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Wrath and Grace -- 2 Chronicles 36:14-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 3:14-21 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B
There are those who find great difficulty in resolving what is for them a conflict between the conce

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Made For Something Good -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Wesley T. Runk
Object: something handcrafted, like a dress, a piece of woodworking, or some pottery

Drama

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In The Heavenly Places -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Robert F. Crowley -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1999
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Walter And Francesca -- 2 Chronicles 36:14-23, Ephesians 2:4-10, John 6:4-15, Psalm 122 -- John A. Tenbrook -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1993
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Faith Development

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Grace -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Ron Lavin -- 2004
Grace is freely given to us when we don't deserve it.

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To be embraced by God's... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - B -- 1997
To be embraced by God's salvation as a free gift, we must first abandon all trust in ourselves, all
Anne was a battered child... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - B -- 1997
Anne was a battered child.
Last summer I met a... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1991
Last summer I met a classmate of mine who had been passing through the deep waters of affliction and
Our late-2Oth century has... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1991
Our late-2Oth century has been pictured as a time of great anxiety.
Good works are the fruit... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1991
Good works are the fruit of salvation.
Like every newly-appointed pastor... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1991
Like every newly-appointed pastor, I was looking forward to my new assignment.
(A)The... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1982
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(A)The... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1982
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(A)Tastes... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1982
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A)John Newton... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B -- 1982
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The theme of grace... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B
The theme of grace pervades Paul's writings.
Karl Menningen, the renowned psychiatrist... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B
Karl Menningen, the renowned psychiatrist, attracted considerable attention with his book Whateve
But God, who is rich... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B
"But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead
Adults have a hand time... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Fourth Sunday in Lent - B
Adults have a hand time accepting gifts.
We kid ourselves. We think... -- Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Proper 20 | Ordinary Time 25 - A
We kid ourselves. We think we're doing God a favor.

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Faithful, Not Successful -- Matthew 9:9-13, Ephesians 2:4-10 -- Michael D. Wuchter -- 2006
Today is a day in the church year that is set aside to remember and commemorate the early church apo
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Object: This message is a role play. You can do this with only two children playing the parts of the two women, but if you have more children, you could have two more playing the parts of the children, another playing the part of the synagogue leader, and another playing the part of the country’s leader. You can also add any other roles you might want to add to make it interesting. Also, I have created places for your characters to speak, but you can add more of those to make it all more fun and memorable.

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Peter Andrew Smith
“We have questions about your conduct as our pastor,” Carl announced as soon as Pastor John sat down at the hastily called board meeting. “We have received complaints about you from the congregation.”

“Complaints?” Pastor John frowned. “From whom and about what?”

“Mrs. Finnigan saw you coming out of what she politely described as ‘A Gentleman’s Club’ last Thursday night when she was driving downtown.” Bruce scowled. “Do you deny this?”

“Not at all,” Pastor John said. “I did have to go to that place on Thursday evening.”

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Jeremiah 1:4-10 and Psalm 77:1-6
Wayne Brouwer
C. Knight Aldrich, a medical doctor and the first chairperson of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago (1955-1964), was a keen analyst of the motivations for our behaviors. He worked with the social services agencies of Chicago for a time, particularly spending hours with teenagers who had been arrested for shoplifting or other theft. Aldrich interviewed them to find out how they had come to this. He also talked with the parents, attempting to discover how they had handled the problem from the first time they knew about it.

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Janice B. Scott
Call to Worship:
Jesus was aware of people's deepest needs and what prompted their actions. In our worship today let us consider how we can discover people's deepest needs and the motives for their actions.

Invitation to Confession:
Jesus, sometimes we see only the surface and condemn without real understanding.
Lord, have mercy.
Jesus, sometimes we are afraid to get sufficiently close to other people to see their inner needs.
Christ, have mercy.

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James Evans
(See Epiphany 4/Ordinary Time 4, Cycle C, for an alternative approach.)

The old saying, "experience is the best teacher," could serve as a subtitle for this psalm. Written as a prayer for help in a time of distress or oppression, the psalm subtly hints at a recognition and awareness that only comes with time. There is a track record, so to speak, that the psalmist is aware of: God's record of dependability. Based on God's proven record of saving power and grace, the psalmist is able to pray for salvation, but at the same time celebrate the certainty of its arrival.
Elizabeth Achtemeier
You and I and all persons in our day are not prophets in the Old Testament sense of the word. They were given new words from God, which illumined where and how and why God was at work in Israel's life. But for us, the Word of God has now been fully revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. In his Son, God sums up and incarnates the whole of Old Testament prophecy. While we ministers are called to speak the Word of God, we therefore have no new word to proclaim, but rather we are called to proclaim Jesus Christ and to spell out what he means for life in our past, present, and future.
R. Robert Cueni
As was his custom, Jesus went that Sabbath morning to the synagogue for worship. As he was preaching and teaching, he happened to glance toward the fringe of the crowd where he saw a very crippled woman. She was bent over and was unable to stand up straight. When he inquired, Jesus was told the woman had been that way for eighteen years.
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