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  • The Immediate Word

    Dean Feldmeyer
    Christopher Keating
    Thomas Willadsen
    Katy Stenta
    Mary Austin
    Nazish Naseem
    For August 17, 2025:
    • When Good News Is Bad News by Dean Feldmeyer based on Acts 2:1-21. Charles Darwin believed that the two most significant achievements in human history were the development of language and the harnessing of fire. Today we apply both, language and the symbol of fire, to our...
  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    Bill Thomas
    Frank Ramirez
    Mark Ellingsen
    Isaiah 5:1-7
    Summarizing his understanding of this text Martin Luther writes, “The Lord embraced this people as a mother to her son.” (Luther’s Works, Vol.16, p.61)  It seems that this love must be complemented by some justice (v.7).  About that matter Augustine observed that… “there is no republic where these is no justice.  Further, justice is that virtue which...
  • Emphasis Preaching Journal

    David Coffin
    When does the status quo no longer seem to be working? In her book, The Last Flight Julie Clark begins with the seemingly flawlessly choreographed life of Claire Cook, the wife of a wealthy politician at the peak of this political dynasty. Despite the elegant surroundings of the Manhattan townhouse, staff of ten servants, life behind closed doors is different. Her husband Rory has a hot...
  • StoryShare

    John E. Sumwalt
    How long? Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart? (Jeremiah 23:26)

    You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? (Luke 12:56)

    The annual pancake supper was my favorite event at our little...
  • CSSPlus

    John Jamison
    Object: A fire extinguisher.

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    Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Great! Let’s get started. But I need to warn you that this is a really strange story. At least the things that Jesus says sound really strange. But let’s see if we can figure out what the story is really all about...
  • The Village Shepherd

    Janice B. Scott
    Call to Worship:

    Jesus said that life would not be easy for Christians, but calls us to stand up for our beliefs. In our worship today let us acknowledge and explore the difficulties of standing as a Christian in today's society.

    Invitation to Confession:

    Jesus, sometimes we find it easier to go with the flow than to stand against other people....
  • SermonStudio

    James Evans
    (See Advent 4, Cycle A, and Advent 1, Cycle B, for alternative approaches.)

    The focus of this psalm is a recurring refrain found in three different verses. The refrain is a petition in which the worshiping community calls upon God to "let your face shine" (vv. 3, 7, 19). The phrase is a Hebrew idiom that means something like, "to be present with someone with good results."...
  • SermonStudio

    William E. Keeney
    49"I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 51Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 52From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; ...
  • SermonStudio

    Elizabeth Achtemeier
    This passage is famously known as Isaiah's "Song of the Vineyard." It begins with the prophet singing, in what we would describe as troubadour-fashion, a love song about his dod, his friend, the beloved. Everyone is interested in a love affair, of course, and so the song is intended to capture the interest of Isaiah's listeners.

    The story that the song tells is simple. The beloved had...
  • SermonStudio

    Clayton A. Lord Jr.
    What can faith do? It can part a raging sea and allow a nation to walk through. What can faith do? It can knock down the walls of a fortified city so that God can prove a point. What can faith do? It can single out a woman who follows God's lead and protect her from certain death. Today many people are into "reality" television shows where individuals are put to extreme tests. We watch them...

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