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1926. Lent 4

Luke 15:1-7, Psalm 32:1-11

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B. David Hostetter

... with glad cries of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you. Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD. Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

1927. Lent 1

Luke 4:1-13

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Dennis Koch

... end, the devil departs "until an opportune time" (which for Luke means the pre-Passion period), having been put off by Jesus' single-minded commitment to his mission and ministry. Liturgical Color Purple Suggested Hymns A Mighty Fortress Is Our God God The Father, Be Our Stay Lift Every Voice And Sing Praise To The Lord, The Almighty Where Charity And Love Prevail God Loved The World Lent 1 The tension is real, Lord! We can feel it. There is a battle going on! A battle for our souls. Sometimes the field of ...

1928. Lent 4

Luke 15:1-7

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Dennis Koch

... much better without responsibility. So, he took his share of the property and left. The older son was insincere and resentful. He lived his life out of a strong sense of duty rather than devotion. He had his eye on a greater share of the property, so he stayed at home. Each son had his problems; nevertheless, the father genuinely and deeply loved them both. Lord, it is clear that problems do not stand in your way when it comes to loving us. Help us each to see that no problem should be allowed to block the ...

1929. Proper 15

Luke 12:49-53

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Dennis Koch

... a corrective to the tendency to make the Gospel a message of "all sweetness and light." Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns When In The Hour Of Deepest Need How Blest Are They Who Hear God's Word The Lord Will Come And Not Be Slow God, The Father Be Our Stay If You But Trust In God To Guide You Fight The Good Fight Proper 15 -- Pentecost 13 -- OT 20 We do not expect to hear about fire when we come to this place, Lord. We would rather not discuss houses where five are divided, three against two and two ...

1930. Proper 26

Luke 19:1-10

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Dennis Koch

... . They smirked. They sneered. They wondered about the wisdom behind this move. From the moment Jesus called him down from the tree, Zacchaeus' life was changed. We have our own trees too, Lord. We climb. We look. We wait. We hope. We want to see you, Jesus. Surprise us, Lord. Stay with us. Amen.

1931. Proper 8

Luke 9:51-56

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Dennis Koch

... Your Mercies, O My God O Jesus, I Have Promised! Forth In Thy Name O Lord, I Go Proper 8 -- Pentecost 6 -- OT 13 Resistance is part of the story, isn't it, Lord? Many who hear your word, do not respond. Don't come near here, Jesus. Stay out of this town, this office, this home, this problem. We push the people we love away too. Sincere apologies are difficult to make. We are at war within ourselves. We resist your Spirit. Open our hearts to receive the fruits of your Holy Spirit: Love. Joy. Peace. Patience ...

1932. Trinity Sunday

John 16:5-16

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Dennis Koch

... in the Christ, but relentlessly "sees it through" via the activity of the Spirit. Liturgical Color White Suggested Hymns Creator Spirit, Heavenly Dove All Glory Be To God On High Come, Thou Almighty King Eternal God, Before Your Throne God The Father Be Our Stay God, Whose Almighty Word Prayer for Holy Trinity Sunday Creator of the universe, when we press the limits of our understanding, you are surrounded by mystery. You reveal yourself to us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit and, when we attempt to probe the ...

1933. A Birth Bringing a Blessing

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

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Dennis Koch

... Shepherding Of Stars The Hills Are Bare At Bethlehem Away In A Manger I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve Most Holy God, this is the night of all nights! The great light has come! Deep darkness no longer reigns! Joy beyond measure is here to stay! Angels illuminated the night sky and sang this glorious news to the shepherds. Then they told the shepherds what sign to look for. Lord, we need to be told what signs to look for too! So often our thoughts are dominated by: strained travel schedules, over-indulgent ...

1934. Tenders Of The Sacred Fire

Acts 2:1-13

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R. Robert Cueni

... day of Pentecost, the birth day of the Church of Jesus Christ. It is the day God entrusted the tending of the Sacred Fire of the Gospel to the people. The fire burned brightly in Jerusalem that day. But it was not God's intent for this Sacred Fire to stay there. By the power of the Holy Spirit, the followers of the Christ spread the fire to the whole world. It was first taken from Jerusalem to the Palestinian hills of Judea and on to Samaria. In only a few years it spread through Asia Minor to Antioch of ...

1935. When God Asks The Unreasonable

Genesis 22:1-19

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R. Robert Cueni

... at this passage from a sociological perspective. From this viewpoint, we still sacrifice children. Thousands of children each year are victimized by abusive and neglectful adults. The fate of many children is determined by the parent who simply concludes, "I didn't want to stay married for the sake of the children. I decided I wanted my freedom." Children are a gift from God, but unlike many other gifts, they are not intended for our amusement. Children cannot be treated as toys or used as vents for our ...

1936. The Face Of God

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Steve Burt

... night of the soul that is so like the Jabbok River Crossing incident when Jacob wrestles and finally submits to God's will. Jesus' face at Gethsemane is, at the least, the face of disappointment. "Couldn't you -- at least you, Peter, my friend -- couldn't you stay awake just one hour?" It is a weary face, an exhausted one, with sadness and lines and crow's feet, with dark shadows and bags under the eyes. This has been a tiring, compressed ministry brimming over with conflict. Jesus' face shows it. His is a ...

1937. As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Steve Burt

... hour-and-a-half. Where on earth have you been? I've been sitting here steaming -- steaming because it's ungodly hot, and steaming because you didn't care enough about me to call and say you'd be late. Stop the action. I can get mad at you and stay mad at you. I have good reason. Obviously you were wrong and I was right. I can get mad and refuse to continue our relationship. I can refuse to ever speak to you again. I'll find other friends. But I care about you. So I forgive you. No, you ...

1938. Need Help Removing That Roadblock?

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Steve Burt

... we surrender and go back, they won't kill us. They need us as slaves. We know what it's like behind us. We have no idea what lies ahead." A gray-haired man says, "How did we ever get into this mess in the first place? Our friends who stayed behind told us this was foolish." A lad of 13 replies boldly, "But I believe I am called to raise sheep, excellent, healthy sheep, not to be a slave making bricks and dragging huge stones for pyramids. It is for me and for my children and for my children's ...

1939. Would We Rather Be Comfortable Or Comforted?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... we can speak that word, we need to hear it. Listen, people of God: people who want to know and love God, people who want to know and love one another, but who are afraid. Afraid of giving up control, yet burdened by the perceived demand to stay on top of everything. Afraid of inadequacy, yet wanting to help. Afraid of giving away too much -- of money or of self -- yet wanting to be good stewards. Afraid of mediocrity in ministry, yet reluctant to make the commitments of time, talent and treasure that make ...

1940. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Thomas Long

... that Thomas had hidden in his hand. If Thomas had held any other card, he would have won, and won big. In other words, Fred was betting everything -- everything -- on the tiny chance that Thomas held this one losing card. Dumbfounded, Thomas thinks to himself: Fred had stayed, then, against me when only one card in the deck ... could have made my hand a loser to his. Two truths dawned upon me: He was crazy. He had won. He had raised not on a reasonable faith but on a virtual impossibility; and he had been ...

1941. Praying To The Congregation

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Thomas Long

... Bible study. So, taking this at face value, Taylor would arrange for Bible studies of the finest sort. She would contract with professors at a nearby theological seminary to come and teach serious Bible classes. She would publicize these classes widely. However, people stayed away in droves. Finally, it dawned on her that, when people asked for Bible study, what they really wanted was not information about the Bible; what they wanted was an experience of God. Asking for Bible study was the only way they ...

1942. Facing Up To Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . In the afternoons when school was out, she carefully coached all the actors on their lines and helped them get their timing right. She would then dash to get some fast food, returning to the school in the evenings for rehearsals. Afterwards, she would often stay late at night, working with us on the props and pitching in on the painting of the sets. Unselfishly she gave herself to this moment in our lives. Night after night we rehearsed, and on opening night, we were ready; we had the play down perfectly ...

1943. The Wheat Among The Weeds

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... a more positive way of interpreting the present struggles of the church. Hence the title of the sermon, "The Wheat Among The Weeds" rather than the other way around.) Such an outlook on life will permeate the way we approach each day. We will stay rooted in the soil of daily life, in our roles and duties as members of families and communities, as students and homemakers, as workers and retired persons, as citizens and taxpayers, as friends and neighbors and as church members. All this contributes to the ...

1944. Friends In Low Places

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... they had made too important, from commitments and habits and situations that made them less than God wanted them to be. Then what happened? It seems that in finding Matthew Jesus also found Matthew's friends and associates and so he and his disciples stayed and ate with them. Matthew's friends, not surprisingly, were the same sort that he was, which gave the righteous religious leaders an easy target in going after Jesus. We can hear their shocked voices as they asked the disciples, "Why does your teacher ...

1945. The Man From Galilee II: The Transformation Of His Call

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... School." And in this training school we are being transformed. One American leader was asked what person had the most influence on his life. He said it was a teacher he had in school who said to him, "You can do better than this." The words stayed with him all his life. Jesus said those transforming words to the fishermen, and He transformed them. III. Third, Jesus set them to their task. He knew how to motivate them to enable them to do what they were capable of doing. Matthew writes that "they immediately ...

1946. The Man From Galilee V: The Test Of His Courage

Matthew 20:17-19

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... knew there was a great possibility that he would not make it. He decided to run. The pressure was too much. But when he turned around, there stood his general. He said to the young man, "Your road lies that way."5 It always does. Jesus knew He had to stay on the road, but on the road He would be following God. When there is no way around, follow God through. Finally, hang onto this. III. When there is no way off -- go with God over. Sometimes there is no way off. Jesus knew it was true. There was no ...

1947. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... make you angry, and then take steps to avoid them. Better yet, seek a way to be reconciled to them. Second, make a vow to yourself that the next time your blood starts to boil you won't blow up. Promise yourself that the next time you will stay cool and talk quietly and reasonably. Third, consider the other person's situation. Maybe you are just too fussy, too much into control, too prideful. Maybe what that person said or did that made you so angry was in fact helpful. Fourth, you can avoid anger by being ...

1948. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

... 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 that the love for money created people who would do almost anything to have more and more, and let no one stand in their way, not friends, not family, not even God. Of course, the craving for money is ...

1949. Going Ahead Anyway

Matthew 2:1-12, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... uncontrollable that we will never eliminate evil. So, we can't explain evil and we can't eliminate it. What now? The only answer that we have for this problem of evil is to work around it. It's the only solution we have ever had. Evil is here to stay. However, that does not mean it is time to give up or give in. Instead, it is time to recommit ourselves to what is right and good and compassionate, and to work in whatever ways we can to minimize the impact of evil in our lives and communities and world ...

1950. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... budget talks collapse and the government shuts down, this is the phrase that is trotted out. When the earth suddenly moves under the people of California, often a certain group of people are called out while the rest are told to stay at home. When tornadoes blow through the Southwest and disrupt everything in their course, only certain people should risk the dangers involved. These are maintenance people, road crews, ambulance drivers, fire fighters, electric and gas company workers, truck drivers, and a ...

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