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3026. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 13:1-23

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Russell F. Anderson

... . Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23 This well-known text is traditionally called the Parable of the Sower. However, it would be better termed the Parable of the Soils, since the main point revolves around the receptivity of the soil. This parable helped the disciples to understand why some people received the word of Christ and others did not. It took the burden off the shoulders of the sower. As long as the sower scattered the seeds, his job was complete. He could not be held accountable for the germination of the ...

3027. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · 1 Ki 3:5-12 · Ps 105

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Russell F. Anderson

... . Solomon recounts a litany of God's blessings to his father and himself. He humbly confesses his inadequacy to lead his people and asks that the Lord give him a wise and understanding heart to discern good from evil. The Lord is pleased with Solomon's request and grants him power and riches, in addition to the wisdom and understanding. Epistle: Romans 8:26-39 This lection includes Paul's greatest expression of faith: "We know that in everything God works together for good to those who love him ..." (v. 28 ...

3028. Proper 17

Exodus 3:1-22, Jeremiah 15:15-21; 20:7-18, Matthew 16:21-28, Romans 12:1-8

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Russell F. Anderson

... by saying: "Get behind me, Satan!" In opposing Jesus' plan, Peter is siding with Satan, the Adversary, and is making it more difficult for the Lord to fulfill his mission. It is interesting to see that Peter, the first to confess Jesus as the Messiah, cannot understand the implications of his profession. Jesus then announces that if anyone would be his disciple, he must be willing to take up his cross and follow him. In other words, the follower of Jesus must be willing to suffer and die, if need be, for ...

3029. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Proverbs 31:10-31, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... a person who would appreciate bold and daring action. He liked to give a great deal of freedom to his servants and he expected them to be self-starters, to take initiative. Should they give it their best shot and yet fail, he would be fair and understanding, for some of his own ventures garnered no profit either. The one-talent fellow viewed the master as hard and calloused. Should he lose the talent, the master would be unmerciful, because he is a stingy and exacting man. The image that we have of God or ...

3030. Christmas 2

Mt 2:13-23 · Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-14 · Jer 31:7-14 · Is 61:10--62:3 · Ps 147

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Russell F. Anderson

... Jesus is also incarnate in those who know Jesus. We too are the living word of God through whom God seeks to disclose his love and grace. Life and light. From the dawn of time, humans have worshipped the light, realizing intuitively what we now understand scientifically, that there is no life without light. Genesis proclaims this truth also; light is the first order of creation. The prologue of John implies that the light was present in the Logos from the beginning, but the fullness of the light dawned when ...

3031. I Am The Alpha And The Omega

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... and an atheist. He was converted to Christianity while doing a story on Mother Teresa. He wrote Jesus Rediscovered. In it he says: He (Jesus) showed us how to escape from the little dark cell our egos make, so that we may see and hear and understand whereas before, we have been blind and deaf and dumb. Consider still another story about the discovery of our sin and the salvation offered by the Alpha and Omega. A tourist who took in the passion play at Oberammergau, Germany, went backstage at the conclusion ...

3032. I Am Who I Am

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... who has ever experienced life in the raw, in its hellishness, should greatly appreciate the servanthood of Christ. The I AM meets us in the depths as a servant. He is bone of our bone, flesh of our flesh, blood of our blood, our brother. The One who understands you is standing with you. Jesus is human. He felt pain. He really died. He is also divine. Jesus Is True God Jesus came as human servant. "He emptied himself," Saint Paul says (Philippians 2:7). He also came as divine King. That, too, is the theme of ...

3033. DNA and SIN

Romans 7:7-25

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George Murphy

... has such a genetic character is difficult for us to make sense of today. (It also lacks scriptural basis, unless one forces Psalm 51:6.) It may be more helpful to use an ecological metaphor. We cannot fully understand living organisms without their environment, and we cannot fully understand a human being except as part of the whole human community. This is true even -- or perhaps especially -- before birth. And the problem is that we are conceived and born in a human environment in which sin is unavoidable ...

3034. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... think I'll be back. I can't promiseanything, especially without a son. Why come back withoutsomeone to inherit my land? God: ONE THING AT A TIME. (Okay, one thing at a time.) Abram: I'll try to take it one day at a time. Maybe Ican get to understand the Egyptians and maybe I can be abetter blessing that way. God: ANYTHING ELSE BOTHERING YOU? (No, nothing else is bothering me.) Abram: Yes, I'm still scared ... like Lot's wife and alot of other folks I know. So stay with us, Lord. Commentator: God's patient ...

3035. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... never to miss and then he would add how proud it made him when I went along. Before the service started, he always went over what was going to happen, especially if there was a change. He gave me suggestions about what to do during silent prayer and helped me understand anything new that was going on if the rabbi did it differently. If I ever got to squirming, he would ask me to be patient and say that he would talk to me after the service. And he always did. One time he said he was getting bored, too, but ...

3036. The Persecuted

Sermon

John A. Terry

... would be a strange and wonderful thing for people to find joy and gladness in the midst of persecution for the sake of their faith. But that has long been a unique characteristic of Christians. We are able to look through the words of this beatitude and understand the persecution in the light of God's will, and way through eternity, and the final promise that God's kingdom will come. One night after the porch of his home was bombed, Martin Luther King wrote, "To our most bitter opponents we say ... 'Do to ...

3037. Cain's Sentence

Genesis 4:1-26

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Jerry Eckert

... with a green thumb. Everything I plant grows and produces. Because of God's kindness, I want to give the church a complete repainting job on the inside as my gift. I have chosen a rich, dark green, my favorite color, for the sanctuary. Chair: Any questions? You all understand what Cain wants to do? Good. Abel, what is your proposal? Abel (he comes up and joins Cain and Chair at the front): I have also had a good year this year and, just as God has blessed my good brother Cain with the gift of growing things ...

3038. Evergreen Wreath And Faded Leaf

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

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Harold Warlick

... 's words were spoken are obvious. We still cry for God to rend the heavens and come down. In the period of darkness, Isaiah's people were brought to the point of knowing that they did not know and understanding that they did not understand. The mystery of faded leaves being transformed into evergreen wreaths is symbolic of the power of God transforming darkness into light in human lives. This transformation spans the whole sweep of biblical history. Abraham, the unbeliever, becomes the obedient servant ...

3039. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Harold Warlick

... also the deliverer. The tough, triumphant liberator is one who purposefully humbles himself as a caring, tender shepherd. Since Israel's vocation is to make known her God, the walk on the way for her symbolizes not only a triumphant return but a new understanding of her role in life. She not only has to experience some kind of magnified warrior but prepare herself to respond in kind to the same type of tender care that is shepherding her. Personal regeneration and social concern are fused into one vocation ...

3040. Turning A Minus Into A Plus

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Harold Warlick

... today was invented or sustained by someone who turned a minus into a plus. The evidence is before us. Our God is a mighty God. Our world has possibilities. Our faith in God can really make a difference in our lives. How can we reclaim that remarkable understanding? A keen insight into God's power is this lectionary passage from the book of Isaiah. At the time of its composition the Jewish people were in exile in Babylon. They were forced to live far from their native land. They were a weak people in the ...

3041. Jesus: The Only Way To God?

Acts 4:1-22

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E. Carver McGriff

... . The father was God. The boy? He was you and me. Jesus was depicting the nature of God in a human little story, a God of long suffering kindness, of intimate generosity with wealth and judgment. A God who holds forth to us some exalted standards, yet who understands the human condition. A God who waits for the moment we decide to return, and who, when we do start up the lane, runs to meet us. Surely this is what Jesus taught: It is through Jesus alone that we discover a relationship with that kind of God ...

3042. Kindness In Action: Evangelism

Acts 8:26-40

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E. Carver McGriff

... . For all his achievements, it would appear he still wasn't treated as an equal. Now we find this man pulled off to the side of the road, reading the Bible. Reference is made to his having attended a worship service, yet he was obviously unable to understand what he was reading. Is it possible this man was facing a life crisis, perhaps having to do with his infirmity and some discouragement about his future? Is it possible he was trying to find answers in the faith he'd seen other people practice, that he ...

3043. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

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E. Carver McGriff

... to follow are the ongoing symbol which binds the Jewish community. It affords a cultural story to carry them through history. When one Jew meets another, they are immediately bonded in a way most of us are not quite able to understand and may, on occasion, envy. What does this say to our Christian understanding today? For one thing, it was destiny that into this community would be born the child who would bring salvation to us all. No one can say what was in God's "mind" in choosing to do as he did. But ...

3044. Persevering In The Faith

Numbers 21:4-9

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E. Carver McGriff

... , replaced the five dollar bill, dried some tears of frustration on dear little cheeks, and urged the child to try again. Only those two could know the physical and emotional exhaustion these efforts involved. Maybe it would take a deeply loving mother to understand the price being paid by that mother as well as the child in the effort to accomplish that walk. But the day came. One glorious, celebrating day, the little girl walked to the curtain without falling. What a wondrous shopping trip that must ...

3045. A Habitat For Humanity

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... is the community that shares God's purpose. The promise is made that an offspring of David will come and build a house for God. But we note that the envisioned community is one bound by a common ethnic boundary. The early Christians as they sought to understand the meaning of Jesus turned to passages like this to see him as the fulfiller of the promise. But in terms of what Jesus did and said the bounds of community were radically expanded beyond the litmus tests set down by race and piety. Geography was ...

3046. Clear Channel Voice

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... intentionally avoided wisdom or knowledge. The simple person did not suffer from any learning disability. The wise teacher wanted his students to realize that they were paying too much attention to the wrong voices. In addition, the wise teacher wanted his students to understand that there would be consequences in later life, due to their lack of attention now. "I will pour out my thoughts to you," wisdom says. "I will make my words known to you." From a wealth of knowledge the wise teacher enlightened his ...

3047. Something To Do While The World Falls Apart

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... ? Did you get caught up in the sports section and lose track of time? Or the comics?" Mr. Tarnower looked at her with wild eyes. "No," he said, "I read the news. It's an awful world out there. There are a lot of diseases I don't understand. Wars break out. Families fall apart. Children run through the streets with handguns. People die prematurely. Listen, the world is falling apart, and the church can't do a thing about it." "Well," Jack said, "you ought to come back. We have a nice minister, a fairly good ...

3048. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

... puts us in their debt, and he wants us to acknowledge it. Anyone, therefore, who does not show gratitude to other people betrays ingratitude to God as well."7 One goal for the entire Christian life is to affirm God's generous dealings with people like us. It begins by understanding the Bible as a story of how God has given gifts to his people. When God's children were slaves in Egypt, God brought them out of slavery with an outstretched arm and a mighty hand. God said, "You're free! It's a gift." When God's ...

3049. How To Plant An English Garden

Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-34

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William G. Carter

... cheerfully and do my utmost as if the issue of the whole struggle depended upon me." Too bad Mr. Reagan didn't go on. The next entry in the journal reads, "Getting a poor start. 8:30 in the morning, still in bed singing 'Home, Sweet Home.' "1 We can understand that, can't we? Some mornings we wake in the earnest desire to take the world by storm. When we forget to set the alarm clock, we awake late after the best sleep ever. In the two parables we hear from Mark, Jesus points to the great potential in ...

3050. Drop-Everything-Discipleship

Mark 1:14-20

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John A. Stroman

... their families, their old life and old ways of doing things are abandoned. Immediately, they make this radical move in order to become disciples of this charismatic artisan-preacher. One must keep in mind that one of the purposes of Mark's gospel is to help us understand what it means to be a disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. This story by the Sea of Galilee is part of that story. But, are they not taking a risk by following someone whose career appears rather shaky? This Jesus of Nazareth is radical, new, and ...

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