Love Is Deep

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Alan R. Lindberg

... with our congregation, one that has deepened over these years. As we came to know and love and _________ all the more, the more they selflessly gave of themselves. They both gave to the causes and concerns that they felt were important. had a passion for wanting to have contemporary worship at Trinity, and was eager to give her opinions and be the mover of some great experiences. She spent many hours in Bible study - questioning and pondering the meaning of life and of her Lord, She experienced a ...

869. Marked At The Table

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George Bass

... of the other gospel writers and the Apostle Paul; he gives no report of the institution of the Lord’s supper, the Eucharist or thanksgiving, as we call it again today. Instead, John tells us about this strange incident that signals the beginning of Jesus’ passion and death the next day; he gets up from the meal, removes his outer clothing, takes a towel, and proceeds to wash the disciples’ feet. He took a towelThat night before the Passover was to begin,Stripped off his clothing, filled a basin with ...

870. Living Beyond Unhappily Ever After

Genesis 21:8-21

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... white horse toward the house. "He has come back for me!" she sobs, "Thank God, he has come back for me," she sighs, pulling up the hems of her big dress and running onto the winding road to meet her shining hero. Their eyes meet in a halo of passion as he dismounts, embraces her in his arms, and salutes her with a long, searing kiss as the camera fades to black. The End. This story, as with so many Hollywood movies, ends happily ever after. Her lost love has come back for her. Her greatest dreams have come ...

871. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

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Donald Macleod

... childhood; it brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness." The issue here was not that the desire of greatness could be sinful in the eyes of God, but concerned something more basic - ambition. This was the underlying and ruling passion with this coterie of disciples. Ambition, however, can be neutral. It is good or bad depending upon what a person is ambitious for and why. Being ambitious for greatness for one's own or for greatness' sake can be destructive of the best within ...

872. The Interview

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Larry Goodpaster

... in that fragmented world out there. Discouragement is reaching epidemic proportions. And people are trying to heal themselves with make-shift, quick fix ‘highs’ which only destroy them in the long run. As surely as Jesus restored spirits, lifted hearts, and renewed a passion for life itself, so go to heal those persons with whom you share this place.” Now the director turned and looked her in the eyes, and with the pain of love, added: “there is also the matter of cleansing that which infects the ...

873. Give Me A Break!

Matthew 11:25-30

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Larry Goodpaster

... lifts his eyes toward heaven, to God who is the source of his life, his authority, and his well-being. Jesus knows that he draws his strength from this spiritual fountain of life and from the grace that is extended to give courage and power and passion for living. “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants (Matthew 11:25, NRSV).” After having one of those days, Jesus finds it in himself to offer ...

874. Every Person’s Great Possessions

Mark 10:17-31

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Thomas Peterson

... upon us infinite worth. No matter how hard we try, we cannot do this for ourselves. In the moment of encounter and our turning loose, Jesus redeems all in us that is of genuine worth, founding it upon a rock not of our own making but of his love and passion to save. Turning from self we become set in the center of God’s working love for his Creation. From this time, by grace, we become a part of God’s saving purpose.

875. Where Does That Leave Us?

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

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Thomas Peterson

... , “Is it the time yet?” Intense diligence goes into collating Scripture with wars and natural calamities to determine whether, at last, the Day of the Lord is at hand. Much attention is given to prophecy as it pertains to Armageddon. Jesus, despite the passions excited by such questions,clearly states, “...no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” This, however, has never stopped the single-minded efforts of some churches to predict the exact time of the Day of ...

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