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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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He Came Down to Save
Text: Isaiah 64:1-9 Date: Advent I + 11/27/11 “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,” the prophet Isaiah leads God’s people to pray. But it is only when God seems far away, out of reach in the distant heavens that the heavens need to be rent, that the separation between us and [...]
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Your Turn
Text: Matthew 25:31-46 Date: Last Sunday of the Church Year + Proper 29 + 11/20/11 On the Last Sunday of the Church Year we are interested in “the bottom line,” the answer to the question, “what’s it all about?” It is another way to ask about our destiny, the End Times, the Last Day, the [...]
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Get Ready
Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Date: Pentecost XXII + Proper 28 + 11/13/11 It is the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, the next-to-last Sunday of the Church Year. As you would expect, therefore, the lectionary readings have become particularly urgent concerning “the times and the seasons” and especially the last day of the Lord when He will come, [...]
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Get Ready
Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Date: Pentecost XXII + Proper 28 + 11/13/11 It is the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost, the next-to-last Sunday of the Church Year. As you would expect, therefore, the lectionary readings have become particularly urgent concerning “the times and the seasons” and especially the last day of the Lord when He will come, [...]
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Rest
Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Date: All Saints’ Day (Observed) + 11/6/11 All Saints’ Day originally came to be when the calendar began to be too full of names of those Christians who have died and gone before us through death and the grave into the everlasting arms of our Savior. We continue to remember the most [...]
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Truth
Text: Jude 3 Date: Written on Walther’s 200th Birthday, 10/25/11 + Reformation Day (Observed) + 10/30/11 In this 494th celebration of the 16th century Conservative Reformation of the Church by Martin Luther, we do so this year with special attention given to him who is the founding father in the 19th century of our confessional [...]
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One More Try
Text: Matthew 22:34-46 Date: Pentecost XIX + Proper 25 + 10/23/11 The chief priests and elders of the people and the parties of the Pharisees and Sadducees all quizzed Jesus and tried to catch him in His talk. In this last week of His earthly life, after one last attempt to test His orthodoxy, Jesus [...]
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