August 19, 2007 - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
SERMON TITLE:
“The Church: A Conflict-Free Zone?”
OPENING PRAYER
Almighty God, who has given
a day of rest to your people, and, through your Spirit in the Church, has consecrated the
first day of the week to be a perpetual memorial of your Son’s resurrection: grant
that we may use your gift so that, refreshed and strengthened in soul and body, we may
serve you faithfully all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SCRIPTURE:
Luke 12:49-56
“I came to cast fire upon the earth;
and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how I am
constrained until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on
earth? No, I tell you, but rather division; for henceforth in one house there will be five
divided, three against two and two against three; they will be divided, father against son
and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against her mother,
mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law.” He also said to the multitudes, “When you see a cloud rising in
the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it happens. And when you
see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat’; and it
happens. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; but
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?” ’
HYMNS
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Jesus, Remember Me
Are Ye Able
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