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1326. PROPER 13

Lk 12:13-21 · Col 3:1-11 · Ecc 1:2; 2:18-26 · 2 Ki 13:14-20a

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John R. Brokhoff

... and holy, and we are to be like him. We have a perpendicular dimension to life. The Christian has a transcendental quality of life. To look upward and to seek the things above means to have worthy goals, ideals, and beautiful dreams of what is excellent. Think noble thoughts. Seek the finest and the best. 2. Put (vv. 8-10). This three-letter word is often used in this pericope. We are to "put" away from us various sins such as anger, malice, and foul talk. We are to "put" off the old Adam, the sinful self ...

1327. Joseph’s Dream

Matthew 1:18-25

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... Saul Kane, when he wrote: I did not think, I did not strive, A deep peace burned in me alive. The bolted door had broken in, I knew that I was done with sin. I felt that Christ had given me birth To brother all the souls on earth. I thought all earthly creatures knelt With rapture at the joy I felt. Joseph believed her and he would marry her! Her heart must have been overflowing with love and gratitude when Joseph told her the wedding was still on. Joseph’s dream of an angel’s visit was as real to ...

1328. Second Lesson

Matthew 5:13-16

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... saying, "Let’s look at all sides of this question before we make any decision." It stopped the near-argument of the two men, and other people entered into the discussion. The strange thing was the two were not as far apart on the question as they thought they were, and when they saw that, they laughed and actually went out and had coffee together and became friends again. When I finished my stint as vice-pastor of the congregation, the secretary of the church council sent a letter to me in which she said ...

1329. God's Push

Matthew 15:21-28

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... . The push was to reach out to people about whom they really, to be honest, were not interested in. God pushes us, too. This story is in our Bible so that God can push you and me and our congregation into reaching out in love to people we'd never thought to care about. In America there are millions of people who are unchurched - 85-90 million, in fact. That is one-third of the nation's population. Some of them are folks who've never really heard the Good News of Christ. They reject him and his church on the ...

1330. The Power and the Glory

Matthew 20:20-28

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... again." A police officer responded, "Are you trying to tell us that the mayor of New York was once a horse thief?" "No," LaGuardia answered, "I'm telling you that I was once a boy." Here was a man who had learned how to count. Number three: spend yourself without thought for a return. We all know people who will do favors for others, if there's a chance it will pay off down the road a way. That is not the Stephen Ministry or Christian style. Here one simply does what is needed: Spend an hour with a child ...

1331. Rags For God

John 13:1-17

Children's Sermon

... . After he had eaten, he took a bowl of water and a big towel. He knelt down in front of each disciple and washed their feet. A couple of them let Jesus wash their feet, but when he came to Peter, he would not let him wash his feet. Peter thought Jesus was too good to wash his feet. I want to explain to you what Jesus answered. I brought along some rags. I have one for each of you and it is a gift I want you to have. Has anyone ever given you a rag for a gift? (Let ...

1332. God of the Ordinary

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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... is even more reliable and sophisticated. This lection begins where the Egyptian army and chariots came charging after the Jews - Pharoah had changed his mind again. The struggling, straggling, fugitive Hebrews were on the move. Both sides, Egyptians and Hebrews, must have thought it was a suicide march. The Jews were bounded by the desert, the sea, and the enemy. They were "sitting ducks" and the enemy was bearing down upon them at full speed. They were breathing down their necks, so close that the rumble ...

1333. Is God With You, Or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... good for us. Norman Rockwell, the great American artist, said, "When I want a dog model, I always go to the city pound. Dogs that have taken a beating from life have character." "Difficult" Doesn't Mean God is Absent The Israelites are hungry now, and their first thought (after griping about it) is to question whether they can have trouble like this and God still be with them. Why is it we automatically assume, when we have any problem or trouble at all, God has left us and we are now all alone? But just as ...

1334. Promise or Threat?

Matthew 24:1-35

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... sun and moon and stars. Reports of famine and earthquake are hardly news anymore. And as for turmoil among nations, has any generation lived in a time of total world peace? So, with those conclusions and questions, few of us give the matter any serious thought. But, should we? Our appreciation and understanding of the message at the heart of the doctrine of second coming would be enriched, I think, if we could hear it anew through the ears of the early Christians, the people who wrote the New Testament, the ...

1335. The End is a New Beginning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... . She had known she was in danger of suffering a heart attack if she exerted herself too much, but that did not stop her from attempting to help others. Her concern almost cost her her life, but she was willing to pay such a high price to do what she thought she ought to be doing. Not many of us would risk a heart attack to help other people, let alone jeopardize our health or risk our future to protect the land, would we? We might if it belonged to us and its diminution in usefulness and value, or its ...

1336. Being Different

Daniel 3:1-30

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Harold Warlick

... , I'd brought a full $60 in my wallet for the four days. We entered the opulent dining room and were seated at a table while a little man played a violin beside us. I opened the menu, and immediately all the color drained from my face. "My god," I thought. "The decimal points are in the wrong place. Look at these prices." The maitre'd came up and asked Diane what she would like for dinner. She smiled and pointed to a $22 listing of a steak dinner. I just looked at her and went "Ummmh!" She said, "What's ...

1337. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Harold Warlick

... . Seven and a half percent of visitors will buy because they like what they see. Another 28 1/2 percent will start to give in before they leave. "They've been so good to me! I owe them something. So what if I don't want the property. I shoulda thought of that before I came."1 After two or three days of plush living, you can hardly say "no" without feeling like a slob, an ingrate or a rip-off artist. The figures have been researched and they are accurate. In our society, 36 percent of the people will buy ...

1338. Compassion

Luke 10:25-37

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Harold Warlick

... to do for him what someone obviously did for you?" I responded in rather direct fashion. "There are no perfect people, for starters. Secondly, my life is not all that together. Everyone has problems. But most important, you cannot go out and buy 40 years of compassion." I thought of the aunt who took off from work in Charlotte to stay with me for a week while my sister was born; the high school principal who kept me in school and gave me a job when I was running around with the wrong crowd and deserved to ...

1339. The Shortest Distance Is Not A Straight Line

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Harold Warlick

... . "Before I came to this place and studied under you," he declared, "life was very clear and simple. I knew clearly what was right and wrong, good or bad, truth or falsehood. I came from a small family in a small town. I knew enough, I thought. But you made me complicated. You pointed out all these ambiguities and contradictions in history and religion. And I can't go back to being simple anymore." Ambiguity is indeed a real problem in life. When a person moves beyond a certain plateau in life, ambiguity ...

1340. Solid as a Rock

Matthew 16:18

Children's Sermon

... powers of hell shall not prevail against it." Does that sound like Jesus was mad at Peter or sad with Peter? I think it sounds like Jesus thought that Peter was strong, and maybe even more. Jesus had asked Peter who he thought he was. Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." No one had ever said it that way to Jesus before. Some people had thought about it, and some had wondered about it, but no one ever said that Jesus was something that wonderful. People were afraid to say it. No ...

1341. On Jesus' Team

Mark 3:24

Children's Sermon

... , the Son of God, is always good, and he is always doing good things for people. That is what Jesus was trying to teach the people about him self and the devil. Some people thought that the things Jesus did, such as healing people with diseases they thought were made by the devil, made Jesus a friend of the devil. They also thought that some of the people whom Jesus made as friends were evil, and that this made Jesus a friend of the devil. But Jesus told them that healing diseases and making good men out ...

1342. Me First

Mark 9:35

Children's Sermon

... whole group. Being a leader is fun, but it also has tremendous responsibility. You have to help others to be a leader. Jesus needs leaders, but he needs leaders who want to work and do things for others. That is the way it is to be with Jesus. The disciples thought about that for a long time. Most people want to be first because they like the other people who are already leaders. Most people forget that it took a lot of work to become a leader. If you want to be first, or be a leader, then you must also ...

1343. The Master Has Come - To Face Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... on a donkey. And so they welcomed Jesus to the city. Someone had said he would be a new king, or something like that. Someone thought he heard someone else call him "the king of the Jews." Everyone was there. All good Jews who were able had made this trip ... with a black eye. His mother asked what had happened, and he told her he had a fight with Mike O’Reilly. She said, "I thought he was your best friend. What were you fighting about?" The boy told his mother he had called the Pope a bad name. She said, " ...

1344. Number Thirteen Had to Try Harder

1 Corinthians 15:9

Children's Sermon

... big screws are there? (Let them answer.) That's right, there are twelve big ones and one small one. Paul speaks about himself and calls himself the least of the apostles. That means that he thought the other disciples were bigger or better. Maybe that is what he thought, but I think he had a better reason. Paul thought that he had something to make up to God that the other disciples did not have to make up. Paul had hunted Christians and had even had some Christians killed. Paul had fought the Christian ...

1345. God's Detour Light

Galatians 1:11-24

Children's Sermon

... Paul. He also asked him a question about why he was hurting God's church. Paul listened to what God said and thought about it carefully. Paul thought that he was doing what God wanted him to do, but he found out that he was doing what God did not ... road. God asked Paul to change roads, to take a detour, and to follow Jesus rather than to hunt the followers of Jesus. Paul thought and prayed a lot about it, and then he changed his mind. Paul became a great follower of Jesus. Sometimes we have to change ...

1346. Responding to What We Hear and See

Matthew 11:1-19

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Joe Pennel

... you the way you were. Why couldn't you leave us alone? We wanted you to show up when we wanted you to make us feel good. We wanted a pretty church for weddings and baptisms and funerals. We wanted the cute Easter bunny hopping around the lawn. We thought religion was good for the kiddies. Now all of a sudden you've turned against us. We wanted peace and you brought us a sword. Things were going along all right. Then you got interested in the poor people. Now they're strutting around like they Are going to ...

1347. The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Isaiah 25:1-12, Psalm 23:1-6, Psalm 135:1-21, Deuteronomy 34:1-12, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20

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... that one's soul has been delivered from sin and death, and that one has been invited into the kingdom of heaven. (Isaiah 25 speaks to this part of the sermon.) 4. Get ready for the feast - right now - by discerning what really matters in life - one's thoughts, values, priorities, joy and suffering, by which the presence and power of God have been discerned - and holding on to them in fidelity and truth. (Paul's letter to the Philippians informs this section of the homily.) Isaiah 25:1-9 (E); 25:6-9 (L); 25 ...

1348. The One Who Made His Cross

Drama

... be." Yessir. Silas What if ... what if you had broken it. Or what if someone had stolen it from you. You probably would never have been able to pay me back. I would have just had to add it to what you already owe me. Barnabas I guess I never thought about that. Silas Well, think man. (Pause) Honestly, I’m going to be more relieved than you when your debt is clear. (Checking books) How much is it now anyway? Let’s see. Not counting this day’s work, it comes to 75 denarii. Is that the way you have ...

1349. The Secret Story of Gabriel

Luke 1:26-38

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... . God Himself is coming to earth! So what You need is the most awesome, most elaborate advertising campaign ever imagined. Money is no object. Your Child deserves nothing but the best." Gabriel pulled out his flip charts and market research; he was ready to roll. "I thought we might start off low-key, and then go to an all-out media blitz. We start by printing millions of T-shirts and bumper stickers that simply say, ‘He’s coming!’ Isn’t it great! It’s the oldest marketing trick in the book - you ...

1350. The Girl Who Was Too Smart to Learn

Luke 2:25

Children's Sermon

... play the piano," she said, "I want to do something else now." Her father began teaching her how to play tennis. He took her out on the court every chance he got and she got better quickly. She won a tournament for children aged twelve and under, and everyone thought she had a great future in the sport. Her father wanted her to keep playing in order to reach the next level of ability, but the girl said, "No, Daddy, I already know how to play tennis. Let me do something else." The little girl was too smart to ...

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