SERM: St. John 17:20-26; Easter 7; LSB Series C

2010-05-15 Thread Chad Kendall
Dearly beloved, Today we hear a bit of Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. He is praying for the church, and we need it. Jesus was in the upper room on the night of His betrayal. Jesus preached His last sermon, washed the disciples’ feet, thereby preparing them for the apostolic ministry. Jesus inst

SERM: Exekiel 36 Easter 7 Lesson (1Year)

2010-05-15 Thread John Drosendahl
/For this, say to the house of Israel, "So says Lord Yahweh, 'Not for your sake, I Myself act, house of Israel, for if in My Name of holiness which you profaned in the nations, which you were there. And I make holy My great name, the one profaned in the nations which you profaned in their midst

SERM: Funeral: John 5:24-30

2010-05-15 Thread Richard K. Futrell
Intro Russell Blair grew up in California under hard circumstances--not only lacking good role models--but usually having only bad ones. Russell knew about dysfunctional families before that term even entered our lexicon, for Russell experienced it firsthand, growing up. Russell grew up in a