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The Left Behind series of... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
The Left Behind series of novels has been a publishing phenomenon, each one of them a huge be
Bob was pleased to discover... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
Bob was pleased to discover that his family had purchased a new barbeque grill for his Father's Day
My uncle usually had at... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
My uncle usually had at least two jobs at once.
The motto for the Boy... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
The motto for the Boy Scouts of America is "Be Prepared." Although Sheila was never a Boy Scout, she
Matthew tells us that watchfulness... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
Matthew tells us that watchfulness is something we must have. But what exactly is watchfulness?
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25br... -- Matthew 25:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2008
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
When I was a kid... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
When I was a kid there was something called a service station. That's right -- service.
But he replied, 'Truly I... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
"But he replied, 'Truly I tell you, I do not know you.' " He was not the last doorkeeper to exclude
so that you may not... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
"... so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope ...
When the curtain goes up... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
When the curtain goes up in Fiddler on the Roof, a dim light outlines a house.
There is both promise and... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
There is both promise and threat in the news that God will come quickly to interrupt our earthly exp
His grandfather lay in the... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
His grandfather lay in the coffin. He did not move.
It was the night of... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
It was the night of the quartet contest.
Prior to the attacks on... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A -- 2002
Prior to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, military service involved a state o
At a community college commencement... -- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
At a community college commencement event, a keynote speaker was speaking to many excited middle-age
One choice can affect thousands... -- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
One choice can affect thousands or millions of people for good or ill: the choice to bomb Pearl Harb
The choices we make each... -- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
The choices we make each day have dramatic effects on our life, some can be literally choices betwee
At one point during the... -- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
At one point during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called for a national "Day of Prayer and Fasting,
Paul is eager that his... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
Paul is eager that his listeners not be "uninformed" about those who have died.
The film, Pieces of April... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
The film, Pieces of April, is about April, the black sheep of her family with a history of re
A family viewed a movie... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
A family viewed a movie based on a historical event that unfortunately claimed many innocent lives.
Don't buy any life insurance... -- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
"Don't buy any life insurance, you won't need it!" This is what Wayne was told in the early 1970s as
The motto of both the... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
The motto of both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts is "Be prepared." The mottoes of the United States
Lord Baden-Powell, the founder... -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the scouting movement, was once asked, "Prepared for what?" Baden-

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Living With Fear -- Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Matthew 25:1-13 -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
Dear fellow preachers,

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Are You Ready For Life's Crises? -- Matthew 25:1-13 -- Janice B. Scott -- Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 - A
One of my failings tends to be that of procrastination.

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The Immediate Word

Mary Austin
Dean Feldmeyer
Christopher Keating
Ron Love
Thomas Willadsen
George Reed
Bethany Peerbolte
For October 25, 2020:
  • The Law of the Lord and the Law of the Land by Mary Austin — It's clear that Amy Coney Barrett is serious about living “the law of the Lord” in her own life. It’s less clear how that might shape the law of the land if she serves on the Supreme Court.

Emphasis Preaching Journal

Mark Ellingsen
Ron Love
Bill Thomas
Bonnie Bates
Frank Ramirez
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18; Psalm 1
David Coffin
In the 2010 dystopian movie entitled Book of Eli (starring Denzel Washington), the main character “Eli” is a drifter in a post-apocalyptic American desolate, violent wasteland. He finds comfort and solace in a unique book which he guards very closely. While scavenging food and other supplies, Eli reaches a village ruled by a mobster named “Carnegie.” A girl named “Solara” sees the precious book, which Eli carries that bears a Christian cross on the cover. Carnegie finds out about it, and desperately seeks to possess it.

StoryShare

C. David Mckirachan
Frank Ramirez
Contents
“Rules” by C. David McKirachan
“Accepting Reality” by C. David McKirachan
“Not Guilty” by Frank Ramirez


Rules
by C. David McKirachan
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 and Psalm 1

Children are highly overrated. Sometimes I wonder why my parents didn’t send me to boarding school. One such moment was when I asked why we had rules. If they invariably led to trouble, what good were they?

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John Jamison
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” (vv. 34-36)

Hi everyone! Today’s story is another one about Jesus and the Pharisees. Do you remember the Pharisees? (Let them answer.) They were the people who tried to trick Jesus about paying taxes because they wanted to make him look bad. Well, they are trying to do it again!

SermonStudio

Mark Ellingsen
Theme of the Day
It's what God does, not what we do, that counts!

Collect of the Day
Addressing God the holy lawgiver and the salvation of His people, petitions are raised by the faithful to be renewed in His covenant of love and trained to care tenderly for all neighbors. Justification and Sanctification are emphasized.

Psalm of the Day
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
• A prayer for deliverance from national adversity, in the genre of a group lament.

The Village Shepherd

Janice B. Scott
Dominic Owl lived in a big, old oak tree, right in the middle of the wood. He hadn't lived there very long, because he was only a baby owl. He loved that big old oak tree, and best all he loved to perch on its broadest branch and watch his mother as she skimmed silently over the tree tops searching the ground for Dominic's next meal.

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