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Fear and Faith
Introduction The Congregation Council at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., where I am serving as interim pastor, opens its monthly meetings with devotions. These are the thoughts for the October 2009 meeting. The Psalm for the upcoming Sunday is the reading. Reading Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your…
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Everlasting Light
“…but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.” (Isaiah 60:19b, NRSV)
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Heaven’s Bread
“This is the bread come down from heaven; anyone who eats this bread will live forever.” (John 6:59, LH)
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Loved, Yet Lacking
Introduction This is the sermon I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11, 2009, the weekend of the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost. + + + Readings Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 Psalm 90:12-17 Hebrews 4:12-16 Mark 10:17-31 + + + Prayer Long ago, O God, you spoke to our ancestors…
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Silver and Gold
“Mine is the silver and mine the gold, says the Lord of hosts.” (Haggai 2:8, LH)
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The Good Fight
“Fight the good fight of faith.” (1 Timothy 6:12a, LH)
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In God’s Time
Introduction This is a funeral homily I preached at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Beatrice, Neb., on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Readings Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Psalm 31:1-5 1 Timothy 6:11-16 John 14:1-7 Message It’s hard to listen to the words of the Philosopher, telling us about the times and seasons for the passages we face in life,…
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All That We Need
“If we have food and clothing, we have all that we need.” (1 Timothy 6:8, LH)
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Wise Counting
“So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12, BCP)
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Fixed Hopes
“Our hopes are fixed on the living God, who is the savior of all men, but especially of those who believe.” (1 Timothy 4:10b, LH)