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2676. Ya Can't Make Me

Luke 9:57-62, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... told to be wary of strangers, especially Jewish strangers. There was no love lost between the Jews and the Samaritans. That was why the story of the Good Samaritan was so surprising to the listeners of Jesus when he told it. As far as the Jews were concerned, nothing good ever came out of Samaria. And the Samaritans felt the same way about the Jews. They probably figured that Jesus might use his visit to get in some kind of shot at the faithlessness of the Samaritans. This Jewish stranger was probably up to ...

2677. Not Independence, But Freedom

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... than someone else. Nor will a Christian necessarily give you better piano lessons. But what about advice in dealing with your difficult teenager? Or how about support for dealing with a drinking problem or gambling addiction? Or all sorts of critical and routine concerns? There too, we can't say that those outside the church will give counsel or support less valuable than that from our Christian community. And, in fact, as many of us know, we can receive some pretty unhelpful counsel even from those in ...

2678. Close Quarters With A King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... distanced themselves from the people and they most definitely had power. The problem was that they often used their power against the people. The prophet Jeremiah refers to the problem in today's Old Testament lesson, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away" (Jeremiah 23:2). Israel's kings had not cared for the needs of the people. The people felt frustrated and helpless. Their stress and ...

2679. Standing and Understanding with the Apostles

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... 's eyes by firelight. This same Peter now aggressively preaches to thousands on the streets of Jerusalem, and with the eleven gives witness to his faith. Our pews are full of such Peters, and Peters in progress. When we seek to deepen our understanding of our concerns and troubles, we don't seek out those who seem to live their lives with ease. Rather, we seek out those who have sunk and survived, or were rebuked and reconciled, or who doubted or denied and now proclaim with their lips and their lives the ...

2680. Whispers From A Dream

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... are genuine reasons in this present age for us to despair. "But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever -- forever and ever." In the prophet's dream we hear the distant echoes of still other promises that scripture makes concerning the future of God's holy ones. In Matthew's gospel God promises that we "will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will ...

2681. There's More To Thanksgiving

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... text from Deuteronomy 26 is a tremendous text for this day because it does for us exactly what it did for the Hebrew people centuries ago. It takes a perfectly fine holiday and says: There's more! It may be non-American and pre-Christian, but this text, concerning a thanksgiving festival, can remind American Christians that today is not only a time to remember all God's material gifts to us. It is also a time to remember who God is and who we are as a people who have been brought into a relationship with ...

2682. Daring To Trust The Roots

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... not remember the names of these four kings, and you may even forget the prophet Isaiah's name, but I doubt very much that you will be able to forget the image which he used to solidify hope among a people who were frightened by current events, by the concern over foreign affairs and the sin and wickedness within their own lives and country. Hear the words of Isaiah: There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon ...

2683. In The Eyes of God

Isaiah 20:1-5

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... look right through you without seeing you. Or how you could have burst with joy in the proud eyes of your parents. How differently we can feel in another person's eyes. And how differently eyes can see us -- differences not dependent on optical issues, but on concerns of the heart. Eyes reveal much of a person's mood, even one's nature. We've lots of words for people's eyes: twinkling eyes, beady eyes, bedroom eyes, piercing eyes, shifty eyes. We're affected by the eyes that look upon us. Sometimes it makes ...

2684. Sometimes Goodbye Is Hello

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... Church that the divine presence for which they were waiting was already with them. They had inherited Christ's mission, and with his ascension into glory, his power was in them. With this realization, all the waiting for the second coming became at best a secondary concern. Having said goodbye to Christ before them and beside them, they were able to greet the Christ who lived within the body of the Church, within them. We sometimes still wish he were with us, as he was then. I loved the song I learned in ...

2685. You Can Be A Livesaver

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... flashy enough to make Rescue 911. But in the simple act of being faithful stewards, we become lifesavers. Admittedly stewardship is a multi-faceted word. It involves far more than mere finances. What we do with our time and talents is of paramount concern. Too often, though, financial stewardship is mentioned with embarrassment, apologetically as if the topic is somehow no better than part of Christianity's underbelly. In truth, what we allow the Church to do with our money has the very real potential to ...

2686. Focus On The Son

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... was a focused man. In the opening words of his Letter to the Romans he affirms his call by God to be an apostle. He has a sense of vocation to preach the gospel. And what was at the core of such good news? He declared it was "... the gospel concerning his Son." Paul was a focused man, and his focus was upon the Son. And who is the Son? Paul spells out specifically who he is writing about, namely "Jesus Christ our Lord." Here we have three essential titles that identify the Son. The Son is Lord. Paul had met ...

2687. You Can Be Articulate

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... phobia spills over into our lives of faith so that the old hymn "I Love To Tell The Story" is more appropriately sung "I Love The Story But Couldn't Tell It If I Tried." That, however, need not be the case. So far as our lives of faith are concerned, we can be articulate. We can tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love with power and passion whether or not we are able to stand on our feet in front of a crowd. That's not always where the best preaching is done anyway. Mark tells of ...

2688. Live Together In Harmony

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... any of its power. Paul was a unifier. He wished that Christians would live together in harmony. Unfortunately, much of church history attests to numerous conflicts, divisions and major schisms. In contrast the twentieth century has witnessed a return to a concern for Christian unity and a recapturing of Paul's desire that the followers of Christ not absolutize their particular attitudes and practices but make them all subservient to the rule of Christ. We struggle today with the precise problem that Paul ...

2689. You Can Be Like Children

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... been telling the children about the cross and how Jesus suffered there for us. So he prayed, aware of the suffering of Christ while I, a theologically trained pastor, during Holy Week had mentally jumped right past the suffering and was concerned only with preparing for the victory celebration. Karl Barth, probably the greatest theological mind of the twentieth century, lectured many years ago at The University of Chicago. Following his lecture, a question-and-answer time with the audience was scheduled. As ...

2690. Memorial Day

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... suggest to you two reasons why Christians should celebrate Memorial Day: to reflect and to re-commit. I First, we come to reflect. We reflect upon the awful cost of war and the fact that freedom is costly. Consider if you will these footnotes of history concerning the battle at Shiloh. If Lew Wallace who fought on the Shiloh battlefield, had been killed, then we would never have known of the great American literary work BEN HUR. If Ulysses. S. Grant had been slain at Shiloh we would have lost a president of ...

2691. What's The Point?

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... sat in my study listening to someone in physical pain or in a painful situation ask, "Why is God doing this to me?" The simplest answer: He isn't! "Is this what God has in mind for me?" Answer: No! The God who knew you before he made you, whose concern and relationship with you is such that Jesus would later teach that "... even the hairs of your head are all counted" by him (Matthew 10:30). This God is not out to do you in. He's out to do big things in your life. He knew you before you ...

2692. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... reflection and preparation seek the same. Wednesday Week FourIsaiah 49:8-15John 5:17-30 God Cares For Us A few years ago I was called to the hospital to visit a woman who had just given birth to a baby boy. The birth was difficult and there was some concern for both mother and child. I had been walking the pregnancy route with this woman so I felt we knew each other well. When I arrived in the room I witnessed a beautiful scene. My friend was holding her little boy tightly to her as she suckled him for the ...

2693. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... that he as well has come not to be served but to serve, to give his life as a ransom for the many. Jesus is expressing sacrifice and service, two of the primary ingredients of agape. Jesus is not looking for something for himself. No, like Jeremiah, his concern is solely on those whom God has given to him. Remember, Jesus said that none given to him would be lost. Lent is a time when we think of many things, many ways of renewal. Service, ministry to others, sacrifice -- these are agape, a special form of ...

2694. Time Out

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... simply a journey inward to experience the presence of God, but also a journey outward as he brought God's love and mercy to those whose lives were broken and in bondage. For Jesus there was no separation between personal piety and social action. He was equally concerned about the misery of human beings and the glory of God! The times alone with God gave him the resolve to turn belief into behavior and words into deeds of compassion and justice. We can see that same resolve in the life of John Wesley, the ...

2695. The Witness Of Pilate

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... time of Jesus of Nazareth. Even though I could findnothing wrong with Jesus I still call myself an enemy of Jesusthe Galilean. The following is my testimony. My first contact with this Jesus was early on the morning theycrucified Him. At first I was concerned that they had brought aserious criminal to have me judge. Part of my job was to sit as ajudge before the matters which affected the people and theirrelationship with Rome. I quickly realized that it was out of jealousy and envy thatthese chief priests ...

2696. God Made My Day

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... 's day. True joy and happiness come when we take our gaze off our own problems and redirect our attention and energies to others. One reason our problems loom so large is that when we put our gaze on our problems they become magnified by our self-concern. One thing that the medical world is discovering is that through our attitudes and through what we do, we release all kinds of chemicals in our systems, some negative and some positive. And one way to insure our continued problems is to gaze inward. A kind ...

2697. The Witness Of The Centurion

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... myself saying, "Surely Hewas the Son of God." I did not plan to say it. Yet I was notsurprised when I did. I realized at that moment that I had donesomething which was against God Himself. I hadcrucified God's own Son. As far as I was concerned I hadcrucified God Himself. If only I could turn the clock back. MaybeI could have saved Him. Maybe I could have rebelled and kept thisrighteous man alive. I do realize that if I had spared His lifethat I would have faced certain punishment and death. The Christians ...

2698. They Drew Back And Fell

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... onpurpose. That fact I almost believe, given the events of thatnight. But, these same people say that Jesus died as a sacrificewhich removes the sins of all those who believe.Knowing what I know about the Jews, I cannot believe this becausethey are so concerned about the Law. Just look at the Pharisees!They spend their entire lives dedicated to making sure they doeverything by the book, the book they say God gave them. Whywould God change His mind and forgive all their sins without anypayment on their part ...

2699. A Lesson From A Shell

Proverbs 10:7

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... , you might give each child one as a reminder of your time together.) Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: When you are on a vacation that enables you to find seashells. When your child has had a day of bad behavior and does not seem to be concerned about it. It can also be used when he or she has had an especially good day.

2700. The Great Commission

Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... world that I've yet to see. Can any of you point to places out of this country to which you have been? (Responses -- Allow several to indicate places. Respond positively to their adventures.) Do you know that Jesus talked about this world with his disciples? He was concerned that God's love should reach every person on earth, even though He knew that He could never get to travel there and tell them the good news of his Father himself. So, he told his disciples to go into all the world and tell people about ...

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