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2451. Easter 5

John 13:31-38, Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 19:1-10, Acts 14:8-20, Leviticus 19:1-37, Acts 14:21-28, Psalm 145:1-21

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen." (Note: One is given the impression that this collect was placed on this Sunday in anticipation that, in the final selection process, John 14 would be the Gospel for the Day. Nevertheless, it "works" on this Sunday.) The Psalm Of ...

2452. Easter 6

John 14:15-31, Psalm 67:1-7, Acts 15:22-35, Joel 2:18-27, Revelation 21:1-27

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George Bass

... left it would be an even greater feat, something that only a magician might attempt to do. 3. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to the disciples so that they might believe what he told them. And this we know, that it is impossible to believe that Jesus ... is Lord, the resurrected and ascended Lord who will come again at the end of time, without the help of the Holy Spirit. No person can believe by his own powers or strengths. 4. Jesus is the "last magician;" he has made us what we will be, ...

2453. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... the lectionary. The Prayer of the Day for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost reads: "O God, your ears are open always to the prayers of your servants. Open our hearts and minds to you, that we may live in harmony with your will and receive the gifts of your Spirit; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." (The Gospel for the Day, Luke 11:1-13, is about prayer, including the Lord's Prayer.) The Psalm Of The Day Psalm 138 (RC, E, L) - While this is clearly a song of thanksgiving for something God has done, the ...

2454. How Does One Follow Jesus During The Threat Of War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

George Johnson

... , do not use the Bible to back up our bias or prejudice. But there is guidance for us in the scriptures. I pray that the Holy Spirit may lead us to the truth and that the truth, centered in Jesus, may free us and energize us, may help us in the struggle. "God' ... our addiction to a war economy. The first step is to recognize one's addiction and seek help. Blessed are the poor in spirit, who sense their brokenness and need for help. This is not a time for rattling swords, but for soul searching and repentance. ...

2455. Jesus Is Baptized

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

James Garrett

... we would be if Christ has demanded proof of the resurrection before complying with the crucifixion? But Christ did not make such a demand before he made his commitment. He trusted the future to God. Even with his last breath, “Father, into thy hands I commit my Spirit.” The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never in the external world. I believe in the power of regeneration, a God-given capacity for making a new start in Jesus Christ. Everyone is capable of change. Human ...

2456. A Farewell Gift

John 14:15-31

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... silence and then, in hushed tones a little voice asked, "Mommy, was that God?" Jesus, in offering peace, does not say, "I'm here, the Holy Spirit's here and God is here, now be at peace!" The peace that Jesus offers cannot be had simply by desiring. The peace of God is ... we face every day, we need to stop our frantic activity and take time to let our Lord embrace us through the Holy Spirit. Through faith we feel the heartbeat of God's love and rest secure, knowing that all things belong to God. Then a ...

2457. God's Love Is Deep

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Alan R. Lindberg

... than just because he was a doctor, but because his love for his child was awakened. God isn't like that doctor, standing afar off when we jump into the murky waters of despair. Rather, God is continually standing near, ready to breathe into us his spirit and love. And just because, like rebellious children, we often do what is not pleasing to him, he still welcomes us with open arms. As prodigal children, he welcomes us home and shares the everlasting banquet. We know that the Lord is loving ___________ and ...

2458. Marked By The Cross

Romans 6:2-4

Sermon

George Bass

... others) dip their fingers into the water and retrace the sign of the cross on their foreheads, because they remember their baptism into Jesus’ death and his resurrection. The mark of the cross is indelible; it cannot be washed away or removed by time because the very spirit of the risen Lord makes it indelible. One other thing must be said about the sign of the cross that “marks us” in baptism; it is an illuminated cross. In a way, it is like the church where I grew up; it had an illuminated cross on ...

2459. Marked At The Cross

Sermon

George Bass

... know what they were doing when they condemned and executed Jesus, but they were actually playing into the hands of God and participating in the work of salvation in Jesus’ death and resurrection. But we should know this: When we learn to pray for others, in the spirit of Jesus’ prayer when he was dying, our prayers are pleasing to God and have really become holy and genuine offerings to the God who loves every single one of us. Second, as Jesus hung there on the cross, one of the two thieves took up the ...

2460. Soul Food

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... is overcome with grief or overwhelmed with discouragement or disillusionment. It is food for the soul that is weary with the burdens that seem to pile up with each new dawn. It is food for the soul that is diseased with a depression that saps the energy and drains the spirit. It is food for the soul that is sick to death of the ugliness of evil that rears its head too often, in too many places, too close to home. It is food for the soul that is searching for a firm foundation upon which to stand and by ...

2461. The Interview

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... were they hearing? Who was speaking? A third picture was one she had seen often, and had always been stirred by it. It was the classic picture of “earth-rise” taken from the vantage point of the moon on one of those space adventures two decades ago. Her spirit began to calm as she remembered what she had come here for in the first place. Scenes like those reminded her that she had been looking for a job that would make a difference in her life and in the lives of others. The “help wanted” ad for ...

2462. Nothing Is Impossible

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... in a time when all help had failed. The boy was brought to the disciples of Jesus with the request for healing, but they were powerless and confused. The father did not give up hope in the quest of healing for his son. So, with an insistent spirit he saw Jesus and reported on the condition of his son with the declaration of the disciples’ inability to help. It is almost like saying that Jesus becomes, for all of us, our last resort. When everything else fails, we turn to the Lord. A compassionate Jesus ...

2463. What Makes Those Disciples So Darn Happy?

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... to conclude that it is only an accident that Betsey and the rest of my family love me (or that the loves in which you are engaged are merely accidents). Yet that is not the case. God has his hand in all of these events; indeed Jesus (through the Holy Spirit) is in the middle of that love and of all the good things in our lives. Open your eyes, my friends! God is among us; he has willed not to be fully himself any longer without us. It sure is great that Jesus has ascended. Now he is free (through ...

2464. Dispelling Ministry Illusions

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... his baptized people to act for him: "I'm not eloquent." "I'm too young." "I'm too old." "I'm not capable." "I'm too weak." "I can't do it." At baptism God gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit. In life as God calls us to serve him and people, he supplies gifts for the Spirit for the work of the people of God. We can discover the will of God in our lives by discovering our spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts are God's signature on our souls. God says, "Do not say, 'I am too young, but ...

2465. The Best Offense Is A Good Defense

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to apply them to an indoor setting but these efforts proved to be unsatisfactory, too. Finally, he decided, if possible, to invent an entirely new game. He had in mind a game less violent than the ones he was accustomed to playing, one that would require team spirit and new skills. He drew up a simple set of 13 rules which he posted on the bulletin board. Then, to the astonishment of his students, he proceeded to nail two peach baskets at either end of the Springfield gym. He had his players, nine on either ...

2466. Captive To The Word Of God

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire (Luke 3:7b-9). It is not that we are descendants of Abraham that is the cause of our freedom of spirit, it is - for Jew and Christian alike - that we continue in the Word of God, becoming disciples of him who, whether in the Father or the Son, is the definition of truth ... and of everything that matters. Jesus' contemporaries were descendants of Abraham, and they had successfully ...

2467. Dust And Ashes

Genesis 18:16-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... confess our sin. Of course, we're not surprising God or telling Him anything new, since God already knows our sin; but we are telling ourselves, and that is good. It is no accident Jesus began His Sermon on the Mount by saying, "Blessed are the poor in spirit ... (Blessed are those who know their need for God)" (Matthew 5:3). The Bible teaches that spiritual pride is the most fundamental of all sins, because it keeps us from knowing our need for God. But Abraham knew. He stood before God and said, "I am but ...

2468. The Victory Of The Cross

Sermon

Erskine White

... stumbling block, a folly. An emblem of suffering and shame is now a symbol of triumph. An instrument of death becomes the ultimate affirmation of life. Out of "sore abuse and scorn" comes the final, unanswerable proof of the Psalmist's faith: Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? ...Even the darkness is not dark to Thee,The night is as bright as the day;for darkness is as light with Thee. Think now for a moment about what this victory means, this victory of the cross. Why did Jesus endure all of this, and why ...

2469. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... where the promises were to be fulfilled. We had no reason to look forward; all ground of hope was gone. This young man came to us, and told us that not only does God care for us, want us comforted, and pardon us, but - and this is what gave our spirits such hope - all the promises will be fulfilled. He tells us, in terms far more specific than we've ever heard before, that God is coming to us in a new way. And the joy, the beauty, and the glory of his coming are almost beyond describing. Listen to what ...

2470. Trinity

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... Sunday. We are celebrating God as Trinity. Does anyone know what Trinity means? (response) It means God is three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is like our water this morning which exists in three forms: liquid, ice, and steam. God exists in three forms: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We can turn that around: Liquid, ice, and steam are all what? (water) Water! So, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all who? (God) God. That is what the word Trinity means. God is One God but he is three persons. It's ...

2471. Saved By Water: The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... Sychar was on a sexual desert. A lot of people are. There are other deserts. Many of us have at least one foot in some kind of desert; it may be a desert of greed or selfishness or spiritual pride or fear or hatred or anger or an unforgiving spirit. Whatever our desert is, it is drying out our spiritual selves; it is killing us. We are dying of thirst. To that desert - our desert - comes the same living water that came to the woman at the well. For every kind of spiritual dryness, for every spiritual desert ...

2472. Step Seven - Humiltiy

Mt 23:25-36 · 2 Ti 2:20-26 · Ps 51:1-14

Sermon

John A. Terry

... the past, I would not have done the evil that my ancestors did. If only I were there, how much better I would have been than my fathers. They were the ones who killed the special messengers of God. We don't do that." This is the spirit of self-righteousness that Jesus rejects. They honored those whom their ancestors ignored and sometimes slayed. Abel is the first one killed in the Bible. In the Jewish ordering of the books of the Bible, Zechariah is the last (2 Chronicles 24:20-21). Zechariah was a faithful ...

2473. The Family of Judas

Drama

William Grimbol

... was just so marvelous ... even if he did get father mad almost always, and then mother would step in to defend Judas. Mother adored Judas. She always tried to be fair, to never let us feel that he was her favorite, but he was. She just loved his spirit ... in fact, I think half the time mother secretly wished she could be doing everything Judas was. I think that father was at times jealous of that relationship, and I know my brother was. Me - I understood. Judas was just a beautiful person to know. He was ...

2474. When the Tie That Binds is a Slipknot

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... is not for the better but for the worse," he wrote (1 Corinthians 11:17b). Can you imagine someone saying that about a church! "You’re better off when you don’t get together than when you do?" The problem in Corinth was an unwholesome and selfish spirit that had developed around the practice of having a common meal in which people brought food to be set on the table for everyone to share, the origin of the church potluck dinner. Apparently some folks who were wealthy or retired and didn’t have to work ...

2475. Get Ready

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... to watch so they would be ready. "Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come" (Mark 13:33). He wants us to be ready. He has given us a task to carry out and has provided adequate resources through his Word, his Spirit, and the fellowship of his followers. The message of the Second Coming is primarily one of encouragement to Christians. To others it may be a warning of impending judgment - a call to repentance. But to believers it is good news. It gives us hope! It strengthens our ...

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