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901. The Day Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 · Jn 15:26-27; 16:4-15; 20:19-23 · Eze 37:1-14 · 1 Cor 12:4-13 · Ps 104

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Russell F. Anderson

... an act of faith, faith in the power of God and his Word. We too are called to speak to the spiritually dead and those without hope. Do we have faith in God's life-giving Word and the power of the Spirit? Re-creation. This account reminds us of the creation account ... them up; as far as they could see, there was nothing but desolation and dryness. God sent Ezekiel with a word of hope for the desperate wayfarers. The Lord would breathe new life into them and they would flourish once more in their land. Outline: ...

902. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

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Russell F. Anderson

... for our problems and misfortunes is wildly popular. Playing the blame game may be a way to cope with frustration but not a good way. He prayed for a power play. The prophet prays that God would rip the heavens apart and make his power felt on earth, giving hope to his own and instilling fear in his foes (64:1). How often we get impatient with God's apparent passivity. We wonder why he doesn't act more aggressively to punish evildoers and come to the aid of his people. When Jesus was born, God did break open ...

903. Epiphany 5

Job 7:1-7, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:29-39, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... of the universe (v. 26). God is eternal (v. 28). He gives strength to his weary people (v. 29). Sermon Title: On Eagle's Wings. Sermon Angle: God gives strength to the weak and the weary. God himself is the source of strength. All who place their hope in him will soar, as on eagle's wings. The Lord becomes their wind beneath their wings. Outline: 1. The lives of the captive Israelites had plummeted into hopelessness (v. 27). 2. God would raise up those who admitted their weakness and looked to the Lord for ...

904. The Pageant

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

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Jerry Eckert

... in Persia, in Egypt, and in Mesopotamia, to meet in Petra, 100 miles south of Jerusalem. It took them weeks to get there. They know the child is soon to be born, but they do not know exactly when or exactly where. They simply travel on in faith and hope. From Petra, they guess that the royalty in Jerusalem will know when and where. That's where they headed. And we do not hear of them again till later. Out in the hills, there are some shepherds. The hills of Israel on which grass grew were covered with sheep ...

905. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... same thing. They are trying to live faithfully and yet the powers of evil seem to grow stronger. Daniel's vision offers them a new perspective on their situation. It lets them see that there is a deeper dimension to reality than what meets the eye. By faith and hope, they can grasp it. It can only be described in visionary language. But it's no less real for that. Most of the great truths can only be described in figures of speech. The seer, in his vision, sees one like a Son of Adam, a human being, coming ...

906. In His Redeemer's Arms

Mark 10:13-16

Eulogy

Charles R. Turbin

... my sins, and yes, ____________ sins, too. The sacrifice that God required has been made on our behalf by his very Son. Jesus Christ was like us -- he was us -- and he died for us, in order that all of our sins might be forgiven. And they are. But our hope can't quit there. Good Friday without Easter is just another tragedy. No, ____________ faith was not only in the God of the cross, but also in the God of the resurrection, and it is his faith and ours, in that one and the same God, that even allow us ...

907. Know What Time It Is!

Luke 16:1-15

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W. Robert McClelland

... " with Christ of the Divine inheritance. The world is not changed, but we see it and ourselves in a new light; a kingdom light. A Zen story characterizes life as a Buddhist monk fleeing from a hungry tiger. The monk comes to the edge of a cliff cutting off any hope of escape from the pursuing tiger. Fortunately for the monk, a vine happens to be growing over the edge. He grabs hold of it and begins to climb down the cliff, out of the tiger's reach, who is by now glaring at him from above. But alas, as the ...

908. Turning the Corner on the Very End

Mark 5:21-43

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James Weekley

... into brotherhood, and sufferings into a life with purpose. We can look forward to the continuation of that power in his world beyond our boundary, as well. To those of us who are aligned to the Christ, the hope for existence in that coming age burns radiantly. That has to be a refreshing hope in our world in which the wrong can be twisted into a momentary right. "How on earth, then, is all this eternity made possible?" From the beginning we know that even the intricate workings of symbolic logic cannot ...

909. On Polishing Up the 24 Karat Jesus

Matthew 28:16-20

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James Weekley

... latest Word - even though it was forged into time nearly 2000 years ago. It never goes stale, even though we may freeze-dry it in creeds or dehydrate it in stained glass prayers. With each generation the Good News principle breathes forth gently winds of hope. As with the barnyard birth of his Son, God chooses to touch his anointed in subtle, back street settings. He has always had a thing for dark horse unknowns. He applauds those who come through with the winning play in the late fourth quarter. On Sunday ...

910. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

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Erskine White

... ready to overwhelm us, help us at the moment of our deepest need to look up and know that our redemption is surely drawing near. Most Holy and Righteous God, we also pray on this Advent Sunday for the distress of the world. Let this season bring hope to those who have no hope and justice to those who are too long denied. Give those who lead us the courage to take risks for peace and the vision to fashion new rules of cooperation and trust for the nations of the world. Let us be guided by Your hand, since we ...

911. Come The Judgment Day

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

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Erskine White

... to come, because God blesses those who are humble enough to know their need for Him (Matthew 5:3). We also ought to remember how God has given us His own love in Jesus Christ, because there our fear and trembling is mixed with hope. Give thanks to God for Jesus Christ, who is our hope and who is with us always, even at the close of the age (Matthew 28:20)! Give thanks that through Him, in confidence and humility, we can stand before our Creator to say, "Yes, come the Judgment Day. Come, Lord Jesus. Now the ...

912. 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

... the Lord would return, thereby keeping his promise and initiating the fullness of the kingdom of God. That continues to be the hope of Christians in this modern age. The lection employed by the Episcopal Book Of Common Prayer picks up the last part ... 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 to do until he comes again. Jeremiah 33:14-16 (RC, L, C) - "The ...

913. Ash Wednesday

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, Joel 2:12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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George Bass

... renewed with ashes, reminding us that, as with all humans, we are marked for death with Adam and Eve; we are born to die, and the death process begins with our birth. 2. Ash Wednesday reminds us that we need to be washed clean of our sin, and that our hope in Christ needs to be renewed. Perhaps the cross, which has been marked on our foreheads with water or oil, as well as with ashes, has become blurred and almost invisible by our sin. The ashes need to be washed away. 3. With Easter comes the offer of new ...

914. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

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George Bass

... the exodus itself. This Song of Moses and Miriam, as it is called, is about the deliverance of the people of Israel from Egypt as a kind of act of salvation. A nation that was as good as dead became, through the mercy and power of God, alive again and hopeful of full restoration to what it was in the past. The imagery, again, points to the Easter event as an exodus for God's children from death to life. Colossians 3:1-4 (RC, E) This reading succinctly spells out the nature of baptism as dying with Jesus and ...

915. Proper 14

Hebrews 11:1-40, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 12:35-48

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George Bass

... as the stars in the heavens. What more could Abram ask? 4. And so, as is true of all of us, he had to live in the hope that God would fulfill his promise. He did, for all of us in Jesus Christ, and he will again, when Jesus returns at the end time. Jeremiah ... , but to the very gates of heaven and on into the kingdom that will exist forever. 1. Faith - "the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" - is necessary to the pilgrimage of the people of God through the world and into ...

916. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... them to hear them; the celebration of Easter is so far behind us! But the church year reminds us that the "sound" of the resurrection reverberates throughout the entire year and should be repeated every Lord's Day, every Sunday of the year. That's where our hope lies - in the crucified and risen Lord, whom God gave to the world to atone for sin on the cross and whom he justified in his glorious resurrection. Our business is to make the sounds of the resurrection loud enough that the whole world will hear ...

917. Proper 27

Psalm 17:1-15, Psalm 9:1-20, 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, Zechariah 7:1-14, 1 Chronicles 29:10-20, Job 19:1-29, Luke 20:27-40

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George Bass

... from the mouth of the second to die. He cried out: "Inhuman fiend, you may discharge us from this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up, since it is for his laws that we die, to live again forever." It is this theme - the hope of resurrection - that is picked up again in the Gospel for the Day. Job 19:23-27a (E) This reading, too, from the familiar lament of Job, was selected because it contains the resurrection theme, also. Even if he is deserted by God and human beings, Job cries out ...

918. Is It Too Late? ... Continued

Matthew 25:14-30

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George Johnson

... connected to everyone. This earth is a home where we all as a family live together. At some risk, I want to be specific and hopefully practical in suggesting things we can do in the care and use of this talent God has entrusted to us. You may have some other ideas ... s creation. During the war we all prayed that the wrongs being done in the Middle East might end. We prayed for peace. I hope we also pray for an end to the evil being done to God's beautiful creation around the world. Pray for healing. The answer ...

919. Christ Is Coming…

Luke 21:5-38

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James Garrett

... . In every direction Noah could see only water. One day, in faith, he released a dove to search for land. The Bible says the dove “found no place to set her foot” and returned. Noah was put on hold. He had to wait. He waited with faith and in hope. He sent out a dove a second time. It returned with a spring of freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. Noah could not see the land, but he knew it was there. It began to appear out of the watery waste. The worst was over. As sure as God ...

920. Jesus Said: “Try Again”

Luke 5:1-11

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James Garrett

... not expect him only in a certain way. At any moment he may break in… Always be in a state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come as he likes.12 Life is anything but predictable! Human nature is not fixed and settled. We live under hope. That hope is rested in God, not the situation. At the outset Simon is reluctant -- “We toiled all night and took nothing!” The words of a person who has already made the effort and failed. Why should he want to put himself in the position of failing again? How ...

921. Redeeming Grief

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Eulogy

Charles L. Koester

... men, be most miserable." The other alternative: we can live life now, and from this day forward, in a redeeming grief. A grief that will again see the light of day, as it sees, as well, the light of eternal life. Even in sorrow we do have hope, and eternal hope is so clearly ours in Jesus Christ. That is what Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter are all about. He was born, he lived, he died, he rose, alive again! His empty tomb proclaimed that we are not empty. His ever living presence within us can fill us ...

922. The Promised Land

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... can’t be an exodus. This is my Son, the one I have chosen. Listen to him!” “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!” Peter writes in his first letter. “By his great mercy, we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ...” Peter mentions the transfiguration in his second letter, and in mentioning it, he mentions his own impending death using the same Greek word — exodos. God’s purpose from the beginning of the Bible has been to ...

923. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

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Theodore F. Schneider

... . The prayer of the church is said again: "May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace." We remember them with thanksgiving. But finally, today's good news, as it is every day, is God! God's grace makes this day one of hope and not of superstition, of joy and not of mourning, of vision and not of dreaming, of truth and not of resignation - a celebration of life that sets aside the dirge of death. Today is the day we sweep the horizons of history and of heaven, all at the ...

924. Is It Hard To Believe?

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Erskine White

... in the very depths of your soul: Jesus Christ was raised from the dead! This makes all the difference. Everything we are, everything we hope for and live for, everything we believe depends on this. He has given us the victory we couldn't win for ourselves, and the ... . Now we stand together in the bright light of a brand new day. He is Risen, and because He lives, all fear is gone. Hope sits on the throne and doubt is banished to the shadows. Because He lives, we now are ready to go forth into the world ...

925. "On A Hill Far Away"

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... can claim in our own lives today. God saves. God saves his people in the exodus, and they responded with their offerings in faith. God saved Jesus through the resurrection, and, because Jesus is the new high priest, we can respond in faith. We can live in the hope of resurrection, in the hope that * and all of us who follow Jesus will be called, as the old song says, to our "home far away" to share Christ's glory now and always. It is on a hill far away that we were brought close to God in Jesus, and it is ...

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