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Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... know what it was as a wedding gift. Our thank you card read something like, “Thank you for the lovely... gift. It was so thoughtful and kind of you.” We had no idea where it came from so we couldn’t take it back. So we kept it in the original box in the attic for about fifteen years. One night we were watching television and we saw our, uh, gift thing, on the program. Turns out it was a thing for making iced coffee and keeping it cold. We sold it the following summer in our yard sale. Someone saw ...

977. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. (Numbers) In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. (Isaiah 11:10) The original Hippocratic Oath, written presumably by Hippocrates in about 350 BCE, called upon Greek gods and goddesses to help the physician uphold ethical standards in practicing medicine. Its accompanying symbol, the pole with winding snake wrapped around it, was also a Greek pagan symbol. As ...

978. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , or a dress tore, my gramma used to put a patch on it. But of course, after a while, there were almost more patches than there was original material. Well, I remember that day when mom and dad said, we were going into town to get new clothes. That was a big event in those ... seem to echo back to Genesis and Exodus. The Pharisees seem to be echoing back more toward Deuteronomy. Whereas the original commandment was to “remember” the Sabbath and keep it holy (Exodus 20:8-11 –the word is zakhor –to focus ...

979. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... artist, unbeknownst to her, had re-invented the rosary. [Bring out a rosary to show]. The rosaries you probably see most often today are made of plastic. They are glass or plastic beads on string. But this is not the original rosary. The original rosary was created from the petals of dried, dead flowers, mostly roses, that came from the significant events in the life of a community----baptisms, weddings, funerals, processions, festivals, crownings. They were precious memories embedded in the flowers, which ...

980. Trust in Me

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that God has come down, and the new age has begun. “Virgin” is probably the worst translation we have of both Isaiah’s and Matthew’s Miryam. The word “almah” in Isaiah is translated a bit differently in the Greek septuigint (Parthenos). The original Hebrew word “almah” means a pre-teen girl (young girl).* This is extremely significant, as the accent is on “young” not on the sexual connotation, as we’ve made it in Christianity. While Elizabeth bore a son, even being barren from old age ...

981. The Gardener

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us back into that garden place with God. And in fact, Revelation tells us (also written by John) that God is restoring us to our garden reality (7, 22). It is no mistake that Mary mistakes Jesus for the gardener. For He is the Second Adam, the original human, the true gardener of God’s world, and the restorer of humanity. As Mary says, “Rabboni!” Jesus IS the Master Gardener. And we are back in the garden with Him. The figure in the garden is the hope of all salvation, the figure who represents our ...

982. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Saul and He Tries to Kill David (1 Samuel 16:14-23; 18:6-16; 19:1-24) The Prayer of Nabonitus (The Mad King) --(This Aramaic text belongs to the famous Dead Sea scrolls: four scraps of parchment from Cave 4, usually called 4Q242, copied from an older original in the second half of the first century BCE and belongs in the midst of Daniel) Psalm 16: The Lord Will Not Abandon Me to the Realm of the Dead Psalm 91: The Lord Will Rescue You Psalm 106: They Turned from the Spirit of God The Apocryphal Psalms ...

983. The Stone is My Witness

Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... does for us as well. And it’s the message of the resurrection –not just life, but a return to authenticity, removal of sin, rebirth (as in baptism), and evil made beautiful. In the moving of that stone, God removes from us everything that isn’t “originally human” as God created us to be. And when that happens, we see anew. We behave as new creatures. God writes His Name upon our hearts! And we become truly His. The stone/rock metaphor therefore in this particular story has more to it than meets ...

984. A Restless Spirit

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mind of characters. Saul’s story takes place not at the place of Samuel’s death (Ramah), but at En Dor, in the Valley of Jezreel, between two mountains. It takes place in the dark and in the fog/mist of the valley. The land would be originally of Issachar, the interpreters of signs. The visual landscape metaphor, a place that is dim, murky, and ethereal depicts a soul in Saul which is lost, haunted by the unknown, and also lost to God. Reality is distorted. And in the midst, Saul is disguised. Unmasked ...

985. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... like a valiant Shepherd to move people forward, out of the Valley of despair and shadows and into a place where they could accept from Him the Living Water of eternal life. In the end, only a few were still with Him. In the Exodus story, none of the original group make it to their destination, not even Moses! And still God is with them. What kept them back? What took so long? Why couldn’t they move forward over the finish line? Most couldn’t even get close! It wasn’t that God wasn’t listening. It ...

986. Wild Thing

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... make everything groovy/Wild Thing!” Jesus was a wild card in many peoples’ mind in His time. But the Holy Spirit is the origin-al Wild Thing. The Holy Spirit is a Wild Wind. The Holy Spirit is a Wild Fire. Life in the Spirit is the real ... ): This Aramaic text belongs to the famous Dead Sea Scrolls: four scraps of parchment from Cave 4, usually called 4Q242, copied from an older original in the second half of the first century BCE and belongs in the midst of Daniel) Psalm 16: The Lord Will Not Abandon Me ...

987. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . Only very crabby. And Peter may start acting more like a wily rascal than a steady rock. We change according to the names we are given. We may not always take on the persona of those names. But they weigh upon our hearts and issue wounds where our original Names have been. The Latins put it like this: “Nomen est Omen.” And we become broken –right down to our very bones. Remember the old saying, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me?” That’s SO not true! Words hurt ...

988. House of Stone

Psalm 118:1-29, Isaiah 18:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, 1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God, we move from lifeless to living, from fossils to life-givers. In the scriptures, God designates the people to build both Temple and Altar from natural stone. God does not desire our own imprint upon these worship places, but they must be God-formed, made from origin-al God created stone. These are gathered and layered in a manner that is not fashioned but fitted. This is the way of the House of God (the people of God). Our goal is not sameness and uniformity but unified difference. We are not to be cut ...

989. Goin' Down the Road

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

One of our family’s favorite films is the original Muppet Movie. It has a key song about moving down the road, being footloose and fancy free. The Emmaus road on ... theological statement we make each Easter, He Lives. It is also about the fact that once we really get it we can’t wait to let others in on it. We may not have the original disciples to run back to but we do have our faith community and our neighborhood to talk to about him. We do have our fellow sports nuts who we watch games with to talk to ...

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

Adam Smith

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

Albert J. Nock

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

Freeman Dyson

There is no original truth, only original error.

Gaston Bachelard

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.

Giorgio Vasari

Take a commonplace, clean it and polish it, light it so that it produces the same effect of youth and freshness and originality and spontaneity as it did originally, and you have done a poet's job. The rest is literature.

Jean Cocteau

996. What's In a Name?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Names define us. Our entire identity is caught up in the names we bear. Think about it. If a child is raised being called sweet, good, beautiful, and kind, that child will think of him or herself as sweet, good, beautiful, and kind. If a child is raised being called worthless, stupid, ugly, or bad, that child will begin to think of him or herself as worthless, stupid, ugly, or bad. The human capacity for language association allows us to perceive ourselves conceptually and emotionally according to the ...

997. Jesus' Advance Man

John 1:6-8; 19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... him as others later were to follow Jesus. Indeed, two of Jesus’ most prominent disciples, Andrew and John, were originally followers of John the Baptist. You will remember that one of the most gifted and influential preachers mentioned in the book of Acts ... was a man named Apollos, who, according to Acts 18:25 was originally baptized as a disciple of John. Yet consider the humility of this man John. “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but ...

998. God’s Quality Control Crew

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it is a delicacy. Or we can create something so sour that no one will want to drink it. And here is the beauty of the scriptures. The word in Hebrew for Eden (God’s original garden of delights) is the same word in Hebrew for paradise, and for heaven. “ganeden.”[1] So, while we are thrust out of our easy life in the original garden, we still are placed into God’s vast vineyard in order to “till and keep” it, to work the soil, cultivate love, peace, and loyalty to God, and to bear fruit that will ...

999. The Old, Old Story

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . When we read Jesus’ parables, or the Hebrew scriptures, we too need to transmit these culturally laden stories and metaphors into contexts we can identity with and understand. When we do, the “shock value” re-appears with all of the strength and potency of Jesus’ original voice, and God’s own authority. So, what does it mean to us to cultivate deep faith and to stay faithful to God in our current world? And looking at today’s parable, what does it mean to us to multiply rather than hiding God ...

1000. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

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King Duncan

... Lord and Savior? 1. Mikey’s Funnies (funnies-owner@lists.MikeysFunnies.com). 2. Edward Russell-Walling, 50 Management Ideas You Really Need to Know (London, England: Quercus, 2007), p. 182. 3. “A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day” by Jacob Kastrenakes, Nov 7, 2019, The Verge, https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20953422/text-messages-delayed-received-overnight-valentines-day-delay. 4. “In the Beginning Was the Word” by John Piper, Sept. 21 ...

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976. Re-Gifted but not Returned

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

977. The Cure

Luke 4:31-37, Luke 4:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

978. Lord of the Sabbath

Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

979. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

980. Trust in Me

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

981. The Gardener

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

982. Sparkle

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

983. The Stone is My Witness

Matthew 28:1-10, Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

984. A Restless Spirit

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

985. Stop the PANIC!

Luke 15:1-32 · Exodux 15:1-27--16:36 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

986. Wild Thing

Luke 4:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

987. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

988. House of Stone

Psalm 118:1-29, Isaiah 18:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, 1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

989. Goin' Down the Road

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.

Adam Smith

The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.

Albert J. Nock

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

Freeman Dyson

There is no original truth, only original error.

Gaston Bachelard

Giorgio Vasari

Jean Cocteau

996. What's In a Name?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

997. Jesus' Advance Man

John 1:6-8; 19-28

Sermon