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1076. Lent 5

Jn 8:1-11; 12:1-8 · Lk 20:9-19 · Isa 43:16-21 · Php 3:8-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... and the woman caught in adultery. This text, not included in some canonical lists of Scripture, tells a powerful story. In Israel a man caught in adultery was subject to reprimand; a woman caught in adultery was subject to death by stoning. Jesus combines compassion with a higher ethic for sexual behavior in dealing with her and her accusers. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION Gospel: John 12:1-8 1. Costly (v. 3). The ointment Mary used to anoint Jesus was very expensive and it was "pure." It was so expensive that ...

1077. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20

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... how they have hurt us. People: May God help us to be that honest with one another, giving strength to our Christian fellowship. Collect Father in heaven, who directs your church to be a corrective enabler, when we sin against one another: Give us compassion and genuine love toward those who hurt us; that we may enable them to understand their errors and correct them. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We are human, Father, and therefore, we hurt when Christian friends offend us. And ...

1078. PROPER 29

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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... Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We would not want to be guilty of rejecting Jesus, Father; but our indifference toward human suffering accuses us of doing just that. Forgive us for ignoring our Lord by ignoring the needs of his representatives. Fill us with compassion, that our faithfulness to our world's needs will make us faithful to our Lord. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns "O Brother Man, Fold to Thy Heart" "The Voice of God Is Calling" "We Thank Thee, Lord" "Where Cross the Crowded Ways of ...

1079. What God Sees

Isaiah 58:1-14

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... is well disposed toward me and that what I do is not the result of my effort but is by the goodness of God." (LW 17, 288) However God chooses to break my inner chains and lead me to righteousness, he always is well disposed to me. If I have compassion, it is because God has given it to me. If I can share with others, it is because God has equipped me to do so. If I can come back home after exile, it is because God has brought me safely there.

1080. Jacob’s Dream - A Dream Come True W. Dexter Moser

Genesis 27:1-40

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... to the north and to the south; and by you and all your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves ... (Genesis 28:13-14) Here we have the undeserved gift of God to all people, the four corners of the earth, all points of the compass, even from the rising to the setting of the sun, even to such a rascal as Jacob. Therefore, he, Jacob, is recipient of the promise and becomes one of those in that oft-repeated affirmation later spoken by the Apostle Peter: "The God of Abraham and of Isaac ...

1081. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

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... us that Moses himself used the word in rebuking them as he said, "Men, you are brethren, why do you wrong each other?" (Acts 7:26) His patriotic fervor springs to the fore as he declares his own passion for peace among his people, and his compassion for their enslavement as an entrampled race. Moses made the choice to put aside his disguise as an Egyptian nobleman and to cast his lot with his persecuted and maligned countrymen. It was an heroic decision, and it appears to have come about quite suddenly. But ...

1082. Prayer in a Pinch

Matthew 14:22-36

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... , even while doing what we are supposed to be about. I would contend that Jesus' own prayers in a pinch often resulted from his very desire to do the will of God. The crowds for instance, pressured him because he was God's healer - with a genuine compassion. People yearned to hear him speak because he spoke with authority. And when he prayed that agonizing midnight prayer in Gethsemane, it was because he was struggling for God's will for him. Add all that up, and you sense that Jesus' life might have been ...

1083. God Turns Darkness to Light

Isaiah 49:8-26

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... . We anticipate and urgently await the time when all people will be brought forth from their imprisonment and exile, when the whole cosmos will be restored and whole, and when all creation will join in joyous song to the comforter of the people of God, the God who will have compassion on the afflicted. Even so, Lord, make the light of your gracious presence shine in the darkness of our troubled world and life.

1084. Communion Is Refreshment

Mark 14:12-26

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... , he was lifted up, in front of the jeering crowd - exhausted, bruised, aching, and thirsty. With the focused rays of the boiling hot sun, he reached the point where he needed help coping with the anguish of his fevered body. So he called out for some compassion. What the Lord wanted was for some merciful person standing within range of his voice to give him a refreshing drink to soothe his parched lips. Jesus cried out, "I thirst." How can anyone hear these two words from the cross and not feel the great ...

1085. Talents and Trust

Matthew 25:14-30

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... the breadth and depth of your talents and skills, gifts and abilities; when I see them displayed in your homes and shared in the church and community; when I consider the many gifts that cannot be "put on display", such gifts as compassion and understanding and generosity and the ability to motivate others; when I consider the enormous potential and resources God has entrusted to us individually and collectively, I am awestruck. And when I think about unleashing those talents, gifts and resources in our ...

1086. Who is Greatest Among You ...

Matthew 23:1-39

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... . To some degree it is what fosters achievement and causes people to strive for excellence. Few people succeed without a fairly strong motivation to be foremost in their field. That’s the positive side. The negative side has to do with the absence of compassion and the undue pride that can go along with ambition. We can feel sorry for losers, but we prefer to associate with winners. Nothing pleases a student body more than a crucial victory by their team culminating in the chant, "We’re number one ...

1087. God’s Safety Net

Matthew 25:31-46

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D. Wayne Burkette

... who they are. The Scripture given for today, the Festival of Christ the King, addresses a similar matter - the concern of Christ, the Judge of the nations, for the welfare of persons who cannot be self-supporting but who must rely on the compassion and generosity of others. Of course, that concern includes all of us to some extent, because every person is dependent upon others. Nobody is completely self-sufficient. It’s really just a matter of degree. The prophet Ezekiel, writing almost six hundred years ...

1088. The Abiding Presence

Exodus 33:12-23

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... goes on in the world and in our lives and relationships with other people. He is interested in all that is happening and an active participant in all of our affairs. He is not simply a God who sits in judgment. He is also a God of compassion, mercy, and loving-kindness, and his mercies really are "from everlasting to everlasting." The Psalmist might have been speaking for Moses and Israel - and for us, too - when he declared, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for ...

1089. What the End Will Be Like

Zephaniah 1:4-13

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... he will do. In God’s good time, the judgment spoken of by the prophet, Zephaniah, will occur. Humanity can depend on that. But people have also experienced the other side of God’s being, his love, goodness, and mercy, which make him a God of compassion who is out to save - not destory - his people. At least one Jew, who went through the Holocaust, learned that. Rabbi Arthur Schneier said, in a baccalaureate sermon: Let me begin with a confession. I came to these blessed shores of the United States in ...

1090. The Other Mountain

Luke 23:26-43

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... of worship, seeking aid, imploring help from beyond ourselves. Thank God it is not to Mount Olympus we come, but to Mount Calvary. And we are welcome. The Christ who has himself died here is ready to look upon the form of any man, or woman, living or dying. His compassions do not fail. So we come as we are, certain that his mercy knows no bounds.

1091. Our Gunsback Awakening

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... " at Gunsback in 1896 when "there came to me, as I awoke, the thought that I must not accept this happiness as a matter of course, but must give something in return for it." And so he did. His surging gratitude of spirit overflowed in kind acts of compassion touching the lives of more than 200,000 persons. You know, somewhere along the way most of us need some kind of "Gunsback awakening." We need to become aware of how blessed we are and resolve to do something about it. May a Gunsback awareness of God's ...

1092. To Touch The Untouchable

Luke 5:12-16

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... began his ministry with the lepers, visiting them and bringing them gifts. All of this happened because he overcame his fear of touching the untouchable. Likewise, we need not be afraid to get near to people who are seriously ill. The first step is to touch with compassion the person who stands in need of prayer and healing. Why is it that we do not come to Jesus first when we are suffering physical or emotional pain? Why is it that we do not enter into prayer immediately when we learn that we or those ...

1093. Who Is This?

Matthew 21:1-11

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... freedom. Then there were those in that Palm Sunday crowd who believed that Jesus was an imposter, a troublemaker. Indeed, Jesus did upset the religious establishment. He healed on the Sabbath, which angered those whose narrow religion seemed to have lost any compassion for the sick and the weak. Furthermore, in the passage following the Palm Sunday account, we read how Jesus entered the temple and drove out the money-changers and those who were selling in the temple of God. Jesus angered the priests ...

1094. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Harold Warlick

... irritated at the whole lot of them at Gethsemane when they all went to sleep on him and then offered the excuse of being tired. He had to keep 10 of them from punching out James and John and probably their mother, also. Compare his great calmness and compassion with outsiders - those whom he healed and forgave. Yet to whom did Jesus return after his resurrection? Not the crowd he fed with fish and bread. Not the woman with the bleeding ulcer or the man with the lame foot. He came back to that bunch of ...

1095. Consecration Sheep and Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

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... and you say we didn’t help you? We’re sorry if we neglected you, but how could we see you when there was so much to do? All: Help us not to be so busy doing your job that we forget about you, Lord. Teach us to serve with compassion and consideration those whom you send our way.

1096. Gratitude and Praise God’s Character

Isaiah 59:1-21

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... our ears deaf to cries for help, we judge you as slow to help. All: We are altogether unrighteous, Lord. Without your help, we cannot even begin to understand your perfect righteousness. By your grace, make us like you in character that we may see your everlasting love and unfailing compassion.

1097. Special Occasions Beginnings

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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... , but to save the world through him. Congregation: This is the beginning of our salvation if we believe it. All: As we begin this new year, Father, deepen our understanding of Christ’s love for us, kindle in our hearts a brighter flame of love to you, and increase our compassion for those around us. Help us to remember that true belief reveals itself in actions.

1098. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Brett Blair

... of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He’s a God of love and mercy and compassion in the midst of suffering. The Bible says that God is not the author of evil. It speaks of evil as a "mystery." In 2 Thessalonians 2:7 it talks about the mystery of iniquity. The Old Testament prophet Jeremiah said, "The heart is deceitful above all things and ...

1099. Our Splintered World

Luke 12:49-53

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... the Gospel for today, that the world was then and is now splintered over Jesus. "Do you think that I have come to give peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division." Jesus lived in the real world. He saw, with sorrow and compassion, the sunlight and the shadows of human nature. He did not delude himself that he would be universally accepted. Our world, from ancient Palestine to modern America, is evidence of the clarity of his vision. What are the divisions regarding Jesus? There are, of course ...

1100. At Table With The Lord

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... I can't shake my nagging doubts. Were those miracles real, or is he some kind of a magician? I saw ... or ... did I think I saw ... great and wonderful things happen. One thing is for sure, however: he is unlike anyone I have ever known. His love and his compassion seem genuine. There's no one he doesn't love: rich, poor, beggar, prostitute - it doesn't matter to him. Could a mere mortal love so many? And so deeply? Maybe he really is the Son of God. I'm still shaken by the sight of Lazarus fumbling his way ...

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