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2801. Invitation to a New Life-Style

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." [Matthew 11:28-30] In his book, The Greening of America, Charles Reich claims that we are living during a transition from one age to another, from Consciousness II to Consciousness III, from the quantity of life to the quality of life, from things to values, from machines to men. This change constitutes a new revolution which will be an inner, non ...

2802. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... having reprimanded the man three times, the employer told the lady, "That’s why I don’t go to church! That fellow is supposed to be a Christian and he can spout the Bible verses for hours on end - yet he consistently steals time from the company. What he claims to be and what he really is just don’t have any connection." Man would throw the bums out of the church, but God will not allow it. The farmer in the parable replied, "No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them." Why ...

2803. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

... . We have already arranged with one of his loyal followers to point him out to us later tonight when the pilgrims are in bed and the city is quiet. Then we’ll try him and, I assure you, find him guilty. PILATE: Guilty of what? CAIAPHAS: Blasphemy. He claims to be the Messiah, God. PILATE: That’s of no concern to me, Caiaphas. [Annoyed now that his time has been wasted] I’ve nothing to do with your religious squabbles, and I’m not the slightest interested in them. You certainly didn’t come here to ...

2804. Incalculable Riches by Bishop Roy C. Nichols

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... to the woman at the well of Sychar, attempted to break down the parochialism of the ancient Jewish conception of the Deity. He was also trying to deracialize the concept of God which prevailed in those days. You remember when the woman said that the Jews claimed that God could only be worshiped in Jerusalem. But Jesus said, "The hour is coming and now is when the true worshipper shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth." God is a Spirit. And they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and ...

2805. The Bible, Your Mirror? by Dr. Lawrence L. Lacour

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... if you are like the people I serve, you want to experience something new and vital from what is now an old teaching. Each generation asks new questions about the old teachings. For some time we have been asking the questions in the thought form in which Jesus is here claiming to have the answers. Of the one who knew all persons we dare to ask, "Who and what am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?" Or, in summary, "Who and what am I according to the biblical faith?" Eugene O’Neill caught the import of this ...

2806. Men of Distinction

Acts 11:19-30

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... witness of his soul was irresistible." To witness, means to accept a discipline of time, money, and talents which is the opposite of self-indulgence. It is the use of these blessings, which represent accumulated energy, to help other people who have no claim upon them except that they are human beings whom God loves. The compassion which should be the chief external mark of a committed Christian minority may well begin with the relation to fellow members in the redemptive society, but must not be limited ...

2807. The Poor - With Us Always?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... responses I encountered when trying to help alleviate the conditions in which these children are growing up. I approached two highly successful businessmen about helping this family. Both, I am sure, would call themselves Christians. Neither would donate materials for the family. They claimed, perhaps correctly, that if they did it for some, they’d have to do it for others. They went so far as to try to coax me to forget the family and not worry about them because Jesus himself had said "the poor will ...

2808. In Which Direction Do You Travel?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... change the direction of their lives through examining Jesus’ method of "relating" himself to others. The fifth chapter of Mark contains an account of an unusual experience. Jesus encountered an extremely hostile person one day. This man was so hostile in behavior that his neighbors claimed he was possessed by demons. When Jesus asked the man for his name, the reply was "legion, for we are many." Now in the Roman army a legion was organized as a body of 6,000 men. The man responded to Jesus with a number ...

2809. Love of God and Love of Country

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of God to take seriously Christian citizenship in the structures of the world. We call ourselves a Christian nation, yet less than half the American electorate votes in an average election, the worst voting record of any major democracy in the world. To claim to love God and refuse to become involved in the politicial process is a contradiction. We Americans are by nature a critical people. We try to hold everyone in the light of New Testament scruples. But once we have uttered our criticism, it remains ...

2810. How To Be A Saint In A Storm

Acts 27:13-26

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... the Divine Son of God, and my Savior. 3. I believe that the Bible is the Word of God. 4. I believe I am called to preach. I’m not sure I could handle the stress of life’s storms without these certainties. Do you have any absolutes that you claim as your own? Then, you can’t get much more practical than Paul’s next move - HE FED THEM "You’re going to need your strength - so get some food in you." All some Christians need to improve their faith is a good meal and/or a good night’s ...

2811. The Little Miracle Before The Big One

Luke 22:47-53

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Barbara Brokhoff

... Someone recently estimated that blondes have approximately 145,000 hairs, brunettes have 120,000 hairs, and red-heads approximately 90,000 hairs. That’s a lot of hairs to keep track of! The Jews used to be so impressed with the individual attention of God that they claimed each blade of grass had its own guardian angel. God really does care about us, we DO matter to him! Don’t you see that a God who heals the ear of an enemy, who counts hairs, who watches for fallen sparrows, who puts clothes on lilies ...

2812. When Yes Means No and No Means Yes

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... way Christ intends for us to live also. Now let’s look at the other son. He says, "No." And then the Scripture says he "... repented and went." While this is far from perfect, it is much better, isn’t it? This son’s story is often our story. We claim to be hard-boiled, hard-headed materialists, but secretly we have our hearts touched. We hope for more to life than this. Who among us has not been like this son who said no? But Jesus says, "... he repented ..." Oh, how beautiful a father we have! We can ...

2813. When We Mourn

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... one for mourning the dead - like Jacob’s mourning when he, thought his son Joseph was dead, like the grief you and I feel when death takes one of our loved ones. That’s a fantastic joy, isn’t it? I believe this. I believe that what the Arabs claim is true: "All sunshine does make a desert." There are certain experiences that only come through grief. I often quote this poem in my funeral sermons: I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way, But left me none the wiser For all she had to say ...

2814. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... is full of the analogy of kings and kingdoms and yet, that isn’t very relevant to us in the United States who have never known anything except a congress and an elected president. However, those who were around Jesus didn’t seem to understand his claims of kingdoms and kingship then either. They thought he meant a political king who would drive the Romans out of Jerusalem. When he fed the crowds, the Scripture says that they wanted to make him king. He explained over and over again with his parables ...

2815. Embalmed Leaders

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... several hundred leaders, we congratulate ourselves that your daughter will also be a member of the class, and thus, we are assured of at least one follower. Her application is accepted with enthusiasm and joy." Or perhaps you seek relief in hearing from one whose claim to authority cannot be discounted or disputed, one who speaks with complete, serene, and absolute leadership. Here is one of the great "I am" statements of Jesus Christ. We have heard others: "I am the Light of the world;" "I am the vine, ye ...

2816. Paul: The Man and His Message

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... proclamation declares, "I came not to call the righteous but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). Paul’s own disciple, Luke, transmits the astounding story about a lost son, comparing God to a father who lavishes his affection upon a moral derelict whose only claim to consideration is his utter helplessness (Luke 15). In another illustration, Jesus draws a sharp contrast between a Pharisee, a devout keeper of the law, and a tax-gatherer, self-condemned before the law and appealing only to God’s mercy. Jesus ...

2817. Salvation as Hope

Romans 13:8-14, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... eschatology as hope for the future is the sum and substance of all theology. The very being of God and of his kingdom is defined in terms of the future. The accent falls on the promises of God as symbols of the infinite possibilities lying ahead. The claim is that Paul, as well as the whole apostolic church, is willing to let go of the present in favor of the kingdom that is coming. The genesis of the gospel is in the Jewish apocalyptic with its expectation of an imminent catastrophic destruction of the ...

2818. Numbered Hairs

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... characteristic of him. "But even the hairs of your head are all numbered." That is exaggeration, perhaps, but it is affirming that God has adequate knowledge about us, that he is not indifferent toward us but interested in us, that nothing else ever claims his first attention, that negligence is unthinkable for him, and that he will never exploit us for selfish purposes. Now what are the implications of this? Implications One implication is that we should be encouraged to believe in our own worth. Somerset ...

2819. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... good deeds or achievements or qualities become conspicuous to us, we are in spiritual danger and need to remind ourselves again that, after we have done all we can do, we still must say, "We are unworthy servants" (Luke 17:10). We can make no claims upon God. We are too unworthy, and his grace is too marvelous, and we must not allow whatever goodness we may possess to so attract our attention as to blind us to those facts. Clarence Macartney concluded his autobiography with some words which are inscribed ...

2820. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... one should never face the evil conduct of another in such a way as to give him or her the idea that it does not. So whatever else Jesus meant by forgiveness, he certainly did not mean indifference toward wrong. But, on the other hand, he was ruling out all claims to requital for the injury. This is not to say that the person who forgives cannot demand that he or she be recompensed for the injury done him or her, or that the offender be made to pay or to suffer for the harm he or she has done. But ...

2821. Cheering Stones

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... all. He spoke like a man who was happy in having an excellent case, not like a man with a cause."5 The cheer for which Christ listens is the one that tells him that the person cheering now has a cause, that he or she has recognized the claims of Christ upon his or her life, and has committed himself or herself to him. Commitment involves belief. The one who is committed to Christ believes in him, has confidence in him, trusts in him. The committed person is also available for use by Christ, ready to go or ...

2822. Achieving An All-In Victory - 1952

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... and unconscious, are incredibly skillful at avoiding ourselves. We are afraid honestly to face ourselves. We sidestep, evade, hide, run away from ourselves. We instinctively insist that our difficulties derive from circumstances beyond our control. Unfortunate situations assail us, we claim, that are not at all of our own making. We are unlucky. We get all the bad breaks, and they are never our fault. If someone had done differently, or if certain things had not happened, everything would have been ...

2823. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... hill, they saw the swirl of waters over fields just forsaken - and knew the cost of their salvation. Then they realized the worth of him who risked their wrath to gain their lasting gratitude. Contrast this with the willingness to remain silent of those who claim the right to live on the lofty hills of God, and who see the sea of sane human relationships withdraw from its accustomed shores in the menacing crouch of war. Yet they give no realistic word of warning lest they jeopardize their present popularity ...

2824. EPISODE 1: THE FIRST WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... a man permanently ... that sort of a thing isn’t religious, is it? BISHOP: My dear brother, one does not hesitate to shoot a mad dog. And that is precisely how I view this raving country preacher. He has set himself above the church. He claims a special affinity with God. He has made the preposterous announcement that he dropped down from heaven. This is not only blasphemy, it is insanity ... an insanity all the more dangerous because it is contagious. FIRST CLERGYMAN: Our church attendance has been going ...

2825. EPISODE 3: THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... men and women follow him in great numbers, it will be a sign that the church is losing its control. Instead of order there is disorder. Instead of organization, there appears a disorganized and potentially dangerous sect following a popular figure who makes extravagant claims about his power. Do you not see where this will lead? JUDAS: Where? BISHOP: If we cannot manage our own affairs, the government will step in and manage them for us. Our place in society will vanish altogether. The state will gain more ...

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