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2526. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to the authorities, who are educated, knowledgeable, and astute enough to know what he is referring to with his use of phonis. Jesus also is bringing in a touch of his end times talk –“when money fails….and it soon will….you should be most concerned with the treasure you have stored in heaven, so that you may enter into God’s “everlasting tabernacles.” The word tabernacle, or house, or dwelling suggests that this lesson is coming at the time of the Festival of Booths. Jesus has no doubt just ...

2527. Song of the Sabbath

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35, Mark 2:18-22, Mark 2:23-3:6, Mark 3:7-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Sabbath Becomes an Observance (Deuteronomy 5:12-15) Psalm 92: Song of the Sabbath Psalm 23: God’s Rest/Selah Psalm 104: God’s Creation Blessings to Those Who Keep the Sabbath and Delight in it (Isaiah 56:1-8; 58:13-14) Warning and Promise Concerning Keeping God’s Sabbath (Jeremiah 17:21-27) Warning and Promise in Keeping God’s Sabbath (Ezekiel 20 and 36) Job’s Confession of Faith in the Creative Power of God (38-41) Jesus Breaks the Sabbath and Answers Questions from the Pharisees and John the ...

2528. One Stone Faith

1 Sam. Chapters 16-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... your fence to consume your lettuce, carrots, or tulips in your carefully cultivated garden. It may be the ways you defend your corn from maggots, moles or rootworms. Or your grains and fruit trees from parasites, aphids, or pesticides. Or you may have other kinds of concerns if you raise sheep, chickens, or goats. If you live in the mid-west, you may have fears of coyotes, foxes, or even bear. I know a woman whose pet goat was recently attacked by a neighbor’s pitbull. In our world, there are predators ...

2529. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ) when he lets envy into his heart! A creature of the ground and field. Brother to no one. He has lost sight of the spirit of God within him and has embraced the spirit of envy. And it will drive him to bloodthirst and murderous envy. Cain is not really concerned with loving and worshiping God. He’s just doing what he’s supposed to do. He gives God a token from his field. Gets some stuff together and brings it to the altar on time. But still, he did what he was supposed to. And he expects God’s due ...

2530. Seeing with Eyes Closed

Exodus 34:1-28, Exodus 34:29-35, John 1:1-18, Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him ...

2531. Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... chocolate bar. The teacher was surprised by the results of that little quiz. As she looked over their papers, she noticed that many of her refugee students wrote that they preferred the quarter of a chocolate bar instead of a half. The teacher was concerned that these students hadn’t understood the lesson. But before correcting their math, she asked them why they chose a quarter of the chocolate bar rather than a half. One little girl answered, “So that more people could have a piece of chocolate.” (3 ...

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Confucius

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.

Harold Stephens

Where our bread is concerned, it is a material matter. Where our neighbor's bread is concerned, it is a spiritual matter.

I. D. Douglas

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

John MacNaughton

Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.

Miguel de Unamuno

The government is concerned about the population explosion, and the population is concerned about the government explosion.

Ruth Rankin

It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.

Saint Catherine of Siena

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my great concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln

2541. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

... strong, steady signal on foreign policy coming from the nation’s capital, regrettably the world has heard a series of wavering notes by an uncertain trumpet, leaving our allies concerned, and our adversaries confused.” Wavering notes by an uncertain trumpet instead of a strong and steady signal. This can only leave people concerned, as well as confused. Wavering notes by an uncertain trumpet is the issue that Peter addresses in our lectionary reading this morning. Peter wrote this letter shortly before ...

2542. Wash All of Me

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” This anonymous quote cuts to the center of our Maundy Thursday lesson. Jesus had been teaching the disciples about humility inside the kingdom of God. That was a lesson they had struggled with. After all their time together, you may remember, the brothers James and John ...

2543. Gratitude

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... you more. Isn't that how the game is played, Gratitude? And, never one to chide, he would just smile, pat me on the head and say, "Someday, you'll know better." During my adolescence, I didn't see much of him. During these years I was more concerned with Rights, Independence, Freedom. Oh, he dropped by occasionally, often at the least expected times: on my way home after my first date when I realized that I had gotten through it all and was still alive. There was the day I got an undeserved "B" in Geometry ...

2544. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... of the way that she had been working, that she caused her to leave the meeting in tears. Well, so be it. We have been taught, by some of our best theologians, that Christians can't just leave it on the individual, personal level of love. We must bring our concern to the systemic, the global, the corporate and the social! Justice is more significant than little one-to-one love. But I don't know....How can we hope to do justice to our sister whom we have not seen if we can't show love to our sister across ...

2545. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... are social misfits who don't know beluga caviar from black-eyed peas, he just wants them with him at the party. This King makes all outsiders, insiders. As far as the King is concerned, everybody's in. The only thing that can put us out is our own refusal to party. It's hell to be on the outside and, as far as the King is concerned, everybody's in. Nobody is ever kicked out except those who are already in. The only person who ends up outside is the insider who refused to put on the tux and party. And ...

2546. Holy Extravagance

Mark 14:3-9

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the salaries of all senior faculty members, along with those of the deans, and give them to the poor. Of course, you and I know that such talk is not serious. It is only posturing which masquerades as a deep concern for the poor. How do we justify such liturgical extravagance? The very foundation of any persistent Christian concern is our keeping taut the tension between the world as it is and the world as God intends it to be. Failing at that, about all we can do is to point to the world as it is and feel ...

2547. Bringing Life to a Party

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... being came down to earth and suffered and died to say to us that no one on this earth is beyond God’s love and concern. In trying to deal with the meaning of the cross on which Christ died, the early church came to understand that those nail prints in the ... subject or worrying about it or fearing it will change that fact. But what if there really is a God who is that intimately concerned with our lives? What does it mean if this life really is but a prelude to everlasting life? And what difference would it ...

2548. The Heartbeat of a Christian

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... down our lives for others. That means loving all people—even those who misuse us, and that means doing good to all people—even those whom we may not approve of, and that means leaving our comfort zone from time to time for acts of extraordinary concern. The essence of Christian faith is love. That brings us to something else that is important for us to realize. Love is our primary witness to the world. How will the world know we’re Christians? By our love. If the day comes when the Christian church ...

2549. Happiness Full Stop

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... between them, and Xu already had four children from a previous marriage. So Liu and Xu eloped and moved to a remote cabin in the mountains of Chongqing. There was a steep, hazardous trail that led from the family’s mountain cabin to the town below. Liu, concerned for his new family’s safety, began carving steps out of the side of the mountain so his new wife and her daughters could travel safely down the mountain. With only a chisel and his two hands, Liu carved 6,000 steps in stone down the side ...

2550. Responding to God's Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... by the amount of economic resources, power, and prestige that a person possesses. In the process of gathering these commodities, we often lose our community spirit and the love that must unite us professing, “It’s every man for himself. I cannot be concerned with my brothers and sisters, but rather, must push ahead regardless of the situation.” Rather than practicing love, we find ourselves at odds with others. We protect our own territory and person at all costs. Secularism and the movement away from ...

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2526. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2527. Song of the Sabbath

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Luke 5:33-39, Luke 6:1-11, Luke 7:18-35, Mark 2:18-22, Mark 2:23-3:6, Mark 3:7-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2528. One Stone Faith

1 Sam. Chapters 16-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2529. Who is That Crouching at Your Door?

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2530. Seeing with Eyes Closed

Exodus 34:1-28, Exodus 34:29-35, John 1:1-18, Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2531. Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Confucius

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.

Harold Stephens

Where our bread is concerned, it is a material matter. Where our neighbor's bread is concerned, it is a spiritual matter.

I. D. Douglas

Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.

John MacNaughton

Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.

Miguel de Unamuno

The government is concerned about the population explosion, and the population is concerned about the government explosion.

Ruth Rankin

It is impossible to fulfill the law concerning love for Me, God eternal, apart from the law concerning love for your neighbors.

Saint Catherine of Siena

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my great concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Abraham Lincoln

2541. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

2542. Wash All of Me