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3001. Taking The Risk Out Of Dy(e)ing

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lee Griess

... shameful denial of Jesus, and his mind was clouded with disillusionment over the fate of Jesus. The One in whom they had placed their hopes was now dead. All chances were gone. And so Peter says, "I'm going fishing." What else is there to do? Life has to ... of darkness and death into the light of the resurrection. Let Easter dawn upon you. Let the resurrection fill you with faith and hope and obedience to the voice of God. Perhaps you noticed the humorous little news item in Newsweek last March. It was a letter ...

3002. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... an offering to church, even though it may be less than we spend weekly on entertainment. And we do plan on reading our Bibles and saying our prayers, sometime, don't we? How often we live as strangers to God and try to claim we are citizens of heaven and hope no one notices the difference. But the Season of Lent reminds us that God knows. That we may be able to fool ourselves (and even those around us) but we can never fool God, for God reads the human heart. God knows who lives in our house. There is a ...

3003. Cut Down And Lifted Up

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Lee Griess

... the faces -- some wrinkled and weeping, some blank with boredom, obscured by fear or twisted with hate. He could have turned back when he saw the faces, but he didn't. Because among the faces that he saw were your face and mine, our fears and our tears, our hopes and our silent prayers. And it is for that reason that we offer him our worship and praise, that we seek to serve him and follow. To be cut down and lifted up -- that was his purpose. Jesus himself spoke of it to Nicodemus when he said, "Just as ...

3004. First Sunday In Christmastide

John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

David M. Oliver

... a life that is saturated with and sustained by joy? Jesus gave us a clue when he said, "Abide in me...." If we hope to be fruitful, ever-green Christians, we must learn to remain in Christ hour by hour, day by day. The message prompts people ... John 15:4-5, 7-9, 11) The key word here is "abide." "Abide" means "to remain in," "to continue," "to dwell" in Christ.[3] If we hope to be fruitful, ever-green Christians, we must learn to remain in Christ day by day. A week to week, Sunday to Sunday experience of faith ...

3005. The Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... into Angel who has come around the corner of the organ, and Field Announcer is scared by this!) You scared the death out of me! Who are you? Angel: I'm an angel. Field Announcer: Let's start all over. With whom am I speaking? Angel: An angel. And I hope I did scare the death out of you! Field Announcer: Wait a minute. Are you saying you are the dead guy? Angel: No, he's not here. Field Announcer: Where is he? What's happened to him? Angel: What do you think happened to him? Field Announcer: My research says ...

3006. Sermon In A Word

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... and then rises. The stone! What about the stone? The women couldn't have moved it. And they didn't give it another thought. Another bonehead failure on their part. How did Mary know he was gone if the stone was still there? So they probed and probed in hopes of understanding what she was talking about. Second Person: She said the stone had already been moved by the time she and the other women got there. She said his body was gone. She said someone that seemed like an angel told them he was raised from the ...

3007. A Quiet Man · Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... wide to the Lord's coming. Viewing the situation in this light, he was quick to make the introduction Philip had so cautiously evaded. It was a highly significant stand on Andrew's part. For in taking it he was refusing to rule out for foreigners the hope Jesus was offering Israel. At the same time neither would he countenance the thought of the Twelve existing as a closed and ingrown group. Neither was Andrew's action without its fruits. On the contrary it added a new dimension to the Apostles' thinking by ...

3008. The Return Of The Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... . As he performs the procedure, Dr. Shragg jokes with the woman. He says, "This won't hurt me a bit," as he tries to be funny. But the doctor knows very well that there is nothing funny at all about what he is doing. He does his work quickly, hoping that the job will soon be done. It took the lab pathologist about 10 minutes to process the results of the biopsy. He said that the test was a good one. The results were clear and unmistakable. The tumor was malignant cancer. Dr. Shragg writes that for just a ...

3009. Counting The Cost - Sacrifice

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... hearts that are in search of purpose and meaning. It is our faith that opens the door to everlasting life. Our faith is indeed our hope both now and forever. My prayer for you this day is that you may make your investment in a life of faith this day. May ... and praise your name. We have heard something of what you expect from us as your disciples. As we go from this place, may we take the hope and peace of Christ with us in all that we do. 32 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the ...

3010. The Condition Of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ assures us that the slate has been wiped clean, once and for all time. The Christian hope rests in the conviction that our future lies in still-to-be-seen future, rather than in a soiled and painful past. ... . But I will have to do it. And if it takes me the rest of my life to pay for it, any comfort it may bring, I hope it will." By this time, the jurors were crying. The judge had tears in his eyes. Then Beulah Mae McDonald said these words: "I do forgive you. ...

3011. Marriage: Endearing And Enduring

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... nobody else's. Here is where you will share all your intimacies. Much of it will be joyful. We have to promise you, however, that some of it will be painful. Have you ever seen a rose garden that has no weeds or thorns? I am sure you hope, and we all hope with you, that your garden can be handled in such a way as to nurture and build a relationship that is endearing and enduring, capable of adjusting to the changes life will bring. Let me extend this boxing ring analogy a bit. If you only have the center ...

3012. Love Promises: The Eternal Dimension

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Michael L. Thompson

... . Let us pray: Almighty God, we remember how the presence of your Son brought joy to a certain wedding at Cana in Galilee. We pray that you would use his eternal presence to sustain the joy of this wedding. Grant __________ and __________ the patience, courage, hope and love to state and live out their promises to you and to one another. Help us, as brothers and sisters in Christ, to be supportive of them in their new adventure together. In Jesus' name. Amen. Michael L. Thompson, Findlay, Ohio, is a former ...

3013. Inner Experience (Wedding Sermon)

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Mary Lu Warstler

... irritations of life, making that commitment to live each day of your lives in love and intimacy. You are two separate individuals. You each have your own likes and dislikes, your hopes and dreams, your abilities and talents. That must never be lost in the togetherness. But there must be room for mutual enjoyments, hopes and dreams, and learning from one another. You are still two separate individuals, but you are now becoming one couple, uniquely joined together to become a family -- sharing common goals ...

3014. Good News At A Bad Time!

Luke 2:8-20

Eulogy

Richard E. Merrick

... stunned and distracted, but we must not despair; by the grace of God, we do not have to be afraid. The greater the sorrow, so much greater the power of God to give us the faith that makes us more than conquerors. This faith helps us to look up and hope. This faith enables us to hear the good news of the angel again this special day: "Do not be afraid ... to you is born ... a Savior ..." Christians need not feel that they are left without comfort at a time such as this. God has sent Jesus the Christ to be ...

3015. Death And Birth

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Henry G. Brinton

... God in Christ as well. He tried to show the love of Christ in his words and actions, love that is patient and kind, not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. ____________ tried to be a channel for this love that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Because this love never ends, we can follow in ____________'s foot steps and attempt to be channels of love as well. We can trust the same Lord that he trusted, the Lord that walked with him through the valley of the ...

3016. Resurrection And Life

John 11:17-37

Eulogy

Jonathan W. Schriber

... we celebrate, because of Christ -- we too shall live. "I am the resurrection and the life" said Jesus -- what power, what hope, what joy! Right now, here, this moment, Jesus says that to you, to me. In this little insignificant corner of the ... have to to be happy. We speak of death as an escape from the pressure of life, or as the loss of a loved one. I would hope no one here today considers the life of ____________ as lost. She is very much found, in the grace, the protection of her Lord. We are separated ...

3017. Like Abraham To The Slaughter

Psalm 22:1-31

Eulogy

Dennis E. Dinger

... to risk so much love against so great a loss. ____________, so far as this world goes, you have lost ____________. He died in an accident in a profession where accidents are common. He died, as we see it, too young, with too many dreams unfulfilled, with too many hopes unrealized. If only, we want to say, he could have lived to 40, or 60; if only, we think, he could have done this or seen that; if only, if only ... if only, from this day forth, will be part of the litany of our lives. Yet ____________ had ...

3018. The Circle Of Life

Eulogy

Charles R. Leary

... meet And share a smile. Why people come into our lives And walk with us a mile. -- Source unknown When I read the newspaper and watch television, I see that faith and hope have a lot of subtle enemies: gloom and doom, pessimism, depression, disillusionment, boredom, fear. Negativism -- lack of faith, lack of hope -- is the rich seedbed for indifference, insecurity, protectionism, and self-imposed and fantasy-based guilt trips. A lot of people give up on life; they resign and let themselves become victims to ...

3019. Warning! In Case Of Rapture This Car Will Be Unmanned.

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... need to know the time or the manner God will bring history to completion. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus says, "Even the Son is not let in on that part of God's plan." Our responsibility is to be faithful now. To be faithful and to live in the hope that our efforts to follow Christ and his way of life are not in vain. That is what the doctrine of the second coming is all about. If we live according to the way that God has shown us in Jesus Christ, those efforts will not be wasted. The good ...

3020. "The Scandal Of Disloyalty"

Psalm 62:1-12, Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

R. Sheldon MacKenzie

... voluntarily, to stay with Jesus until death, if necessary. The others had said the same thing. The betrayal, when it came in the orchard, involved all of the disciples."They all forsook him and fled."As the story is told in this passage there is hope that the senior disciple will redeem himself in terms of loyalty, courage, commitment and faithfulness. We cannot really believe that we have seen him at his best when he was found in embarrassed sleep,-- while his master was praying for his life. The text says ...

3021. Lent 4

Luke 13:18-22 · Joel 2:12-19

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... The light of God guide us, L: The wisdom of God preserve us, P: The presence of God watch over us. L: May we find hope in the peace of God that transcends and understands all things. Meditation: The Ring It was not so much the value of the ring, ... which God has given us. Abilities. Love for the law. Through the law we have a sense of justice and righteousness. We have a view of hope. The man who divided his money lost a portion of his estate, but he found a son who would be willing to stay with him and ...

3022. With Unwavering Trust

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations") -- in the presence of God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that do not exist. Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become "the father of many nations," according to what was said, "So numerous shall your descendants be." He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred ...

3023. Everyone Is Searching

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... . All of us are searching for something, though we are not sure just what it is that we are looking for, and it is possible that we may not recognize it when we find it. Most of us want peace for our souls, respect for our standards, and hope for our futures. Some have learned that ambition and hard work are not of themselves sufficient. The reality is that grace is needed if life is to be spiritually and physically fulfilling. They were looking for Jesus because he had a helpful message for their ears and ...

3024. He Came Seeking Fruit

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... Jesus' way of imprinting truth by storytelling. It has a wonderful message, for which all of us should be glad. The Closing Prayer: Thank you, Lord, for providing us with such a potent parable that affords us fresh hope for our lives. We rejoice that you care so much for us that you gave up your life on earth to give us hope of renewal here, and eternal life to follow. We desire to produce ample and good fruit as long as we possibly can, and pray your tender mercy upon us so long as we are alive here, then ...

3025. Managing Disappointment

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

Paul wrote to the Romans, "Endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us." (Romans 5:4-5) Of this we can be sure, even though we feel that God has also forgotten us, he hasn't. Some things are ...

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