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1801. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, Psalm 130:1-8, Ephesians 4:17--5:21, John 6:25-59

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning,more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem. It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

1802. Reformation Sunday

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... is healed. We weep in times of loss and disappointment. No more tears. It is a time of finding and the arrival of our hopes. No more tears. We weep at times of parting and death. There will be no more parting. It is a time to rejoin. It is ... John saying "Wait and see; you just wait and see. God will do it. He will do it. He will bring this world with all its hopes and contradictions to a magnificent, glorious fulfillment." And then give it to us. God will do that with another world as easily and surely as he ...

1803. Easter - Fact And Fiction!

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... three days. Somehow everything gets all right again." the man related, "She smiled at me as she waved good-bye. Her words still follow me whenver I think I have troubles. I 'wait three days.' " The God of the impossible has a way, in his own time, of bringing hope out of our hopelessness and life out of our death. I don't think I can ever forget the sad, seeming finality of the words of the text, "You killed him" - but after three days the impossible was made possible, and the rest of the text resounds with ...

1804. A Word Of Encouragement!

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... true word of encouragement until you've faced the facts as they are, and then looked to see if there can be found any reason for hope and cheer. A blind optimism that is based on a non-reality is no help at all. If we are to have permanent and real ... 's that wonderful phrase that we find over and over again in Acts) - "But God raised him from the dead!" The Christian faith and hope of the resurrection is a glorious one. It's a divine-shot-in-the-arm (or heart) for depression. The circumstances of life can ...

1805. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57

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John R. Brokhoff

... ," by referring to it as one who expired, or passed away or terminated. The fact is death. It is pointed out that Lazarus was dead four days. At the time Jews believed the soul stayed with the dead body for three days. On the fourth day, there was no hope for a return to life. Moreover, the reality of death was emphasized when Martha warned Jesus not to remove the stone away from the tomb, for by this time the odor would be most unpleasant. This miracle was not a hoax by claiming Lazarus was in a coma or ...

1806. Ascension

Acts 1:1-11, Mark 16:1-20, Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

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John R. Brokhoff

... , dominion and glory. But, it was also good for us. Jesus said his going was expedient for us. Why is it for our good? A. His going gives us a task - Luke 24:47 B. His going brings the Holy Spirit - Acts 1:8 C. His going gives us the hope of his return - Acts 1:11 6. Jesus Ascended - So What? The ascension meant everything to Jesus, but what does it mean to people in the coming 21st century? Consider the following A. We rejoice - "Returned to Jerusalem with great joy" - Luke 24:52 B. We worship - Luke 24:53 ...

1807. Our Own Mountaintop Walk

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... in one congregation - this one - to study in many church school classes and to work together in deeds of charity. This is all done in Christ, as part of the body of the Risen Lord. The Spanish coin said Plus Ultra. "More beyond." Easter's translation of hope in this world is that God's forces of love are greater than the forces of hate and violence. Christians live in that affirmation. The Spirit presence of Christ is also an affirmation that the great finality of earth's death is not boundary of the human ...

1808. The Song in Search of a Voice

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Weekley

... peace on earth. Can such a healing song find voice among the likes of us? Jesus left his peace symbols with his followers as a reminder of what life should be about. His peace is the eye of the hurricane ... better still, a bull's-eye, a target of hope. With life at its worst, the promise of his peace continues to sift our way. The story is told by Henry Drummond of two artists who were assigned to paint a picture portraying a scene of tranquil peace. The first artist painted a picture with a calm mountain ...

1809. Keeping God First in the Polls

John 3:1-21

Sermon

James Weekley

... 's compassion and caring. "In him was life, and the life was the light of men." (John 1:4) His Spirit absorbs us into his Life Source; his Spirit zaps us from our midnight zone of doubt; his Spirit ferments our battered soul in the ascending star of hope. He brings us alive. The tang of living is there if we would only toast it with the Host of the Resurrection. What this comes down to is that this Christ connection frees "us" to be "us," the intended, potential "us." After discarding the fat and feathers ...

1810. A Letter From Paul

Sermon

Erskine White

... worth measuring. But when I became mature, I gave up my childish ways. I saw that a society is only as great as it is good and its material life is only strong when its spiritual values are true. For now we see only dimly God’s vision and our hope. Now we think it inevitable that the rich must lord it over the poor and the strong must exact tribute from the weak. Now we think it is an immutable law of nature that some must prosper while many more are impoverished, both in our land and around the world ...

1811. Pie in The Sky

Acts 1:1-11

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Erskine White

... a sky. We all need to see the sky from time to time. We all need to know it's there. That's where our hope resides, that's where eternity lies. Religion is more than the world we live in and life is more than the ditches we fall into ... our Servant Lord. Lead us to show a greedy world the joys of giving. Lead us to show a troubled and heartsick world the power of hope. Lead us to show a violent, divided world how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell together in unity. Almighty and Faithful ...

1812. Joseph's Story

Matthew 1:18-25

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Erskine White

... since Jesus wasn't conceived in the usual way, which took quite some getting used to on my part, not to mention Mary's! But more on that in a minute. First, let me tell you a bit about my family. Families were terribly important in my culture; I hope they still are in yours. My father's name was Jacob, who traced his ancestry through some famous names in Jewish history, like Solomon and Josiah and the great King David. In fact, your Scriptures trace my family all the way back to Abraham (Matthew 1) and even ...

1813. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... met that challenge. Look at Paul, who wanted to go to Spain and ended up in prison. How did Paul respond when his hopes and dreams were dashed? An unfinished journey can be a crushing disappointment or an occasion for faith and grace. It all depends on ... travelling still is pleasing in God's sight. Amen Pastoral Prayer Most Holy and Righteous God, who is our help in ages past and our hope for years to come, we pray today for the fellowship of the church and all its people. We pray for those who are weary and ...

1814. Wedding: Old Enough to Know

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John M. Braaten

... talk together over the past few months, (Name) and (name), you might think I would soon run out of words of advice. You should know by now that this is one thing parents have in unlimited quantity! Yet what I'm going to say is not really advice; a hope you will see it (or should I say hear it) as good news. We all remember the fairy tales in which the prince married the beautiful princess. After the ceremony, they rode off to his castle to "live happily ever after." Many of the modern romances in books and ...

1815. Wedding: Grounds for Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... the best way. Love is not irritable, even though everything seems to be going wrong. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. It is obvious, ________ and ________, that Christ's kind of love will take time to develop ... strength to live in this love and be endowed with the grace to forgive when you fail. I repeat Paul's great words in the hope that they follow you throughout your lives and that you make them your own: "I pray, and [____ and ____], that you may have your ...

1816. A Wonderful Treasure

Ephesians 1:18

Children's Sermon

Object: photo illustration of three wise men. Lesson: The hope to which (Christ) has called you (is) the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints. Boys ... silver or frankincense or myrrh. Instead, the riches we receive from God are the promises God has given us. We have the right to hope for wonderful things in our lives, both now and when we die and, go to heaven. The reason we can hope this way is that Jesus has come into our lives. And when he comes into our lives, Jesus tells us that we will ...

1817. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Psalm 96:1-13, Psalm 36:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... reinforce the manifestation/epiphany theme of the day. The Psalm Of The Day Psalm 96:1-3, 7-9; 96:1-10 - This is another of the enthronement psalms, perhaps the most beautiful of them all. It was meant to be sung after the return from the exile in the hope that the chosen people of God would be able to sing a "new song" to the Lord their God. When they found no new song to sing, this psalm took on eschatological proportions; the "new song" would be sung sometime in the future when they would indeed have a ...

1818. Lent 2

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Jeremiah 26:1-24, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 42:1-11

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George Bass

... to happen! There would be no close call for Jesus, only a cruel cross and death. 5. He died to save us! Imagine that and bow down and worship him, the crucified and risen Lord. Philippians 3:17--4:1 - "Waiting For Jesus - With Tears In His Eyes." 1. The hope of the church is the expectation that the Lord Jesus will return at the end of time and receive his own into God's everlasting kingdom. 2. With Paul, we wait for Christ's coming "with tears in our eyes," because people we know and love have no time for ...

1819. Easter 5

John 13:31-38, Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 19:1-10, Acts 14:8-20, Leviticus 19:1-37, Acts 14:21-28, Psalm 145:1-21

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George Bass

... , Henry throws his body in front of his son, suffers a mortal wound, and dies on the scene. The Fat Man, District Attorney Jason McCabe, who has arrived with other police officers, listens to Tommy: "He put his body in front of me ... he died for me." He replies, "I hope that's the thing you remember - that much love." 1. In his suffering and death on the cross, Jesus proved not only how much he loved God, but how much he loved human beings, as well. The cross is the measure of Christ's love. 2. It is that ...

1820. Proper 10

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 25:1-22, Luke 10:25-37

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George Bass

... ," replete with built-in good news about the crucified and risen Lord, and reminding the people of God that they may at once rejoice that Jesus has begun his reign, confident that he will be their support in all of the exigencies of life and their hope in joy and sorrow as long as they live. The Prayer Of The Day The Book Of Common Prayer contains another classic collect that has been slightly reworked as a contemporary prayer for the liturgy: "O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call ...

1821. Proper 15

Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:54-59, Luke 12:49-53, Psalm 82:1-8, Jeremiah 20:7-18, Jeremiah 23:9-32, Jeremiah 38:1-13

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... contains a picture of the "rescue God," as God is called in a novel by Robert Flynn, The Sounds of Rescue, the Signs of Hope - "I waited patiently upon the Lord; he stooped to me and heard me cry. He lifted me out of the desolate pit ... he set ... blood and become witnesses by their martyrdom. So they must yield to the discipline of the Lord, obey him, and trust him and live in hope that he will be present to support and deliver them should, or should not, martyrdom be their lot. Luke 12:49-53 (RC, L); 12 ...

1822. The Kingdom of God Is Like… a Joke!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Steven Burt

... have struck them -- and some of them must have had very puzzled looks appear on their faces, as the question came to mind -- “Did I just agree that there may be such a thing as a Good Samaritan?” For some of them there’s an inrush of understanding, of hope, of a possible new reality called the Kingdom of God. Suddenly the world doesn’t have to be the way they thought it had to be. Maybe the lion can lie down with the lamb. Maybe the weapons of war can be turned into plows. Maybe there can truly be ...

1823. Jesus Is Baptized

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

James Garrett

... the end of everything about your life that is less than human and the beginning in you of something strange and new and hopeful. In John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Christian arrives in his journey at the palace. The palace is heavily guarded. It will be ... drags; a foot that stumbles; a foot that hurts; and on just such feet we all seek to walk the journey of life. The only hope we have is Jesus Christ. He is the same yesterday and today and yes, forever. When you need him, he is there. He’s there even ...

1824. A Word For All Reasons

John 20:19-23

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... with you." That is God's word, that is our Lord's gift to you this morning, as you face this week, as you struggle with your daily problems and cope with the endless routines of everyday life. They are words which briefly but eloquently capture and express the hope of Easter, that God is alive, that our Lord is with you, that the Spirit comes to bless you with this incredible, all-purpose word of grace. So great and vivid is it, that it radiates an atmosphere of Easter upon all your days; all your days and ...

1825. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

... circumstance. After a period of depression, he committed suicide. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews says that "Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come." Thus he points to the impermanence of our life, and emphasizes the hope of the Christian. Sometimes, in periods when things are going fairly smoothly for us we succumb to the illusion, even though we know better, that the situations of life are quite permanent. Changes which we know must some day cease seem so remote as to ...

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