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1701. Proper 24

Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

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B. David Hostetter

... faith in Jesus Christ. Invocation We come to worship, O God, in response to your Word spoken in Jesus Christ and made known to us through the church of the apostles. Receive us as faithful witnesses to the Christian faith inspired by your Spirit and desiring to be found ready at the coming of the Son of humanity, Jesus Christ. Amen. Prayer of Confession Vindicator of your people, you listen to us patiently. We confess the same sins repetitiously. We trust your mercy but do not persevere in our prayer for ...

1702. Advent 4

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

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Dennis Koch

... support and strength from one another. We praise you for your goodness and for your steadfast love throughout the ages. Guide us to a deeper level of commitment to your kingdom. Break into the fortress of our hearts and dissolve our resistance to your will. Free our minds from the desire to understand everything before we act. Open our eyes to see new ways to love you and to serve you. Amen.

1703. Christ the King

Luke 12:1-12

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Dennis Koch

... learn, we increase our understanding, but we will never have all of the answers. We want to know how, when, and where your kingdom will be revealed in all its fullness! Is it really important for us to know the details, Lord? No, of course not! Release us from the desire to be in control. Fill us with the power of your presence. Grant us the peace that passes understanding. Remember us when you come into your kingdom. Amen.

1704. The Momentous Witness of the Wise Men

Matthew 1:18-25

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Dennis Koch

... from beginning to end. It is a great story and we are drawn into it each time we hear it. A birth, A star, A journey ... Herod's court, treachery and a dream. When the presence of your son was revealed to Herod, he publicly pretended to desire worship and secretly planned to destroy the child. We should not be surprised. The presence of your son makes many people uncomfortable. His presence exposes the shallowness of our lives. We become aware of our insecurity and weakness. We fear the kind of life which a ...

1705. Epiphany 4

Luke 4:14-30

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Dennis Koch

... , near-violent response to Jesus' hometown sermon to prefigure the Nazarene's ultimate rejection at the hands of his own people, as well as the eventual extension of the Gospel to the Gentiles. Also implicit in this story, however, is the sense that human desires and expectations may well be thwarted by God's plans and by the actions of those servants who are responsive to God's bidding. Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise Dear Christians, One And All Song Of God, Eternal ...

1706. Christmas 2

Luke 1:1-4

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Dennis Koch

... Christ, we see you. When we believe in Christ, we believe in you. When we follow Christ, we discover New Life. When we die in Christ, we are born to Eternal Life Free us to let go of questions which only delay our commitment to you. Create in us the desire to become more involved in your kingdom by learning new ways to give ourselves away. Amen.

1707. The Face Of God

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Steve Burt

... at least not until morning. And then he did it with relative ease, as if he were some cross between a Kung Fu artist and an acupressurist. Maybe the unknown wrestler did it so that Jacob would realize that, though he'd almost won, all his cleverness, his strength, his desire to win wouldn't be enough. Maybe he did it to show Jacob what true defeat was. Whatever the case, Jacob refuses to let go, his grip now like that of a person who has fallen over the edge of a cliff and is holding fast to a scraggly root ...

1708. Friends In Low Places

Matthew 9:9-13

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Marc Kolden

... came for." Jesus knew that at the level of common sense, his statement could be debated. So he turned to scripture: "Go and learn what this means," he said, and the quoted a Bible verse (from Hosea 6:6), where God says, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Sacrifice in the Bible is what's offered to God -- prayer, fasting, burnt offerings, doing the proper rituals, keeping separate from sinful people and situations. Mercy is love offered to other people. Despite many of the Old Testament laws about avoiding ...

1709. The Man From Galilee VII: The Triumph Of His Defeat

Matthew 28:1-10

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... the words of that hymn had meant to him and how it had helped him so many times.3 The resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is God's answer for all our questions, fears, and doubts. It is the assurance of all our hopes, dreams, and desires. The resurrection of Christ is the great watershed of history. It is the all-time most important event ever to take place in this world. All our hopes and dreams are centered in this. All our sorrows and heartaches find their relief in this. This is the day of ...

1710. Gluttony - Living By Bread And The Word Of God

Mark 6:30-44, 1 Timothy 4:1-16

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R. Curtis Fussell

... . The Israelites responded, saying, "Let's go." Food has played a major role in the history of God's relationship with us. Isn't it interesting to note that eating food was the reason Adam and Eve were cast out of Paradise? The first sin concerned the desire to eat. Later, Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of bean soup. And then Jacob received Esau's blessings by tricking his father Isaac over a pot of stew. Israel was sustained in the wilderness with manna and quail, but then the people rebelled ...

1711. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

... big money," the apostle Paul says, the love of money is the root of much evil. Now Paul didn't say money is the root of much evil, he said the love of money is the root of all evil. What he meant was that the love, or the consuming desire for money creates evil people. Why? Paul may have been reflecting on Jesus' comment that you can't serve money and God. In his letter to Timothy, Paul said that those who wanted more and more money didn't stay long in the church. In Paul's experience, he saw ...

1712. Deadly Sins - A Matter Of Sutton's Law

Romans 7:14-25

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R. Curtis Fussell

... , and soul. So they reasoned that they first had to know the Word of God. But then they reasoned that they also needed to know the enemy; that which separated them from God. So they sought to describe sin as concretely as they could. Out of that desire to know the enemy arose a list of seven deadly sins: pride, envy, anger, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust. And then it was said that out of these seven principal sins all other sins were connected. For instance, sloth entails malice. Anger leads to murder and ...

1713. And Then Came The Angel

Matthew 1:18-25

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William B. Kincaid, III

... would the people say if this good man with a fine reputation continued to be seen with this young woman who was inexplicably pregnant and not yet married? Matthew also says Joseph was unwilling to expose Mary to public shame. It was not Joseph's desire to disgrace and humiliate Mary. Joseph was sensitive to the horrible ways a divorced, single mother might be treated. Joseph decided that if it must be divorce, he would do so quietly without playing it out for personal benefit or sympathy. For Joseph, it was ...

1714. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

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William B. Kincaid, III

... of God through Jesus is a call away from a divided, fragmented world and into the one family of God where all have a place and all are welcome. It is a call to share a way of life together that the world has said is not reasonable or desirable. Letty Russell, in her book Church in the Round, uses a round table as the metaphor for the church. "The round table in itself emphasizes connection, for when we gather around we are connected, in an association or relationship with one another."1 When the church is a ...

1715. Been There, Done That

Matthew 2:13-23

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William B. Kincaid, III

... time around that was missed the first time. "Been there, done that" says we aren't going there, or doing that again. This popular saying means different things to different people. Some places and experiences were so full of disappointment and pain that there isn't much desire to revisit them. We only have to suffer the humiliation of divorce once to know we don't want to do that again. We only have to make ends meet through one stretch of unemployment to know we don't want to go through that again. We ...

1716. Why Not Walk On What Jesus Walked On When He Walked On Water

Matthew 14:22-36

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Roger G. Talbott

... soul. To let go of the temptations to bask in the adulation and the power that the miracle he just performed could give him. Most of us can't even begin to understand that. We have been taught that success and adulation and power are such desirable things that we could never imagine giving them up voluntarily. Neither, I think, could the disciples imagine it. That is why Jesus sent them off in the boat even before he sent off the crowd. After all, the disciples had been integral performers in the miracle ...

1717. It's Your Funeral

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... aspirations in the most wasted life. You can admit the faults of the most exemplary life and celebrate the grace of God in every life, because we are all children of God. Those who outwardly reject God and secretly obey, as well as those who profess faith in God and desire to please God and fail to live by that faith or to do God's will, are all children of God. It is not for us to judge. It is for us to look at those lives, love them, learn from them and then live our own lives by God ...

1718. Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs?

Matthew 21:33-46

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Roger G. Talbott

... in this world without feeling poor in spirit. It is impossible to look at that poverty of spirit, that coldness of heart, that lack of love and care, that deadness of soul without mourning. It is impossible to mourn for our lost souls without becoming meek and desiring to learn a better way of life by walking with Christ. Happy are those who see the warning signs and know that they are poor in spirit, for that is when life begins. 1. "Slippery Slope in Yosemite" New York Times Magazine, September 9, 1994, p ...

1719. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Isaiah 11:1-16, Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... history. 2. To enable God to enter our lives God cannot enter if sin is in control (v. 2) 3. So that our lives might be fruitful [Fruitfulness follows repentance (vv. 7-10)] 4. So that we might escape God's judgment (vv. 11-12) (God does not desire any to be lost) Conclusion: End with an affirmation of the positive effects of an attitude of repentance. In the book, Whatever Became of Sin, Dr. Karl Menninger tells of a man who would position himself on a busy street corner in the Chicago Loop and, as workers ...

1720. All Saints' Sunday

Mt 5:1-12 · 1 Jn 3:1-3 · Isa 26:1-21 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:9-11, 22-27; 22:1-5 · Ps 24 · Ps 34 · Ps 149

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Russell F. Anderson

... hostilities. The peace of God comes from within, when our minds and hearts are focused on God. Yearning for God (v. 9). The Psalmist expresses a deep yearning for God. For many people, they want to keep the Lord at a distance but the saints of God have a deep desire for intimate sharing of their life with the Lord. They have tasted of the goodness of the Lord and know that he can be trusted. Epistle: 1 John 3:1-3 Seeing God real (v. 2). None of us sees God as he really is. As Paul said in 1 ...

1721. Growing No Feathers

Exodus 3:1-22

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... send us off to school and pick us up at the end of the day. Our earthly parents care for us until it is time for us to take over and have our own families. But not our heavenly Parent. As draftees into God's service, first and foremost we desire to work with God, for our Lord is the great "I Am." To put ourselves in a position for God to make us useful, we have to keep shedding our shoes. We have to take them off so we can walk in other people's shoes and know how they ...

1722. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

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... 4:4). The Hebrew people have arrived in the desert wilderness. There is not enough food for them to eat. They long for the food they remember being readily available in Egypt. They want bread; they want the bread of life. We too have come here with this same desire. We have all come here wanting the bread of life in one way or another. Some of us want an answer about the direction of our lives. So we ask, "Lord, show us the way forward." Some of us want healing. So we ask, "Lord, give us healing; touch ...

1723. Corpus Christi

Jn 6:51-58 · 1 Cor 10:16-17 · Deut 8:1-20 · Ps 116

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Russell F. Anderson

... What could he mean? To this point, Jesus had been quite popular. The signs and healings made him the buzz of the town squares and meeting places. The multiplication of the loaves aroused huge crowds of the curious. Christ didn't seek mere followers; he desired disciples. Christ's talk of drinking his blood and eating his flesh might have been his way of separating the wheat from the chaff. Indeed, John informs us that many of those who followed Jesus ceased doing so at this point. The spectacle seekers and ...

1724. Easter 6

Acts 8:9-25, 1 Peter 3:8-22, Acts 17:16-34, John 14:15-31

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Russell F. Anderson

... presenting an unvarnished version of the gospel. Rather than quote scriptures, he quotes pagan poets. He begins on a positive note, by observing that they are very religious, even having a shrine to an unknown God. This unknown God was not far from them; he desires that people seek and find him. Paul reveals that this unknown god has been revealed in Jesus Christ. In the past, God overlooked their disobedience but now was calling on all people to repent. Epistle: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Philip travels to Samaria ...

1725. The Easter Season

Mt 28:1-8 · Mk 16:1-8 · Lk 24:1-10 · Jn 20:1-9

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Russell F. Anderson

... season on either the First Lesson, Second Lesson or the Gospel, his or her listeners would see the resurrection from a particular perspective. This would enable the preacher to focus on the theological perspective of that particular biblical witness. If desired, a sermon series could easily be created. Easter Sermon Series Series Title: The Rock Proclaims The Resurrection: This sermon series could lift up the resurrection from the perspective of Peter, the one whom Jesus dubbed "The Rock." The witness will ...

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