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1251. Epiphany 6
Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34
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George Bass
... situation. 4. Choose now in whom you will place your trust. (Choose God and live; choose humanity and dry up and blow away with the dust.) 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (E, C); 15:12, 16-20 (RC, L) - "Jesus' Resurrection And True Faith." 1. The resurrection of our Lord is the foundation of the gospel and the Christian faith. That event assures us that our sins are forgiven and that we are his forever, even in the life of the age to come. 2. For numerous people, as it was for some of the people in the congregation ...
1252. Lent 1
Romans 9:30--10:21, Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Luke 4:1-13, Psalm 91:1-16
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George Bass
... movement from the first reading to the Gospel for the Day and, more than that, from the cross to the empty tomb to the realm of life eternal. It makes specific the benefits of the "new exodus" in Jesus: "For, 'every one who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.' " Luke 4:1-13 (RC, E, L, C) It is not Luke's turn to tell the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (Matthew's version supplied the traditional Gospel for the Day). His story is similar to Matthew's - almost identical - and goes into ...
1253. Dust And Ashes
Genesis 18:16-33
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Erskine White
... Here we encounter our faith in all its fullness: in all its depth and height, in all its darkness and ligh, in all its pain and glory. Lent is a somber time, a time for reflection and growth, a time to change our ways and deepen our commitment. Our Lord entered into suffering and death during this period on our behalf. The least we can do is enter into the spiritual demands of the season for Him. This Lenten season will carry us through the next five Sundays. We will walk in the shadow of the Cross. We will ...
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Erskine White
... on the Sabbath, the father and children should help her with this work, so that she may have a day of rest as well. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." (5) "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you." You shall respect the integrity of the family. Your parents cared for you when you were young, and you shall care for them when they are old. Whether they live in an institution or at home, you owe a debt to your parents which someday ...
1255. A Holy Hunger
Jeremiah 30:1--31:40
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Carl Hoefler
... of God. This prophecy of a new covenant is appropriate for us to hear this evening. Especially, it is appropriate as we gather to celebrate the birth-event of the sacrament of communion. In the reading of the Gospel, we hear once again the familiar words that our Lord spoke to his disciples and to us: "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood." Even more important for an understanding of what we are about to do, when we come to the altar-table to partake of communion, is Jeremiah ...
Eulogy
Stan Richards
... turned-the New Jerusalem.. In such a time, our hope is in the God who embraces us with the warmth of a mother and the protection of a father. Meditation on the Hymn: Jesus Loves Me Responsive Reading: Pastor: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. All: Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. (Psalm 130: 1,2.) Pastor: I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? All: "Why must I walk about mournfully." (Psalm 42:9) Pastor: He has stripped my glory from me ...
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... the attendance at baseball games: "If the people don’t want to come, there’s nothing that’s going to stop them!" The Lord also laments what his children are doing. Many parents can identify with that. You try to reach out to your child, and your ... it fly away." God is a parent who treats us mercifully. He also wants us to find the wisdom to treat others with compassion. The Lord does not give up easily. He looks forward to the day when his children will return, responding to his call. What a great day ...
1258. Epiphany 2
Jn 2:1-12 · 1 Cor 12:1-11 · Isa 62:1-5
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John R. Brokhoff
... from failure. Have you invited Jesus to come into your heart, your life, your marriage, your work? 2. Emptiness. 2:7 For many life is empty. Our lives may be as empty as the stone jars. This emptiness is expressed in the popularity of the song, "Fill my cup, Lord." When we come to Jesus, as Mary did, for help, Jesus not only fills us up to the brim, but gives us an excess. The six stone jars provided 120-180 gallons of wine! Note, too, the generosity of Jesus in feeding the 5,000 - twelve baskets were left ...
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... part of the answer. The things that had befallen them were due to themselves. The people had fallen away from their old faith and the life it commanded. It did not mean that God had forsaken them. The Bible leaves no doubt about God’s hand in the process. The Lord, it dares to say, delivered them into the hands of the Midianites. It is not because God does not love that things turn out badly. It may be even because God loves us. It is because God’s love is at the basis of life and all that it offers ...
1260. Ascension
Luke 24:46-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23
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... God give his Spirit to us, that we may know the wonderful blessings of being his church. Collect Almighty God, who has exalted your Son with the highest honor and glory: Inspire your church with wisdom and power, that the exalted Christ may be honored as Lord of all. In his name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Father, we are your church, the body of Christ, serving our world. And your power which was manifested in the risen Christ, whom you lifted into heaven, is the very power undergirding your church ...
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... to fool God by hiding it, but to bring it out in the open! The way to get relief from sin is to come to the Lord's Table with humility and honestly confess your sins to God. Then you will be forgiven. Remember what he said about Holy Communion: "This cup ... for us Christians too. Our eternal home is just beyond the Graveyard. That's why we need not fear death. When we breathe our last the Lord will be there to take us to our Heavenly Home. When you come to the altar today to eat the Bread and drink the Wine of ...
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... the Christians of his day. He said, "I would believe in their salvation if they looked a little more like people who have been saved." Too many of us do not look like saved people. Too many of us do not radiate with joy at being in communion with our Lord and King. It reminds me of the little girl named Terri who was visiting her Uncle Joe on the farm. Her uncle was a very religious man ... known by everyone to be a devoted Christian. But Uncle Joe never laughed or smiled and usually had a long, sad look on ...
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Edward Chinn
... At the conclusion of the meal, there would be the final cup of wine called "The Cup of Blessing." Again, the father of the family, the rabbi with his pupils, the host with his guests, would take the cup of wine and say, "Blessed art thou, O Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine." Christ did this every time he sat down with his twelve ambassadors. On Thursday night, by our time reckoning (although it would have been Good Friday by Jewish reckoning, since the Jewish day begins ...
1264. Advent 4
Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10
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CSS
... with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. The petition, in the light of the address that asks the risen and reigning Lord to stir up his power and come to us in the celebration of his birth, is an expression of repentance by those with ... your heads, O gates; lift them high, O everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in ... "Who is he, this King of glory?" "The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory." The one who was in the creation and to whom all people and all things belong, is about ...
1265. Epiphany 2
Psalm 40:1-17, John 1:29-34, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7
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CSS
... Chosen One of God." (Develop the Law/Gospel dialectic in this text. John didn't forget his role as "witness" to the coming of Christ, "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world;" he never once sought to play God or thought himself to be the Lord's anointed one. He went about his business for God and waited for the Father to reveal his Son to him. Don't we, too often, confuse our identities, our roles and work in the business of Christ and the church, let alone forget that Jesus came "to take away ...
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George Bass
... head and one at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." Saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that ... must have been her first thought when she saw that the stone had been removed from the mouth of the tomb, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." That was anything but good news to Peter and the others, ...
1267. Forever His
Romans 14:1--15:13
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Raymond Gibson
... Jesus Christ. As long as we live, Paul says, we belong to Jesus. "None of us lives to himself ... If we live, we live to the Lord." In other words, as long as Christians are alive, we are forever his. We belong to him because he bought us with his own blood ... beings in service even as Christ gave himself for us. That is how we make St. Paul’s words come true that Christ "might be both Lord of the dead and of the living." One way we can do this is using our God-given talents for the sake of others. Each of ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... death. To us the "life of Christ" usually means the earthly career of Jesus. To Paul it meant the life of the risen Son of God, of whom he could say, "For me to live is Christ." As for Peter on Pentecost, "this Jesus whom you crucified" was now "both Lord and Christ." When Peter declared that God had made Jesus of Nazareth the Christ, he was applying to Jesus the title of Messiah. In preaching the gospel to the Jews Paul did the same. In Acts 9:22 we read that Paul "silenced the Jews of Damascus with his ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... , the body of Christ. "Because there is one loaf," says Paul, "we, many as we are, are one body" (1 Corinthians 10:17). Paul’s theology of the church as the body of Christ has both a vertical and a horizontal dimension. Applying the basic affirmation "Jesus is Lord" to the figure of the body, Paul describes Christ as the head from whom the body derives its life and growth. God "has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body" (Ephesians 1:22 ...
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Gordon Pratt Baker
... it. He can walk no road but that the Almighty is before and behind him (cf. Isaiah 52:12b). In fact, he cannot even entertain an idea without God knowing what it is before he can express it. In short, the singer has no doubt that the Lord knows him through and through. O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me! Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar. Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my ...
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R. Blaine Detrick
... She explained to Eli, received his blessing, and went her way. As a result of her prayers, Samuel was born. As early as possible, probably when he was about three or four years of age, Hannah took him to the temple. She "lent him," as the Bible says, to the Lord. Lent him? She gave him to God. She had said that she would give her son back to God - and she did, literally. She just left him there at the temple with Eli. Samuel was a kind of acolyte. There were many errands that he could run, many duties that ...
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Richard L. Eslinger
... of worship, the army may begin to think that the struggle is all theirs - and the victories all theirs as well. It is in our praise of the God of the covenant that we confess that righteousness is a gift and not an achievement. The victories belong to the Lord. But if there is something abnormal in a church which refuses to take time for praise and the "wasted time" of worship, it is equally sad to see a church which never leaves its walls for service to a world in need. Then its praise rings hollow and the ...
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T. A. Kantonen
... richer threefold sense in which God remains the one true God even though he reveals himself to us in Christ and continues to communicate himself to us in the Holy Spirit. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, the Son of God is our Lord and Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit makes redemption real in our experience. This kind of logic can be grasped only from the center of the gospel: God is love. Augustine was right, "You have an insight into Trinity, if you have an insight into love." Just as love ...
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Maurice A. Fetty
... God's church and ourselves. Yes, we're afraid of letting fresh, invigorating air into the stuffy, volatile, seething conceits of our souls, afraid God's power will put us off the throne. And yet, John's voice is the voice to be heard to prepare the way of the Lord. It's a voice that speaks up and out and a voice that speaks down into the very depths of our souls. And it says, repent. Open up and receive the Christ anew and you and your church and society will be made whole. Prayer Almighty God, Creator of ...
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Harry N. Huxhold
... is saying that what God has done for us is to permit the glory that was so evident both at Sinai and the mount of our Lord’s transfiguration to be present in our lives. We keep the glow on right within our own lives as we live in the assurance of God ... It is by faith we know the love of God has been confirmed for us in the revelation to the ancient people Israel and in our Lord Jesus Christ. So it is that we pray in that matchless prayer of the Church on this day, “O God, in the transfiguration of your Son ...
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