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2626. Getting Through the Grief

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... boxes of tissues placed on chairs around the darkened room and wondered what they were for. By the end of the film, I knew and was using them myself. Imagine the tears falling from David's eyes and all who were gathered there the day he delivered his eulogy. You sense that a deep friendship has suddenly come to an end. It's not hard to say "good words" about someone you loved, but how hard it is to say them about someone who tried to do you in. Yet, David does exactly that when he speaks of Saul. Maybe it ...

2627. Finding Our Roots in God and Country

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 6-10

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... theological and political roots here in this great land. Of course, no matter how scary it is to explore one's roots, it also creates the sense of coming home. David must have felt that as he made his way into Jerusalem just before his coronation, as he made his way into the ... inaugural fanfare with pomp and circumstance. Why? Because David was ready to get to work. He went to work with a great sense of enthusiasm as he shared the word of God and helped the poor. We are also anointed to share the gospel and ...

2628. Oh, That I Knew Where I Might Find Him

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... himself. In his wishful thinking, Job imagines that all would be made right if God would just explain himself. "I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me" (v. 5). (Job assumes that God would be a font of wisdom which would make sense of the world once again, if only he could learn from God.) Job is not afraid of a divine power play. "He would not batter me down in the greatness of his power. No! But he would just give heed to me so that we could get things straight" (v ...

2629. All Is Restored?

Job 42:1-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters" (Job 42:12-13). This restored life was an exceedingly long one — 114 years — in which he got to see four generations of progeny! While this latter section has the superficial sense of bringing a happy ending to the folktale — they lived happily ever after — it does not stand up well to the scrutiny of the poetic chapters in the middle. Even if we were to suspend our disbelief about such a reversal of fortune, we would ...

2630. Death Is Swallowed Up Forever

Isaiah 25:6-9

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... in the second lesson, Revelation 21:1-6a: "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes." Then there will be no cause for sadness, no sense of loss, and no occasion for mourning. "For this we have waited," Isaiah says; and again, "This is the Lord for whom we have waited" (25:9). All of this happens on that day, which is a coming day. Judah saw a return from exile and a restoration of ...

2631. Too Much to Let Go

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... Medicis, the Italian-born wife of King Henri IV of France, became the regent for their son Louis after her husband's death in 1610. In later years her relationship with Louis soured and they lived in a state of ongoing hostility. Marie also felt a deep sense of betrayal when Cardinal Richelieu, whom she had helped in his rise to political power, deserted her and went over to her son's side. While on her deathbed Marie was visited by Fabio Chigi, who was papal nuncio of France. Marie vowed to forgive all of ...

2632. Don't Go Down That Road

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... , sir," he said, "I didn't know you were a wing commander. It is quite all right for you to go through." With "advisors" like that, who needs enemies! Although that policeman who was trained to respect rank momentarily allowed his deference to a vice-marshal to overcome his good sense, Adams had better sense than to follow his advice.

2633. 2020 Vision

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Staff

... . That's up from 9 hours and 32 minutes just four years ago. Of that 11 hours, 4 hours and 46 minutes are spent watching TV. According to an oft-cited report by Common Sense Media, teens spend an average of 9 hours per day interacting with media, not including time spent for school or homework. For kids ages 8-12, the same Common Sense Media survey report found that they spent 6 hours per day interacting with media. Kids ages 2-5 spend around 32 hours per week in front of a screen (e.g., watching TV, videos ...

2634. Beauty and Grace

John 1:6-8, 19-28

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Thomas Long

... connected the event to the old philosophical question about the tree falling in the forest. If no one were there to hear it, goes the conundrum, would it make a sound? "The answer must be," she stated, "... I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will sense them. The least we can do is try to be there." Because in Jesus Christ the Word became flesh, truth and grace are at work in every place, whether or not we ...

2635. The Unwanted Christmas Gift: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a death penalty in other regions. For Mary, a virgin, betrothed to a good, respectable man, a member of the House of David, to become pregnant before her marriage was not just inexcusable behavior. It was executable behavior. Yet Mary’s response is without a sense of panic or self-perseverance. Her response is only to the great goodness of the news she has received. She does not protest the hardships this “good news” will no doubt inflict upon her. Mary’s response to the news that she must report on ...

2636. Looking for Rainbows

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... end of the rainbow. A leprechaun has tricked him out of it. I guess we better not include finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in our retirement planning—though it does make as much sense as betting on the lottery. Nevertheless, in our planning for life, looking for rainbows makes a great deal of sense. God has made a covenant with us. If you could remind yourself of that truth every time you see a rainbow, it will help you deal with every aspect of your life. God has made a covenant with us ...

2637. Holiness Shining through Humanity

Mark 9:2-9

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Scott Hoezee

... , or just having a beer at a Saturday baseball game in July. Every once and so often, something so touching, so incandescent, so alive transfigures the human face that it's almost beyond bearing" (Whistling in the Dark, Harper San Francisco, 1988, p. 108). In one sense Buechner here is maybe rendering the actual Transfiguration of Jesus a bit too mundane, a bit too much like what could happen to us on most any given afternoon while riding the bus or walking down a sidewalk. But on the other hand, he may be ...

2638. John 2:13-22

John 2:12-25

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Leonard Sweet

... any reference to “three days” is a reference to those days leading up to the resurrection. The gospel writer’s aside, then, of “he was speaking of the temple of his body,” makes perfect sense of what was an enigma to Jesus’ first century audience. Although “the Jews” remembered his words and worried upon them, they could not make sense of his reference because they were still focused upon the stones of the Temple building, rather than the nature of God’s relationship with his Son.

2639. No Cleansing, No Refreshment

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

2640. Breaking Loose

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... been broken by life, who is enslaved by negative emotions, who has given in to a spirit of fear and self-loathing. That is one of the reasons Christ came into the world. He came to deliver us from desperate, meaningless lives. He came to give us hope and a sense of well-being. How does that happen? Paul tells us in this passage from Romans. First of all, he reminds us who we are. Listen again to his words, “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does ...

2641. Outside of Himself

Mark 3:20-30

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Scott Hoezee

... to get him on home because Jesus was exeste, a word meaning to stand outside of yourself. Even today we may refer to a person who is an emotional wreck as being "beside himself" with grief. The idea is that someone has taken leave of his senses (or his senses have taken leave of him) and so what remains for the time being is a person whose emotions are unchecked and unregulated. This is the family's assessment of Jesus. Apparently all Jesus' talk about invisible kingdoms of God and the casting out of demons ...

2642. Holy Smokes! God Is Here

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... which are not needed. And you and at least 5,000 other people sit there in stunned silence. Then somebody whispers, “Holy smokes. Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Someone else murmurs, “This is our long awaited king.” And you begin to sense that the crowd is turning into a mob. Not a mob bent on destruction, but a mob intent on making Jesus their king. And you’re one of them. But then you look around and the Teacher is gone. Just when you were going to volunteer to help ...

2643. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... work. Indeed, it is critical work. If you do not understand that, you cannot appreciate the words of the Apostle Paul to the church at Ephesus. Paul is in prison. He knows his time is limited. And so he writes to the church at Ephesus with a real sense of urgency about the meaning of the gospel and about their mission as the people who are to convey the gospel. He conveys to them two important truths about the church. For God’s plan to be realized, says the Apostle, two things are critical. First of all ...

2644. Tradition Can Be Changed

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... , but emphatically gives it to God. His experience in the house of God had revealed much to him. Jesus now knew what his parents had always known — that he was truly God's Son. God was his Father, not in the spiritual sense but in reality. He was God's Son, not in the spiritual sense but in reality. What we have heard today is a story of recognition — the day Jesus discovered who he actually was. "Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them ... Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and ...

2645. Only the Best

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... party were surprised by the expensive dessert wine served last, the chief steward was very surprised when he tasted the batch of new wine. He knew that the poorer quality of wine usually was brought out last. By that time people’s impaired taste buds and senses rarely knew the difference. Three young women, all dressed up for an occasion, sat in the sandwich shop. "Hello, girls. Are you going to a wedding?" "Yes, we are. It's at Our Saviour's something church ... what's that name?" "Oh, the one over on ...

2646. Oh, Jerusalem

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... now Indonesia. Some have said this was the beginning of the modern world. There are times, though, we can get news too fast. Sometimes there is simply too much news, so that we can't absorb it all. There is suffering around the world. In one sense we have the information that allows us to respond to disasters almost immediately. However, because we have more information than ever we find ourselves able to tune it out. That's when we can get overwhelmed with something that's called compassion fatigue. It ...

2647. No Pleasing Some People

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... our lives, and we are called to take some risks to bring the gospel to those on the margins, those who are suffering, those who are lost. There is no pleasing some people. Yes, she could have given that money to the poor. It's an argument that makes sense. But as pointed out before, instead of worrying about what other people are doing with their money, and giving it away for them, we ought to look in our own wallets and purses and take it upon ourselves to give more. As Jesus said, you will always have the ...

2648. Another Mary, Another Martha

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... — not the ones who are looking for a miracle, but those who are performing the miracle of obedience and service in the worst imaginable conditions. Only if you are willing to stay faithful to your faith when there is no hope, when it makes no sense, when you see no sense in it, when the world is against you, and you stay faithful anyway, that's where you meet Jesus. The caregiver, the one who carries the cross for others, the one willing to sacrifice a life for a friend — the message of John for you ...

2649. The End of The Beginning

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... all but the brightest stars. Even when we can't see it, the moon still has a powerful influence through tides. Thinking about the moon might just give us a way of looking at the ascension of Jesus, why it was necessary and why we can say in some sense that Jesus has not departed at all. The ascension of Jesus into heaven appears in two places in the scriptures, in Luke and Acts. The accounts in the gospel of Luke and the Acts of the apostles include a few different details. We're used to that when dealing ...

2650. Will He Find Faith?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Scott Bryte

... actions of other people. All well and good, but he didn't think there was anyone judging him. He felt no accountability to a larger sense of justice. It's not that you have to be all religious and whistle hymn tunes on your way to work and teach Sunday school in ... God, nor had respect for people" (v. 2). He didn't judge in response to God's law, nor did he act out of a simple sense of fairness. A woman came to him and begged for his help, but apparently he didn't become a judge in order to help people. She ...

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