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851. Allotment for Zebulun

Joshua 19:10-16

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... Iphtah El, presumably to complete the circle as it ends back at the ravine of Jokneam. As such, the tribe’s inheritance seems to be landlocked, bordering Manasseh in the south, Asher in the west and northwest, Naphtali in the east and northeast, and possibly Issachar in the southeast. Of the twelve towns that belong to Zebulun, only five are cited by name. (Note that Bethlehem in 19:15 is not the Bethlehem in Judah but a border town close to Asher, in the west.)

852. Jesus Walks With Us

Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

George Reed

[Read Luke 24:13-35] The story from the gospel of Luke is a familiar one which we often refer to as the Walk to Emmaus. Two of Jesus’ disciples who are not part of the twelve are going from Jerusalem back to their homes in Emmaus. They are heartbroken for Jesus has been crucified. The one they counted on had been lost and they were in grief and despair. Someone came along beside them as they were walking and inquired why they were so sad. The ...

853. I Am the Path

Jn 6:56-69; Mk 12:35-40

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Brett Blair

... . I am the path." I think that it is here that Peter has one of his more honest and real moments. His guard was down because so many people were leaving Jesus. They were leaving because, quite frankly, things were getting a little too difficult. So, Jesus asks the twelve, are you going to leave me as well? "Lord, to whom shall we go?" Peter replied, "You have the words of eternal life. You are the Holy One of God." Peter speaks for us all. Because in this world there is not path. Peter, you are right. He ...

854. Proper 9

Mark 6:7-13

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

Gospel Note The commissioning of the Twelve underscores the continuity between what their mission is to be and what Jesus' has been: they are to preach, exorcise, heal and withal suffer rejection. Remarkable here is the eschatological urgency implied in Jesus' instructions to "travel light," which makes for quite a contrast with today's Christian mission, both ...

855. A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight

Luke 18:35-43

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... messianic status as he begs him for help. The implication is that the blind man is one of his disciples since he puts his faith in Jesus and follows him on the road to the cross (Jerusalem). Is the blind man’s recovery of sight contrasted with the failure of the Twelve to see (cf. 18:34)?

856. Growing Up Fast

Luke 2:41-52

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Sid Burgess

... . Jesus, fully human, is growing up as all mortals must. In the process, Jesus has scared his parents half to death as all teen-agers do. Jesus is asking questions, as should we all, and he is listening to learn, as all we must. And in this story, we see the twelve-year old Jesus fully divine with everyone amazed at his understanding and his answers. We hear Jesus declaring his unique relationship with God the Father as only the Son can do.

857. Even the Great Believers Doubt

John 20:19-23

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Mickey Anders

... fortress is our God," and we suppose he never questioned his faith, but he once wrote, "For more than a week, Christ was wholly lost. I was shaken by desperation and blasphemy against God." In today's Scripture passage we find that kind of faith-struggle even among one of the twelve disciples, Thomas. Here's a man who seems to me to be a disciple for a time like this because we live in an age that questions everything. Perhaps we can learn something from Thomas about how to handle our questions and doubts.

858. Travel Light and Keep Moving

Mark 6:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

Jesus' mandate to his disciples is to travel lightly and keep moving. Nowhere do we see him sitting down with the twelve and a map, or a snakebite kit, or a store of provisions, or a feasibility study, or a specific set of "goals,""strategies" and "objectives." Jesus gives the disciples (at times as confused and uncomprehending a lot as ever there has been) only what they need most: a mission and ...

859. Making A List, Checking It Twice

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship Round up the witnesses. Peter. The twelve. Five hundred brothers and sisters at one time. James, his brother. All the apostles. Paul the Apostle. If that's good enough for you, then join us in our call to praise! Hallelujah, Jesus is risen! Collect One: How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in ...

860. The “Christianity and” Syndrome

John 14:23-29

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Gregory T. Riether

... for us must be Christianity and Marxism, or Christianity and Capitalism, or Christianity and Social Action, or Christianity and Gun Control, or Christianity and the Republican Platform or the Democrat platform, or Christianity and the Pro-life Movement or Christianity and the Twelve Step program or Christianity and Homosexual Rights movement [add a current movement to the list here], or anything else you might want to insert there. And the fact is, that as soon as you add an "And" to Christianity you have ...

861. It's Spring Training Time

Luke 10:1-20

Children's Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... we choose to do in life, whether it is playing ball, playing the piano, singing, dancing, or whatever, always involves a time of training, study, and practice. Jesus knew this was important for his disciples as well. He called many people to follow him. There were the twelve disciples and also another group of seventy, as we will read about from the Bible today. Jesus trained all of these people in what it meant to follow him and love and serve God. Now, you see, this is what we do here in our church ...

862. A 12 DAY RUNNING START

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G. William Genszler

The twelve days of Christmas could prove to be a practice session for learning the art of CHRISTMAS LIVING. Keep the pear tree and the partridge and start giving love and understanding and forgiveness and peace to one another. Give, not grudgingly, but with the joyful abandonment of a child at PLAY. ...

863. Traveling Light

Mark 6:8

Children's Sermon

... when you go on a journey the problem is you try to take too much along. Sometimes when we go on vacation we pack so many things we end up just laughing at ourselves. It almost looks like we're taking the whole house along. Jesus sent his friends, the twelve disciples, out on a journey once. He told them not to take anything along with them except for a walking stick. Why do you suppose he told them that? (Talk about it.) I think he told them that because he wanted them to trust God to give them what ...

864. Psalm 17

Psalm 17:1-15

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

In five of the twelve direct commands/entreaties in this psalm (cf. 17:1, 6), David asks God to hear his prayers. In the remaining seven (cf. 17:7–8, 13–14), he desires God’s protection and support. In the three indirect commands, David seeks God’s favorable assessment regarding his attitudes and actions ( ...

865. Please Come Back

Humor Illustration

King Duncan

It had been snowing for hours when an announcement came over the intercom: “Will the students who are parked on University Drive please move their cars so that we may begin plowing.” Twenty minutes later there was another announcement: “Will the twelve hundred students who went to move 26 cars return to class.”

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Igor Stravinsky

867. Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy

Matthew 18:1-9

Eulogy

John M. Braaten

Except We Become Like Children Preached at the funeral of a twelve-year-old boy who died of a congenital heart defect. With the knowledge of death stalking him, he endured many open heart surgeries but at each turn his faith was a powerful witness to all around him. As his mother said, "Spiritually he was eighty years old." We have gathered as members of the Body of Christ, and as a community of friends, to share the heartache, the faith, and the hope of the S_ family. The pain of grief is always heavy; so ...

868. Saved Twelve Times

Matthew 3:13-17

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William B. Kincaid, III

Garrison Keillor tells the story of Larry the Sad Boy. Larry the Sad Boy was saved twelve times, which is an all-time record in the Lutheran Church. In the Lutheran Church there is no altar call, no organist playing "Just As I Am," and no minister with shiny hair manipulating the congregation. These are Lutherans, and they repent the same way that they sin discreetly and tastefully. Keillor writes, "Granted, we're born in original sin and are worthless and vile, but twelve conversions is too many. God didn ...

869. TWELVE IMPORTANT MEN

Revelation 21:14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A calendar with each month written on a different page. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you remember the names of Jesus’ apostles? [Let them answer.] Those are not always easy names to remember. Some of them we know a lot better than others, like Peter and John and James. But some of them are hard to remember because we don’t hear them very often. How many of you have ever heard the name Bartholomew or Thadaeus? Not many of you. A man called John wrote a book about a vision he had of God’ ...

870. Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage

Eph 4:20

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Ann Landers

Twelve Rules for a Happy Marriage: Never both be angry at once. Never yell at each other unless the house is on fire. Remember that it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking. Yield to the wishes of the other as an exercise in self-discipline, if you can't think of a better reason. If you have a choice between making yourself or your mate look good choose your mate. If you feel you must criticize, do so lovingly. Never bring up a mistake of the ...

871. With Jesus No Mission Is Impossible

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

I heard about a young preacher who was going to preach his very first sermon, and he was going to preach from the text that I will be preaching on this morning. As he introduced it he said, "I want to talk to you about how Jesus fed five men with five thousand loaves of bread and two thousand fish." Well, there was a man in the church that loved to intimidate preachers and he jumped up and said, "Great day, that's no miracle, I could do that!" This young preacher was just shattered and couldn't even preach ...

872. Man Proposes; God Disposes

Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

Sermon

Ron Lavin

In one way, this is a strange text for a sermon. It gives us an interesting group of facts about the early church, but at first glance, it seems to have little or no relevance for today. A good sermon must not only be true, but must answer the question, "What difference does it make?" What difference does it make that Matthias was chosen to replace Judas so that the apostles would still number twelve? As far as we know, once chosen, Matthias was never heard from again. At least we have no historical record ...

873. They Grow Up Fast

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Mark Trotter

I selected this lovely hymn this morning, "Once in Royal David's City," because of its reference to the childhood of Jesus. It is one of the few places where you will find any reference to the fact that he grew up the way we have to. The third verse reads, "Jesus is our childhood's pattern; day by day, like us he grew." The hymn was part of a fascinating project, one of a series of hymns written by Cecil Alexander, back in 1848, to teach children the meaning of the Apostles' Creed. "Once in Royal David's ...

874. Your Faith Has Made You Well

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

“How excellent is your lovingkindness, O Lord! Therefore the children of humankind put their trust under the shadow of your wings.” (Psalm 36:7) Prop: blindfold “Do you trust me?” [Choose a volunteer to come up to the front. Blindfold that person, and then proceed to direct them down the aisle and to a location somewhere in the room or sanctuary. You could also allow someone from the congregation to guide him or her.] How hard was that? Was it a bit scary? But you had to trust in the person guiding you. If ...

875. Finding the Sermon

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

John B. Jamison

We are going to do things a little differently today. Instead of me just preaching you a sermon, we are going to see if we can find the sermon that is hidden inside today’s passage of scripture. I think there are a lot of different messages in this story about the young boy Jesus, and maybe we can sort through them and find the one that speaks to us best today. The story tells us one of the few things we know about Jesus as a young boy. He and his family had gone to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover, ...

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