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2551. To Be Sure

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... own selfish uses as if we were the "ungrateful nine." The Gifts God Gives To be sure! God gives us seven days a week whether we care enough to return to give praise and thanks on the Sabbath. He created the Sabbath for us, not us for the Sabbath, providing us rest from ... Luther writes, but with the precious body and blood of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. And he has done it whether we care enough to thank him, praise him, or share his gifts with others, telling the good news of his love to those who stare ...

2552. A Good Thing To Know

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... touch of sympathy for the servant who, intimidated by the king, buries the pound. "Wicked" seems a harsh judgment. At least he did not lose it! Closer examination brings us to see that the servant has disobeyed the king. He has not followed instructions. He has shown little care or even thoughtful caution. Had he worried as much as he said, he would at least have covered himself with a minimum usefulness. His mind had not been much on the king or on the king's business. Isn't it so! So, too, it seems to be ...

2553. A Lesson From Prayers Overheard

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... of each man's eyes. But more about that in a moment. On first reading there seems to be no great mystery here. Blinded by our stereotypes, we have long "known" that the Pharisees were insincere and self-centered deceivers of the people who cared more for the praise of their peers than they did for the providence of God. Similarly the publican, honest and forthcoming in his confession, strikes us as a rather decent sort of fellow whose sincerity, in our opinion, outdistances the deceit of his sideways ...

2554. The Vine And The Branches

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... us who live from the vine. When God is central: revenge changes to support, hate turns to love, greed moves to sharing, don’t care looks like concern, and me first becomes after you. Not only that -- to be a branch of the vine and have God central means ... can relax, we have the source of life; we can forgive, we have been forgiven;we can share, he provides all we need; we can care, he shows the way. A vital sign of the alive, risen Christ of Easter is that we branches are healthy and alive, too. When it is ...

2555. One Flock, One Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... worship. When you move to another community, the greatest compliment you can pay your home church is to transfer immediately into another congregation of God’s people. 3. Watch out for any Christian faith whose pastor and people claim a monopoly on heaven. Be careful of the pastor who claims his church is the only fold. We preachers are in a position that makes us very vulnerable to becoming ego-maniacs, jealous of each other’s parishes. We can become self-centered, manipulators of people. It’s always ...

2556. Death Following Lung Surgery

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Eulogy

Robert Allen

... I saw him the morning after the surgery and he was feeling good. In fact, the doctor had just been in and said he was doing fine.He was transferred out of the Intensive Care Unit and into a room. He was doing fine. But, late on a Friday night, he began having trouble and was put back in Intensive Care. He was to remain there because some infection was invading his system. Tests were run. Antibiotics were administered. But all that medical science could do was not enough. Last Thursday, everything came to a ...

2557. For a Mother Who Died in Traffic

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

William Luoma

... given especially to you who have been closest to her. I have not known K_ as you have. But I have realized, even in this brief time, a little bit of how much she has meant to you; and like every busy mother, how deeply she has been involved in caring for you with her love, her concern and her prayers. Whenever an accident like this happens, many people ask, "Why?" No one I know can answer that question adequately. It may be that there is no answer. It's part of the risk of living, and of going places, and ...

2558. Death of the Unchurched For a Recovering Alcoholic

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... in this moment have become unmanageable.2. As people recovering from grief, we believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.3. As people recovering from grief, we need to make a decision to turn our will and life over to the care of God. 11. As people recovering from grief, we need through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.12. As people recovering from grief, we need to ...

2559. Lord, That I Should Receive My Sight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... from the prison house of darkness. That he saw clearly. Day after day the world passed by Bartimaeus--not really seeing him, not really caring about him. He heard the sound of camels, the shouts of children, the gossip of the women, the business talk of the men-- ... life. We don't see the needs of others. To our lasting shame we are like the disciples. We are too busy to stop and to care, and to be a friend. Somehow you and I have got to start kicking out the junk of our lives and start making room for people. ...

2560. Bartolome’ de Las Casas Protector Of The Indians

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... in Cuba, he witnessed the massacre of an entire Indian village of 2,000 inhabitants. When it was all over, the captain proudly asked Las Casas: “Father, what do you think of the work of these our Spaniards?” His reply: Reader 3: “I commend them to your care and to that of the devil.” Reader 1: The abuses which Las Casas witnessed daily were so great that he decided to sail home to Spain to inform King Ferdinand of what was actually happening. Las Casas had a friend in the royal court who arranged ...

2561. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... plans for a House for God which he could not build. Now we move to another house. It brings us to the crux of the text. In a careful play on words, Nathan speaks for God to David. "Would you build me a house to dwell in? No, I will build you a house!" In this play ... exile, people of faith clung to that hope. And it was fulfilled! It was fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, whose family tree is carefully given so as to declare that he is the messianic son of David! His kingdom will rule forever. It is in the person ...

2562. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... me to know that she knew how I felt! To help me with my personal struggle, I received a lot of cards with advice: “Don’t let your doctor put one of those sticks in your mouth… until you know who ate the ice cream.” “Please take good care of yourself… I have enough to worry about without adding you to my list.” As you can see, I had many words of encouragement. These cards and notes were a blessing in and of themselves. But the feeling of being loved and appreciated -- that was a great gift ...

2563. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... Nile River in hopes of sparing his life. So it is that two strangers meet, the Pharaoh’s daughter and a tiny Hebrew infant who wins her heart and engages her compassion. Though the daughter of Pharaoh knows this is a male Hebrew child, she arranges for his care. Moses is saved by the bell -- a b-e-l-l-e, that is. Moses’ mother gains the unlikely position of being paid to nurse her own child. In this second story, compassion and mercy have defeated self-interest and fear. The hard heart of the father is ...

2564. Thanksgiving

Ephesians 1:1

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in something. In bounty or in want they were thankful. In feast or in famine they were thankful. In joy or in misery they were thankful. There is a big difference between being thankful for something and being thankful in something. Our closing hymn this morning was carefully selected.. It was written in 1607 by a German by the name of Martin Reinkardht. The name of the hymn is "Now Thank We All Our God.” In the year that Rinkardht wrote that hymn it is interesting to note that over 6000 persons in his ...

2565. Recollections of Abdul, Camel Boy for An Eastern Potentate

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... wind and sand and darkness all were frightening, and I'm sure we'd hardly have survived without our camels. None of us asked or even thought much about where we were going or why, although we could see that each night, Casper and his friends made careful study of the skies and stars, and planned the next day's route. After a great many days, when our food and water were nearly depleted, they sent back the word that our destination was near. Our destination - or what we took at first to be our destination ...

2566. Laying on Hands

Acts 8:9-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... . And you had a bath either this morning or last night. So they helped get you clean, didn't they? (response) Now that you are clean, I want to show you something. Hold up the oily rag. Be careful not to let anyone touch it. What is this? It looks awful, doesn't it? It's a rag that I use to clean up oil when I work on my car. All of you are so clean, ... , for loving all people. Help us to remember that no persons should be considered so unclean that we can't pray for them, touch them, or care for them. Amen.

2567. The Time Is Coming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... would have preferred an announcement of his abortion to that of his birth. Contrary to everything he felt and desired, Jeremiah had to say he was chosen to be a prophet before he was born and that God had stitched him together in his mother's womb with all the care of a professional seamstress. Such was the nature of true prophecy that the prophet had no choice but to say what God had asked him to say. Whether he wanted to speak or not, so he must speak. It seemed to be of no concern, at least to God, that ...

2568. "Because I'm God"

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... his presence in bread and wine. God doesn't have to hear our prayers, or speak to us, or come to us, but he does, because he cares. We can also take comfort in what God reveals to Job about his control of the universe. In our text today and for the next two ... and harmony of creation should prove to us that God is the best creator of universes in the whole universe, so we can trust God to take care of us the way he's supposed to. "Because I'm the Mommy, that's why" means, on the one hand, "I'm in charge here; ...

2569. A Faith, A Farm And A Family

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... was a foreigner to Naomi. Even though this book in the Bible is called Ruth, it's really the story of how God took care of Naomi. Naomi's bereavement gets mentioned the most often, and at the eventual happy ending of the story, when the neighbors come bringing ... Ruth and Edna Spalding, but whatever comes your way in life you can depend on God, as Naomi did, to see you through. God takes care of his people: he blesses us with the things we need to live from day to day. This morning's story reminds us of three ...

2570. God's Way Of Doing Things

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

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... can you get? But what appears to be an amazing string of coincidences turns out to be the unfolding of God's plan to take care of Naomi. At the end of the story her friends say, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of- ... hands, but disturbing because we can't see the pattern, and we don't know where our lives might be leading. We also need to be careful that we don't let our faith in God's providence lead us into false assumptions. We can't assume that everything that happens is ...

2571. Beyond the Ordinary

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... to ask us: "Why do you think I've been so good to you?" He might want to ask us: "Why are you worried now? I've taken care of you all along, and I'm not deserting you. I'm as close as your heart beat, your mind, your memory of my grace; as close ... like these. We need to believe that God alone knows what is best for us and for our loved one. Also, our hope in God's future care is also needed at moments like this. We need to know, here, in our hearts, that this death is not the last word. ____________ has been ...

2572. Know the Lord

Exodus 5:22--6:12

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... all along. When Job knew that, Job was finally at peace.Isn't this the greatest comfort possible? To be known by God is what "happens" to us when we discover, "I know the Lord." We finally know that God knows about us individually, personally, and that he cares for us as beloved children. This is the comfort of this hour. It was a thief on a cross who said it best: "Remember me, Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom." In other words, "Do not forget we know each other."__________ knew the Lord. The Lord ...

2573. Delivery Room

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... .That's what this community was for ____________. It was home, and it is this sacred little spot that was her last goal, her highest hope, her ideal. Like the rest of us, things haven't been exactly the way she would want them to be, but hear this gospel carefully: there is a place promised her by her Lord even better than this place. It's not another delivery room. It's Home, with a capital "H". It's home. Eternal. A place prepared. If it were not so, God would have told us through his son, Jesus.One more ...

2574. Mercy and Understanding

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... to her forever. "Goodness and mercy shall follow me . . . "We all know that our sister was a bit shy, or reserved. It wasn't her nature to be out-going, but by the mercy of God and your care, she had friends who invited her for lunch and spoke kindly to her at church. You, now, have cared enough to gather for worship today, out of love and respect. "Goodness and mercy shall follow me . . . "If, as Christians, we believe that Christ awaits us after death, then certainly we must believe that there are things ...

2575. Temples within the Temple

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... and whispering in our ears messages from God "Let not your heart be troubled."God had to tell that to ____________ a few times in this life; he even used this voice to say it. "Let not your heart be troubled," God says. "Don't worry, I'll take care of all you who are left; see these people who love; sense these spirits present. My Son, Jesus, has invited himself into your heart. Please let him in."God wants in because he has some secrets to share with us. They are secrets that the world cannot hear, for ...

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