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2676. Welcoming Jesus

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... be a change in pastoral leadership. As we were getting acquainted, one of the elderly women reminded everybody that she had a favorite pew. “Not only that,” she said, “it’s my pew, because it was my mother’s pew. Even though she’s been long gone, it feels like she is still here somehow as long as I can sit in my own family pew.” Curiously enough, or perhaps not so curiously, her congregation has only about a dozen people sitting in any of the pews these days. There is no credible threat that ...

2677. Speak the Word of Forgiveness

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Maxie Dunnam

... the emotional pain throbbing through the telephone receiver. I knew that she was taking the burden of guilt upon herself. Clearly and with conviction, I said, “In the name of Christ, you are forgiven.” I could feel the quiet come over her, and even by remote communication I could sense the relief and release she was experiencing. The tone of her voice changed, as she said, “Thank you. Oh, thank you!” There are people around you who need to hear that word -- the word of forgiveness -- and ...

2678. A Woman Dancing

Exodus 15:20, 21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... look at me sleeping in my crib, shake the head and say sadly, "He won't get out of this alive." After Good Friday, the disciples showed what sensible, mature people they were. They grieved, but they didn't go on and on. By Sunday, they were beginning to feel much better which means that they had begun to relent to things as they are. It was a good campaign while it lasted, though we failed to get him elected Messiah. What can anybody do about Caesar? "I'm going fishing," one of them said. Keep busy, then it ...

2679. The Contestant

Matthew 14:22-33

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... stubbornness and God’s sovereignty and power. Trust is probably the most difficult thing we humans have to do in our lives. It’s hard enough to trust each other. But it’s even harder for us often to trust in God, in Jesus, particularly when life feels uncertain, turbulent, and rough. Most of the time, our first reaction is bravado, stubbornness, confrontation, and defiance. We want to try to go it on our own. We don’t believe that anyone can help us but ourselves. Even when we see the signs of Jesus ...

2680. Redeem the Time

Matthew 24:36-44 · Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... reasons, namely, our innate, human fear that our fate is solely in our hands, that it is all up to us to save ourselves or we won't be saved. For nearly fifty years we have been building atomic bombs to insure our survival. Now, a good portion of us feel that this is an unworkable strategy so now we ought to dismantle our bombs to insure our survival. But here you and I are, stuck on this first Sunday in Advent with a text which clearly asserts that God is unwilling for us to survive as we are anyway. Left ...

2681. Master Teacher

Matthew 15:10-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... So, Jesus plays along with their bluff and says to the woman: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” As you watch the scene unfold, you can almost see the disciples with smug, self-righteous smiles on their faces, nodding in agreement, feeling their Rabbi was doing the “right thing” according to Jewish “law.” She kneels before him and asks for help. He speaks again, parroting what he knows his disciples believe: “It’s not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to dogs, is ...

2682. Template for Reconciliation

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Steve Molin

... where the damage is done. That is to say that, disagreements - even conflict - are not inherently bad. Dis- agreement often leads us to deeper discussion and better answers! The damage comes as a result of how we resolve the conflict. Jesus says we must not let the feelings of division go unchecked. “If a member of the church offends you, go to them.” Go to them. Do not go to your neighbor, or the guy at the golf course, or someone in your book club. Church fights never get settled that way; they just ...

2683. Simeon (A Monologue)

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and their son. Then I handed the baby back to his mother. As she took him from me, I felt compelled to say something further. I would have loved to have let my conversation end with the blessing, but that strange something inside me led me to share my feelings: Joy, to be sure, but mixed with a sense of disquiet. I looked at the young woman and said, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel.” Even though God had not specifically revealed it to me, I knew that this child ...

2684. Knowing, and Known

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... about how young he had been that first time he brought his flocks here to sell. That had been, what, seventy years ago? Maybe eighty? The journey from home to the market hadn’t changed any, but it sure felt like it had. He couldn’t remember ever feeling this tired. He looked down at his campfire and wondered if this would be his last trip; the last time he would make the long journey to bring his flocks and sit under the big oak tree. When he looked up, he noticed the three men slowly walking past ...

2685. There Is No Point

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Maxie Dunnam

In the play, "Cold Storage," Joseph Parmigian struggled with a terminal illness that made him feel helpless and hopeless. In one of his many discussions with a Jewish art dealer named Landau, ... thousand rabbis with five thousand beards working five thousand years could never solve. There is no point." You may not be sick with a terminal illness, but you feel there is no point. You've lost a husband, or a wife. You've gone through a painful divorce that left you lifeless and alone. You're 45 now and are stuck ...

2686. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

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David E. Leininger

... all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and thy neighbor as thyself’ — that church would I gladly unite with.” Many today would echo that sentiment. He went on, “Probably it is to be my lot to go on in a twilight, feeling... with him of old time, who, in his need, as I in mine, exclaimed, “Help Thou mine unbelief.”[14] Honest Abe was a man of honest faith... and honest doubt. Those words, “I believe; help my unbelief!” came from another man whose life reflected a mixture of ...

2687. The Body Of Christ, On Repeat

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

Mary Austin

... served as a hospice chaplain, a young man was extremely distraught about the upcoming death of his mother. Wanting to find something to hold onto, he asked me if he would see his mother again. He wondered if she would come to him in a dream or if he would feel her presence. I was stumped for a minute. I couldn’t guarantee anything to him, and I didn’t want to leave him with nothing. Running over past experiences in my mind, it struck me that there was a pattern. In my experience, I said, each of us gets ...

2688.

Psalm 142:1-7

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... alien, the fatherless, and the widow (Pss. 10:14, 18; 68:5; 146:9). The depictions of threat and distress are varied—trappers (v. 3), pursuers (v. 6), and prison (v. 7)—thus indicating they are not describing actual circumstances but are portraying images that denote feelings of attack and confinement. This allows the psalm to be used for a variety of needs. 142:1–2 The opening verses refer to Yahweh in the third person and describe the act of praying—they are not a formal part of the prayer itself ...

2689. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... away before him; both it and a prince of a covenant, Ptolemy VI (181–146 BC), will be destroyed. [23] After coming to an agreement with him, Antiochus will act deceitfully, and with only a few people he will rise to power. [24] When the richest provinces feel secure, he will invade them . . . but only for a time. [25] With a large army Antiochus will stir up his strength and courage against Egypt. Ptolemy will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to stand because of the ...

2690. Lord To Whom Shall We Go?

John 6:56-69

Sermon

David Coffin

... not such bad people despite how the popular media portrayed them. There were people whom he thought to be friends, who kept their distance from him as if he were a modern day leper. Also, there were people with whom he could share his deepest feelings and hurtful experiences who proved to be true, sincere friends and companions during that painful journey of divorce. He did go on to get advanced degrees and certifications in his vocation. He did indeed move up the success ladder in his field. He was able ...

2691. Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Mark 9:30-37 · Proverbs 31:10-31 · Psalm 1

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... now — the compensation I speak of is not monetary. No one will make any money by being a deacon. But there is reward. Our deacons visit the members of the congregation who cannot attend worship. Many of these people have been members for decades. The joy they feel in having contact with this church, in hearing what’s going on here, in knowing that the work of the church continues is contagious. Two years ago, I did a funeral for one of our long-standing members. This man’s grandson told me he believed ...

2692. The Ominous Invitation

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the risks will most likely tip in our favor? Of course! Do we fully comprehend the severity of the risks we are taking? Not really! Like a young person learning to drive for the first time, we as human beings, especially when we are young, generally feel invincible. We hear the risks. We know they exist. But we seldom believe they will apply to us. Only when someone stops us and makes us listen, will we tip our heads in wonder, stop our adrenaline-racing brains, and perhaps err on the side of caution. Even ...

2693. Christ, Our King

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... moon, or anything else unusual in the sky, I want to see it and want my family to see it with me. The psalms tell us the heavens declare the glory of God, and their vastness and beauty can teach us a proper humility. They can make us feel small, and in our feeling small we might even come face-to- face with a reality that we ignore in our day-to-day lives: We’re not in charge. We believe we are powerful, autonomous beings, able to plan and control — if not world events at least our little corners of the ...

2694. Christ, Our King

John 18:33-37

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

2695. Touched by God

Luke 1:46-55

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... monumental, and overwhelming happened one day to Mary. And she found herself pregnant, an unwed mother, in the midst of an unforgiving society, ready to stone her if they ever found out. Something terrifying happened to Mary that made the pit of her stomach feel like it just dropped out. How could she tell her betrothed, the man who was contracted to marry her, that she was already pregnant. How could he ever believe she had done nothing wrong! Something deeply troubling and confusing happened to Mary. And ...

2696. Words

John 1:(1-9), 10-18

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... . John reminds us that words are very powerful things. Sometimes we forget just how powerful our words are. Have you ever seen someone’s face come to life when you spoke with them? Maybe you just said, “Hello”, or “I’m sorry”, or “I hope you are feeling better”, but it was like those words reached out to them and changed their entire world. Words can do that; Our words have power. Have you seen the face of a child when someone smiles at them and says, “You did an awesome job”, or “I am ...

2697. Into the Wilderness

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... only one reason he could go off to work instead of someone else was because he cheated? Boyd’s father declined the job and the family groveled through several more years of poverty. Yet, of his father, Maurice Boyd said, “He discovered that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent, and that one way you can keep your soul is by refusing to sell it. He realized that whatever else he lost … he didn’t have to lose himself.” Where did Boyd’s father get an idea like that? He got it from ...

2698. We Build the Tomb

Hebrews 10:16-25

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... this Lenten season? Who has been the brunt of our anger, your lack of consideration, your selfishness or greed? With whom do you need to make peace and amends? We can forgive and we can ask to be forgiven because God first offered forgiveness to us. We know how we feel when we forgive. It is, after all, more about us than the one we are forgiving. To fail to forgive provides us with one more burden to carry, one more stone in the wall between us and another. This is not God’s hope for us. One Lent, when I ...

2699. Swimming Against the Tide

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... even seem to us to be wicked. For that is our job. It’s basically Discipleship 101 in the Jesus Book of the “Way.” And guess what….I don’t have to tell you….Jesus’ challenge is not easy. So, what do you do when loving is difficult and forgiveness feels impossible? Well, our scripture today leaves us with a few clues. I like to call it Jesus’ “Big 7”: 1. We must treat every human being with due respect and to see them the way God sees them, as a person of worth, created by God. 2. We must ...

2700. Famine of the Heart

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the greater famine? Let’s take a look. The story begins with a saga of two sons (hence the comparison). For Jesus, this may refer to two groups: 1) the tax collectors and sinners and 2) the religious folk who follow “the rules.” The errant son feels the need to “sow his wild oats” so to speak and so requests his inheritance at which he goes out on a wild and woolly spending spree, trying to find fulfillment by filling his every desire. Now here comes the famine. [Notice by the way that scripture ...

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