Sermons

Revisiting coreValues 1 & 2The two things that determine who we are, what we say, and what we do are Charity and Christ! A couple, three months ago, now, I decided to set aside the third Sunday of each month…
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Luke 12. 23-40The Word of God isn’t paper and ink, but flesh and it’s blood! You’ve heard me mention it, now and again, over the past few years. More tongue-in-cheek, than anything. More a joke, than something serious. How we…
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(given @ StNicholasEpiscopalChurch, midland) Hosea 11. 1-11God has always been and will always be a god who loves! So, there I was, eating lunch on a Monday afternoon, as usual, with friends. The lone Lutheran among a cadre of Episcopalians….
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Luke 11. 1-13Prayer – like everything else – revolves around two things: god’s grace and jesus christ! “[Jesus] was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to…
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coreValue #2: Jesus ChristJesus Christ is grace made real! According to the dictionary, coreValues are the fundamental beliefs – the bottom lines – for a person or a people. They’re the guiding principles that make us who, that make us…
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Luke 10. 25-37We inherit eternal life not by loving god or by loving others,but by being loved by god and by others! “Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit…
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Luke 10. 1-11, 16-20The kingdom of god isn’t a there-and-then king of thing;it’s a here-and-now one! A woman dies and goes to heaven where she finds herself third in line at the pearly gates. God’s just instituted a stricter screening…
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the Post-Communion Prayer, Luther’s German MassFaith is being loved by god and, then, loving … just like god! I think it’s been over a decade, now, that we’ve been taking the good doctor’s advice to heart. Luther recommended that pastors…
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Luke 8. 26-39Forgiveness, like everything else, is a gift from god. The way it works – or rather, the way it’s supposed to work, at least according to popular opinion – is pretty straightforward and pretty simple. When you do…
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topical: congregation valuesThe church exists for one thing … grace! “A journey of a thousand miles,” so the proverb says, “begins with a single step.” Or more accurately, it begins with the ground beneath our feet. Right here and right…
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