Sermons

07 April 2019 John 12. 1-8The resurrection and the life is loveright here and right now! Any given Sunday, between the Prayer of the Day and the Sermon, we channel surf! We pick up the remote and we just start…
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24 March 2019 Luke 13. 1-9Restoration through compassion, love, and charity – not retribution phrased as “Repent or Perish” – is the Word of God! by Fred Behnken, parish lay minister Many of us here this morning have had the…
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17 March 2019 the Prayer of the Day: God of the covenant, in the mystery of the cross you promise everlasting life to the world. Gather all peoples into your arms, and shelter us with your mercy, that we may…
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06 March 2019 Matthew 6. 1-6, 16-21Faith is, forever, rooted in god’s love! It’s called “The Substitutionary Theory of Atonement,” or something like that! It’s been around, in one form or another, for a long, long time. And here in…
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24 February 2019 Luke 9. 28-36Church is rooted in a vision of god’s love! I don’t know how many times, over the years, I’ve read the story.  From Matthew, Mark, Luke.  Each and every year, it’s always there.  The last…
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24 February 2019 Luke 6. 27-38We give. . . just like god! “Will work for food.” We’ve all seen the sign, at one time or another. On a vacation to a big city. Even here in Midland, on the way…
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17 February 2019 Luke 6. 17-26The gospel is a tsunami of love! I think it’s, probably, safe to say, we love a good disaster! Not necessarily the real life kind. But certainly, the ones on the silver screen! The bigger…
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10 February 2019 Luke 5. 1-11Nets are about the fishing, not the fish! Well, here we go, again.  The latest figures I’ve heard?  There are around three hundred fifty thousand congregations scattered across the good, old, U.S. of A.  The…
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03 February 2019 Luke 4. 21-30Christ and Church proclaim life to those who need it.Period.  End of sentence. Last Sunday, we read the first part of a story.  A story that was – that is – according to Luke, the…
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27 January 2019 Luke 4. 14-21Christ and Church proclaim life.  Period.  End of sentence. I’ve spend most of a career, now, preaching my way through the bible, one passage at a time, Sunday after Sunday after Sunday.  And after all…
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