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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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1326. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , there are streaks of the deepest red. The great Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes argued that no profession was as rewarding as the law. In what other profession, he asked, "does one plunge so deep into the stream of life, so share in its passions, its battles, its despair, its triumphs?" Sorry, Justice Holmes. It's not law where one plunges deep into the stream of life. It's following Jesus where one takes life's deepest plunge. My fear is that we aren't plunging deep enough. My concern ...

1327. You're Fired!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... at it: fists, kicks, whips, chains, spikes, thorns, nails, spears, crucifixion. There's nothing you can do to make God stop loving you and hugging you. God will stop at nothing, not even death on the cross, to let you know how much God loves you. As the Passion reveals, God's love is overwhelming, an all-consuming fire. But first you have to hear these words: "You're Fired." Old things must pass away for all things to become new. Will you receive God's hug this morning? (You're altar call can be to come ...

1328. Learning the Three Step Faith Walk

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... INTO THE DEEP Jesus doesn't call us to take half or half-hearted steps. Jesus calls us to launch out into the deep waters of discipleship. The walk of faith is not about safety or risk-free living. The walk of faith is all about passion and compassion. In fact, theologian Douglas John Hall insists that "Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it's delivered as easy and amusing, it's another kind of religion altogether." (Journal for Preachers, Lent 2000, as quoted in Martin E. Marty's Context ...

1329. The Whole Shebang in Six Words

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... -filled lives because we're trying to keep our hands clean and dry? I suspect one of the test-questions at Judgment Day is going to be: Show me your hands? Are they clean? Are they dry? If so, why? Are we afraid to passionately engage with others because we are concerned about keeping our hands clean? Salvation has been treated as if it were a place of arrival rather than the departure point for a long pilgrimage of grace-filled come-downs. Sanctification: Come OUT Second, sanctification. If justification ...

1330. The Longest Distance in the Universe

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a puppy. But as a goal for integrating all the various components of our lives, its right on track. The old 4-H pledge recognizes that human beings are animated by different, and sometimes conflicting, aspects of the self. Intellect and reason rule the head. Passions and compassion move the heart. But it takes the actions of our hands to bring our thoughts and feelings to fruition in this world. The disciples in today's gospel text definitely have their thinking caps on. They have been puzzling out how best ...

1331. What's Left Is Right

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... longer a servant. He is now redeemed as an entrepreneur. People still choose class over community. As Daisy says in The Great Gatsby, "Rich girls don't marry poor boys." Didn't then. Don't now. Jesus' words here in Mark, especially his passion prediction, show how ill-conceived the disciples' dreams actually were. Their anticipation of greatness is exposed as foolish and flawed. Their quarrel over who would be the greatest and get heaven's glory seat is dismissed by the looming reality of Jesus' inglorious ...

1332. The Smell of Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... soldier who would follow Thee. From subtle love of softening things, From easy choices, weakenings . . . From all that dims Thy Calvary, O Lamb of God, deliver me. Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay The hope no disappointments tire The passion that will burn like fire, Let me not sink to be a clod: Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God. Amy Carmichael, as quoted by Elisabeth Elliot in A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael (Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1987), 221.

1333. Transmission

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of destiny they're unique, special, and have confidence; A sense of purpose they have a mission in life; A sense of love a legacy of love; A sense of security they're safe; family is their refuge; A sense of hope; A desire for godliness a passion for God and the gospel. In today's 1 John text, the author has considered what he most wants to transmit to the fledgling house churches he is parenting. What he most wants to transmit is love. The newness of Christianity, its reliance on eyewitnesses and oral ...

1334. Make Room for Mystery

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... life, you know. I can’t fully understand it, but I can name it. The name of it is God. A prayer by Ernest Campbell: Lord, we know the words, Teach us now the music of our faith. We know the forms of celebration, Give us now the fire, the passion, and the joy. Break through the curtain of our dark, And help us to receive You unashamed, With the abandon of a little child. In the Savior’s name we pray. Amen.

1335. Jesus' Forty Days, and Ours

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

... him in. But then, he became engrossed in his preparation, and much later, he remembered the promise. He went into his son’s bed room only to discover that the little fellow was already asleep. That story breaks my heart, because it has a familiar ring to it. His passion to be a good preacher - a good thing - had tempted him that night to be a bad father. Do you hear it? The tempter even turns our strengths against us if we are not careful. Well, if temptation is real and if we will be wrestling with it ...

1336. A New Vision

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , clothes and cars. He had been accepted at several of the top engineering schools to work on his Master’s degree. He had everything going for him, even good looks. Women circled around him like sharks. Yet he had nothing inside. There was no fire or passion in his belly. He had no vision, no joy, no enthusiasm, no peace, no harmony. Leo said, “Before you take your life, I want you to visit some old people at the Hebrew Home which is adjacent to our campus.” “What for?” the young man countered ...

1337. The Counter Intelligence of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of possibility for men and women who entered into a new life in Christ. In other words, the Christian life is built on a paradox, an oxy-moron. The Cross as Triumph not as Defeat, the cross as the absolute and complete working out of God’s passion for the salvation of humanity and the rebirth of all creation, forces us to look at things differently. We see triumph where the world sees tragedy. We see divine strength where the world sees pitiable weakness. We see a Master’s love where the world sees ...

1338. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... around the Jordan where John the Baptist had been so active. John had been “arrested,” literally “handed-over” (“piradidomi”) and imprisoned by Herod Antipas. Significantly Jesus himself ultimately will be “handed over” in Matthew’s telling of the passion narrative (Mt. 26:15, 16, 21). Matthew declares Jesus “withdrew,” the same verb he uses to describe the stealthy departure of Jesus’ family after his birth (Mt. 2:14, 22), further highlighting the danger of the situation and Jesus ...

1339. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... . The tune Maitland, known to many congregations as "Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone," fits the text well. The unconscious association with the older hymn will help reinforce the message of the more recent one. The ancient custom of burning the palms of the previous Passion/Palm Sunday to obtain this year's ashes is practiced by many churches. The burning is not done in church or as a separate service, however. It provides a practical answer to the question of what to do with the palms that have had a ...

1340. Christmas Eve\Christmas Day

Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:8-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... work. Significance. Grace, according to these verses, means salvation, and salvation brings a definite kind of living. First, in the present, a steady transformation occurs in the lives of believers, so that they deliberately move away from impiety and worldly passions (literally, "worldly lusts"). Doing away with such inappropriate attitudes and practices is not, however, merely putting on a facade of piety, for growth away from impiety and worldly lusts is the result of the operation of grace in the lives ...

1341. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... also with you.") Although John is not read consecutively through the year, the preacher should be aware that this image of Jesus as the Lamb of God at the beginning of ordinary time will be picked up again on Good Friday when John's passion narrative is read. There the Crucifixion occurs on the Day of Preparation, the day when the lambs were slaughtered for the Passover. Last Sunday the emphasis was on commissioning to ministry; today there is an implied identification of baptism with suffering and death as ...

1342. Lent 4

Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... that in the ancient tradition of the Church, baptism was frequently referred to as "illumination." The Psalm 23 is chosen for the response because of its reference to anointing (v. 5). Verses 4 and 6 help us anticipate the coming of the Passion and the Resurrection. Worship planners might consider that there are several metrical arrangements of this psalm, any one of which could be used as a response to the Old Testament lesson. Six can be found in The Presbyterian Hymnal (1990); most standard hymnals ...

1343. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... 's agenda in the world. The epistle speaks of the length to which God's faithfulness will go: the God who gives a son to Sarah gives his own Son so that the world's weeping may be turned into laughter. This is the faithfulness of love, which is true passion that is willing to suffer and die for the beloved. This is not a sentimental, romantic love mistakenly thought to be everyone's right from God, a condition of the created order; it is a costly love that goes forth to give in the face of rejection, a love ...

1344. Proper 9

Psalm 45:1-17, Romans 7:7-25, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:1-19, Genesis 24:1-67

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Matthew shows us that Jesus encountered resentment and disbelief in the earlier portions of his ministry, it is in this third section that the strong resistance to Jesus' work emerges in anticipation of the forthcoming rejection of Jesus in the Passion narrative (chapters 26-27). In chapters 11-12, Matthew reports a series of questions that were put to Jesus, his responses, controversies in which he engaged, and condemnations that he uttered. In chapter 11, messengers come from John the Baptist asking ...

1345. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... of the living God; and in affirmation of Peter's faith Jesus had promised him the authority to do the hard work of ministry. This well-informed and authorized disciple heard his master—the Christ, the Son of the living God—talking about his Passion, and Jesus' words completely threw him. Peter acted quite logically: he rebuked Jesus. Whatever he said, Peter's words were strong; for the verb translated "to rebuke" is the same word used throughout the Gospel in reference to Jesus' rebuking demons. Yet it ...

1346. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... debating his opponents over what makes one truly acceptable to God. Philippians 2:1-13 - "The Call and Promise of Christlikeness" Setting. Philippians 2:5-11, the so-called "Christ hymn," was the lesson for the sixth Sunday in Lent (The Liturgy of the Passion), so the following commentary is in part a repetition of that entry. Readers may also refer to the material on setting for last Sunday's epistle lesson for additional information. Paul spends time early in the body of the letter, 1:12-3:21, exhorting ...

1347. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Psalm 99:1-9

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... in the context of this story. The trap laid for Jesus was a simple one, but it seems designed to confront him with a no-win situation. If he says it is okay to pay taxes, he will lose face with the masses, who deeply and passionately resent the Roman presence and domination; if he says it is wrong to pay taxes, he will take the side of those revolutionary types, who for political and religious reasons advocated rejection of Roman authority and even rebellion against the empire. But Jesus turns the tables ...

1348. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Psalm 90:1-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... is more than expected." The final theme could be best developed by holding high the two key Matthean titles, Son of David and Son of God. Illustrations from incidents in Matthew's account of Jesus' ministry and also from the forthcoming Passion and Resurrection accounts would be an appropriate way to communicate the understanding of Jesus communicated in the Gospel and articulated in this passage. PROPER 25: THE CELEBRATION Today's lessons may be helpful in providing the pastor/preacher with a devotional ...

1349. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

... 1-13 - "The Necessity of Being Prepared" Setting. Each of the Synoptic Gospels completes the recounting of the ministry of Jesus with sections of teaching material that are referred to as "little apocalypses"—that is, the last words of Jesus prior to the Passion narrative are remembered as his teachings about the future. In arranging the material in this fashion, Matthew (along with Mark and Luke) shows the concern of the early Church to connect the time after Easter firmly with the time of the historical ...

1350. Transfiguration

Psalm 2:1-12, Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... action and tells the story from a different point of view, that of the narrator of the gospel story, and refrains from overt interpretation or extrapolation. 2 Peter 1:16-21 - "Eyewitnesses of His Majesty" Setting. 2 Peter as a whole is passionately concerned with denouncing heretical tendencies in the Church and with criticizing those engaging in "false" teaching. The letter opens in common epistolary form, naming the sender, the recipients, and issuing a greeting (vv. 1-2). Then, vv. 3-11 meditates on the ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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1326. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1327. You're Fired!

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1328. Learning the Three Step Faith Walk

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1329. The Whole Shebang in Six Words

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1330. The Longest Distance in the Universe

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1331. What's Left Is Right

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1332. The Smell of Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1333. Transmission

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1334. Make Room for Mystery

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

1335. Jesus' Forty Days, and Ours

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

James McCormick

1336. A New Vision

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

1337. The Counter Intelligence of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1338. The Lonesome George Church

Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1339. Ash Wednesday

Mt 6:1-6, 16-21 · 2 Cor 5:20b--6:10 · Ps 51:1-17 · Jl 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1340. Christmas Eve\Christmas Day

Luke 2:1-7, Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:8-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1341. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1342. Lent 4

Jn 9:1-41 · Eph 5:8-14 · Ps 23 · 1 Sam 16:1-13

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1343. Proper 6

Matthew 10:1-42, Matthew 9:35-38, Romans 5:1-11, Psalm 116:1-19, Genesis 18:1-15

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1344. Proper 9

Psalm 45:1-17, Romans 7:7-25, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:1-19, Genesis 24:1-67

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1345. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:9-21, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1346. Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7, Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 78:1-72

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1347. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Psalm 99:1-9

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1348. Proper 25

Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Matthew 22:34-40, Matthew 22:41-46, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16, Psalm 90:1-17

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1349. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

1350. Transfiguration

Psalm 2:1-12, Matthew 17:1-13, 2 Peter 1:12-21, Exodus 24:1-18

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

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