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2751. Do You See What I See?

Exodus 14:19-31

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... And then, in the meantime, he parted a body of water so that those people could cross to the other side on dry ground. After all of that, when their chariot wheels are stuck in the mud and their fate is sealed, finally it dawned on the Egyptians: "The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt." Very good. What gave you your first clue? Jonathan Swift wrote, "There's none so blind, as they that won't see."1 Pharaoh and his cohorts would not see. Miracle after miracle, they just would not see. Or at least they ...

2752. Are We There Yet?

James 5:7-10

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... taken as a kind of "pie in the sky when you die, bye and bye" escapist and quietistic theology. "Nothing to do until the Lord comes and takes us out of this wicked world." James' illustration of the farmer makes it abundantly clear that this is not what he ... and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded ... Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. (James 4:7-8, 10) So what we are about now, our growth in Christlikeness, the fruit which ...

2753. A Double Portion

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and tore them in two pieces. [13] He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. [14] He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" When he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over. I'll bet you're sitting out there thinking to yourself, "OK, what do Double Stuf Oreos and Elijah being taken to heaven in ...

2754. Fresh Grilled Forgiveness

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... ashore, full of large fish, a hundred fifty-three of them; and though there were so many, the net was not torn. [12] Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord. [13] Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. [14] This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. [15] When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon ...

2755. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-10, 22, Matthew 5:1-12, 1 John 3:1-3, Revelation 7:9-17

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... and suffering will be no more, when every tear will be wiped from our eyes, and when we see your love clearly in the faces of all those whom death cannot hold. We pray in the name of the Lamb, who is our eternal shepherd, Jesus Christ, our Lord. All: Amen, amen. Hymn Of The Day/Remembrance Of The Faithful Departed “Who Is This Host Arrayed In White” (The congregation sings verses 1 and 3. Verse 2 is sung softly by the choir while the names of the beloved of the congregation who have entered into the ...

2756. Easter 2

Psalm 16:1-11, John 20:19-23, Acts 2:14a, 22-32, 1 Peter 1:3-9

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... will not believe. Leader: Peace be with you. I: The scars, is it he? II: I betrayed him, could he forgive me? Leader: Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out and put it in my side. Do not doubt, but believe. I and II: My Lord and my God! My Lord and my God! Leader: Blessed are you who have not seen and yet have come to believe. I and II: Amen, Amen. Hymn Of Praise We Walk By Faith Prayer Of The Day Leader: You breathe life, O God, and all things come to be. You breathe life ...

2757. Lent 5

Psalm 130:1-8, Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-45, Romans 8:6-11

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... my soul waits for him; in his word is my hope. Leader: In the stillness, in the silence, when there is nothing left, All: my soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. Leader: It is a promise ... unbroken ... listen — All: O Israel, wait for the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy. Leader: It is hope beyond all hoping. All: With God there is plenteous redemption, and we shall be redeemed from all our sins. Prayer Of The Day Leader: You, who defeated ...

2758. Christmas 1

Psalm 148:1-14, Isaiah 63:7-9, Matthew 2:13-18, Hebrews 2:10-18

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... Leader: O Giver of Peace, you were born defenseless in an occupied territory. Grant us vision to see the world from your eyes, that we might know what it means to trust in another’s mercy. Grant that we might act with such faith in all our decision making. Lord in your mercy, All: hear our prayer. Leader: Let us pray for all who are sojourners: Silence Leader: O God of exile and return, we ask you to watch over our loved ones who travel, and we give you thanks for those whom you have brought safely to us ...

2759. The Ad Vent Wheat

John 1:1-18

Drama

Frank Ramirez

... each child one for each hand) Now we can all sing together. (Everyone puts on their hand puppets.) Teacher Two: Let’s get everyone here in the church to sing with us, as well! Won’t you? Cast Members and Congregation: (sing) Joy to the world, the Lord is come, Let earth receive her king. Let every heart prepare him room. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and nature sing. And heaven and heaven and nature sing. Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ. While fields and floods ...

2760. My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ethical map, the relationship map, or virtually whatever map you can think of? How can we possibly hope to navigate? With help, that's how. With the help of an old and trusted friend. The friend to whom I refer is the Shepherd Psalm, Psalm 23. "The Lord is my shepherd...." This is probably as well known and well loved as any portion of scripture. Generations have memorized it, in Sunday school or at the knee of parents or grandparents. It is one of the first Bible passages we learn, and as often, we hear ...

2761. Jesus Will Lead Us Home

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... open the door, I will come into you and eat with you, and you with me" (Revelation 3:20). Yes, Jesus invites us, but as Holbein's painting depicts a door without a knob, so it is clear from Revelation that we must open the door from the inside. The Lord will not violate our personal freedom, but is ever ready to assist us. Saint Paul's letter to his traveling companion, Timothy, makes this clear: "If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him ...

2762. The Real Underdog!

1 Samuel 17:1, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... way to rid himself of someone who was already becoming too popular. But there is no hint of that in the text at this point. To Saul's credit, he must have recognized the glint in David's eyes as the Lord looking right at him because Saul remembered once what it was like to have the Lord with him. So, for these three reasons — 1) David was prepared physically, 2) he remained true to himself, and 3) he knew God was with him — David was anything but an underdog here. In fact, have you guessed yet who the ...

2763. Your God Shall Be My God

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... , it did not always work out that way. Women often survived their husbands and, if there were no sons to care for her, such a widow became a symbol of the destitute and powerless, along with orphans. When Naomi hears that the famine in Judah has eased — "that the Lord had considered his people and given them food" (1:6b) — she decides she will be better off at home than in a land where she is a foreigner. Her two daughters-in-law, Orpah and Ruth, start to go with her. But Naomi said to each of the women ...

2764. Will You Be an April Fool for Christ?

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Christ is also known as the “Son of David.” King David is the backbone of Judaism, the patriarch of Israel’ identity, the lineage for the Messiah. King David is also the one who stripped naked so he could dance for joy before the Lord. David happily divested himself of all his “kingly” attributes and attire, of everything and anything that might have distinguished him as royal or special or unique. David wanted to represent himself before God as “everyman,” as “anyman,” to be seen as only ...

2765. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. — Deuteronomy 8:2-3 The passage goes on to say that it was God who cared for them, though they did not trust him. Jesus ... lives, if we neglect the rest that God has given us in the sabbath, we are asking for trouble. Even the King of kings and Lord of lords had to face temptation when he was famished and exhausted. Why should we think we'll get a free pass? Second, if you know what ...

2766. The End of The Beginning

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... he wrote that the most important thing was not that we know when Jesus would return, but that we should be found at our post, doing the thing God meant us to be doing. Let us return to the place where we began, talking about the moon. The risen Lord Jesus reminds me of the moon in that he shed light in dark places, transfigured the landscape, helped us to see the Father's kingdom that would only be truly seen with the dawn of the final day, and God's restoration of justice! And like the phases of moon ...

2767. God's Plans

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... 118:20), respond the sentries, atop the wall - as other soldiers, below, unbar the great doors and swing them wide, to welcome the triumphant procession on its way up to the high altar, where the king will make a public sacrifice of thanksgiving. "O Lord, save us!" cry the people, in verse 25. The "save us" in Hebrew is yesha, the linguistic root of the names "Joshua" and "Jesus." The messianic associations are plain to see. The New Testament cry, "Hosanna!" is a transliterated form of the Hebrew yesha ...

2768. Choosing a God

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... all, they would determine just who the God of Israel would be. It would be a fight to the finish with the entire nation as witness. The word went out and the people gathered at the mountain. "How long will you waver between two opinions?" asked Elijah. "If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21). Short and to the point. The word of the prophet was, "Choose a God." Of course, they would have preferred not to. They would have been content to let things just continue going ...

2769. Made for Joy

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... be a good one for us to follow. “Fear not,” said the angel to the shepherds, “For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:10-11) Don’t worry about your future this Advent season. God is in control. Don’t worry about disappointing your family or your friends. Let them know you love them. That is the greatest gift you can give them. That is the gift God gave us in ...

2770. Born at Bethlehem — Hope

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... them an inkling of hope! Remember, you are not going to bring them hope in your own strength but in the strength of the Lord! Hope In The Peace Of A Savior When we think of peace normally we view it as a cessation or freedom from war. Peace in ... pardoning that we are pardoned; It is in dying that we are born to eternal life! All of this is found in the Savior ... Christ the Lord. From the cradle to the cross Jesus brings us hope. Hope to go on, even though we feel that life is scattered. Hope to continue to ...

2771. Raised to New Life Today

1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... 's resurrection is our ticket to eternal life. Paul tells the Corinthians that if our hope in Christ is only for what the Lord can do today, if there is no possibility for future resurrection, then we are pitiable people. We have believed in a hoax. However, ... Peter was so taken with the miraculous catch of fish that he did not know how to respond. Thus, he told Jesus, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" But Jesus told him that in the future he would be fishing for men (Luke 5:1-11). Saint Paul ...

2772. Trumpet Medley

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... the season of Lent, God's word to us comes through Joel, and Joel calls for the blowing of the trumpet. Listen to the sound of it. What do you hear? We hear a whole medley of instructions and emotions: as we are duly awed by the presence of the Lord, as we are rightly alarmed by our sinfulness, as we rejoice in the freedom and forgiveness God offers us, and as we set aside all else in order to come together in sacred assembly to worship him. Amen. 1. "Blow Ye The Trumpet, Blow" words by Charles Wesley, 1750 ...

2773. Heisman In The Hudson

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick" (vv. 16-17). These are all clearly references to the exodus experience in the generation of Moses, some 500 or 600 years earlier. Specifically, they recall the final nail in Egypt's coffin when the Lord parted the Red Sea for his people to cross over, only to close the waters in on the chasing chariots of Pharaoh. God reminds them of what he has done in the past, and that seems to be a useful and encouraging thing. After all, might not ...

2774. When We Are Uncertain about The Future

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... once said, ‘You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.’” (8) That’s the first way of conquering your fear: face it. The second is, fall back on your faith. “The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.’” After hearing Abram’s statement of uncertainty over his childless state, God takes him outside and says, “Look up at the sky and count the stars ...

2775. Surprise in a Graveyard

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... words seemed like nonsense. Surprise! John, in his telling of the story, focuses on Christ’s appearance to Mary Magdalene. Mary comes to the tomb and sees that the stone has been rolled away. So she runs to Simon Peter and John, and says, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” Evidently the thought had not occurred to Mary that Christ could be resurrected from the grave. Peter and John start for the tomb. When they, too, find it empty, what do they do ...

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