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Incarnational Faith
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioApril 12, 2026by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Easter 2A Incarnational Faith Today let us learn something from Thomas, who despite his temporary doubt, is still known as Saint Thomas among us. If Thomas was at first a doubter he did not remain so for long. But he who first questioned the Lord’s resurrection…
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Passion Sunday
Today’s gospel (Matthew 26:1 – 27:66 DKV) serves also as our sermon. It is the divinely inspired account of our Lord’s suffering, death and burial. That said it is more than reportage. Because this is God’s Word, that carry’s the H.S. with it, it makes us more devoted to our Christ who was fully devoted…
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Jesus Redeems His Creation
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioMarch 19, 2023by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Lent 4Jesus Redeems His Creation For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant. I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up…
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Worship In Spirit And Truth
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioMarch 8, 2026by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Lent 3AWorship God But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth. For the Father seeks just such worshipers to worship him. God is Spirit and those who worship him must worship him in…
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Nicodemus 2.0
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioMarch 1, 2026by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Lent 2ANicodemus 2.0 Now there was a man one of the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a Ruler of the Jews; who came to him at night and said to him, “Rabbi! We know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one could do…
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Not By Bread Alone
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioFebruary 22, 2026by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Lent 1ANot By Bread Alone! Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted for forty days and nights, afterwards, he was hungry! Now enter the Tempter who said to him, “If you…
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Transfiguration: Jesus Given Glorified And Ratified
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioFebruary 15, 2026by: Rev. Dean Kavouras TransfigurationJesus Given Glorified And Ratified For we did not engage in cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we became eyewitnesses of his grandeur. For when he was honored and glorified by God the…
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Transfiguration 2026 – Rev. Lynn Podoll
Sermon Notes for 02/15/26 – Transfiguration – Christ – Matthew 17:1-9 “Lord, it is good that we are here,” Peter says in today’s Transfiguration Gospel reading. And then thanks to Joseph Robinson, we echo Peter’s words in the hymn we just sang, “’Tis good, Lord to be here! Thy glory fills the night; thy face…
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From Ergo To Dennoch
One of my favorite novels is the story of Alice in Wonderland. The story of a young girl’s adventures in a land where reality is turned upside down and nothing makes any sense appeals to us because sometimes in our lives things DON’T make sense. The author of the novel, Lewis Carroll, was a…
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The Cross
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioFebruary 1. 2026by: Rev. Lynn Podoll Epiphany 4—One of the very important principles of reading and interpreting the Bible is CONTEXT. It is something I have tried to drum into the heads of all the people I served in 5 parishes in my active ministry – and to some degree in my…