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251. Go Down To The Potter's House

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

James McLemore

... and he saw the intensity of her dedication and the sincerity of her commitment. Then he took out his notepad and wrote down these words. "You have learned all the theory, and you have received all the training. The only thing that you need is to come in contact with human problems. Go down to the neighborhood center and touch the lives of boys and girls, men and women, and after you give them all that you have in you, then they will give you all that you need to address human problems." In this text, God ...

252. With All The Saints

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... swing. The fall mania is upon us. The marching bands, the huge crowds flocking to the stadium, the excitement of the play on the gridiron, all add up to this electrifying experience we Americans call football. For the next several weeks wives are going to lose contact with their husbands. Every favor that a wife asks of her husband will be answered the same way for the next several months: "Wait until this next play is over." One husband said to his wife as he turned on the television for the first game ...

253. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... absence. At first I think they thought I was joking, as a nervous laughter circulated around the room. But after a few moments, when it became obvious that I was serious and not joking, it got very quiet. The council members were visibly nervous. Everyone was avoiding eye contact with me for fear that I would ask one of them to do it. It was clear that none of them wanted to have any part of preaching. After all, preaching is for preachers and not lay people. That's my job, not theirs. Eventually I was able ...

254. Breaking The Tabboo

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... widow outside the temple and like Jesus in his journey to the cross to God. And where can we do that? Where do we love God? Not just in giving time and money to the church but also in giving ourselves in love to our neighbor, wherever we come in contact with people in our daily lives. Occasionally I am just gratified to see this sense of generosity and service show up in the lives of the people of this congregation. It shows me that at times we can break the taboo. At times we actually can live our lives ...

255. The Waiting Place

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

William L. Self

... as insensitive. Process, wait, incubate are not a part of our lifestyle. We are now, hurry up, and turn on. Those who are thirty years old have been bombarded with a hundred times more images than the 55-year-olds. The over-55 generation favor contact with many of the images they see. The thirty-year-olds have been so bombarded they have lost the emotional impact that an image carries. They cannot savor anything. The young devour images like popcorn, wanting even more images and wanting them more quickly ...

256. Famous Last Words

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

William L. Self

... one is responsible for anything. The leader feeds the community of faith so that the community of faith can feed the world (Ephesians 4:12,13). There is a wisdom in congregations; they follow only as long as they are certain that the under-shepherd has contact with the Great Shepherd. More churches have been hurt by pastoral inaction than by pastor domination. The leader Moses profiles is to be a mediator between God and his people. His responsibility is to listen to God and then to speak to the people. The ...

257. Simply Simon

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... the sanctuary, we give him or her the once-over and make our decisions. When people look like they won't fit in, we make sure that they don't. If they seem to be bearing pain or hurt, we move away just far enough to keep from making contact. You see, that's the difference between Simon and the woman who comes to anoint Jesus. Simon does all the socially right things. He is an expert in being politically correct. He knows exactly what society expects, and he does it. He only puts himself on the line when ...

258. Ya Can't Make Me

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

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... our church?" Immediately, one of the kindergartners raised his hand and said, "I'd run away and find my mom." Another chimed in, "I'd say 'NO!' and go tell my Sunday School teacher!" One after another the children told the young woman how they would avoid making contact with this stranger. She tried another tactic. "Well, what would happen if a new child in town was visiting our church for the first time? Wouldn't you be nice to him?" "Sure!" one of the children said. "But if he was a stranger, I wouldn't ...

259. The Star - Conversations

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... star. Several, not one person alone, measured the star's magnetism. Often, people are too close to the truths that might guide them to see the figurative stars offered for direction. Interviewer: The second mention of the star came as the frightened King Herod secretly contacted you to learn the exact time you first saw the star. As an advisor to an Eastern leader, you had no allegiance to a Roman ruling Jersusalem. You outwitted him in the end. You went home another way. Wise Person: True. I had no loyalty ...

260. Paring Down Our Pantheons

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... praise, and complete obedience. What foolish people were those Athenians to have a whole pantheon of gods! We still know their names -- Zeus, Hera, Kronos, Aphrodite and the rest. The gods all had their own spheres of influence, their particular interests, their own points of contact with human lives. It seems ridiculous. We'd never worship a whole pantheon of gods! Would we? Do you suppose a teenager ever says to himself, "I'd like to invite Donna to the Spring Dance, but the other guys don't think she's ...

261. An Unfamiliar Place For God

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... and unsettling. In this amazing letter God was telling the exiles that they would find peace in places and people that they would never have expected. As amazing as it seemed, Yahweh was telling them that if they were looking to Jerusalem for their contact with God, they would be looking in the wrong place. This 29th chapter of the book of Jeremiah tells a very interesting story in Bible history. Jeremiah's brief letter is a truly revolutionary message from God. This is, without a doubt, one of ...

262. Awake, Christ Is Coming

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... between good and evil, light and darkness and later became enamored with Neoplatonism which taught him to deny the material world and to ascend into the realm of the mind and the spirit. Augustine's journey was one of continual frustration. Even when he came into contact with Ambrose, bishop of Milan, Italy, and began to be attracted to the Christian faith, he still could not make a firm commitment. He cried, "Grant me chastity, but not yet." Then one day in a garden in Milan while pouring out his heart to ...

263. People With A Mission

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... him? Then he pointedly added, "Right now I'm on my way to Washington." He had little else to say. His mind seemed distracted by his mission. And the food. He didn't even say goodbye as he trudged up the hill with his suitcase. Usually we have but one contact with such a person, but several years later I saw him hitchhiking on a major highway, miles away. I might not have recognized his face, but the clutched briefcase was unmistakable. Was I going his way? I said I was, just for a chance to hear more of his ...

264. Live Together In Harmony

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... when he learns from "Chloe's people" that quarreling had erupted in the church at Corinth. We are not certain who "Chloe's people" were, but they might have been members of her family or possibly slaves who in some way were able to contact Paul. What was the cause of this particular feud? Apparently four different cliques or parties had emerged in the congregation. We must not think of these four points of view as settled positions or schismatic movements but rather four distinct attitudes or tendencies ...

265. Riding A Train

Mark 10:17

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... and when it stops again at the desired place, the rider gets off and uses the plastic ticket to open a gate to get out of the station. During the ride, the people on board will hear a voice announcing the different stops, but outside of that, they have no contact with the people operating the train. There is no one there to check up on them, but if you want to ride the train, you have to follow the rules. You cannot get through the gates unless you do so. That is a lesson that applies to life also. If ...

266. The Witness Of Pilate

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... Witness Of Pilate My name is Pontius Pilate. I was the Roman governor of Judeaat the 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 ...

267. The Call To Follow

Mt 4:19; 16:24 · Lk 22:39 · Jn 21:22

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... friends, teaching them about his father, God, and of all the things that God wanted people to know about him. He taught them what the scriptures of the old Testament meant. Most of all, He showed his love to them and to others with whom He came into contact. He taught them a great deal about what love means. After Jesus died on the cross, was buried, rose again, and went back to God, his learner/messengers went all over the country and even into many foreign countries to tell people what they had learned. I ...

268. Feast Days During Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . For some the last time might have been when we ourselves were in kindergarten. If we think back it is correct to say that all we ever needed to know we learned in kindergarten. It was probably in kindergarten that we got our first hard lessons on social contact. We learned that we needed to ask permission to do things. If we needed to go to the bathroom, we asked the teacher. If we wanted to speak in class we raised our hands and were recognized before we spoke. On the playground we learned to share since ...

269. The Risky Business of Faith

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... ,"3 uses the image of the "great sweeps of snow that stop suddenly six feet from the house." Unless we risk and keep striving on this journey, we become like the boy who never reads another book after high school graduation or like the child who loses contact with the family and quits calling home. We are cut off from the past and have no tools to open a future. For others, some event shatters the comfortable cocoon. The children are grown. They want nothing more than to settle back and enjoy life. Then one ...

270. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... a good life, so that we build with stone and not the clay which dissolves before the floods that life brings? A. Studying Scripture (good methods, proper use) B. Prayer and meditation C. Worship D. The Service of Discipleship Points of Contact 1. Independence and Dependence. A characteristic of much adolescent behavior is a shifting back and forth between independence and dependence. On the one hand, young people often rebel against parental and other authorities to gain independence and a sense of their ...

271. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... . 5. Training for the Kingdom. (v. 52) The person who would be a scribe for the kingdom needs to develop discernment. A. Discerning the Old and the New B. Discerning the Treasure from Trash C. Discerning the Good and the Bad POINTS OF CONTACT 1. The Excitement of a Treasure Hunt. A treasure hunt excites the imagination. How excited we would be if we stumbled onto an unexpected treasure - win the lottery, win the sweepstakes, receive a large inheritance unexpectedly, find gold or oil in our backyard. All ...

272. The King's Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... into union all manner of persons. The church should unite all people in a colorful array of diversity. A. The church shatters economic barriers. B. The church shatters racial barriers. C. The church shatters gender barriers. D. The church shatters cultural barriers. Contact The customs for a wedding feast in Jesus' day are different from our own. The preacher will need to translate the parable in a fashion that makes sense to people today. In a time when religious tolerance is generally promoted in western ...

273. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... there are some things that it's all right for our kids to have wrong with them and there are other things that are not all right. People talk loudly about how many times they've sent their child's orthodontist to Europe or how often their children lose their contacts. They don't talk loudly about how many AA meetings their son goes to each week, or how often their daughter's stomach has had to be pumped. It takes a lot of love to ask for help, especially if it means that the neighbors will know about it. It ...

274. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... can help me look at the cause of my anger and change what is upsetting me. I am like Job. I often cry out to God from the depths of my agony. At such times I feel God's presence very keenly, and I know that I have come in contact with One who is able to bear the burden of my anger and distress. I know that Jesus, the crucified one, knows and understands this agony and will sustain me.

275. Communion With Christ

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... , a Methodist pastor, who was a political prisoner, a prisoner of conscience. Pettepiece writes of his first Easter Sunday spent in prison. He was among 10,000 prisoners. Most of the men had lost everything: their homes, their jobs, their furniture, their contact with their families. It was Easter Sunday, and they wanted to celebrate Communion. But, they had no cup for Communion. They had no wine for Communion. They didn't even have water for Communion. Nor did they have any bread for the Sacrament ...

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