Sermons

Luke 17. 11-19The charity of Christ creates community! by Fred Behnken, parish lay minister As usual I took Ginny to Beauty Castle last Friday morning to have her hair done. It takes about 30-40 minutes and she leaves ready for…
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Luke 17. 5-10The miracle of believing is the love! “Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…
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Small Catechism, Ten Commandments, Commandment ThreeSabbath rests on god’s love in Christ. Last year, on the fifth Sunday in July, the sermon was based on the same morsel of the Small Catechism. Luther’s explanation of the third commandment. In fact,…
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coreValue 3: CHURCHCHARITY becomes CHRIST and CHRIST becomes CHURCH. Last Sunday, at this time, we were just getting up. It was 8:30 and we were in Victoria, BC, getting ready to head back to the States. Monday morning, Sherice and…
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Psalm 139. 7-12God is with us … even in death! “All the world’s a stage,And all the women and men merely players.They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts ….” No, that’s not…
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Luke 15. 1-10Lost coins and lost sheep do not return.They’re found. by Gretchen Shults, deaconess In the July issue of Living Lutheran, came the article on “What’s Happening in Preaching Courses?” It stated that preaching “always starts with the text…
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topical: confirmationWe don’t affirm our own baptism.We affirm the baptism of others as they affirm ours! Christ Lutheran Church. Johnstown, PA. Pentecost Sunday. May 17, 1970. There were thirteen of us, that morning. Fourteen, including Pastor Peterman. We all wore…
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Luke 14. 1, 7-14Faith isn’t about manners, it’s about love! I don’t remember, now, who said it. Or why it was said. It was first year at seminary, that much I know. But I remember the words – as they…
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Luke 13. 10-17It’s not the principles or the values that inspire and motivate;it’s Jesus and it’s love! Practical Godliness! That’s what the preacher called it. Down-to-earth! Matter of fact! A real roll-up-your-sleeves, dirt-under-your-fingernails kind of thing! None of that highfalutin,…
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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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