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2751. Godly Sexual Passion For An X-Rated World

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... the end life breaks us all. But then we're strong in the broken places." Solomon, so broken, so wayward, so dysfunctional, yet so strong in the broken places, is now our author, our mentor, our teacher in God's benevolent provision. If you are single and feeling lonely and left out -- this book is for you. If you are a teenager wrestling with your passions -- this book is for you. If you are married, trying to make it work -- this book is for you. If you are divorced -- victimized by abuse, or victimizing ...

2752. All Mine To Give!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... easy task. But we mustn't quit. And we must not lose the zeal and joy and privilege of giving. I remind you that in the early church, as with this church, when a person was excommunicated he was stripped of his right to give. How would that make you feel? What if today you were told, "You can't give any more." Would you miss anything significant? Let's look in the Bible and see. In Proverbs 22:9 we're told, "A generous man will himself be blessed." What is the blessing of giving? In the New Testament the ...

2753. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... people when we dress them up like pastors and they wear robes and help lead worship services. Or maybe when they "preach" or "witness" to some unbeliever. And since most lay people feel that they are not good at doing such things, since they do not have all the education and training of a pastor, they either feel guilty for not being better ministers or completely excuse themselves from having anything to do with the ministry of the church, except for supporting it financially, as they pay someone else to ...

2754. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... someone, to God. Here prayer is not just crossing your fingers and hoping that things will turn out all right. Here prayer is not the last act of desperation but the first line of attack. Here prayer is not just something you do because it makes you feel good but is something that actually changes things. Here prayers are answered. Here miracles happen. Here the blind see. Here what previously was hidden is now revealed." Let me tell you the story of Hilda. For over fifteen years in Fort Wayne I served as a ...

2755. Getting In Tune Again

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

William L. Self

... all the time because there are so many things that distract us. We have things like weekend sports and business meetings that we elevate to a place of prominence. As we come to the Advent season, we must understand that it is more than a "huggy-touchy-feel good-chestnuts roasting on an open fire" kind of season. Candidly, I like Christmas. I grew up in a home that didn't make much of Christmas. I married into a family that made everything of Christmas, and I like Christmas. I even like the shopping centers ...

2756. What It Takes To Be A Winner

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

William L. Self

... faith, hopeful waiting, is the victory itself. Victory is achieved when we understand God's timing and live with hopeful waiting. Do you ever get up in the morning, look at your calendar and know the wind is in your face even before you put on your shoes? Do you feel like you are running through life? Do you think, "I'm tired; my soul is tired." Isaiah says that we will run and not grow weary when we go through life with God's strength. The last part of verse 31 says: "They will run and not get tired, they ...

2757. Point Of Origin

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . Finally, consider the perspective that the human being is more like a machine, a complicated but efficient machine. This perspective animates education and industry. In a computer age we tend to view people as data. This perspective doesn't pay much attention to "feelings" as long as the machine produces the goods. As long as the machine functions well it gets rewarded with merit raises and job security in the business world and good grades in the educational institution. We don't hand out bonuses or cum ...

2758. Our Jealous Husband

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... are sliding backwards because some dummy didn't place the inaugural one in correctly? Now the rack is all messed up. That's how God feels about the Ten Commandments. The first one is the pinnacle of all and must be obeyed if the other nine are to be in ... you or are you being your own god? Who is the god of your sexuality? Is the freedom (actually bondage!) god of the '60s or the "feel good" god of popular society or the "I can't help it, god!" of our flesh what controls your thoughts and actions. Sex was God' ...

2759. Just What The Doctor Ordered

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... the wandering Israelites. Perhaps they learned much from this event. Have you? You don't have a big boat? You've never caught your limit of fish? Everyone else seems to have more than you do? Your hat was lost at sea? You never even knew your grandma? You feel like life is one monotonous day after another? Let this still your disquieted heart: someone is praying for you that you might have all that you need. And he also has the desire to give it to you! And that same Someone, who owned the whole world but ...

2760. Something Old, Something New

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... our iniquities into the depths of the sea" (Micah 7:19). We're the ones that remember them. The day after we bare our soul to God in confession, we often say to him, "Lord, remember that sin I confessed yesterday that I felt so bad about? Well, I still feel bad." What does God say back? "What sin? I've forgotten it all. It's buried and gone. Don't you remember it either!" God's not like us or the businessman who was famous for saving everything (and we're not talking about computers). His file drawers were ...

2761. Accepting Responsibility

Lamentations 1:1-22

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... in our lives does not have to be fatal or irreversible. Often times, in the grace of God, those times can become opportunities for renewal, as the exile was for the Jews. But that won't happen until we accept the blame that rightfully belongs to us. Do you feel isolated from God? If so, let me ask you: Who do you think has moved? And what are you going to do about the distance that separates you? Acknowledging your sin, your responsibility for the gap, is the first step on the road to recovering a close ...

2762. Simply Simon

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... on. The woman who comes to his house is too outside the loop to worry about that problem. She sees in Jesus someone who has the power to make her different, to provide her with something she needs and desires more earnestly than society's approval. She feels a need to go and offer comfort and care to someone who deserves even more. One might say she was worshiping this itinerant preacher. And the preacher knew that. Jesus was well aware of the woman, knew her need without her having to express it. He could ...

2763. Whispers From A Dream

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more" (Revelation 21:1, 4). Yes, things are difficult now, "But ..." In the thick of the struggle with evil in a fallen world, you, as one of God's saints, may not feel victorious. However, for God's saints, it is not a matter of how you feel; rather, it is a matter of what you know. The words of Daniel's dream also catch up the spirit of God's promises surrounding Christ's return. These words have been whispered again in your ear this day. Daniel's dream is ...

2764. All The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... for the morning; more than those, I say, watching for the morning" (Psalm 130). For the morning we wait, for the sunrise. The whole world waits. In Herb Gardner's The Goodbye People, Arthur admits he's always late for trains, sunrises, appointments, people. He feels he's even late for his own life, "... like I left a wake up call for 30 and ... slept right through it. Something terrific was supposed to have happened by now -- some reason for shaving and buying shoes and keeping the clocks wound." At his ...

2765. Too Light A Thing

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... me a polished arrow ... And he said to me, "You are my servant ..." And as we read in verse 4, this servant of God, the people of Israel, felt discouraged, guilty and ineffective: "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity." Ever feel that way? So the prophet Isaiah goes on to speak of Israel's persistent trust in God, in spite of their failures. Indeed Israel says in verse 5 "... my God has become my strength." One might add, "It is high time!" We're approaching now the verse ...

2766. The Sacred Other

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... . But let me say this much. I long for gentleness in our society. I long for the day when children and youth will not feel free to trash road signs and break windows and dump garbage from their cars. I long for the day when people will not enjoy ... to you; for this is the law and the prophets" (Matthew 7:12). God has designed the world to work smoothly only when the needs and feelings of others are held in the same esteem as our own, where the pain of a mere splinter consumes our lives. God's design is for ...

2767. In The Eyes of God

Isaiah 20:1-5

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... your head may have begun to swim in the dreamy gaze of a lover. How belittled you felt as your boss seemed to look right through you without seeing you. Or how you could have burst with joy in the proud eyes of your parents. How differently we can feel in another person's eyes. And how differently eyes can see us -- differences not dependent on optical issues, but on concerns of the heart. Eyes reveal much of a person's mood, even one's nature. We've lots of words for people's eyes: twinkling eyes, beady ...

2768. God Works Wanders

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... entering history by his covenant with one nation and then, in the fullness of time, by the new covenant given in Christ to the whole world. So don't apologize for your modest beginnings. One day this week one of you will begin to belittle your spouse, feeling frustrated with your job, and stop and walk away -- a beginning. In another home a man will reach for a bottle, hesitate, and close the cupboard -- not the last drink, but a beginning. In another home a brother will phone the sister from whom he's been ...

2769. People With A Mission

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... off his lap. It wasn't the Sunday noon dinner I had pleasantly anticipated. But there had been a knock on the front door just after noon. Though I'd long before taken down the brass plaque identifying my home as the Lutheran parsonage, I had a feeling that my grandmother was right: hobos do have charitable homes secretly marked -- especially on Main Street in a small town. Here stood a man in a crumpled blue suit, wearing a tie giving evidence of his menu over the previous several weeks. He was carrying an ...

2770. Live Together In Harmony

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... identification of these people has puzzled biblical scholars, and we are less certain who these people are. Quite possibly they thought that they had the true comprehension of who Jesus Christ was, and that they were in a sense above party labels. Paul feels he must counteract this rather self-righteous attitude. As Paul seeks to resolve this conflict, he interjects a personal note, namely, that he is glad that he did not baptize many converts at Corinth. He writes this statement not because he minimizes ...

2771. Share Your Unique Story

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... and routine. He observed that the people seemed to be attending more out of habit than a real desire to worship. He was embarrassed at times that he would have a tendency to doze off during the sermon, but he noticed others doing the same so he did not feel quite so badly. Finally, he decided that the service was not for him, and he stopped going. One of the most dynamic leaders of the twentieth century was turned away by a church which had lost its vision. How many churches in our own day are simply going ...

2772. The Hope Of Peace

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... from his father. And he knows he disobeyed. But he doesn't know how he could have handled things any differently! How else could he have run with his crowd of friends? He just doesn't know how to explain it, to explain how he went wrong, and why. He feels terrible! And he's afraid. This is about where we stand with God. We have disobeyed, and yet we have a good deal of company in our disobedience. We have wandered off the path God has directed us to, though we never noticed when we began to stray, and we ...

2773. Say Goodbye -- Say Hello

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... blessing and a reminder that God would be with us in our parting. Implied here is that we are not alone in our leaving; on the contrary, we go knowing that we have the promise of God's strength for the journey. Consequently, we need not feel sorry for ourselves and complain that there is nothing we can do about the way life has unjustly treated us. In one of the old television episodes of The Untouchables, Eliot Ness captures a disabled gangster confined to his wheelchair. When Ness asks him why he engaged ...

2774. Unconditional Love

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... tiny fingers curl and twitch just a bit, the tiny mouth make sucking movements? At such times, the heart just melts, doesn't it? We cannot help but love this little bundle. What has that baby done to deserve such love, such an upwelling of protective feelings? Nothing, really -- it just was lucky enough to be born your baby! Maybe just an hour ago, you were struggling to get some cereal in her mouth, between screams and tears. Maybe your little guy is teething, and for two weeks getting to sleep has been ...

2775. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... us, the care that is our experience of God's presence in our lives, must be shared with others. First we must give back to God the love and caring that is shown to us. The little child cannot do much when compared to the mother, but the reciprocity of feeling and emotion is present. Such must be the way we approach God. We cannot do much compared with God but we can spend time in prayer and reflection with our best friend, the Lord. After we have shown God our love, then we need to pass along that same love ...

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