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2051. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

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Thomas D. Peterson

... , but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." Jesus caught her off guard, and, in her characteristic way she came back with a literal view. "Give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw." If she had the water Jesus offered, she would not need to work any further to obtain drink. She would actually be in control of her life, even as she fancied herself to be in ...

2052. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

... How dare you think badly of yourself when God thinks so ultimately well of you? How is your opinion of yourself to be compared with his opinion of you?" The Apostle Paul makes a grand insistence. "From now on," he writes, "we regard no one from a human point of view ... if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ..."2 I must look at each person, including myself, as one whom God loves and for whom Christ died. I must know that every person is capable of becoming a new creation. A person’s worth is very ...

2053. The Gathering, The Scattering

Hebrews 10:19-39

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Various Authors

... with whom we share our daily bread each suppertime. • They’re those who ride the bus with us, or drive the streets and freeways we must travel. • They’re where we buy our groceries, pay our rent, or pump our gas. • They’re hidden from our view until we look for them. They’re children of the Heavenly Father. They are those who need a hug, a warm embrace, the nourishment that only those first strengthened at the table, or refreshed at God’s pool party, can impart. Lord, gather us. Unite us ...

2054. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

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... pulses through our veins. Here, right in the middle of it all, is where Christ is born. Why not do away with the stable? Doing away with the stable might shatter some of our fantasies and fairy tales, but it would make a difference in how we view the Incarnation. If Jesus was born like all other peasant children, the event of his birth becomes something very positive and powerful. It means that Jesus is one of us. It means that God is present in the events and lives of ordinary people. When we possess ...

2055. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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... , unlike blessedness, is dependent upon many external factors. Blessedness, on the other hand, is deeper and far more inward than happiness. It is a state of being that is not primarily effected by the ebb and flow of life's tides. Unlike our ordinary view of happiness, has its roots in God. Blessedness comes because our life is dependent upon God. It is a gift from God which, according to the New Testament, comes to those who suffer because of their faithfulness. Blessedness is not a Hollywood kind of ...

2056. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

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Joe Pennel

... love is displayed for all persons, disciples should embody that same love. Perhaps, the lady at Bible study is correct. Maybe this teaching of Jesus does not work out in real life. Perhaps, the truth of this passage does run counter to society's view of truth. Jesus never thought about the practicality of this passage. Obviously, it was not very practical for Jesus. He wound up on a cross because he practiced it. It certainly did not "work" in his life. Instead, it contributed to his Crucifixion, the death ...

2057. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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... to a close? If so, what would remain for Christ to judge and reign over? How is the preacher to make theological sense out of all of this? Is there any hope for humanity and the world? Matthew's eschatological theology of the age of salvation, when viewed from the perspective of his entire Gospel, provides a fitting conclusion to his version of the Good News and positively shapes the liturgical season of Advent that begins the church year. What he writes in chapters 24 and 25 about the end of the world and ...

2058. Advent 2

Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12

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... to be evident to us; that if our hearts are prepared for his eschatological coming, they will certainly be perfectly attuned to his incarnational advent right now. The expectation of the eschaton is, from one perspective, realized eschatology; from a second point of view it is future eschatology, while from a third position it is an exercise in what might be called immediate eschatology; he is constantly coming to us in Word and sacrament. All elements of the liturgy for the Second Sunday in Advent make it ...

2059. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10

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... /homiletical clue, from the perspective of church year and liturgy, is to focus the proclamation of the gospel on the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, as the beginning of the drama of salvation. The readings support and substantiate this liturgical view of the Fourth Sunday in Advent as the time to anticipate the proximity of Christmas and to prepare for the celebration. The homiletical problem in preaching is that the content of this Sunday is what most people in our congregations already have ...

2060. The Nativity of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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... centering worship and hope on the birth of the Christ child, rather than on his birth as the first part of the drama of reconciliation with God in his death, resurrection, and Parousia. The importance of this lesson, therefore, is that it clarifies our theology in view of the saving events in Jesus' life and the culmination of it all that will take place in his glorious return that is called the Parousia. It means that both the promise of the Messiah in the First Lesson and Luke's beautiful story of Jesus ...

2061. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, John 1:29-34, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7

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... Lutheran and Common lectionaries celebrate the Transfiguration on the Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany (the Last Sunday after the Epiphany this year), rather than on August 6. This reading from Isaiah is the second "servant song," which continues to speak, from the Christian point of view, of Jesus' manifestation to the world as one called by God before his birth who could say, "from the body of my mother he named my name." Later in the prophet, he says, "And now the Lord says, who formed me from the womb ...

2062. Epiphany 3

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Psalm 27:1-14, Isaiah 9:1-7

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... of Jesus Christ; his first act was to move from Nazareth to Capernaum which, from Matthew's perspective, was the fulfillment of Isaiah 9:1, which Matthew quotes, rather loosely, in his account of the ministry of the Lord. Jesus broke into public view in Galilee, preaching, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." He immediately began to gather a band of disciples, of whom two fishermen, Simon and Andrew, were the first pair to be enlisted by Christ. Charismatic and authoritative person that he ...

2063. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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... where an earlier Old Testament reading (Zephaniah 2:3, 3:11-13) has been replaced because another text is believed to be in closer harmony with the other lessons, especially with the Gospel. Micah portrays God as puzzled by Israel's ingratitude and unfaithfulness, in view of all that the Lord God has done for his people; God has been just and gracious in all of his dealing with Israel, but Israel has separated itself from him. The life-style - of nations or individuals - that is acceptable to God is one ...

2064. The Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

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... at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.' " The bulk of the psalm is interpreted to describe how God will deal with the enemies of the Messiah during the interim between his ascension and his Second Coming (from the Christian point of view). The Psalm Prayer Almighty God, make known in every place the perfect offering of your Son, the eternal high priest of the new Jerusalem, and so consecrate all nations to be your holy people, that the kingdom of Christ, your anointed one, may come in ...

2065. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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... Nocent) Try as we will to make such theology concrete, we are almost certainly doomed to failure; the best we seem to do is in the symbols of the liturgy that attempt to picture the Trinity as a "three-in-one" God. Small wonder, in view of the abstract doctrinal theology,that so many symbols had to be created in an attempt to make concrete this abstraction. The festival might easily have been eliminated from Roman and other church year lectionaries, but it wasn't. Something important would have been lost ...

2066. Proper 4

Deuteronomy 11:1-32, Genesis 12:1-8, Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29, Romans 3:21-31, Psalm 31:1-24, Psalm 33:1-22

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... it was a game-plan, listing the numbers and sequence of the different plays that the quarterback was to use as necessary during the football game. The television camera, on one occasion, took a close-up of the "football phylactery" so that the viewing audience could see it and comprehend how complex it really was. The quarterback was expected to follow the game-plan which, theoretically, would offer a way of winning the football game. 1. God intends that his commandments - and those of Jesus, too - should ...

2067. Proper 8 & Pentecost 6

2 Kings 4:8-37, Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 89:1-52, Psalm 17:1-15, Isaiah 2:6-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Matthew 10:1-42

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... ; that can - and does - break up families. 1. A serious decision. Those who hear the good news must decide whether or not they believe it, receive it, and are willing to place their hope in Jesus. Christianity has no room for those who choose to view the faith casually. 2. A destructive disagreement. The gospel is as sharp as a Toledo blade and severs relationships, as well as establishes new ones, when people decide to call Jesus Lord. One of the problems with "second career" people accepting the call to ...

2068. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

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... to make resolution of problems and reconciliation happen between people who love him and one another. In some congregations, a sermon on the latter part of the Gospel for the Day - church discipline - might have to be developed from a different point of view, depending on the congregation and pastoral exegesis. It could be that the most suitable sermon would be textual, and would be developed from the last verse. Matthew 18:20 - "Christ and the Congregation." 1. In any Christian group, large or small, the ...

2069. The Eighth Son

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... and Boaz. The city where Jesse had grown rich through his vast pasture and flocks of sheep and cattle. Samuel and his entourage arrived in town on market day. The bleat of sheep, the squawk of geese, and the chirps of hens heralded their arrival. Samuel was viewed as the holiest man in Israel. His arrival in a city was an important event. Townspeople quickly gathered around the bearded prophet. He announced that the reason he had come to town was to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. He asked Jesse and his sons ...

2070. April Showers

1 Samuel 20:1-42

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... of flowers raised their pastel colored heads upward toward the blue Italian skies. Spring was once observed as the new year. In many lands April first was New Year’s Day. Not until Pope Gregory I decreed January first to be New Year’s Day did April cease to be viewed as the beginning of a new year. April may be cruel but it can also be a clarion call to a new creation. A month of crucifixion can be a month of empty tombs and reports of resurrection. April, like any month, can be what we make of it ...

2071. A Queen Bee’s Sting

2 Samuel 6:1-23

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... the bridegroom to be would bring him the skins of 100 Philistines. David not only accomplished this martial feat, but brought in 200 Philistine foreskins! David and Michal were married, but they hardly lived happily ever after. Saul was determined to kill David, whom he viewed as a rival for the throne. Michal caught wind of a plot to assassinate David and implored him to escape. Late one night assassins crawled up the stairway in the craggy palace at Gibeah and plunged a knife into David’s heart. Or so ...

2072. Labor Pains

2 Samuel 18:1-18

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... people and a democracy must demand the best from their leaders. Whenever we coddle a king or worship a preacher, prophet, or politician, we are in grave danger of bowing before false idols. Dryden put it well when he observed: With secret joy indulgent David viewed His youthful image in his son renewed To all his wishes nothing he denied The Jews, a headstrong, moody murmuring race ... God’s pampered people whom no king could govern nor no God could please. In this rich land of pampered people, where the ...

2073. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

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... Pontius Pilate, has assured the people of Jerusalem that the Nazarene did in fact die, and that he is still dead ... We have heard Eric Sentius, our long-time observer of the Roman-Jewish scene, and an unidentified friend of the Nazarene, express their views ... We’ll keep you posted as news of further developments reach us. Thanks for joining us today on "Good Morning, Jerusalem!" THE OFFERING AN EASTER ANTHEM BY THE CHOIR AN EASTER RESPONSE: Leader: This is the feast of victory for our God! People: The ...

2074. Christmas, Third Proper

Hebrews 1:1-14

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... grace for this, our troubled world. In his magnificent name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Mighty and generous God, we humbly confess our limited imaginations when it comes to your workings, and especially with respect to your actions in Christ Jesus, whom we tend to view through our narrow vision and in light of our restricted desires. Forgive us, O God, and let the words of your holy Word remind us of the true magnitude of this Holy One, not only for us, our world, and our age, but for the infinities ...

2075. Tuesday in Holy Week

John 12:20-36

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Theme: The glory of Golgotha Exegetical note This passage has the feeling of a kind of "hodgepodge" drawn together (but not very tightly!) by John. The clearest image here is his distinctive view of the crucifixion of Jesus as a glorification rather than a humiliation, an experience of exaltation rather than of passion. The initial request of the Greeks (Gentiles) to see Jesus is merely a literary "set-up" for that powerful image. Call to Worship Leader: Sisters and brothers, if you would ...

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2051. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

2052. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

2053. The Gathering, The Scattering

Hebrews 10:19-39

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Various Authors

2054. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

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2055. The Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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2056. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

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Joe Pennel

2057. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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2058. Advent 2

Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20, Romans 14:1--15:13, Matthew 3:1-12

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2059. Advent 4

Isaiah 7:1-25, Romans 1:1-17, Matthew 1:18-25, Psalm 24:1-10

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2060. The Nativity of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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2061. Epiphany 2

Psalm 40:1-17, John 1:29-34, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 49:1-7

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2062. Epiphany 3

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Psalm 27:1-14, Isaiah 9:1-7

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2063. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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2064. The Ascension of Our Lord

Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53

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2065. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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2066. Proper 4

Deuteronomy 11:1-32, Genesis 12:1-8, Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29, Romans 3:21-31, Psalm 31:1-24, Psalm 33:1-22

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2067. Proper 8 & Pentecost 6

2 Kings 4:8-37, Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 89:1-52, Psalm 17:1-15, Isaiah 2:6-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Matthew 10:1-42

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2068. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

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2069. The Eighth Son

1 Samuel 16:1-13