Word of God – Rev. Jonathan P. Boehne

Sexagesima February 16, 2020 The Sunday of the Sower

Sexagesima
Luke 8:4-15
February 16, 2020

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“What Do You Expect?”

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

When you come to Church on a Sunday morning and you hear the three readings from the Word of God, and a sermon on the Word of God, what do you expect to happen from that? Or when you’re at home and you open your Bible and read part of it or do your Portals of Prayer devotions, what do you expect to happen? If we don’t ask that question, then we just might expect the wrong things. When you go home from church today do you expect to remember everything that was said and be absolutely amazed about it all the rest of the day? ‘Cause you’ll probably be disappointed then. When you open the Bible at home do you expect to hear angels singing? Or do you expect warm fuzzies every time you read it? Then you’ll be disappointed.

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Transfiguration of our Lord February 10, 2017

Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-9

February 10, 2019

“We Have Something More Sure”

In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Near Death Experiences (NDEs) have been studied extensively in the last 40 years. This is when someone may be dying or their hearts stops or they’re in an accident of some kind and they have an out-of-body experience. There’s no consensus scientifically or psychologically about why NDEs happen. But there are many similarities between them. One of those similarities is the presence of a bright light. It’s not always there. But very often. I’m sure you’ve all heard of someone having a near death experience where they’ve seen a very bright light.

For Christians, this makes complete sense with Holy Scripture. God is light. In the beginning He lighted the whole world before He even created the sun. In Revelation we hear that we won’t need a sun because God Himself will be our light. When Moses comes down from the mountain in our Old Testament reading today from Exodus 34, his face is shining brightly because he’s been in God’s presence. Everyone is scared to go near him. Of course, in the Transfiguration today Jesus is shining brightly as the sun.

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Trinity 21 The Sunday of the Official’s Son Healed with a Word October 21, 2018

(No full text of the sermon available. Preached from an outline.)

“GO”

John 4:46-54

Jesus heals an official’s son with a word. “Go; your son will live.”

Sermon Outline

A word from Mom or Dad.
A word from our heavenly Father.
An official who goes believing Jesus’ word.
Believing and going today. (“Amen”)
Standing firm and strong in the armor of God.

Sexagesima January 31, 2016

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