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1826. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... resurrection and you have - A. No Easter experience - v. 16 B. No faith in Christ - v. 17 C. No forgiveness - v. 17 D. No eternal life - v. 18 WORSHIP RESOURCES Prayer of the Day: "Lord God, mercifully receive the prayers of your people. Help us to see and understand the things we ought to do and give us grace and power to do them." Hymn of the Day: "O Jesus Christ, may Grateful Hymns be Rising" Theme of the Day: Take Your Choice Gospel - A choice between blessings and woes. Lesson 1 - A choice to trust or ...

1827. Epiphany 8

Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... ? - v. 45 Only Christ can change a heart Why People Behave as They Do. 6:43-45. Need: It is always a problem to understand the behavior of people. As Christians we need to be concerned about improving the behavior of those who indulge in sin, crime, and anti ... Outline: What God's Word Does for Us. A. Joy - v. 12a The joy of salvation B. Peace - v. l2b The peace of God that passes understanding C. Goodness - v. 13 Not thorns or briers but cypress and myrtle Lesson 1: Jeremiah 7:1-7 (8-15) What Do You Mean by ...

1828. An Easier Way?

Matthew 16:21-28

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... in a family full of conflict, a family rife with angry words and abusive actions. Her life was filled with pain and trapped in behaviors which made her life a prison. Then, one day, against all odds, she begins trying different behaviors and new words. No one else understands or even tries. But she does, and in her darkness she sees a glimmer of light, which makes her feel as if maybe she will live for the first time - because she died to the old ways. I would tell you of a great man, Dag Hammarskjold, just ...

1829. No Telltale Clues

Matthew 9:9-13

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... want us to settle there. Our focus is to be on the one who calls rather than on the one who answers. Our attention is to be given to the one who says, "Follow me." The writer of Matthew's Gospel clearly sees Jesus as the Son of God. He understands Jesus to be the only true teacher, the only one who has absolute, direct and unaccountable authority. It is Jesus who has the right to call and who has the right to demand. It may seem harsh to put it this way, but the evangelist is not concerned with what ...

1830. The Divine-Human Nexus

Matthew 25:31-46

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... a tweezer to pluck maggots from the leg of a dying leper. The young woman stood at arm’s length to perform the odious task. Gently but firmly, Mother Teresa corrected her charge. Taking the tweezers and putting her face quite near the wound, she said, "You don’t understand, my dear. This is the leg of Christ our Lord. For what you do to this man, you do to him." Or gain, Leo Tolstoy’s story "Martin the Cobbler" tells of a lonely shoemaker who is promised a visit by our Lord that very day. Eagerly all ...

1831. Promise or Threat?

Matthew 24:1-35

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... famine and earthquake are hardly news anymore. And as for turmoil among nations, has any generation lived in a time of total world peace? So, with those conclusions and questions, few of us give the matter any serious thought. But, should we? Our appreciation and understanding of the message at the heart of the doctrine of second coming would be enriched, I think, if we could hear it anew through the ears of the early Christians, the people who wrote the New Testament, the people to whom this teaching was ...

1832. God’s Safety Net

Matthew 25:31-46

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D. Wayne Burkette

... ’s a step into the realm toward advocacy for the poor, the outcasts, the persecuted, the sick and homeless. It’s a step into the realm of power politics and populations of people we will never see face to face and whose plight we will never fully understand. The answers to the problems of human need in this larger world is not for us to dole out food and clothes, although we must do that until an answer is constructed, but to be advocates for new political structures and economic systems which will feed ...

1833. Healing And Forgiveness

Luke 5:17-26

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... 's friends, the first thing that he said to the crippled man was "Man, your sins are forgiven you." Now why did he say this? What was so crucial about the forgiveness of sins when a man needed to be healed of a physical handicap? To understand this passage, we must remember that in ancient Israel, one's sin and one's suffering were usually connected. In contrast to other Near Eastern cultures, Hebrew theology held that there was only one God, the all powerful Creator and sustainer of all living things. This ...

1834. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Harold Warlick

... of rules. It is not a literal history or even a precise compilation of biographies. The Bible is essentially a compilation of people who have interacted with God and found a conscience that helps them understand those experiences and realities in life that are beyond human understanding. The Bible is a book to help us understand, avoid and move beyond getting trapped by our inability to say "no." Dickens said, "I wear the chains I forged in life." Is not the pivotal and age-old sin the human belief that we ...

1835. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Brett Blair

... to be born, before they were allowed to return. You can hear the anguish of soul in the heart of the prophet: “Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.” I suppose that for the first time many of us are able to understand what Jeremiah must have seen and felt. We have seen it with our own eyes. To watch the onslaught of the enemy, the fire, smoke, and collapse of great buildings, and then in the end to have nothing but a mountain of rubble and the vanquishing of human life ...

1836. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Leonard W. Mann

... you as a burden too heavy to bear, he is saying, I want you to remember me and the cross on which I have borne your sins and the sins of the whole world. Jesus is saying: Before you decide to profane that precious life of yours, remember me, and understand how I have valued you. Before you consent to the power of evil around you, remember me and the power I give within you, remember me and the forgiveness of sin which I am forever offering to you. And lest at last you should stand in weakness trembling at ...

1837. The Ministry of Refreshing

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Various Authors

... refresh others who thirst. In our daily round of duties and activities, in our home life, may we become more sharply aware of the needs of those about us, of the painful if often hidden ways in which their souls may thirst after some word of concern, of understanding, of encouragement, of loyalty, of love. In the heat of life’s battle, may we bring the refreshing of God’s love. May someone have cause to say of us, "He or she often refreshed me." We may one day be surprised with joy to hear our Master ...

1838. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

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... those who fill the pews of the church today are those who do not darken the church door during the rest of the year. The Incarnation seems to call us to rise above the way we live the rest of the year. The strangest people seem to live an understanding of love which transcends law and custom. The way we cooperate with God's intentions during this season tells us that we are capable of responding. It tells us that by God's grace we can live by a standard of love which transcends tradition and custom. This is ...

1839. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

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... main room with the homeowner and his family. Thus, it may be that Jesus was not born in the inn or guest room, but right out in the middle of the main room of the house. We cannot fully appreciate the message of Luke unless we first understand the configuration of a Palestinian house. In those days a peasant's house was a simple, one-room affair. A man, his wife, their family, and all of their belongings were concentrated in one main room. If the owner of the house had sufficient resources, he would build ...

1840. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... not say. Jesus did not say, "Blessed are those who have it all together." Jesus did not say, "Blessed are those who have all of the right answers." Jesus did not say, "Blessed are the people who have it all wrapped up, tied in bow, so that they understand it." Jesus did not say, "Blessed are the people who are certain of themselves." Jesus did not say, "Blessed are the people who have made sense out of everything." He did not say, "Blessed are the people who have their hands full of themselves." He did not ...

1841. Settling Our Differences

Matthew 5:21-26

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Joe Pennel

... ." I would not ask them how to stop the arms race. Rather I would ask, "What is it that causes us to be angry with each other?" I would beg the leaders of the world to probe that question, to study it, and to reflect upon it. If we could understand what it is that causes people to be angry with each other, then the symptom of anger, which is war, would go away. The symptom of anger, which is crime, would be diminished. The symptom of anger, which is revenge, would disappear. In Jesus' day the law was very ...

1842. Getting Back To Work

Luke 17:1-10

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Brett Blair

... good advice these past two weeks. They have been urging Americans to get back to work, to make this economy strong again, to invest in the market, to get back into the friendly skies, and get down in to the trenches of our jobs. I think all of us understand the implications if we do not return wholeheartedly to our daily task. Recession has been looming on the horizon for some time. But getting back to work in times of tragedy feels like a selfish thing to do so we have all been wondering what we can do to ...

1843. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

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Gary W. Houston

... found I had little talent. But I learned something from both these great men - and that is to be myself and reach for the skies. Now I am called a lay person’s theologian and a preacher. That is fine. I do not want to write books that people cannot understand. Instead, I want to preach clear sermons that proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and Teacher for all who choose to say yes to him. What then did I learn from these two teachers? I learned that I could be more than I had thought I could be. And I learned ...

1844. Searching for Peace

Matthew 10:1-42

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... superiority, but from a loving concern to spread the Good News. Too many of us have retired without ever having been on the front lines. Too many of us have never done very much at all and we are tired already. But there is a peace that passes all understanding that comes even to the Christian warrior. This peace comes by allowing Christ to give us, in his love and grace, a still center in the middle of the world’s strife. This peace is reinforced as we turn to pursuing a life of service to our King. We ...

1845. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

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... chapter eight. The substance of the reading is Paul's lament/confession to the Roman Church of his problem with his spiritual and unspiritual nature. He loves the Law and wills to obey it, but his unspiritual - unredeemed - self causes him to disobey it; he says, "I do not understand my actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." That means, for him, that the law is good, because it convicts him of sin and forces him to admit that there is no good dwelling in him. He says, "For ...

1846. Proper 12 & Pentecost 10

1 Kings 3:1-15, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

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... mind to govern thy people, that I may discern between good and evil...." No prayer could have been more pleasing to God: Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right.... Behold, I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. Here, then, is the content of the treasure in the field and the pearl of great ...

1847. Proper 20 & Pentecost 18

Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Philippians 1:1-11, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Jonah 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 106:1-48

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... the householder. Jonah 3:10-4:11 (E) After Jonah preached to the people of the city of Nineveh, an amazing thing happened: they repented of their sins and all of the people put on sack cloth and ashes, and God relented and did not destroy them. Jonah couldn't understand why God would not destroy them for their past sins; he was so angry with God that he told him that he was ready to die. Unable to reason with Jonah, God taught him a lesson as he sat outside the city watching and waiting to see what would ...

1848. Born One Of Us

Drama

... rebels against everything - parental authority, the teachings of the Torah, the rule of the Romans. Father: A rabbi, named Eliab, who may wear a dark robe, a tasseled shawl. He is a man absorbed in his studies but not really aware of their meaning. He understands his children well but, this night, not his wife. Lighting: If possible, light the playing area with flood lights of rose and amber from above and from both sides. If no extra lights are possible, turn off all house lights after the readers are back ...

1849. Sermon Opener - What Will He Find?

Luke 18:1-8

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Theodore F. Schneider

... ," and of the "hope of glory." Peter writes in his first letter that "we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to an inheritance which is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, held in heaven for you." Given our understanding of the word, shivers run up our spines as we think about it. "Is that all we have?" we want to shout. "Is 'hope' all we have after all? Just ... hope?" 1. A Hope That Does Not Disappoint Us 2. A Hope Deferred 3. A Parable Of ...

1850. Lent 2

John 3:1-21

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... pictures around the sanctuary. Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life Consider this: Ask the people to respond silently or verbally about how they see the activity and presence of God in the songs, sounds, and scenes of the world. Make sure they understand that God acts, makes Self known, in the world. Then, if you have Malcolm Boyd's Are You Running With Me Jesus, use the prayer, "Here I am in Worship Again, Jesus." (Avon Books, the Hearst Corporation, 959 Eighth Ave., New York 10019) Have ...

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1826. Epiphany 6

Lk 6:17-26 · 1 Cor 15:12-20 · Jer 17:5-8

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John R. Brokhoff

1827. Epiphany 8

Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

1828. An Easier Way?

Matthew 16:21-28

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1829. No Telltale Clues

Matthew 9:9-13

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1830. The Divine-Human Nexus

Matthew 25:31-46

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1831. Promise or Threat?

Matthew 24:1-35

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1832. God’s Safety Net

Matthew 25:31-46

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D. Wayne Burkette

1833. Healing And Forgiveness

Luke 5:17-26

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1834. Real Strength

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Harold Warlick

1835. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Brett Blair

1836. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Leonard W. Mann

1837. The Ministry of Refreshing

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Various Authors

1838. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

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1839. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

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1840. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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1841. Settling Our Differences

Matthew 5:21-26

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Joe Pennel

1842. Getting Back To Work

Luke 17:1-10

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Brett Blair

1843. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

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Gary W. Houston

1844. Searching for Peace

Matthew 10:1-42

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1845. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

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1846. Proper 12 & Pentecost 10

1 Kings 3:1-15, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:28-39, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

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1847. Proper 20 & Pentecost 18

Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Philippians 1:1-11, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Jonah 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 106:1-48

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1848. Born One Of Us

Drama

1849. Sermon Opener - What Will He Find?

Luke 18:1-8

Illustration

Theodore F. Schneider

1850. Lent 2

John 3:1-21

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