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1226. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:1-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... alone were twins. Usually twins are "identical," so alike they cannot be told apart. Yet, before they were born they struggled with each other. This points to the fact that each of us is a special and separate creation with our own distinctive qualities and destiny. We need to realize that each of us is a unique creation, different from all others. This should make us tolerate and understand those with whom we differ. Outline: Consider the different twins - a. Destiny - the twins struggled with each other ...

1227. Proper 13

Matthew 14:13-21, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 9:1-29, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... that man is little and Christ can do great things. This reminds us also that a common meal in the home or out in a field can be a sacramental act of love when the bread is blessed and shared. 4. Satisfied (v. 20). The people were satisfied with the quality and the quantity of food. They were filled with food. In fact, they could not eat it all - twelve baskets were filled with leftovers. Here we see the generosity and abundance of God's provision of our needs. God gives us more than we ask for, more than we ...

1228. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Isaiah 56:1-8, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

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John R. Brokhoff

... 8). Need: Though there are no geographical, national, racial, political, or economic requirements to be acceptable to God, the text declares that foreigners are welcome in God's house if they have moral and spiritual qualification. There are no requirements to be made, but without these qualities people would not be interested in worshiping in God's house. Outline: God's house is open to all – a. Who obey God's law - v. 6. b. Who are faithful to God's covenant - v. 6. c. Who offer sacrifices to God - v. 7 ...

1229. Proper 22

Exodus 20:1-21, Isaiah 5:1-7, Philippians 3:1-11, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Matthew 21:33-46

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John R. Brokhoff

... God, obligated to return "rent" to God. Owners do not pay rent. 2. Produce - or else! (21:33-43). Need: In today's universities the rule often followed is, "Produce - or else!" Professors are expected to publish and are judged according to the quantity and quality of their publications. Jesus compares God's people to a vineyard. It is natural for a vineyard to produce grapes. If not, the vines are destroyed or replaced. In this parable Jesus teaches that God's peoples are expected to produce good fruit. If ...

1230. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20, Matthew 22:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... but few are chosen because they only have the necessary qualifications. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14 1. Feast (vv. 2, 4, 9). God invites us not to a lunch, a snack, or to a supper. It is a feast, a banquet. This implies both quantity and quality of food. It is not a meal of hamburgers and potato chips. The feast consists of the finest foods available: shrimp cocktail, filet mignon, lobster tails, Cornish hens, frog legs, and so on. It is food only a king could afford or provide. This is a ...

1231. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... ? These questions and problems are faced by many. This sermon is needed to answer these questions and to help people struggling with these problems. Outline: Yes, love can be commanded, because - a. God commands us to love, and God is always right. b. Love is the indispensable quality of a Christian. c. Love is more than emotion: it is good will in action. Lesson 1: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (C) 1. None Greater Than Moses. 34:10-12 Need: For Jews there is no one greater than Moses. This is the conclusion of those ...

1232. Proper 26

Matthew 23:1-39, Joshua 3:1-4:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Malachi 2:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... pride and titles in favor of service to God. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12 1. Preach ... practice (v. 3). These two belong together, but often they are not. The preaching may be all right, but the practice has not the same quality. Jesus urges his listeners to practice what the scribes and Pharisees preach, but not to follow their practice. Can we do this? Can we separate preaching from practice? Most of us repudiate the preaching that is not practiced. Yet, what preacher can perfectly ...

1233. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the day and the wicked with the night. As special people, Christians have privileges and responsibilities the world cannot have. But, do church people know and appreciate the kind of people they are? Their behavior indicates they do not know they are people of special quality. Outline: Look who you are – a. A people of light - v. 5. b. A people awake - vv. 6, 7. c. A people equipped for life - v. 8. 1. Breastplate of faith and love. 2. Helmet of hope. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm of the Day: Psalm 123 - "To ...

1234. All Saints Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... of Jesus are happy because they possess the virtues mentioned in the first part of the Beatitudes and because they reap rewards in heaven, the rewards mentioned in the latter-half of each Beatitude. Happiness for a Christian is a by-product of the qualities mentioned in the Beatitudes. 2. Is (vv. 3, 10). The verb "is" appears twice in the Beatitudes. The other Beatitudes use the future tense. The present tense is used in connection with the kingdom of heaven which is a present possession as well as ...

1235. Proper 15

John 6:25-59, 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, Deuteronomy 8:1-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... living bread, he is life-giving bread. He is life, and to receive him and become one with him results in life. He called himself not only the way and truth but also the life. He came, he said, to give life to humanity. This life is one both of quality and quantity, for he is truly life and his life is everlasting. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm of the Day: Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20 - "He has not dealt thus with any other nation" (v. 20). Theme of the Day: The Day Of The Lord Lesson 1 - Physical bread from the ...

1236. Demonstrating the Divine

John 1:10-18

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Susan R. Andrews

... Perhaps, then, it is not strange that this church which I have loved for over fifty years is also the church that I have served as a Minister of Word and Sacrament for almost thirty. During all this time my love for the church has not diminished. But the quality of that love has had to change. Like most of us, I have had to learn that to love the church does not always mean to like the church - and that moments of soaring will always be matched with messy moments of slogging through the mud. After all, the ...

1237. God Never Gives Up on Anyone

John 14:15-21

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Richard Gribble

... especially pursue those society has cast off and placed on the margins - the aged, the infirmed, the stranger, alien, or immigrant, the handicapped - all those who for whatever reason have been placed on the margins and have little, if any, chance to find the center and quality of our society. God never gives a litmus test to anyone; rather, he relentlessly pursues our souls. We must do the same, if we truly are the hands, the feet, and the senses of God, as Saint Teresa of Avila reminds us. Yes, the Hound ...

1238. Reevaluating Our Mission for Christ

John 17:1-11

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Richard Gribble

... have I found such faith." Jesus cured paralytics, opened the eyes of the blind, and cast out evil spirits from the possessed. He demonstrated compassion in raising to life the son of the widow of Nain, as well as his friend Lazarus. Jesus demonstrated the great quality of forgiveness, dismissing the sin of the adulterous woman (John 8:1-11) and even forgiving Peter (John 21:15-19) after he had denied the Lord three times on the night before he suffered and died. Jesus, like the two elder sons in the story ...

1239. In Our Pastor's Success, So Is Our Own!

Matthew 10:40-42

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Stephen M. Crotts

... the farthest side. Now people come in the door way over there, and for an inordinate amount of energy you can grow them the smallest bit. So the pastorate is more demanding, less fulfilling, and burnout, quitting, getting run off, and despair are on the rise as the quality of discipleship and church life plummet. Over 25 percent of pastors will be put out of the church, fired, or run off at least once in their career. If ten men begin the ministry at age 25, by age 65 only one will still be in the pastorate ...

1240. Do Politics and Religion Mix?

Matthew 22:15-22

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Stephen M. Crotts

... are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave, and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature ... if the next centennial does not find us a great nation ... it will be because those who represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the ...

1241. A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

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King Duncan

... around. Many parents of children with this condition consider themselves blessed. Still, the nature of their condition requires a lifetime of special attention. It is not easy for their families. The man observed the young families gathered there for that workshop. They were quality young adults with sons and daughters to whom they are devoted. The thought occurred to this man that we are moving to a time when the only couples who will be having children with Down Syndrome will be those who do not believe ...

1242. The True Definition of a Sanctuary

Matthew 25:14-30

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Leonard Sweet

... offer risks that can be far more terrifying that any mythical dragons or uncharted waters. In today's gospel text the departing master entrusts three different portions of his goods, his talents, with three different servants. The various amounts reflect the various qualities of these servants. You say, how do we know this? The text specifically notes that the master gave "to each according to his ability" (verse 15). Two of the servants stepped up to the challenge, embraced the potential handed to them ...

1243. Can You Hear Me Now?

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... your voice sounds in the shower? Whether you're singing arias, hip-hop, rapping, or yodeling, it all resonates with power and pizzazz inside the shower stall. The problem is - for most of us, the problem is - our voices have a distinctly diminished quality outside the confines of the bathroom. Formerly full tones fall flat. We waiver off-key. A crooning vibrato becomes a creaky quiver. Without the echoing cocoon of the shower and the forgiving background choir of water, the real sound of our voice comes ...

1244. Are You Willing to Be a Donkey?

Matthew 21:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... , donkeys are known for one other characteristic: they can be stubborn, obstinate, stiff-necked. From the days of the Hebrews in the wilderness, God's people themselves have often been identified as stiff-necked (Exodus 32:9; 34:9). Perhaps this same stiff-necked quality added to Jesus' choice of the donkey - a stubborn little steed with a mind of its own, even though it would work hard and long. Sound familiar? So I end this morning with a question: Will you be a donkey? Will you carry Christ? Wherever ...

1245. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... . The name Judas Iscariot like the name DeLorean immediately brings to mind some criminal connotations. Judas died and the DeLorean died, never to be manufactured again. The DeLorean (like Judas) never fulfilled its tremendous promise. "A man with noble qualities which were overcome by his greed" describes both Judas Iscariot and John DeLorean, who invented the DeLorean. Despite his criminal conduct, DeLorean was acquitted on his drug charges on the defense of entrapment, and some similarly acquit Judas of ...

1246. Generations

John 4:1-26

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Leonard Sweet

... drives buster vegetarianism is an identification with animals (at Oberlin College, a veggie dining hall serves over 20 percent of the college's 2,200 students). It will be this generation that will make a McDonald's fortune for the person who creates quality vegetarian fast food. Religion Busters don't feel excluded from church activities so much as they see no point to church activities. Part of this is because they have vacant spiritual memories, and have not been properly churched by their boomer parents ...

1247. Others

Romans 9:30--10:21

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Leonard Sweet

... that they must constantly loop back on themselves in order to keep going. It is not enough just to be loopy. Just as Paul ultimately refused to throw out the sanctity of God's words as they were contained and revealed in Jewish Scripture, so some linear qualities will always be necessary to keep us and our lives on track. When the loopiness of this new age is combined with the linear logic of the last century's ploddingly progressive thought, the linear and the loop together create a spiral. Did any of you ...

1248. Set Life Free

Matthew 13:1-23

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Leonard Sweet

... . In today's parable of the sower, Jesus describes the realities that face all who carry on cultivation efforts of their own. We can sow. But whether the seed germinates, grows to maturity, produces fruit, and results in a harvest – all that is dependent upon the quality of the ground it falls upon, on the receptivity of the soil. In Jesus' first example, the seed falls upon the hardened path. The rich word, filled with promise of new life, never even gets into the soil. It lies neglected on the path, and ...

1249. The CatWalk Church and the CrossLove Church

John 15:1-17

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Leonard Sweet

... in step. Each bird seeks out the best alignment for drafting behind its immediate predecessor. Geese fly in formation, but a formation that is always changing and adjusting. The formation depends upon wind velocity and direction, the strength of the individual birds, the quality of the air, and the weather the flock encounters. Next time you hear that familiar yet haunting sound of honking geese in flight, look up in the sky. Rarely will you see a perfect "V" overhead. One side of the formation might lag ...

1250. The Jesus RX and the Biology of Belief

John 20:24-31

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Leonard Sweet

... how it was going to dramatically lower our cholesterol? Forget that you needed to take almost a tub of it a day for it to work its wonders. Echinacea flowers are a new big cash crop thanks to the rediscovery of the cold and fly fighting qualities of this traditional herb. See this little vial of liquid Echinacea? It costs $22 [or whatever--check your local pharmacy for the liquid version]. It's liquid gold. This herb is even more expensive than perfume. For some of us these and other new "wonder treatments ...

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