Daily Lectionary Podcast – Job 5:1-27 and John 2:13-25
Job 5:1-27 John 2:13-25 Our inability to do anything to deserve restoration, Faith in signs vs. faith in the Word
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job16:1-22 and John 7:1-13
Job 16:1-22 John 7:1-13 Revelation, Faith in the One outside of what we see, Appearances can be deceiving Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted (LSB 451)
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job17:1-16 and John 7:14-31
Job 17:1-16 John 7:14-31 The Hope that Lives in Us, Appearances can be deceiving
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job 20:1-23,29 and John 8:21-38
Job 20:1-23,29 John 8:21-38 A quick recap of Job’s three friend’s positions, How people react to suffering, Jesus as the Word, Revelation or the Word is a prerequisite of truth
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job 21:1-21, 34 and John 8:39-59
Job 21:1-21, 34 John 8:39-59 Quick rundown of Job 21-30, How our trite answers just comfort us and not who they are supposed to comfort, do we really want to hear the Word of God, chasing God out of...
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job 30:16-31 and John 9:1-23
Job 30:16-31 John 9:1-23 “So that the work of God might be revealed”
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Job 31:1-12, 33-40 and John 9:24-41
Job 31:1-12, 33-44 John 9:24-41 A glorious exchange
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Exodus 4:1-18 and Mark 15:1-15
Exodus 4:1-18 Mark 15:1-15 “Playing with the Big Boys Now”, Fear, Suffering, Man’s justice vs. God’s Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted – Lutheran Service Book 451
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Exodus 5:1 – 6:1 and Mark 15:33-47
Exodus 5:1-6:1 Mark 15:33-47 Bricks without straw, Building Up Confrontation so that there is no doubt that The LORD does this, The cross placed before every eye
View ArticleDaily Lectionary Podcast – Psalm 61, John 11:1-16
Psalm 61 John 11:1-16 The strangeness of the acts of God Suffering and Participation in the life of Christ
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He Preached the Good News…
Biblical Text: Luke 3:15-22 Full Sermon Draft The day on the Church calendar was the Baptism of Christ and the text recognizes that. I think in the sermon there is recognition of baptism. If not, all...
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The Moral Calculus
Text: John 9:1-41 Full Sermon Draft The question of suffering is one of the constant ones of modernity. The curmudgeon in me wants to draw a graph showing interest is the problem of suffering going...
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What are We Here For?
Biblical Text: Mark 1:29-39 Full Sermon Draft That title is the question of purpose; it is the specter of despair. It is also something that Jesus, in his time on this earth, experienced with us. And...
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The Way of the Cross
Biblical Text: Mark 8:27-38 Full Sermon Draft The first natural reaction to suffering is simple avoidance. Run away from it and anyone associated with it. But life is too tough for such a simple...
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Signs and Wonders
Biblical Text: Mark 5:21-43 (Lamentations 3:22-33) Full Sermon Draft The text is a juxtaposition of a couple miracles of Jesus. One a seemingly minor healing, and the other a resurrection. But this...
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Good People?
Full Sermon DraftDownload Biblical Text: Luke 13:1-9 Any fat, dumb and happy preacher (like yours truly) should shy away from preaching on suffering. But that was the essence of the text in front of...
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