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TURN THE DONKEY AROUND: A Palm Sunday Sermon
(~) TURN THE DONKEY AROUND A Palm Sunday Sermon by Thomas R. Henry St. Pauls United Church of Christ, Chicago April 9, 2006 Texts: Psalm 118: 24-29 / Zechariah 9:9-10 / John 12:12-19 In the Gospels, we are presented with information about Jesus: what he did, what he said, and who he was. But we […]
Paschal Sermon
A Young Man in White A sermon on Mark 16:1-8 & Romans 6:3-11 preached by Nathan Nettleton, 15 April 2006 This is the night when all things are made new. This is the night when the hungry are fed and the naked are clothed. This is the night when those who have fallen away are […]
No More of This! (Meditation for Holy Week)
No More of This! A meditation for Holy Week, 2006 Luke 22: 35-38, 47-51 The story of Jesus’ Passion ends in high drama, and not just in the movies. At last the moment comes for the soldiers to arrest Jesus. And at that moment the disciples ask Jesus a curious question: Lord, shall we strike […]
Looking at Our Shadow Side
Fourth Sunday in Lent March 26, 2006 Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 In psychology, we cannot heal from dis-eases until we acknowledge they are part of us. We must take a long, hard look at our “shadow side.” Newspaper headlines provide ready examples: evil feeds on the denial that it is […]
Archbishop’s sermon – the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer
21 MARCH 2006 Archbishop’s sermon at the service to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer St Mary the Virgin, Oxford From today’s epistle: ‘The word of God is not bound’. When it was fashionable to decry Cranmer’s liturgical rhetoric as overblown and repetitive, people often held up as typical the echoing […]
What God has given up for Lent
A sermon on Genesis 9:8-17; 1 Peter 3:18-22 & Mark 1:9-15 by Nathan Nettleton, 5 March 2006 © http://www.laughingbird.net Message Violence must be a constant temptation for God, but in absolute love, God has vowed never to resort to it. Sermon One of the questions that pops up a lot at this time of year […]
Objects of Desire
A sermon on Exodus 20: 1-17 & John 2:13-22 by Nathan Nettleton, 19 March 2006 © LaughingBird.net Message We all learn our desires from others, but most of them are destructive. The pathway to freedom and life is to learn our desires from Christ. Sermon Every time there is an election, there are numerous politicians […]
Bibical Words
(~) Bibical Words: March 19, 2006 Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; John 2:13-22. Biblical reflections on the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 19, 2006, from Jay Wilcoxen, Ph.D. Preparation for the Lord’s Passion includes hearing God’s covenant Commandments and revisiting God’s Temple. Exodus 20:1-17. The Torah reading takes us to the supreme covenant […]
Cleaning House
Third Sunday in Lent March 19, 2006 Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 John 2:13-22 Cleaning House This week’s gospel text records a story that is one of the most dramatic in the New Testament — the most memorable of several episodes in which Jesus gets angry. Although Jesus is more often thought of […]
A Divine Model of Repentance
First Sunday in Lent March 5, 2006 Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:9-15 A Divine Model of Repentance What is the season of Lent about? Probably the most frequent answer is “Penitence.” And this is most certainly true. “Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. … Create […]
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