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2076. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:13-16, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Isaiah 58:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... not in the know. In this pericope, Paul handles this problem by reminding them that his preaching was not based on words of human wisdom, but only on Christ crucified. On the other hand, he did have a wisdom, a secret and hidden wisdom revealed to him by the Spirit. The wisdom was the salvation of the world by the cross of Christ. Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20 Followers of Jesus are the salt and the light of the world. Jesus describes his followers as salt, a city on a hill, and light. They are light and not will ...

2077. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... through the Word. He is referring to the Word in baptism. In baptism we identify with Jesus' death and resurrection. It is a new birth into hope and a spiritual inheritance to be received in heaven. The source of the new birth is the mercy of God. The Spirit in the Word administered in baptism creates a new person. 2. Faith of a Christian. It is a faith in the risen Christ who has never been seen. It is a faith that is tested by suffering for the faith. Through faith salvation is received. 3. Basic elements ...

2078. Easter 3

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14-41, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:24-31

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John R. Brokhoff

2079. Proper 9

Gen 24:1-67, Zech 9:9-13, Rom 7:7-25; 8:1-17, Mt 11:1-19, 25-30

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John R. Brokhoff

... evil nature. The whole person is in need of redemption, not only the lower self. The only solution is the redemption of the whole body of Christ from the body of death. For this Paul gives thanks. Epistle 3: Romans 8:9, 11-13 Living in the Spirit. Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 They who put on the yoke of Christ will receive rest for their souls. This pericope is in sharp contrast to Jesus' earlier teachings about the price of discipleship and to his harsh warnings to cities that rejected him. The passage ...

2080. Kairos Commitments

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

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Susan R. Andrews

... through our unique talents and abilities. It is by doing what we do best that we honor and serve God, whether it is within the church or out there in the world. The third kind of call is the secret call, that private, personal connection with God's Spirit that is offered to all of us but recognized by only some of us, that kairos moment, when God's need and our willingness meet in an electric moment of commitment. Finally, there is the ecclesiastical call, a call to minister within the offices of the church ...

2081. Rejoicing in Reality

Matthew 5:1-12

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Susan R. Andrews

... God is blessing us and loving us. Despite our titles and our public smiles, despite our bank accounts and the length of our resumè, despite all the acquired riches of the world, we know, if we are really honest, at a deep level, that we are very poor in spirit. That our lives are filled with sadness. We know that, as much as we want to be in charge, we are utterly dependent upon the grace of God to make it through the night. Yes, we know that our meager efforts to find peace in a violent and turbulent ...

2082. Pentecost! Slow ... and Sure!

John 20:19-23

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Stephen M. Crotts

... mentioned. So, when did God first breathe in scripture? You'll find it in early Genesis where God breathed into clay and man became a living soul. There it was the breath of God that invigorated. And here Jesus is saying as he breathes again that it is the Holy Spirit who makes us new creations, who causes us to come alive and go forth to minister. See the grace of God here? He not only tells us what to do, he gives us the power to do it! Such was the first Pentecost service in church. It started off slowly ...

2083. Choose Four

Acts 2:14-41

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Leonard Sweet

... -evidenced faith encapsulates all four of our four choices. " Do MORE . . . by being baptized. " " Do LESS . . . by repenting of sinfulness. " " STOP . . . badmouthing the apostles and their activities. " " START . . . a new life by confessing Jesus as Lord and receiving the Holy Spirit. " This morning I am calling you to make all four choices in your life. (Please adopt and adapt here to customize these choices to your people's needs: a sampling of ideas in the Animations section is only meant to stimulate ...

2084. The Seven Deadly Fears

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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Leonard Sweet

... list together with your people as your congregation's own personal Seven Deadly Fears. Since every church is different, ideally every church should have a different list of its Seven Deadly Fears. 1. Fear of the Unknown. Instead of a pioneering spirit or an adventuresome spirit, this fearful spirit would rather sit by the home hearth and never question what may lie beyond the scope of our current knowledge. No wonder the only kind of future many people are carving out for themselves is a rut. 2. Fear of Out ...

2085. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... community is once again formed. The first chapter of Acts introduces the reader to this new infant community, as it first attempts to regain its feet. But it isn't until the Pentecost experience – not until the disciples receive the gifts of the Spirit – that The Twelve are once again able to stand together and take its first steps into the future. Pentecost solidified the disciples into one Dream Team that changed the world. "But Peter, standing with the eleven . . . " So who were these "eleven plus ...

2086. More!!!

Isaiah 11:1-16

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Leonard Sweet

... free of all enmity and strife. A young four-year old girl had a terrific Christmas. She got everything she wanted. After all the presents were opened, she turned to he mother and said, "I hope Mary and Joseph have another baby next year!" That's the spirit of Advent. Ask for More! Ask for Everything! Then ask to have it all again next year! · In the midst of all the reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan, don't just wish for our military personnel to be safe. · Ask for peace across all this Earth! · As ...

2087. The Jesus RX and the Biology of Belief

John 20:24-31

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Leonard Sweet

... actions, your own faith, your own powers that you release and liberate to work for others. Placebos aren't lies. Despair is the lie. Pain is the lie. Addiction is the lie. Awakening others to the placeboing power locked in their own minds, bodies and spirits so that they may attain health--that is the truth. Harvard Medical School's course on "Spirituality and Healing in Medicine" has been widely cited as touting the power of belief. Even the most skeptical admit that the power of belief accounts for 30% of ...

2088. Trash Cans or Treasure Chests

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Leonard Sweet

... The dove does not exist. It's a poetic name for a trash bird called a pigeon. And God chose as the symbol of the Holy Spirit a trash bird. We prettify it by calling it a dove, but really it's a pigeon. Isn't it amazing how God works! Jesus ... is most weak, what is most despised, what is most contemptible in your life, in this world, can become, through the power of the Holy Spirit, what is most beautiful, what is most radiant, and what can be most a blessing. You see, we have a topsy-turvey upside down, inside ...

2089. Life's Four Big 'Ds' and One Bigger 'D'

Galatians 2:11-21

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Leonard Sweet

... dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me" (2 Samuel 12:23). King David genuinely repented, genuinely prayed, genuinely mourned, and yet he didn't let his desire, his own agenda, take hold of his spirit. David didn't fall into the four d's of depression, doubt, despair, and disappointment. Instead he opted for the Big D the D.V., or Deo Volento a Latin phrase that translates as "God willing." D.V. Can you say this after me? Deo Volento. Will you D.V ...

2090. Prayer

Matthew 3:1-12

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Stephen Brown

... all is upended... all is made new. We fear the change… for his axe will clear out the dead branches and unyielding trees. We shun the upending… for his fire will cleanse and bring forth fresh forests and a cleansed earth. We dread the new... for his Spirit will move where it wills and touch those it chooses to ordain. Calm our fears. Dismiss our shunning. Wipe away our dread. Give us brave eyes to see his coming. Give us strong hearts to cheer his coming. Give us courageous lives to welcome his coming ...

2091. Are You Living the Three Advents?

Romans 13:11-14

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Leonard Sweet

... begging of a life of faith. Now as faithfulness is lived out each day, it is by continually “putting on” Christ that brings light into each day, no matter how darkness presses at and oppresses them. Those clothed in Christ, those living in the new dawn of the Spirit, are given a final imperative by Paul: not to “think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh” (v.14). Although men and women of faith are still living in the flesh, they are protected from living “according to the flesh.” The ...

2092. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... or model to be followed. As Stephen stands debating and kneels dying, he looks into the heavens, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, he has a vision of Jesus, whom he calls "Lord" and refers to as "the Son of Man"; moreover, he prays to Jesus, understanding ... one merely suspects there may be problems ahead? The third metaphor in v. 5 tells us, saying, "Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD, faithful God." The psalmist entrusts his or her whole being or life to God, because God ...

2093. Proper 12

Genesis 29:15-30, Matthew 13:31-35, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52, Romans 8:28-39, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... others for our own benefit: P: We ask forgiveness, Lord. M: For those times we have participated in the deceits of silence: P: We ask forgiveness, Lord. M: For the injuries our deceits have inflicted upon the innocent: P: We ask forgiveness, Lord. M: May the Spirit put to death the selfishness in each of us, help us to know ourselves forgiven and to live as children of God. P: Amen. Obviously, this prayer will be most appropriate either after the reading of the Old Testament lesson or after a sermon that ...

2094. Forgiveness

John 20:19-23

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Kendall K. McCabe

... in our lives. More accurately, it is the action of Christ through the Holy Spirit in our midst. By the power of the Spirit, Christ is present both forgiving us and forgiving through us. The Spirit is given to us by Christ himself. He breathed upon the disciples and they received the Holy Spirit. In one of her books, Corrie Ten Boom tells of meeting the guard from the concentration camp where she and her family had been held by the Nazis. She had been speaking at a large church meeting, and after the meeting ...

2095. Living as Orphans

John 14:15-31

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King Duncan

... who will counsel us and comfort us. Jesus says, “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you . . . If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” Finally, we are living as spiritual orphans if we do not feel Christ’s presence in our lives. I have to ...

2096. EXEGESIS: 1 Peter 4:12-14; 6:6-11

1 Peter 4:12-19

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Leonard Sweet

... of suffering (v.13). 1 Peter continues in v.14 with the example of being "reviled" or "insulted" specifically in "the name of Christ." Such social and physical abuse results in one's being "blessed," "because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you" (v.14). 1 Peter appropriates the familiar Hebrew images of the "spirit of God" and "God's glory" as present and protective over God's people (see Isaiah 11:2), and places it into this new Christian context. Just as Jesus received the ...

2097. 2 Corinthians 1: 11-13

2 Corinthians 1:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... for this congregation: “agree with one another,” “be of one mind,” “be of the same mind,” “have a common mind,” or “set your mind on the same thing.” The Corinthian Christians disagreed on many issues, from the gifts of the Spirit to the differing requirements for Jewish and Gentile believers, to lifestyle issues. Agreeing with one another would require finding a common mind, and it has been Paul’s intention, as he has addressed all the arguments among these Corinthians, to define this ...

2098. 2 Corinthians 13:11-13

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Leonard Sweet

2099. The Death That Ends All Death

1 Peter 3:18

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James Merritt

... of the knowledge of good and evil, you will surely die." (Gen. 2:16-17) That was the first time man had ever heard the word "die." As you well know, Adam and Eve did eat, and they did die. They died immediately in their spirit, and they died ultimately in their body. From the moment they sinned, their bodies became subject to disease, decay, deterioration, and death. Their spiritual death was immediate, and their physical death was inevitable. We now know that ever since, every human being ever born has ...

2100. The Church: The Health of a Godly Family

Hebrews 10:22-25

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James Merritt

... again is not an opinion. An article from U.S.A. Today entitled, "Strict Religious Faith Lifts Mind as Well as Spirit" gave the following analysis: Followers of "That Old Time Religion," a favorite target of comics, may have the last laugh: ... of God, and you hear the Word of God, and you sing the songs of God, and you experience the glory of God, and see the work of the Spirit of God as He draws lost people to the Son of God, you cannot help but be drawn closer to God. b. It Declares Our Confidence in God V ...

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