Posts by Don Bennett (Page 8)

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ Chicago Folk ServiceFourteenth Sunday after PentecostAugust 29, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Jesus protests against human customs being given the weight of divine law, while the essence of God’s law is…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostAugust 22, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction In today’s gospel many people take offense at Jesus’ invitation to eat his flesh and drink his blood; even many of Jesus’ disciples…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Twelfth Sunday after PentecostAugust 15, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Wisdom prepares a feast, sets her table, and invites all to come and eat her bread and drink her wine. The first chapter of John’s gospel…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Eleventh Sunday after PentecostAugust 8, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Jesus says that the bread he gives for the life of the world is his flesh, and whoever eats this bread has eternal life now and will be…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Tenth Sunday after PentecostAugust 1, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Apparently not satisfied by Jesus’ feeding of thousands, some who were there press him for a sign of his power; perhaps it is daily manna…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Eighth Sunday after PentecostJuly 18, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Mark’s gospel makes clear how great is the press of the crowd, with its countless needs to be met, on Jesus and his disciples. Yet in…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Seventh Sunday after PentecostJuly 11, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction When Amos reports his vision of God judging Israel for its mistreatment of the poor, he becomes a threat to the power of the priests and…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Sixth Sunday after PentecostJuly 4, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Jesus does great deeds of power and gives his disciples authority over demons. Yet none of this power is unilateral; it all must be received…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Fourth Sunday after PentecostJune 20, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction Now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation! Now we are in the storm, the boat almost swamped; but Jesus is here now, and when…

Created, saved and gifted by God, we seek, serve and share Jesus Christ. Third Sunday after PentecostJune 13, 2021 – 10:30 am Good Shepherd Lutheran Church901 East Stroop RoadKettering, OH 45429-4688(937) 298-0136 Introduction The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We’d expect a cedar or a…