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  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Eyes Front

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on May 28, 2023
     | 667 views

    As long as we’re looking at other people, we’re not getting on with what God has called us to do.

    The disciples had just come back from going fishing. In the passage just before ours, we see Simon Peter, James and John, Thomas, Nathanael and two others, out in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, fishing. But then comes the twist in the story. We've already seen how Jesus appeared on the shore and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Marvelous Cost Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Sep 7, 2022
     | 732 views

    A sermon for the Sunday following Pentecost, Year C, Lectionary 23

    September 4, 2022 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 14:25-33 The Marvelous Cost of Discipleship Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. This is Labor Day weekend. Typically, we think of Labor Day as the last big holiday of ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Time Has Come For Bi-Vocational Ministers And Staff

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 3, 2001
    based on 61 ratings
     | 4,137 views

    We are all ministers so we need to rethink some traditional vocational concepts.

    The Time Has Come For Bi-vocational Ministers and Staff I have served in many churches over the last twenty-five years in a bi-vocational capacity. Only at the time I had not heard the terminology nor realized that it was what was needed in the churches. I had been saved and mentored under the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The True Summit Of Our Vocation As Human Beings Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 7, 2011
     | 1,994 views

    Music must be in harmony with Logos, not an offbeat and disordered hymn to individualism.

    Monday of 3rd Week of Easter Spirit of the Liturgy The Spirit that inflamed deacon Stephen is always at work in the Church. This spirit, the Holy Spirit of God, fills those who respond to the gift of faith, and makes us hungry for the Word of God, the Sacrament of the altar, and service to those ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Abraham, Isaac, And Our Vocation As Other Christs

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 8, 2015
     | 2,527 views

    We are called to be children of the promise, not children of slavery to sin.

    Fourth Sunday in Lent 2015 Extraordinary Form Our Lord Jesus Christ was no politician. If some charismatic leader today advertised himself as a wonder-worker, and down at our convention center or stadium took five loaves of bread and two fish and fed five or ten thousand people, and then promised ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Called

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jan 15, 2024
     | 376 views

    A sermon for the Second Sunday after Epiphany, Year B

    January 14, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church 1 Samuel 3:1-10; John 1:43-51 Called Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Our scriptural texts today center on being called. We meet the young boy Samuel who is awakened in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Finding Ones Calling

    Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,048 views

    Everyone has a divine vocation, Jesus said -“Many are called but few are chosen.” Those who are rejected are so not because they do not have a call from God but because they refuse to accept it. The goal of my sermon today is to help you understand and

    TITLE : FINDING ONES CALLING (Adapted from a paper written by Fr. Thomas Hopko) TEXT: St. Matthew 22:14 INTRODUCTION: • Have you ever got up in the morning and while you were brushing your teeth asked yourself this question – “Why on earth am I here?”Ever thought, I know God has something for ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    The Call To Priesthood

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,288 views

    There is a special set of charisms and sufferings for those called to pastoral office in the Church.

    Christians, especially Catholics, should never be surprised by suffering and pain. If we are surprised, it ought to be if we do not suffer pain and disappointment and grief. Jesus told us that during His absence, we would weep and lament while the secular world rejoices. St. Teresa commented ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Fearless Service Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Oct 9, 2023
     | 563 views

    The second sermon in a 4-part stewardship series. This week's focus is on the stewardship of our time and abilities.

    October 8, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Stewardship Sermon – Week Two Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 4:16-21 Fearless Service Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. One of my professors in seminary was Dr. Gerhard Forde. He was ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    De Emaús : Una Perspectiva Vocacional

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar Svd on May 31, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 562 views

    de Emaús : una perspectiva vocacional

    de Emaús : una perspectiva vocacional Lucas 24:13-35 Reflexión Emaús es una de las famosas historias de Pascua en el evangelio de san Lucas. Abrió una nueva perspectiva a mi vocación religiosa cuando lo leí y reflexioné sobre él. Estoy seguro de que ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Paglalakbay Sa Emmaus: Isang Pananaw Sa Bokasyon

    Contributed by Dr. John Singarayar Svd on May 31, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 658 views

    Paglalakbay sa Emmaus: Isang Pananaw sa Bokasyon

    Paglalakbay sa Emmaus: Isang Pananaw sa Bokasyon Lucas 24:13-35 Pagninilay Ang Emmaus ay isa sa mga sikat na kwento ng Pasko ng Pagkabuhay sa ebanghelyo ni santo Lucas. Nagbukas ito ng bagong pananaw sa aking bokasyong pangrelihiyon nang basahin at pagnilayan ko ito. Sigurado ako na maaari rin ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Path Of Discipleship | Part I

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Oct 5, 2010
     | 4,136 views

    Christian discipleship follows a recognizable path.

    The PATH of Discipleship Part I Isaac Butterworth September 26, 2010 Mark 12:28-34 (NIV) 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" 29 "The most ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Word On The Street

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2015
     | 4,951 views

    Our true vocation in life is to bear witness to the light, to reflect the glory of God, to mirror His majesty, to glorify Him.

    Jesus is called many things in Scripture. In the Gospel of John alone, he is called the Lamb of God, the light of the world, the bread of life, the gate of the sheep. He is even called a Vine. But here in chapter 1 he is called “the Word.” And there’s a reason for that. In Jesus, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "Ephpheta, Be Thou Opened”

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 30, 2018
     | 4,293 views

    We need to get very, very serious about promoting priestly vocations

    Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Extraordinary Form “Ephpheta, be thou opened,” Jesus said, after groaning, “and immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment to his speech was loosed, and he spoke clearly.” Come to any baptism–as we’ll have here on Saturday the eighteenth, and you’ll hear ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Setting A Pattern Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Feb 10, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,880 views

    From the very beginning of his ministry, Jesus focused on the outsiders and called everyday people to be his disciples.

    Matthew 4:12-23 “Setting a Pattern” INTRODUCTION Several of us have found it necessary, during the past year or so, to look for a job. We’ve honed our resume, and been coached on our interview techniques. We have flooded the internet with notice of our availability, we have ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran