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2476. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... powerful symbol here – Christ does not just deal with the surface issues of life. He doesn’t just fix us up a little bit, putting a band-aid here and a band-aid there. He goes to the depths, permeating our whole being with his forgiving, abiding, restoring, healing love. So I end as I began with the prayer of Paul – may the God of peace make you Holy through and through, may you be kept in soul and mind and body in spotless integrity until the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He who has begun his work ...

2477. He Comes As He Came

Luke 19:28-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... was a powerful man and one of the great English preachers of another generation. As a young seminary student, he fell in love with a certain young woman. He was reluctant to propose to her, explaining, "I think God has laid it on my heart to ... . Only those who do it unto the least of these because they do it unto Christ. Only those who love their sisters and brothers whom they can see as an expression of loving God whom they can't see. Only those who move beyond saying, 'Lord, Lord", to acting as the Lord ...

2478. Clean Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... a man that makes him "unclean.'" Jesus is saying here, "Don't judge your devotion to God by how clean your hands are. Your devotion to God shows in your ethics, your attitudes, your motives. And most important, your devotion to God shows in your love for others." PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RELIGIOUS RITUALS TO GOD. That is what Jesus is saying to them. Remember where Jesus had just been. He and his friends had been ministering in Gennesaret. This is how Mark describes Jesus' ministry in Gennesaret: "And ...

2479. God's Battle Against Sin

Zephaniah 1:1-3

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... faithful and humble remnant (Zephaniah 3:11-13). The fourth line of verse 17 reads in the Hebrew, "He will hold his peace in his love," and the reference is to the war cry of God in 1:14. No longer does he shout as he enters into battle with his ... clothing, teaches Jesus, and even of our ability to have children and our families, adds Hosea (9:11-14). God is the Lord of love, who accompanies us daily, who constantly forgives us and guides us and strengthens us on our way. He keeps us from falling into ...

2480. Endings

Isaiah 43:14-28

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... price for them. Psalm 44:9-10, 12 Israel's life as a people was at an end, because God had deserted her, she was sure. "My way is hid from the Lord," she mourned, "and my right is disregarded by my God" (Isaiah 40:27). The end of a loving human relationship is bad enough, but the end of our relationship with God is worst of all. The glad news of our text for the morning is that, for God, there are no sorrowful endings. Rather, there is always a future. "Remember not the former things," God tells the exiled ...

2481. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

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Maxie Dunnam

... work of Christ. Christ’s death for each one of us is complete. He took our place. He paid all that we would ever owe for redemption. The creed states it beautifully: “For us men and our salvation. . .” We really comprehend the extent of God’s love only when we grasp the idea that had you or I been the only person alive in Jerusalem on that awful Friday at Golgotha, Jesus would have died for us. That’s unbelievable, isn’t it – extravagant – radical – but that’s what grace is. Awful Friday ...

2482. On the Road Again

Luke 24:13-35

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Maxie Dunnam

... are suffering, the poorest of the poor, those disenfranchised by the world. She tells the story of walking past an open drain and catching a glimpse of something moving in it. She investigated and found a dying man whom she took back to her home where he could die in love and peace. It took Mother Theresa and her sisters two hours to get the lice off the man and give him the bath he had not had in who knows how long. “I live like an animal in the streets,” the man told her. “Now I will die like an ...

2483. The Church: An Enclave of Resistance v2

Romans 12:1-8

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Maxie Dunnam

... don’t want to do that, go on and turn your computers on and we’ll be with you in a moment.” Mrs. Rezario was fired the next day. No appeals. No second chances. There are teachers in the New York public school system that belong to the Man-Boy Love Association. They think it’s OK for adults to have sex with children. And they are teachers in the New York City school system. There is a woman in the New York City school system, a counselor, who a couple of years ago took a fifteen-year-old girl to ...

2484. What Making a Difference Looks Like

Matthew 5:1-12

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Phil Thrailkill

... Bible is, these eight blessings of Jesus are biblical, and by that I mean more than that they are found in the Bible. They are eminently biblical because, like the two tables of the Ten Commandments and the two parts of the Great Commandment, they put the love of God first, then the love of neighbor flowing from it as a spring becomes a creek and a creek a river. Unless you know my Lord, says Jesus, you will not be of much use in the deep dramas of history. You will be a prop instead of a participant. First ...

2485. Some Things Ought Not to Happen

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

James L. Killen

... promised, was born, Sarah demanded that Abraham send Hagar and her child away. It did not seem to matter to her that she would be sending them out into the desert to die. Abraham did not want to do that. Both of the boys were his sons and he loved them both. But jealousy, and the tendency always to live in competition, decreed that one of Abra-ham's sons was destined to be the chosen one and one was to be the outcast. Wherever people believe that they must live in competition with each other, one is almost ...

2486. With a Song in Your Heart

Ephesians 1:3-14

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James L. Killen

... blind and taken by members of his party to Damascus. There, a brave Christian named Ananias, one of those whom Saul had come to arrest, came to him and shared the Christian faith with him. Paul accepted the Christian faith as his own faith. He experienced God's freely given love. He knew himself forgiven for all of the bad things he had done. He was given a new way of life and a new purpose to live for and he found great joy in it. Paul's life was no longer an easy one. He traveled all around the ancient ...

2487. Adam's Legacy

Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... Jesus. But he could not bear the thought of his son's friend dying without knowing Jesus as his Savior. So, he sacrificed his own son to save the son's friend." The old minister paused and looked over those seated before him. Then he continued, "How great is the love of God that he should do the same for us. Our Heavenly Father sacrificed his only begotten son so that we could be saved. If you do not yet know him, I urge you to accept his offer to rescue you and take hold of the lifeline he is throwing ...

2488. Uncle Abraham

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

William G. Carter

... a father." Abraham did as he was told, even though it felt like his body was as good as dead. Maybe you might think God loved him because he did what God wanted him to do. The truth is, God had already said, "I'm going to make you the father ... day, that very dark day, when God sneaked up on him one more time, "Abraham! Take your son, your only son Isaac, the son whom you love, and offer him on the mountain as a burnt offering." Abraham didn't say a word. He saddled the donkey, stacked the wood, and took ...

2489. Complete Joy

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... to be a part of his work here, then Paul has a claim on them to do what he wishes. If there is any consolation from love, any encouragement for us from our fellow believers, any comfort in our times of sorrow and loss from the body of Christ, then Paul has a ... grief, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. If there is any compassion and sympathy, if there is any affection, love, deep feeling, pity, or mercy, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. And that is the critical point - what Paul ...

2490. Further on Up the Road

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Sermon

Rick Brand

... those who have died in faith and in hope and reunite the living with those who have died before. There is no preference of the living over the dead. The power of God's resurrection will bring forth out of the power of death all those who have lived and loved in the joy of Christ. That is why Paul says we do not grieve as those who have no hope. This is the great good news that the Christian faith has to speak to a dying world. Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the faith that those who live ...

2491. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... discipline, which she called "waiting on God." She found different ways of waiting. One of the ways of waiting she found was to read poetry. She read particularly the poetry of George Herbert, the 17th century Anglican priest. She said that she memorized Herbert's poem on love so that she could use it as a means of centering. She said, "One day while reciting the poem, Christ himself came down and took possession of me." Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I ...

2492. This Is Not Rocket Science

Acts 2:1-8

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Mark Trotter

... one family in the Church. That is why the Spirit came down to the Church at Pentecost, so that the disciples could speak a language that would unite all people, speak a language that all people could understand. It turned out that that language was the language of love. The Church had a special word for it. They called it, "koinonia." It is a Greek word that is translated as "fellowship." But it is a special fellowship. It is a fellowship of caring for one another the way Christ has cared for us. And it is ...

2493. A Discussion Among Angels

Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

... corrupts itself and that knowledge cannot save. There is no cure for the evil that is in the world ... except by giving more love to humans. The ways that are ordained for the earth are strange and unequal and the ways in which men and women walk ... up he will draw all people to himself, for he will still be the Son of God. And no heart that is open to love can help but love him since his love for humanity is so great that he is willing to die for them. Raphael: But how do you know all these things? Who are ...

2494. Proper 6

Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (9-23), Matthew 9:35-38, 10:1-42, Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... God tells Moses that if the people will keep the covenant, they shall be his people. Epistle: Romans 5:1-8; 6-11 God's love is seen in Christ's dying for sinners. It is not likely that anyone would die for a good person. How much less would one ... seen what I did to the Egyptians ... and brought you to myself" (v. 4). Epistle: Romans 5:1-8; 6-11 1. Amazing Grace. The love of God is seen in Jesus' dying for sinners - worthless, evil, polluted people who are forever bent on doing evil. What did God see in ...

2495. Let Familiarity Breed Contentment

Hebrews 13:1-25

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Leonard Sweet

... the Christian world: "Our Father, who art in heaven…" Or prayers of our ancestors like this one from The Book of Common Prayer, the General Thanksgiving: "We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace and for the hope of glory." Let familiarity breed contentment. Do you know you're a part of a tradition that gives you poets like George Herbert in the ...

2496. Let the River Flow

Colossians 1:15-23

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Leonard Sweet

... and endless possibilities contained in this hymn's assertion that in Christ all things cohere (NRSV: "hold together"). Our existence is not by chance or happenstance. Our lives are not at the whim of some impersonal cosmic forces. All who are in Christ share in his redemptive love and in the integral coherence he offers to our hearts and souls. So what does this doctrine of coherence mean to you and to me? How does it affect our lives? What difference does it make to each one of us if we truly live a life ...

2497. The Ultimate Happy Meal

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... stopping at the take-out window at the same time we're stocking our freezers with "Lean Cuisine?" Are we hungering for something that we just can't seem to satisfy, no matter how many Happy Meals we ingest? The issue is not eating. Jesus loved to eat. He was always going out to dinner, cooking meals for friends, inviting others to join him for a meal, ready to tend to the stomachs as well as the spirits of his disciples and followers. The straight-laced, rigidly religious Sadducees, Pharisees, and Scribes ...

2498. Are You a Leg-Grabbing Christian?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... on these simple life forms, Jesus declares, "will God not much more clothe you" (verse 30)? Jesus insists that his disciples not only stop worrying about their lives, but that they should have complete confidence in God's ever-present, ever-sustaining love and concern for all God's children. God's creation, Jesus reminds his listeners, was established with divine intentionality. Each living thing each animal, plant, fish should have what it needs to survive, be that fur or feathers, talons or teeth. God ...

2499. Get Out of Your Big Pickup Truck!

John 12:20-36

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Leonard Sweet

... to take within the order of creation, the more God must be able to absorb the risks and restore the loss incurred on the creatures in the order of salvation. If not, divine risk-taking falls out of the logic of love." (232) But the limitlessness, precariousness, and vulnerability of God's love for us means that "God is not only taking a risk in creating a world of freedom, and not only enduring and overcoming the risks of creation. According to Christian tradition, God is also assuming the victim's role in ...

2500. If We Had Known It Was You

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

James McCormick

... by it, significant change has taken place. One historian has claimed that four words brought about the virtual end to slavery in the world: “For whom Christ died.” Once we take seriously the fact that every human being is one for whom Christ died, one who is loved by God, then we can’t treat that person shabbily any more. That’s what Jesus was getting at when he laid down this radical principle. Listen to it again and try to wrap your mind around the greatness of it: “Just as you have done it to ...

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