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2876. Is The Gospel Only For Women?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... because it takes courage to reveal we’re weak enough to cry. It takes courage to be meek like Abraham with his nephew Lot, letting Lot choose the better pastures for his flocks. It takes courage to be big enough to show mercy: only a banty rooster has to keep crowing about his rights; a big person can afford to give in and take it easy on his enemies. It takes courage to be hungry for righteousness, to be pure in your motives, to work for peace, because when you do, you get persecuted. So these so-called ...

2877. Is Christianity An Escape?

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

... present age. Surely Adolph Hitler was a depraved, self-advertised savior of the world. Another kind of false messiah keeps arising, to deceive us regarding a fundamental doctrine. In the fight for our souls I’m convinced the devil doesn ... Christ covers every sin, we may do whatever we wish. It makes no difference anyway. There’s no hell; God is too loving to send anyone there. Satan keeps at us all the time. If he can’t get us to fall in the direction he’s pushing us, he’ll get around on the other ...

2878. Christ the King A King Worth Having

John 12:12-19

Sermon

... is a king worth having because he has the courage to sacrifice himself. Normally a ruler stays behind the lines. We grant the wisdom of that for, if the leadership were shot down, the losses in the ranks would be still heavier. So those commanders who keep themselves back aren’t necessarily cowards. All the more reason to marvel at the disregard of personal safety when our Lord mounted the donkey and rode into the holy city right into those jaws of death waiting there to snatch him. John tells us at the ...

2879. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... life, is there? Well, there just may be, if religion is rules and not a dynamic relationship between God and ourselves and all other creatures living in his world. That law-oriented type of faith has two flaws in it: 1, Try as hard as we may, we can’t keep God’s law and win our way into heaven; and, 2, Jesus shows us that such a legalistic conception of religion leaves no room at all for other people, at least for treating them as our neighbors. The faith can deteriorate into a "My God and I" sort of ...

2880. Time to Get Ready

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

... to serve us at his table. The Holy Communion, you see - and whether or not we are aware of it - is one of the significant ways that we keep watch for the coming of the Lord. Truly, as Paul declared to the Church at Corinth, "As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, ... the story - as Christians and members of the Body of Christ, the church. It is one of the ways that we are to keep watch. The area where I live is about to get cable television and the company that has won the contract is engaged in ...

2881. Jesus and the Rascal

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... later the man bought another parrot. He taught that bird to say one word. That word was "Tomorrow." He said, "I have been living as if there were no future. Today is all there is, and I’ve found it isn’t so." The two birds together helped him keep his mind on the realities of life: today and tomorrow. Would that the steward could have heard both voices. Tomorrow is God’s judgment on today. Today is important. It is the only time we can call our own. God’s Word is full of the significance of today ...

2882. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

... me, yet will I trust him." Certainly, he understood that with such a conviction, what Paul later described as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" would be possible as reassuring reality, come what may. Second, note his emphasis on keeping faith animated by love. Love was all-important to Jesus. He made it clear that God is love, and encouraged his followers to immerse themselves in the ethos of love, loving God back and going with his love. Love one another and love your ...

2883. Life in the Sunbelt

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

... who seemed to get by with it in jolly good fashion. Not surprisingly, these troubled ones were being tempted to conclude that their faith and disciplined way of life were not worthwhile. "It is vain to serve God," they were saying. "What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? Henceforth we deem the arrogant blessed; evil doers not only prosper but when they put God to the test they escape." To the darkness of this mood the Lord spoke through his prophet ...

2884. Saving Sinners

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

... have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord hear my prayer! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If you, Lord, should keep track of sin, O Lord, who could survive?" It's not an over-dramatization to say that in some cases you and I can feel like ... save Matthew the sinner, but Christ also called Matthew to carry out the disciple-work of proclaiming this salvation to others. Keeping in mind Jesus' radical definition of "sinner" as being those in need of a doctor, those who are outcasts and not ...

2885. You Are Worth Much!

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

... the older folks of the parish we pastors often hear expressions like this, "Everyday I ask God to take me. I'm not doing much good here anymore." The question is really being pressed, "What am I worth to God or anyone?" Today we can be sure that if God keeps us here it is because he has some things for us to do. His estimate of our usefulness may be different from ours. So we need to be speaking and sharing this message among the elderly - that they are worth much to us and even more to God. Hopefully this ...

2886. Tending God's Garden

Galatians 6:9-10

Children's Sermon

... in the pod? But do you also remember that they kept on hoeing and spraying and watering the plants even though they didn’t get to eat anything? Well, St. Paul says, that the same thing is true for Christians when they do good. Sometimes we wonder why we should keep on doing good things when it doesn’t seem to help us at all. I mean, you wonder why you should tell the truth or help carry heavy packages for your mother or help your dad when you want to go out and play. But St. Paul says that we ...

2887. Being in God's Family

Galatians 4:7

Children's Sermon

... have here. (Hold up picture of someone’s car and wait until the child exclaims, "It’s our car." This can be continued with a picture of a pet a school or church.) Why do you keep saying that it is your house, your car, your dog, your school? Did you buy them? Do they really belong to you? Who bought them or helps to keep them going? Your Father and Mother. That’s right. But you feel like they belong to you, don’t you? You should because when your mom and dad moved into that house they moved in for ...

2888. How Was Jesus' Death Different?

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27

Sermon

... the people that he laid his life down on his own accord, that no one took away his life. This was God's word of salvation, and he was obedient to that will. In Gethsemane, he discovered the will of God to be his death and then nothing could keep him from obeying. Just before he died, he gave a shout of victory, "It is finished!" The work of salvation, the plan of salvation from the time of Adam, was at last completed, finished. Since this is true, we need to realize that "now is the acceptable time, now ...

2889. Killing A King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

... pain of death. Some say to Jesus, "You may come into the house of my life, except for one room. That is the room where I keep my pet prejudices, my fervid hatreds, and my secret sins." There are areas of life where Jesus may not yet be sovereign. A warrior of Saxony ... so it would not go under the water. When he was told that his whole body must go under the water, he protested that he would keep that hand for himself to do battle with his enemies. This happens to many of us today. We hold out a hand we do not ...

2890. If Only We Would Do The Obvious ...

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... I give them the slightest opening, they’ll move right in and take control. I hate them both and will be glad when they are dead." Finally, I told Ann she’d never find wholeness until she forgives her parents and becomes reconciled to them. She keeps coming, and she keeps looking at me with disbelief whenever I say that, as if she knows there must be some other way to clear up her misery. Naaman must have had the same bewildered look when the prophet Elisha told him simply to wash in the Jordan River to ...

2891. If Only We Would Confess ...

Ezekiel 18:1-32

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... people in exile in addition to delivering oracles of doom to the nation of Judah. In chapter eighteen he tried to help his people see that, in spite of where one was or how one got into that situation, one could still be loyal to Yahweh and keep his commands. If so, that person would have a good and wholesome life. If not, that person would destroy himself or herself by not being obedient to God’s requirements. The clear indication was that the individual was expected to repent and remain faithful to God ...

2892. If Only We could Be Loyal ...

Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... take us back and help us to start over. I listened to Jackie and Paul confess their disloyalty and heard them make some promises to be loyal to God and to one another. If we look at ourselves honestly and deeply, there is no way we can keep Hosea’s homily from being personally written for us. Whether his message haunts us or helps us depends upon how we handle our covenant relationship with God and how we accept his forgiveness. Maybe the message which Hosea leaves with us is that God always invites us ...

2893. Patterned After Jesus

1 Peter 2:21

Children's Sermon

... he wanted us to do kind things for people; Jesus never returned a hurt for a hurt; Jesus kept his promises and wanted us to keep our promises. Now those are just a few of the things that Jesus did, but look what happens when we are the same way. [Take ... his life as a pattern, then we also will pray and do kind things for people and never try to hurt others, and we will keep our promises. Now, look at what happens when we follow Jesus. Even though we may be a different shape and have a different color, we ...

2894. The Golden Gift

Drama

... is 19 years since I slept in a bed. Are you really willing that I should stay? You are good people. I can pay, you know? You are an innkeeper, aren't you? BISHOP: I am a priest. JEAN: A priest? Ah, then you will not ask money. BISHOP: No. Keep your money. How much have you? JEAN: One hundred and nine francs. BISHOP: One hundred and nine francs! How long did it take you to earn that? JEAN: Nineteen years! BISHOP: Shall we have supper? It seems to be ready. (Jean goes for the middle seat.) ARLETTE: You will ...

2895. Easter 6

John 14:15-31

Bulletin Aid

... my commandments"! What is this? A test? If I don't keep the commandments, I fail? And just which commandments are we talking about? "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk?" "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live?" Or things like "Love God and love your neighbor?" Or is it a guilt trip? God is the proverbial " ...

2896. Prayer

Matthew 10:1-42

Bulletin Aid

... peace, but a sword"? What is this? Isn't Jesus the Prince of Peace? Setting brother against sister ... Parent against child ... Wife against husband ... I thought the Church was for families! Things are hard enough - Relationships Living with each other - Without religion dividing us! I'd do almost anything to keep peace ... Bite my tongue Hold my temper - Compromise my principles?? Do I maybe put my family My friendships My peace and quiet Ahead of my faith? My commitment to Christ? Am I so concerned with ...

2897. Proper 4

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

... in his difficulties and in his conflicts, and he kept moving ahead, growing in response to the challenges he faced. We need to be reminded the purpose of our faith is not to keep us happy, make us wealthy, soothe our feelings, or smooth our ruffled feathers, though occasionally it may do all of those things. The purpose of our faith is to keep us steady in the storms and to help us make something of ourselves in the struggles of life, give us enough of a challenge, face us with enough risk, that we will ...

2898. Proper 7

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

... is the gateway to heaven." Therefore, in reverence, he erected a stone altar, anointed it with oil, and called it "Bethel," which meant literally, "The house of El" or "The house of God." He also made a bargain with God that, if God would give him what he needed and keep him safe until he returned to his father's house, he would claim Yahweh as his God. It was an awkward way to try to relate to God, but Jacob was basically an earthy "man of the world" so he tried to strike a bargain. All of this probably ...

2899. Proper 10

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

... vent to his wrath, killed the Egyptian, then buried him in the sand. The Scripture says Moses looked around and "saw no one," which must mean he saw no other Egyptians because there were Hebrews all around him. Apparently, he thought the slaves would protect him by keeping his secret, and his crime against the state would be well hidden. But in this he was wrong. The very next day he went out into the area again, and this time saw two Hebrews quarreling. Again, his sense of justice led him to interfere in ...

2900. Parable of the Hinge

Isaiah 9:6

Illustration

Staff

... , the school, the home, and all good things are short changed by millions who ignore the hinges which swing the doors through which they come and go. In observing Christmas we pause to consider the many to whom we are indebted. Those who keep the streets usable, those who keep the electric lines supplied, and those who bring the mail. Christmas is a time of appreciation because God's love makes us aware of the many blessings He provides through others. The greatest gift is the gift of love for it makes us ...

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