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2751. Christ, Our Eternal High Priest

Hebrews 7:11-28

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... of God's love for us is also perfect and eternal. Leader: Then let our faith remain pure and strong as we come to praise God. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in the gift of Christ and the resurrection You have given us a message of eternity, and You have called us to fear no more and follow You. O Lord, give us again Your blessing. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, we have so often ignored how You gave Your ...

2752. Christ Is Our Only True Redeemer

Hebrews 9:11-28

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... could God have given us than Christ's sinless life. People: Then let us be willing to die as we serve the risen Christ. Leader: And let us give praise to the Lord for the gift of true life itself. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You sent the Christ to bring Your message of redemption and salvation for all who will accept by faith Your lordship. Help us to spread Your Good News to all. In ...

2753. The Widow's Mite

Mark 12:38-44

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... in Your infinite wisdom You have called each one of us to be stewards of all those things you place in our care. Guide us, Lord, and give us wisdom to be faithful stewards. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we try to substitute material gifts for our love. You seek our hearts, yet we would give You only "things," if we give at all. You would give us eternal life, but we would hold on to this life in this moment instead. Forgive us, Lord, and lead us to reach out in faith to follow ...

2754. The Second Naiveté: Babies, Angels, Shepherds, And God

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... . Through a kind of second naiveté, what heretofore was ignored is observed by the open, inquiring mind. And very often a major paradigm shift occurs, something like the Copernican revolution. And as a consequence, we have a new way of seeing and understanding. It is the gift of the second naiveté. I Christmas Eve is not only the night of the Holy Nativity. It is also, we might say, the night of the Holy Naiveté, the Second Naiveté. Of course, few of us would want anything to do with the first naivet ...

2755. Obeying God Rather Than Men

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... God’s way. Man’s way says we don’t talk about the Holy Ghost because he has gone out of style. We don’t believe in basic Bible study because it is too fundamental. We don’t emphasize all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit because we think only certain types of gifts are acceptable. The “strict orders” create a perpetual confrontation between people who say “what we do and don’t do” rather than ask “what God wants us to do.” One preacher lamented the tough time he had in challenging his ...

2756. Yeah, Merry Christmas

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Dave Marsh

... Honey? Mom: What? Dad: They don’t hear you. This is what Christmas does to little kids. Why don’t you open my gifts to you? Mom: Okay. Which one should I open first? Dad: How about that one? Mom: Okay. Oh, I’m so excited! Whatisitwhatisitwhatisit? ( ... : Oh, we’re going to play with those happy meal toys from McDonalds. (they run off) Dad: (Stares at Mom and then at the gifts) These are your kids you know. My kids would never do this. Mom: Whatever you say dear. Now open your present. Dad: Okay. Let’ ...

2757. Born Again and Again and...

Ephesians 1:1-14

Drama

Dave Marsh

... reads a verse) “For you have been chosen by God to inherit His plan of salvation. This is a gift of grace, not of anything you can do on your own. He is calling you to come forward, over and over, to assure your spirit that He is living inside you. ... And if the feeling of His gift leaves you, even for a moment, enter His gates again and He will save you once more!” Katie: Yeah! See? Exactly! John: I made that ...

2758. Celebrate Love Everyday

John 13:31-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Valentine's Day is a day that we celebrate love. In school you may exchange Valentine's cards, telling people how much you like them. Boys give Valentine's Day cards and candy to their girl friends to show them how much they care about them. Fathers give mothers gifts on Valentine's Day to show how much they love them, and friends give cards to other friends. Valentine's Day is a happy day because it is the one day in the year when we really celebrate love. Who can think of another day we can celebrate love ...

2759. Spiritual Binoculars

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... gone, God would send down the Holy Spirit to help them understand. The Holy Spirit is like spiritual binoculars. When the Holy Spirit is with us, we are able to see things more clearly. The Holy Spirit helps us all understand God's word. The Holy Spirit was God's gift to all of us, so that we could know what God wanted us to do. Every one of us has a pair of spiritual binoculars -- to help us understand what it means to be a Christian. I want all of you to ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand ...

2760. The Peace Of Christ In A Chaotic World

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... here, finally, is perfect joy. And now, brother, listen to the conclusion. Above all the graces and all the gifts of the Holy Spirit which Christ grants to his friends, is the grace of overcoming oneself, and accepting willingly, out of love for Christ ... , all suffering, injury, discomfort and contempt; for in all other gifts of God we cannot glory, seeing they proceed not from ourselves but from God, according to the words of the Apostle ...

2761. I've Got a Strong Case of the 'Can't Help Its'

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... be able to feel 5. to be able to taste 6. to be able to laugh 7. to be able to love.” The room was so quiet when she finished that you could have heard a pin drop. Isn’t it amazing how we overlook and take for granted the gifts that God has given us? We become so captivated by man-made things that we sometimes forget the astounding generosity of God. The psalmist did not make that mistake. Read the Psalms. They resound on page after page with praise and gratitude to God. The 100th Psalm is a classic ...

2762. Unexpected Evangelists

John 4:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... me, a woman and a Samaritan?" Fiesty. Perhaps that is why she went through so many husbands. Or perhaps that is how she survived so many husbands and the ensuing isolation coming from the ostracism of a cold-hearted village. Then Jesus said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." What? Living water? Who is this man? He has nothing with which to draw. Is he making fun? Is he suggesting that "Samaritan ...

2763. The Ten Commandments #4: The Sabbath

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with clubs. "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy...no work...take a break." This commandment was one of the most gracious gifts that a loving God could have ever provided. It was as if Yahweh had created an oasis for Israel in the midst of ... it holy...set apart; six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day"...ah, the seventh day...is a gracious, wonderful gift from your lavish, loving Lord. Let us pray. O God, we are grateful for a day set apart. But most of all we are grateful for ...

2764. The Ten Commandments #7: No Adultery

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... reaction, the lad responded, "Well, it's all right if you like that sort of thing." Uh-huh. Of course, most everybody gets to the place where they DO like that sort of thing. Fine - sex is one of the most delightful gifts that God ever gave. Unfortunately, God's gift CAN sometimes create problems, and that is the reason we find this direction about No Adultery. To be accurate, when Moses came down from the mountain with this rule, it referred to a very specific sexual activity - that between a married woman ...

2765. Blessed Be The Title That Binds

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... taken from the town. On the way back from the battle, a mysterious figure named Melchizedek, called priest of the Most High God, met Abraham and blessed him. Then the text says, "And Abram gave him a tenth of everything." He did not have to - this was simply a gift given as a token of gratitude to God who had just given the victory. Note the order here - our first encounter with tithing is one where the giver is not paying God to stir God into action, but one where the giver is responding to God who has ...

2766. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... carefully saved money to buy a present for a parent? All of us find joy in giving to those we know and love. As the little poem has it, I love the Christmas-tide and yet, I notice this, each year I live: I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!(5) Perhaps our widows can attest to that. Do you want that feeling 52 weeks a year? A Year-Round Christmas? You can have it. Right here in the place you learned the verse that taught you, "It is more blessed to give than ...

2767. Our Magnificent, Mysterious, Mischievous God

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , but over in the boondocks of dusty Samaria. To his credit, Naaman takes that in stride and makes the trek to Elisha's home. He arrives with his impressive caravan, all the trappings of money and might, his whole retinue of servants, not to mention all the gifts he was bringing. The prophet would surely be impressed by the show of power and prestige. But where IS the prophet? Elisha does not even bother to come out of his house. Naaman's presence, which had struck such fear into the heart of Israel's king ...

2768. Who's The Boss?

Psalm 50:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Money, money, money. A wonderful tool, even though sometimes misunderstood. In a moment you will be asked to come to the Lord's Table and offer your Commitment Form to indicate your stewardship plans for the coming year - time (our most precious commodity), talent (God's gift to you to be shared with all), and finally money (the least important of the three, but still very necessary). God does not NEED any of them from us. As the Psalmist affirmed, God owns "every wild animal of the forest...the cattle on a ...

2769. Integrity

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... had remained undiscovered and my picture of my grandparents had remained incomplete.(5) Good point. Were it not for the Song of Songs, we too might miss the fact that healthy desire and healthy discipleship are not mutually exclusive. Sex is a wonderful gift. GOD'S gift, even. Enjoy! OK. Now combine that with the passage we heard from Mark's gospel, this seemingly nit-picky confrontation between Jesus and the disciples on one side and the Scribes and Pharisees on the other over this earth-shaking issue of ...

2770. All I Want for Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... does not mean that I do not need or want anything else. But a new car or a healthy chunk off my mortgage are pretty much out of the ball park. There is one gift I need though, and, as the children's pageant last week reminded, I need it 365 days a year. And you need it too. All I want for Christmas in 1996 is the gift of GRACE! Grace. The theologians among us will hear that word and think, "AHA! Grace...the unmerited favor of God." Good definition. And I surely need that. But the grace I am thinking ...

2771. A Christmas Envelope

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... 10 years or so. It all began because Mike hated Christmas---oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercialism - overspending...the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma - the gifts given in desperation because you could not think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, his wife decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. She reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an ...

2772. Carrying Worshipers out on Stretchers

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of food, and announcing the news of a much-needed drug rehabilitation program? Imagine how they received the good news when it was presented in this manner. (5) Actually seeing all those people striding into your neighborhood singing and laughing and bearing gifts probably seemed like Pentecost. I wonder if the police stopped them and gave them Breathalyzer tests? There is something exhilarating about a unified group of people joined in the common task of serving others. You know what I’m talking about ...

2773. Happy Birthday, Dear Church

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was the only day that a faithful Jew was allowed to drink to excess. In fact, some rabbis of the period taught that all of the Jewish men had to drink to the point of intoxication on this day as a sign of their gratitude to God for the gift of the fruit of the vine!(2) Hmm. Now do you see why I am surprised that modern commerce has missed this golden opportunity? Our lesson from Acts, chapter 2, recalls the first Pentecost AFTER the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. Just before he was taken up ...

2774. "Weird People" Everywhere

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... who take pride in their particular area of the country ” Boston, L.A., Charleston, Dallas. What a diversity of people. EVEN IN THE CHURCH WE ARE DIVERSE. St. Paul talks about spiritual gifts. To one is given the utterance of wisdom, says Paul, to another the utterance of knowledge. To another is given the Spirit of faith, to another gifts of healing. To another is given the working of miracles, to another prophecy, etc. Paul seems to be saying that the same diversity we confront in the world is also found ...

2775. The Most Vexing Question In The Bible

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Are we willing to stake our lives on the promises of God? We learn the answer to that question each time we have a financial campaign for the church. There are some people who simply do not trust God to provide for their needs and so they hedge their gifts. They are afraid to trust their all to God. What is faith? Is it mere intellectual belief? Is it having your children baptized and dropping in at the local house of worship once or twice a year? I'm not giving answers this morning. I'm trying to deal ...

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