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Repent
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioDecember 5, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Advent 2Repent The word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (Luke 3:2-3) Whenever Christ comes let us meet him with…
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How To Prepare For The Lord’s Coming
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioNovember 30, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras How To Prepare For The Coming Of our LordAdvent 1A Moreover, knowing the time, that the hour is come for you to be awakened and arise from sleep; for your salvation is nearer now than when you first believed. The Night is far gone and the…
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The Procession
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioNovember 23, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Last Sunday Of The Church YearThe Procession A large contingent of the people processed after him and of the women as well, who wailed and lamented for him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem! Do not weep for me! But for yourselves, and…
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Puzzle Solved
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioNovember 16, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Pentecost 23C “He said to them, “See to it that you are not deceived because many will come in my name saying, ‘I am he’ and the time is near. Do not follow them! And when you hear of wars and chaotic confusion, do not be…
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Sons Of The Resurrection
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioNovember 9, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Pentecost 22Sons Of The Resurrection “But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. Now he is not God of the…
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Supremely Happy
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioNovember 2, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras All SaintsSupremely Happy As we hear the Lord’s words today let us keep in mind that the word “blessed” used in the beatitudes means to be supremely happy. And so Jesus says: 3 Supremely happy are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.4…
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Reformation 508 Years Later
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioOctober 26, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Reformation 508 Years Later “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32) —Reformation Sunday is a Lutheran tradition but today let us view it from a different perspective because to reform also means to re-order. Jesus says in today’s…
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The Importunate Church
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioOctober 19, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Luke 18:1-6 (DKV) 1 Then Jesus told them a parable teaching them that it was necessary for them to pray at all times and never to lose heart 2 saying, “There was a certain judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor regarded man.…
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TEN LEPERS REDUX
Christ Lutheran ChurchCleveland, OhioOctober 12, 2025by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Pentecost 18CTen Lepers Redux … As he was making his way to Jerusalem, passing between Samaria and Galilee; he entered a certain village where ten men suffering from leprosy met him: they stood at a distance and cried out aloud, “Jesus! Master! Have mercy on us!”…
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Know The Score
Christ Lutheran Church Cleveland, Ohio October 5, 2025 by: Rev. Dean Kavouras Pentecost 17 Know The Score And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that there should be no temptations to sin! But woe! to the person through whom they come. It would be better for that person that a millstone be tied…