Tag: Bread of Life
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Don’t Just Vote, Choose Words Of Life – A Sermon On John 6:56-69
Does the bread of life ever give you indigestion? Have Jesus’ words of life ever soured and upset your stomach? When has that happened to you and what was it about? What words, ideas, or teachings of Jesus are more than you can stomach? I think that’s a part of what’s happening in today’s gospel Read more
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“God Put Faith In A Body” – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
I enjoy watching and listening to children receive communion. Even if they don’t understand what we are doing they just seem to get it. Let me give you a couple of examples of what I’ve seen and heard. He doesn’t do it quite as much as he used to but when I place the bread Read more
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Living Bread Or Manna? – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
My parents have some life-long friends named Nick and JoBeth. They all grew up together and married about the same time. Their kids were friends with my sister and me. Nick died a few years ago but my mom still tells the bread story. Shortly after they married JoBeth started making Nick homemade bread every Read more
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When The Gospel Gets Flesh And Blood Real – A Sermon On John 6:56-69
“But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about [his teaching], said to them, ‘Does this offend you?’” Let’s start there. Who’s offended by today’s gospel (John 6:56-69)? Raise your hand if you are. Anyone? No one? When was the last time Jesus offended you? When has he said something that caused you to Read more
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Is There Life Within You? – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
Several years ago my mom and dad went to a reunion of some of their military friends. It was a gathering of the old soldiers and their wives. The men had served together in the same unit. It was a time of catching up, reminiscing, and telling stories. Shortly after arriving my parents noticed that Read more
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“But I’m Really Hungry!” – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
When my younger son was about three or four he came into the kitchen one evening and said he was hungry. I told him I was working on supper and it would be a little bit longer. “But I’m really hungry,” he said. Then he opened the pantry, pointed, and said, “Just open a box!” Read more
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Could We Be The Bread of Life? – A Sermon On John 6:35, 41-51
We so often hear Jesus say, “I am the bread of life,” and we assume he is the only loaf in the basket. But what if that is not what he is saying? What if he is not claiming to be the exclusive loaf of bread in this world? What if he is teaching us… Read more
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Playing The Game Of Life – A Sermon On John 6:51-58
Proper 15B – John 6:51-58 Shortly before I began the fourth grade my mom, dad, sister, and I took a trip to Kansas City. We spent the night at the airport Holiday Inn. I remember us sitting around the pool and every time a plane flew overhead my mom would cry. The next morning we Read more
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Who Has Nourished Your Life?
6:52. “The Jews disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’” The short answer to the dispute we read about in our lesson from John is love. The longer answer fills thousands of books. The longer answer rationalizes and divides churches and separates Christians from each other. The longer Read more
Interrupting the Silence 