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1. Everything You Need to Know about Love

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the day: What does love look like? “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him . . .” I said we would return to that beautiful story we began with--the story of Moses Mendelssohn, the small man with the large hump on his back. Remember he told the girl he loved, “I believe that at the birth of each child, the Lord says, ‘That boy shall marry that girl.’ But in my case, the Lord also added, `But alas, his wife will have ...

2. See My Hands and Feet

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... to say to us that no one on this earth is untouchable. No one is beyond his love and concern. There is a beautiful story about the courtship of Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the great German composer. Moses Mendelssohn was a small man with a misshapen, humped back. One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter. Though Mendelssohn admired her greatly, she avoided him, seemingly afraid of his grotesque hump. On the last day of his visit he went to tell her goodbye. Her face seemed ...

3. The Lord’s Great Sacrifice

Luke 23:26-43

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King Duncan

... story about the courtship of Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the great German composer. Moses Mendelssohn was a small man with a misshapen, humped back. One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter. Though Mendelssohn admired her greatly, she avoided him, seemingly afraid of his grotesque hump. On the last day of his visit he went to tell her goodbye. Her face seemed to beam with beauty but when he entered, she cast her eyes to the floor. Mendelssohn's heart ached for her ...

4. Exile for National Israel, Restoration for Spiritual Israel

Romans 11:1-10

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... , and consequently the nation would experience the covenant curses. Paul also draws upon the Prophets, at Isaiah 29:10, which shows that Moses’ and Isaiah’s worst fear has come true. Israel is spiritually blind to God’s law, and that is why they are ... life. Patrick Kavanaugh, in his book The Spiritual Lives of Great Composers, gives more detailed information about Mendelssohn. Personal Stories: Old Testament and Semitics scholar Charles Feinberg (1909–95) tells an interesting story about a Church ...

5. Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, Luke 9:28-43, 2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2

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B. David Hostetter

... any other memorable human beings, we enjoy the perception of Jesus as having the qualities that are those of your chosen. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of Moses and Elijah, Peter and Paul, Luther and Calvin, Pope John XXIII and Billy Graham, we give thanks for all who have revealed your word by preaching and writing. God of David and Luke, Bach and Mendelssohn, Keble and Fannie Crosby, we rejoice in the music and song that has been a means of expressing our praise to your name. God of Michaelangelo and ...

6. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

... time period, while these men were making these statements of gloom and despair, the following babies were being born: Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, William Gladstone, Cyrus McCormick, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Edgar Allen Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, just to mention a few. Who is to ... impediment he reasoned and the people would not listen to him. So God granted Aaron to be the spokesman for Moses. Before we make snap cynical judgments about some of the despairing events of our own lives, we would do well to ...

7. Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, Luke 9:28-36

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B. David Hostetter

... any other memorable human beings, we enjoy the perception of Jesus as having the qualities that are those of your chosen. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of Moses and Elijah, Peter and Paul, Luther and Calvin, Pope John the Twenty-third and Billy Graham, we give thanks for all who have revealed your word by preaching and writing. David and Luke, Bach and Mendelssohn, Keble and Fannie Crosby, we rejoice in the music and song that has been a means of expressing our praise to your name. God of Michaelangelo ...

8. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... encouraging solos in all sacred music is "If with all your hearts you truly seek me, you shall ever surely find me" from Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah. It begins by quoting these somber words: "Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord, your God ... thought that if it were up to us, we perhaps would not include the likes of Abraham, Moses, John the Baptizer or Jesus in our church - Moses who had committed murder, Abraham with his multiple wives, John the Baptizer with his wild hair and strange ...

9. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... the Old Testament he shatters old images of himself and presents new images. He did this in Abraham, in Jacob, in Moses, in Jeremiah, in Isaiah. "We’ve built up an image of God - a comfortable God. It must be shattered ... yes, the ... can we. By faith man reaches up. By grace God reaches down. The process of restructuring a life has begun. It was said that Mendelssohn could not endure an unresolved chord. He rushed to resolve it! God cannot endure an unresolved life. He rushes to resolve it. But we ...

10. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carl Jech

... which is repeated). Nomos means "law." The bOok of Deuteronomy is a repetition, reaffirmation and reinterpretation of the old, old story of Moses and the deliverance from bondage. 1. Fixations can be good or bad A lot depends on what our fixation is and how ... , idea, talent or theme, and this interest shapes that person's entire life - usually from very early on. Mozart and Mendelssohn composed and performed music even when they were very small children. Bobby Lewis, the acting teacher who has taught such ...

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1. Everything You Need to Know about Love

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

2. See My Hands and Feet

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

3. The Lord’s Great Sacrifice

Luke 23:26-43

Illustration

King Duncan

4. Exile for National Israel, Restoration for Spiritual Israel

Romans 11:1-10

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

5. Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, Luke 9:28-43, 2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

6. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

7. Transfiguration

Exodus 34:29-35, Psalm 99:1-9, 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, Luke 9:28-36

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... any other memorable human beings, we enjoy the perception of Jesus as having the qualities that are those of your chosen. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of Moses and Elijah, Peter and Paul, Luther and Calvin, Pope John the Twenty-third and Billy Graham, we give thanks for all who have revealed your word by preaching and writing. David and Luke, Bach and Mendelssohn, Keble and Fannie Crosby, we rejoice in the music and song that has been a means of expressing our praise to your name. God of Michaelangelo ...

8. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

9. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

10. Look At Your Fixations!

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Carl Jech

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