23rd Sunday after Pentecost, 16. November 2003 A Sermon on Mark 13:1-8 (Revised Common Lectionary), by Samuel Zumwalt What do the Tower of Babel, Herod’s Temple, and the World Trade Center have in common? The last (but not the first) word is hubris – pride. Created in the image of God, humans are driven by…
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14 Pentecost (RCL), 21 August 2005 A Sermon on Matthew 16:13-20 by Samuel Zumwalt Matthew 16:13-20 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, „Who do people say that the Son of Man is?“ 14 And they said, „Some say John the Baptist, but…
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26 Pentecost (RCL), 13 November 2005 A Sermon on Matthew 25:14-30 by Samuel Zumwalt Matthew 25:14-30 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 14 „For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; 15 to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to…
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24 Pentecost (B), 19 November 2006 A Sermon on Hebrews 10:11-25 (RCL) by Samuel Zumwalt Hebrews 10:11-25 [ESV text from biblegateway.com] 11And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat…
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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, 3 September 2006 A Sermon on James 1:17-27 (RCL) by Samuel D. Zumwalt James 1:17-27 [English Standard Version from BibleGateway.com] 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18Of his…
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The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 5 February 2006 A Sermon on Mark 1:29-39 (RCL) by Samuel D. Zumwalt Mark 1:29-39 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever,…
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Sermon on Isaiah 52:13-53:12, written by Samuel D. Zumwalt Isaiah 52:13-53:12 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 13 See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. 14 Just as there were many who were astonished at him– so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form…
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Sermon on Mark 8:31-38, written by Samuel D. Zumwalt Mark 8:31-38 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He said…
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19th Sunday After Pentecost, October 15, 2006 A Sermon based on Hebrews 4:12-16 by Samuel Zumwalt Hebrews 4:12-16 [ESV Text from biblegateway.com] 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and…
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The Sixth Sunday of Easter, 21 May 2006 A Sermon on Acts 10:44-48 (RCL) by Samuel D. Zumwalt Acts 10:44-48 [NRSV Text from BibleWorks] 44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of…
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The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, 23 July 2006 A Sermon on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (RCL) by Samuel D. Zumwalt [A note to readers: I have asked that my sermon from 02.20.2005 be removed from the Goettinger Predigten sermon archive. Some seventeen months after this sermon was posted, a former seminary professor read the sermon and…
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The Transfiguration of Our Lord, 18 February 2007 Sermon on Luke 9:28-36 (RCL) by Samuel Zumwalt Luke 9:28-36 [ English Standard Version , © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers ] 28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on…
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The Second Sunday after the Epiphany, 14 January 2007 Sermon on John 2:1-11 (RCL) by Samuel Zumwalt John 2:1-11 [ English Standard Version , © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers ] “1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2Jesus…
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The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, 15 November 2020 | A Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | by Samuel D. Zumwalt | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day…
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Saints and sinners: being humbled | A Sermon on Philippians 2:1-13 | The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost 27 September 2020| by Samuel D. Zumwalt | Philippians 2:1-13 English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy…
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The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, 5 July 2020 | A Sermon on Romans 7:14-25 | by Samuel D. Zumwalt 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing…
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The Feast of the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ – 21 May 2020 | A Sermon on Ephesians 1:15-23 | by Samuel David Zumwalt | Ephesians 1:15-23 English Standard Version, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers] 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus…
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Maundy Thursday, 9 April 2020 | A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:17-32 by Samuel Zumwalt, STS | 1 Corinthians 11:17-32 English Standard Version, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers] 17 But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but…
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The Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord | Sermon on 2 Peter 1:16-21, by Samuel David Zumwalt | 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received…
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Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25 | by Samuel D. Zumwalt | Matthew 1:18-25 [English Standard Version, © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers] 18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child…
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