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2801. Jesus, The Servant

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... of insomnia, this talker who cannot sleep, has shattered mine. I rise to leave but he stops me with his musing. "Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." Paul's words on the lips of the insomniac soothed my spirit. I feel in safe territory and sit again to listen to his final soliloquy: Stranded in an empty airport in the middle of the night in a strange city in a foreign country, dead tired, having missed his plane for which he must now wait until morning, longing ...

2802. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... . And let's imagine this perfect person going through all kinds of trouble. If this person wants to continue living in the midst of all this trouble, then there may be some hope. But if that little spark of determination to stay alive is snuffed out, then the person feels like giving up on life before it gets more painful. But wait! We don't have to use our imaginations because such a situation has already been described in one of the books of the Old Testament. It is the Book of Job. It's the story about a ...

2803. "Ascribe To The Lord The Glory Due His Name ..."

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... . I've counseled with enough young adults who said that they absolutely did not believe in pre-marital sex who were now dealing with an unwanted pregnancy to be fully aware of this! We all like to be entertained and to feel good. The religious entertainment business is a multi-billion dollar industry. Obviously religiously-oriented entertainment is preferred to filthy humor or obscene movies. Like instruction, religious entertainment may or may not lead to real worship. This is, of course, a criticism often ...

2804. The Christian Journey II: The Mountain

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... school of writing and this sort of imagery for putting too much emphasis on human effort and constructing an artificial plan of "first you do this and then you do that" to advance to the next higher level of spiritual growth. I personally feel that both of these objections have some validity, particularly that of underestimating the importance of our individuality. If there is one thing that the Bible makes clear it is that God has created us as individuals with different interests, abilities, and strengths ...

2805. Eighteen Years Is Long Enough

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... is the dead faith of the living." The task of replacing traditionalism with an appropriate use of tradition is one that is well suited to the young. I don't know who all of you are yet, but I know that there are individuals in this room who may feel like Jeremiah: that they are too young, too inexperienced, too unschooled in the faith, to do much for God. But I also know that eighteen years is long enough for a lot to happen. God has been at work in your life in particular ways; you have background and ...

2806. Words, Words, Word

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... at Once"; and "Urgent Advisory Amount Pending $4,997.88"; and "Notice to Ms. Bonnie H. Gondola of Pending Prize in the Amount of $1,000,000." Does anybody believe these letters? Words, words, words -- confused, misused, abused -- and all around us. We may sometimes feel like we're swimming in a sea of words. Studies indicate that the average American man speaks 25,000 words a day; the average American woman 30,000. (I don't make up these statistics. I just report them.) Astronaut Michael Collins once quoted ...

2807. The Keys To Happiness -- Purity Of Heart

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... and right spirit within me ... a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (RSV) If you want to know what "purity of heart" is, read Psalm 51! One of the ironies of spiritual life is that when we feel as miserable as King David did, we are on the road to recovery. The worse we feel, the closer to salvation we are. For God looks on us in our misery and repentance -- and forgives us. We can be cleansed. We can be forgiven. We can start again. Friends, if you're beating yourself up for something ...

2808. "Friend, Why Are You Here?"

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... church for years and thought it was "cute" and wondered what it looked like inside, so he stopped in on a Sunday morning. I guess his curiosity was satisfied, since I noticed he didn't come back the next week! Perhaps some of us are here out of a feeling of moral superiority. Others may be golfing today, or weeding their gardens, or sleeping in late. But not us! Or, maybe some of us are here because we're concerned for ourselves or for someone we love. "Gee, I'm worried about those medical tests I have to ...

2809. "Friend, Why Are You Here?"

Sermon

Alex Gondola

2810. The Savior Life Diet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... friend. "The only heart that can love," Angie says, "is the one that is broken. You wouldn't have much love if you couldn't share the heartaches. You get so much of a reward when you love others. People take you in as one of their own. You always feel special when you are loved." Angie, hunched over against a cold wind, makes her way through a fence into a garden. A man named Ben is working the frozen ground. Spring is just months away. If there's one thing the Navajo knows well it is that a proper garden ...

2811. Communion With Christ

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... the words of the Institution of our Lord's Supper as they are spoken. We hear the clank of the communion vessels as they are handled. We smell the unfermented wine as we lift the cup to our lips. We touch: we feel the spongy softness of the bread cube between our fingers; we feel the lightness of the cup. We taste the bread and wine. We see the sunlight reflected off the silver in the communion trays. In Communion, God is attempting to reach us on the most fundamental level. We take Christ into ourselves ...

2812. Wedding: Gift Of God (for a couple with a baby)

1 John 4:7-21

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... an unexpected hug, make a special meal, leave a little love note -- those are the kind of small actions which often speak louder than words of your love for each other. They show how much you value the gift of love you have been given. At this moment, you may feel like this love is a gift only the two of you share. Not so! True love cannot be contained -- it has a way of overflowing and touching the lives of all those around you. But right now I want you to think about one very special person your love is ...

2813. Wedding: Garments Of Marriage (for a formal wedding)

Colossians 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... church family, his words are worth holding onto for the new relationship you two are creating through your marriage. First Paul says to bring these attitudes to your relationship: compassion, the ability to put yourself in the other person's shoes and feel what your partner is feeling; kindness, that willingness to do those little things that show your partner that you really value him or her, whether it's that extra hug on your way by, or folding the laundry so the other one doesn't have to; humility, not ...

2814. Wedding: Eternal Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... about proving that their way was right that they forgot to give leeway for anyone else's point of view. They needed a reminder of what brought them together in the first place. Not their own opinions, good as they may have seemed. Not just nice feelings about each other. What brought them together was something outside themselves, and that was the love of God in Jesus Christ. There will be days when the two of you will need to remind yourselves from where your love comes. Some days you may look across ...

2815. Wedding: Deciding To Love (for a marriage after divorce)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... arise because we often get to thinking those are the attitudes which the other person needs to develop. Paul is suggesting we need to be mature and look at our own attitudes first. To ask ourselves, "What do I need to do to be more loving?" Love is less a feeling in God's way of defining it, than it is a decision and an action: to decide to stick with the other person even when he or she at this moment is driving you crazy; to decide that forgiveness is better than holding a grudge, even when you have been ...

2816. Wedding: Leaving, Uniting, Becoming One

Genesis 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... toothbrushes.) But don't give up, for the reward for all the leaving behind and uniting is discovering the joy of becoming one. This is not just a sexual oneness, though it includes that. It's not an emotional oneness, though at times you will feel emotionally very much in sync. When a couple becomes one, they begin to see themselves more as a team working together than as two individuals worrying about who is getting the most attention, the most power in decision-making, the most benefit from this marriage ...

2817. Holing Out

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing. I've reached the age when the days left aren't as many as the days spent. Maybe you know how I feel. Maybe you've reached the same conclusions about holing out: 1. Time runs out! We don't have forever to live, learn, love, and get our jobs done. We don't have forever to realize potential. We need to remind ourselves that the clock is ticking and we don't ...

2818. The Upside Of The Practice - Performance Equation

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... a church that outlawed Santa, fearing the funny fat man in the red suit would detract from the reason for the season -- a suspicion that I have never shared! -- I am always amused by Nancy's Santa collection. But I'm not the proverbial church lady or guy who feels God has given her or him some kind of right to poke a nose into somebody else's private idiosyncracies. So I never asked until I realized I better ask before it's too late. Nancy's simple explanation came with a soul-full smile: "Ever since I was ...

2819. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... behind your back and vote on your salary. You don't get to talk back to people who mouth off to you. And everybody thinks she or he can tell you what to do when you've been called to pay attention to only One. I feel much better now. New or prospective pastors probably feel worse. So let me do an old Raider Ben Davidson thing and pile on. If you would like to know what it's like to be a pastor, put on a deerskin and go walking through the woods on the first day of hunting season. I ...

2820. Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

Isaiah 21:11-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... I am welcome, I cannot enter. "I see the little communion table, right in the center, 'Do This In Remembrance Of Me.' I feel the tattered green hymnbooks. I'm old enough to remember the smell of smoke from the wood stove. Now they have an oil furnace, but it ... goes out once a winter. I recall the stained glass windows by heart, and which ones are cracked. I can feel the flooring giving way slightly and creaking under each step. I remember the baptisms, weddings, and -- "We brought Dwayne here to be ...

2821.

Drama

Betty Lynn Schwab

... after death. Sadness and joy. Despair that ends in praise. This is the Christian life because God hears our cry. Reader 1: Let us pray together. Congregation: Holy God, God of the Passover and God of the crucifixion, help us to be open to all of life. When we feel overwhelmed, oppressed in heart, mind or body, hear our prayer. With your love answer. Help us to realize the challenge of Christian living is to taste the freedom within our oppression and to be ever conscious of our oppression especially when we ...

2822. U-Turns Permitted

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... who was visiting with a neighbor said to me, "This is the first time I've attended an Ash Wednesday service. I feel relieved from a burden that I have been worrying about for many years. Not until tonight did I understand that God really does not wish for me ... to continue to carry that burden in my life. I feel like I can make a fresh start." What about you? Is there something in your life that has you going in the wrong direction? Have ...

2823. God's Gift Is For All

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... to do?" Ouch! Christ's message of redemption and hope begins with a personal response to share the story of Christ's salvation in the midst of a hurting and hostile world. God's gift is for all; not just people like us, not just for people we feel comfortable around, not just people who will join our churches, not just people who sit on our pews, not just people who live in our neighborhoods, not just people who support our programs, not just people who think like us, but all people. Peter's message is one ...

2824. The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... would be among those who had denied Jesus for our own safety and comfort. Does Good Friday represent the bitter end of something gone wrong in God's plan for humankind, or do we just accept that evil won this battle and Christ lives no more? In order to feel that real impact of this day I believe that we have to place ourselves in the crowd like those women and men who believed in Jesus and yet stood by unable to make a difference in the events that led to his crucifixion and death. Perhaps the real impact ...

2825. The God Of Naomi

Drama

Karren Boehr

... she talks. The strength in this piece lies in the individual portraying Ruth and her ability to convey heartfelt feelings. No staging is needed, other than a lapel or portable mike. Setting: Biblical times, when Ruth is older Character ... I could tell she was going back to something. Even in all her grief, Naomi had a faith in a God that could not be shaken. I could feel it in her words, I could see it in her face. Even in the deepest valleys, in the tragedies that would bring most people to their knees, Naomi ...

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