Sermons:
Why It Matters,
Luke 24:36b-48
(see
below)
by Rev. Karen A. Goltz
Let’s Do
Lunch,
Luke 24:36-48,
by
Randy L Quinn
By Faith in His Name, Luke 24:36b-48,
by DGBradley
His Child Forever I am, 1 John 3:1-7, by Rev. Tom.
Hall
Revelation, Luke 24:36-49, by F. Schaefer
The Cash Value of Forgiveness, Luke 24:36-49, Lee Wyatt
Dying from the Cold Within, Luke 24:36-49, Illustration
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Why It Matters
based on Luke 24:36b-48
by Rev. Karen A. Goltz
Christ is risen. He is
risen indeed. So what?
We’ve just come through Lent. We’ve celebrated
the solemnity of Maundy Thursday and we’ve recalled the agony of Good Friday.
We rejoiced at the resurrection on Easter Sunday. Just like we do every year.
So what’s different in your life because of it?
I think in many ways we’ve become too familiar
with the pattern of the church year and the story it tells. Sure, we’re on a
three-year lectionary, each year based on a different gospel, but the gospels
all tell the same story. We hear about expectation of the Coming One at the
beginning of every winter. We hear about Christ’s birth every December. We
hear about the Transfiguration and engage in introspection during Lent every
early spring. We hear about Jesus’ final days, his triumphant entry into
Jerusalem, his final discourse to his disciples, his agony in the garden and on
the cross. Every spring we hear about his miraculous resurrection, followed by
several weeks of his disciples trying to get their minds around this new
reality. Then we hear about the Spirit descending on Pentecost and the birth of
the Christian Church, followed by several months of hearing that year’s gospel
writer’s account of the ministry of Jesus. Then we’re back at Advent, hearing
about the expectation of the Coming One, and we do it all over again, rinse and
repeat, round and round we go. [continue]
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