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226. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

... , and then another. He went over to check it out and he noticed that a couple small sparrows had flown into the glass pane and were fluttering in the snow drift below. He could then see many birds perched in the bushes ... shivering in the winter storm. The sentiments of the season had enlarged the man’s heart for he felt sorry for the feathered creatures. He thought about their plight. Slowly he went to the hall, put on his overcoat and boots, and went out the front door. He had decided to open the barn ...

227. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... which we live. Next year we shall again don the smiling mask and grab the bag of gifts to play the game of Christmas once more. Well, if it only lasts about a month, it perhaps is still worth it. No one can dismiss it as just a season of sentimental slush. The problem is the withdrawal. Bills, loneliness and weariness seem to be left in the wake of this high celebration. God doesn’t want it that way. He did not invade the earth for a few brief days in order to spread around some goodies and say "hello ...

228. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... my old man would put it that way. Because he’s got plenty of it. He could insulate his house with dollar bills if he wanted to. But he tells me, very solemnly, like a man saying a prayer, "Money isn’t everything, my son." GRACE That’s a beautiful sentiment. SETH That’s all it is. But I’ll tell you the truth: I love money. GRACE Just plain ordinary money? SETH There’s no such thing as ordinary money. It’s all special; it’s special just to have it in your pockets, or to look at, or to ...

229. Perhaps Next Summer...

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... always end up by sending a letter of condolence to their bereaved family. We’re going to start telling someone how much we love him or her and how much that person means to us - perhaps next summer. But somehow we always end up by putting those sentiments on tombstones. We’re going to volunteer to do some really worthwhile work for the church - perhaps next summer. But somehow we always get past the age or the convenient season when that can be done. In our day we’re confronted by a destructive sort ...

230. Freedom Can Be Frightening

Leviticus 25:8-55

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... . Brogan, the Professor of Political Science at Cambridge University: "The good American is confronted all over the world with two linked phenomena: first, the decline of empires; and second, the rise of nations. He can, as a good American, have no doubts as to the sentiments he must feel at the news and the noise of the pheonomena. He must rejoice that new nations devoted to the cause of freedom are arising - did not Americans set the example in that fateful and admirable year of 1776? But having paid this ...

231. Let the Son Shine in

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... really is, it has to be viewed under the penetrating rays of God’s light. His is the X-ray of Truth. Most importantly you and I must see ourselves and who we really are. Walking in God’s light means far more than a vague, sentimental notion that "Somebody up there likes me," or that God is looking down with a benign smile. Walking in God’s light requires rigorous honesty, coming clean and not only acknowledging, but confessing our sin. The central problem of our salvation is always that, as one author ...

232. Even The Bosses Wash Feet!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... problem with this footwashing. Simon Peter protested, "You shall never wash my feet." In one sense Simon Peter's protest was admirable. He was saying, "I'm too much of a sinner and you are much too great to be washing my feet." But there may have been another sentiment in Simon Peter's protest that was less noble. He may have been saying, "I don't want to let you do that much for me." Some people have trouble repenting of their sins and trusting Jesus as Savior because they don't want to be that indebted to ...

233. God of Wrath and Grace

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . The Apostle Paul declared, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men…” I have a fear that one day God may confront us preachers and declare, “You unfaithful servants, you changed my love into a sentiments, maudlin mess of mush; and you never warned my people about judgment, justice and my hatred of sin. Lots of people went to hell because you never sounded an alarm.” When prosperous people like us show callous disregard for the poverty stricken ...

234. Who Do You Say I Am?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Wherever we turn in life we are faced with the implications of this question. Throughout the ages various individuals have attempted to answer that question posed by Jesus. Ernest Renan, a French writer, answered it by saying that Jesus was a sentimental idealist. Bruce Barton, an American businessman, said that who Jesus was was the greatest salesman who ever lived. William Hirsch, A Jewish writer, responded that Jesus conformed to the clinical picture of paranoia. A musical dram was performed some years ...

235. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

Cast PATIENT - Resident of a nursing home (male) HOMEMAKER - Food-happy matron (female) SHOPPER - Wealthy, materialistic socialite (female) SPORTSMAN - Young ski enthusiast (male) MERCHANT - Toy store owner (male) TRADITIONALIST - Sentimental Swedish-American grandma (female) CORPORATION MAN - Heavy-drinking party-goer (male) *CHILD - Greedy little girl (female) WORKING WIFE - Frazzled victim of the Christmas rush (female) *May be read, in character, by an adult. Presentation time: about half an hour Using ...

236. The Vicarious Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... ") and one can safely claim it to be probably the most solemn day of the Church Year. By the same token, our scripture lesson today is certainly one of the greatest religious writings of all time in its relevance, lofty literary style and deep spiritual sentiment and devotion. Some persons among us may never have read it, but many remember those familiar lines in the aria and chorus of Handel’s Messiah: "He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief ..." and "All we like ...

237. Song of a Poet Laureate

Psalm 2:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... to accept the universal sovereignty the Eternal is pledging him. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. (Psalm 2:8) It is an exhilarating concept and it must have deeply stirred the patriotic sentiments of both king and onlookers at the coronation ceremonies, calling as it does for the exaltation of Israel but also for her "To cast the kingdoms old into another mould." To be sure, the Almighty does not promise everything will go smoothly in days to ...

238. Song of an Exile

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... the Lord always before me because he is at my right hand I shall not be moved. (Psalm 16:8) Significant here is the fact it is not peace of mind for which the psalmist is grateful. It is guidance. Hence his devotion is no static sentimentality. Rather, he is aware that the test of true faith is the bearing it brings on everyday opportunities and responsibilities. The very thought that God is continually counseling him in his day-by-day decisions is all the assurance the poet needs in facing his exile. A ...

239. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... so brutally simple ... so crucifyingly modest? Why does our maturation migration always have to wing its way home to the context of loving ... the art of loving ... the work of loving? It is just such a naive notion ... such an idealistic and sentimental vision ... such an exercise in hopeless frustration. If our maturity is always to be measured by the extent and depth of our commitment to loving, well, then we are all hopelessly destined to lives of foolishness and childishness. Even at the beginning ...

240. The Path of Quality

Drama

William Grimbol

... out of my own experience and observation of Life. For me ... well ... I believe that Christ entered Jerusalem, at the peak Passover tourist season, on the back of an ass, because there was, quite simply, NO WAY TO AVOID THE CROSS. Too stark ... too simple ... too sentimental an answer? Sorry, but if, as I believe, that Christ’s entire Life is a testimony to the Truth, then the Truth revealed here is this ... Life is at times brutal and unfair, and that the true test of those who choose to follow that ...

241. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... humbly that they should take all but the naked thorns away. Then of the thorns the children made a crown. And with rough fingers pressed it down, Till on his forehead fair and young Red drops of blood like roses sprung.1 There is lovely sentiment in that. Other legends turn to the bizarre and miraculous. One of the apocryphal stories says that one day Jesus and some of his playmates were making little mud animals, the way youngsters do today with Playdough; but when Jesus finished shaping his bird, the ...

242. Jesus the Hope of the World

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... t mean the work stops. Jesus gave me hope. He showed me what I could be. He gave me something that I didn’t think I could ever have. He gave me love and respect. That is something everyone needs. That is something you can give to everyone. Thomas: Nice sentiments. But it won’t work in the real world. Mary: What do you mean it won’t work in the real world? Jesus lived in the real world. He told us that what he started could change the whole world. That, if there were enough workers, the world could be ...

243. Not of the World

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... manage their assets so that they might be financially secure. So far so good. Then the preacher said: "God does not want anybody to be poor. God does not want us to have to rely on anyone else for our earthly financial security." While the sentiment expressed here is all right, such a statement simply cannot square with biblical realities. These true stories have illustrated for me the incredible ways in which the values of the world that we live in and the values held by some Christian people are virtually ...

244. All-Out Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength" (Deuteronomy 6:4). No one can study the Shema carefully, or recite it prayerfully, and think of love for God in simplistic and sentimental ways. Loving God requires nothing less than the complete commitment of the whole self: heart, soul, mind, and strength. It is understood, of course, that the self cannot be divided into such neat categories and tidy compartments. In Hebrew psychology there is much ...

245. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... forcibly entered the bishop’s residence. Occupants were tortured with electrical shocks and forced to confess that Bishop Casaldaliga was an agitator, who wanted to incite the people to armed struggle. The media did everything in their power to create popular sentiment to have him expelled from the country. But the bishop rode out the storm, stating that the persecution being inflicted upon him and the poor he defended was "the hour for decision: either with the people and Christ, or against Christ ...

246. A Cup Running Over

John 11:17-37

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... feature of the story of the raising of Lazarus is the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear it once more: "Jesus wept." There is more than "mere" sympathy in that simple verse. The tears that he shed were not merely the overflow from a surface pool of sentimentality; they spilled from a well of compassion that had its source at the very core of a caring heart. John wants us to know that. "Now Jesus loved Martha and Mary," he writes. It is a simple statement, but it is not a casual observation. It grips us ...

247. How Can We Foretell the Future?

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... concerns; our capabilities; our characteristic behavior; and our choices. I First, if we want to foresee a future bright with God’s promise, we have to fulfill the condition of having the right concerns. Edmund Burke said, "Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young men, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation." In April, 1986, Harold E. Wagoner, a leading architect of church buildings, died in his suburban Philadelphia home. Mr. Wagoner ...

248. What Do We Do Now That We’re Happy?

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... moment came and went, and life slipped out from under them ever so relentlessly. Oscar Wilde, among his many marvelous insights, said, "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."* The sentiment seems at first overly caustic and cynical. What would life be without getting what we want? Yet, having got it, how does life sustain the high expectation our wants are to fulfill. Somehow getting what we want at one grand event does not sustain ...

249. Proper 19

Proverbs 22:1-16, James 2:1-13, James 2:14-26, Mark 8:27-30, Mark 8:31--9:1

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... belong and with whom our loyalties lie. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most loyal God, we confess how fickle we sometimes are in our devotion to you and the work of your Kingdom. Try as we might to be dedicated Christians, our attention wanders and our sentiments shift. Forgive us, we pray. Fill us with an extra measure of your Spirit, that we may become more constant and consistent disciples of the living Christ. In his name we pray. Amen

250. Proper 22

Gn 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... have in Christ that by grace makes us sons and daughters to you. In his name we pray. Amen Gospel: Mark 10:2-16 Theme: Childlike receptivity to the Kingdom of God Exegetical note: The second of the two pericopes contained here is not a sentimental portrait of childhood innocence, as it is often depicted, but a straightforward lesson about the proper attitude toward God’s gracious gift of the Kingdom. The key idea here is not innocence, but receptivity. Without the kind of receptivity that a child has to a ...

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