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2626. Good Friday: The First Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sin and guilt with the gift of forgiveness. Max Lucado tells of the first time he was privileged to see with his own eyes the famous "Christ the Redeemer" statue that overlooks the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. No magazine picture he had ever viewed in his childhood came close to capturing this impressive work of art. However, as he came closer to the statue, he discovered two important details. First, Christ had no eyes. He thought, "What kind of Christ was this that refused to see the masses of people ...

2627. Handling the Harshness of Life

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... quit! I resign my Messiah-ship!" Not even on the Cross. Recently, I clipped a beautiful illustration from a colleague''s sermon which illustrates the point of making our response. Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl, One was an optimistic soul; But the other took the gloomy view, "I shall drown," he cried, "and so will you." So with a last despairing cry, He closed his eyes and said, "Good-bye." But the other frog, with a merry grin, Said, "I can''t get out, but I won''t give in! I''ll swim around till my ...

2628. A Glimpse of Eternity

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of traveling along with a bus load of scouts from Newark, N.J., to the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. We had the opportunity to climb Pike''s Peak in Colorado, Mount Baldy and the Tooth of Time located on the Philmont Scout Ranch property. The views were tremendous. Much like the song, "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", there was a mysterious, but ever so true reality of being immersed in something so grand, so great, so full of truth and beauty. Indeed, the hills were alive with the sound of ...

2629. Biblical Insights for Being a Christian Father

Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... your children births obedience from them. Honor is earned as much as it is given. You cannot build confidence, provide instruction, develop discipline and enjoy intimacy when you are AWOL from your God-given responsibility. Someone has written this insight on how children view their daddies: 4 years: My daddy can do anything. 7 years: My dad knows a lot, a whole lot. 8 years: My father doesn't quite know everything. 12 years: Oh well, naturally Father doesn't know everything. 14 years: Father? Hopelessly ...

2630. The Reality of Fear--The Power of Faith

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... perception of our human eyes and mental insight. The power of fear often seduces us into believing only what we can see. If you wait to see before you believe, you will not see very much in life, because the giants like Goliath will have blocked your view. St. Augustine was right on target when he wrote: "To have faith is to believe what you cannot see--and the reward of faith is to see what you believe in by trusting God." Malcolm Muggeridge once described a dear friend as the perfect Episcopalian. "He was ...

2631. Worry Wart or Winning Warrior

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... fall back on. This is what believers must do when the pressure comes. When we feel like complaining and murmuring, let us remember who we are in Him and what He has promised us for times of stress. (2) The perspective and resources with which we view our burdens and fears will determine the condition and response of our hearts. We find peace of mind not by cowering away from all the pressures of life, not by taking more stimulants or depressants, not even by looking for peace itself. It is our perspective ...

2632. Staying Focused--Traveling Light

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... was not the winner of that race, but he is a winner. He was the last man to finish the race. His legs and body were bandaged and bloodied. He managed to stumble around the last lap of the race. Those who were left gave him a standing ovation. In view of his injury and having no chance of winning a medal, someone asked him why he had not quit. He replied, "My country did not send me 7,000 miles to start the race. They sent me 7,000 miles to finish it." He stayed focused on his goal, which ...

2633. Reverse Direction

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... secular" experience into church with us. If everyone else is singing Christmas carols, why can't we do it in church? After all, we're the ones who gave the world the Christmas holiday. However, the result of such expectations is that we frequently come to view Advent as "so many spiritual shopping days before Christmas," rather than seeing Advent as a time to prepare ourselves for a face-to-face encounter with the God of time and eternity. The words of a Christmas song go something like this: "Oh, the real ...

2634. Placard Faith, Complex World

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... the uprights, you see a person carrying a huge placard sporting the name John, followed by the numbers, 3:16. This text is one of the most famous in the Bible and it is the darling of those Christians given to cutesy evangelism. I suspect that in their view it is not cutesy -- but gutsy -- evangelism they are about. Be all that as it may, they are trying to lift up the winsome figure of Jesus and draw people to his message. While we may fault their methodology, they are to be applauded for their commitment ...

2635. Cross Connections

John 18:1-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... recently, there is the voice of John Macquarrie: We can first of all clear the ground by setting to one side some theologies of atonement which, though they have been very influential, appear to me to presuppose ideas of God which, from a Christian point of view, are very questionable. I mean theologies which represent God as angry and offended, or as a punishing God intent on exacting the penalty for sin.3 Consequently, many of us don't know how to connect to the cross; or, if you will, feel disconnected ...

2636. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... of people’s heads. The surgeons must have been skilled since so many of these patients survived to under the repeated sessions of cutting holes into their skulls. (2) I’m sort of glad this practice no longer exists. Science has affected how we view such things as demon possession. However, there are still many people who take the demon world seriously. And maybe they are right. I don’t know. There was an interesting court case in Philadelphia sometime back. A so-called spiritualist was acquitted of ...

2637. With a Little Help from My Friends

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... , take your mat and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . . .” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” The man got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. What a powerful story. There are several places in the Gospels where Jesus indicates that a person’s faith played a role in the healing process. But this story is different. In this story, it is the faith of the man’s friends that is cited ...

2638. Chosen

John 15:1-17

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... left to attend a peace rally. Unknown to them, the department had hired an actress to stand along the route the students would take and pretend that she was choking, unable to catch her breath. The actress leaned helplessly against the wall of a building in plain view. The future ministers hurried by her; some of them did glance uneasily at the woman, but none of them stopped to help her. At one point she even fell to one knee for greater effect. But still no one stopped. Later, when the students learned of ...

2639. A Landmark Event!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... a problem with the present and strength. The Gospel touches us in all three areas. Driving over here this morning, didn't you look into your rearview mirror? But did you not as well glance through the forward windshield? And I do so hope you enjoyed the view out the side windows. A safe driver looks all three ways. And a healthy Christian also has a past secured from guilt -- "remembrance"; a future secure in hope -- "He comes"; and a present enabled by the Spirit's strength for now. Today it is fitting we ...

2640. To a Life Beyond

John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... , "He's gone to a better place." But the son bitterly replies, "Not unless you believe that breathing dirt is better than breathing air!" To the naked eye death is horrid. It is the end of all -- coffins, airless, decay, skeletons. But John gives us a view from the other side! And to the eye of faith that looks through heaven's open door, death is to be transported ... to live ... before the throne ... with the saints ... always beholding him! In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Mr. Hopeful is crossing the cold ...

2641. King Forever!

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... same difference to us that it made to them? Can we lift up our eyes, witness Christ at the right hand of God, and return to our homes rejoicing and praising God for his salvation? Lift up thine eyes and let's see! Affirmation One way to view the ascension is as an affirmation. It's a compliment! In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus' last statement is a transfer of responsibility. The Lord says, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them ...

2642. Have You Gone Far Enough?

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... liar trying to get rich, famous, and powerful? That is one option. Yet his gentle acts of healing, his role as a suffering servant, his refusal to be made a king, his poverty, and his willingness to die for his claims seriously erode such a view. This leaves us with Jesus the lunatic. This conclusion states that Christ was suffering from delusions. His imagination had run away with him to the point that he actually believed the lies he was telling about himself. We call this type of personality today a ...

2643. Birthing the Kingdom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... " (v. 8). With these simple words, Jesus puts the entire discussion squarely in a new framework. This must happen; this is the beginning of the birth pangs. In his commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Donald Juel states it with succinct accuracy: "The necessity is viewed here as due to the decision of God -- the same necessity that stands over Jesus' career ... The necessity that governs the future is reason to take heart if God is to be trusted -- which is the point of Jesus' instructions and of Mark's Gospel ...

2644. With a Bang or a Whimper?

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.1 Today's challenging text anticipates God's plan for the end of our world, as we know it. It will be interesting to discover if T. S. Eliot's view correlates with the portrait Holy Scripture paints of the conclusion of this world's history. Will it end with a bang or a whimper? Modern scientists are unanimous in their assumption that our world will one day cease to exist. Just how this will happen is an open question ...

2645. What a Resume!

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... catch a few flakes on your outstretched hand, but in a moment they would be reduced to simple drops of water. But if you were to go outside with a powerful microscope, allow ten or more flakes to fall on a cold glass slide, then view them under the microscope, you would discover something quite interesting. Every snowflake would have a pattern different from all the rest. Not one would be exactly like another. My dear fellow Christian, do you for one moment believe that the Almighty God who created the ...

2646. The Face that Launched a Thousand Lives

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... Personae," sets before us three speakers. King David speaks first and describes the glory of the Temple service, with the people singing repeatedly, "Rejoice in God, whose mercy endures forever." Renan, the French skeptic, speaks next. From his pensive point of view he describes the vanished figure of the God-man, the friend of man, and says, "We are orphans." Then Browning speaks and declares: That one Face, far from vanished, rather grows, Or decomposes but to recompose, Become my universe that feels ...

2647. Too Good to Miss

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... in the resurrection Jesus, the living Christ, was made alive in order that they might be brought to God. The basic tenet of our faith is simply too good and to important to allow us to miss it in the midst of arguments among various denominations or points of view over abortion or homosexuality or baptism or communion or ordination policy. The basic truth of our faith is that Jesus Christ was sent to us to bring us to God. What we need in any sort of suffering is to know "Emmanuel," God is with us. If we ...

2648. Grace in the Midst of Hopelessness

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... , who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies." Today we may groan. But our future shall be full of rejoicing. Therefore, in hope, we are afforded the luxury of taking a longer view of things. Consider the early American pastor Jonathan Edwards and his wife Sarah. They parented eleven children, a sure formula for several decades of celebration and tears, laughter and frustration. On the days in which the milk was spilled twice and half the ...

2649. Grace in the Midst of Weakness

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... up with our erratic attempts to jump-start our own spiritual lives, and wonder how long God can possibly be patient with our efforts at mastering something as basic as sustaining a life of prayer. Three ministers once sat together in a church study to discuss their views regarding the most effective ways to pray. In an adjoining room there happened to be a telephone repairman who was working on the lines. The first pastor said, "When I pray, I find it helps to hold my hands together like this, as a personal ...

2650. Grace in the Midst of Suffering

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray the wilderness to rid the area of these pests. 3. Please pave the trails so they can be plowed of snow during the winter. 4. Chairlifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them. 5. The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake. Please eradicate these annoying animals. 6. A small deer came into my camp and stole my jar of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? 7. Escalators ...

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