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976. Easter 5

Jn 13:31-35 · Acts 11:1-18; 13:44-52; 14:21-27 · Rev 21:1-6 · Ps 148

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John R. Brokhoff

... evil, death, sorrow, and pain will come to an end. God will live with his people and a new order will come into existence. This turning from the old to the new is now in progress: "I make all things new." Gospel: John 13:31-35 Jesus understands his upcoming death as glorification. The church's emphasis on Easter is diminishing and we are now getting ready for the Ascension and Pentecost. In today's Gospel, we have the beginning of Jesus' final discourse. (John 13-17) He tells his Disciples that he and the ...

977. Epiphany 3

Lk 4:14-21 · 1 Cor 12:12-31a · Isa 61:1-6 · Neh 8:1-10 · Ps 19

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John R. Brokhoff

... One behind the Word. Through the reading of the Bible God speaks to his people. In our day many churches practice standing for the reading of the Gospel lesson. 4. Sense (v. 8). It is not enough to hear the Word read. There should be understanding of what is read. Philip asked the Ethiopian eunuch, "Do you understand what you are reading?" To help people understand, Ezra had aides who translated the Hebrew into the tongue of the people and explained it. Today this is one purpose of the sermon it gives an ...

978. Proper 26

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Luke 19:1-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... does it mean to be saved? Who is lost? Is this a sermon for only those outside the church? Or, are "members" still not saved? Is salvation a one-event experience or is it a process? Moreover, in this text we get the answer to the need for people's understanding of the primary purpose of the church to reach out as a little Christ to the unsaved world and bring the world to a saving relationship with God. Outline: Is Jesus after you? a. Are you lost? What does it mean to be lost? b. Are you being sought? In ...

979. Trinity Sunday

Romans 5:1-11, Proverbs 8:1-36, John 16:5-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... that identifies a Christian. No other religion holds to or teaches the Trinity. A Christian is one who holds that Jesus is God, the Spirit is God as well as the Father-God. None but a Christian will confess this. c. The Trinity is needed to give balance to our understanding of God. For some God is too far above us, beyond us, transcendent to the point that we cannot know nor approach him. Christ then becomes our all-in-all. He is the common man's God. Yet, Jesus is not God, but close to God like a son. As ...

980. He Set His Face

Luke 9:37-45, Luke 9:18-27

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Richard A. Jensen

... the faithless disciples. He tells them again, therefore, of his mission. "Let these words sink into your ears," he tells them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands." Sadly Luke tells us of the disciples that, "... they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so they could not perceive it" (Luke 9:44-45). The disciples prove the truth of this statement by turning to a discussion among themselves about which one of them was the greatest. They're still thinking ...

981. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

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William B. Kincaid, III

... ministry. The woman who sits in front of us at church said we would be great in the choir. The church board endorsed our idea to help the needy in the community. Some scripture pointed to an area of our lives in which we could grow in our understanding and service. It happens in many different ways, so do not be surprised if you hear those words, too. Jesus said, "Follow me," and the exciting thing is that they did. Simon and Andrew, James and John decided to follow Jesus, but they weren't the only ones ...

982. Good News! You Are Going To Be Tortured

Matthew 18:21-35

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Roger G. Talbott

... path and the rocks and the good ground, how his disciples asked him, "Jesus, why do you say everything in the form of parables?" Jesus answered: "The reason I speak to them in parables is that seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand" (Matthew 13:13). We are supposed to hear this parable about the king who forgives a huge debt and then exacts a terrible vengeance as good news. Do you hear it? Do you see it? What does it take to really ...

983. Bloody Doorposts

Exodus 12:1-30

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... eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed" (John 6:53-55). As a result, many who followed Jesus said his words were too hard to understand. From that time on we're told, "Many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him" (John 6:66). The thought of a meal with juice symbolizing blood is awesome and barbaric to the outsider. But in the drinking of that cup we spread the blood ...

984. Good Friday

John 18:1-11, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Genesis 22:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Hebrews 10:1-18, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... -37 1. Sermon Title: Beneath The Cross Of Jesus A Place To Stand. Sermon Angle: The mother of Jesus, Mary, the wife of Clopas, Mary Magdalene and John stood beneath the cross until the bitter end. They must have struggled in vain to understand why this was happening. We can never completely understand why God chose the way of the cross. All we can do is stand under the cross and claim the salvation that it has brought. Outline: 1. How painful it was for the three Marys and John to stand under the cross they ...

985. Proper 8

Romans 6:1-14, Romans 6:15-23, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Genesis 22:1-19, Matthew 10:1-42

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Russell F. Anderson

... this is so, how indeed can we live in sin? Paul is talking about behavior here. If we are new creatures in Christ, we will demonstrate this through the fruit of our actions. Gospel: Matthew 10:34-42 1. Sermon Title: The Hour Of Decision. Sermon Angle: To understand Jesus' instructions to his disciples as he sends them out on their mission, one must realize that this is not business as usual. This was a time of crisis, an hour of decision. A new order was being ushered in as Jesus held up the kingdom of God ...

986. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

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Lynda Pujad

... have our rules and regulations concerning every facet of life. We have hundreds of rules so we can remain pure and I know them all because I am a devoted and blameless Pharisee. Undoubtedly, I am better than other people and I am glad for it. I hope you understand how important it is to be a religious Pharisee. I can't impress you enough with my importance and prestige. Being a Pharisee is a total way of life, a business for ourselves even. You know, I'm sure, how important it is to have a good job. When ...

987. Seder Service: The Passover Haggadah

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Robert L. Linder and Rabbi Sol Ester

... 6:21; 26:8). Had not the Holy One, praised be He, brought our fathers out of Egypt, then we and our children and our children's children might still be enslaved to a pharaoh in Egypt. Therefore, even if all of us were endowed with wisdom and understanding, and all of us thoroughly versed in the Torah, it would nevertheless be our duty to tell of the Exodus from Egypt. And to dwell at length on the story of the liberation is indeed praiseworthy. We are told that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Joshua, Rabbi Elazar, son ...

988. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

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Jerry Eckert

... is there in this great tragedy? Pastor: Maybe what we need is for God to come down here Himself, to meet with us, give us some advice on how to live together, warn us about how dangerous bad motives are, maybe give us a new spirit so we will understand each other and care about each other better. That will be the new birth of religion. FA: Thank you, Pastor. This has been a great tragedy. Despite the winds, there is still dust enough to darken this city early in the evening. The tar smell remains strong in ...

989. Resist Temptation

Mark 1:9-13

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Harry N. Huxhold

... , "This is my beloved Son," Jesus had to contemplate how he could best continue to please his Heavenly Father. It took the full forty days to think through and envision what kind of entanglements he was likely to face. What would be the best way to show the understanding Jesus had of power? If he was the Son of God, would it not be appropriate for him to reverse what happened in the Garden of Eden by showing how he could make bread for the world? The first Adam had brought hardship to the world for the ...

990. Clean House

John 2:12-25

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Harry N. Huxhold

... days?" The Herods had been at it all this time and it was still not finished, and Jesus thought he could rebuild it in three days! That was ridiculous. This Jesus of Nazareth was impossible. The disciples were also confused at this time. They did not understand. The evangelist says that "after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken." The Body Of The Church and the Sacramental Body It was in the light of ...

991. Signs of the End of the Age

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

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Richard A. Jensen

... that the gospel will be preached to all nations. In 13:31 we hear that the words of Jesus will not pass away. You can tell here, as Story Three, the Parable of the Sower. Tell it with an emphasis on the fact that this parable is a metaphor for understanding Jesus as the One who Sows the Word. This sowing will never end. It will reach all nations (13:10). It will never pass away (13:31). "I am the One who will Sow the Word forever," Jesus says to us through these stories. "I will sow the transforming power ...

992. Peter's Confession, Christ's Prediction

Mark 8:27-30

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Richard A. Jensen

... 4:11-12 are now outsiders. They are the ones who see and do not perceive! They are the ones who hear and do not understand! This climactic story of hard-hearted, rocky ground disciples sets the stage for the central section of Mark's Gospel (8:22--10:52). The ... rise again" (Mark 9:31. Mark 9:30-37 is appointed for Pentecost 19). Once again the disciples are afraid. They do not understand. They have eyes but they do not see. They move on to Capernaum and their minds are on glory, not cross! After arriving ...

993. God’s Flowing and Our Ebbing

Isaiah 6:1-13

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Robert Noblett

... will not be domesticated by us. There is an “awefulness” and an unfathomable mystery about God. The observation of Phillips Brooks, offered a century ago, still stands: We talk about God’s incomprehensibleness as if it were a sad necessity, as if, if we could understand God through and through, it would be happier and better for us. The intimation of Isaiah’s vision is something different from that. It is the glory of his seraphim that they stand in the presence of a God so great that they can never ...

994. In Search of a Leader

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Robert Noblett

... the snail. The two halves of the missile appear to be looking at each other and in amazement asking, “What on earth has happened?!” Mahlon’s note to me that day said: Bob: There is nothing more one needs in the ministry with a congregation than an understanding of the theological and personal truths of this card.Blessings upon your work in Milton. For a time as I thought about that card, I identified the minister with the missile and thought this to be the message: Don’t come down too hard on your ...

995. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

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Robert Noblett

... a bull and a fatted calf.” (2 Samuel 6:13 TEV) David wasn’t about to take any chances. If God had any feelings about the ark of his presence being moved any further, David wanted to know about them. But nothing happened after six steps. We can understand the caution. If an athlete hurts herself by over-extending, she is going to be cautious when normal activity is resumed. If we fail in one marriage, we are going to go (or at least should go) more slowly into the next one. Should the declaration of our ...

996. Wisdom In A Proverb

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Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... or simplistic and when Proverbs appear to be, it's best to remain flexible, for the proverb will soon be deepened or be qualified or discounted. There are moments of almost slapstick humor in Proverbs and there are moments of holiness and it's important to understand which is which. So I suggest that we approach Proverbs one at a time: dwell on one proverb, consider it, think about it, expand it in your view, relate it to your experience, to those who you know, argue with the proverb, find its loophole ...

997. The Presence Of The Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

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Charles Curley

... , as many Pentecostal Christians would claim? Does the Holy Spirit come only through scripture and tradition, the hearing and preaching of the Word, as many mainline Christians would claim? Only one way? I don't think so. Let me tell you of an experience which helps me understand the wonder of the diversity of God's presence with us. I am not a musician, but I love music. There are two or three pieces of music which affect me profoundly. Not all of them are as well known as Handel's Messiah or Beethoven's ...

998. Listen

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Charles Curley

... look at this story and the only significant learning we derive from it is that Jesus loved children, so we should love children also. Though I would be the last person to deny that there is truth in that statement, by itself it is certainly a very partial and limited understanding of what Jesus meant, for he also said, "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it." - Mark 10:15 If you want to enter, if you want to be part of God's vision, God's future, God ...

999. Song Of Loss Song Of Hope

2 Samuel 1:1-16

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Charles Curley

... this society, such extreme individualists that we have forgotten the communal nature of grief. In our world grief is a private, personal, individual thing. We say to someone who is grieving, "I don't want to intrude on your grief." It is as though we could never understand, or share, or be part of what they are going through. Oh, we do our grieving. We sing our own painful songs of loss, but we sing them inside - in isolation from others. David knew the void which the deaths of Saul and Jonathan left in his ...

1000. Tying Up A Strong Man

Mark 3:20-30, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, Mark 3:31-35, Psalm 138:1-8

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William E. Keeney

... and be different. Someone has said that personal failures are always failures of love. The church should be a true family where people find acceptance and experience love. The church should be a family where people's differences are not cause for rejection but for understanding. The church should be a place for support, especially for those who are struggling to deal with their sin and seeking to know and courage to do the will of God. The church as family needs to allow persons to have honest doubt as they ...

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