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126. You CAN Take It With You

Luke 24:36-49

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... not completely true! There is something that we take with us from this life into the next - that something is our SCARS. That’s right! We take with us our scars. These past two Sundays our gospel lessons point to the fact that the risen Christ still carried on his body the scars of his life on earth. Last Sunday in Saint John’s Gospel we heard of Jesus’ meeting Thomas’ demand to see and to touch the Lord’s wounds. Once again today, we hear Jesus answering the questions that rose in his disciples ...

127. Acts 9:1-20

Acts 9:1-20

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Leonard Sweet

... Rather, they have simply returned to their old way of life, their old habits of living. They are no longer fishers of men, they are only fairly bad fishermen. Jesus' appearance before these men might well fill them with anxiety and guilt. Instead of carrying on the Lord's work, they are concerned only with their own livelihoods. Hence Jesus' command in verse 6 holds added significance. Jesus instructs the disciples to "cast the net to the right side of the boat" - i.e., try something different. The size of ...

128. Acts 9:1-20

Acts 9:1-20

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Leonard Sweet

129. Personal Politics

Matthew 18:15-20

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Wayne Brouwer

... have genuinely hurt me badly in the past, and I carry angst about them into my eternal present. Yet, I have also learned, over the years, to imagine Jesus standing next to each of them. I have pictured Jesus sitting at table with them, and carrying on conversations of earnest intensity or goodhearted laughter. When I have seen Jesus eating and drinking and sharing the kingdom of God with these two people, the growling of my heart stops, and the menace of bristling disgust or bitterness is tamed. It is only ...

130. The Joy of the Lord

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

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King Duncan

... great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” Four times they sent him the same message, and each time he gave them the same answer, “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down.” He was telling the truth. He was carrying on a great project. Nehemiah had a powerful purpose. What is your life’s purpose? There is a story about Albert Einstein, the brilliant scientist who won the 1921 Nobel Prize. Einstein was known to be absent minded. One day ...

131. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

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Dr. John Thompson Peters

... is the full Christian idea of God, which sets the standard for all Christian living and prayer. We are, therefore, to wage a truceless war against every thing which corrupts the soul, and ruins the body and mind, and kills the liberty of man. We are to carry on this war by creative and rebellious faith, rebellious not against the Supreme will, but against the intruding and transient evils of human life. But if by our own failure of faith, of love, and of hope, or by the vicarious law, we fall in the battle ...

132. Jesus' Object Lesson

Mark 9:33-37

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King Duncan

... their only chance for escape was to cross the rushing river. They huddled together and those who were strong picked up the weak and put them on their shoulders; the little children, the sick, the old and the infirm, those who were ill or wounded were carried on the backs of those who were strongest. They waded out into the river, and to their surprise they discovered that the weight on their shoulders carrying the least and the lowest helped them to keep their footing and to make it safely across the river ...

133. One Word Changed Everything

Matthew 16:13-20

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King Duncan

... Who do men say that I am?" However, he was concerned when he turned to his disciples and asked them, "And who do you say that I am?" Jesus' plan for the salvation of the world lay with this small group of men. He was building a team that would carry on after he was gone. The only thing that mattered to Jesus was their opinion. Who did they think he was? My friends, that's Jesus' main concern today. Who do we think he is? It matters little about what people outside these walls think. They are not those who ...

134. Carry Someone with You

Mark 9:30-37

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King Duncan

135. What We Are About

Acts 13:13-52

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King Duncan

... of high rank, are passing over to the profession of the Christian faith." We know where we came from. We know where we are headed. What is it that we are to be doing right now? Three tasks seem obvious. IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE ARE TO CARRY ON THE WORK THAT CHRIST INITIATED AND THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CONFIRMED WITHIN THE CHURCH ITSELF. Let’s term that MAINTENANCE. It is not a very exciting word or conceptthat we are to maintain the church. Nevertheless it is vital. We are maintaining Christ’s body, keeping ...

136. Fit for God

Psalm 24:1-10

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King Duncan

... by Professor Robert Feldman of the University of Massachusetts on the subject of lying. This study found that lying is more common than most people realize. In the study, pairs of strangers were put together for ten minutes and instructed to carry on a conversation. They were unaware that their conversations were being videotaped. Afterward, as the participants viewed the tape, they were asked to indicate anything they had said that was not true. Sixty percent admitted to telling at least one lie. The ...

137. Knowing When To Run

Genesis 39:1-2, 6b-16

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J. Howard Olds

... that cause you pain. You see, people of integrity are willing to pay the price. And therein lies the story of Joseph. So on our way to communion today let us face our temptations with integrity. Let us find in the sacrament of Holy Communion the grace and strength to carry on. It could make all the difference. Amen

138. Prophet Without Honor

Mark 6:1-13

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David Coffin

... 32 RSV). God continues to meet us when we are rejected. He reminds us that he knows the feeling of rejection — let’s take today in Nazareth for example! He points us to new life. This new life takes the form of us being encouraged to carry on because in Mark’s gospel the Spirit immediately moves us onto the next chapter of our mission in this season of Pentecost. Amen. 1. Hugh Anderson, The New Century Bible: The Gospel of Mark, (London, UK: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1976). 2. Morna D. Hooker, Black ...

139. God's Laughter

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

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Stan Purdum

... troubles of others, or the kind that tries to excuse wrongdoing by dismissing it as "just having fun." Nonetheless, I want to remind you that the gospel is at root good news and that Christianity is a faith that proceeded into the world carried on the joy of the first disciples. Here's something else. Good humor and faith are connected. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the great theologians of the twentieth century, explained it like this: Humor is concerned with the immediate incongruities of life, and faith with ...

140. The Subject Is Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

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Steve Molin

... just ten feet away, sit two of the seven men who killed him. Gihita, one of those men, has just helped my daughter Valerie, who is 3 1/2 years old, prepare dinner.1” She went back. In a mighty act of forgiveness, Elisabeth went back to carry on the mission begun by her husband, and she ministered to the very people who killed him. The subject today is forgiveness, and isn’t that odd? In an era when politicians stand constantly ready to sling mud at one another, and nations stand ready to sling missiles ...

141. Easter 7

Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12, John 17:6-19

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John R. Brokhoff

... Thursday we celebrated Jesus' ascension. The church is now on her own and her ministry in the world is soon to begin. The apostles are waiting and praying for the Spirit. Today's lections deal with the church's preparation for this ministry, the work of carrying on the ministry of Jesus: preaching, teaching and healing. So we find Jesus in the Gospel praying for his followers to be in but not of the world. Judas' death left a vacancy in the roster of apostles. Before the church can begin her ministry, the ...

142. What Kind Of King Is This?

2 Samuel 6:1-23

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Charles Curley

... limited to the Christmas season. Nor does it have to wait for any special time in our lives. In this story, God does not come in a manger, but in almost as strange a location (to us anyway), in the ark of the covenant. The ark was a box, carried on long poles, containing the two tablets of the law: the 10 Commandments. The ark had been lost in battle, captured by the enemy, and David had recovered it. Now David was bringing the restored ark of the covenant to Mount Zion for the first time. He was coming to ...

143. Break Through

2 Samuel 7:1-17

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Frederick C. Edwards

... for her part, but one of trust that God does not ask the impossible of us. What we may ascribe to Mary as innocence we might better call obedience. A maidservant does what is asked of her. Asked, mind you, not demanded. She could have protested, carried on, cried and thrown a tantrum, but obediently she said "yes." With her affirmation the stage is set for God to break through to humankind in a most ordinary and yet most unexpected way; the birth of a child. Have you ever wondered about the selection ...

144. A Town of Promise

Micah 5:1-4

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Harry N. Huxhold

... an overlay of our Lord’s career to fit the word from the prophetic text. It was not an accident that the Second David was born at Bethlehem. Clearly, God did want to give the evidence that God was starting over with a descendant of David who would carry on what God had begun through God’s faithful servant. Bethlehem’s claim to fame was renewed. Not only had that rural village produced the likes of King David, but the town had given to the world the King of kings and Lord of lords. Our Bethlehem There ...

145. 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

... . Now Joshua takes over. Will he be adequate? Will he be as acceptable to God as Moses was? Yahweh exalts Joshua as the new leader, promises to be with him, and gave him authority to command the people. Human beings come and go, but God raises up new leaders to carry on his work. 2. Hear (v. 9). Joshua's first act is to call an assembly for the people to hear God's Word. They are to hear the good news that Yahweh was still with them and promised to give them victory over the armies in the new land. God ...

146. A Loving Parent

Revelation 7:9-17

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King Duncan

... training totaling in the hundreds of years. But it was a salesclerk in a flower shop, a woman making $170 a week, who--by taking the time to care, and by being willing to go with what her heart told her to do--gave Douglas hope and the will to carry on.” (3) Sometimes all we can do is pray and weep and offer a word of encouragement. What we need to see is that God does all that and more. In our time of need God also comes to us with His love and comfort, if we will accept it. John ...

147. A Sign in the Heavens

Isaiah 60:1-6 · Matthew 2:1-12

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King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . Israel was to set an example of holiness for all the world. When Israel was not faithful to God’s call, God sent a light into the world that the darkness could not overcome. It was the light of Jesus Christ. Jesus then selected some men and women to carry on his work of shining God’s light in the world. That brings us to a final thing to be said about Epiphany. As the church of Jesus Christ, this is our calling: we are to continue the task of shining Christ’s light into the world. The word Epiphany ...

148. Rahab: Seven Minutes To Midnight

Joshua 6:15-25

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... sent into the land who truly believed in God's ability to give the promised land to them. They are the ones who described the land as one flowing with milk and honey. They are the ones who carried the bunch of grapes so big it had to be carried on a pole between them. Joshua, son of Nun, successor to Moses commanded certain spies to enter into Jericho to see if they could find any weakness. And that's where Rahab comes in. Apparently, the people of Jericho had heard the story of the Israelites and what God ...

149. The Trust of Simon Cephas

John 1:29-42

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Lori Wagner

... upon those before. All stand upon the “rock” of the world, Jesus, the cornerstone of our faith. Inscribed upon his cornerstone reads: Jesus, Son of God. Jesus knew his time on earth was waning. He needed to know that his mission would be carried on, that the establishment of his kingdom of the heart would take root and flourish. Everything he had taught his disciples during his time with them depended on their ability to carry it forward. So, he chose his disciples carefully. Some of them had been ...

150. The Unlocked Heart

John 20:19-31

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Lori Wagner

... peace, faith, calm, and release. It would take more than this meeting before the disciples would fully be ready, but after this encounter they would begin to emerge from their “locked” place of disillusionment, desolation, disenfranchisement, and mourning and carry on their lives and eventually Jesus’ mission. With his message and his peace, his breath, and his commissioning, Jesus frees their hearts to emerge from their place of grief and begin to open their lives to new possibility. Jesus does ...

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