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A Good Day to Be Born
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Article about Preaching
Karoline Lewis suggests that "one way to preach the meaning of Jesus’ birth is to preach that it gives meaning to our own." Jesus' birth speaks of both the joy and the fragility of new life.
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Christmas, Incarnation, Birth, Jesus
A Prologue for the New Year
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Karoline Lewis says that the prologue to John's gospel (John 1:1-18) is a Christmas gift that invites us to develop a prologue of themes and directions for our own lives in relation to God.
John 1:1-18
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Christmas, New Year, Discipleship, Identity
Advent on the Mind
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This reflection by Karoline Lewis challenges readers to approach Advent not as a time to look forward to something, but as a time to be attentive to God's presence in the world in the present.
Psalm 80:1-7, 19; Isaiah 64:1 Mark 13:24-37
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Advent, Awareness Of God, Incarnation, God's Presence
Epiphany Expectations
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Reflecting on John 1:43-51, Karoline Lewis suggests that the moments of revelation in which we find Jesus are also when we find ourselves. Our self-perception necessarily changes.
John 1:43-51
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Epiphany, Lectionary, Identity, God's Presence
Advent as a Way of Life
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon starter for Luke 1:26-38, Karoline Lewis says Mary is our model "who voices for us a pattern of Christmas expectancy and Christmas response during Advent."
Luke 1:26-38
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Advent, Mary, Incarnation, Christmas
Reincarnating the Word of God
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
In this video, Karoline Lewis discusses "reincarnating" the word of God, whereby the preacher brings the presence of God to bear on the lives of God's people. (Length: 2:25)
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Preaching, Incarnation, Revelation, Sermon
An Embodied Lent
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Article about Preaching
In this article, Karoline Lewis offers a deep reflection on incarnational preaching, focusing on how our body embodies the truth of the Gospel. Lewis invites us, "embody your body."
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Lent, Preaching, Incarnation, Sermon
Insignificant Players in the Incarnation
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
There is a constant tension in the relationship between the power of God and the power of the emperor. This podcast discusses the insignificant players through whom God accomplishes a new work in the world.
Luke 2:1-14
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Christmas, Incarnation, Government, God's Sovereignty
The Incarnation as Good News for a New Year
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
A podcast conversation exploring the messiness of the incarnation, a cosmic event that has implications for the whole world and for our lives.
John 1:1-18
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Christmas, Divinity Of Christ, Jesus Christ's Humanity, Incarnation
Finding God in Unexpected Places
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast reflects on God's appearing in unexpected places and in obscure, lowly places (Micah 5:2-5; Luke 1:39-55). We are challenged to be open to the presence of God that inverts expectations.
Micah 5:2-5; Luke 1:39-55
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Advent, Humility, Incarnation, God's Presence
Do Not Fear
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
During the Christmas season, we cannot help seeing the Old Testament prophets pointing forward to Christ. This podcast discusses preaching in the advent season by attending to the original intent of the prophets.
Zephaniah 3:14-20
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Advent, Awareness Of God, Fear, Incarnation
The Fulfillment in Isaiah and Matthew
Rolf Jacobson | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast explores God's promise to King Ahaz in Isaiah and it being fulfilled multiple times throughout the Old Testament and in the New Testament with the coming of Jesus.
Isaiah 7:10-16
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Christmas, Promises, Trust, Incarnation
The Troubling Messiah
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This set of texts for the first Sunday of Christmas gives important ways to draw both historical and parallel connections to help make sense of the overarching narrative of the Gospel and Incarnation story.
Matthew 2:13-23
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Birth, Christmas, Incarnation, Messiah
Incarnation and Christmas in John's Gospel
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast explores the Gospel of John's first story of Jesus' works, with the themes we think about at Christmas helping us to imagine the season in gospel-centered ways.
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Christmas, Incarnation, Grace, Miracles
A Dwelling Place for God?
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast conversation unpacks the truth that God accommodates God's self in multiple ways but cannot be finally contained.
1 Kings 8:1, 6, 10-11, 22-30, 41-43; Psalm 34:15-22 John 6:56-69
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Incarnation, Eschatology, Sin, Evil, God's Presence
Unwrapping the Gift of Christmas During the Season of Ephiphany
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast conversation describes Epiphany as a time for discovering Christ and his Kingdom through the stories of Jesus' ministry.
John 2:1-11
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Epiphany, Gifts Of The Spirit, Prayer, Work Of Jesus Christ
Responding to the Gift in Praise
Karoline M Lewis | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Christmas has a cosmic effect: God's work of redemption is beginning in new ways. This podcast discusses how our best response to the Incarnation gift is to praise.
Colossians 3:12-17
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Christmas, Love, Praise, Incarnation
Light and Promise in Isaiah 9:2-7
Rolf Jacobson | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
This podcast is a commentary for a Christmas day service which explores Isaiah and the invitation to imagine God beyond sentimentality of the manger and question: who is the God who manifests Godself in Isaiah 9:2-7?
Isaiah 9:2-7
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Christmas, Hope, Longing, Incarnation
Utter Darkness, The Messiah, and John 1
Rolf Jacobson | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
The gospel of John introduces Jesus with the theme of light. This podcast offers ideas for renewed ways of preaching the light shining into the darkness as Christians for whom the Messiah has already come.
John 1:6-8, 19-28
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Advent, Hope, Longing, Incarnation
Reading John 1 on Christmas Morning
Rolf Jacobson | Working Preacher
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
Christmas morning service can be a difficult one for preaching. What can reading the familiar prologue to John on Christmas morning add to our understanding of the Incarnation?
John 1:1-14
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Christmas, Incarnation, Visitors, Worship Planning
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