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Well the sermons are done, the programs are practiced, the booklets being printed. As the sticky post above says, everyone is invited to come and worship. Its good for your soul, even if you don’t know what that word means. At Christmas you find amazing things where you don’t think they belong. There are . . . → Read More: All the Stockings are hung by the Chimney with care…. Sermon Text: Luke 1:26-38 I’m not sure why but Advent 4 (Mary’s week in the lectionary) and Thanksgiving are probably the two occasions that I almost always feel real good about the sermon. On firm Lutheran grounding I’d just say that they are opportunities to proclaim a very clear gospel. In my . . . → Read More: Standby by for some Announcements… Sermon Text Mark 1:1-8 Mark’s gospel as we have it full of odd turns. He boldly states as his first words the title of this post. But the climax of the story is the cross. The demons and the Roman Centurion crucifying Jesus are the only people in the story who . . . → Read More: The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ the Son of God
#gallery-1 { A book published in 2005 called Soul Searching, followed up in 2009 with Souls in Transition, coined a phrase Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (MTD). The writers polled and interviewed thousands of Americans between the ages of 13 – 18 and then followed up with the 18 – 25 year olds. The results are a clear . . . → Read More: Pastor’s Corner Newletter Article – A Christmas Question Full Text First comment, the Thanksgiving sermon was the better sermon this week. Page down and read that one if you didn’t hear it. That one was winsome and inviting and still crunchy, which by that I mean it had a message behind it that didn’t duck reality. This Sunday sermon was crunchy, but . . . → Read More: Pick it up and read it / Prepare for the Coming King Full Text Text: Luke 7:18-28 The middle two weeks of advent are the weeks of John the Baptist. He’s a forgotten figure in modern Christianity. He doesn’t seem to have much meaning or purpose. We continue to read the stories of the patriarchs. We will talk about the OT prophets. We will give . . . → Read More: What did you come to see? – Luke 7:18-28 – Advent 3 Underware. That is the term for too much sermon prep work actually making it into the sermon. That was what this one was. There is a really good 700 word meditation at the end, preceeded by 700 words that should not have made it into the final draft. It is not that the . . . → Read More: Sermon – Luke 1:26-38 – Mary replied I am the slave of the Lord This was the last mid-week sermon. We had been roughly following a chain of OT promises of the messiah. The first grouping was about a savior/prophet. The second group were kingly predictions. The last group was priestly predictions. I didn’t start out with prophet, priest and king, but that was always latent and it became more . . . → Read More: Advent Sermon – Symbols of Things – Zechariah 3:8 After preaching in what is called a lectio continua (a continuous reading) for most of the summer, fall and early winter, the advent texts are herky jerky. One moment you are in Mark and the Next you are in John or Isaiah or Paul. Since I used the Markan text for John the baptist last week . . . → Read More: Sermon – Bad Coinage – 1 Thess 5:16-24 |
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