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Advent 4 · Luke 1:26-38 · December 21, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Year ? is far and away the most evangelically diverse Adventtide of the three-year series. Years A and C are devoted entirely to their respective Gospels, Matthew and…
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Advent 3 · John 1:6-8,19-28 · December 14, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald The Gospel for Advent 3 from John seems to overlap extensively with the previous Sunday’s Gospel from Mark. Both provide an introduction to John the Baptist, and both…
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Advent 2 · Mark 1:1-8 · December 7, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald Advent 2 presents us with the New Testament doorkeeper par excellence: John. This should make it very easy for the preacher to connect this week’s message with the…
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Advent 1 · Mark 13:24-37 · November 30, 2008
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald One of my greatest Advent frustrations over the years has been an ongoing encounter with a fundamental misunderstanding of the season’s purpose. Whether introducing the season to people unfamiliar…
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Proper 29 · 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 · November 23, 2008
By Travis J. Scholl Is there any better way to preach on the last Sunday of the church year than to preach Christ “raised from the dead, the first fruits of those…
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Proper 28 · 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 · November 16, 2008
By Travis J. Scholl “Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you” (v. 1). Indeed, we do not need to…
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Proper 12 · Romans 8:28-39 · July 27, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, We sketched a connected theme in the previous two lessons, both of which dealt with the struggle of faith in a fallen world. The first focused on “Life by…
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Proper 11 · Romans 8:18-27 · July 20, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, The previous text (Ro 8:12-17) presented us with “Life by the Spirit of Christ.” The present text, the second of three consecutive readings from this chapter, encourages us…
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Proper 10 · Romans 8:12-17 · July 13, 2008
By William W. Schumacher, The texts for Propers 10-12 are consecutive readings from the eighth chapter of Romans, closely related thematically, and therefore can naturally be grouped as a three-week sermon series. All…
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