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Sermons from First Lutheran Church, Galesburg, IL, a congregation of the ELCA.
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Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Jesus breathed on the disciples, just as God breathed into the first created human. The breath of God is new creation! So if anyone is in Christ, there is new creation. Everything old has passed away, see EVERYTHING is new! (2 Cor 5) Easter is about NEW CREATION. We have the Spirit Breathed into us and we are new creation too!
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 2019
Each week, when we lift up the bread and wine, we start with the words, "In the night in which he was betrayed." This was the night. It was the night Jesus Commanded his disciples to love (mandate=mandatum=Maundy). It was the night he washed the disciples's feet, shared a meal, and went to the Garden of Gethsemane. This service is rich with imagery. One of the most beautiful of the year. And then, we strip all the vessels and paraments and pretty things from the altar. We will hear the Passion reading tomorrow. For the next few days, will live in the tension and the awareness of the crucifixion.
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
Matthew 25:31-46 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
The Judgment of the Nations
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. 34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ 40 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[a] you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ 46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Monday Mar 18, 2019
Monday Mar 18, 2019
In this section of Luke 4, Jesus announces the purpose of his ministry. Up until this point in Luke, the angels, the prophets, the Mary, Elizabeth, Simeon, Anna, and cousin John the baptist have announced the coming of Jesus. Jesus is baptized, and the voice of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit announce Jesus as Son of God. Jesus spends 40 days in the wilderness and is temped upon his return. In his first public appearance in the gospel of Luke, Jesus announces his purpose:
16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” 23 He said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ And you will say, ‘Do here also in your hometown the things that we have heard you did at Capernaum.’” 24 And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in the prophet’s hometown. 25 But the truth is, there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a severe famine over all the land; 26 yet Elijah was sent to none of them except to a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers[a] in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” 28 When they heard this, all in the synagogue were filled with rage. 29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they might hurl him off the cliff. 30 But he passed through the midst of them and went on his way.
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
During the season of Lent, we will be taking a different path. As part of her Doctoral thesis, Pastor Pam will be exploring themes of liberation in the Lenten sermon series.
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019