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God’s Call to Repentance
Text: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Date: Epiphany III + 1/22/12 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time.” The first time it was a disaster. Or, was it? For the first time the word of the Lord came to him, at the command, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call [...]
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Psalm 139 and “Speak, Lord, Your Servant Listens”
Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-10 Date: Epiphany II + 1/15/12 God called Abram out of his unbelief and idolatry to become the father of faith for the whole world. The Bible simply says, “the Lord said to Abram.” How the Lord spoke to Abram is not said. Interestingly, Luther wrote, “did he hear this voice from [...]
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“And God Said….”
Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm 29 – setting by Allen D. Lunneberg Text: Genesis 1:1-5 Date: The Baptism of Our Lord + Epiphany I + 1/8/12 “The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters” (Ps 29:3). Another psalm says, “When you send forth your Spirit, [...]
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Blessed in the Name
Text: Numbers 6:22-27 Date: Circumcision and Name of Jesus + First Sunday after Christmas + New Year’s Day + 1/1/12 We tend to hear this shortest Gospel reading of the year as a mere report of events, not unlike a short announcement in the newspaper, “just the facts:” “at the end of eight days, when [...]
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His Holy Arm
Text: Isaiah 52:7-10 Date: Christmas Day + 12/25/11 On Christmas Day we celebrate and proclaim the doctrine, the teaching, indeed the mystery that, in Jesus of Nazareth, God became man, took on our human flesh and blood, in order to redeem, to save us from sin, death and hell. Isaiah had foretold it, even as [...]
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God Is With Us
Text: Isaiah 7:10-14 Date: Christmas Eve + 11/24/11 How many tyrants in their conquests, how many nations, how many church denominations, or how many football teams or quarterbacks have been convinced that God is on their side? At least the proper cheer would be “Deo Volente,” “God willing,” as St. James advises, “you do not [...]
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H O U S E
Text: 2 Samuel 7:1-16 Date: Advent IV + 12/18/11 When St. Luke reports of the visit of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary he says that Mary was “betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph,” and adds the important detail, “of the house of David.” Furthermore, the angel’s announcement includes the prediction that [...]
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The Robe of Righteousness
Text: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Date: Advent III + 12/11/11 Last Sunday we heard the prophet Isaiah foretell the coming of John the Baptist. In today’s selection he speaks no more of him. Interestingly, even though the reading from John’s Gospel today reports about the Baptist, the Baptizer himself insists that he doesn’t talk about himself [...]
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The Three Heralds
Text: Isaiah 49:1-11 Date: Advent II + 12/4/11 The number three is in the air today. At three-thirty this afternoon we look forward to having three musical stars lead us in our Third Annual Christmas Concert, flutists Alexander Zonjic and Ervin Monroe and acclaimed tenor Drake Danzler. This morning the prophet Isaiah speaks of three [...]
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