Waikoloa Lutheran Church

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71537920232447012462011-07-07T14:25:48.991-10:00Waikoloa Lutheran ChurchRevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-71212672945663387842010-03-07T18:11:00.001-10:002010-03-07T18:13:19.958-10:00The Earthquake and Tsunami That Stunned Europe

The Earthquake and Tsunami That Stunned EuropeLuke 13: 1-9Third Sunday in LentMarch 7, 2010If today’s sermon seems too serious or too morbid, please bear with me. During the season of Lent, the Scripture readings are very serious and people in today’s culture would consider the Scripture themes dark. But for those who trust in Christ, no matter how bleak a subject matter is, there is always the

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-27054329830768072272010-03-06T21:50:00.001-10:002010-03-06T21:51:58.863-10:00Majority Doesn't Always Rule

Majority Doesn’t Always RuleJeremiah 26: 8-15Second Sunday in LentFebruary 28, 2010Like all or at least most of us here this morning, I firmly believe that democracy is the best form of government whether it be in running a nation, state, county, church, Lions Club or Cat Lovers Society. Faulty as it may be and considering all the alternatives, making decisions based on majority rule is the

MewLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01270043721823330843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-21173195893700290452010-03-06T21:48:00.001-10:002010-03-06T21:49:34.072-10:00The Big Catch - Not For A Touchdown, But Fish

The Big CatchLuke 5: 1-115th Sunday after the EpiphanyFebruary 7, 2010Today is the biggest day of the year for two cities, New Orleans and Indianapolis. More huge than Mardi Gras or the Indy 500. A colossal event took place, too, in today’s Scripture reading from Luke chapter 5. For a commercial fisherman named Peter, something more exciting than the Super Bowl took place in his life. He had

MewLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01270043721823330843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-22211601990609703732010-01-05T20:05:00.001-10:002010-01-05T20:08:54.270-10:00Wisdom for the Next Decade

Sermon from: January 3, 2010Sermon based on: 1 Kings 3: 4-152nd Sunday after ChristmasWhen I was a boy I often imagined how exciting it would be when the year 2000 came around.Somehow I had this childish fantasy that when the year 2000 arrived, people would be driving vehicles with no wheels. Cancer would be virtually eliminated just as polio and TB had in the late 1900s. Jet airliners would

MewLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01270043721823330843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-72325976390804150282009-12-22T09:23:00.002-10:002009-12-22T09:27:32.593-10:00Too Slow, Too Fast

Sermon from 12/20/2009: Too Slow, Too Fast From Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39-454th Sunday of AdventLuke 1:39, 40“In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.”Today’s third Scripture reading features two women, Mary and her relative Elizabeth. Both were Jewish. Both were miracle mothers with

MewLanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01270043721823330843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-46995995710184184252009-12-06T19:16:00.003-10:002009-12-06T20:24:21.454-10:00Refined Like Gold

Sermon from December 6, 20092nd Sunday in AdventFrom scripture: Malachi 3:3 Introduction Some of the finest natural gold is mined or panned in places like Australia, Alaska, California and Georgia. But even in these gold centers, those who buy raw gold say that one hundred per cent pure gold in its natural state either does not exist or is extremely rare. 98% pure gold is probably the

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-91233221270081510392009-11-14T09:48:00.003-10:002009-12-06T20:24:45.616-10:00The Great Tribulation; The Great Celebration

Sermon From: November 1, 2009All Saints DayFrom Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17Today’s Scripture reading from the Book of Revelation refers to a Great Tribulation and a Great Celebration. Let’s first consider the Great Tribulation.In the original language of the New Testament, the word tribulation meant pressure that results in crushing an object. Tribulation then was used to describe affliction,

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-77271154660615488002009-09-05T17:40:00.002-10:002009-09-05T17:43:06.659-10:00A Wise and Understanding People

Sermon from: August 30, 200913th Sunday after PentecostFrom Scripture: Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-9OpeningOne of the highest compliments we can say about someone is “she or he gets it.” “To get it” means to understand, to have a grip on what’s really happening, or to know what needs to be done.If you are a man and married, and your wife says to others, “My husband gets it,” you are in rare

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-50597305874031164962009-08-29T18:09:00.003-10:002009-12-06T20:25:29.130-10:00Turned Upside Down

Sermon from August 23, 200912th Sunday after PentecostBased on Scripture: Isaiah 29:16 IntroductionThere are some things in life where being upside down isn’t a bad thing.About two years ago people were all excited about growing tomatoes upside down. You could buy an upside down tomato planter for $19.99. An upside down tomato plant had advantages.When I was growing up, at just about every pot

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-25750002066587466902009-08-29T18:04:00.002-10:002009-08-29T18:09:33.807-10:00No Other Good Alternative

Sermon from: August 16, 200911th Sunday after PentecostBased on Scripture: John 6: 51-59 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206:51-59;&version=NIV;IntroductionIn Stephen Crane’s novel The Red Badge of Courage, the main character is an 18 year old private who deserts his Union battalion in the heat of battle. The young soldier’s name is Henry Fleming. Henry justifies his actions on

RevLeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435948227776680736noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7153792023244701246.post-41550560988313409412009-08-10T18:44:00.004-10:002009-12-06T20:25:56.712-10:00A Man In A Meltdown

Sermon: Agust 9, 2009Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-8 10th Sunday after PentecostINTROWe’ve heard of nuclear plant meltdowns:Homer SimpsonChina syndromeChernobyl3 Mile IslandSome of us may even recall a really bad meltdown near Idaho Falls back in 1961.In a meltdown, a once tightly designed nuclear reactor just disintegrates and consumes itself.In our Bible text from I Kings 19 there once was a man in

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