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Easter 4 • Acts 20:17–38 • April 25, 2010
by James W. Voelz Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders I. Introduction: This famous passage occurs toward the end of Paul’s Third Missionary Journey, as…
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Lent 5 • Isaiah 43:16–21 • March 21, 2010
by Thomas Egger As the season of Lent approaches its climax—Jesus’s suffering, death, and resurrection—our Lord summons our attention: “Behold! I am about to do…
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Welcomed Guests
Quite a few visitors stopped by to dine in our yard this winter. Most came after a fresh blanket of snow had fallen or when…
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Lent 4 · Isaiah 12:1-6 · March 14, 2010
By Erik Herrmann There is some stiff competition in the lectionary with our Old Testament lesson for this Fourth Week in Lent. The Epistle reading…
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Lent 3 · Ezekiel 33:7-20 · March 7, 2010
By Jeffrey Kloha Textual Background Ezekiel’s ministry took place among the captives taken to Babylon in the early sixth century BC prior to the destruction…
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Lent 2 · Jeremiah 26:8-15 · February 28, 2010
By Jeffrey A. Oschwald The Lectionary for Year C provides little help for preacher or hearer in terms of placing this reading from Jeremiah 26…
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Lent 1 · Deuteronomy 26:1-11 · February 21, 2010
By Glenn Nielsen The approach for this sermon is a textual structure that uses key phrases in the text in the order in which they appear.…
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord · Deuteronomy 34:1-12 · February 14, 2010
By Travis Scholl None of the gospels tell us what mountain Jesus climbed with Peter, James, and John to be transfigured. But I’d like to…
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Epiphany 5 · Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13) · February 7, 2010
By Kent Burreson The Theophany of God, Cleansing, and Call of Isaiah The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany offers the opportunity to preach on a liturgical…