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Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

9:35–38 From 9:35 through 10:42 we have Matthew’s second large collection of sayings. Verse 35 is virtually equivalent to 4:23, which introduced the previous collection, chapters 5–7 (since there were no chapter divisions in ancient manuscripts, writers used other methods to indicate internal structure). Once again Jesus’ itinerant ministry is described as teaching, preaching, and healing (v. 35)....

1602. Are We Offering the Right Cup?

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King Duncan

Carl A. Boyle, a sales representative, was driving home when he saw a group of young children selling Kool-Aid on a corner in his neighborhood. They had posted the typical hand-scrawled sign over their stand: “Kool-Aid, 25 cents.” Carl was intrigued. He pulled over to the curb. A young man approached and asked if he would like strawberry or grape Kool-Aid. Carl placed his order and handed the bo...

1603. The Challenge of God's Harvest

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"Then saith he unto his disciples, 'The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will sent forth laborers into his harvest.' " (St. Matthew 9:37, 38 KJV) What a stirring picture Jesus lays before us in this text! He looks out, as it were, on the whole world. He sees mankind as a great field to be harvested. Have you ever looked out o...

1604. Prayer

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I've got so much stuff! Baggage Possessions Houses Cars Boats Trailers Clothes Appliances Toys I sometimes wonder if I own it - Or if it owns me! And then there's the emotional "baggage" Loves Hates Fears Worries Unresolved conflicts And relationships Things that weigh me down Hold me back Keep me from being free. Why am I such a pack rat? Such a collector Of things I don't need Or even want? ...

1605. Messengers of Christ

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James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Let us gather together in the name of the risen Christ. People: Let our hearts proclaim the joys and wonders of God's Love. Leader: Let our lives show forth our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. People: Let our walk through life share God's light wherever we go. Leader: And this day let our voices join together in song and praise to God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! ...

1606. Pentecost 4

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THEOLOGICAL CLUE The eschatological stance of the church year continues to throw its theological aura around the assigned readings for the day. It insists that the call to the ministry of the church and the proclamation of the gospel began with the calling and naming of the disciples, and that the church must establish evangelism as its outward thrust and its reach into the world. The church is e...

1607. Proper 6

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Theme: The motherly compassion of the Christ Exegetical note The verb in verse 35 rendered in English as "had compassion" means literally to have one's "guts" wrenched, vis-a-vis either the bowels or, oddly enough, the womb. What we have on Jesus' part here, then, is the kind of deeply felt, profound love for "harassed and helpless" children usually associated with motherhood, which may well have...

1608. Proper 6

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Liturgical Color: Green Gospel: Matthew 9:35-10:8 Theme: The cycle of giving and receiving. Pastoral Invitation to the Celebration One pastor began this way: "Good morning to the corporate celebration of the community of faith, hope, love. When worship is truly corporate, it is a celebration of the wholeness of life. We view life, not from B.C., but rather from A.D. Therefore, we rejoice, not b...

1609. The Motherly Compassion of the Christ

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes The verb in verse 35 rendered in English as "had compassion" means literally to have one's "guts" wrenched, vis-a-vis either the bowels or, oddly enough, the womb. What we have on Jesus' part here, then, is the kind of deeply felt, profound love for "harassed and helpless" children usually associated with motherhood, which may well have been its reference in the original Aramaic. Lit...

1610. Proper 6

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Russell F. Anderson

Theme: God's people are commissioned for mission. God told Moses, as recorded in Exodus 19, that the Jews were to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. In the Gospel, the Lord empowers the apostles to go out and proclaim the gospel and minister in his name. That is our calling too. COMMENTARY Lesson 1: Genesis 18:1-15 (C) Three men appear to Abraham as he sits by the entrance of his tent in...

1611. The Elevator

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Robert F. Crowley

Theme: Christians are to proclaim the gospel to others, but aren't always faithful to do that. We miss the opportunities set before us. Summary: Sam and Nancy are in love. Both are Christians but haven't told the other. The elevator on which they are riding gets stuck and may crash. Here is an opportunity to tell the other but they miss it. Playing Time: 7 minutes Setting: An elevator in a high...

1612. What Do You See?

Children's Sermon

Mark A. Hultquist

Object: A collection of old toy cars (one in good condition, the remainder with obvious problems). Other toys can be substituted if cars are not available. Have you ever lost something for a long time and then found it again, almost by accident? That still happens to me sometimes when I put something somewhere for safe keeping. Sometimes I just can't seem to remember where in the world I put it. ...

1613. Giving Thanks

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

Object: Candy corn or pumpkins Lesson: The harvest is plentiful, the workers few. Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been to a county fair, or a carnival, or a festival? (Responses -- Some experience will be expressed.) Isn't it fun? I love fairs and festivals. There is always so much to do and to see. From the earliest records of history, we learn that people got together ...

1614. The Lord of the Harvest

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James Merritt

The famous explorer, Rear Admiral Robert Peary, who is credited as being the first person ever to reach the North Pole, was on one of his many polar expeditions one time headed north with one of his dog teams. At the end of the day, when he stopped to take a bearing on his latitude, he was perplexed to discover that he actually was farther south than he had been at the beginning of the day. The m...

1615. The Family Reunion

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Glenn L. Borreson

Today my mother's side of the family is having a reunion in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. It's an annual event. Sometimes we attend. This year we won't. For a preacher and family it's always this question: will we spend one of our four free weekends during the year at a family reunion where you don't know half the people and the other half, which you do know, you wish you didn't! Truthfully, that'...

1616. Cowherding Christians

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Gary W. Houston

I don’t know about you, but I have difficulty identifying with the image of Jesus as the Great Shepherd. This is not said to be negative. I simply have no experience with sheep. I was around cows for a couple of years though. Therefore, today I would like to talk to you about "Cowherding Christians." My grandad was a farmer and for many years he had milk cows. I can close my eyes and almost see h...

1617. Walking the Streets

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Richard L. Thulin

Most of us have been victims of some kind of stereotyping. Mine is usually attached to the fact that I am a professor. Every once in awhile someone will accost me with words like, "Well, you wouldn't know about that! You live in an ivory tower." The plain fact is that the speaker doesn't even know me, but then that is what gives birth to stereotypes in the first place. I'm usually able to avoid an...

1618. Tale of the Tares

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Lori Wagner

Summer and fall are the times when we love to bond with the land. Even if we are not farmers, in the summer, we get a little closer to our agricultural forbears –we pick strawberries at our favorite nearby orchard, we garden and grow vegetables or flowers, we gather apples or other fruits, we go on excursions to find wild berries or wild mushrooms. The problem of course with venturing out of our n...

1619. Lord of the Harvest

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Lori Wagner

Prop: Shofar I grew up on nursery rhymes. How many of you did too? Today, I want to talk about this one. Say it with me: “Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn; But where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under a haystack, He's fast asleep.” It’s said that in early times, shepherds often carried either horns or wooden flutes that they u...

1620. Proper 6, Pentecost 4, Ordinary Time 11

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Amy C. Schifrin

Confession And Absolution Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Leader: Merciful God, your will for us is to know the abundance of life, yet this world’s suffering continues. All: We have no answers, and we confess to you the failure of our self-reliance and the anger that is born of our despair. Speak to our questions. Speak to our confusion. Speak ...

1621. Proper 6

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B. David Hostetter

READINGS Psalter--Psalms 116:1-2, 12-19 First Lesson--Abraham and Sarah are hosts to God's messengers who renew the promise of a son who will be the beginning of a great nation. Genesis 18:1-15 (21:1-7) Second Lesson--Paul does not promise that salvation spares us from suffering but that God can use that experience to enhance our character as Christians. Romans 5:1-8 Gospel--Jesus outlines a rigor...

1622. Proper 6

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John R. Brokhoff

COMMENTARY Old Testament: Genesis 18:1-15 In their old age Abraham and Sarah are promised a son. Abraham and Sarah were childless. Yet Yahweh promised Abraham he would have progeny as numerous as the stars. Unexpectedly three men (angels?) came to Abraham's tent and were fed and refreshed generously. Before they went on their way, Sarah was promised a child by the next year. Old Testament: Exodu...

1623. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

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King Duncan

Patrick Greene was known by his neighbors in Henderson County, Texas as a professed atheist. He was notorious for threatening to sue Henderson County each year over the courthouse manger scene at Christmas time. The reason? Greene says his experience with Christians through the years was of narrow-minded individuals who treated him unkindly. “My wife and I had never had a Christian do anything ni...

1624. Good for What Ails Us

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R. Kevin Mohr

Before modern medical science really took off in the last fifty years of the past millennium, there were a lot of home and folk remedies being prescribed by well-meaning individuals, but also by con artists and charlatans. The remedy was often administered accompanied by the phrase that the supposed cure was “good for what ails you.” The classic, all-purpose remedy for nearly every condition was a...

1625. Intellectual Evangelism

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Elton Trueblood

There are few chapters in the history of higher education more encouraging than that of the presidency of the great Timothy Dwight at Yale. When Dwight became president of Yale, the anti-Christian forces were solidly in control that a reversal of the situation seemed hopeless. The new class that entered in the autumn of 1796 included only one freshman who was a "professing Christian," while the so...

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