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251. Proper 18

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

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B. David Hostetter

... News. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Exhortation Never show snobbery, believing as you do in our Lord Jesus Christ who reigns in glory. Prayer of the Day Divine Physician, heal our hardness of hearing and soften our feelings so that we have your sensitivity to and awareness of the needs of others, often hidden behind a curtain of words. Free our tongues to share our innermost feeling with a trusted friend or counselor. Make us well, Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Thanksgiving We praise you, God of Israel, God ...

252. Christmas 2

John 1:1-18, Ephesians 1:1-14, Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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B. David Hostetter

... EXHORTATION Accept the limitations of your own knowledge. Have reverence for the wisdom of the Creator. Be thankful for his love in Christ and for a humble place in his house. PRAYER OF THE DAY Available God, whatever our age, whether married or single, make us sensitive to what you are doing and about to do, that we may not miss the excitement of being a part of the living history that you are writing, through Jesus Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING We give thanks, God of Job and Jeremiah, David's Lord ...

253. The Set Face And The Turned Head

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

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Larry Powell

... referring now to the commitment which gets on a trail and stays on it. It does not grow weary nor it is distracted. A statewide hunger rally was held on the campus of one of our colleges in the late '70s. Hundreds of sensitive, concerned, well-meaning church leaders filled the auditorium to listen to staggering statistics about the effects of world hunger and view frame after frame of a slide presentation showing under-nourished, skeletal-like figures covered with insects. The program was graphic, emotional ...

254. A Continuing Presence

John 16:5-16

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Larry Powell

... date of expiration, it reads, "Never Expires." We will not question the motive. The sign is clearly a serious, commendable gesture to glorify Christ, or "lift up his name." That is one way to do it. However, we will want to be sensitive to the countless other ways in which Christ is glorified at eye-level: (1) church-related hospitals, nursing homes, and institutions of higher learning glorify Christ daily. Additionally, whenever the hungry are fed, the hurting healed, and minds enlightened there is Christ ...

255. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... prefers help from Assyria. Did (v. 24). Joseph "did" what the angel commanded him to do. He married Mary, believed the child was by the Spirit, and named the baby Jesus. We see that Joseph was a godly man who had an experience with God, who was sensitive to the Word of God, and obeyed divine instructions. He was a good man who had love and compassion for the girl he at once thought betrayed him with unfaithfulness. If Jesus were to be born naturally, Joseph would have been a worthy father of Jesus. Knew ...

256. The Politics Of Love

Luke 10:25-37

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W. Robert McClelland

... of educational opportunities, lingering racism, inequality of taxation; all contribute to the complex malaise of poverty. Personal acts of love may salve consciences but they leave the disease untreated. A piety that cultivates personal virtues such as love and sensitivity to the needs of others - without addressing the societal causes of human suffering - fosters counterfeit love. Loving our neighbor forces us into the political arena where the decisions effecting the lives of people are made. Love must be ...

257. Sharing Shalom

Luke 12:13-21

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W. Robert McClelland

... but consume forty percent of its goods. Collectively, we, too, are a bottleneck in the flow of Shalom to the rest of the world. Jesus' parable, therefore, does have relevance. It raises the question, "How am I to regard my wealth, and what am I to do with it?" Sensitized to the plight of the world's oppressed peoples who are my brothers and sisters in Christ, I must now make a choice. I can either feel guilty about being wealthy and dispose of my goods as a danger to my spiritual health, or I can regard my ...

258. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

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George Paul Mocko

... . Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Many were quite surprised, and it is not unfair to say that quite a few secularists had a definite feeling of betrayal when that book revealed that Hammarskjold, through his greatest years, had been moved by profound religious sensitivities. That Hammarskjold sensed the presence of God equally and deeply in such diverse experiences as watching a drop of rain course its way down a pane of glass, at social contacts at a cocktail party, and in the work and decisions of the ...

259. Grace Is What Christ Has Done

Acts 15:1-21

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Barbara Brokhoff

... at the big muscle which once pumped life through his body, the famed surgeon suddenly realized that this was the first time in human history that a person had ever seen his own heart. It was a historic moment, but for the patient it must have been a keenly sensitive sensation, for the old heart had worn out and failed him. Now the old heart had been replaced by a new one, and without it his life would now be extinct. After gazing for a long moment at the old heart, the grateful patient looked up at the ...

260. Transfiguration

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

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John R. Brokhoff

... of us can have a similar experience. "Oh, that I knew where to find him!" How can Jesus' experience with God be ours also? A. Get away from the world - mountaintop - v. 28 B. Have fellowship with the saints of God - Moses & Elijah & v. 30 C. Be sensitive to God's presence - cloud, voice - vv. 34, 35 2. Jesus Who (9:28-36). When Jimmy Carter ran for the presidency, many did not know this farmer from a little south Georgia town, Plains. People asked, "Jimmy who?" Do we know who this itinerant preacher from ...

261. God's Descending Spirit

John 20:19-23

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Leonard H. Budd

... about Mother Teresa today. We remember her gentle touch upon the untouchables, upon those persons who would have had only the street curb upon which to die, except for her kindness, her divine caring. God's Holy Spirit came into her life in such ways that community life was sensitized to a great human need. All people of good will see the presence of God's Holy Spirit through her living. But it is not just for the historic or famous. You and I know that God's spirit has been part of the lives of some good ...

262. It's A Small World After All

Mark 14:12-26

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Leonard H. Budd

... location of the former Yugoslavia, but do we know what the Serbs are like or the Croats? It is a small world, and getting smaller, but that does not automatically mandate keener knowledge of other people, nor build a deeper interest in other nations, nor sensitize a concern for much beyond our own family and tribe. Yet there is in the faith surrounding Jesus Christ a universal-mindedness. It does not come naturally, for we frighten too easily. But Jesus Christ calls us to be a single body of humanity ...

263. The Love Of Evil

Psalm 52:1-9

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Erskine White

You love evil more than good. (Psalm 52:3) Centuries ago, the great philosopher, Socrates, asked a question which troubles the sensitive conscience: "How can people know what is good but do what is bad?" The question has been pondered through the ages and we should be asking it tonight as we begin the forty day period of Lent. For some people, the answer to evil lies in education. They figure that ...

264. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

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Erskine White

... . The sweet symphony of praise for the Prince of Peace is jangled by the jarring, clanging, discordant sounds of war. The world’s ills do not go into remission during the holidays. In fact, and more so in Advent than at any other time of the year, the sensitive Christian conscience is troubled by the contrast between the joy of the season and the pain of the world. What are we to do? What are we to think about the perplexities of the world and the distress of nations during this time of Advent? As earlier ...

265. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

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Erskine White

... practices mercy, and who expects us to do the same, open our eyes anew to the beggars in our world today, the ones who have too little to eat, too little to wear, too little money to spend and no place to lay their weary heads. Make our ears more sensitive to their cries and our hands more generous to their need. Make Your church a place of succor and strength for those whom Jesus called "the least of these;" that those who now are last may someday be first in the eyes of the world, even as they are already ...

266. God's Gift Of Life

Psalm 139:1-24

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Erskine White

... our nervous system is in place and our heart is beating. At four weeks, our eyes, ears and nose have begun to form. At six weeks, our brain activity can be measured by EEG. At eight weeks, our fingers and toes are well formed. At ten weeks, we are very sensitive to touch and pain and we try to suck our thumb. By the end of the third month, all our basic structures are completely formed. We need the next six months of gestation simply to grow and mature until we are ready for birth. Deep down, I think most ...

267. Joy At Midnight

Matthew 25:1-13

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Erskine White

... not one million or six million, but thirty million people? Go back in the Bible and see the savagery of the Assyrians, or the brutality of the Romans. Then read Ecclesiastes and understand why it says that "There is nothing new under the sun" (1:9). Sensitive people have always felt that their own generation is the most immoral of all. A young man spoke for many people when he said, "I dare not marry - the future is so unsettled." His name was William Wilberforce and he said it in 1791. Another young ...

268. Wedding: Creating a Happy Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... in itself to make for happiness, while there are plenty of things about marriage to make for problems. Two personalities waiting to be happy come into a relationship, the most intimate that earth knows, where all the peculiarities of one are thrust on the sensitiveness of the other. That situation by itself is much more likely to make for agony rather than bliss." That attitude may not sound optimistic, but it is realistic. Even the vows which you are making to each other, whether you realize it or not ...

269. Wedding: One from Two

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John M. Braaten

... stand by you, when a marathon hurt pays a visit, is a great gift. So it is, ________ and _________, your lives are now so intertwined that you two are one. Whatever happens to one, the repercussions will be felt by the other. Plan on practicing sensitivity to each other. Support and encourage each other. Let your affection show in deed as well as word. Work for the happiness of the other, and your life together will be richer and more fulfilling, because you two are one. Finally, in the mystery of marriage ...

270. The Season of the Holy Spirit

John 18:28-40

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Wayne B. Keller

... might know how much God loves us and forgives us and receives us. Ministers: We come to worship today to experience anew what this means. Pastor: If we dare to accept God's grace offered to us in the Cross, we are free to live life sensitized with expectation, filled with joy, alive to new possibilities, released from boredom. Ministers: That's how we want to live. Pastor: Come on then, let's celebrate the presence of the Lord who breaks the ruts of routine, banishes sameness, and involves us in the great ...

271. The Season of the Holy Spirit

Luke 17:11-19

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Wayne B. Keller

... amount of comfort with the least expenditure of energy." 2. Give the people some specific suggestions to acknowledge thanks to God, as for example, a) Spend one hour walking through a convalescent home, not to feel better about ourselves, but to become sensitive to a hidden group of people. b) Write five letters of gratitude to people whom you appreciate. c) Consider the questions, "What if you lost everything, except your life, for twenty-four hours, after which you were given your top five choices ...

272. The King of Life

Luke 19:28-44

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Thomas Slavens

... worldliness, our timidity, our fickleness, our cowardice, our cruelty. Look with compassion on us and forgive us, for so often we know not what we do. Help us to accept him as the King of life who will lead us into greater paths of service. Make us more sensitive to the needs of the poor, the hungry, and the cold, lest we cry, “Hosanna” with our lips but go on living selfishly without the suffering servant as our Lord. On this Palm Sunday fill us with joy, and strengthen us for the tasks which fall to ...

273. All Saints’ Day

John 11:17-37

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Andrew Daughters

... with her. His heart was touchedto see her weeping there. And, as he wept, his weeping said her sorrow he would share. He did not say, “Be brave and strong,”and thus condemn her tears. He worried not that he was seenas sharing in her fears. If Jesus was so sensitive to Mary’s dreadful loss, I wonder how he bore so well the torture of the cross. If Jesus thus could weep and did not try his tears to hide, I wonder why we try to keepour tears of love inside. And I believe that Jesus weeps for human ...

274. Act III, Scene 2

John 21:1-14

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John M. Braaten

... hollows of grief; the soundless, emptiness of anxiety, the silent trembling of guilt. But he comes. He comes. The truth is, he may slip into your life at this very moment - or the next. You cannot predict his visitations. But your awareness can be sensitized by practicing the presence of God. You can live in the awareness of our Lord's nearness through faithful prayer and by envisioning him with you. That discipline is poignantly illustrated in the oft told story of an old man who suddenly became gravely ...

275. Not Defeated But Victorious

2 Timothy 4:9-18

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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... a few of the blessings which our loved one and friend has brought to our lives! ______ life, like a diamond in the sunlight, sparkled with beauty and dignity at every angle. ________ felt a deep love and concern for all his friends. He was sensitive to their heartaches, their burdens, and their cares. How frequently he would ask about our problems; not to pry but in loving concern. When difficulties arose, regardless of what they were, you could always count on ___________. He would never let you down or ...

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