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226. The Temple Of Wisdom

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... the late afternoon service of "Evensong," on my way home from work, weary from the day's routine. It just happened that the boys' choir was singing softly. The boys sang, "Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord, unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice, tender to me the promise of God's word, in God my Savior will my soul rejoice!" It was the sweetness of their voices and their song set against the harshness of experience, that suspended me. The song helped me to hold together the goodness and all ...

227. Solomon's Song Of Love

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... may get a little steamy. For the Song Of Solomon is a clear melody to sexual love. The song says that such love should be sought after and treasured when found. These poems are an unapologetic depiction of two lovers and all that they share, their tenderness, intimacy, longing, illusion, mutual esteem of and desire for each other's bodies. The Song Of Solomon is a song sung to the mysterious and glorious dimensions of human sexual love. Scholars have most often placed the Song in the body of biblical wisdom ...

228. God As Wisdom

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... and she will keep you. Love her and she will guard you." In the mid '70s there was a television program called "The Paper Chase," about life at the Harvard Law School which starred John Houseman as the gruff/tender quintessential Professor Kingsfield. Many clergy had professors like Kingsfield in seminary. The syllabi for these professors' courses always overwhelmed students with their "completeness." Reading assignments were lengthy. Writing assignments were weekly. He shot questions at us during precepts ...

229. The Compassionate Highway

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... His word upon the shoreline is the same word he speaks today. And the result is the same, for we, too, so often live as sheep without a shepherd! We would see Jesus! We would look upon The light in that divinely human face, Where lofty majesty and tender grace In blended beauty shone. We would see Jesus, and would hear again The voice that charmed the thousands by the sea, Spoke peace to sinners, set the captives free, And eased the sufferers' pain. We would see Jesus, yet not him alone But see ourselves as ...

230. Easter 4

Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24, John 10:1-21

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... know the Father." (v. 15) For Jesus, God was not an abstract being or an intellectual concept. The knowledge of each for the other arises from an I-Thou relationship of personal interaction. It was not merely an I-It relationship. It was also a tenderly mutual affair. 5. "Other Sheep." (v. 16) In the claim of Jesus to have other sheep Paul and others found authorization to include Gentiles in the church. The criteria for inclusion is not genealogy but the readiness to accept the lordship of Jesus. 6. "Fold ...

231. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... a guideline, that the spiritual relationship between God and woman or between mentor and follower is of father and daughter. If one's own father/daughter relationship were positive, then one might think of these qualities: tenderness, kindliness, shelter, guidance, respect, encouragement. Consider these elements of a less than positive relationship: financial liability, paternalism, sexism, ownership, irresponsibility, absence. Father is not a nasty word. One need not degrade the father in order to ...

232. Advent 2

2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the sheep. Outline: 1. The Israelites experienced the powerlessness and humiliation of defeat and captivity. 2. God responded to their plight with the promise of being their shepherd king. As king, he had power (v. 10). As shepherd, he had compassion and tenderness (v. 11). 3. As our Shepherd King, the Lord mixes power with compassion. Sermon Title: Shout It Out! Sermon Angle: Isaiah envisions a herald crying (shouting) out the good news of national salvation. The first shout of the messenger was to prepare ...

233. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... You've seen the movies where the hero hands his dewy-eyed woman companion his handkerchief. Isaiah holds up a moving image of God wiping away tears from all eyes (v. 8). Scripture testifies that the Lord is moved by our sorrows. He reaches out to tenderly daub our tear-stained cheeks. Outline: This is the day we give special effort in remembering our departed saints and loved ones. Three of the lessons picture God as being moved by our sorrows. In this text, God wipes away the tears from all sorrowing ones ...

234. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Bulletin Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... as in making love or showing anger. The usage here suggests that God's anger and holy passion does not flare up easily or suddenly. Our God is not a God of unbridled passion, always ready to strike out, but of holy passion, characterized by tenderness and forgiveness. 4. Sermon Title: When God Sighs. Sermon Angle: The Hebrew word translated "repent" (vv. 13-14), referring to God, is nacham. One of the meanings of this word is "sigh" or "breathe strongly." How our sins must make God sigh! A person usually ...

235. Easter 4

John 10:1-21, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... , the beloved disciple repeated: "Little children, love one another." Love remains the essence of Jesus' shepherding style of leadership. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd..."; Psalm 117 Prayer Of The Day: Shepherd and guardian of our souls, when we wander away from your tender care, gently lead us back into your fold, where we are known and loved. In your precious name. Amen.

236. Epiphany 8

Hosea 2:2-23, Mark 2:18-22, 2 Corinthians 3:1-6

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Russell F. Anderson

... feast taking place in the kingdom of heaven. The mission of the church is to announce the marriage of Christ and his church. Outline: 1. Hosea announces a renewal of the (marriage) covenant of God with Israel. God will woo his people. He will deal tenderly and lovingly with them. 2. In the Gospel Jesus calls himself the Bridegroom. 3. Christ betroths himself to the church (the pledge of his love is seen on the cross). 4. In Baptism and Holy Communion the covenant is made personal. 5. The wedding feast ...

237. If I Live To Be A Hundred

Psalm 30:4-5

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... and destruction he had seen in the trenches during "the war to end all wars" was etched in his memory for all time, and yet he had survived it, both physically and emotionally. But when his grandson, young Samuel Wilks Duncan III, had been killed in Vietnam at the tender age of nineteen, it had taken much prayer and effort to overcome his sense of anger and grief. And when Martha died in 1989, at the ripe old age of ninety, and his own heart beat on strong and steady, even though he knew it was broken, he ...

238. Boaz: I Am Blessed!

Ruth 4:13-22, Ruth 3:1-18

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... the God of Israel, as some of my contemporaries thought. The love and faithfulness of Ruth, the Moabitess, enabled Yahweh, not only to bless her mother-in-law, Naomi, but to do dramatic things for Israel, indeed, all humankind. God works in unusual ways. The tale is a tender one. Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi, were widows. Ruth, out of loyalty to Naomi, left her family and homeland to settle with her in Israel. That's how I came to know her. It was the time of the barley harvest. In your culture, you ...

239. Josiah Speaks: An Ancient King Brings Greetings

2 Chronicles 34:14-33, 2 Chronicles 34:1-13

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... reform. After only two years as king, he was murdered by a servant. I was left an orphan. At the age of eight I became king. I was under the tutelage of Hilkiah, the high priest. It is a terrible loss to give up one's father at such a tender age, but it was a great gain to be under the tutelage of Hilkiah and his fellow priests. The priests of the temple of Yahweh took no chances with me. I was tutored by them, instructed in the ways of the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, and Hezekiah ...

240. The End of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... does one express the depth, the breadth, the height of his or her feeling when one has found that "special one," that special prince charming, or princess? How does a mother express her joy when she holds her newborn baby in her arms? The joy, the tenderness, and love find no words to express adequately the language of the soul. But, one who has experienced such love can understand. Those of you who have experienced the ecstasy of love for God can understand how a person can burst forth in human sounds that ...

241. A Quiet Man · Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... 's need to bring out the best in him. Accordingly, long before anxious multitudes lay their afflicted loved ones in the streets for Peter's healing shadow to touch (Acts 5:15-16) Andrew was aware that his brother's crude exterior sheathed a tender heart. It was an insight to stand Andrew in good stead all his days. For if his own brother possessed such hidden assets, he reasoned, must not others be similarly endowed? So Andrew would pass no judgments drawn from appearances nor harbor prejudices against ...

242. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... he or she went. It is speculation, of course, but who is to say that at least some of the saints welcoming Jesus into Jerusalem on the day of his triumphal entry may not at some point have experienced the hospitality Mary and her kin had tendered weary travelers at their Bethany hearth? III Only once, so far as the scriptures tell us, did Mary witness to Jesus publicly. Beginning what was to prove his last journey to Jerusalem the Master had apparently made arrangements to spend the Sabbath with Mary's ...

243. A Woman Of Substance · Mary Magdalene

Lk 8:1-3

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... tired of portraying her as a lithe, auburn-haired young woman. But nothing in the gospels supports such a concept while first-century practices offer strong evidence against it. To begin with, Israel's stern code governing women would have required a girl of tender years to be strictly supervised by either her father or a male guardian, holding each severely to account for her conduct. Thus, it is highly improbable Mary would have traveled the countryside with any man -- not even a rabbi -- had she not been ...

244. Wedding Sermon: The First Marriage

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

James McKarns

... day, all over the world. It is that original love, created by God, which has brought this couple (__________ and __________) to the altar today. They have discovered each other, shared their histories and dreams, looked into each other's eyes, embraced in tenderness and said, "I love you." Thus every wedding takes us back to paradise, where it all began. Today they (__________ and __________) will vow their life-long promises to share their lives. Like that original union, this one, too, is a most happy ...

245. Wedding Sermon - Wedding Prayer

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Kenneth E. Crouch

... and giving and saying the kind word. Give them strength to endure the bitter moments that life may put in their way. Make strong their faith and their hope when they have to face problems that seem too big. May they long remember the exciting days of their courtship; may tender affection always be a part of their love for each other. Let them know that you are with them and that you care for them when the night seems darkest. We pray this in the Spirit of the Christ who taught us to pray, Our Father. Amen.

246. Dressing For The Marriage

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Mary Venema Swierenga

... It has to do with having a heart for the other, each of you having the other at heart. Literally, compassion means "a heart of pity." Compassion is an inner attitude you each have toward the other -- an inner stance you each take -- a fullness of tender caring for and about the other's vulnerability and strengths which will overflow into how you treat each other privately and in public. Compassion is an inner garment. On top of compassion, put on kindness. Now there's an article of clothing that you get to ...

247. Warning! In Case Of Rapture This Car Will Be Unmanned.

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth ...

248. "The Bitterness Of Betrayal"

Mark 14:43-52, Psalm 55:1-23

Sermon

R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... . And worse by far than the pain was the memory of his betrayal by his uncle. The sad deep hurt in his eyes as he told the story many years later, was not alone the memory of physical abuse. It was rather the memory of a deep trust and a tender love that had been betrayed. To be betrayed by anyone is a dreadful experience. To be betrayed by a friend or a loved one is the cruelest betrayal of all. While he and his disciples were in the Garden, Jesus had been betrayed several times. He had gone there with ...

249. Lent 2

Luke 13:31-35

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... we have received the full love of God. Hymn "How Firm A Foundation" Prayer Of Confession Unto thee, O Lord do I lift up my soul. I put my trust in thee, O God. Show thy paths, teach thy ways, lead in thy truth; remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies. Do not remember my sin. Take from me my self justification. Center me in thy will. Open me to thy spirit. Amen. Assurance Of Pardon The path of the Lord is mercy and truth to those who keep the covenant. Pardon shall be granted from thy iniquity. Deliverance ...

250. With Unwavering Trust

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... believing nothing. There is an old legend that when Peter was preaching following the ascension, if he heard the crowing of a rooster, he would be overcome for a moment with embarrassment and confusion. Then he would recover, and preach with renewed zest, more tenderly, earnestly, and convincingly than before. We need to remember these words from Romans 4:20: "No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was ...

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