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1876. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

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... a world where a man like Herod could have his way whenever he wanted to? Who could stand up against power like this, against tyranny of this kind? Without doubt, the disciples of Jesus must have experienced a time of deep discouragement. What could they hope for or hope to accomplish with so much against them? If this fate had befallen John, would Jesus then be next? Well, don't you think Jesus knew the thoughts of his followers and friends? Don't you think he perceived their despair? Of course he did, no ...

1877. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

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... Lord also has to contend with the yes-sayers and the no-doers. The second possibility recognized in this parable is a more hopeful one, thank the Lord. It is the possibility that one who has said "no" may later have second thoughts about it, and change ... done it is done. We cannot go back to "X" point and rewrite the story. But here is the glorious truth, here is our glorious hope: Anywhere along the way, we can turn around. Anytime, and from wherever we are, we can go forth in any direction we may choose. Any ...

1878. Christ the King The King On His Cross

Luke 23:26-43

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Alvin Rueter

... of view that we can understand hell in its aspect of privation, (hell as a condition in which we’re deprived.) All your life an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find, beyond all hope, that you have attained it, or else, that it was within your reach and you have lost it forever. We may ridicule it as "pie in the sky," but that doesn’t take away the reality that whether we acknowledge it openly or not, we really do want ...

1879. Time to Get Ready

Luke 12:32-40

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... of the traditional "Create in me a clean heart, O God" as the Offertory: Let the vineyards be fruitful, Lord, and fill to the brim our cup of blessing. Gather a harvest from the seeds that were sown, that we may be fed with the bread of life. Gather the hopes and dreams of all; unite them with the prayers we offer now Grace our table with your presence, and give us a foretaste of the feast to come. The Eucharist is indeed Christ’s "feast of victory" in which he is the host and comes to us as he will ...

1880. You Are Worth Much!

Matthew 10:1-42

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... from ours. So we need to be speaking and sharing this message among the elderly - that they are worth much to us and even more to God. Hopefully this is also the heart of our message in the Christian education program of our parish. I hope, for instance, that our children hear the Gospel message in these terms, "You are worth very much - to us and to God." I hope you parents are living this kind of a message in your homes, so that it goes down deep in the minds and hearts of your children. Christian ...

1881. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Attendance is dropping. While all this is going on, the true Christian will remain loyal to the church because he believes in her. The church is of God. The church is the body of Christ. Through the church, the kingdom of God is on earth. The church is the last hope that the world will be saved. Because of this, the true Christian will continue to sit in the pew to worship. He will be at the church school to learn more of God's truth in the Bible. He will continue to give his tithe toward the work of the ...

1882. If Only We Would Hold On ...

Jeremiah 20:7-18

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Wallace H. Kirby

... to give up. We have to be realistic and face facts, as he did. We have to admit that times get tough and things may not always be looking good for us, but we are not alone. There are some programs today that carry a message of encouragement and hope to people in despair, and help them to hold on. Alcoholics Anonymous, "I Can Cope," and "One Day At A Time" offer a helping hand to people who are desperately ill with drug addiction or cancer. The church of Jesus Christ gives us all reassurance and promise when ...

1883. If Only We could Be Loyal ...

Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16

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Wallace H. Kirby

... of covenant love. Jesus, too, spent much of his ministry pleading with persons to establish a firm commitment to God. Committed love was at the very center of his preaching. To express it, he used words like rebirth, renewal, repentance, redemption, salvation, grace, hope, healing. No matter what the language, the message was always the same: be true and faithful to God as you have promised him you would. Jackie and her husband, realizing where they were in their marriage and in their lives, yearned to have ...

1884. The Golden Gift

Drama

... was refused again. BISHOP: Poor fellow! ARLETTE: Poor fellow, indeed! Probably a thief or cutthroat. BISHOP: Where is he now? ARLETTE: I hope he is on his way to Grenoble. BISHOP: Grenoble is not far, but it is dark and cold out, and the mountain ... in Grenoble with her youngest child Roger. She was employed as a folder and stitcher at a book bindery. That was 10 years ago. I hope she is still there. BISHOP: You have suffered a terrible injustice. You are welcome to stay here as long as you like. JEAN: I ...

1885. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

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... to Calvary, in His crucifixion and death. As we more deeply realize this, what God went through in His love for us, we will hopefully realize more deeply the love that God has for us, for you and for me. Let us begin: His agony in the Garden The ... to pour out His love to us, to forgive us our sins, to share His life with us now, and eternally, God's love for us, is hopefully something that we realize more deeply. May our hearts be broken by His suffering; may our hearts be moved by His love for us; may our ...

1886. The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Matthew 20:17-19

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Kendall McCabe

... the public dump, where the dirty business of death was done and society discarded its social misfits, along with the rest of its garbage and waste. Her tears must have been not only of grief for Jesus, whom she had loved and served, but grief for all the fond hopes of the kingdom that would never be, a kingdom where her sons might have had a place to the right and left of the throne. Her thoughts must have been bitter with anger and regret as they finally cleared the city gates, and the scene on Golgotha's ...

1887. Believing Is Seeing

John 20:24-31

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Dean Lueking

... by seemingly intractable problems of economy, moral compromise, and the threat of nuclear holocaust. Then he began to really take hold of the problems as one who believes in Christ’s resurrection and therefore sees what divine providence tells us to hope for and to do. Citing generous portions of the prophet Jeremiah, and even more abundant reference to our Lord’s decisive victory over all the principalities and powers by his resurrection, Hatfield challenged us all to do away with mindless consumerism ...

1888. Is the Lord Among Us or Not?

Exodus 17:1-7

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... in pain, regardless of his reason, and a Christian takes his hand, or puts an arm around him saying, "I care"; the Lord is among us as the source of such compassion. When a person faces a great opportunity, feeling the wilderness of not knowing what is demanded, hoping that he will be able to meet it; when he prays and discovers that he receives resources for doing it well, he knows the answer as well. When a person, broken and beaten down, knows that he has made a wrong choice and his life has fallen apart ...

1889. Seeing as the Lord Sees

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... things. David is still considered to be the great king of Israel. Some of us have named a son David, not because David was the ideal human being, but because he was the man after God’s own heart, seeking to do God’s will. That is what we hope for our children. Seeing how important it was that God saw in David something that might not have been visible to the human eye, and seeing how God also sees us that way - what an encouraging, comforting, supportive blessing it is to know that God knows and sees ...

1890. Breath for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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... be the Messiah for all. Who of us, as persons, has not at one time or another stood beside the grave of some of our highest hopes? Who of us, at one time or another, has not stood amidst the ruins and remnants of dreams, which have been dashed to the ground? ... not sit around wishing it had not happened. The Israelites believed that their bones had been dried up. There was no hope. Second, Ezekiel, being aware of the immediate reality of the human condition, acknowledged the ultimate reality of a God who was ...

1891. He Who Vindicates is Near

Isaiah 50:1-11

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... of national pride was gone. They wondered if they would finally become a dying race and a lost people. Where was their God? Where was the God who had called and chosen them to be his people - who had promised them this land? They knew they needed a deliverer. They hoped for a Messiah who would come in the tradition of King David. He had gathered the forces of the people of Israel and had made of them a great army to drive out all of the other people who lived in their land. They wanted to be re-established ...

1892. ADVENT 1

Jeremiah 33:1-26, Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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... thought of the Parousia, most people are filled with dread and fear. We picture the situation as one of horrible destruction, suffering, and extinction. The return of Christ means also judgment and the sending of the "goats" to hell. For Christians, however, the Parousia is something to be hoped and prayed for. How come? Look at the text. Outline: When Jesus comes at the end of time - a. It will be a time of redemption - v. 28 b. It will be a time of security - v. 33 c. It will be a time of readiness - vv ...

1893. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Exodus 10:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Colossians 3:1-17

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... fact - the fact of an empty tomb, the fact of an angel's message, the fact of the presence of the risen Christ. If it is not a fact, the Christian religion has no foundation. If the church has no resurreclion to proclaim, it has no message of hope or salvation for the world. 2. Alive (v. 22). The risen Christ makes believers alive. Each person can have a resurrection of new life. Here Paul is referring to a resurrection from the dead, even as Jesus rose from the dead. But the resurrection is not limited to ...

1894. Easter 2

Acts 5:17-42, Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:9-20, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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... society, Revelation is a book for our day. The Lessons from Revelation avoid passages that lend to speculation and give us visions of the glory and power of the ascended Christ to assure us that God is still in control of the world and thereby we have hope for the living of these years. John 20:19-31 The risen Christ meets with the Disciples. In this gospel lesson we have two appearances of the risen Lord with his disciples. The first occurred Easter night with Thomas absent. A week later Jesus returns and ...

1895. Easter 6

Jn 14:23-29 · Acts 14:8-18; 15:1-2, 22-29 · Rev 21:10, 22-27

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Russell F. Anderson

... Easter 6 and Ascension 1. Is Heaven In Your Future? (John 14:28; Luke 24:51) Need: Today we have lost the concept of heaven as a future place for Christians. In a previous generation many of our hymns were about heaven and sermons invariably referred to the hope of heaven. Today we are occupied with either the past or the present. We give little thought to the future. We are the "Now" generation, we want pie on earth, not in the sky. We "eat, drink, and are merry," for there is no tomorrow. We build barns ...

1896. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... festivals of the church year, the giving of the Spirit to the Disciples, the birth of the church, and the beginning of the kerygma. In many churches Pentecost is the day for the reception of new members by baptism, confirmation, or transfer of membership. It is the hope that today's disciples will receive on this day a renewed and increased gift of the Holy Spirit. 1. Is there time for a full sermon? Pentecost may be one of those full Sundays when the time for the sermon is cut short in the interest of ...

1897. Proper 26

Lk 19:1-10 · 2 Thes 1:5-12 · Ex 34:5-9 · Hag 2:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... 1:5-12 1. Worthy (vv. 5, 11). With today's emphasis on human worth and dignity, we do not hear the question of our worthiness. Who is worthy to receive Holy Communion? Who is worthy to ascend into the hill of the Lord? In these verses Paul voices the hope that his people may be worthy of God's kingdom and of his call. Are we proving that we are worth the kingdom and the call to be God's people? How can anyone be worthy? The secret is in verse 11 - Paul prays that God will make us worthy ...

1898. Pentecost 27

Lk 19:11-27 · 1 Cor 15:54-58 · Isa 52:1-6

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John R. Brokhoff

... is that Christ will return and we need to learn what to do until he comes. Outline: In the meantime, live. A. In the meantime, hope - L 1 B. In the meantime, work - L 2 C. In the meantime, invest - G Gospel: Luke 19:11-27 1. Making the Most of ... ? This sermon is needed by people today who are in difficult or hopeless situations. Because of God's promise of deliverance, they can have hope. Outline: God is here A. To know your predicament - v. 5: "My people are taken away." B. To vindicate his name - v. 5: "My ...

1899. Advent 2

Mt 3:1-12 · Rom 15:4-13 · Is 11:1-10 · Ps 72

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Staff

... empowered by your Spirit: Make us responsive to his advent in our lives; that we may learn to acknowledge you as our God and Father, and enjoy the blessedness of your kingdom. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Heavenly Father, our hope is in your only Son, Jesus our Savior, who was born to bring peace and justice to our world. We want the kingdom which he announced; but we confess we have not fulfilled our responsibilities as citizens of that kingdom. Forgive us for our resistance to ...

1900. THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT

James 5:7-12

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... birth of Jesus, our Lord. But we tend to see his lordship only within the limits of his birth and resurrection. We are not as excited about his promise to return in judgment. Forgive us for building our faith more on the glory of the past than on the hope of the future. Help us to live expectantly in the assurance that he who came to earth in fulfillment of your promise, shall also fulfill your promise with his return. In our Savior's name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Lord Christ, When First Thou Cam'st" "O Day of ...

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