Posts by Don Bennett (Page 3)

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Twelfth Sunday after PentecostAugust 28, 202210:30 a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Invited and inviting—that is the nature of the church. By God’s grace in holy baptism we have a place at the banquet table of the Lord. When, by…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Eleventh Sunday after PentecostAugust 21, 202210:30 a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Remember the Sabbath day. Call the Sabbath a delight. This is the Lord’s day, and the Lord will do for us what the Lord does: feed us, forgive…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Ninth Sunday after PentecostAugust 7, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION Jesus says, “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” It is God’s promise from the beginning—to Abraham, to the early church, and…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Eighth Sunday after PentecostJuly 31, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION Today’s texts offer instruction and encouragement for all who are occasionally overwhelmed by the “unhappy business” of life. Jesus urges us to take…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Fifth Sunday after PentecostJuly 10, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION Persistence in prayer evoked the admiration of Jesus and wins the attention of the Lord when Abraham intercedes for Sodom. The life of the baptized—to…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Fifth Sunday after PentecostJuly 10, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION Perhaps the church, at its best, is “all ears.” Almighty God urges the faithful, again and again, to “listen up!”—to heed the word from above. So it…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Fifth Sunday after PentecostJuly 10, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION To love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind is to reflect God’s mercy in responding to one’s neighbor. That mercy found…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Second Sunday after PentecostJune 19, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION This Sunday’s texts paint startling pictures of the horrific nature of sin. The church’s repeated celebration of holy communion counters that tragic…

Created, saved and gifted by God,we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. The Holy TrinityJune 12, 2022, 10:30 AM Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop Road Kettering, Ohio 45429(937) 298-0136 INTRODUCTION “O LORD our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” Today we celebrate the holy Trinity. Paul writes that through Jesus we have peace with God, whose…