Preaching
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Proper 7 • Jeremiah 20:7–13 • June 22, 2014
Our text follows the account of the prophet smashing a clay jar (19:1–12) symbolizing the way God will smash the nation of Israel for their…
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Epiphany • Isaiah 60:1–6 • January 5, 2014
Who are those in our neighborhood who have yet to be drafted into Jesus, the new Israel, brought into the light of the Lord, so…
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Proper 20 • Isaiah 55:6–9 • September 21, 2014
God therefore calls all humanity to true repentance, that is, to abandon their own wicked thoughts and ways and to return to God in faith—for…
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All Saints’ Day • Revelation 7:9–17 • November 2, 2014
Washed and clothed in white robes, God will “shelter them with his presence .
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Easter 6 • Acts 17:16–31 • May 25, 2014
The true God is not detached and uninterested in humanity, as the philosophers understood the gods to be, but rather God is truly interested and…
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Proper 17 • Ephesians 6:10–20
The armor these soldiers are wearing is not gained by their own merit, but spiritual gifts they are blessed with.
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Lent 2 • Genesis 12:1–9 • March 16, 2014
As believers in the Lord Jesus Christ who have received the blessings of the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life, we have…
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Proper 5 • 2 Corinthians 4:13–5:1 • June 7, 2015
Today’s epistle focuses on the Spirit as he works in the life of the believer to keep the Christian in the faith by giving a…
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Proper 8 • 2 Corinthians 8:1–9; 13–15 • June 28, 2015
In the sermon, besides the gospel motivation, appeals are made to the positive examples of other believers, and the call is to excel in generosity.