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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Jubilate (Easter 4) – 2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. Sermon: Jubilate (Easter 4) – 2015. In the name of Jesus. Amen. He is risen indeed! 8220;You will have sorrow now.”. This is not something that any of us wants to hear. The word translated as “sorrow” can be understood as pain, grief, affliction, distress, trouble, regret, mourning, and heaviness of heart. 8220;You will have sorrow now.”. For us average 21. 8220;You will have sorrow now.”. 8220;You will have sorrow now.”. 8220;You will have sorrow now.”. But, dear friends, Jesus d...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Misericordias Domini (Easter 3) – 2015
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. Sermon: Misericordias Domini (Easter 3) – 2015. Text: John 10:11-16, (Ezek 34:11-16, 1 Pet 2:21-25). In the name of Jesus. Amen. He is risen indeed! Psalm that we recite as we or others find ourselves “in the valley of the shadow of death,” to the lilt of our uplifting and comforting hymns sung on this celebration of Christ our Good Shepherd, these images are among the most beloved in the church. As well they should be. For this is precisely what the Gospel is all about. Peter is ...
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Father Hollywood: August 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. A lot of classic works of literature are proving to be prophetic in our day and age. Our 21st century American culture and political life are growing more and more to resemble Orwell's 1984. Huxley's Brave New World. And other seminal works of art. I would also include one that resonates with me as a Christian pastor trying to shepherd people in Christ's Church amid the decay and normalization of the rot, and that is the insightful apocalyptic novel Father Elijah. Performance A...
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Father Hollywood: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014. The Wealthy Socialist with Nine Homes and Other Contradictions. One can only call to mind the Marxists who ran the Soviet Union. While Michael Moore trashes capitalism and advocates Marxist socialism (the ideology of the bread line and the gulag camp) - he doesn't put his ideology where his wallet is. The man lives like a Persian potentate and has nine homes. Moreover, Moore is just plain wrong about Christianity endorsing Marxism. But as George Orwell's Animal Farm. I'm a Luthe...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Funeral of Bonnie Schexnayder
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Friday, June 12, 2015. Sermon: Funeral of Bonnie Schexnayder. Text: John 10:10b-15, 27-30 (Job 19:23-27a, Rom 8:28-39). In the name of Jesus. Amen. Dear Merlin, (Carol), Kelli, Kris, Rachel, grandchildren, family, friends, brothers and sisters in Christ, and honored guests, “Peace be with you! That greeting, “Peace be with you,” is not just a pious expression. It is a powerful reminder of why we are here. We mourn Bonnie’s passing, dear friends. How can we not? Our Lord Jesus means something by this gree...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Pentecost – 2015
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Sunday, May 24, 2015. Sermon: Pentecost – 2015. Text: John 14:23-31 (Gen 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-21). In the name of Jesus. Amen. Not long after receiving a second chance after the flood, mankind blew it again. When told to repopulate the earth and spread out, our ancestors decided to gather together, saying, “Come, let us build ourselves a city yand a tower with its top in the heavens and let us make a name for ourselves.”. The languages that became our curse, have also become a blessing. For in these huma...
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Father Hollywood: May 2015
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. Sermon: Trinity – 2015. Text: John 3:1-17 (Isa 6:1-7, Rom 11:33-36). In the name of Jesus. Amen. The Christian faith is very inconvenient. We insist upon saying that our God is the only true God, and that “whoever desires to be saved” must “worship one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity.” And whoever does not believe this faith “faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.”. Our Athanasian Creed has something in it to offend just about everybody. 8221; Our Lord answered Pilate with His s...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Rogate (Easter 6) – 2015
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Sunday, May 10, 2015. Sermon: Rogate (Easter 6) – 2015. In the name of Jesus. Amen. He is risen indeed! In our Gospel, our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, makes reference seven times to the Father. It just so happens that today is a secular holiday in which we honor our mothers. There doesn’t have to be a conflict between the two. For motherhood and fatherhood are closely related. You can’t have one without the other. For even in the corrupted and sinful human relationship of parents and children, we imp...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2) – 2015
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Sunday, April 12, 2015. Sermon: Quasimodo Geniti (Easter 2) – 2015. Text: John 20:19-31 (Ezek 37:1-14, 1 John 5:4-10). In the name of Jesus. Amen. He is risen indeed! We often hear people say nowadays, “I’m not religious; I’m spiritual.” I think what they often mean by this is something like this: “I want God on my terms, and so I’ll treat my faith like a buffet line, and take only what I want.”. Not a ghost. Not a phantom. Not an idea in their heads or feelings in their hearts. Rather Jesus,...8221; He ...
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Father Hollywood: Sermon: Ascension – 2015
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Thursday, May 14, 2015. Sermon: Ascension – 2015. Text: Acts 1:1-11 (2 Kings 2:5-15, Mark 16:14-20). In the name of Jesus. Amen. He is risen indeed! Jesus has a lot of surprises. The world has never been the same since! Indeed, Jesus is full of surprises! On that Thursday, our Lord went up out of their sight, but He did not abandon them. No indeed! He continued to teach them through the Word. He continued to forgive them through Absolution. He continued to comfort them in their Baptism. He co...Our Lord ...
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