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1926. Epiphany 6

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

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... live, but they destroy themselves in the process. Seeking out the "good life," as the world defines it, is a way of losing the really "good life." 3. Jesus lived the "good life" - perfectly; He is the only person to do so. He is our role model, and our hope when we discover that we cannot keep all of God's Commandments. 4. Walk in the light of the Lord - and celebrate Epiphany every day of your life, and know the joy of the "good life" as God prescribes, orders, and supports it. Lesson 2, 1 Corinthians 2:6 ...

1927. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

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... dust you shall return," will be open to what Jesus has to say about piety. Because we know our predicament - impending death - and can do nothing to avoid it, we turn to God for deliverance with a mea culpa, mea maxima culpa and kyrie eleison in the hope that God will heed our prayers and save us from sin and death. Because we know that we are sinners and will finally get what we deserve - death - we are wont to follow Jesus' spiritual prescription, not to attempt to save ourselves but knowing that he has ...

1928. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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... will never be admitted to the kingdom and will be lost forever. Others may be overcome by the Spirit in time and receive the gift of faith in Christ and be saved. Still others, who know the Lord and entrust their lives to him, will live out their lives in hope and peace. They know that God has saved them in Jesus Christ. Indeed, he has done just that. A sermon on the Second Lesson, 1 Peter 3:15-22 - "The Light upon the Water." This sermon is about lighting up the water of baptism, which is what the author ...

1929. Proper 5 & Pentecost 3

Matthew 9:9-13, Romans 4:1-25, Hosea 6:1--7:16, Genesis 22:1-19, Psalm 13:1-6, Psalm 50:1-23, Hosea 5:1-15

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... be servants of God; they simply obey and respond to his call. 2. Christ's choosing of Matthew demonstrates God's intention. Jesus came to save sinners. That's why he mingled with them, even accepted invitations to their homes. Shouldn't that give us encouragement and hope? 3. Come, follow Christ, and do the work of the kingdom. Christians who answer the call of the Lord and dare to follow him are to reach out for the lost and the lonely, the sick and the suffering, for all of the outcasts and sinners - in ...

1930. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

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... for the power of the Holy Spirit so that we may "receive it with joy," "live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and love." Obviously, this is the prayer that should be read on this day. The other prayer has to do with witnessing to the ... redemption; and when people are reconciled to God, they need also be reconciled to the world. Paul not only knows that people live in hope, waiting for the redemption of their bodies at the last day, but he is also aware that they have already been "adopted" as the ...

1931. 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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... in life - seeking the kingdom. God gives the kingdom through Jesus to those who honestly seek it and desire to receive it and enjoy the blessings and benefits now and in this life. What do you seek most in life? 3. Our ultimate effort - rejoice and cling to the hope of the kingdom. Once we have received the gift of grace - the kingdom of heaven - it is for us not to lose it, but through repentance and joyful obedience, to live the new life of the kingdom as long as we live. What do you work hardest to ...

1932. Proper 22 & Pentecost 20

Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Numbers 27:12-23, Psalm 81:1-16, Isaiah 5:1-7

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... of God, is the savior of the world; that's the truth of the gospel. He really has come into the world to give us security and hope of life eternal. We really do have to decide the truth of whether or not he is the Son of God. 2. All who refuse to receive ... consequence of trusting God's Word and the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Because he lives - again and forever - we have a sure and certain hope of life now and forever through him, our Lord. Isaiah 5:1-7 (R, E, L) - "High on a Fertile Hill" 1. That's where ...

1933. Proper 24 & Pentecost 22

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Ruth 1:1-22, Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 44:24--45:25

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... (LBW) Lord Jesus, the incarnate Word, when you consented to dwell with us, the heavens were glad and the earth rejoiced. In hope and love we await your return. Help us to proclaim your glory to those who do not know you, until the whole earth ... participating in the good things done by the state. We are to revere the cross, worship the Lord and live out our lives in faith, hope, and love as Christians. 2. Cross orflag: Which takes precedence in the lives of Christians? This much we know: we will be in deep ...

1934. Thanksgiving Day

Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 4:10-20, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Luke 17:11-19

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... already done, and will continue to do, for them. They are thankful for all of his gifts to them. 3. People of God live in peace. They are sustained by their God-given faith and know the "peace of God, which passes all understanding," beèause they have hope in the Lord. 4. "Come, you thankful people come." Raise a prayer of supplication to God for all people - and do it with thanksgiving. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 - "A Universal Thanksgiving." 1. Pray for all people. That's Paul's advice to Timothy. God has made all ...

1935. The Eighth Son

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... in a solemn ceremony was anointed King of Israel. The ceremony was secret and King Saul kept his power. Only in time would it become clear who was the real man to rule God’s people. Some of the eight candidates in the 1984 Democratic New Hampshire primary hoped that the voters of that snowy state would pluck them out of the political chicken fight and anoint them to battle the Goliath in the White House. The chances of this happening proved to be non-existent. We live in a world where the race seems to go ...

1936. Color It Purple

2 Samuel 5:1-5

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... out." The pygmy-sized fledgling nation of outcasts and slaves called Israel had produced a Goliath of a man when David was born in Bethlehem. A man who would establish a City of Peace on Zion’s hill. A man who would give a butterfly of hope and stability to a land racked by bitter civil war and invasion from foreign armies. Mighty as Macbeth in war; as filled with doubts as Hamlet; as heartbroken by family tragedies as King Lear, David captures our hearts with ease. Murphy’s law proclaims that nothing ...

1937. A Dynasty of Destiny

2 Samuel 7:1-17

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... designer jeans. An everlasting kingdom for David’s house? A kingdom of peace and prosperity and joy? Laughable. Absurd. Pipedreams for pied pipers leading nowhere. Yet the editor’s stylus wrote the words about the everlasting kingdom. The people heard and read and believed. Hope was born in their hearts that someday, in some way, the kingdom of David would live again, incarnated in a Son of David who would set his people free. The centuries beat against the shore of time. At last, on a black and still ...

1938. The Rest of the Christmas Story

Isaiah 40:1-31

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... be sent to jail. If you urge that American corporations divest and leave your country, you can be sent to jail. If you shelter someone who is in a white area looking for work, you can be sent to jail. And if you do disappear into jail, you can only hope they don’t torture you. Because you are black, you, or your wife, or even your children, can be arrested at any time by any agent of the state for any reason whatsoever - or for no reason at all. That’s the law in the "state of emergency." They can ...

1939. Second Sunday in Advent

Isaiah 11:1-16

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... US ALL! (Based on Psalm 72) Collect God of consummate justice, you promised a ruler of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and might, of knowledge and fear of you, one full of your Spirit and clothed in your righteousness. Help us to see this hope fulfilled in the coming Christ: that, inspired by these godly characteristics, we too may see their consequences - a world of peace. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most compassionate judge, it grieves us to recognize how seldom we exhibit ...

1940. January 1

Lk 2:15-21 · Php 2:5-11 · Num 6:22-27 · Ps 67

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Paul A. Laughlin

... ! Collect Ageless God, you have sent us one whose very name means your presence and salvation. Inspire us now with his holy and heavenly power: that, beholding even the newborn Christ, we may see there your promise of redemption and our hope for salvation. In the name of Jesus, which assures us that "God saves," we trust and pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Almighty God, it grieves us to confess how lightly we take Jesus' name, how easily we affirm it, and how casually we wear it, forgetting the divine power ...

1941. Ash Wednesday

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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... not despise. (Adapted From Psalm 51) Prayer Of Confession Almighty God, forgive us when we yield to despair, and give way to darkness. Forgive us when we act as if our salvation depended on ourselves alone. Forgive us when we do not trust you enough to see hope even in loss, light at the end of our darkness. O Lord, in your refining fire burn away our doubt and hesitation, turn despair to ashes and lead us on to life. Amen. SERMON SUGGESTION Isaiah 64:8 - "Yet ..." These words of the prophet Isaiah speak of ...

1942. The Devil Quotes Scriputure, Too

Luke 4:1-13

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... to find we’re feeling sort of cynical and jaded about life and that we have forgotten the promises of God who called us out of the wilderness and promised to make us a new creation altogether. This is the worst temptation of all - to be tempted away from hope. In Jesus Christ, God came into the world to do a new thing - an unexpected thing. In Jesus Christ, God came into the world to call people like you and like me, even when we are in the wilderness, to live a life of service, of grateful acceptance of ...

1943. Sunrise Surprise

Drama

... should be here soon. Peter asked us all to meet here at sunrise so we could give his body proper embalming. (Weeps again) I can’t stand to think of it! (Pauses) I don’t know what hurts the most ... the loss of my friend, or the loss of my hope! (Looking up) Oh, Yahweh ... how could you permit such a thing? I ask you what he asked you from the cross just before he died, "Oh, My God, My God, why did you forsake him"? (She calms a bit) My ...

1944. A Zealot’s Greatest Battle

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... ? Simon It’s true! I’m one of his apostles. One of the twelve chosen to help him change the world. Barabbas Too bad he failed. But, I’ll say one thing for him: he knew how to choose a good man when he chose you. I certainly had high hopes for you in the Zealot movement. Say ... come with me! We can both pick up where our careers were interrupted. I’ve got some great plans! All those months in isolation were not wasted. Simon, come with me! Simon I’m sorry, Barabbas, I could never go back to the ...

1945. Paul’s Midnight Ride

Acts 22:30--23:11

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... barracks. Paul’s words were not merely an attempt to stir up the passions of the crowd. They really got to the heart of the conflict between Jews and Christians over the divinity of Jesus. When he said he was really on trial "in respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead," he was affirming the Messianic teaching on which the faith of the Christian community was based. The Jews would have unquestioningly accepted Jesus as a prophet or rabbi who for a few years taught and led a group of followers ...

1946. Power of Affirmation

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... the neighbor would repeat her complaint to the owner. Next time she went to the drugstore, the druggist greeted her with a big smile, told her how happy he was to see her again. He said he hoped she liked their town and to please let him know if there was anything he could do to help her and her husband get settled. He then filled her order promptly and efficiently. Later the woman reported the miraculous change to her neighbor. "I guess you told the druggist how ...

1947. Opportunism? Or Opportunity?

Matthew 21:33-46

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... hate to end in the traditional, liturgical way: "The gospel of the Lord." It sounds more like the law than any word of hope and promise. Still, couched in this text like all texts in Scripture is the promise of love and embrace. The parable offers two ... does. To open doors. To lift up and encourage. To affirm, embrace, and set the fallen on their feet again. To be grace-full and hope-full; to walk gently upon the earth, as good St. Francis did; to live with "heaven on our minds" and in our hearts. Not all ...

1948. Do It For the Joy of It!

Matthew 22:34-40

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... results is that we use the love we share as a great bargaining chip, investing it in God and in others with the hope - in fact, with the expectation - that it will "pay off for us." 1. Tradin’ Time Is Over A classic Dennis-the-Menace cartoon, ... for you, I have a burden on my neck. I’ll need to keep track of the IOUs I’ve tallied against you. I’ll have to hope you make good on what you should be repaying me. But if I can start to love you unconditionally, without regard to any sort of repayment, ...

1949. Changing the "Too Much Syndrome"

Luke 2:1-7

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David M. Oliver

... harried rushing and relax in the presence of God and loved ones and, for a time, receive a gift instead of trying to give one. We hope this gift will help to transform the rest of your activities so that they will take on some of the qualities of the sacred and holy ... ways that are unusual to us is to feel humbled and afraid. But the assurance of the angels, together with the hope which the good news promised, overcame their fear. The shepherds' perspective began to shift. Their awe turned to an excited ...

1950. The Inn Keeper

Isaiah 51:17--52:12, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... it sounded like she said, "You are the son of God." I didn't know what she meant, exactly. But there was a gift from God that night. I saw it in their little family. That young couple was starting out on a hard road, but they were full of hope. And love. That baby was their beginning. After my husband was gone, and I decided I'd never love again, I died some every day. But this baby boy, with his sweet mother and solemn father, made me believe there was still a chance, maybe even a tough old goat ...

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