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Just Another Detail

Text: Mark 14-15 Date: Passion/Palm Sunday + 4/1/12 A man named Joseph “asked for the body of Jesus” (15:43). Just another detail of the story of Jesus’ death and burial? So many of the “details” of the story were predicted ages before in the… Continue reading

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New Covenant, New Life

Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Date: Lent V + The Annunciation of Our Lord + 3/25/12 We are getting closer, closer to the main celebration of the Christian faith, the climax and central focus not only of the New Testament but also of the entire Bible. The who… Continue reading

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Look and Be Saved through Faith Alone

Text: Numbers 21:4-9 Date: Lent IV + 3/18/12 The season of Lent is the traditional time (from ancient days) for the making of new disciples of Jesus, as He commanded us, saying, “make disciples of all nations.” With the command He also gave us the … Continue reading

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Contemptible Worship

Text: Exodus 20:1-11 Date: Lent III + 3/11/12 I remember a church where the usual procedure during the Sunday morning Divine Service was, among other things, when the offering plates (or “collection” as some call it) were brought forward and placed… Continue reading

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Now I Know You Fear God

Text: Genesis 22:1-18 Date: Lent I + 2/26/12 “Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, ‘Abraham, Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here am I.’ He said, ‘Do not… Continue reading

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Walking with God

Text: 2 Kings 2:1-12 Date: Transfiguration + 2/19/12 “After six days,” six days since our Lord Jesus Christ told His disciples of His coming crucifixion, death and resurrection, He was transfigured, privately, before the inner group of Peter, James… Continue reading

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Wash and Be Clean

Text: 2 Kings 5:1-14 Date: Epiphany VI + 2/12/12 A man sick with leprosy came to Jesus, “and he was made clean.” A great man named Naaman sick with leprosy came to the prophet Elisha, “and he was clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand and touched… Continue reading

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Psalm 147:1-11 Setting by Allen D. Lunneberg

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Not Faint, Not Weary

Text: Isaiah 40:21-31 Date: Epiphany V + 2/5/12 According to Saint Mark, when our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ appeared, the first thing that strikes us is His ministry of healing. His power to heal extends from the most dramatic casting out of demons … Continue reading

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A Prophet Like Moses

Text: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Date: Epiphany IV + 1/29/12 Near the end of his service as prophet and leader of God’s people Moses announced, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him y… Continue reading

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