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Why Bodies Matter

Higher Things, Inc.

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One day, your body will die. But it still matters. Christ took on flesh to redeem your sins. Your body will one day turn to dust, but rejoice because that dust will rise in a newness of life! Join hosts Erica Sorensen and Pastor Harrison Goodman as they talk to guests from throughout the Church and walk the path from birth to death to answer the question, “Why Bodies Matter?”
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We all have that bucket of leftover parts sitting on a workbench. They are those extra bolts and screws that we just can't bring ourselves to toss in the garbage. In our Gospel lesson for today, Jesus tells the disciples to gather up the leftovers from the feeding of the multitude. There is good news for those of us who are left out and leftover. 2…
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Audio recording Sermon manuscript: About a month ago we heard a reading that was similar to ourGospel reading today. In that reading Jesus and the disciples embarked in aboat to cross the Sea of Galilee. All of a sudden a great windstorm arose sothat water was filling the boat. The disciples ran back to Jesus, who wassleeping in the stern, and said…
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for July 28, 2024Readings used:- Genesis 9:8-17 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A8-17&version=NIV- Ephesians 3:14-21 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+3%3A14-21&version=NIV- Mark 6:45-56 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A45-56&version=NIVCheck our websit…
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Have you ever been so consumed by anger that it becomes a part of you, unnoticed by yourself but evident to everyone else? It is easy to get that way in our world today. We can be angry about pretty much anything. Staying angry is a lot of work. Being angry is exhausting. Jesus tells the disciples today to come away with him and rest -- something w…
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for July 21, 2024Readings used:- Jeremiah 23:1-6 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+23%3A1-6&version=NIV- Ephesians 2:11-22 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A11-22&version=NIV- Mark 6:30-44 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A30-44&version=NIVCheck our webs…
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A plumb line measures whether things are vertical, straight, or up to snuff. Amos sees a plumb line measuring the nation of Israel and Israel is not plumb. They have tilted away from the ways of God, justice, and care for those in need. God will not let this stand forever. Either what is out of plumb must be straightened or it will fall. Christ is …
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for July 14, 2024Readings used:- Amos 7:7-15 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Amos+7%3A7-15&version=NIV- Ephesians 1:3-14 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+1%3A3-14&version=NIV- Mark 6:14-29 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A14-29&version=NIVCheck our website for in…
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Audio recording Sermon manuscript: Be faithful unto death and you willreceive the crown of everlasting life. At the end of last week’s Gospel reading Jesus sent out the12 apostles. They went out and did what Jesus told them to do. They proclaimedthat people should repent. They cast out demons and anointed people who weresick with oil and healed the…
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In a world where we ridicule “losers,” demean failure, and look for the strong and successful, it is hard to remember that God specializes in weakness. Paul prays that a “thorn in his flesh” be taken from him because it makes him weak. God says, “My grace is sufficient for you. Power is made perfect in weakness.” God makes strong when we are weak. …
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for July 7, 2024Readings used:- Ezekiel 2:1-5 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+2%3A1-5&version=ESV- 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+12%3A1-10&version=ESV- Mark 6:1-13 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+6%3A1-13&version=ESVCheck our web…
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Audio recording Sermon manuscript: Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid; justbelieve.” A person might feel jealous hearing our Gospel readingtoday. There was a lot of healing. Jesus was told about Jairus’s little girlwho was extremely sick. While he was on his way to heal her, a woman who had aflow of blood was healed. By the time that Jesus got to the hou…
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for June 30, 2024Readings used:- Lamentations 3:22-33 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Lamentations+3%3A22-33&version=ESV- 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+8%3A1-9%2C+13-15&version=ESV- Mark 5:21-43 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+5%3A2…
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In this world full of suffering and pain, we often ask God, “Why?” Some even assert that if there is suffering in the world it is proof that God does not exist unless a compelling answer can be given. What if “Why” is the wrong question? The message of the Book of Job offers no answer to Job’s asking God why. Instead, God is present to Job. When we…
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Audio recording Sermon manuscript: “When I am weak, then I am strong.” “Don’t you care that we are dying?”That’s what the disciples said. The wind was too strong. The waves were toohigh. Some of them were probably trying to use anything they could find to bailout the boat. They were fighting for their lives. What was Jesus doing? Sleeping.Didn’t he…
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for June 23, 2024Readings used:- Job 38:1-11 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+38%3A1-11&version=ESV- 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+6%3A1-13&version=ESV- Mark 4:35-41 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4%3A35-41&version=ESVCheck our websit…
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When confronted with the troubles of the world or the decline of our personal life we can long for something new, something that fixes things, solves our problems. We tend to look for the quick fix, the silver bullet, the latest and greatest advice. Scripture tells us that the reign of God doesn’t work that way. Mustard seeds, growing seed, sprigs …
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Ch Ochner's sermon for June 16, 2024Readings used:- Ezekiel 17:22-24 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+17%3A22-24&version=ESV- 2 Corinthians 5:1-17 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+5%3A1-17&version=ESV- Mark 4:26-34 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+4%3A26-34&version=ESVCheck our we…
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I grew up in a church that had an enormous sanctuary. It was filled with stained-glass windows. There was plenty of real estate for depictions of stories from the Bible. Not one inch was dedicated to depicting Jesus as a thief. In the Gospel today, Jesus tells a story about binding a strong man and plundering the house. Is Jesus the strongman or th…
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Pastor Schwartz's sermon for June 9, 2024Readings used:- Genesis 3:8-15 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3%3A8-15&version=ESV- 2 Corinthians 4:13--5:1 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Corinthians+4%3A13--5%3A1&version=ESV- Mark 3:20-35 | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A20-35&version=ESVChe…
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