Transfiguration Worship is for life, not life for worship If worship is a retreat, in other words, it is not a retreat from the world but a retreat in order to come back to the world in love, mercy and grace. • David Lose Today we conclude our series on “Why We Worship Like WeContinue reading “Transfiguration: Worship is for life, not life for worship”
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Epiphany 7: Daily and Weekly Worship
Sermon: Epiphany 7 Daily and Weekly Worship Life has its rhythms. Last time we talked about the annual rhythm of the Church Year. From November to June, we live in the story of Jesus — his coming at Advent and Christmas, his life and ministry through which he revealed God’s glory in Epiphany, his callContinue reading “Epiphany 7: Daily and Weekly Worship”
Sermon: Epiphany 6 — Scattering to Serve
Note from CM: Rather than publish my entire sermon this week, I thought it might be good for you to see a sample of the inserts that I have been providing during the current preaching series. I supply these each week so that the people will have something to take home and reflect upon. IContinue reading “Sermon: Epiphany 6 — Scattering to Serve”
Epiphany 4: Gathering at God’s House and Conversing with Our Host
Epiphany 4 Sermon Gathering at God’s House and Conversing with Our Host We come together for the reading and discussing of the sacred writings, as any quality of the present time gives occasion for fore-warning or for recollection. In any case, with the holy words we feed faith, we set up hope, we build trust,Continue reading “Epiphany 4: Gathering at God’s House and Conversing with Our Host”
Epiphany: Worship Is Sunday Dinner
Sermon: Worship Is Sunday Dinner (Epiphany) To the bath and the table, To the prayers and the word, I call every seeking soul. • Inscribed on a church bell in Wisconsin • • • I became convinced long ago that one of the most important things I could do for a congregation was to teachContinue reading “Epiphany: Worship Is Sunday Dinner”
Sermon: Advent IV — Mary, Mother of God and Ultimate Matriarch of Our Faith
Sermon: Advent IV Mary, Mother of God and Ultimate Matriarch of Our Faith (Luke 1:39-55) • • • Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed… • Luke 1:48 It’s that time of year again. Time for we who are Protestants to talk about Mary. Unlike our Catholic or Orthodox brothers and sisters,Continue reading “Sermon: Advent IV — Mary, Mother of God and Ultimate Matriarch of Our Faith”
Sermon Advent III: Good News?
Sermon Advent III: Good News? (Luke 3:7-18) 7 John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; forContinue reading “Sermon Advent III: Good News?”
Advent II Sermon: God Visited Us
Sermon for Advent II: Luke 1:68-79 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David, as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that weContinue reading “Advent II Sermon: God Visited Us”
Sermon Advent I: We Wait for Shalom
Sermon Advent I: We Wait for Shalom (Jeremiah 33:14-16) The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and heContinue reading “Sermon Advent I: We Wait for Shalom”
Sermon: Christ the King Sunday 2018
Sermon: Christ the King Sunday 2018 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus answered, ‘Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?’ Pilate replied, ‘I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chiefContinue reading “Sermon: Christ the King Sunday 2018”
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