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John Jamison
Object: A 2025 calendar.
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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! This is a story about something that happened after Jesus was baptized when he went back to his hometown of Nazareth to visit his family and friends. While he was visiting, he went to the service at the...The Immediate Word
Mary Austin
Dean Feldmeyer
Christopher Keating
Thomas Willadsen
George Reed
Katy StentaFor January 26, 2025:- You Can’t Go Home Again — Really by Mary Austin based on Luke 4:14-21.
- Second Thoughts: Trumping The Bible by Dean Feldmeyer based on Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10.
- Sermon...
Emphasis Preaching Journal
Wayne Brouwer
It seems everybody knows about Victor Hugo’s greatest novel, even if few have actually read it. He called his masterpiece, Les Miserables, and said that it was “a religious work.” So it is. The story echoes the gospel message at nearly every turn.
The main character, Jean Valjean, has been beaten hard by the cruel twists of fate. He has seen the sham of hypocrisy on all sides...StoryShare
Frank Ramirez
Did you ever notice in most of the old movies how the credits are at the front and they don’t share much information? Take the classic The Wizard of Oz. The overture begins with a rousing fanfare, followed by musical allusions to the key songs in the show. Visually, we see the Metro Goldwyn Mayer logo featuring the roaring lion and the words “Metro Goldwyn Mayer presents,” and of course...Emphasis Preaching Journal
Mark Ellingsen
Bill Thomas
Frank Ramirez
Bonnie BatesNehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
I came across this little anecdote that addresses commitment. “A chicken and a pig were talking about a farmers breakfast. The chicken said, ‘look at the commitment I made.’ The pig replied, ‘but for me it was a sacrifice.’” While there is a bit of humor in that little exchange, there is something important about commitment. Evangelist R.A. Torrey...The Village Shepherd
Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:
The Spirit of the Lord was upon Jesus as he worshipped in the synagogue at Nazareth. Let us ask God's Spirit to fill us as we worship in church today.
Invitation to Confession:
Jesus, when we are unaware of your Spirit within us,
Lord, have mercy.
Jesus, when we deny your Spirit within us,
Christ,...SermonStudio
Stephen P. McCutchan
Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.
-- Luke 4:21
Have some sympathy for those who found Jesus' words difficult to accept. To accept that Jesus was filled with God's Spirit and charged with the proclamation of good news to the poor, release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and to let the oppressed go free is no easier for us to accept...SermonStudio
Constance Berg
David led us the two blocks from our church to his place of worship: a synagogue. We all gathered around him to hear what he was saying. The mid-week church school students had been studying the Jewish faith for three weeks, and now it was time to visit a synagogue!
David's job was to help the rabbi, who could only come to town periodically. David spoke with much pride of the customs...SermonStudio
Robert F. Crowley
Theme
Is the body of Christ able to work together in harmony because the spirit of the Lord is upon it, or is it meant to operate like any other organization?
Summary
Pastor Ralph needs some work on his car and he is also dealing with differing factions in his church. He is not having a good day. Earl, his friend and mechanic, gives him some good advice on...SermonStudio
Dennis Koch
Gospel Theme:
An overture for the oppressed
Gospel Note:
Luke's moving of Jesus' hometown sermon from later in his ministry (as in Mark) to its inception makes it a kind of programmatic overture for the Master's entire career. Jesus' choice of passage (from Tito-Isaiah) to define his objective is as sobering today as it was then, for the recipients of the good news are to be...SermonStudio
James Evans
Psalm 19 celebrates two different media through which God is revealed: nature and the law.
The first part of the psalm calls our attention to the presence of God in nature -- "The heavens are telling the glory of God." The word "glory" is the Hebrew kabod and literally means weight or heaviness. The derived meaning is something akin to "reputation." God's reputation is evident...SermonStudio
Elizabeth Achtemeier
We live in a society in which right and wrong have become largely a matter of personal opinion. All individuals are seen as a law unto themselves, and what is right for one person is not necessarily right for anyone else. Indeed, if any person tries to impose their ethical standards on another, the response is usually defensive anger. "Don't try to impose your middle-class morality on me," goes...SermonStudio
Gary L. Carver
I shall never forget the night that Mae June came to church. Mae June was a workingwoman who, in our little community, was often seen in the late hours of the night in some of the darker places of our little town.
The rumor circulating over breakfast every morning at the city cafe, was that Mae June had a male companion. Mae June had a boyfriend. They were seen quite often, not only...SermonStudio
Harry N. Huxhold
In the Sundays of the Epiphany we are reminded in our worship how God continually reveals God's Person. That, of course, is done most clearly in the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ, who came to be one of us. Today the emphasis of the Lessons is on how God is revealed in the Word. In the Holy Gospel, Jesus himself points out how he is revealed in the word, or the word is revealed in him, but the...SermonStudio
Robert S. Crilley
Let me offer you a hypothetical situation. Suppose you had a friend who was unfamiliar with the church. The person had never attended a worship service or sat in on a Sunday school class. He or she had never participated in any of the midweek fellowship activities or volunteered to help out with one of the mission trips. In effect, Christianity was a complete mystery to him/her. And so, more out...SermonStudio
Julia Ross Strope
A single song is being inflected through all the colorations of the human choir.
The way to become human is to recognize the lineaments of God in all the wonderful modulations of the face [of humankind].
-- Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Call To Worship
Leader: Welcome! Together we'll explore ancient stories about a public reading,...
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