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What a lackluster experience this... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
What a lackluster experience this was for the great missionary of the early church.
Lystra was a Roman colony... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Lystra was a Roman colony founded by Caesar Augustus and was only eleven miles from Pisidian Antioch
Steve Cohen, a pastor in... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Steve Cohen, a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, told in the devotional booklet, Port
When you dream of strawberry... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
When you dream of strawberry pie but eat rhubarb instead, because it is in season --that's reality.
My family was excited about... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
My family was excited about our vacation. We were taking three weeks to travel out west from Ohio.
Last winter the newspapers overflowed... -- Acts 14:8-18 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Last winter the newspapers overflowed with stories about a guru who was trying to flee his Pacific N
Linda Greenlaw wrote her first... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Linda Greenlaw wrote her first book, The Hungry Ocean, about her exploits as a swordboat capt
In Philip E. Slater's classic... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In Philip E.
Incredible media scrutiny followed Justin... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Incredible media scrutiny followed Justin Timberlake's "unveiling" of Janet Jackson during the half-
Abraham Lincoln, the quiet man... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Abraham Lincoln, the quiet man of few words, was fond of telling the story of a man lost in a dark,
Tealeaf reading is still popular... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Tealeaf reading is still popular in this scientific age.
What will the future be... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
What will the future be like?
It was an incredible worship... -- Acts 1:1-11 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
It was an incredible worship service. The music warmed my heart and the musicians were wonderful.
This was one of Archbishop... -- Revelation 21:10-14, 22-27 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
This was one of Archbishop William Temple's (98th Archbishop of Canterbury) favorite biblical passag
The Greek word for power... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The Greek word for power is "dunamis," from which we get our word, "dynamite." The "immeasurable gre
One of the great things... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
One of the great things about the Word of God is it tells the story of God's people --warts and all!
The instrument of Jesus' execution... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The instrument of Jesus' execution became a sign of his royal rule.
Compared to the immolation demanded... -- Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
Compared to the immolation demanded by some pagan religions, circumcision was a cheaper price to pay
In the late 1980s and... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Jim Carrey, the future star of such movies as Ace Ventura: Pet
The struggle to be number... -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
The struggle to be number one is as old as human society.
In his book Why Religion... -- Luke 24:44-53 -- Ascension of the Lord - C
In his book Why Religion Matters, Huston Smith describes four spiritual personality types.

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Hello, everyone! (Let them respond.) Are you ready for our story today? (Let them respond.) Excellent! Let’s get started!

The Immediate Word

Christopher Keating
Thomas Willadsen
Katy Stenta
Mary Austin
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Dean Feldmeyer
George Reed
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John E. Sumwalt
But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian,  for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.  As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek; there is no longer slave or free; there is no longer male and female, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. (vv. 25-28)

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Frank Ramirez
Mark Ellingsen
1 Kings 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a
Life can be frightening sometimes. Thus it is both comforting but disconcerting to find a giant of faith like Elijah to fear the future. On that matter Martin Luther once claimed:
David Kalas
We’re not far from the 4th of July. And while for so many Americans, it seems that the holiday has become more about long weekends, cookouts, and fireworks shows, the theme of freedom is still there at least in the background. We might take advantage of that, therefore, and give some thought to the theme of freedom as it is revealed in our assigned texts for this week.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:

The madman cried out to Jesus, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?" In our worship today let us explore what Jesus has to do with us and invite him to heal our brokenness.

Invitation to Confession:

Jesus, we often find ourselves thinking, saying and doing things that we quickly regret.
Lord, have mercy.

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Constance Berg
When Jill was five, she began to have headaches. The headaches were so severe she would throw up. Sometimes she would pass out. They usually came once a month. Jill could be playing, resting, or watching television when the headaches would come. Her only warning was a sudden pain in her head, then a blinding light would appear, and she would be rocked with pain. In her teenage years, they became debilitating, causing Jill to be in bed for three days at a time.
Stan Purdum
I'm not sure when the term "burn out" ceased being only a description of what happened to a campfire when you ran out of firewood to a term describing the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, usually coming immediately after an extended period of overwork, but the expression seems to fit that later situation, doesn't it? Exhaustion, deep weariness, all used up, nothing more to give, wiped out, burned out -- call it what we will, its symptoms are all too familiar to many of us.
April Yamasaki
In the classic movie, Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews plays a no-nonsense, yet delightful, nanny to two young children. As a nanny to a wealthy family, she is part teacher, part parent, and part disciplinarian. She gets the children up in the morning, puts them to bed at night, supervises their many adventures, and guides them in many ways. While they are in her care, she is responsible for their overall safety and well-being.

Julia Ross Strope
Zoos are no longer in people's good graces.
Religion faces the same problem.
Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.
-- Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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