Third Sunday of Easter B | April 14, 2024 | Luke 24:36b-48 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial paragraphs in italics of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way,…
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Palm Sunday/Sunday of the Passion | March 24, 2024 | Mark 11:1-11 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This sermon assumes that this service is likely to include a reading of the Passion Narrative in Mark’s Gospel. The sermon alludes to…
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Ash Wednesday Sermon | February 14, 2024 | Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 & Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 | Luther H. Thoresen | Joel 2:1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 & Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21, Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Grace to you and peace…
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1 Epiphany B | January 7, 2024 | Mark 1:4-11 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial two paragraphs in italics of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way, one…
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Advent 1 | December 3, 2023 | Mark 13:24-37 | Luther H. Thoresen | Mark 13:24-37 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26…
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Pentecost 21A (Lectionary 29A) | October 22, 2023 | Matthew 22:15-22 | Luther H. Thoresen Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial two paragraphs in italics of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way, one might…
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Pentecost 14A (Lectionary 22A) | September 3, 2023 | Matthew 16:21-28 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial two paragraphs in parentheses of this sermon might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. If not used that way,…
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Pentecost 7 | July 16, 2023 | Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (allusions to Isaiah 55, Psalm 65 and Romans 8) | Luther H. Thoresen | That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while…
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Pentecost A | May 29. 2023 | John 7:37-39 | Luther H. Thoresen | 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as[a] the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the…
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Easter 3 A | April 23. 2023 | Luke 24:13-35 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note 1: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Note 2: This initial portion of this might be used as the basis for a Children’s message. For clarity, I have put that portion in parentheses. If not…
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Lent 4 A | March 19. 2023 | John 9:1-41 | Luther H. Thoresen | Note: All quotes in the sermon are from the English Standard Version. Suggestion: You might choose Balm in Gilead as the Hymn of the Day. It could be sung after the sermon, or before the sermon today since it is…
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5 Epiphany | February 5, 2023 | Matthew 5:13-20 | Luther H. Thoresen | 13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the…
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Die Lieferkettensorgfaltspflicht des Matthäus | Christfest II | 26.12.2022 | Mt 1, 1-17 | Manfred Mielke | Liebe Gemeinde, im Weihnachtfest feiern wir die geniale Initiative Gottes, seinen Sohn Jesus in unsere Welt zu schicken. Wir feiern Weihnachten aber auch, weil wir seinen Frieden brauchen, der uns so einfach nicht gelingt. Deswegen bringen uns Bilder…
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Christmas Day | December 25, 2022 | John 1:1-14 | Luther H. Thoresen | 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was…
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