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Rethinking the 'Lenten Journey' Part 2 of 2
Rolf Jacobson | Working Preacher
Article about Preaching, Article about Worship and the Sacraments
Rolf Jacobson writes that Lent is a time for individual and communal spiritual renewal and shares spiritual practices and images for preachers to focus on. For example: Lent is sackcloth, Easter is joy (Psalm 30).
Psalm 30
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Lent, Worship Planning, Journey, Worship

Beyond the God-Box
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on Jesus' cleansing of the temple (John 2:13-22), David Lose offers suggestions for helping people experience God and see the work of God in their ordinary activities, not just at church.
John 2:13-22
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Calling/vocation, Church, Faith, Work

Christ the King
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Exploring Jesus' teachings about the Kingdom of God, this article by David J. Lose on Luke 23:33-43 describes how King Jesus defies our traditional ideas about kings and kingdoms.
Luke 23:33-43
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Christ The King Sunday, Crucifixion, King, Kingdom Of God

Foreground and Background
David J Lose | The Christian Century
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on the Republican primaries in 2012, 2 Kings 5: 1–14, and Mark 1:40–45, David J. Lose laments how political spectacles overtake the foreground, while convictions fade to the background and the suffering are forgotten.
2 Kings 5:1-14; Mark 1:40-45
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Faith, Politics, Election, Suffering

Selective Memory
David Schmitt | Concordia Theology
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Schmitt's sermon starter on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29, notes that Israel exhibits "a spiritual disposition, the inability to see God’s present blessing because of a distorted memory of the past."
Numbers 11:4-6 (+ more)
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Memory, Manna, Prophecy, Holy Spirit

What Matters Most
A Sermon for Every Sunday
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
In this video, David J. Lose preaches a stewardship sermon from Mark 10:17-31, and explores the question of why people allow their possessions to possess them.
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Stewardship, Greed, Discipleship

Preaching Thanksgiving
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Article about Preaching
Explaining that genuine expressions of thankfulness are always voluntary, this article by David J. Lose on Luke 17:11-19 describes both the conditions of gratitude and the blessings gained by giving thanks.
Luke 17:11-19
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Blessing, Gratitude, Thanksgiving

Lost
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Can you be righteous and still lost? This preacher's commentary on Jesus' parables in Luke 15:1-10 confronts us with "lost-ness" and the need we all share for God to search, sweep, and celebrate our being found....
Luke 15:1-10
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Parables, Sin, Lost

Do You See What I See?
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Article about Preaching
Describing the failure of John the Baptist to see God working through Jesus' "mundane" ministry, this article by David J. Lose on Matthew 11:2-11 encourages ministers to help their congregants recognize God's activity outside of church.
Matthew 11:2-11
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Awareness Of God, Culture, Faith, Calling/vocation

Matthew's Version of the Incarnation, Part 2
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This commentary by David J. Lose on Matthew 2:13-23 discusses how the slaughter of the innocents reminds us that Jesus suffers alongside the victims "of unjust rulers and violence."
Matthew 2:13-23
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Christmas, Sorrow, Incarnation, Oppression

When In Doubt, Listen
David J Lose | The Christian Century Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Scripture Meditation or Sermon
David J. Lose's commentary invites us to rethink transfiguration. Perhaps the story of Jesus being transfigured in Matthew 17:1-11 is just as much about us as it is about him, a call to listen to Jesus.
Matthew 17:1-11
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Transfiguration, Doubt, Listening To God, Community

Spiritual Life Down in the Valley
David J Lose | The Christian Century Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on Deuteronomy 21:17, 2 Kings 2:1-12 and Mark 9:2-9, David J. Lose writes on serving God through mundane life, finding God through solidarity and receiving inspiration from the heights of spiritual encounter with God.
Deuteronomy 21:17; 2 Kings 2:1-12; Mark 9:2-9
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Suffering, Prophecy, Journey, Emotion

Search Results for "David J Lose" on Hymnary.org

The Moon And Stars Shall Lose Their LightPD
As comes the breath of springPD
Come, Let Our Voices Join to RaisePD
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The Problem with John
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose explores how each gospel writer approaches John the Baptist, focusing on Matthew's gospel. According to Matthew, forgiveness does not come from John the Baptist, but only from Jesus.
Matthew 3:1-12
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Advent, John The Baptist, Repentance, Forgiveness

Triumphal Entry to Easter
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose offers thoughts on how preachers can handle the long, complex readings of Palm Sunday, and help their people make the journey from the Triumphal Entry to Easter.
Matthew 21:1-11; 26; 27
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Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week

Commissioned Yet Again
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose applies to us the re-commissioning of the disciples in John 21. Though we fail, Jesus forgives, invites us to share what we have and are, and gives us meaningful work to do.
John 21
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Forgiveness, Daily Living, Commissioning

32 Words
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose suggests that when Jesus gives his disciples the new commandment to love one another (John 13:34-35), he gives them "as clear a summary of the Christian life as one could possible want."
John 13:34-35
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Love, New Commandment

What God Do You See?
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose’s commentary on Matthew 25:14-30 examines how the third servant’s perception of the master shaped his actions. In the same way, pictures of God we hold shape our experience of God.
Matthew 25:14-30
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Parables, Awareness Of God, Image Of God, Tenebrae

New Beginnings and Promises
David J Lose | In the Meantime
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose reflects on John 1:1-18 and how John helps us see that Jesus is the new beginning of history and of humanity, and how through Jesus we see God's profound love for us most clearly.
John 1:1-18
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Christmas, Creation, Promises, The Word (logos)

Original Insecurity and the Power of Love
David J Lose | In the Meantime
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on Genesis 3:8-13 and Romans 3:22-28, David J. Lose's sermon starter says that sin, as a condition rather than particular acts, results from basic insecurity, and only the power of God's love can heal insecurity.
Genesis 3:8-13; Romans 3:22-28
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Sin, God's Love, Power, Grace

The story of Lazarus in Four Verbs
David J Lose | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
David Lose analyzes Jesus' raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-45) in terms of four verbs: Jesus tarried (11:6); Jesus wept (11:35); Jesus said "Come out!" (11:43); and Jesus said "Unbind him!" (11:44).
John 11:1-45
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Compassion, God's Glory, Lazarus Of Bethany, Waiting
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