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Luke 19:28-44

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John M. Braaten

Palm Sunday is an event in Christ's life that many people, particularly young people, enjoy. It is action packed, filled with lots of commotion and noise - especially noise. It centers around a grand parade with all the excitement and frenzied emotion of a political convention. The "Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem," as it is sometimes called, includes people lining the streets craning their necks ...

2. The Sound of Weeping

Luke 19:28-44

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Wallace H. Kirby

Have you ever conducted a private survey of the human ear? It is a fascinating experience. It's an interesting way to pass the time while waiting for your appointment in a doctor's office, or for your mate to finish some shopping, or for a plane to arrive at the terminal, or if you are sitting in a meeting that begins to drag. This exercise is more a comparison than a survey. It involves looking c...

3. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

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Wallace H. Kirby

My children may not remember how I used to cross my legs, balance one of them on the toe of my shoe, hold on to their tiny hands as they leaned against my leg, and bounce them up and down, singing: Ride a cock horse to Banbury crossTo see a fine lady upon a white horse.With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,She shall have music wherever she goes. Sometimes they would have to hang on for d...

4. The Seduction of the Palms

Luke 19:28-40

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Leonard Sweet

In the euphoria and exuberance of this morning's celebration, the church must not be seduced into losing sight of its central mission and message: obedient service. In the previous centuries, when paper was an expensive commodity and letter writing the only way to keep in touch, writers found an interesting way to economize. One piece of paper could be made to hold twice as much information by pr...

5. The King of Life

Luke 19:28-44

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Thomas Slavens

Palm Sunday • Palm Sunday • Each person has a king. Restated, each person has something that they hold to be most important in life. Some people make money the king of their lives. In the United States money is the king for many. Alexis de Tocqueville said in 1835: I know of no country, indeed, where the love of money has taken stronger hold on the affections of men.1 Ogden Nash, with tongue in...

6. The Grief Of God

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

A sermon by Donald B. Strobe, for the University United Methodist Church of East Lansing, Michigan on Sunday, March 30, 2003. I am thankful that, during the forty years of my pastoral ministry, I only had to conduct one funeral for a soldier who was killed in Vietnam. Believe me, one was enough! One was too many! I knew him well; his mother was part of our church staff. I tried to be as comfortin...

7. Your King Comes

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

Belle Starr was one of the few women outlaws in the Old West, and so she gained widespread notoriety. One day, Judge Isaac Parker was attempting to try a case, but he couldn’t get the courtroom’s attention. Even the members of the jury had wandered from the jury box to stare out the courtroom windows. What was the source of all the excitement? Outlaw Belle Starr was riding by on her horse, and eve...

8. Pet Rocks and the Big Reveal

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

(Growing Strong in the Season of Lent, Palm Sunday) Does anybody remember when pet rocks became a big fad in this country? In April 1975, Gary Dahl was in a bar listening to his friends complain about their pets. This gave him the idea for the perfect “pet” -- a rock. Think about it. A rock would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, or groomed; furthermore, pet rocks would not die, become sick, o...

9. If the Stones Cried Out

Luke 19:28-40

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King Duncan

(With apologies to Mick Jagger) For most of his ministry, Jesus tried to hide his true identity. He often referred to himself as the Son of Man, and when others tried to worship him or spread the news of his miracles, he told them to keep silent. He didn’t want their praise or publicity. Not yet. His time had not yet come. But it’s time now. As he makes his way to Jerusalem, the time is at hand ...

10. When We Feel Unwanted

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

Is there any pain that stays with us longer than that of not being wanted, of being rejected? This rejection may come from our family, our friends, colleagues or even the greater society. An older man was recounting his teenage years. He said, “Back when I was a boy, we played spin-the-bottle. We played it this way, we spun the bottle and if it landed on you, the girls were supposed to kiss you, ...

11. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

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George Bass

A flashback - that's what this story is when it is read on the First Sunday in Advent. It has nothing to do with Jesus' birth, nor with Christmas. It has to do with his true identity, his last days before his death, his coronation as "the King of the Jews" on the cross of Calvary. And it ties together Christ the King Sunday, the end of one church year, and Advent, the beginning of a new church yea...

12. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Exalted"

Luke 19:28-40, John 19:14-30

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Billy D. Strayhorn

One Palm Sunday, a mother took her three-year-old nephew to Church. When the ushers walked down the aisle with armloads of palms, the little boy cried out, "Oh boy, corn on the cob!" (1) At another Palm Sunday service, a woman was holding her 5-year-old niece on her lap while they listened to the pastor's sermon. The preacher described Jesus' approach to Jerusalem and how the crowds cried, "Hosan...

13. How To Bring Tears To Jesus' Eyes

Luke 19:28-44

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John R. Brokhoff

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not." And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, "Would that even today, you knew the things that make for peace." (Luke 13:34; 19:41-42) Bill and Judy were traveling across the country wi...

14. The Door of Celebration

Luke 19:36-44

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J. Howard Olds

In the early 1800's, Henry Milman wrote a Palm Sunday hymn containing some lyrics that go like this: Ride on, ride on in majesty, In lowly pomp ride on to die. Bow thy meek head to mortal pain, Then take, O God, thy power and reign. Palm Sunday is a paradox. This opening event of Holy Week is bittersweet. We break the gloom of Lent with loud hosannas only to see a cross rising on the horizon. On...

15. A Parade That Gets Ugly

Luke 19:28-44

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Glenn E. Ludwig

The city was in the mood for a celebration. Streets jammed with people from all corners of the world. The Holy City was a frenzy of activity; voices pitched a little higher than normal; children scampering about with greater abandon; people talking and greeting and gathering. The crowd had formed, larger than a normal Passover crowd; large enough to worry the Roman soldiers; large enough to worry ...

16. Make A Choice

Luke 19:28-44

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Robert Beringer

Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday as it is now called in some churches is certainly one of the greatest festivals of the Christian Year. However, for many years, I wondered just what this day really does signify in terms of the everyday life of a Christian. Is it simply a reminder that fickle human beings can shout ''Hosanna'' one day, and then a few days later, those same people cry, ''Crucify him''?...

17. Jesus’ Trail of Tears (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 19:28-44

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J. Howard Olds

If you happen to love basketball as much as I do, March Madness is a strange mixture of cheers and tears. Wins and loses are determined in split seconds leaving fans in the arena shouting for joy or crying in pain. Such is life. Palm Sunday is a little bit like that. Children are singing. Hosannas are ringing; even the rocks begin to roll a little bit for joy. But not everyone this Palm Sunday is...

18. Cheering Stones

Luke 19:28-44

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Herchel H. Sheets

It was an excited crowd that lined the road and followed Jesus into Jerusalem on his "triumphal entry." The cheers were loud and enthusiastic. Generally Jesus had sought to discourage such acclaim, but this time he voiced no opposition to it. There were others who did, however. The Pharisees in the crowd considered the conduct of his disciples to be totally inappropriate, and they called upon him ...

19. Don't Let the Parade Pass You By

Luke 19:28-44

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Bill Bouknight

America’s great child-philosopher, Dennis the Menace, offered this observation as his mother washed his dirty hands: "Margaret’s Mom must like me. I heard her say, ‘I just wish he was my child for five minutes.’" The people of Jerusalem had a similar kind of love/hate attitude toward Jesus. They cheered him on the first Palm Sunday as he entered Jerusalem, but then shouted "Crucify him" the follo...

20. The Things That Make for Peace

Luke 19:28-44

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Mark Trotter

Each gospel has a different version of what happened during this Holy Week. This year we look at Luke's version. We will stay with Luke as we move through the services of Holy Week. The calendar is printed before you in the bulletin. We start this morning with Luke's version of what happened on this Sunday, the Sunday he entered the city. Our vision of Palm Sunday has been shaped by the Church's ...

21. He Comes As He Came

Luke 19:28-44

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Maxie Dunnam

Sometime ago there appeared a cartoon in The New Yorker magazine which depicted that dramatic story in the Old Testament of Moses' parting the Red Sea and the Israelites passing through on dry land. Actually, the moment depicted in the cartoon is when the water has been parted and the Israelites are moving swiftly through the passage. Moses is irritated because, obviously, someone has said somethi...

22. The Art Of Borrowing And Lending A Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

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Maxie Dunnam

Imagine it. You've just bought a brand new BMW. You have had it a week. It only has 200 miles on it. You are coming to church on Sunday morning and you stop by the bank to get a little bit of cash from the automatic teller. While you are there, two men walk up and tell you that their leader has told them to borrow your car because their master is going to ride in it down Poplar Avenue to the cente...

23. "On The Way To The Cross"

Luke 19:28-44

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"And when they drew near and saw the city he wept over it." Luke 19:41 Palm Sunday is a hard day for preachers. At a breakfast gathering for clergy last week the question was asked, "Have you ever heard a good Palm Sunday sermon?" The consensus was no, we had not. We decided that perhaps part of the reason for that is that Palm Sunday is the crowd’s day ... Palm Sunday is the disciples’ day ... P...

24. Crying On Palm Sunday

Luke 19:28-44

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Donald B. Strobe

Ernie Campbell once preached a sermon with the title: "Did Jesus cry? In it he took issue with the familiar Christmas lullaby (sometimes attributed to Martin Luther), which contains the words: "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head." The second verse is the one that caught his attention: "The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes. But little Lord Jesus, no...

25. Pay It Forward!

Luke 19:28-44

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Leonard Sweet

There is no place like an island to bring home how vitally interconnected we are to each other. The other night, one lone deer on tiny Shaw Island managed to plunge all the San Juan County islands into complete darkness and powerlessness for about five hours. This deer, it seems, decided to cross the road at the same time some unsuspecting driver (and there are only about 50 cars on the entire is...

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