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straight schlueter: November 2012
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Monday, November 5, 2012. Election Day for those whose Eternal Election is already decided. Tomorrow marks the end of a very tiresome election cycle. So many adds, so many placards, so many phone calls, so many commercials. The worldly playbook is built for a worldly kingdom. Whether Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, or independent, each party fight over the same thing: control of that earthly kingdom. In this kingdom, government is god and power is salvation. Christians know better. Cross-Focused Lea...
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straight schlueter: Pentecost 10 Sermon
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Sunday, August 5, 2012. In response to these actions, supporters of free speech and. Yet one can’t help but wonder if Jesus wants more from his faithful few. But Jesus didn’t come to be Israel’s king. This story parallels our own. Ancient deliverance from oppression and foundation of a religious society. Contemporary controversy fueled by a secularly minded few. A people hungry for a leader to stand behind and stand up for. And Jesus is at the center. 8220;Do not work for the food that perishes,” s...
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straight schlueter: December 2011
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011. Happy Holidays or Merry Christmas. Christmas. The Peanuts Special still airs on TV, most likely for the sake of nostalgia. Today the specials seem to follow the trend illustrated by Po the Panda. My Christians sensibilities are tempted to be offended by this, to see it as an affront to the Chritsian faith. But as I reflected further it occurred to me that this is not entirely a bad thing. Monday, December 5, 2011. But does it have to be that way? We all remember the angels w...
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straight schlueter: November 2011
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Christ and the Economics of Christmas. Over the weekend it was reported that US retailers saw a profit of about $52 billion as as 226 million shoppers took to the malls this past (Black) Friday. The numbers were higher than expected (about 74 million more shoppers than predicted) and set records for sales. Economic analysts are hoping this is a good sign. But isn't that what got us into the recession in the first place? Monday, November 28, 2011. It’s done. And It...All the...
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straight schlueter: Election Day for those whose Eternal Election is already decided
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Monday, November 5, 2012. Election Day for those whose Eternal Election is already decided. Tomorrow marks the end of a very tiresome election cycle. So many adds, so many placards, so many phone calls, so many commercials. The worldly playbook is built for a worldly kingdom. Whether Democrats, Republicans, Green Party, or independent, each party fight over the same thing: control of that earthly kingdom. In this kingdom, government is god and power is salvation. Christians know better. Cross-Focused Lea...
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straight schlueter: February 2012
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Friday, February 10, 2012. Of Quarterbacks and Character. Do the quarterbacking decisions result in points on the scoreboard when it matters most and when the game is on the line? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Follow My Sermons on iTunes. The ABC3s of Miscellany. Cross-Focused Leadership for Missouri. What is a Lutheran? Listen to My Sermons. The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. LCMS World Relief and Human Care. St Paul Lutheran Church. It is Time - a Theological Approach to Unity. View my complete profile.
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straight schlueter: Audio from Pentecost 13 Mark 7:1-13
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Sunday, August 26, 2012. Audio from Pentecost 13 Mark 7:1-13. Okay, so I totally ripped off Harrison's opening joke for his District Convention sermon. It worked for his theme, it worked for mine too. Other than that, here's the sermon for August 26. Podcast Powered By Podbean. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Follow My Sermons on iTunes. The ABC3s of Miscellany. Cross-Focused Leadership for Missouri. What is a Lutheran? Listen to My Sermons. The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. View my page on.
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straight schlueter: His Body has been Raised. Your's will be too.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012. His Body has been Raised. Your's will be too. For the last few thousand years the Church has confessed to believe in the “resurrection of the dead”. We confess it in the ecumenical creeds. The Apostle Paul teaches it. Jesus himself teaches it. But, as he does with every other doctrine or Word from God, the devil wants to take that away. The devil has attacked this word of God in several different ways. He was en-fleshed. He took for himself even those aspects to having a body...
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straight schlueter: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. I adapted this sermon and preached it at St Paul Chuckery this past Sunday. It is from the book Selected Sermons from Norman Nagel. Follow the link to buy the book. It will be well worth what you spend to have in your library. Here is audio if you want to listen. Podcast Powered By Podbean. One of the criminals who hung next to Jesus on the cross mocked Him, "If you are the Christ save yourself and us." ( Luke 23:39. The just for the unjust, Jesus is judged as the one who bears th...
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straight schlueter: Should My Child See The Hunger Games
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Thursday, May 3, 2012. Should My Child See The Hunger Games. If you have kids who happen to be in their adolescent to pre-teen age years, chances are he or she is somehow tapped in to the Hunger Games phenomenon. There is a movie that has been out for a little over a month that has earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. The book that the movie is based. Eeing this movie. Parents have wondered if it is appropriate for their adolescent kids to go see it or to read it. So why the concern?