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2876. Surrender

Luke 23:44-49

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... His life was not taken from him. Instead, he gave his life away to God. Jesus had lived his life trusting in God’s care and faithfulness. No matter what came into his life, Jesus knew he could trust God, his Father, with his life. He had an ... goodness of God, his Father. He lived each day of his life surrendering himself to God, his Father. Jesus knew that God would take care of what he surrendered into God’s hands. This was the commitment by which he lived - and died. Thus, when Jesus came to his ...

2877. Who Do You Say I Am?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in people's lives." St. Peter thumbs through the folder and tells him: "OK, you're in" Then he asks the third doctor: "Why should I let you in?" The man proudly declares: "I am the man behind HMO's. Because of me thousands of folks have access to medical care that they would never have had before." St. Peter thinks about it and then says: "Ok, you can come in too...but only for three days!" Friends, there are great things to do for the kingdom of God once you have come to the point that you too can echo ...

2878. The Upper Room

John 13:1-17, John 13:18-30

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... told by Jesus that this was the only way that he could be a partner of Jesus; he must let Jesus serve him. But this was only the beginning of that strange night in the upper room. After they ate the Passover meal, Jesus asked the disciples to listen very carefully while he told them about how he was going to share his life with them. He took a large cup that he filled with wine and some very flat bread. He told them how they should eat the bread and drink the wine after he died. They didn’t want ...

2879. Forgive Us Our Debts

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the one forgiven. He goes out to a colleague and demands immediate payment of a paltry amount of money. Having been forgiven, he cannot now forgive. The King finds out about what has happened and he again summons the servant before him. We had better be careful about how we handle this whole subject of forgiveness, because one day our life is going to be exposed. Jesus said in Luke 12: “What is veiled will be unveiled, and what is hidden will be known.” Nobody is going to get away with anything. You ...

2880. Restoring Our Sense of Priorities

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... The grim reality is that from us has gone almost any concept of a Being who loves us and therefore has a moral claim upon us, or any sense of purpose, but all is "a jumble of things going it blind" (to use Fosdick’s phrase), with nothing that cares, and hence we feel no pull of any ultimate meaning to life. There is no rationale whatsoever for the Ten Commandments in an outlook such as that. 3. Our idea of Christian love has been reduced to a level of sentimentality. Love has been taken over by either of ...

2881. The Vicarious Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... Friday is a day of remembrance, but it is also a moment for decision. As we "survey the wondrous cross," we can be like those on that awful day at Calvary - enemies, indifferent grumblers, idle watchers - merely passersby. Or, we may join that little company of those who cared. Surely they had sympathy with him and were pierced to the heart by the callousness of human sin. But as they went away from the hill and into the world of their time, they were to become witnesses to a new life bought for them by him ...

2882. The Mirror of Judas

Mark 14:1-11

Illustration

Larry Powell

... not have been included among the Twelve. Moreover, he was capable and trustworthy enough to be selected as treasurer for the group. So for whatever reason, future potential or ability already acquired, Jesus had confidence in him. Has not Christ placed tremendous confidence in us? The care of his church, the propagation of his message, the extension of his ministry, faithfulness to our vows. Shall we too betray his confidence? 2. Judas knew how to be discerning. He was not without practical judgment. The ...

2883. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Robert Allen

... year. I don’t see how we can miss this evidence ... this awareness of the presence of God. When Jesus preached, he often used the world around him to make a point of God’s presence. He said that no flower ever bloomed that was not nourished by God’s care; he said that no sparrow ever fell to the ground without God being aware; he said that God knows so much about you and me that even the hairs of our head are numbered. God’s love and faithfulness is so constant that we have a tendency to take it ...

2884. Religion In A Nutshell

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Robert Allen

... be able to stand up when the quakes came. No construction job like this had ever been accomplished. The architect was careful and deliberate in drawing his plans. When the core samples were taken where the hotel was to be built, he ... to a preacher. She talked with him about her life and she told about having no relatives left. When she became ill, she had no money for care, so she was placed in the county nursing home, She looked at the pastor and said, "It won’t be long before you will be called to preach ...

2885. I Love A Parade

Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Robert Allen

... as he had his medical degree, he left the comfortable surroundings of Western Europe and went into the jungles of Africa. There he cleared away part of the jungle and began building a clinic and a hospital. Once these were built, he started providing medical care to the young and old of Africa. Many years later, Dr. Albert Schweitzer won the Nobel Peace Prize for his ministry of healing in the jungles of Africa. When he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, he shared with that distinguished crowd in Stockholm the ...

2886. Five Minutes After Death

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

Robert Allen

... young man who had suffered with a terminal illness for quite some time. He was in the hospital intensive care unit for well over 100 days. I suppose that he was hooked up to almost every machine known to medical science. His total existence during that 100 days ... was that small eight by ten room in the intensive care unit. Most of the time, communciation with him was difficult. He was on a respirator to assist his breathing, and he could not ...

2887. Hector’s Case Against Christmas

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Erskine White

... How could anyone possibly make an argument against Christmas? "It was a wasted gesture on God’s part," Hector began. "For one thing, people are too busy to notice Jesus or hear His message. What do you think people really care about anyway? Look at the way they live - do they really care about spiritual gifts like love or faith, or long-term blessings like salvation and eternal life? They can hardly think past today! Look at them running around in a vain frenzy like ants on an ant hill, overscheduled and ...

2888. Wondering How God Does Things

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

... ? How does God put the yoke of an egg inside a shell? How did God think of such a wild variety of plants and flowers, with all their different colors, sizes and shapes, and how did God teach the animals what they know about surviving and having young and taking care of themselves? Come to think of it, how could God be big enough to make this universe we live in, and where do you and I come from? What are some of the things you wonder about? (Let them answer.) You see? There is no end to the questions we ...

2889. Give Us A New Name!

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... distortion of the Christian faith to think that our religious convictions do not have a corresponding action in the world. So it is a spiritual task to which we are called to work and lobby to obtain better housing and equal opportunity to jobs and education and health care and the like because those things are ancillary to our conviction that all people are indeed children of a loving God. Let us be clear that the thrust of our faith is not to gain passage to another world, but to live as the people of God ...

2890. Like a Dove

Mark 15:21-32

Children's Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... a pet. I don’t think any of you has a rooster as a pet, do you? Or a goat? That would be kind of hard to take care of; or a donkey - that would be fun to ride, but I don’t know where you’d keep it. You couldn’t take it to bed with ... ago when I was a Pastor in Lincoln, Nebraska, I went to an Arkansas City church to preach for another minister, and he was taking care of a parakeet there for some of his members who had gone away. Does your parakeet talk? Well, this parakeet could talk, and when you ...

2891. The Ten Commandments - Part 1

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... applause. In Henri Nouwen’s book in the name off Jesus, he asserts that one of the greatest temptations off the clergy is to worship the god of popularity, to focus on the spectacular rather than true mission. It is a temptation that we should all carefully avoid. B There is secondly the false god of hedonism, or the seeking of personal happiness. We live in a society that pursues pleasure and seeks to avoid struggle. These persons see the church as a kind of religious spa, and they evaluate it upon what ...

2892. Dual Citizenship II - What Do We Owe To God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... have an exception. Not the rich man. Though he was known far and wide on earth, he has no name in this parable. The character with the name is the poor man Lazarus. Don't you get the message-- God knows the names that most people on earth don't care to know...the names of the sick and destitute, the kind that sleep on our park benches. There is no indication in the story that the rich man was evil. He could have been very religious. There is no evidence that the rich man chased Lazarus away from his back ...

2893. The Ministry of Paul

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . Help us to be calm, patient and loving to those who would criticize Your church, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often, like children, we have been critical of those who would serve in Your church and not always have we been careful of our motives. Too often, Lord, have we let our critical nature even spill over into the way we think of You. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to grow in patience and understanding that we might be more loving servants. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns ...

2894. The Path of Integrity

Drama

William Grimbol

... disciples’ feet remains a crystalline portrait of integrity, a picture that clearly portrays Christ’s own lack of care or concern for the standards and expectations of the world. Jesus Christ, the footwasher, stands before us in the ... of worldly wisdom and societal standards of success ... our Selves finally free to pursue the simple decencies and acts of compassion and caring and sharing that give our lives the only satisfaction and integrity we can ever know or genuinely feel. As we partake, on ...

2895. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... Mary and Jesus had lived at this spot, he said, and the church had been built over the springs of water which had nourished their lives while they were in Egypt. Then we went down into the bowels of the church, into a dark, dank spot. Those of us who cared to, put a finger into the flowing water, or dipped in a cupped hand, then touched a bit of the water to our lips. I wanted to believe as I dipped my finger into that cool stream, that I was indeed bending at the spot where Joseph and Mary once ...

2896. Jesus Christ, the Truth

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... Procula: Who is Barabbas? Pilate: A murderer, robber, revolutionary, and terrorist. He doesn’t only kill the Romans, but his own people as well. They will pick Jesus when faced with a decision like that. Yes, that will do it. Never fear, my love, I will take care of everything. I wish I could wash my hands of this whole nasty business. See you for lunch, my love. (He leaves.) Procula: I believe he has come up with a good solution. Ruth: If Jesus dies, the greatest injustice in history will be done, and my ...

2897. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the days ahead, we’ll discover that being a caretaker and steward involves a lot more than whether we tithe or not and what we put in the church offering plate. It involves our caring for our bodies, how we use our skills, how we apportion our time, and what we do with our life and others’ lives. It has a lot to do with caring for the hungry of the world. In Genesis 1:1 we read, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ..." In the beginning, did God intend that America should become rich ...

2898. Stewards and Our Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... and could be put to such good use in the worship service. However, there are a lot of other gifts that God has given that can be used in any congregational setting: keeping books, teaching, writing, witnessing to the faith, cooking, parenting, driving or maintaining vehicles, caring for the building, organizing and leading committees, and hundreds of other tasks. A good example is the Property Committee. There we see a group around the table, each one just leaving a full-time job and bringing expertise to ...

2899. Resurrection: Temporal to Eternal

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... familiar voices. His knocking on the door brought a sudden silence inside. He knocked again. Still silence. Finally he shouted out his name, and the fact of his run from Emmaus. It was Simon Peter who came to the door, calling his name through the wood, carefully unlatching the ties. The door opened very slowly and the runner pushed his way in - shouting the news even before fully in the room. "We broke bread with Christ. He lives!" THE STORY OF THE RUNNER is, of course, imagined. It grows from the Easter ...

2900. Resurrection: From Lesser to Higher Morality

Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... wish to visit the holy city before his death, but that was not to be. Instead, his body now rested in the village earth nearest that most holy site. At fifteen, Sarah is on her own. That is not unusual. As the village is an extended family, she is cared for by others and contributes her share into the work of planting and harvesting, into the herding, into the making of the olive oil and the weaving of cloth from the sheep’s wool. She is busy, as are all the women of the village. Within the busyness one ...

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