Resources for Pentecost +10 St. Thomas Day - St. Thomas, the Doubter Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!                            Luke 12:51   Scripture Lessons: Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:1-2,8-19 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56           Call to Worship: L: God does not hold the past against us. P: His compassions are new every morning. L: Give praise to God, for he is slow to anger and rich in mercy. P: His faithfulness extends to all generations. L: Come, let us worship God! Subscribers: Click here for all  resources    Children's Messages Live a Sunday Week, Luke 12:49-56, Isaiah 5:1-7 anonymous   Faithfulness,  all lessons, by Rev. Frank Schaefer     Sermons A House Divided, A World Divided, Luke 12:49-56                                             (see excerpt below) Rev. Karen Goltz                                   Heroes, Hebrews 11:1-12:2 by Rev. Dr. David Rogne   Peace-But Not At Any Price! Luke 12:49-56 by Rev. Frank Schaefer     Vineyard of the Lord, Isaiah 5:1-7, Rev. Roy Fowler    Attaching the Fullness of Our Faith, Hebrews 11:29-12:2, by Rev. Thomas Hall      God doesn’t ask for more than we can do, Hebrews 11.29 - 12.2 by Thomas Arth      Looking to Jesus, Luke 12:49-56, Hebrews 11.29 - 12.2 by Rick in Canada, eh?    Sermon Excerpt: A House Divided, A World Divided Luke 12:49-56 Rev. Karen Goltz Sing with me. Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong. Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so! [Forcefully] I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! From now on households will be divided! Families will split into warring factions, fighting amongst themselves! And you think you can interpret signs because you can predict the weather, but you can’t even see what’s right in front of you! You’re all a bunch of hypocrites! [Pause] Shall we sing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ again? It’s hard to reconcile today’s gospel lesson to the song many of us learned in Sunday school. Where’s the love? We can see the strength, but where is the love? How does this mesh up with the guy that, when he was born, angels sang ‘peace on earth’ in the sky? During my internship year, I was part of a Lenten Round Robin with several other area pastors. Our theme was “fruits of the Spirit,” and each of us selected a ‘fruit’ that we would preach on each Wednesday night during Lent at one of the other pastor’s churches. The ‘fruit’ I’d selected was peace. That turned out to be a challenging choice, because the first Wednesday of Lent, the first Wednesday I was preaching my sermon on peace, was the night in 2003 that we declared war and launched missiles into Iraq. ...Subscribers: click here for the full sermon and more _________________________________________ Not a subscriber yet?  Click here to subscribe now and gain instant access to these resources plus an ENTIRE YEAR of weekly resources for only 39.95!!