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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2851. Torn Curtain

Luke 23:44-49, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus and kisses him. Jesus asks, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” And, of course, he is. One of Jesus’ disciples wants to defend the Master. He draws a sword and strikes the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. Jesus touches the man’s ear and heals him. So like the Master! They come to him to do him harm; he comes to them to heal not only their bodies but their hearts. Then they seize him and lead him to the house of the high priest. Simon Peter follows ...

2852. The One Who Came Still Comes; The One Who Spoke Still Speaks

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Michael Milton

... words of God preparing His servant for a journey. When Steve went home to be with the Lord, Jesus came. The One who came still comes. The One who spoke still speaks. Jesus Came[2] Jesus came when I was down, I was lost no way to be found, He touched my soul and made me whole, When Jesus came. Jesus came into my life His Word brought love, His Word brought life I never knew what was true ’Till Jesus came. “Even so Lord Jesus come” Is the cry of those whose lives Have felt your tender majesty So we ...

2853. The Blessed Promise

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... mouth for nourishment, no longer relying on a connection to my body. In his sleep, he flails his hands through the air, startled not to hit the solid, comforting wall of my body. After living only in warm darkness, he experiences light, coolness, and the touch of other skin on his own. Nothing can prepare him for this new life which must be, quite simply, unimaginable. “Had there been a companion watching my child’s journey from the womb side, he would certainly have seen that process as death, not life ...

2854. Thank God for Dads

Galatians 2:11-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be a super achiever. You don’t even have to be a super-Christian. God loves you because you’re you. Rev. Richard Fairchild tells about a story that appeared years ago in the Christian Reader. It was called “Priceless Scribbles.” It concerns a father who touched his child’s life in an unexpected way. A young boy watched as his father walked into the living room. The boy noticed that his younger brother, John, began to cower slightly as his father entered. The older boy sensed that John had done ...

2855. How to See the Future

Matthew 26:17-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... a cup, then he takes one himself. He passes it on to the next person in the pew. The little boy, who was being allowed to participate in this adult ritual for the first time, did what he had seen adults do in another ritual he had observed, he touched his father’s glass, and said, "Cheers!" Well the meaning of what we do here in Holy Communion is not captured by any of those anecdotes. It is not magic performed by a sorcerer. It is not a spectacular extravaganza with elephants. Nor is it a cocktail party ...

2856. Something to Sing About

Philippians 1:12-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Methodist Church of Philippi, addressing the congregation on Sunday morning. "Well, we got a thank you letter from Paul this morning. He said that he would rather die than come and visit us." I mean, that is the way it sounds. It sounds so out of touch with our priorities. It is almost macabre, really, what he writes. It is certainly inappropriate. The Philippians were just trying to be thoughtful. He taught them to do that. He taught them to be concerned about one another, so they are doing that. They send ...

2857. Stick to the Knitting

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... he shareth in our gladness. Not aloof, not indifferent, not separated from us because of his holiness. He did not come to us, and remain apart from those people who are sinners in this world. He ate with the sinners. He invited them to be with him. He touched and embraced the unclean of this world. He was crucified with thieves, and told the one thief, "Today you will be with me in paradise." That is the mystery of God that Paul is talking about. We are stewards of that mystery, because we believe that He ...

2858. What Do You Call Success?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... the wickedness and cruelty and darkness and fear, suddenly there was God. I didn’t see a vision; I didn’t hear a voice; I just knew with all my being that God was there--overwhelmingly there; vitally, really, tremendously there. He was in charge, no rebel could touch me, but God allowed it. “And it was though he said to me, ‘Listen. Twenty years ago, you asked me for the privilege of being a missionary. This is it. Don’t you want it?’ And as I was driven down the short corridor of my home, the ...

2859. The Perfect Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... off reverently and hold it over his heart. He then walked slowly up to the front of the church, put his hand on the communion rail and said, “Jesus, it’s Jim.” That was his whole prayer. He didn’t say anything else out loud. He just wanted to touch base. It turned out he worked in one of the nearby factories and was coming there on his lunch hour to pray for strength to serve God in what was a very rough and coarse environment. He could have poured out his soul before God, but he just said, “Jesus ...

2860. A Cloud of Witness

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the right hand of the throne of God.” In 1953 the first people to climb to the top of Mt. Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide. Norgay’s son, Jamling Norgay, climbed Mt. Everest in 1999. He wrote a book called TOUCHING MY FATHER’S SOUL. In his book, Jamling Norgay describes what it felt like standing on the world’s tallest peak: “I looked down on the ruins of the Rongbuk monastery,” he writes, “where my father chased yaks as a very young boy. Then I turned back ...

2861. The Seeing Eye

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... open to see all that God has for us, to see all that God sees in us? Or are they firmly closed, afraid of the light, truth, and beauty we might see if we dared look outside our comfort zones? Let Christ open the shutters of your soul. Let him touch your eyes, your soul, your blindness, as he did in today's gospel. We don't need to change planes or airlines. The pilot in the sunglasses may have a Seeing Eye dog, but not because he's blind. He's doing something good for someone else. God is our ...

2862. Dark Ugly Clouds

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... . Jesus accepts God’s will of death because God’s will is life. There is nothing else. This is the bottom line. Jesus’s passion is precisely where suffering, injustice, pain, death, obedience, righteousness, sin, salvation, goodness, and evil meet. It is where God and humanity touch, embrace, become one, even when these seem to be furthest apart. The passion of Jesus is where we meet God. God’s plan is not that we suffer, but that we love him. God’s plan is not that we die, but that we live beyond ...

2863. When Jacob Got a Vision

Genesis 29:15-28

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... , steals Esau's rightful blessing. Old father Isaac plans to give his eldest son the Elder Son Blessing. Conniving Rebekah encourages Jacob to cover himself with animal skins so that the now nearly blind Isaac would think it was hairy Esau he was touching. Intrigue and treachery between Jacob and Esau go far beyond and tragically into history. The descendants of Esau would be the Edomites. The name Edom (red) is given to Esau in memory of his having sold his birthright for red pottage. Strife is recorded ...

2864. View from the Mountaintop

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... 's] impact on South Africa through Desmond Tutu is immeasurable. There is a direct line between his witness in Sophiatown and this moment."2 How wonderful it would be if we could climb a metaphorical mountain to see all the lives this church will touch through the coming years! How many children will learn Bible stories here? How many hungry people will be fed through the money we give? How many broken hearts will be comforted by the fellowship this church creates? How many youth will make a commitment ...

2865. Financial Freedom

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... , responsible individuals. In fact, some of Wesley’s converts became so successful that they began letting their commitment to Christ slide. They had allowed their success, their affluence, to become their god, and in reality, they were as lost as they were when Christ first touched their lives. Wesley’s solution? He saw only one: That they should EARN all they could, SAVE all they could and then GIVE all they could. (4) Let me put his formula in the present tense, for it is a good one: Earn all you ...

2866. Swords into Plowshares

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! Collect Lord, we are glad to have been called to your house. Let us pray for the peace of your people, here and around the world. May all prosper who love you. May your bounty touch those who have not yet heard. Come, Lord Jesus, here in this place. Amen. (based on Psalm 122) Prayer Of Confession Lord, we long for your justice. Despite some risks, some beat their plowshares into swords and their pruning hooks into spears, around the world and in our ...

2867. Storms

Matthew 14:22-33

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... with us all the days of our lives. As we look back we see the evidence of your love for us. Yet in the storms of the present, when you call to us, we confess that doubts assail us. As we walk through the storm allow us to feel the touch of your sure and guiding hand. Grant us the confidence of your gospel in our daily lives. Amen. Hymns "On Jordan's Stormy Banks" "When The Storms Of Life Are Raging" "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"

2868. The One and Only

Matthew 16:13-20

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... One: But who do you say that he is? All: We say Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God. Collect Today we proclaim that Jesus is Lord. Receive from us this proclamation and in our worship and praise mold us into your witnessing people. Touch our hearts. Heal our wounds. Forgive our sins. Save us, Lord Jesus! Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord Jesus, we are so often quick to proclaim your majesty and power, yet reluctant to demonstrate your saving gospel in our lives. We cling to our salvation by faith ...

2869. Look Who Is Standing at the Door

James 4:1-12; 5:1-12

Sermon

James L. Killen

... has been three-fourths good luck and only one-fourth his ability to stumble into the right decisions at the right time. He is deeply grateful for his good fortune and he feels a real responsibility to manage it for the good of all whose lives are touched by his enterprise. These are two attitudes that the others at the table would not understand, so he does not mention them. He just participated half-heartedly in the celebration. This man's problem is that he is a Christian. He is grateful for his good ...

2870. How Does It Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Sermon

James L. Killen

... living wisdom that is at work in the mind of God, the wisdom according to which God created the heavens and the earth, the wisdom that God made known to us in Jesus Christ in whom "the Word became flesh and lived among us" (John 1:14). We get in touch with that wisdom by learning to live in a relationship with God. Oh, yes, we have a book. And the book has laws and proverbs and lots of other things in it. The book is the collection of the witnesses of the faithful to what they had learned by experience ...

2871. The Reward

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

Sermon

James L. Killen

... that is the reward. And the reward for building a church and a world that live up to their highest purposes is that we get to enjoy the benefits of such a church and such a world. We get to enjoy the service of a church that puts us in touch with the living God and enables us to live the good lives God wants for us. The reward of living in a world that is committed to justice and well-being for all is that we get to live in safety and in a life-enriching harmony with all other ...

2872. Temptation of the Palms

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... and wealthy. He spoke with such authority that even the Roman soldiers seemed to listen to him. He befriended everybody, saint and sinner alike. And those stories about him! It was said that he healed the sick. That he gave sight to the blind. That he could touch someone’s crippled limb and make it healthy. There were even stories of how he made dead people come back to life. Some people went so far as to say that Jesus was the promised Messiah — the long-awaited Savior of the people; the one who would ...

2873. The Gifted

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... "charismata," a variety of gifts. No specific spiritual experience is better than all the rest. There is not one expression of the Spirit which is more charismatic than all the others. The Holy Spirit is more generous than any individual can know. The Spirit touches different people in different ways, creating all kinds of different experiences. By this point, a dyed-in-the-wool Presbyterian like me may start to get a little nervous. I mean, what if these spiritual experiences get out of hand? Well, not to ...

2874. Thank God, We're Already Dead

Romans 6:1b-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... we had ever seen. It is a large deep pool. It's elevated, about chest high as I remember. A casual visitor might confuse it for a hot tub, large enough for three or four people. But there are no spa jets inside, and the water, as I touched it, was quite chilly. I asked the pastor of that church, "How do baptisms get done at St. Peter's Lutheran?" "Just like anywhere else," he replied. "Do people get dunked in the Lutheran church?" He answered, "Some do. Others stand outside the font, and water is sprinkled ...

2875. Body Parts and Pride

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

It sometimes happens that small parts of the Bible seem to become dated, especially when they echo particular periods of time. When these small portions are brought up later, they seem out of touch with the modern world. The lesson today might serve as an example of this phenomenon. When we read the lesson it sounds almost as if it should be a part of the '60s. Early on, there is a comment about not conforming, then something about transforming by renewing your minds, ...

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