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276. Tevye's Question

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He assumed she did, since she was a religion editor. She said, "No, I am a Buddhist. I was raised in the church," she went on, "but about ten years ago, I became interested in Buddhism because the highest value of Buddhism is the value of compassion." Michael Slaughter says her next comment made him feel as if she had put her hand in his chest and squeezed his heart. "The people I grew up around in the church," she added, "were some of the least compassionate people I ever knew." "Ouch," says Michael ...

277. Christ's Promise To His Saints

John 11:17-37

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King Duncan

... of Lazarus is a living lesson about our faith. To those who believe, Christ has given this promise: when this world has passed away, we shall live with him victoriously. Just as Christ wept over Lazarus and raised him from the dead, so shall Christ have compassion over our situation, whatever it may be, and so shall Christ grant us victory. Leslie Weatherhead, an English Methodist pastor and author, told the story of a Christian Arab who served as a guide to a man who attended a sunrise service on Easter at ...

278. Too Good to Be True?

Luke 24:36-49

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Robert Noblett

... up these values. They come from the Lord of the Church, whose resurrection is our hope, our sustenance, and our joy. If you want to find the risen Christ, it is in these bottom line arenas where he will be found. When you are moved by compassion, drawn by what creates genuine community, joyful over the colorful diversity of our world and impassioned by what is equitable, you can say: "The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared" to me. It's never been expressed more eloquently than Albert Schweitzer did ...

279. Will the Real Blind Beggar Please Stand Up?

Mark 10:46-52

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Cathy A. Ammlung

... away, or even a poor dumb beggar on whom one could inflict one's charity at will. Bartimaeus was a human being -- sinful, surely; theologically inadequate, probably; but a man created in the image of God. And God would show him honor, respect, and compassion. God's Son would wait and would listen. And out of the waiting and listening would come deep healing. "Go; your faith has made you well." And out of that healing would come discipleship: "Immediately he regained his sight and followed [Jesus] on the ...

280. The Heart -- Our Mirror

Proverbs 25:1-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... translation again: "As face answers face reflected in the water, so one man's heart answers another’s." What difference it would make if we allowed that to be the norm -- for heart to answer heart. What would it mean? It would mean that compassion, not callousness would be the rule -- forgiveness, not retaliation -- the benefit of the doubt, not judgementalism -- mercy not revenge. There is a story of a spiritual master who became a legend in his lifetime. It was said that God once sought his advice: "I ...

281. A Prophet Among Them

Ezekiel 2:1-3:15

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Maxie Dunnam

... for whom I pray – but hardly a week passes that I don’t have some word of affirmation and some testimony from one of them. My point, however, is this: My life has changed, the way I do my work is altered, and the depth of my concern and compassion is intensified because I speak to God for these persons. Let me share a story that brings this dual function of the prophet/priest together, speaking to the people for God and speaking to God for the people. I was flying out of Tampa, Florida sometime ago. It ...

282. The Vocation of Leadership: A Prophet Among Them

Ephesians 4:1-16

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Maxie Dunnam

... whom I pray – but hardly a week passes that I don’t have some word of affirmation and some testimony from one of them. My point, however, is this: My life has changed, the way I do my work is altered, and the depth of my concern and compassion is intensified because I speak to God for these persons. Just yesterday I received this note from Paul Vincent: In personal devotion this morning, I found the following in E. M. Bounds (Power Through Prayer). You know it, no doubt, but I thought I would send it ...

283. Complete Joy

Philippians 2:1-11

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Jeff Wedge

... has a claim on us to do what he wishes. If there is any sharing in the Spirit, any fellowship with others, any generosity in our time of need, any participation in our grief, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. If there is any compassion and sympathy, if there is any affection, love, deep feeling, pity, or mercy, then Paul has a claim on us to do what he wishes. And that is the critical point - what Paul wishes us to do. He states it simply: He wants the people who heard his words to ...

284. Be Kind

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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James McCormick

... he fed crowds of people, it was because he was concerned about their hunger. He was motivated by kindness. When he healed the sick, it was not to show His power. In fact, he often asked people not to tell anyone. He was just moved to compassion because of his basic kindness. In that first century world, women and children didn’t matter to most men. But Jesus included women in his inner circle and he rebuked the disciples when they tried to keep children away from him. Jesus was concerned about everybody ...

285. Proper 13

Psalm 17:1-15, Romans 9:1-29, Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... kind of place where Israel wandered for forty years, sustained by manna from heaven. In spite of Jesus' desires and efforts to get away, the crowds follow and seemingly prevent him from achieving the desired solitude. Yet, when he views the crowd, Matthew tells us that compassion; and the deep caring we the see. Jesus healed the sick. If Jesus is supposed to look a lot like God in this story—as God's Son—then, we learn that we cannot wear God down with our problems, and we cannot exhaust God's gracious ...

286. The World Needs Less Mother Goose More Mother Teresa

Isaiah 58:1-14

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Leonard Sweet

... of course. This child labor practice amounts to nothing less than electronic racism: you might call it e-racism. What is your church, your community doing to erase this racism—to “e-racism?” In Isaiah, and throughout the Jesus’ ministry, justice and mercy, compassion and righteousness begin at one’s own door, in one’s own neighborhood. We cannot build a new world, when our own backyard is filled with filth. Over the past twenty years, America has had the highest or near-highest poverty rates for ...

287. The Door Is Always Open

Luke 15:11-32

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James Merritt

... . He is kissing him over and over and over and over and over. I tell you, dear friend, a sinner may go to hell unsaved, but he will never go to hell unloved. c. He Reclaimed His Son The son tries to confess, but the father is so busy with compassion he doesn't have any time for confession. It blesses me to see that the father never brought up the past. He just wanted bygones to be bygones. The sins of his son had been buried in the grave of forgiveness and cast into the sea of forgetfulness. Notice what ...

288. Don't Forget to Forgive

Matthew 18:21-35

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James Merritt

... are going to see, it cost this king a great deal to forgive this debt. Forgiveness is full not partial. "The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, ‘Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt." (vv.26-27) Now this is what this king did. He took that debt and turned it into a loan. In other words, he realized that the money had been embezzled, but he considered it as a loan, and then he ...

289. Love: The Happiness of a Godly Family

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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James Merritt

... of love, don't look in the dictionary, look at Calvary. You can never love your family with a godly love until the God who is love lives in your heart. I could not put it better than this: Love is the spark that kindles the fire of compassion. Compassion is the fire that flames the candle of service. Service is the candle that ignites the torch of hope. Hope is the torch that lights the beacon of faith. Faith is the beacon that reflects the power of God. God is the power that creates the miracle of ...

290. Is Your Christmas Spirit a Controlled Substance?

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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Leonard Sweet

... us to watch “The Little Match Girls,” over 120 little match girls and boys died of hunger and hunger-related diseases. You all have been given a little wooden match this morning. If you are moved to a “we-have-to-go-out/we-don’t-have-to-come-back” compassion, the true Christmas spirit, I am going to ask you to come forward with your match, light it at the altar candle, kneel and pray at the altar if you are so moved to do so, then blow out your candle while some wood still remains and save this ...

291. Mazing Grace or Amazing Grace

Isaiah 42:1-9

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Leonard Sweet

... . But besides needing a powerful image of someone in charge, we all count on that intangible, unpredictable quality of compassion. There are always good excuses, extenuating circumstances and forces beyond our control that merit special consideration. Even when we ... of justice and of mercy that are part of the divine temperament. Justice and mercy are God's expression of power and compassion. Yet these two qualities have often forced men and women of faith into awkward corners. If God is the God of justice, ...

292. An Action-Packed Faith

John 13:31-35

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Leonard Sweet

... about it. It was happening so fast, and I knew we just had to get them out of there." Here's the mother who lifts a tree off her son's leg: "I didn't even feel how heavy it was until I put it down." When love and compassion for another take over completely, it is expressed through actions, not feelings. You cannot gradually and cautiously feel your way toward a loving action. Love is action. Genuine love always leaps before it looks. This is exactly the kind of love we celebrate today on Mother's Day. Love ...

293. Do You Know Your Name?

Luke 2:21-40

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Leonard Sweet

... to success. Ever clock how much time you spend watching TV, or playing video games, or texting? 10,000 hours spent on these pursuits aren’t going to reveal our secret names. What if we all started the New Year by beginning to stockpile 10,000 hours of compassion and passion on our soul search to discover our secret name. We can only begin to know our secret name gradually, as life unfolds. And we can not be sure what our secret name is until we see ourselves reflected in God, in whose image we are made ...

294. Matthew 14:13-21

Matthew 14:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... the abusive power practiced by human despots such as Herod. Mark's version of this miracle also seems to suggest it as a demonstration of messianic authority but here Jesus' tactics are more directly threatening to the cruel rulers in power. While Jesus' healing compassion and touch are the focus of Matthew's text, the disciples themselves seem doubtful of the need for crowd concern, only crowd control. In verse 15 they counsel Jesus to order the people back to the surrounding villages so that they can get ...

295. Epiphany 6

2 Kings 5:1-27, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

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John R. Brokhoff

... the ball rolling leading to Naaman's cure. The little girl was a slave, a captive in a foreign land. She could have been bitter, hateful and resentful. She could have rejoiced that her master would soon be dead or banished as a leper. We rejoice in her compassion, in her faith in God, and in her testimony to her faith. 2. Angry (v. 11). Naaman was an angry, sick man. He felt humiliated and despised by Elisha's treatment of him. Elisha did not even give Naaman an audience. He did nothing spectacular to heal ...

296. Proper 18

Proverbs 22:1-16, Mark 7:24-37, James 2:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... of partiality to the rich and the humiliation of the poor. (vv. 1-5) Because it is a violation of the law of love, partiality is a sin. (vv. 8-10) Verses 14-18 refer to faith as intellectual assent only which does not issue in deeds of compassion. True faith expresses itself in deeds of love. This harmonizes with Paul's teaching that faith works through love. Faith and works are inseparable. Gospel: Mark 7:24-37 When Jesus returns from his trip to Tyre, a man with deafness and a speech difficulty is brought ...

297. Proper 12

Genesis 28:10-22, Psalm 139:1-24, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Romans 8:12-25

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B. David Hostetter

... , healing for our suffering, constant love, and renewal of our strength. [OR] Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us bless God from our innermost hearts, forgetting none of the benefits of God's compassion. People: Let us bless God for God's pardon for our guilt, Leader: God's healing for our suffering, People: God's constant love and renewal of our strength. INVOCATION We bless you, O God, in all sincerity for the many benefits you have granted ...

298. Me - A - Missionary?

Acts 1:8

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James Merritt

... the Lord Jesus gave me - to tell people the good news about God's grace." (Acts 20:24, NCV) What we so desperately need is not just a passion for people without Christ. We need the compassion of Christ for people. Can you just sense compassion in this verse? "When Jesus saw the crowds He felt compassion for them, because they were hurting and helpless… He said, 'There are many people to harvest, but only a few workers to help harvest them.'" (Matthew 9:37, NCV) There are two words there that perfectly ...

299. A Model of Faith

Mark 7:24-30

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Jerry Goebel

... that. They are too blinded by their social and religious prejudice to offer miracles to anyone. Jesus words are obviously not meant to cut down the woman (her compassion runs too deep to care if she is insulted). The words of Christ are meant to reprimand the disciples—and us—when our politics and religious agenda blind us to compassion. Which faith most resembles mine? Am I like the cocksure disciples steeped in religious and cultural prejudice, deeply self-assured of my proximity to Jesus? Or, am I ...

300. Radical Love at Home (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... , for this my son was dead, but now is alive; he was lost, but now is found. Here’s the question. Have you any interest in being a parent like that? Have you the desire to give and forgive and welcome others home with the open arms of compassion? The world has an abundance of prodigal sons and stubborn brothers, but what about the radical love of this extravagant father? Can there ever be enough of that? Which brings me to a question: WHERE IS THE MOTHER? Everybody has a mother of some kind or another. I ...

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