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2676. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... fall out." God did not put the sexual drive in us to be parcelled out in "panicky fractions," to whomever we might meet up with. When we do that with it, we end up getting hurt, and hurting others, because of it. Whatever our age, those who misuse this beautiful gift of God always will have to ante-up for it sooner or later. Among the many I have worked with who had to do that was a young girl in her middle teens. About five months after she moved with her parents to another city I got a letter from ...

2677. Carrying the Message

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... with us today just like he was once with Peter and John! This morning I have something with me that all of you like. It was a gift from a very special friend and I want to share it with you. (Bring out your kite with the words written on it) What is this, boys ... world to know how happy we are. We can't hide something that makes our hearts so happy. That's why I'm going to take this gift that was given to me and share it with the whole city. I'm going to fly my HALLELUJAH kite so everyone in town will know how ...

2678. So that I Can Tell

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... as we might wish them to be. Why you? Why me? Why any of us? Why not the other guy? Why have we been gifted with the awareness and faith and freedom that we know in the resurrected Jesus? When we deserve it no more than the person who is ... as we the Church go to work. It is a good thing on this Day of Resurrection to give loud thanks to our Father for His gift of new life. But it is equally critical to be full of thanks-living, to translate our gratitude into telling and sharing and demonstrating and giving ...

2679. DREAM INTERPRETER

Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... he had a distinct advantage. Since the client was quite sure that the interpreter knew what he was talking about - well, there wasn’t any harm in helping him by giving him some nice gift! That’s one way to ensure a favorable reading! Now, of course, these were the wealthy people, who could afford to pass out gifts. But even the humble people were great believers in dreams. During the early part of the Christian era, Jerusalem had at least 24 interpreters - each known to render a different meaning to the ...

2680. INTERPRETER

Genesis 42:23

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... language that we can understand, and so we must have interpreters to help in our understanding. Later, in New Testament times, it came to have still other meanings. For one thing, it was used in reference to explaining the speech of those with the gift of tongues, and for expounding the scriptures, as well as translating foreign languages. As long as man chooses to live in a Babel-like existence, refusing to acknowledge and accept the rights of others, to "talk with language," so to speak, interpreters will ...

2681. PRIEST

Deut. 26:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... your God." Among the nomadic tribes there was no developed priesthood. Religion partook of the general simplicity of desert life; apart from the private worship of household gods, the ritual observances were mainly visits to the tribal sanctuary to salute the god. with a gift of the first-fruits. These acts required no priestly aid; each man slew his own victim and divided the sacrifice in his own family circle; the share of the god was the blood which was smeared upon or poured out beside the stone set ...

2682. SANTA CLAUS OR CHRIST?

Drama

G. William Genszler

... reindeer let loose in the hay. The whole household quivered with tense anxious joy As little hands itched, To unwrap the first toy. Kids: (rise and speak to audience) We are the kiddies who hardly can wait We plan to trap Santa with cookies as bait All the gifts will be ours, he has brought down the road We just want to help him lighten the load. (Then enter Santa wearing mask, Red Stocking Hat, or Santa costume, saying -) Santa: HO HO HO!! I’m sure that you’ll guess it My name’s Santa Claus I get ...

2683. A Kudzu-Kind of Kingdom

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... an early-morning in the Pyramid on Easter, 1997. It will feature joint choirs and symphony. This great Easter service will be a gift to the city of Memphis, in the name of and to the glory of the risen Lord Jesus. Can one worship service ... on my knees and prayed, 'Dear God, There's a little kid out there giving his all for me. Oh help me to be worthy of that gift." Isn't that how the Kingdom of God works? The pastor of the largest united Methodist Church in the world got his early boost from something as ...

2684. Picking A Winner, Claiming A Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... that a loving God has supplied a cure through the death of Jesus, the Savior; when a person learns that this eternal cure for his terminal illness is free and available; then that person will gladly give anything at this disposal in order to have this gift. Having this gift requires neither money nor work nor learning. You just have to crave it more than you desire anything or anyone on earth. The New Testament tells us of two young men who caught a glimpse of the Treasure. One was a rich young ruler who ...

2685. That Horse Called Style

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... will demand that you give. When my sister and I were both in college, my father was earning a rather modest pastor's salary. His budget was stretched considerably. One day a wealthy man in the congregation came to Papa and offered to cover my tuition expenses as a secret gift. Papa smiled and said, "Thank you so much. I know you want to be helpful because you love us. But I can't let you do that. Educating my children is a privilege I wouldn't miss for the world." In other words, Papa's heart made him want ...

2686. Half-Price Crosses

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a cross refers to some suffering or sacrifice that you undertake voluntarily out of love for Christ and concern for other people. Carrying a cross will not earn you a ticket to heaven. Those tickets are free gifts from God, paid for by Christ on a cross. But if you have received that free gift of salvation, gratitude will create an inner compulsion to carry crosses for Christ's sake. Now a disturbing question: Where in your life, or mine, is there any cross-bearing? Where is there any suffering or sacrifice ...

2687. Overcoming Fear

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... is immune from the experience. It comes with the territory. The magnificent miracle story that is our text for the morning is God's gift to us fearful people. Matthew, Mark, and Luke tell the story of Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee. When one ... a practical strategy for coping with fear. The first thing I need to say is that reasonable or normal fear is a good thing, a gift from God. Otherwise, when I'm visiting the zoo I might be tempted to crawl over the fence and pet the polar bear on the ...

2688. My Love Requires A Symbol

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Well, John Saul just goes ballistic with joy! He becomes a one-man celebration! You parents, do you remember the feeling? I do. John Saul rushes out of the house and heads downtown to go shopping. He says to himself, “I must find a gift for my wife. I must. Some lovely tangible gift. Why , I’m not sure. I guess its because…my love requires a symbol.” If you know that Jesus died for you, and His grace has changed your life, your love will require a symbol. The Bible points us to a great one. It ...

2689. Our Lord's Abundant Table

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of a door. When she could not find a particle of dirt, she said, "I guess you will do to enter this institution." As a 16 year old, Washington could not do many things. But he could clean a room. And he did it gloriously. Extraordinary living begins with ordinary gifts. What gifts and graces do you have that you have not fully activated? What table is the Lord calling you to serve? Amen.

2690. Forgiveness

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... not ignorance when we grow indifferent to the things God calls us to do and to be? Is it not ignorance when we accept all the gifts God gives us and we never give back to God our gratitude? Is it not ignorance on our part when we attempt to live life on ... has already forgiven us and that God, his Father, is willing to forgive us, too. He would have us receive God’s gift of forgiveness. His Father is a God of love - and forgiveness! After hearing the peasant woman’s confession, Father Zossima, the priest ...

2691. Reconciliation

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... : "Can our worst sins ever be forgiven?" Jesus and his cross are our answer to that question. For example, when a man is unfaithful to his wife and longs to restore their relationship, he can come home bearing gifts in an effort to make up for what he has done. But we know, in fact, that material gifts can not pay the price of a broken relationship. The harm done to the love/trust relationship cannot be repaired even with a new Lincoln Towncar or a fur coat. The relationship can only be restored by the ...

2692. A Cosmic Announcement

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... ’s Child, Jesus. The Child’s coming was not a maybe. Instead, it was God’s promise, a covenant which would not be broken. In a verse that has been described as the heart of the Gospel, John proclaims the all-encompassing nature of that gift: "For God so loved the world that God gave God’s only Child, that whoever believes in that Child should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16 Inclusive Language Lectionary). But what was unsettling about the language of the repeated announcements was that ...

2693. A River Of Destiny

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... on the ways we can more clearly receive the coming Lord. Our commitment for this Advent season needs to take into consideration these contemporary prophetic words as we are faced again with the zealous commercialism around us. Among all the gifts we give, which are the good gifts? What speaks of our commitments and to whom? John’s words to heed the coming Kingdom ring out. They are fierce, insistent, an invitation to turn and live life differently than we thought possible. But we are not left floundering ...

2694. To Our Heart’s Content

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... leave the child’s cradle? There are some here who will not see another Christmas. There are others yet to enjoy their first Christmas. And all of us bear in our hearts the desire for lives made meaningful by the Bethlehem Child. We leave with the gifts, accompanied by this Child, for adventures whose conclusions we know nothing of. What places will we journey to and through? Where will we choose to stay and what will we avoid? The holy places of which we have heard and sung, pondered and prayed about over ...

2695. Living By Love Not Judgment

Romans 14:1--15:13

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... in different ways. In Your loving eyes each of us is precious. Help us to accept and love others as You have loved us. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often after we have come to accept Your gifts of love, we then begin to believe You have given us salvation because we actually are better than others and our way of doing things is more correct than the ways of others. Forgive us, Lord, and help us see the personal suffering our being judgmental has caused for others. ...

2696. Easter Turns ONLY into ALSO

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... any other way than by the synagogue; in other words, they must first become Jews. Moreover, the further indiscretion adding insult to injury was that Peter had baptized them. Wow! But Peter held his ground and silenced them with these telling words: "If God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" (11:17). What of our day? Are the forces of tolerance fighting a losing battle against the stone wall of prejudice - in workshop ...

2697. Some Rules Need to be Broken

Mark 2:13-17

Illustration

Larry Powell

... in." I had to move the car, park it at a considerable distance from the emergency room entrance and almost carry the expectant mother into the hospital. As I mentioned, there must always be individuals to remind us of the rules, but it is an additional gift of grace if they have a minimum of common sense. The Pharisees scolded Jesus for associating with sinners (Mark 2:16), chastized him for plucking grain for nourishment on the sabbath (23-28), and rebuked him for healing a man with a withered hand on the ...

2698. What Does God Expect Of You?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Robert Allen

... mother fell seriously ill and Teddy was tabbed a slow learner. In the fourth grade he was far behind and his teacher noted that his father had no interest in Teddy’s progress. Christmas time came and the boys and girls in Miss Thompson’s room brought her some gifts. To her surprise, there was a very crudely wrapped present from Teddy. Opening the package, she discovered a gaudy rhinestone bracelet and a bottle of cheap perfume. Sensing that the other children were beginning to smirk and giggle at the ...

2699. Taking Ourselves Lightly

Illustration

Lori Johnson Rosenkvist

... things can happen. The unexpected. The unpredictable. Play propels us into work with renewed strength and ingenuity. Can serious people learn to play? I certainly hope so. It would be sad to think that only a few silly people are allowed access to this rarely discussed gift of the Spirit. I have heard it said that the angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. This is the essence of play. Through play comes the freedom to allow the stiff wind of the Holy Spirit to blow through our too-often stuffy ...

2700. The Scandal Of Redeeming Love

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... , is the very incarnation of forgiveness and redemption. The clear implication to Levi was, "Your sins are forgiven." For Levi, at that very moment, there was a new covenant in force. The very thing which he did not deserve, he received as a pure, unconditional, and unqualified gift of God. The gospel, though, is not just a "once-upon-a-time" story. It is contemporary. It is the context in which we can behold what is available now, to each one of us. What happened to Levi can happen to anyone. The story of ...

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