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David J Lose | Working Preacher

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.

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Kingdom Of God, Christ The King Sunday, Christ King, King

Come As You Are

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David Lose's reflection on Mark 5:21-43 contemplates vulnerability, coming to God as we are, and a honest community. Because the only way to trust God's "I love you" is to first hear God's "I know you."

Mark 5:21-43

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Grace, Community, Honesty, God's Love

Peter and the Pursuit of Happiness

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David Lose uses Jesus' restoration and commissioning of Peter (John 21:15-19) to encourage preachers in challenging congregations to let their salvation by grace make a difference in the way they live.

John 21:15-19

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Forgiveness, Mercy, Change, Peter

Dashed Hopes and Surprising Grace

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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David Lose reflects on the story of the road to Emmaus in Luke 24:13-35, seeing there an invitation to name our dashed hopes and so to move into the reality of God's loving embrace and promise.

Luke 24:13-35

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Grace, Grief, Hope, Name

The Prodigal Son and the Country of God

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David Lose sees Jesus' parable of the prodigal (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) as a "story of a foolish son and even more foolish father ... a world of unmerited grace." Counting doesn't matter; relationship does.

Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

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Grace, Parable, Prodigal Son, Relationship

Out of Our Minds

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Noting that those around Jesus thought he was out of his mind, David Lose’s commentary on Mark 3:20-35 wonders whether we have to be out of our minds both to believe and to profess Jesus' gospel....

Mark 3:20-35

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Grace, Insanity, Madness, Gospel

Telos

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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David Lose unpacks the 'command' to be 'perfect' in Matthew 5:38-48, revealing that it is perhaps more promise than command, God's promise of grace, identity, and presence that we try our best to live into.

Matthew 5:38-48

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Grace, Identity, Perfection, Telos

Eternal Life Now

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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David Lose does not think that Luke wants to answer a question of eternal destiny in the parable of Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31. Rather, Luke is more interested in whether grace shapes our life right now.

Luke 16:19-31

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Parables, Lazarus, Community, Grace

What will you do....?

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In this sermon starter for Romans 8:1-11, David Lose offers a helpful congregational exercise for reminding people that they really are forgiven, and thereby empowered to live new, wild lives.

Romans 8:1-11

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Grace, Forgiveness, Work Of Jesus Christ, Salvation

The Heartbreaking Messiah

David J Lose | Day1

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Prayer

Heartbreak describes our response when dreams are shattered. David Lose's sermon on Mark 8:27-38, 14:66-72, and 16:7 says that Peter's heart was broken three times in coming to understand the kind of Messiah he was following.

Mark 8:27-38

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Grace, Hope, Jesus, Heart

The Surprise of our Lives

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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David Lose offers his reflections and insights on John 6:24-35 and how the sacraments, like the gospel, surprise us, disrupting our lives by making audacious claims about God's love, faithfulness, and promises of life and wholeness.

John 6:24-35

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Forgiveness, Promises, Sacraments, God's Love

Faith, Forgiveness, and 9-11

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Originally published on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, David Lose uses Genesis 50:15-20 and Matthew 18:21-35 to reflect on the difficult work of forgiveness.

Genesis 50:15-20; Matthew 18:21-35

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Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy, Ordinary Time

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

The Moon And Stars Shall Lose Their LightPD
As comes the breath of springPD
O God, my gracious God, to TheePD
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God’s Surprising Choices

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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In this sermon starter on Luke 1:26-38 and 2:1-20, David Lose reflects on God's surprising choices, choosing the least likely people, from Abraham and Sarah, to Jacob, to Mary, to shepherds, and even us.

Luke 1:26-38, 2:1-20

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Christmas, God's Will, Choice, Mary

Grace Isn't Pretty

David J Lose | Day1

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In this devotional for The Parable of the Vineyard Workers in Matthew 20:1-16, David Lose reflects on the beauty of unfair grace by inviting the reader to identify with the workers who weren't hired.

Matthew 20:1-16

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Parables, Grace, Justice, Grace Of God

The Law of Love

David J Lose | Working Preacher

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In this sermon starter and commentary on Jesus healing on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10-17), David Lose begs the question, "When do we suspend the law in favor of love and mercy?"

Luke 13:10-17

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Compassion, Grace, Law, Sabbath

Reformation Sunday: Freedom!

David J Lose | In the Meantime

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Reflecting on Mark 10:46-52 and Reformation, David Lose writes that nothing we have done or has been done to us captures who we are completely. Only one thing can do that: God's love that frees us.

Mark 10:46-52

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Freedom, Reformation, Jesus, Gospel

A Promise Big Enough to Save

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In this sermon starter for Luke 21:25-36, David Lose writes that the Gospel offers an impossible possibility, a reality that transcends the everyday real, a Truth deeper than all else we have been told is true.

Luke 21:25-36

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Advent, Faith, Grace, Promises

Law, Gospel, and Participatory Preaching

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Article about Preaching

Reflecting on preaching, David Lose wonders if the law and gospel category can capture everything about the Christian life. God makes and keeps the promise. But we’re invited to hear and live into it more fully.

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Grace, Preaching, Law, Gospel

Bartimaeus, Luther, and the Failed Reformation

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Drawing inspiration from Martin Luther's interpretation of Romans 3:24, this sermon starter by David Lose encourages us to take risks knowing that God works everything for good.

Romans 3:24

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Reformation Day, God's Sovereignty, Security In God, Martin Luther

Freedom as Obedience to God

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In this sermon starter for Romans 6:12-23, David Lose emphasizes Paul's view of freedom as freely choosing to obey God, as opposed to the popular view of freedom to do whatever one wishes.

Romans 6:12-23

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Sin, Freedom, Obedience, Grace