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The Word became flesh
The Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.†John 1:1-14. When I was new, people sometimes asked, “What has been your biggest challenge as a baby bishop?†They think I’m going to say, “Moving from an […]
Isaiah’s Optimism
Dec. 9, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Isaiah 11: 1-10 About 700 years before the New Testament era, a public intellectual named Isaiah was engaged in what we know today as “punditry,†that is the enterprise of interpreting current events in light of the past and the present. Isaiah also did what many pundits do: […]
Advent (William Willimon)
The Challenge of Advent After my first Advent/Christmas at the university Chapel where I used to preach, I noted that sermons during this season frequently received negative responses from some in the congregation. What’s the problem? Is not this a prelude to one of the Christian year’s most joyous seasons? One person emerged after I […]
Starting Off on the Right Foot
Dec. 2, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Isaiah 2: 1-5 So today is the beginning of Advent. For the church, it is the new year about 30 days earlier than most of the rest of the world will celebrate it. For us, Advent is supposed to be a time of taking stock, of seeing where […]
Advent Angels
As we begin the Christian season of Advent I am reminded of one of my heroes, Pastor Alfred Depp, courageous Lutheran who was eventually hung by the Nazis. Pastor Depp wrote from his prison cell about the comfort that is to be found, even in the worst of situations, in the promises of Advent. Advent […]
Our Kind of Royalty
Nov. 25, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 19: 29-38 The general idea on this Sunday next before Advent is to proclaim Jesus Christ as king – and not only “king,†but “King of Kings and Lord of Lords.†You can hear the strains of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus†even now. In many communions this Sunday […]
A Sermon For Reformation Sunday
29 October 1995 by Stanley Hauerwas Joel 2:23-32 — 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 — Luke 18:9-14 I must begin by telling you that I do not like to preach on Reformation Sunday. Actually I have to put it more strongly than that. I do not like Reformation Sunday, period. I do no understand why it […]
Faith on Idle (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13)
by Michael Battle Michael Battle is assistant professor of spirituality and black church studies at Duke University and vice chair of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. This article appeared in The Christian Century, October 24-31, p. 17. Copyright by The Christian Century Foundation; used by permission. —————————— “For we hear that some of […]
The Two Faces of Us (Luke 18:9-14)
Oct. 28, 2007 The Two Faces of Us By Harry T. Cook Luke 18: 9-14 The gospel writers liked to set up opposing forces in the guise of actual persons or types. Their favorites were the Pharisees against everybody else. Thus do the Pharisees take a bum rap for just about everything that was unjust, […]
Lepers and Samaritans
Oct. 14, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 17: 11-19 Anybody who had parents like I had or went to a Sunday School like the one I attended learned that one of the cardinal Christian virtues is supposed to be gratitude. When I was a kid and extended family members came to my birthday parties, […]
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