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2051. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... sameness we have certainty, security, and a standard by which we determine whether our changes are good or bad. Our text gives us good news about a changeless Christ in a changing world. Outline: Consider the changeless Christ - A. Why doesn't Christ change? 1. Perfect - he cannot change for the better. 2. Sinless - he cannot change for the worse. B. What does a changeless Christ mean to us? 1. Truth is changeless - his teachings are applicable in every age. 2. Atonement - his love for us shown on the cross ...

2052. Proper 19

Lk 15:1-10 · Hos 4:1-3, 5:15--6:6 · 1 Tim 1:12-17 · Ex 32:7-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Hosea 4:1-3, 5:15--6:6; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-10 Facets of Forgiveness. Need: Mankind's most basic need is forgiveness in order to be reconciled to God. Without being right with God a life cannot have perfect peace and joy. The most important thing God did for the world was to open the way to reconciliation through the cross of Jesus. In the Lessons we have three facets of forgiveness. Outline: Face the facets of forgiveness - A. Our need of forgiveness - Lesson 1: Hosea ...

2053. Proper 25

Lk 18:9-14 · 2 Tim 4:9-18 · Sirach 35:12-18 · Deut 10:12-22 · Zeph 3:1-9

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... ? 2. A ward (v. 8). Paul looks forward to receiving an award from God in terms of a victor's crown of righteousness or of acceptance by God. Is it right to expect a reward in heaven? For some years now we have refrained from giving awards to children for perfect attendance or for memory work in the church school. The argument is that we ought to do good for God's sake and not for an award. Maybe we ought to re-think this. Today we award a trophy to those who win athletic contests such as the Olympic gold ...

2054. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-6, 15-18 · Isa 61:10--62:3 · Jer 31:7-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... in him. John begins his Gospel by putting it in the perspective of eternity. Before Jesus was born, the Word existed and created the universe. In the fullness of time the Word comes in the person of Jesus who brings light, life, truth, grace, and the perfect revelation of God in Jesus. He is the light that lights up everyone in Christ. John the Baptizer was only a witness to that light which the darkness of sin cannot extinguish. Those who believe in the Incarnate Word become sons and daughters of God by ...

2055. The Epiphany Season

Mt 2:1-12 · Eph 3:1-12 · Isa 60:1-6 · Ps 72:1-7, 10-14

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... to the manger. The Epiphany star is a five-pointed star representing the Incarnation. It is not a six-pointed star, for this is the star of David, representing the Old Testament with its prophecies. It is not a seven-pointed star which is the star of perfection. Nor is it an eight-pointed star which stands for regeneration and is associated with baptism. The purpose of the star of Bethlehem was to guide men to Christ. The star is help from above in bringing us to Christ. This is one reason why Epiphany is ...

2056. Epiphany 2

Jn 2:1-12 · 1 Cor 12:1-11 · Isa 62:1-5

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John R. Brokhoff

... for them or be proud of them WORSHIP RESOURCES Prayer of the Day: "Lord God, you shared your glory and led many to faith by the works of your Son. As he brought gladness and healing to his people, grant us these same gifts and lead us also to perfect faith in him." Hymn of the Day: "All praise to you, O Lord" Theme of the Day: God's Glory in Transforming Power Gospel - God's glory seen in Christ's transformation of water into wine. Lesson 1 - God transforms his people from "forsaken" to "married." Lesson 2 ...

2057. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... gifts love is the greatest. Chapter 13 is a hymn of love. In this chapter Paul points out that all other gifts are worthless without love. This can be seen by the characteristics of agape love. Other gifts are temporary but love is the perfect and eternal gift. Lest love be misunderstood as moralism or sentimentalism, Paul combines love with faith and hope with love being supreme. Luke 4:21-30 The people of Nazareth react negatively to Jesus' first sermon. When Jesus read the Scripture, the congregation was ...

2058. Epiphany 5

Lk 5:1-11 · 1 Cor 14:12-20; 15:1-11 · Isa 6:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... of the Spirit to the Gospel of the resurrection. As usual, the Psalm (Psalm 138) is related to Lesson 1 - "Though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly." The prayer has in mind Isaiah's experience: "eyes to see and ears to hear." The hymn is perfectly related: before we can proclaim, we must hear God speak to us: "Lord, speak to us that we may speak." Though we are five Sundays removed from the Epiphany, the theme of Epiphany's manifestation of the glory of God in Jesus, we see the glory being revealed ...

2059. 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

... where is thy sting?" Outline: For the Christian Death is Dead. A. The cause of death is sin - v. 56 Death is separation from God. Sin separates from God. "The wages of sin is death." B. The strength of sin is the law - v. 56 The law demands perfection. To violate the law is sin. C. Christ is stronger than death - v. 57 Christ overcomes death by the cross which reconciles us to God, removes the separation. Christ also fulfilled the Law for us and thus the Law no longer makes us sin. WORSHIP RESOURCES Prayer ...

2060. Lent 3

John 4:1-26

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... and receiving grace through the Sacraments may lead to a smug complacency and false security. At a time like this, Christians can lose faith and fall into disobedience. For us to be faithful to God, we need to appropriate the faithfulness of God. His faithfulness is perfectly demonstrated in the cross - he provided an escape from the threat of death. Three Lessons: Exodus 3:1-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9 The Trouble I'm In. Need: Trouble is a universal experience more or less, sooner or later for ...

2061. Responsive Reading for Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-13

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... may be included here.) Pastor: Continue to show us your glory, Lord God, as you hold before us the vision of your Son, Jesus, who lives and reigns with you in glory, and who will come to us in your good time to bring all who trust you into your perfect kingdom. All: With the Holy Spirit, and you, O God, Christ is one in power, honor, and might, now and forever. Amen (Our Father ...)

2062. Proper 11

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

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... , through whom we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Father, your church is made up of sinners saved by grace, as well as sinners unconcerned about grace. That disturbs us, and makes us want to cleanse your church of its impurities. But none of us is perfect, and none of us has the right to exclude others. Forgive us for our ambitious judgment which competes with your authority, and cripples the ministry of your church. Help us to be sincere in our faith, and in our service, regardless of the insincerity of ...

2063. A Claim to a Crown

Matthew 24:36-51

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George Bass

... by Arthur C. Clarke many years ago, was reprinted in OMNI magazine in 1984, simply because the basic premise of the story occurred; the story could have happened. The astronomical part of the story is fact; once every century, Mars, Earth, and the Sun are perfectly aligned in a transit that is predictable. The transit took place in 1984, right on time; that part of the story is true, but the rest of it is fiction, which could have happened, but did not. For the fictional story to become reality, there ...

2064. Reflection Time

John 1:1-18

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... over again with some other kind of creatures? That would have been easier and far less painful than the action he initiated - sending his only Son into the world to die on a cross like a common criminal. Couldn’t God create, after this one failure, a more perfect race "in his image," beings who would choose God and good instead of Satan and sin? It might have been worth a try. But that was not in God’s character; he knew that what he had done at the beginning was good and he planned to set things ...

2065. Training Session

Matthew 5:1-12

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... here on earth through Jesus Christ. People are genuinely blessed: When they know they are absolutely dependent upon God - that they cannot save themselves - and fully trust God as those who are "poor in spirit" and live their lives with a semblance of perfect obedience; when their hearts are broken for those who suffer in the world and for their own sin, which may have contributed to that suffering. In that suffering, they will find joy; when they are genuinely "meek," knowing when to vent their anger ...

2066. Christians Trust in God

Matthew 6:25-34

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Joe Pennel

... not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day," when international terrorism may be taking the civilized world into a new era of danger from the nuclear bomb? The American military has perfected a fifty-eight pound nuclear mini-bomb that is almost as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Is it just a matter of time until terrorists obtain such a device and pose an even worse threat to our cities and our life? Isn’t this ...

2067. The Glance of God

Isaiah 9:1-7

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... and left Ur of the Chaldeans for the Promised Land. The chosen people had wandered off the mark. Worshiping golden calves or hurling their children to gods called Baal, they tried to win God’s favor. Believing in their own potential to control God, they tried to be perfect in his presence. So the Lord God of Israel stared at his people. With a long, hard look, he raised up the prophet Isaiah. "The Lord God says your potential is like that of grass," said Isaiah, "to wither in the heat of the sun, and your ...

2068. The Choice

Matthew 16:13-20

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... Jesus to avoid the cross. It's as if faith races beyond what we can handle. And yet ... Peter, simultaneously bold in his confession and shamefaced in his cowardice, is the rock Jesus declares he is building his church upon. It is amazing that a human being no more perfect than this was crucial to the life of the infant church. From the very first days of its life, the church puzzled over Peter and how God could use such a person, one like you and me. But then maybe that is exactly the point: the church is ...

2069. The Power and the Glory

Matthew 20:20-28

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... of the way of Christ and able to see another's need, those may be the exact places you find yourself. Number six: remember Jesus. If you just think about yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, you'll lose the focus. You need that one who models with perfection the servant life. I am reminded of a 1957 World Series episode when all-time home-run slugger Hank Aaron came to bat. Yankee catcher Yogi Berra noticed that Aaron had grabbed hold of his bat the wrong way. "Turn it around," Berra said, "so you can ...

2070. Easter 3

Luke 24:13-35, Acts 2:14a, 36-41, 1 Peter 1:17-23

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... has redeemed us from sin by his sacrificial death on our behalf. People: God raised Jesus in glory, defeating the power of sin, and inspires us to live holy lives in obedience to the Christian hope. Collect Gracious Father, who has redeemed us by the perfect sacrifice of your Son: Make firm our faith in the glorious resurrection of Jesus; that we may live holy and reverent lives in thanksgiving for our salvation. We pray through Christ, our risen Savior. Amen. Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God, for our ...

2071. Proper 9

Matthew 11:25-30, Romans 7:7-25, Exodus 1:1-22

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... relieve us. Lead us into the paths of righteousness, guided by the loving grace of our Lord, that we may find your promised rest. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Hymns "How Happy Every Child of Grace" "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" "Jesus, the Sinner's Friend" "Peace, Perfect Peace"

2072. Rags For God

John 13:1-17

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... I want you to have. Has anyone ever given you a rag for a gift? (Let them answer.) No, I don’t suppose anyone has ever given a rag to you before. Usually people give new clothes for a gift. The colors are bright, nothing is torn, and they fit perfectly. But a rag is beat up and kind of ugly. It has been used until it cannot be worn anymore. Then it ends up as a rag. Well, Jesus would have liked rags because they look like they have done their job. A rag is well worn and has really ...

2073. Victory and Protest

John 6:25-59

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Richard L. Thulin

... the time I was a teenager, I don't think that I had ever heard the word "eucharist." I was a baptized Christian who worshiped faithfully and who participated in the Lord's Supper whenever it was offered (which was once a month). I had almost perfect attendance in Sunday School, and I had three years of Saturday catechetical instruction to my credit. But I still don't think that I had ever heard of "The Eucharist." This fact does not mean that my education regarding the sacramental meal was neglected. It was ...

2074. Invincible Harvest

Matthew 13:1-23

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... the seed from yielding one hundred fold. In Matthew's language this means that the kingdom of heaven brought near in Jesus will reach its completion. The day is coming when God will rule in his full splendor and his will shall be carried out in perfect obedience. The visible assurance of this victory may be no greater than that of a farmer sowing seed in an unplowed and uncultivated field. All sorts of events may argue against its happening. Signs of its promise may be carried off and devoured. Or they may ...

2075. The Promise of the Savior King

Isaiah 11:1-16

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... on behalf of all persons crushed by injustice, oppression, hate, fear - by all that breaks and destroys life. Jesus of Nazareth is of the house of David. God again kept the promise to raise a righteous ruler, a mighty monarch for us. This savior's might was made perfect in weakness. Yet God raised this saving ruler from death and made Jesus to be Lord of all the cosmos. We live in Advent's promise and hope. We still await the final fulfillment of God's promise to David when the savior king will rule justly ...

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