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In today's Gospel lesson, Jesus goes to the synagogue in Capernaum on a Sabbath, where He meets a man afflicted by a "demon" or "impure spirit."  The Old Testament lesson is part of the history of Saul, the first king of Israel, who was also tormented by a "harmful spirit."  The Bible tells us the reason for Saul's affliction, but we don't know about the man in Capernaum.  What we do know is that God was using the people - and the spirits! - in both Saul's life and in this man's life to bring them and those around them to a greater knowledge of His love for all people.

You can read the entire history of King Saul of Israel in the Bible in 1 Samuel 9 through 31; if you like, start here:  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%209&version=NIV

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#values,#acceptance,#caring,#measures,#going_low,#lifting_up

Find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can now subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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In today's worship we'll hear two readings that seem to be at opposite ends of a spectrum.  The first is the famous "Love chapter" (I Cornithians 13), that you often hear at weddings.  The second contains that difficult saying of Jesus, "love your enemies."  People have difficult and often unrealistic understandings of these two sayings, largely because we don't have a good understanding of what the Bible means with the word "love."  But since John the Apostle wrote "God is love," maybe we ought to begin there and see where these readings take us.

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#values,#acceptance,#measures,#going_low,#lifting_up

Find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can now subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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In general, when people hear the Word of God they can have three different responses.  Some people just blow it off, toss it aside, and say "it doesn't have anything to say to me."  Other people might be bothered by it, and their responses range a scale from anger on the one end to fear and trembling on the other.  And there are still other people who hear the Word of God and receive it with joy.  In today's readings we'll hear about two groups of people who either trembled in fear or responded with anger, while others encouraged them to receive it with joy.

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#values,#joy,#measures,#lifting_up

Find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can now subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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Remember what it took to get your first drivers' license?  And what it takes nowadays to renew one - especially if you want one of those TSA-compliant licenses?  Imagine if you could get a "Family License", one that would allow anyone in your immediate family to drive on that license, without each person having to go through all the hassle of getting their own!  The "righteousness of Christ" is a little like that - Jesus has done all the work to get God's righteousness for us, and through His baptism and ours He shares it with us.  So what do we do with that gift?  In today's Gospel lesson John the Baptist tells three different groups of people (and in turn, all of us) how we can use that gift in God-pleasing ways.

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#values,#acceptance,#measures,#living_out

Find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can now subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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January 2 is not only the day after New Year's Day, it's also the Ninth day of the Christmas season and, this year, the second Sunday after Christmas.  Today we look at the promises of our loving Father for every believer, regardless of what the new year brings.

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Find and download this sermon as an episode of the Route 42 podcast at https://route42.buzzsprout.com/ or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, iHeart Radio, and more.

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can now subscribe to Christ the King's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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At Christ the King, the Elves who take care of the church road sign put up this one a couple weeks ago:  "I'm also making a list and checking it twice - signed, God."  Although that's not a Bible verse, it's the theme of Pastor Cahill's Christmas Eve sermon this year.  And the sermon itself is a bit different - a series of intertwined readings and comments on this theme. 

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#values,#caring,#acceptance,#family,#joy

If you have a friend, relative, neighbor or coworker who you think might benefit from listening to this episode, why not share it with them?

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can subscribe to the Christ the King YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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This fall we've been concentrating on values that we have here at Christ the King: so far, we've talked about Caring, Acceptance, and Family.  In December we turn to Joy as our worship emphasis.  

Last week we heard that "joy" in the Bible is the result of what happens when Jesus shows up on the scene - whether it's John the Baptist's joy that, even while he was in prison, he knew that his job as "best man" for Jesus the Bridegroom was complete, or our joy that, even while we're still here on earth, Jesus is in the process of taking us home to heaven to join Him, the angels, and those we love who are already there.

This week we'll hear that "joy" in the Bible results not only when Jesus shows up on the scene, but even when someone just hears the news that Jesus has come.    I'm joined today by special guest Mr Randy Hall of the Gideons International.  You can learn more about the ministry of the Gideons here: https://gideons.org/

#values,#caring,#acceptance,#family,#joy

If you have a friend, relative, neighbor or coworker who you think might benefit from listening to this episode, why not share it with them?

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can subscribe to the Christ the King YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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This fall we've been concentrating on values that we have here at Christ the King: so far, we've talked about Caring, Acceptance, and Family.  In December we turn to Joy as our worship emphasis.  

We're getting closer to the big day - Christmas!  The day the angels sang to the shepherds "To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior - Christ the Lord!"  It's supposed to be a "message of great joy to all people" - but there are still a lot of people who can't see the joy.  The struggles, sins, and problems of their lives are overwhelming and complex, and they just can't seem to see a light at the end of the tunnel.  But the birth of Jesus tells us that, even if they can't see it yet, the light has come to lead them out of the tunnel, the valley of the shadow of darkness, into the waiting and loving arms of Jesus.

#values,#caring,#acceptance,#family,#joy

The suicide intervention training referred to in this episode is https://www.livingworks.net/asist

If you have a friend, relative, neighbor or coworker who you think might benefit from listening to this episode, why not share it with them?

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can subscribe to the Christ the King YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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This fall we've been concentrating on values that we have here at Christ the King: so far, we've talked about Caring, Acceptance, and Family.  In December we turn to Joy as our worship emphasis.  

We hear and see that word "Joy" a lot during the season leading up to Christmas.  It seems to show up in bright lights, colorful decorations, upbeat songs and carols, and more.  But starting with this service and sermon, we'll learn that "joy" is not just an emotion - God tells us in the Bible that joy is the product of the deep, caring, loving, sometimes hard work of our Triune God for you even in your most difficult circumstances.  

#values,#caring,#acceptance,#family,#joy

If you have a friend, relative, neighbor or coworker who you think might benefit from listening to this episode, why not share it with them?

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can subscribe to the Christ the King YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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As we conclude our month-long focus on Family as one of the things we value here at Christ the King, our readings from God's Word today look at the love that God the Father has for us who are His children, and two implications for our lives here together.

#values,#caring,#acceptance,#family,#joy

If you have a friend, relative, neighbor or coworker who you think might benefit from listening to this episode, why not share it with them?

You can follow Christ the King Lutheran Church on Facebook and Instagram @ctkodi; you can subscribe to the Christ the King YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtyvkXh49DQsfPowk5_xUiw; and you can follow Pastor Cahill on Twitter @revcahill.  You can reach Pastor Cahill by email through the Christ the King website at www.christthekinglodi.org.

For up-to-date information on our ministry projects and events, check out our special website here https://ctkseasonofgrace.mystrikingly.com/

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