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2876. Power of Affirmation

Illustration

Staff

... their town and to please let him know if there was anything he could do to help her and her husband get settled. He then filled her order promptly and efficiently. Later the woman reported the miraculous change to her neighbor. "I guess you told the druggist how poor I thought the service was?" she asked. "Well, no," her neighbor said. "In fact - and I hope you don’t mind - I told him you were amazed at the way he had built up this small town drugstore, and that you ...

2877. Let Yes Be Yes!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... picture about what the God of Israel must be like to do such things through such a man; coming slowly to the painful conclusion that this Jesus might be whom she ought to go and see. If God wants stricken people whole and well, then - she must have thought - perhaps she ought to give his messenger a try. Nobody else was helping, that was certain. In fact, it may be true that Israel’s God persuaded her to trust herself to Jesus. That is, God said "Yes!" to her. He said, "You can believe your instincts. Yes ...

2878. This God’s For Real!

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

... moment you demand it of them. But they will tell what you need to know to live and to become what you were meant to be. They may tell you in person or in writing or through trusted agents or in surprising ways you hadn’t thought of. By the same token, such guardians will hear you when you speak. They may not acknowledge in so many words that they’ve received your message, or then again, they might. But what is significant is that loving guardians are not unreachable, unlistening, uncaring, uninvolved ...

2879. For Christ’s Sake, What’s Going On?

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... and had been fueled as time went by. Since you hadn’t shared with him how things appeared to you, the other person had no clue of it. Communication! Now, of course, it could well be that what you thought was an insult or an injustice turns out to have been exactly what you thought it was. That makes the situation quite a bit more complicated. Nonetheless, a sore which festers has to be addressed. If not, the healthy body of the church becomes a weakened, sick, infected organism which is less equipped to ...

2880. It Isn’t Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... isn’t. Well, why should it be "fair" anyway? What need has God for "mere justice?" If justice really means "to give each person what is his due," how would God relate to us? For starters, God would have to start to do what some folks always thought he did. He’d have to advertise for clerical positions (bookkeepers, mostly) and begin to keep close tally on us all. He’d have to keep enormous archives filled with videotapes on everybody. Making a list and checking it twice would be his chief concern. He ...

2881. You Figure It Out

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... kill or be killed," they answer, "Scripture says ‘Those who live by the sword will perish by it.’ Besides, Jesus faced violence with nonviolence." In answer to those who say that St. Paul (Romans 13) calls us to be subject to the civil authorities (Germans thought of that when serving in the Nazi military), such a person answers, "But in the Book of Acts, it says we must be subject to God and not to men." - Others say they would go to jail before accepting military assignment. We have had cases reported ...

2882. Do It For the Joy of It!

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

... strings attached. What happens when we live "reck-lessly" as God does? Here are some possible results: A person who finds it impossible to believe in a loving God, or even in the reality of any god at all, will have a fighting chance to give it another thought and possibly to come to faith. The difficulty with many in our world has been that the claims they’ve heard made for the God we know have not matched the reality of their experience. They hear God loves the world but seldom find anybody loving them ...

2883. The Beholders -- A Dramatic Monologue

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... , a tall, muscular man appeared. He stood in the intersection, one arm raised as if to show me the way. He was gesturing toward the unfamiliar road. It was then that I noticed that his fist was clenched. I became curious; he seemed determined to hold that hand shut. I thought he must be concealing some treasure of great value -- a rare gem or a gold coin. I grabbed his wrist in my hand and pried his fingers open. Inside was no coin, no ruby or diamond. His hand was empty. But his palm had a scar. A hole, as ...

2884. God's Best Gift In The Worst Times (Sermon Series No. 2)

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the top of the cooler proudly, displaying thousands of pennies that his family had been saving since he was two-years-old. He handed the cooler to Victoria’s dad and said, “I want you to use this to buy a Christmas present for Victoria.” At first he thought he must decline the gift, but something in Ian’s eyes just wouldn’t let him. The boy’s expression was so full of love. So he hugged him and said, “Thank you very much.” Thankfully, most of us have not experienced the horror of burned-down ...

2885. Mary's Revolutionary Song (Sermon Series No. 3)

Luke 1:39-56

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the chart. Now, my next question is, ‘Where should we put you on the chart? You don’t want to be above Mother Teresa, do you?” The man replied, “If Mother Teresa is not good enough to get into heaven, I guess I’m in worse shape than I thought.” Then Bill Hybel drew a cross right across the middle of the chart. Underneath that cross he wrote these words from I John 2:2: “But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the atoning sacrifice for ...

2886. Naming the Divine Baby

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the truth, Joseph will do something rash that will endanger his life. Since she refuses to budge from her story, he has decided to break the engagement quietly in order to restrain the public disgrace. His heart is breaking because he loves her. Immersed in these sad thoughts, Joseph falls into a troubled sleep. He has a dream. In it an angel informs him that Mary is telling the truth. He is ordered to skip the balance of their one year engagement, to go ahead and marry Mary right away. In other words, let ...

2887. The Blessing Of Bondage

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , innocent, spotless, sinless Son of God dies to cover our sins with his own atoning, cleansing, covering blood. He will make amends for our disobedience! A man who finally came to the knowledge of Christ as his own Saviour, said, "For years I ran from Jesus because I thought he was after me with a warrant for my arrest. I knew I had done wrong and deserved punishment. Then one day I discovered it wasn’t a warrant for my arrest. It was a pardon for my sins!" Then we learn that this narrative teaches the ...

2888. God Can’t Keep a Good Secret!

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... we’ve said it too, "The Lord only knows!") Then the prophet is ordered to "speak to the bones." (Many a preacher has thought his lifeless flock needed just such a message as Ezekiel’s word of life.) "I’m going to make you live and breathe again ... a man who went to a wake. While he was there, he drank far too much. He got so drunk at the funeral home that the director thought he’d better not let him drive home. The undertaker put him in a casket and let him sleep it off. The next morning, when the ...

2889. Christians Die Well

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... hummed a bit and said casually, "He owns A T & T, too." Then he added, "He also owns Westinghouse and DuPont and General Motors." By this time he had the full attention of the passenger, who asked, "Who is your father, anyway?" Then Bisagno replied, "I thought you’d never ask!" Then he shared his faith in his Father, the God who owns the world. Stephen Was a Man "Full of Grace and Power" (verse 8) Because of his faith in Christ who had saved him through his unlimited, unending, unfathomable love, Stephen ...

2890. The Triune God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... The fourth, touching the elephant’s knee, said that he was like a tree. The fifth, feeling his ear, said that he was like a fan. The sixth, grasping the tail, countered with the thought that an elephant was like a rope. The sad thing about the six men in this poem was that, even though they thought they were right, they were completely mistaken. What was even more tragic was that, despite their blindness, they could have gained a visual impression of an elephant by simply listening to someone with normal ...

2891. Religion at a Minimum

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... which affords to us eternal salvation. Surely you do not want to appear before God someday, after basking in his love and mercy here on earth, and stand empty-handed? When he asks you, "What did you think of me and my salvation?" and your reply is, "I thought everything of it" - but then no one is standing alongside you before the great tribunal - then the Judge will know that you have not been true to your words. As today’s Gospel states, "On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy ...

2892. Echoes of Eternity

Matthew 10:24-32

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... for we had sold ourselves - our souls. Our first parents, in whom all here are included, gave over their souls for a lustful look and a taste of forbidden fruit. You and I have done the same thing a thousand times over, bartering away our soul for a vengeful thought, a moment of sinful pleasure, a handful of clinking coins. We didn’t know the value of a soul. But God knew it, and out of sheer grace he paid the price. What price? Silver and gold? The whole world? "No," says Peter, "... ye were not redeemed ...

2893. When You Follow A Star and Find A Stable

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? I For one thing, they look for God in that stable. We could not have blamed those three men of old if they had just dropped their heads sadly and turned back toward home when they saw that their journey was to end in a stable. Perhaps, though, the thought came to them that the wonder and majesty of God and his purpose could be just as potent in the stable as in the palace. As one reads the Scripture, if he is sensitive, he will note that the Scriptures are quite realistic about the stables that come to ...

2894. No Sooner Said Than Done!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... need to hear from God is in the written Word, the Bible. A Purposeful Word Through Isaiah God tells us, further, that his Word is purposeful: "It shall accomplish that which I purpose." Have you ever asked, "Why did God give us his Word?" Maybe you never thought about it. Surely God had a reason for giving us his Word. The reason must have been related to us, for God could have kept the Word to himself. "That which I purpose" - what is the purpose? One purpose we learn in the Scriptures is revelation. God ...

2895. Sick Of A Sick Society

Jeremiah 14:1--15:21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... you asking, "But why should I turn to God?" (The good reason is that you need help to get morally and spiritually well. I spent last summer in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. One day I caught a cold and thought nothing of it. The cold got worse. I began to ache in all of my limbs. I thought I had the flu. I took all kinds of home remedies: aspirin, fluids, teromycin, Vicks vapo rub, a woolen scarf around a sore throat - and laid around the house. Still I got worse. I did not know what to do or ...

2896. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to the convention, Benjamin Franklin said, "In the situation of this assembly, groping, as it were, in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings?" At the close of his address, he made a motion that hereafter prayers should be offered at each meeting before they proceeded with business. This is putting God above the nation ...

2897. Free and Faithful

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... will not force us. Love which is coerced is not love at all. I think married couples and old friends grasp this fact intuitively. If I thought, for example, that Beverly’s parents had forced her to marry me, well then, no matter what she might say, I would spend much of my time ... ," answered the just man. "Then why do you go on?" "I’ll tell you why," said the just man. "In the beginning I thought I could change them; today I know that I cannot. If I still shout today, if I still scream, and I scream louder ...

2898. Jeopardy, by Jeremiah

Jeremiah 23:9-32

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... and try conscientiously to make God happy again. They make themselves miserable, and by so doing, think God is pleased. They become very afraid of God, even afraid to make mistakes, afraid to try new things, afraid that "God will get them" for every wayward glance and thought. Still, many of us are content to ignore God’s anger, or at least to let it run its course. "Time" will deal with God’s impatience, and he will ultimately love again! However, not many of us openly claim this as our way of dealing ...

2899. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... victory for her pupil. Anne Sullivan introduced her pupil to the Master whom she had already met. Helen Keller met the Master through the love exemplified by Anne Sullivan. A friend was recently going through a time of bereavement. She reported that a woman whom she thought of as an acquaintance, but not as a close friend, visited at the funeral home and also sent a gift of flowers to the home. During the course of her visit, the woman said to my friend, "We were never really close friends, but I always ...

2900. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... : In Pilate’s court this morning. Pilate removed it from the Galilean’s shoulders and threw it on the floor. Claudius: You stole the robe from Pilate? Marcellus: I didn’t steal it! Pilate ordered me to burn it! Claudius: (Laughs heartily) And now you’re having second thoughts! Marcellus: NO! I don’t wish to keep it. It ... it makes me feel strange. I shall burn it as instructed. Claudius: Don’t be a fool. (Grabs the robe) Why not cast lots for it. If I win, I shall keep the robe. If you win, you ...

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