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2651. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... New Yorkers and the kind of people they are they make fun of the guy who is being robbed. Kramer, who has a camcorder in his hands, films the incident as a curiosity. They never lift a hand, never shout out; they are 10 yards away, and could care less. They just stand there and casually watch! The robber speeds off with the car and the police arrive late on the scene. With the excitement over, and the poor victim standing dazed in the street, Jerry turns to his friends and suggest they go get something to ...

2652. A Glass Full of Worry

Illustration

Brett Blair

... than one glass of water divided into sixty thousand million drops. Not much is there but it can cripple an entire city. Worry and anxiety are like that. Just a glass full can cripple your life. At the moment when Martha needed most to stop and put down her cares and concerns she did not. She missed the greatest moment of her life, and why? For the roast in the oven. Here are some true facts about fog: Fog is composed of tiny water drops, each one with a diameter of about one-one thousandth (0.001) of an ...

2653. People Get Ready!

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... full. Trump was asked about the incident and refused to confirm or deny the story or say exactly what he did for the Good Samaritan mechanic. "I don't do those kinds of things for publicity," he said. What a deal it would be to have someone really rich taking care of you. If you knew that with their vast wealth they would gladly help you, you could be free from many a worry. You would have financial security. But that kind of security is hard to come by. How good it will be, when, out of the vast wealth of ...

2654. Learning to Walk on the Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

... one!" he shouted gleefully, "But just watch this one, Dad." Again he tossed the ball, took a poke at it, and missed. "Strike two!" he intoned. "But it takes only one to hit it," he said, "and I'm really going to clout this one!" Carefully he took his stance, carefully he tossed the ball, mightily he swung the bat - and missed. "Strike three," he announced, "and out." he added. Then, exultantly he shouted, "Gee Dad, am I a pitcher!" Well, there's victory built into a chap like that. If he cannot win on one ...

2655. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... and searched frantically for a long time. At last someone said, "The swamp is so wide, and somewhere out there we are missing the child as we go back and forth. If we would join hands, and so keep ourselves in one straight, continuous line, and walk abreast carefully from this side of the swamp to the other, if the child is in there, surely we will find her." This was done: the long column made its sweep across the darkness - and the child was found, but not alive - dead from long exposure and injury and ...

2656. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the Bible-thumper on TV, or listening to us gossip the gospel, are put off by our unacceptable presentations? One of the slogans of ecumenical Christianity has been, "The Needs of the World Write the Agenda." The meaning is that the church must learn to listen carefully to the concerns of the world as it stakes out its program and direction; otherwise, it will be like those Scouts who help old ladies cross streets they don’t want to cross in the first place. In another sense, the world sets the agenda of ...

2657. Lovers Never Ask, 'What's the Least I Can Do?'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Alvin Rueter

... give the difference. On top of asking for our money, the church also wants our time - for committees, for teaching, for learning, for visiting the shut-ins, for calling on those who are slipping away from our fellowship, for making contact with new people, for caring for our altar, for reading the lessons, for ushering, for singing in the choir, for licking stamps, for tending the library, for mowing the lawn and mopping the floor, and what not. It’s not just the church making it hard but our Lord himself ...

2658. Do I Give Up Praying Too Soon?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... bend under pressure from someone with influence. The Jewish people called the likes of him "robber judges." Then there was this widow. The Law of Moses dealt more kindly with widows than the laws of other nations of that time. But still there was no legal provision for her care, except that it was up to the family - especially the eldest son. That’s why he got an extra share of the inheritance. If he didn’t do his duty or if he just didn’t have anything, the widow had nowhere else to go. There was no ...

2659. The Freedom To Be Wrong

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

... night you take the family car. Let’s admit you’re an excellent driver and that you have the right to think of yourself as careful and prudent at the wheel. This is the image your parents have of you and you’re pleased with that. Good for you. You are ... forgiven for Christ’s sake, if I could live those situations again, I’d do them something like this: Dad, I guess I’m not as careful as I thought I was. Last night I was taking some of the gang home and we were laughing and I wasn't paying attention ...

2660. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

George Bass

... the dead. Best of all, the young man did sit up, began to speak, and Jesus "gave him back to his mother." God is present when death stalks us and our loved ones, however they may die - and it gives us comfort just to know that God understands and cares about our pain and anguish in life, especially in the face of death. We may dare to live and look death in the eye - if not with defiance, certainly with assurance and comfort and hope. Wouldn’t you like to know the rest of the story? What happened after ...

2661. The Day You Were Healed

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

... discovered not in looking forward to a wonder cure, but in turning backward to the one who heals. When an anxious family has to hear what seems to be the final word, "I’m sorry. There is nothing we can do," the final word remains with God. And please note carefully, the Word of God is never final. It is a truism that we are living in a world of sickness, death, and separation from our healing God. And when the sickness is our own, when it is our death on its approach, we look for miracles. Often God says ...

2662. Lord, I Believe - Or Do I?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... in all its glory. For, "will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily." In a certain town an unjust judge was on the bench who neither feared the Lord nor cared what people thought of him. His job security did not depend on justice in the courtroom. And a woman in that town who was a widow, assertive and persistent, kept coming back to this unrighteous jurist with her case in which she had received no justice and no ...

2663. The Nearest Hand

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... of goods, well-being or the opportunity for a full life, there the church must be to champion their cause, to minister to their needs and to encourage their efforts. The church, like the Samaritan, must be willing to pay the cost - in cash, in caring, in whatever form is appropriate. Most of this clamor today comes from within the church itself. Redirection and renewal are demands which the church is making of itself. Because this is so, in some places it has become the focal point of turmoil. To bind ...

2664. The Sign in the Subway

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... them good? Our actions are working against our prayers. Our inner life of prayer and our outer life of activity must be suited to and undergird each other. Above all, we need to trust God that he is a loving father, that he sees the whole picture and cares for our ultimate good. Granted, sometimes it is not easy when we think in our restricted vision that what we ask in our prayers is the way things ought to be. "If you, then, who are evil," Jesus said, "know how to give good gifts to your children, how ...

2665. The Foolish Farmer

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... but how often in my stupid conceit have I left God out of my gratitude? How often in my grasping selfishness have I left other people out of my possessions? There are times when I think much about my goods and little about my soul; when I have planned carefully for next week, and carelessly for eternity. It is a staggering thought, and it drives me to my knees and makes me exclaim, "God have mercy on me - a fool." Our heavenly Father, help us to take an honest look at ourselves - to try to see ourselves as ...

2666. Let God Be God

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

... any moral disorientation among us because we recognize no central source of authority and have no fixed point of reference by which to guide our behavior? Or have we, perchance, simply lost interest in the whole God concept? Should we be counted among those who seem to care not whether God is alive or dead? This last question may be the most relevant of all. A lot of people today seem to look upon the God question as a dead issue. They may still give casual assent to the concept as an interesting mental ...

2667. Why Aspire to Sainthood?

Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

... s call in Christ were they any different. It will be a tragic mistake if we reject the goal of sainthood because the standard is so high. If we aim not at life’s highest goal, to what level will we aspire? If we listen carefully to what Jesus said in the lesson read this morning, we will be forced to acknowledge that the standards are exactingly high. He spoke of triumphal endurance in poverty, sorrow, and persecution; of compassionate sharing with persons less fortunate; of forgiving, loving, praying for ...

2668. Life in the Sunbelt

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

... lives will shed light in the world. Do these two selections from the Scriptures speak to our condition? Do we find life hard and often discouraging? Are we sometimes tempted to feel that it is not worthwhile to try to live morally disciplined and compassionately caring lives? If so, these messages surely are for us. They urge us to look beyond the darkness to the sunbelt - indeed, to tap the sunshine in God’s love and funnel it into the darkness around us. In another instance, it will be remembered, Jesus ...

2669. Everybody Pray!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... ancestral enemy of the Jews. The Jews despised any Canaanite. The net result of this relationship was this: in the eyes of Jesus or any other Jew she was a most unorthodox soul. There was little if any reason to consider her worthy of God's attention and care. And maybe that's the way the woman began to feel too, in the first moments of her encounter with Jesus here. The woman came pleading to Jesus with an earnest request that he do something about her terribly sick daughter. "But Jesus did not say a word ...

2670. Hallelujah - Christ is Risen

1 Peter 1:3

Children's Sermon

... ago. Let me show you what I mean. A long time ago people thought there was a God but they weren’t really sure that he cared about them. They didn’t know what God was really like. It would be like knowing you had a father but not being sure that you ... to the whole family. Well, that’s what happens to you and me. Because of Jesus we now know how much God our Father in heaven cares and how much he wants us to be a part of his family. Jesus became our brother so that we could also have the same Father. ...

2671. Fixing The Fox!

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... promotes humanism. Man is the center of life. We are being told that man is good, he has come of age and is able to take care of himself. He does not need God. He is independent and self-reliant. This is the age of Aquarius. A golfer needed an eagle to win ... himself and his relationship with God. It may be nice to have God around but man would just as soon run his own life and take care of himself. This is contrary to the teachings of the Bible, for in the Bible man is nothing apart from God. All he is, and ...

2672. Table For Talkers

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

... Christians love like Jesus, then their love is different, superior. But, is this true about our Christian love? Does the world say, "See how those Christians love each other"? Is the world recognizing us as Christians by the love we have for each other? Do we really care for each other as fellow Christians? Would you be willing, as Jesus was, to die for a fellow Christian? This is the lesson of love that Jesus talked about at the Last Supper. Maybe we ought to talk about it when we receive the Sacrament of ...

2673. God's Thick Syrup

Titus 3:1-11

Children's Sermon

... Jesus, we are your children of peace and love. Make this new year a time when all boys and girls shall learn about you and sing songs of praise and joy. Make every day a new and exciting day when we learn to care about people who need us. Amen. It sure is good to know that God cares for us and loves us so much, isn't it? I mean, it makes you feel good to know that he wants you to be happy and without worry or fear. God is Love. Isn't that great? The Scriptures say it another ...

2674. Just Be Like Jesus

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Children's Sermon

... tricked if we know that other people are trying to trick us. If I asked someone here to draw me a beautiful picture of a horse and there wasn't a horse to draw, you would think I was tricking you, wouldn't you? [Select someone.] OK, I don't care what you draw, just so that it is pretty. [Hand her the crayon box without any crayons. After she opens it ...] See what I mean! Sometimes people try to trick us. There are other times when something happens that no one meant to have happen. For instance, it seems ...

2675. The Bells Of Christmas Eve

Drama

... which a rich man and a poor man commit acts of love which are insufficient. (Father Franco is in his study writing.) MARIO: (Entering) Buona sera, Padre! Buon Natale! FRANCO: Ah, yes! Entre, Signor Marchesi. Buon Natale! MARIO: You sent for me, Padre? FRANCO: Yes. Would you care for some wine? MARIO: Not now. I must return to my family. We are opening gifts this evening, and I want to see the smiles on my children's faces when they see the gifts I bought them. Mighty expensive ones, I tell you. FRANCO: That ...

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