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Fires of Renewal

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

Scott Hoezee's Advent sermon starter says the awaited new heavens and new earth where righteousness is at home (2 Peter 3:8-15a) means renewal of the earth, not final doom. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Patience, Renewal, Righteousness

Waiting with Love

David Bast | Groundwork

Article about Scripture

This podcast on Psalm 130:6 and Luke 12:35-48 looks at Jesus' instruction to learn what it looks like to wait for Christ's second advent and reflect a Christmas love all year long.

Psalm 130:6; Luke 12:35-48

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Christmas, Advent, Love, Waiting

Acknowledging the Darkness

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Scott Hoezee's preaching commentary on Micah 5:2-5 observes that we cannot speak of the Prince of Peace without acknowledging a context of surrounding darkness. Includes illustration idea.

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Advent, Hope, Suffering, Darkness

Advent Doesn't Feel like Christmas

Scott Hoezee | Reformed Worship

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Benediction or Blessing and 5 more types

These service outlines created for an Advent and Christmas series highlight the idea that the evil darkness of our sins required a Savior to "advent" into our time and space.

Isaiah 40:1-11; Luke 1:46-55 (+ more)

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Christmas, Advent, Sin, John The Baptist

When Advent Doesn't Feel like Christmas

Scott Hoezee | Reformed Worship

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Benediction or Blessing and 3 more types

While the world celebrates all that is cheery, true Advent requires a focus on topics that make us unsettling. This Advent and Christmas series reminds us why a Savior needed to "advent" in the first place.

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Christmas, Advent, Sorrow, Suffering

Gospel Beginnings: Mark

David Bast | Groundwork

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

This audio commentary on Mark 1:1-15 considers the urgency with which Mark approaches his gospel, not wasting words. He begins with the message of John the Baptist that repentance is necessary.

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Mark (person), Advent, Repentance, John The Baptist

Prepare the Way of the Lord

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Scott Hoezee offers commentary on Matthew 3:1-12, identifying John the Baptist as the antidote to a cold-hearted faith, especially amidst the distractions of a secular Christmas season. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Faith, Repentance, John The Baptist

Longing for Light

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Scott Hoezee's commentary on Mark 13:24-37 writes that Advent, like this passage, starts in the apocalyptic darkness, to remind us that Jesus' first coming points to the second, for which we long. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Apocalypse, Second Coming, Darkness

The Day Will Come

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Scott Hoezee's commentary on Isaiah 35:1-10 urges preachers to just "let this passage sing" its beautiful vision of joy, while tending to those for whom that vision is a distant dream. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Glory, Joy, Kingdom Of God

The Grace in Our Particular Place

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Scott Hoezee's preaching notes on Romans 1:1-7 explain the importance of Paul offering grace and peace to God's beloved in Rome, a place of conflict and darkness.

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Advent, Grace, Shalom, Hope

Wells of Salvation

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Commentary on Isaiah 12:2-6 by Scott Hoezee, who focuses on the image of the "wells of salvation" and examines Israel's hope in God's salvation, pointing to our larger eschatological hope.

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Advent, Eschatology, Salvation, Symbolism

Finding God in an Unlikely Place

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

In this sermon starter with illustration on Luke 3:1-6, Scott Hoezee points out how Luke depicts the world's salvation as coming from a most unlikely source—rather than from the places the world looks to for hope.

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Advent, Government, Hope, Salvation

Living in the Light

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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In this commentary on Romans 13:11-14, Scott Hoezee contrasts light that illumines with darkness that conceals. Christians live in Christ's light under God's watchful gaze. Sermon illustration idea included.

Romans 13:11-14

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Advent, Light, Darkness, Christian Conduct

The Alphabet of Faith

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

In this commentary on Psalm 25:1-10, Scott Hoezee considers how being "instructed" by God, though it doesn't eliminate life's pains, offers hope. We must be good students, starting with Jesus' gospel message. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Discipleship, Learning, Teaching

A Terrible Song

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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In this commentary on Luke 1:46b-55, Scott Hoezee reflects on the subversive, political nature of Mary's Song and affirms how this is what Jesus’ coming kingdom is going to look like. Sermon illustration idea included.

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Advent, Justice, Kingdom Of God, Magnificat

Comfort, Comfort

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

A sermon starter and illustration for Isaiah 40:1-11 by Scott Hoezee. If we want to access the comfort Isaiah is declaring, we first need to acknowledge the reality of our sin and weakness.

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Advent, Sin, Comfort, Incarnation

Our Quiet Hope

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Commentary by Scott Hoezee on James 5:1-10, which underscores a "hope [which] animates how we act but [which] also becomes the lens through which we view this often harsh and unfair world."

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Advent, Hope, Perseverance, Injustice

Mary's Song

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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Preaching notes by Scott Hoezee on Luke 1:39-45, including a sermon starter and an illustration. No song is quite as startling as the one young Mary sings. The lyrics shake the foundations of all we know.

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Advent, Magnificat, Mary (mother Of Jesus Christ), History Of Redemption

Be Nice

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

Commentary by Scott Hoezee on Luke 3:7-18, in which John the Baptist identifies daily life as the site of salvation: ordinary moments, though seemingly insignificant, will now be part of God's cosmic renewal.

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Advent, Repentance, John The Baptist, Kindness

Zechariah's Praise Song

Scott Hoezee | Center for Excellence in Preaching

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In this Advent sermon starter on Luke 1:68-79, Scott Hoezee discusses how Zechariah's prophecy recalls God's redemption of Israel and points to God's salvation as a present and future reality. Includes illustration idea.

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Advent, John The Baptist, Redemption, Salvation