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251. After Everyone Had Gone Home

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

John Jamison

... another one!” Although this is a joyous season of celebration in the life of the church, for many of us it is also a long line of days filled with stress and pressures, with full schedules and full houses. For others, it can be quiet, sometimes too quiet. With ... their control. The leaders back in Rome loved him because he kept the country under control. They didn’t care how he did it, as long as he did it. Herod was wrong, but he was also created and enabled. It is far too simple to stand here and point a ...

252. "No Contest"

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... whole set, he will take me out for a lobster dinner. He is perfectly safe from having to pay. This contest has been running for as long as we've been married, and in 21 years I've had lobster once! The match is a "no-contest" contest. He always wins! In ... my husband a few hours before he died and my husband asked the rabbi if he would offer a prayer for him. The rabbi hesitated a long while, pondered, and then said, 'Well, I guess I could pray if you think it would do any good.' " Let it forever be known as ...

253. An Extremely Odd Couple

Luke 18:1-8

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J. Will Ormond

... chance to break through this judge's hard and callous shell? Perhaps. Was she ever on the verge of becoming bitter because of the treatment she was receiving from this powerful man? If so, one could hardly blame her. Did she ever consider giving up? Not this widow! How long she keeps coming to the judge we are not told. But one day he looks up from his bench, and there standing before him once again is the widow. Can't you see him putting his head down on his desk, and wailing in a plaintive voice, "Oh, no ...

254. Jesus Christ, Our Passover Lamb

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Steve Burt

... a shattered dream, the breakup of a marriage and accompanying feelings of failure. Life is difficult. At times the dark night is very long. Robert Veniga wrote a book titled A Gift of Hope, in which he interviewed survivors of the skywalk collapse at the Hyatt ... area we have murders, people drown, others are killed by drunk drivers, all causing immeasurable pain and grief. The night can be terribly long. But even in the face of that, we are a people who have chosen to place our faith in God. In a symbolic ...

255. A Law We Can Live With

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... to him, but whenever he appeared, the word quickly passed from monk to monk: "The rabbi walks again in the woods." And, for as long as he resided there, they would feel sustained by his presence. One day the abbot decided to visit the rabbi and open his heart ... that day. It was a hot, humid Sunday afternoon, and my family decided to take me over to visit my great-great-grandmother. It was a long trip. I had never met her before, and to be honest, I didn't really want to go all that way just to see some ...

256. When God Is The Problem

Psalm 13:1-6

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Robert G. McCreight

... us to count our days And set our hearts on wisdom's ways;Turn, Lord, to us in our distress. In pity now Thy servants bless.Let mercy's dawn dispel our night, And all our day with joy be bright. O send the day of joy and light, For long has been our sorrow's night;Afflicted through the weary years, We wait until Thy help appears;With us and with our sons abide, In us let God be glorified. Amen. Hymn No. 2 Psalm 80 (Tune: Marion, "Rejoice, Ye Pure In Heart") Hear our cry, O Lord. Now hear ...

257. Seeing Light In Darkness

John 11:1-16

Sermon

David Belgum

... to soften the reality. What if we could not die? What if death did not exist? Would that be a good thing? How long until China's population would be six billion or New York City would have a population of 89 million? What if flies and ... the fellow alcoholics in his squad meeting, "Unbind him, and let him go." Let him go back into life. He's been dead long enough. Jesus was more concerned about spiritual darkness than physical darkness. You remember last Sunday how he spoke about the paradox of the seeing ...

258. Preaching On Biblical Personalities

Sermon

John R. Bodo

259. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

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E. Carver McGriff

... a great relationship and both were smiling). But sometimes we resort to such imagery to emphasize a point. So what was Jesus really saying by these words (or at least by Mark's version of what Peter must have reported to him)? We don't know how long the universe will last, but logic tells us it won't last forever. Jesus may have been predicting the destruction of the Jewish Temple and of Jerusalem itself. Also, each of us as individuals will encounter our own individual Parousia, or end-time. It may be that ...

260. The Mechanics Of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... to consider the nuts and bolts of Christlike prayer. What do we say? When do we say it? Where do we say it? How long should we pray? How often? These are some of the mechanics of prayer. They are important as means to the end. The Length of Prayer ... marriage with children and a Christian home, but a spouse turns to alcoholism or to another man or woman. One may dream of having a long life but tragedy brings the end when you are only in your 20s. In times like these, when your soul is bitter and distressed, you ...

261. Bread For The Journey (Bread of Life III)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... should have eternal life. And I will raise them up on the last day.” If we had our choice, most of us would choose a long life. But Jesus is saying through the pen of John that quality of life is far more important than its length. Beyond that is hope. I ... you? Or some other way? I have to say that I perceive my life as a continuous series of journeys big and little, short and long all climaxing in one grand journey to eternity. My prayer time is a journey. My sleep at night is a journey. My trip to the ...

262. Stooping Is a Divine Posture

Isaiah 23:1-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... in a fable from the Farmer’s Almanac. Two geese were about to start on their annual migration when they met a frog who begged to be taken along. The geese said, “Okay, if you can think of a way that we can manage it.” The frog got a long stalk of grass and asked each goose to hold it at opposite ends so that he could cling to it by his mouth in the middle. As the three were flying south, a man below noticed this extraordinary arrangement. With great admiration he shouted up, “Who thought of your ...

263. Here They Come, Singing

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... wants us to come to him as quickly as possible. But also the path seems smooth because God helps us so wonderfully over the obstacles in life, even carrying us when the path gets rough. No journey is too hard, no path is too rough, no life is too long, when God goes with us and provides for us out of the great storehouse of his grace. Jeremiah’s prophecy for today ends with the thrilling words of God, “For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.” Ephraim is another name for Israel. The ...

264. When Something Is About To Happen

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... more profound way, the church has always struggled with its pain over a future which fails to come. "Come, Lord Jesus," they prayed, but it was Roman soldiers who came. "This world is passing away," they sang, but the world remained. One can live on tiptoe just so long, before the muscles grow tired and the eyes grow weary of looking for the light of a day which never dawns. If the church is standing at the threshold of God's future kingdom of justice, then the church can dare to touch the wounds of lepers ...

265. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... . Jesus tells us to sell off our short-term holdings, from which we hope to gain a quick profit, and invest our lives in God's eternal kingdom. Listen to Jesus' investment advice. "Go and sell...give to the poor...come and follow." Jesus knows that as long as we are heavily invested in this world, we will not be prepared to invest for the long haul, for eternity. Outline: 1. The rich man wasn't bad, just shortsighted. 2. He wanted to inherit the treasure of eternal life but wasn't willing to invest for the ...

266. A Wilderness Prophet · John The Baptist

Jn 1:6-8 · Mt 3:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... , he had taken to the desert to prepare himself for a lifetime of witnessing and while there he had met other men who, like himself, were searching its solitude for the key to more significant lives. Strong personality that John was it did not take him long to band them together in the cause of righteousness and, returning with them, to travel the countryside evangelizing. And so effectively did he and his men do so that "Jerusalem and all Judea" were baptized by him in the Jordan. (Matthew 3:5) But in the ...

267. Uncle Hilbert

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Psalm 19:1-14

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John E. Sumwalt

... it was around that time that I asked my dad why Hilbert had never grown up and he said something about some people being born that way. That was also about the time that we got a new preacher, the one my folks never liked. His sermons were way too long and from the tone of them you would have thought we were the most wicked congregation God had anywhere in the world. The new preacher didn't want Hilbert to stand by the door and greet people on Sunday mornings. He always sent him on some kind of errand about ...

268. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... do something to make this last?" We want to erect a chapel or a library or a memorial. A spiritual experience like the transfiguration cannot be housed or institutionalized. The spiritual cannot be solidified in a building or a monument. If we do, it is not long before the spirit is gone and all that remains is a shell. 3. What Prayer Can Be. Luke reports that both the baptism and transfiguration were prayer experiences. In prayer God becomes a reality and his voice is heard. One who truly prays is in God ...

269. Lent 3

1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Exodus 3:1-22, Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 103:1-22, Luke 13:1-9

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George Bass

... with the "burning bush" and God is told in the first reading for this day. That the bush was not consumed by the flames intrigued Moses more than the angel of the Lord who appeared in the burning bush, so he turned "aside" to watch, apparently to see how long the bush would burn without being destroyed. That action caught God's attention, so God called Moses by name, warned him not to get too close to the flames, and ordered him to take off his shoes for the "place on which you are standing is holy ground ...

270. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 63:1-11, Zechariah 12:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

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George Bass

... there is no water (like Rephidim?)." God is able to - and does - quench the thirst of those whose souls are tortured by their longing to know God. The psalmist knows that God can be found, and one's spiritual thirst can be assuaged, by those who throw ... look at the cross. Our sins "pierced" him but the spirit of the risen Christ overcame that mourning, and the joy we know will last as long as we live for and in him. Now we are a people of joy and gladness in Jesus! 1 Kings 19:9-14 (C) - "That Still ...

271. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... ." Apparently there is a law of the upward pull that operates in life. I'm not a physicist or even a mathematician. But I do know this. You can take four apples and place one on each corner of a table. Tie a piece of string about three feet long to the stem of each apple. Gather the loose ends of the strings in your hand and raise your hand above the table until the strings become tight. As you tighten the strings by pulling upward the apples will all come together. Essentially, says scripture, when men and ...

272. Step Ten - Perseverance

Lk 12:35-48 · 1 Cor 10:1-13 · Ps 15:1-5

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John A. Terry

... , worthiness of worship in God's house has very much to do with how we treat God's people. The conclusion of the psalm is that doing what is required is to receive this blessing: "He who does these things shall never be moved." Life is a long journey, and on a long journey we get tired. We need to be fed and renewed. For those who seek to be faithful in the journey, whether they follow the 12 steps of AA, the 10 listed in the psalm, or another particular journey of faith, is what kept the faithful people ...

273. Step Six - Willingness

Jn 5:2-9a · Heb 4:14-16 · Is 1:12-20

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John A. Terry

... pallet a man who had been ill for 38 years. The pallet was a light, flexible mat which could be rolled up and carried. It does not mean that the man had been lying at the pool for all 38 years without ever leaving. But he had been ill that long and somehow had never gotten into the healing waters. In this little story there is a great deal for us. There is a rejection of superstition. That is a comment for anyone who tries to schedule life changes via the horoscope. There is a rejection of the way of life ...

274. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Bulletin Aid

Robert G. McCreight

... s call to put off their wicked and faithless ways to return to a life of obedience and love. They acknowledged their sin, and through long years of patient waiting, trusted God to redeem the people whom he loved. Micah 7:8-9 Do not rejoice over me, O my ... so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me. Choral Anthem: "The Race That Long In Darkness Pined" (verses 1, 2, and 5) Narrator: At last the time had come for the fullness of God to be revealed. It ...

275. Melchior Reminisces

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... the future for the young King? He already has his enemies! But, I believe his reign will be blessed by the Almighty, and he will bring peace and justice to this world of ours. I look forward with eager anticipation to his reign, should God grant that I live that long. Surely the world will be a much better place for all of us! I remember the words of the Prophet Isaiah who proclaimed the coming of this marvelous King: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his ...

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