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Lord, there is no seedling in the thicket that does not call you its maker

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Luke 19:40, Isaiah 55:12, Job 12:7-10, Habakkuk 2:11, Psalm 96:11-12

Lord, there is no seedling in the thicket that does not call you its maker. And I, too, come knowing that whatever the quality of my life is, it is thou, O God, who stamped your purpose on my soul. So...

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Christmas: Nativity of the Lord

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Allen Thompson

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Titus 2:11-14, Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-14, (15-20), Psalm 96:

As we've been progressing through Advent, we've been asking: How do we prepare for Jesus? Where is Jesus when the waiting hurts? Where is Jesus when our needs are great? Where is Jesus when li...

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Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson

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Isaiah 43:18-19 , 1 Samuel 16:7 , Jeremiah 7:4-7, Matthew 9:16-17, Mark 7:6-9, Psalm 96:3

In most cases, the existing church culture is from a former era that is only meaningful to those in the church, not those in the community.

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Emily Hunter McGowin

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Isaiah 9:6-7, Micah 5:2-4 , Jeremiah 23:5-6, Luke 2:8-14 , Matthew 2:1-12 , Psalm 96:1-3

We know instinctively that Christmas is more than shopping mall Santas, silver bells, and snow-flocked trees, but such things are so entangled with our impressions of Christmas that it’s hard to kn...

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A World Three Times Bigger

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The Pastor's Workshop

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Genesis 28:10–17, Isaiah 9:2–7, Micah 5:2–5, John 1:1–14, Luke 2:8–14 , Psalm 96:10–13

Our family started watching our Christmas movies early this year. We love Christmas Vacation , Charlie Brown’s Christmas, Home Alone (one and two), Rudolph, and Frosty the Snowman ...

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Don’t be a Bad Commercial for God!

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Emily P. Freeman

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Exodus 19:5-6, 1 Kings 10:1-9, Isaiah 49:6, Matthew 5:14-16, 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, Psalm 96:2-3

I once heard a sermon that compared believers to commercials for God. “And God doesn’t need any bad commercials,” I remember the preacher saying. It stuck with me, and from then on I often made decisi...

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The Proclamation of Good News

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Peter Gomes

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Isaiah 40:1-5, 2 Kings 7:3-9 , Isaiah 61:1-3 , Luke 4:16-21, John 20:11-18, Psalm 96:2-3

When I remember that the literal translation of the term gospel is “good news,” I recall a wonderful encounter with her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. In the summer of 2001, I f...

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Church, we are Easter people

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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2 Samuel 12:13-14 , Isaiah 1:18 , 1 John 1:8-9, Luke 18:9-14, Acts 2:38, Psalm 96:1

Pastor: Church, we are Easter people living in resurrection victory. Along with the Psalmist, we worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. We declare His glory in the midst of His people. We p...

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In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Revelation 7:10, 12, Daniel 7:13-14, Isaiah 6:1-3, Psalm 96:1-4, Revelation 7:9-12, Philippians 2:9-11

Pastor: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. People: Amen. Pastor: With all the host of heaven, from every nation, in every language, we cry out: People:...

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Bernice King

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Jonah 3:1–10, Isaiah 49:6, Genesis 12:1–3, Psalm 96:3–4 , Luke 10:25–37, Psalm 96:3–4

Christ is not American. The church is global. Our neighbors are all of humanity. The national anthem is not a gospel song.

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Confessing Sins, Seeking Forgiveness Together

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 124:8, Jonah 3:10, Isaiah 55:7, Romans 3:23-24, 1 John 1:8-9, Psalm 96:1

Pastor: Church, we are Easter people living in resurrection victory. Along with the Psalmist, we worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. We declare His glory in the midst of His people. We p...

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Sing To The Lord, Alleluia

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Psalm 96:1-9, Isaiah 45:18-22, Habakkuk 2:14, Matthew 28:18-20, Romans 1:16-17

Pastor: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Pastor: Oh sing to the Lord a new song; People: sing to the Lord, all the earth! Pastor: Sing to...

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Leader: Tonight old dreams die and new

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Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi

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Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 2:1-20, Luke 2:13-14, Luke 2:8-20, Romans 15:13, Luke 1:46-55, Psalm 96:11-12, Luke 2:20, John 1:9, Luke 2:29-32, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Matthew 4:16, Matthew 5:14-16, Acts 2:1-4, Isaiah 11:6-9

Leader: Tonight old dreams die and new dreams come to life. The Promise is fulfilled! People: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace. Leader: Hope gives way to joy and prayer to proclamati...

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Our hearts for very joy do leap Our

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Martin Luther

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Christmas

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Luke 1:44, Psalm 100:1-2, Luke 1:39-45, Psalm 96:1-2, Luke 2:20, Luke 2:8-20, Isaiah 9:6, Luke 2:13-14, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Revelation 21:5, Luke 2:25-38, Philippians 2:10-11, Psalm 150:6, Revelation 5:11-14

Our hearts for very joy do leap Our lips no more their silence keep: We too must sing with joyful tongue That sweetest ancient cradle-song: Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto us a Son has giv...

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Christmas: Nativity of the Lord (Guide A)

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Rachel Clark

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Isaiah 9:2-7, Titus 2:11-14, Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-14, (15-20), Psalm 96:, Genesis 1:3-4, Isaiah 9:2, John 1:9, John 1:5

Preaching Commentary Ancient Lens What’s the historical context? Light in the Darkness Light is good. When God created the heavens and the earth, we are first told that “God said, ‘Let there be l...

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Christmas: Nativity of the Lord

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Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia

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Isaiah 9:2-7, Titus 2:11-14, Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20, Psalm 96:, John 14:27

preaching commentary What is God’s essence? God’s primary motivation, desire, and purpose? What is God’s heart? God’s heart is a heart of peace. God could have chosen to stay distant – holy yet de...

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Christmas: Nativity of the Lord

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Scott B. Bullock

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Luke 2:1-20, Titus 2:11-14, Isaiah 9:2-7, Luke 2:1-20, Psalm 96:, Luke 2:23, 2 Corinthians 12:9

Preaching Commentary Rediscovering the Wonder of Jesus’ Birth It is said that familiarity breeds contempt, but sometimes familiarity breeds something far less intense, but equally as destructive—co...

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A Double Blessing

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Mark Batterson

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Blessing

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Isaiah 61:1, Psalm 96:1-3, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Colossians 3:17, Psalm 40:3, 1 Peter 4:10-11, Psalm 67:1-2, 2 Corinthians 9:10-11

During his celebrated career as a composer, George Frideric Handel wrote forty-two operas, twenty-nine oratorios, and 120 cantatas. Of Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven said, “To him I bow the knee.” Hande...

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God’s Menagerie of Beautiful Creatures

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John Eldredge

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Psalm 96:11-12, Revelation 21:1, Romans 8:21, Isaiah 65:17, Psalm 148:7-10, Job 38:7, Genesis 1:31

We were in London watching the musical The Lion King. Surely you’ve seen the movie; the opening number is worth watching again this week to help your imagination seize the new earth with both hands. A...

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Beauty Will Save the World

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Brian Zahnd

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Revelation 21:22-27, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 8:, Psalm 96:6, Isaiah 33:17, Hebrews 10:24-25

I found what I was looking for and purchased a paperback copy of Dostoevsky’s The Idiot. The Idiot was published in 1868 and was Dostoevsky’s attempt to create a perfect soul in the character of Princ...

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Codifying Beauty

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Irwyn L. Ince Jr.

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Revelation 21:22-27, Psalm 8:, Psalm 96:6, Isaiah 33:17, Psalm 147:3, Genesis 1:31, 2 Corinthians 4:6

In the thirteenth century, Thomas Aquinas codified beauty as being directly connected to Jesus Christ with three characteristic features. He wrote, “Species or beauty has a likeness to the property of...

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Surrounded by Beauty

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Thomas Merton

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Revelation 21:22-27, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 8:, Psalm 96:6, Isaiah 33:17

I am abashed, solitary, helpless, surrounded by a beauty that can never belong to me. But this sadness generates within me an unspeakable reverence for the holiness of created things, for they are pur...

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