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2501. Do They Pass The Test?

1 John 4:1

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... same way with people who claim to know God in a special way. There are a lot of people who would like for you to believe that they know the real truth about God and that their ideas are special and should be listened to with special care. The Bible says you want to be careful of people like that and test them over and over again to make sure that they are really teaching the way of God and not just their own special way. Some people know a lot about the Bible, but do not believe in it. They use ...

2502. Time For New Clothes

Ephesians 4:24

Children's Sermon

... of today's lesson. The lesson tells us that as Christians we should clothe ourselves in the likeness of God. Does anyone know what that means? (Let them answer.) That means that we should love others around us. We should help others who are in need. We should care for others. Being a Christian is like the girl in the story. She had the right clothes on at the right time. In summer she wore summer clothes. At the swimming pool she wore clothes for swimming. In the fall she wore clothes for school. Here's ...

2503. Watch the Clock?

2 Peter 3:8

Children's Sermon

... we could say, "Well, the hands on the clock just keep going round and round so time never really runs out." But we need to be careful not to think like that, because time does run out. And sometimes the clock will even stop. Then there is no more time. God has a ... day and a thousand years are the same thing." But for you and me, the clock is running down. God wants us to use our time carefully. Some day we will get surprised. The clock will stop and we will run out of time to do good things for God. In one way ...

2504. Something Special Coming

1 Corinthians 7:31

Children's Sermon

... live in is changing. Some day it will disappear. We may not like that idea, but God has a good reason. God is planning something even better than our world. It must be something pretty special, don't you think? God wants us to stay close to him and listen carefully for what may be coming. We want to be a part of it. And, while we live in the world the way it is, let's remember always to give thanks to God for giving it to us to use and ...

2505. God Never Forgets About Us

John 17:15

Children's Sermon

... know where they are. If you were their parents and you didn't know where they had gone, would you worry about them? (Talk about it.) I would worry, especially if they hadn't told me where they were going. They are not really old enough, are they, to take care of themselves all alone. For parents it can be a little bit scary sometimes letting our children go off on their own. We worry that something could happen to them. We worry they might get hurt and we wouldn't be right there to help them. How do you ...

2506. The Light Shows What is True

John 3:21

Children's Sermon

... planted. Their father gave the two boys all the seeds for every kind of vegetable you can imagine. He said to them, "I don't care which of you plants which of the seeds," but by dark tonight I want the garden completely planted. Do the two of you understand?" Both ... knees he went and started putting in the corn plants. But his brother had no intention of helping. He said, "Dad said he didn't care which of us did the work. So just make sure you get the whole garden planted. I'm going to have some fun." The ...

2507. A House For God

Hebrews 3:6

Children's Sermon

... at my house. The same thing is true for your house, the place where you live. That's where we meet the people we love and care about. That's where we do things together that we will remember the rest of our lives - have meals together, celebrate birthdays and baptisms and ... exciting idea, isn't it? But it's also a little bit scary. Because if God is using us for his house, we need to be really careful to be the right kind of house for God, or else God can't do his work in the way it should be done. Have you ...

2508. There's No Mistake

Hebrews 5:5b

Children's Sermon

... license, so the clerk can look at me and look at the license and then compare the information on the license with the check or the credit card and make sure it's the same person. Now, the picture may not make me look very good, but if you look carefully at it you can tell it is actually me. We are all concerned with identification. We want to know that somebody is really who they say they are. Sometimes people are even that way with God and his Son, Jesus. In the days when the Bible was written, some people ...

2509. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

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George Bass

... persons, who reflect God's love in their lives, are not only blessed by God, but those persons are a genuine blessing to others. Such people transmit the Christian faith by the good that they do in the world; they love God and they really care about other people, much as God loves and cares for all of his own. The Christian life begins with faith as a response to God's activity in Jesus and the Holy Spirit, it grows into the expectation of that which is yet to come - life forever in the kingdom of God - and ...

2510. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Acts 13:13-52, Numbers 27:12-23, Revelation 7:9-17

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George Bass

... blessing. In yet another mosaic, he is standing, to portray an "active" and Good Shepherd. Peter and Paul are on either side of him, four streams of water come from the ground and form a river. And there are sheep there, looking to the Good Shepherd, who cares for them and provides them with all their needs to maintain their faith in him and the Father. On returning to St. Agnes Church and looking at the chancel more closely, I discovered that there is another version of the Christ in Glory over St. Agnes ...

2511. Easter 5

John 13:31-38, Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 19:1-10, Acts 14:8-20, Leviticus 19:1-37, Acts 14:21-28, Psalm 145:1-21

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George Bass

... of the Lord. 4. God himself has said that this will take place and when all is ready. God's word is truth. Revelation 21:1-5 - "A New Heaven And Earth." 1. Sounds like ecology, doesn't it? Renew the ozone and the atmosphere, care for the earth (That was Joseph Sitler's call, The Care Of The Earth And Other Sermons, almost 40 years ago). Or perhaps it's a new and sharper vision, as through the space-based Hubble telescope. 2. It is a vision, but a vision of things to come and how they will be at the ...

2512. Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, Genesis 11:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 16:5-16, John 20:19-23, John 15:18--16:4

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George Bass

... added dimension now; the Lord has kept his promise to send the Spirit to empower his people, his church, and he has done so and continues to do so. The church not only prays, "Come, Lord Jesus! Come quickly!" but the church is to be concerned for the care of all creation and, taught and directed by the Holy Spirit, it engages in the work of preserving the earth and all things in and on it. The Prayer Of The Day The classic collect for Pentecost picks up the "teaching" and "comforting" motifs of the Spirit's ...

2513. Advent 3

Zephaniah 3:1-20, Philippians 4:2-9, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 12:1-6

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George Bass

... the world, struggle on without Jesus Christ, and do their best to lead honorable, upright lives. Your morality will make you a better man or woman, but it will never save your soul. Morality doesn't save anybody. Your culture doesn't save you. I don't care who you are or how good you are, if you reject Jesus Christ you are doomed." The evangelist went on to spell out God's plan of salvation for all people in the cross of Jesus, emphasizing that repentance is not sufficient to save people from condemnation ...

2514. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

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George Bass

... 'promises of Holy Scripture,' then surely we can bank on that." He adds a personal story: "I remember, as a boy of 15, banking on it. I wanted to pass an examination. I had had a religious upbringing. I read the words of our text carefully. They seemed too good to be true. But there they were, definite and apparently unambiguous. 'Whatsoever!' Surely matriculation could be included. You had only to add the magic formula 'in the name of Jesus,' and the thing was done!" Weatherhead says, "I very badly wanted ...

2515. Proper 26

Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10

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George Bass

... gracious actions of a loving God. As Lord Tennyson put it: "Ring in the Christ that is to be." The Prayer Of The Day The classic collect for this Sunday also reminds one of In Memoriam, with its "ring out, ring in" motif: Ring out the want, the care, the sin,The faithless coldness of the times; Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, (and then)Ring in the Christ that is to be. The collect reads: "Absolve, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy people ...

2516. The Season of the Nativity

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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Wayne B. Keller

... litany between pastor and congregation: Pastor: Now, are you ready? If so, good evening. Shalom. Peace. God be with you! Congregation: We're surprised we're here. And we're not sure what it means to be here. Does God care that we're here? Pastor: I assure you God does care. God knows all about you. Congregation: Yes, we have heard that God loves the world in general; we are not so sure that God loves us in particular. Pastor: The Scripture assures us that God knows us personally. Congregation: How? Pastor ...

2517. The Faith Of Outsiders

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

William J. Carl

... like he’s not there at all. But that’s not the case. Jesus was silent many times in his life. He was silent before Herod. He was silent before Pilate. Fact is, Jesus was probably silent more often than not. As a person who chose his words very carefully, my guess is that Jesus unnerved people the way he looked at them with those penetrating eyes, searching their hearts and his own with all his silence. The silence of God unnerves us all. When we want help and want it now, why does God seem so silent ...

2518. Living Sacrifices

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

William J. Carl

... or frustrated about the life God has given you. As some of your hopes and dreams have been sacrificed, somehow your life is still stronger yet, for you have begun to hear the Lord’s song and the trumpets sounding. Being a living sacrifice means to listen and care when others are hurting. It means to give until it hurts as a tither and then until it doesn’t hurt anymore, since everything is God’s anyway. It means to put God first above all else in our lives, which means above work or careers or cars ...

2519. What's The Bottom Line?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... clear stones away. They kept coming up out of the soil. Those of you who know farming can appreciate what it means that the vineyard was cleared of stones. The owner now goes to the nursery and looks for the best, choicest vines to plant. He doesn't care how much it will cost. He wants the best. Every effort is made to make sure that the grapes are top quality, sweet juicy grapes. Fertile soil, good cultivation, stones cleared out, choice vines planted. How can you go wrong? But more is done to ensure the ...

2520. When is Patriotism An Idol?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

George Johnson

... scenario that will force him to reveal his lack of allegiance to the government, to Caesar. "Teacher - we know you are true and teach the way of God." Boy, that really sets one up, doesn't it. Teacher, you don't seem to care what the polls say, what popular opinion is. You are not that impressed or care what a person's title is or how many degrees one has or where one hails from. Tell us, is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? They knew that Jesus taught a way that was in direct conflict with Caesar ...

2521. What Does It Mean To Love?

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

George Johnson

... so Jesus was born. The Word of God which is love became flesh. In the life of Jesus we see that love is a binding relationship, a caring, a willingness to sacrifice, to lay down one's life, to enter into the other person's situation. "Greater love has no one," says Jesus, "than ... of Jesus, but the test of reality comes not in our words, but in the way we live. We can say we trust God to take care of us, that we don't have other gods, that we love to tell the story. But the real test of love is not in our ...

2522. What Is Servant Leadership?

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

George Johnson

... turning a corner in the hallway, I came face-to-face with the woman I'd overheard. "Excuse me," I ventured. "I believe I overheard a conversation you were having regarding a sermon you heard. I'm interested in what you were saying, and wonder if you would care to talk about it. Do you have time?" Responding eagerly to my request, she began, "Oh yes, I was talking about a sermon I heard last Sunday. Not at this church; we're members here. It was at another church. The pastor said it's okay to be homosexual ...

2523. The Strength of the Master

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... as a leader seriously. Dividing them into groups of fifty he saw to it that they were fed before they began their journeys home. On the Cross Jesus still felt a sense of responsibility for those whom he left behind and commended them to care for each other as he had cared for them. The Master took his human responsibilities seriously. Like us, Jesus was fully human. Suppose you had been rowing all day and had just pulled up to the edge of a lake. Your clothes were fishy and your legs were covered with mud ...

2524. The High Cost of Christian Living

Matthew 16:24-28

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... and was given a job in a large newspaper office. For weeks he had been assigned to the classified ad department doing routine, uncreative work. Then his chance came: he was given an assignment for a front page story. He went to the scene of the story and took careful notes. Returning quickly to the office, he sat down at his typewriter. So excited was he by his big chance that his fingers refused to move. The paper was to go to press in ten minutes. Nearby sat a wise old editor. When he saw the young man in ...

2525. Good News From A Graveyard

John 20:1-9

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... God. Then when I die, I will stay dead and that's that! I wonder how many of us would like to believe that. It effectively takes care of the knotty problem of God. But it is motivated by the desire of the creature who insists that their bodies are their own to do with ... buried some other things with him. They buried their hopes and dreams for a Messianic kingdom. They buried all the love and care Jesus had poured out upon the world, especially for the unlovely and the life-worn, the bruised ones. All that was ...

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