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1426. Christmas 1

Isaiah 61:10–62:3, Luke 2:21-40, Galatians 3:23–4:7, Colossians 3:12-21

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Russell F. Anderson

... are asked to put on. Not only is love above in importance but in origin. We figuratively speak of God and goodness as coming from above. Certainly love emanates from above, from God. Is love above all other realities in our lives? The incarnate word and Word. The apostle urges his hearers to let the word of God dwell in them richly (RSV). He refers to the scriptures, psalms and hymns. The Word (Christ) becomes incarnate in us as we permit God's word to be absorbed into the center of our being as we dwell in ...

1427. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Lk 2:41-51 · Eph 1:3-18 · Jer 31:7-14 · Ps 147

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Russell F. Anderson

... realm above and beyond the earthly. Because of his great love, God destined us to be his sons and daughters before the foundation of the world. Salvation takes on cosmic dimensions: "to unite heaven and earth in him" (v. 5). In verses 15-19, the apostle gives thanks for their faith and love and prays that the Lord might fill their hearts with wisdom, knowledge and revelation. Gospel: John 1:1-18 The prologue of John rings lyrical in praise of the divine Logos or Word. This Logos is the eternal creative ...

1428. The Name Of Names

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Mark J. Molldrem

... rose from the dead and ascended to heaven, victorious over the evil dark that would engulf this world. Jesus rules! This is what is meant by the scriptures when Jesus is portrayed sitting at the right hand of the Father. We acknowledge his lordship when we confess in the Apostles' Creed that "he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father." We name Jesus as the Lord of life in whose power we dare to face the challenges of each day. We name his name and we are named by his name. Among ...

1429. The Righteousness Of God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Mark J. Molldrem

"Hardships ... beatings ... imprisonment ... sleepless nights ... hunger ... in dishonor ... in ill repute ... unknown ... sorrowful ... poor." It sounds like a street person being described. Wrong! These are word snapshots of the life of the apostle Paul that picture what a follower of Christ must be ready to bear. Paul was a "street person" of sorts, pounding the pavement in the first century from Jerusalem to Damascus to Rome. His task was not survival, but salvation. Paul preached the salvation from ...

1430. Adoption Into God's Family

1 Peter 3:8-22

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Mark J. Molldrem

... at its greatest. In Jesus Christ, the Father accepts the wage, the debt. Jesus Christ loves us to death, literally he loves us to death on a cross. Martin Luther in his Small Catechism puts it this way in explanation of the Second Article of the Apostles' Creed: "At great cost he has [adopted me], a lost and [orphaned child], not with silver and gold but with his holy and precious blood and his innocent suffering and death." Paul writes in Galatians, "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his ...

1431. The Ultimate Mystery

John 18:28-40

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Lee Griess

... and our sinfulness. This is the One who is pierced. This is the lamb sacrificed, the fulfillment of promise, and the gift of salvation. Finally our survey of the scene at Calvary must include Jesus and those nearby. We see a group of women and a single apostle, gathered at his feet. They gathered there as do families around the bed of a dying loved one. They gathered there to share their pain and lean on one another, so their sorrow and anguish would not overcome them. There they stand. There in the midst ...

1432. God Doesn't Ask A Fig Tree To Produce Bananas

Luke 13:1-9

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Lee Griess

... stupid!" How ironic it is then, that Jesus would tell us to repent. Instead of offering a word of support and understanding for our all-too-human tendency to cover up our wrongdoings, Jesus tells us to disclose the evil within us, to admit that we have failed. The apostle John tells us the same thing very clearly when he writes, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." Whoever we are, whatever we do, we all share one thing in common and that is that we are sinful. Saint ...

1433. Forgiven!

John 12:1-11

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Lee Griess

... little, loves little." Forgiven -- that's the theme of today's Gospel reading -- good news for broken hearts -- God's forgiveness can cover us all. Theologian Karl Barth knew this. He once declared, "We live solely by forgiveness." He was but echoing the message of the apostle Paul. Paul knew what it was to struggle with forgiveness. He once wrote that he knew the law better than any and that he had struggled mightily to obey it, for he believed it to be the way of salvation. But instead of saving him ...

1434. A Monolgue from Peter

Mark 8:27-30

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Dr. Raymond Bailey

... and used it to help others find themselves -- three thousand people responded to my message of the kingdom on the day of Pentecost alone. Over and over He, the Savior, has used this voice. At least I don't suffer from stage fright -- My friend, the apostle Paul, who wrestled much with God over his frailties, reports that he had the distinct impression that the Almighty was saying to him, "My grace is sufficient for you, Paul." But additionally, He said something we often don't hear.He said, "My strength is ...

1435. Pentecost Communion Meditation: Monologue Of A Saint

Acts 2:42-47, Acts 2:14-41

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Dr. Raymond Bailey

... you were family -- even though you didn't know one another. Now you have been brought together. We now have communion between some saints of Lakeland and the saints of Lake Lindsey and New Hope. That's, in part, what we mean when, in the Apostles' Creed, we talk of the communion of saints. It is a catholic, that is, worldwide, community. In fact, it is much more -- it is a communion that surpasses this world -- it surpasses time and space, and binds together, through all time, the community of the saints ...

1436. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... without bearing his witness to the Parthians and Medes and Elamites and numerous others gathered in Jerusalem from all parts of the Mediterranean. For rising to the occasion he bore his testimony so eloquently that three thousand of their number endorsed "the apostles' teaching and fellowship." (Acts 2:1-42) Stirring as this event was, however, Peter knew he could not let matters rest there. So he pressed on with his witness by taking steps to conserve the decisions of those who were joining the fellowship ...

1437. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... scholar describes her. Yet another refers to her as holding "a good social position." Moreover, the gospels call our attention to Mary no fewer than 14 times to bestow upon her a distinction they do not even accord the disciples; for better than half of the Apostles are dismissed with only the notation that "they had been with Jesus." II Where or how Mary attained the means to support the Master in his mission to humanity we are never told. Unlike Salome and Joanna, there is no hint she had a sympathetic ...

1438. Memory And Hope

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Deborah D. Steed

... to engender hope that the nation could once again know the goodness of the Lord. Memory that they had been blessed, and hope that once again the hand of the Lord would rest upon them. The early church, too, called forth memory and hope. The apostles, fresh from companionship with Jesus, recalled his physical presence before the ascension in order to gather strength and spread the gospel. And this memory compelled them to hope that once again they might enjoy that same union with him that they had had before ...

1439. Inner Experience (Wedding Sermon)

Matthew 7:24-29

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Mary Lu Warstler

... . Love is not just a "feeling" that we have. Love is a gift from God which must be nurtured and expressed in many ways. As love grows the surface feelings may change, but the deeper level of love will allow you to respond to one another as the apostle Paul speaks of love in his letter to the Corinthians. He reminds us that love teaches us to be patient with one another -- even when we disagree, even as we are learning all the moods and unexpected reactions and changes in each other. He teaches us that love ...

1440. Wedding Sermon - You Are What You Wear

SOS 8:6-7; Col 3:12-17

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Erskine White

... you are married? That's right: I woke up this morning with my mind set on fashion! In fact, my advice to you can be summed up in five words: you are what you wear. Actually, it's not my advice, but God's, spoken through his apostle, Paul, so I can give it to you with complete confidence. Paul writes this about what you should wear: Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, meekness and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against the other, forgiving ...

1441. Answers To Consider

Job 19:1-29

Eulogy

James W. Addy

... all. Out of our depths we may feel forsaken -- but we are not! If in our pain we should question whether God is with us or not, or even if he cares, let us remember the cross of Christ. The Lord does not hide his face from our affliction. The apostle Paul sums it up for us. "It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" To which he proclaims: "Nothing!" Nothing shall separate us ...

1442. The Circle Of Life

Eulogy

Charles R. Leary

... two, I know that life is not easy, but I cling to the victory that Jesus claimed, "In the world you will have trouble, but never lose heart -- I have conquered the world." I invite you to join me in affirming the faith that ____________ believed and practiced in The Apostles' Creed.

1443. To The Father's House

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

James McKarns

... Man The first scripture reading we heard today was written by Paul and sent, in the form of a letter, to the people who lived in Corinth, Greece. Paul says our lives on this earth are similar to living in a tent. The gospel was written later, by the apostle John. He describes life beyond this earth, as living in the Father's house -- quoting the words of Jesus. I think these two brief readings give a graphic picture of how we human beings are to view life in its entirety. Here, on this earth, we are the ...

1444. Reading for Easter

Luke 24:1-12

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Craig M. Sweet

... day rise again." Reader 1: Then the women remembered Jesus' words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. Reader 2: But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

1445. "The Scandal Of Disloyalty"

Psalm 62:1-12, Mark 14:66-72

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R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... much to us as it did to him, to "watch and pray that you do not give in during the time of temptation."The story of Peter in the courtyard reminded the church ever afterward that without the Spirit of God in his life even the Chief of the Apostles was a failure. The story reminded the church that ultimately there can be no foundation for it other than Jesus Christ her Lord. It makes no difference where we are, or who we are, we must confess our faith in Jesus as Lord whenever the opportunity presents itself ...

1446. Easter Sunday

Luke 24:33-41 · Psalm 23 · Acts 4:33-36

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Jack Brownlee

... and haunting question of one's acceptability and worthiness as doubt. His hesitancy was not doubt, but whatever this feeling was, it made his heart skip and his step falter as he brought his gift for the upbuilding of the community to the feet of the apostles. He had no doubt that Jesus was the master teacher, was the Son of God, was the anointed one of Israel, was resurrected from the grave. He believed that Jesus was a new covenant that somehow made complete, somehow fulfilled, somehow made new and made ...

1447. The Full Measure Of Life

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Clement E. Lewis

... my life is. You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in thy sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Hymn: "I'll Live For Him" Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-15 (NRSV) The gifts that he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the ...

1448. Prayers for Advent 2

Isaiah 40:1-31, Psalm 85:1-13, 2 Peter 3:1-18, Mark 1:1-8

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B. David Hostetter

... by people from all earth's cities and countrysides. Amen. Prayer of Thanksgiving Saving God, loving Christ, baptizing Spirit, hear our thanksgiving for all who have paved the way for your good news to reach us. We admire the bold preaching of the prophets and apostles. We appreciate the work of scholars and translators in preparing a written text for us to read. We are grateful for the printers and binders that make Bibles for us and for all who help us to read and understand the Word of God written ...

1449. Easter Sunday

Mark 16:1-20, John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Acts 10:23b-48, Psalm 118:1-29

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B. David Hostetter

... a witness of a resurrection would dumbfound us also. There is something fearsome about death and grievous in the separation it brings between the living and the dead. We want to overcome our doubts about resurrection. Help us to receive the witness of the apostles concerning the new creation begun after the Sabbath was ended and another first day of your creation began, for the sake of him you raised from death, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News, brothers and ...

1450. Easter 2

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23, 1 John 1:5--2:14, Psalm 133:1-3, Acts 4:32-37

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B. David Hostetter

... life. PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of all worlds, Easter Victor, Victorious Spirit, though we are declared to be victors over the godless world, we often feel doubtful and defeated. We are too prone to go by our feelings and not to accept the witness of the apostles, believing his victory to be our victory over sin and death. Victorious Spirit, overcome our doubts and fears as we read and hear the apostolic witness. Increase our love as well, for we need to love others who are not as lovable as Jesus Christ ...

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