Sharing the Bread of Life

Text: Acts 3:1-10 (Peter raises a man who can’t walk.)

Text: Mark 16:1-8 (Jesus goes ahead of the disciples.)

Text: John 20:1-18 (The heart of Easter.)

Text: Mark 14:43-15:47 (Mark’s passion narrative interspersed with a poetic reflection on the way of the cross.)

Text: Mark 14:22-42 (Jesus keeps prayerful watch.)

Text: Mark 11:1-11, 14:3-9 (Jesus rides into Jerusalem and a woman prophetically anoints him with oil.)

Text: Mark 13:1-8, 24-37 (Jesus prepares his disciples for the end times.)

Text: Mark 12:28-44 (The heart of Torah is love.)

Text: Mark 12:1-12 (God will overcome)

Text: Mark 10:32-52 (Tripping over the cross)

Text: Mark 9:30-37 (God’s Yes to Humanity)

Text: Mark 8:27-9:8 (Jesus is God’s MVP)

Mark 7:1-23 (God will cleanse.)

Text: Mark 6:1-29 (Jesus issues a prophetic call to his disciples.)

Text: Mark 5:1-20 (Jesus sets a bound and tormented man free.)

Text: Mark 4:1-34 (The kingdom of God is like...)

Text: Mark 2:1-22 (Jesus sets a man free from paralysis.)

Text: Mark 1:21-45 (Jesus begins his ministry by setting the oppressed free.)

Text: Luke 2:1-20 (A child is born to us.)

Text: Luke 1:15-25, 57-80 (After suffering years of bitter disappointment, Zechariah’s fatalism is transforms into faith.)

Text: Isaiah 40:1-11 (Isaiah proclaims God’s message of comfort and restoration to God’s people in exile.)

Text: Jeremiah 33:14-18 (Jeremiah speaks God’s good word while imprisoned in the besieged city of Jerusalem.)

2 Kings 22:1-20; 23:1-3 (A righteous king is moved to repentance by the law given through Moses.)

Text: Isaiah 5:1-7; 11:1-5 (Isaiah prophesies the destruction and renewal of Judah.)

Text: Hosea 11:1-9 (God grieves over the impending destruction of Israel/Ephraim.)

Text: 1 Kings 18:17-39 (Elijah goes up against the prophets of Baal to see whose god is God indeed.)

Text: 1 Kings 12:1-17, 25-29 (God delivers ten tribes from a harsh ruler in Judah.)

Text: 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6:1-5; Psalm 150 (David unites the kingdom and brings the ark of God to Jerusalem.)

Text: Ruth 1:1-17 (The widow Ruth clings to her mother-in-law.)

Text: Deuteronomy 5:1-21; 6:4-9 (Moses reminds Israel of their covenant with God before they enter the Promised Land.)

Text: Exodus 1:8-2:10, 3:1-15 (Israel’s suffering in Egypt and Moses’s encounter at the burning bush.)

Text: Genesis 32:9-13, 22-30 (An unknown assailant attacks Jacob, renames him Israel, and blesses him.)

Text: Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7 (The LORD promises Abraham that Sarah will bear him a son in their old age causing Sarah to laugh.)

Text: Genesis 2:4b-25 (God creates humankind to care for creation.)

Jesus tells parables about God’s kingdom around the Sabbath table.

The psalmist praises God for God’s steadfast love and mercy.

Jeremiah pronounces God’s condemnation of the false prophets of Judah who strengthen unjust national policies and prevent the. nation from repenting by their witness.

Text: Luke 12:13-21 (Jesus gets dragged into an inheritance fight between two brothers)

Text: Luke 11:1-13 (Jesus teaches his disciples that God will always say “Yes” when they ask for the kingdom in prayer.)

Text: Luke 10:38-42 (Martha creates space in her house where her village can hear the message about God’s kingdom)

Text: Galatians 6:7-16 (Paul speaks about a new identity in Jesus Christ.)

Text: Luke 9:51-62 (Jesus is rejected by a Samaritan village and speaks with several potential disciples)

Text: Luke 8:26-39 (Jesus heals an outcast possessed by many demons in the country of the Gerasenes)

Text: John 16:12-15 (Jesus talks to his disciples about the coming Holy Spirit)

Text: John 14:8-27

Text: Revelation 22:12-21

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Ministry is not reserved for professionals, and it’s not about doing churchy things. YOU are called to a life of reconciliation in Jesus Christ through God’s word and the waters of baptism. This sermon is based on Acts 11:1-18.

St. Paul proclaims a broad understanding of salvation which challenges the narrow understanding presented in John’s gospel this morning. Paul unequivocally rejects all uses of the gospel that justify hatred of Judaism and disposes the Jewish people of God’s promises to them. This sermon is based on John 10:22-30.

Love is not as easy as it sounds, yet it is the most important commandment Jesus gave his disciples. Who do we love, and how does love transform the world? This sermon is based on John 21:1-19.

The empty tomb led to some of the greatest study and soul searching recorded in the Bible. How does Jesus’ resurrection impact your life? This sermon is based on the gospel according to Luke, the 24th chapter, verses 1-12.