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2776. Jesus Knows Everything! Jesus Is God!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... is not the only one who was ever impressed by the knowledge of Jesus. That happened for the first time, Saint Luke tells us, when Jesus was only twelve years old. Together with his parents, he went up to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. They stayed several days. When the Feast was over, the parents of our Lord started for home, supposing that Jesus was in the crowd of travelers with them. But he wasn’t; he was in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions ...

2777. How Can You Tell When People Are Religious?

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... from her neighbor. The law of their community is that if it’s not nailed down, it’s going to walk; if it is stolen it’s your fault for not taking better care of it. Like most people in the ghetto, these people have to scratch and claw to stay alive - and they do. Are they religious? They say they believe in God; they worship him and they study his Word. Are they religious? Are they any worse than the nice people who gossip and "fudge" on their taxes and flirt with the god of money? What makes people ...

2778. Butterflies and Jesus

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... in them. Yet, some people report experiencing feelings of great peace and tranquility. They feel so good on "the other side" that they are angry for being brought back to life again. That’s how Peter felt up on that mountain. It was good to be there; he wanted to stay up there forever; he didn’t want to come back down ever again. With Peter we also confess that it is good to be with Jesus in his glory. It is good to know who he is: The Christ, the Son of the Living God, my Lord and Savior. It ...

2779. Coping with Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... remembering. "Now don’t you forget Sister Jones." When I was supposed to be thinking about what I was saying, Mrs. Jones kept interrupting! This left me in a drastic nervous state. Such a mental block coming from trying to hold two things in concentration at once stayed with me for two or three years. It affected my preaching and my peace of mind. It was solved for me in an interesting way. As I struggled with the conflict, something deep within me said, "God does not expect you to do more than one thing ...

2780. Overcoming Loneliness

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... two states are much the same in wealth and education and other features. The difference? Utah is extremely religious. Mormons do not drink or smoke. They generally maintain stable lives. Marriages are generally secure, family life strong, and most of the state’s people stay in Utah. Nevada is the opposite. It is one of the divorce capitals of the U.S. More than 20 percent of Nevada’s males age 35-64 are single, widowed, divorced, or not living with spouses. Most Nevadans are born somewhere else - most ...

2781. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... : "Out of the deep have I called to thee, O Lord." (Never berate the choir or the anthem. God frequently speaks through music - quite as much as through the sermon.) The day was fast closing, and Wesley did not want to go to prayer meeting (never stay away from church because you do not feel like going. God may have a special blessing in store). Even so, Wesley went to the prayer service at Aldersgate Street. William Holland was probably the man who was reading Luther’s Preface to Romans: In the evening ...

2782. And It Came To Pass

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... Thee."3 Resilience E. Stanley Jones told us about the need to bounce back. We all experience blows which bring us down; or, if not down, very low. Disappointments, defeats, hurts, griefs - these are part of human subsistence. No one escapes. The point is: How long do we stay down? How soon, by the grace of God, do we bounce back? How long does it take us to wipe our eyes, lick our wounds, square our shoulders, and go back into the arena? At no point is the power of Christ more clearly seen, operative in the ...

2783. Ode to Wisdom

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... . In contrast to the Third World nations, we see ourselves as a "developed country," and except for a commitment of concern for people ravaged by disease and undernourishment and hunger and war in poorer nations, we like it on this continent and want to stay here in the good life. We are blessed! But what have we developed in this developed country? We have much knowledge, but no wisdom. We have good answers for tough questions and well-designed solutions for hard problems, but the human puzzle remains the ...

2784. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... that my fault? FLY: Oh boy, major overhaul here. Well, what do you think? When you go to the restaurant what do you eat? SUSAN: My favorite foods. FLY: What kind of clothes do you wear? SUSAN: What I like and what looks good on me. FLY: All right, now. Stay with me on this. What do you put into your mind? SUSAN: Well, I never thought about it much. FLY: You choose what goes into your mind, don't you? Just like choosing food or clothes. Right? SUSAN: I guess so. FLY: You guess so. You don't have any ...

2785. Change

Mark 6:7-13

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... "? What about those dinner parties? How would it look wearing hiking boots to a dinner party? THADDEUS: That's pretty well covered. MATTHEW: "No extra clothes"? Well, I guess there won't be any dinner parties. THADDEUS: It looks that way. MATTHEW: "When you enter a house, stay there until you leave." That sounds reasonable. But look at this: "If any place won't accept you or listen to you, shake off the dust of your feet as you leave it." Wow! What would Miss Manners say to that? Dusting your feet in public ...

2786. The Friends of Jesus

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... occasion Jairis, president of the local synagogue, came to him because his little girl was near death. There was also a man by the name of Joseph of Aramathia, a member of the powerful Sanhedrin, who seems to have been a friend of Jesus, although he always stays in the shadows. There was also Chuza, Herod’s steward. Luke tells us that his wife Joanna was a follower of Jesus, and many have wondered if this wealthy man was one who help bankroll the disciples, so to speak. So there were exceptions. But by in ...

2787. Hell!

Mark 9:42-50, Mark 9:38-41

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

Theme: Hell is real. Jesus taught about it. Stay away from it and tell your friends, too. Summary: During a talk show the host is asking the question: "What is your view of hell?" He gets some good information from the Bible and then experiences it himself. Playing Time: 6 minutes Setting: A television talk show Props: Microphone Costumes: ...

2788. Blind No More

Mark 10:46-52

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... heard all the stories. He had healed a lot of people. Why not me? You know it's a strange thing, but the longer a person is sick or has some problem like I did, well, it's like people just accept you as you are and expect you to stay that way. Well, I didn't. I knew Jesus could heal me. So, I yelled louder. "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" You see, I went to synagogue every Sabbath and so I knew my scriptures, that's why I called Jesus "Son of David." He was in ...

2789. In A Careless Moment

Mark 6:14-29

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... doing what they do to initiate change, advisers, counselors, guides, and leaders in all positions risk losing heads in scheming struggles for power. Collect We would dance the dance of leadership with integrity. We would hold to high values with tenacity. We would stay with what is right despite the risks. We need your support, O God. Amen. Prayer of Confession As nations and as individuals, give us the strength, O mighty God, to choose between right and wrong, between what is moral and immoral, despite the ...

2790. Provide

John 6:1-24

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... our trust to God who finds a way not only to manage our needs but to bring contentment. Through Jesus Christ. Amen. Prayer of Confession At times, O God, we are overwhelmed by the task at hand. We begin to consider ways of running away. Remind us to stay and to keep as a priority caring for others. Remind us to trust that you will provide for basic needs of body and spirit. Through the Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Hymns "Come, Let Us Join with Faithful Souls" or "The Savior Calls; Let Every Ear" "Come, O ...

2791. Instead of You

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, 2 Samuel 18:1-18

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... with you throughout this long journey. Collect We lift up to you, O Comforter, those who grieve the loss of a child. We trust in your strength to guide and sustain. Through the care and love of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Prayer of Confession Stay near to those who grieve, O God. Quiet involuntary feelings of guilt. Grant patience with the floods of reliving that rush in. Help a parent to tolerate the distress of regret with a minimum of energy wasted on bitterness. Strengthen the resolve to continue meaningful ...

2792. Clear and Clean and Good

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... exploration was not the cold but the darkness. The continual absence of sunlight depressed the spirits of the explorers. We have some experience of that. An extended period of overcast days begins to get on our nerves. We wonder how long a person can stay in complete darkness without losing his sanity. Primitive men feared darkness, for they imagined that the ghosts of the dead prowl about at night and vampires lurk to suck their blood while they were asleep. We have not outgrown this dread of the dark ...

2793. On the Night when He Was Betrayed

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... reed as his scepter, with thorns as his crown, and with the cross as his throne. Men have looked upon his mangled body on the cross and caught a vision of the mystery of redeeming love. They have felt his magnetism, they have been drawn to him, and they have stayed with him to the end. At the foot of the cross we feel something of what Lincoln felt at Gettysburg and what we feel at the grave of the unknown soldier, but in a deeper sense. There is a dimension of eternity in the last full measure of devotion ...

2794. The Dynamic Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... does not return empty. It accomplishes God’s purpose. We therefore affirm with Grundtvig: "God’s word is our great heritage, And shall be ours forever; To spread its light from age to age Be this our chief endeavor; Through life it guides our way, In death it is our stay; Lord, grant while time shall last, Thy Church may hold it fast Throughout all generations."

2795. Christian Thanksgiving

Philippians 1:1-7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... congregation in Philippi, without omitting a single one. He remembers them all and thanks God for them all. This is the "new life in Christ" of the early church. Paul was a Jew, the Philippians were mostly Greeks. He had not known them long and his stay with them was short. But the love of Christ bound them together into one family of God. National and racial differences were wiped out in this community of love. So it should be with the church of today. Our thanksgiving is Christian thanksgiving only when ...

2796. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... On their migratory flights, some wild geese stopped off to feed in the yard of a farmer who already had some domestic geese. They learned to depend upon the farmer’s feeding them, and they were so comfortable that they continued to feed in this yard. They stayed until one time when they wanted to once again take up their life in the wild. The only trouble was that they had become so dependent upon the security of being fed without the usual exercise of their wings to secure food that they discovered they ...

2797. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... for folk who were not particularly valued, even for the despised nobodies of the world. The cross still represents to us that we do not find meaning in life primarily by climbing over others, but discover it when someone cares enough about us to value, accept, or stay with us. We also experience the meaning of the cross when in response to that, we extend the same experience to others. The cross is good news to those of us who would be more in touch with ourselves precisely because it reminds us that we do ...

2798. The Family Was God’s Idea

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... by faith. Too many of us have a strive-virus; we try too hard. We are too busy rushing about, giving our kids all the goodies and very little of ourselves, as I found myself doing in my first parish, working 80 hours a week. And then one night, I stayed home with the kids, heard their prayers, and my six-year-old son prayed, "Thank you, God, for letting Daddy be home tonight." And then my other son about the same time said to his brother, "Let’s play Daddy." What did he do? He went into the bedroom, came ...

2799. When You Reach Wit’s End

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... unfair charge, but it disturbed him. Later he said to his wife: "What ... is a man supposed to do? What way do you turn, when every way is the wrong way? You can go out and get drunk and forget about it for a few days, but you can’t stay drunk forever. What do you do then? ... What do you do then?" His dilemma is a familiar one. There are times when we just don’t know what to do next. Circumstances pile up around us in such a fashion that no matter how we try to do the right ...

2800. Backsliding

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of faith was extinguished through neglect. Commitment, discipleship, long suffering, faithfulness. These were not found in the life of those who turned back that day in Galilee. But there were twelve who were committed. Peter spoke for them: To whom shall we go? We will stay here with you Lord. At the Olympic games in Paris in 1924 the sport of canoe racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe race was the United States team. One member of that team ...

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