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Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . He had killed his own son recently, because he thought he was threatening his throne. Later, he would kill two more of his sons. He had a reputation for being particularly cruel and always merciless. And so, when the warnings came to Joseph to flee with his family and to hide them over the border in Egypt, he did so tout de suite. And it was just in the nick of time. Herod ordered a massive killing of every child in the region who was under the age of two years of age. Jesus, then most likely just a bit ...

2. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

1 Kings 9:1-9

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , in our fear and despair, the love of God will find us in our caves of doubt, distrust, and uncertainty. Elijah realized this at this moment when he felt lower than low. We may feel it in moments where we feel lower than low. The comfort is that we cannot hide from God. We cannot escape God's ubiquitous presence. God's love and concern will search us out and restore us to stand to face an unknown future. In our darkness, the light of God will find us. In our pain, the balm of God will soothe us. In our ...

3. Nothing to Hide

Psalm 32:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the reality of the other person. As long as I am by myself in the confession of my sins everything remains in the dark, but in the presence of a brother the sin has to be brought into the light.” The point of it all is to come out of hiding. Live transparently. Get rid of the baggage from the past that you have for so long carefully hidden away. Second Corinthians 3:17 reads like this, “Now the Lord is Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” This is the way out. Do not let ...

4. Hiding in Plain Sight

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23, Exodus 2:1-10, Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ready to see him and receive him. When Jesus comes of age and announces his ministry at the age of 30, he comes out of hiding and will spend the next three years until his death revealing God’s love and salvation hope for humanity. And even then, at times, ... pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it ...

5. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... out for a god, because they do not know what has become of Moses, or even Yahweh for that matter. If you will, much like my childhood friend Jonathan, perhaps the Israelites were beginning to fear that they had been deserted -- the victims of a cruel hide-and-seek prank, with the Almighty snickering all the while behind the sofa of Sinai. In other words, to interpret the Golden Calf as simply the callous act of these people being hard-hearted seems to me only a partial truth. I almost wonder whether this ...

6. The Hiding Angel

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to everyone, "Look at the angel." There were exclamations of delight from the class and teacher. Then the girl quickly molded the angel back into a ball and asked everyone, "Now what is this?" Someone said, "It looks like a ball to me." "No," she said, "It's a hiding angel." The Bible declares that there is an angel or a saint inside each one of us just yearning to find expression. After all, we were created in God's image. He longs to adopt us as his sons and daughters if we are willing. When we allow Him ...

7. Holy Goat!

Leviticus 16:1-34, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a failing or a failure, a wrong or fault or a kind of “bad-ness.” This is a Christianization of the way Jesus as a Jew would have looked at sin. Sin in the Hebrew scriptures is not always a result of fault. Often it is simply the condition of “hiding” in some way from self, God, the world, and others. Sin may not always even have at all to do with the fault of the person bearing it. Some sins could be imposed upon one. This kind of sin is simply the result of humanness –caused by emotions such as ...

8. Ollie, Ollie, All In Free!

John 8:31-36

Sermon

Steven Molin

... of Eden and calls out to Adam and Eve, "Where are you?" And they respond "We heard you coming and we were afraid, so we hid from you." And that is the human condition, you see; we know we have messed up, we know we have sinned, and so we hide. On Reformation Day, pastors like me love to recount the story of Martin Luther boldly nailing his 95 complaints to the door of the church at Wittenburg, Germany. I think it gives us a perverse sense of pride when we suggest that Lutherans get it and Catholics don't. I ...

9. ASAPH: The Fish Who Taught Courage

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the sea where you swallowed me up ..." "Well, Jonah, God even knows where you are now and there is no hiding, even in my big belly," said Asaph. Jonah thought to himself that Asaph was right and that the best and only thing that he could do was ... alone when he needed him as he spoke to the wicked people. Do you know what? Jonah was right. You can't hide or run away from God. But neither will he ever hide from you or be away when you need him. Well, that is the story of Jonah and Asaph, the Great Fish, and ...

10. Jesus Knows Everything! Jesus Is God!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... ourselves to him, to confess what he already knows about us anyway. To confess means, in its most basic sense, to expose oneself. The tax collector Jesus told about in one of his parables knew that God knew all about his sin and it was senseless to try and hide. So he confessed, "O God, have mercy on me, a sinner." God accepted him, Jesus tells us in his story, and forgave him and he was justified. The good news about our Lord Jesus Christ is not only that he knows all things, but that he accepts us and ...

11. Sycamore Blues

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s lonely soul, and he saw hope. Jesus recognized in Zacchaeus a “son of Abraham,” not a son of greed. Jesus saw in Zacchaeus a beloved child of God, not a hated villain. And do you know what? Jesus recognizes in you the very same. You can’t hide your soul from Jesus. “Come down!” said Jesus to Zacchaeus. “Come down!” says Jesus to all of us. Come down from your high horses and hidden perches and stand before me in your sadness and your shame. You have no secrets from me. I see you. I see ...

12. Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are!

Exodus 1:1-22, 2:1-10

Sermon

... though, was no escape boat. He was not meant to escape from Egypt, at least not yet. Neither was Moses' basket a permanent hiding place. He was placed in the basket to be found at the right time. So he was disguised for that timing. His sister ... for God would be like going through life and never seeing a burning bush. Paul spoke powerfully about how limited our lives are if we hide from God. If we live our life disguised in the flesh and never claim the full, exposed life of God's Spirit, we deny our ...

13. Repentance: The No That Is A Yes

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... from that sin? On the surface, you are glad when someone else succeeds, but deep down do you wonder why it is not you instead of them? Prejudice against another race or the other sex? Prejudice is so subtle -- and all of us want to hide from it. Men, especially, we must confront our prejudice in relation to women. What do we men really feel about the advances women are making in the professional world. Are we really committed to equal pay for equal work? What about the ordination of women to ministry, and ...

14. You Can't Fool God: Ananias and Sapphira

Acts 4:33 - 5:11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the things these kind of people think are important. The healthiest thing for that family to have done was to just laugh about not being able to see the show. But a lot of people don't do the healthy thing, they go through all kinds of contortions to hide their lack of experience or competence. Or to make themselves look better or more important. That family reminds more of the main characters from our Scripture this morning. Let's look at the story of Ananias and Sapphira found in Acts 4:33-5:11. Acts 4:33 ...

15. Hid in God

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

... the shadow of his hand he hid me." That’s a great image for our lost and forgotten feelings: "In the shadow of his hand, God hides me." We need that time of hiddenness, as protection and preparation. And we need faith in such times that God will bring us out again. The ... . God taught Luther many things in those quieter years, just as he does when he takes us apart from time to time. He hides us so we can be sharpened and polished, prepared for the task. But do not be deceived. This quiet time is not a ...

16. Sustaining the Weary with a Word

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... face. There is no disgrace in my brow. There is no terror in my eyes. Why should I drop my head in humiliation? Why should I hide my eyes from thee? Why should I look towards the ground instead of the heavens whence I have been called to do your work? Why should ... face of joy in the midst of terrible sorrow. I will not give my enemies the satisfaction that they have put fear in my heart by hiding my face. Let them spit in my face. Let them mock me to my face as I look through their eyes. I will not flinch. ...

17. Set in the Dark Places

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... hop music? Will we shine the light into the dark corridors of higher education itself? "What kind of preacher do you have?" a man asked an acquaintance. "He is a lighter of lamps in a dark world." No better preacher could you have. No better Christian could you be. B. Hide It Under a Bushel . . . NO The second verse is every kids favorite. It's the only song where you can swear in church and get away with it. (It's all a matter of where you pause in the word "Bushel NO." with thanks to Lutheran pastor Earl ...

18. Masks

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... to gain respect or to earn a living. Most of us have many masks. Masks can be a means of survival for us, a way of hiding, perhaps, in a world that seems hostile. I have heard gay people talk about having to put on a mask, or perhaps a whole lion ... party mask, giving them the freedom to try on a different approach to social relations. In that case, the alcoholic mask tries both to hide shyness and to bring out a more daring and connected personality. Masks can conceal, or they can reveal; often they do a bit ...

19. To See and Be Seen

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... is to be known in an intimate, real way. Unfortunately, many people never find that. Instead, they live their lives alone and lonely, never bonding with that special someone. For many, it means, they have been unwilling to be seen. Human nature can often cause us to “hide” ourselves from others. Sometimes, it may be because we feel we won’t be accepted for who we are. Sometimes, it’s as a result of past trauma or pain that we put up walls and barriers to protect ourselves. But whatever the reason, a ...

20. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... are ready to hear the Good News about God's grace, revealed for our redemption in the "second Adam," our Lord Jesus Christ. Scripture: Genesis 3:1-13, 22-24Psalm 139:1-12, 17-18, 22-24 When I was a little boy, I used to play hide-and-seek with my parents. I would hide behind a chair, sticking out all over. Then I would shut my eyes and shout, "You can't see me!" And Father and Mother would oblige by calling, "Where are you?" as if they didn't know. Adam was playing the same game with God the ...

21. Panic Room

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... to live. (7) Is that where you are right now? Are you “the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live?” Are you hiding in your own spiritual panic room? Listen, Christ can come into any room if you will let him. Christ can give you his peace. He ... to live. (7) Is that where you are right now? Are you “the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live?” Are you hiding in your own spiritual panic room? Listen, Christ can come into any room if you will let him. Christ can give you his peace. He ...

22. Parabola

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... lines of Psalm 78: My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old— things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us. We will not hide them from their descendants; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. Jesus says: “I will open my mouth to speak in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden from the foundation of the ...

23. We All Sin So What?

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... righteousness made by Jesus’ perfect righteousness. When we appear before God, he will see us in Jesus’ robe of perfect righteousness which will hide our dirty rags of sin. For Jesus’ sake God forgives and accepts us in his presence. For our living Paul urges us to ... For fighting the evil in the world, we are to put on the whole armor of God. Thanks be to God for the robe of righteousness that hides our sin and keeps us warm in the love of God. Now we see that it’s not so bad to be a sinner! That is, ...

24. God, Elvis, and O.J. Simpson

Psalm 139

Sermon

James Merritt

... . That is the ultimate folly of suicide. Suicide never solves a problem, it just creates a bigger one. It simply hurls persons into eternity where they come face to face with God with all of their problems unresolved, and their guilt aggravated by self murder. b. Distance Does Not Hide Us from God "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me." (vv. 9-10) It doesn't matter how high or how low you go; it ...

25. The True Story Wins

Matthew 28:11-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you will be revealed to him in all of your foibles and fakery. And with the power of his might, he will lift away your pain and restore your spirit. Christus victor! The soldier’s story is your story. What will you do? Will you be compelled in fear to hide from the truth of Jesus? Or will you allow him to come into your life and to smash the power of sin that keeps you from living an authentic and beautiful life? What kind of liar ARE you? Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text The Gospel According to ...

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