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3126. God’s Will? (A Drama about Using the Lord’s Name in Vain)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... drooling and you don’t even know it. Mark: Hey, come on now… Jenny: No, you come on! I thought this was our date night? Mark: It is! You know, dinner and a movie. Jenny: Dinner?!? You call corndog’s and jello dinner? Mark: Look, Jenny… Jenny: If I ... didn’t know better, I would have thought you’re trying to get rid of me. Mark: (Mark doesn’t say anything) Jenny: Oh no. Is that it? Are you trying to ...

3127. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... here in Mark 10 that it is simply not enough to love mankind. Our task, our calling, indeed, our privilege is to love people, to love specific persons… or to put it another say, to treasure other people personally. Now, that leads us to a second thought. II. SECOND, THE BARTIMAEUS STORY REMINDS US OF SOMETHING I’M AFRAID WE OFTEN FORGET – THAT CHRISTIAN LOVE IS ALL-INCLUSIVE. Light a candle and it will give its light to all in the room. It is not selective. It shines for all. It includes all, embraces ...

3128. The Healing Power of the Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the power to bring us out of the tombs that imprison us. Let me bring this closer to home and show you what I mean with three thoughts. I. FIRST OF ALL, GOD HAS THE POWER TO BRING US OUR OF THE TOMB OF DESPAIR. That is precisely what he did for the disciples on ... POWER TO BRING US OUT OF THE TOMB OF DEFEAT. After Good Friday, the disciples felt utterly defeated and ready to quit. They thought, “It’s all over!”… only to discover at Easter that they had only just begun. There’s a beautiful story out of ...

3129. Eager For The Journey

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... his life was finished. Then he was challenged by a friend to write a sacred oratorio. He read the Scriptures and went to work. For 24 days, without eating a crumb, he worked fanatically to produce the piece. Handel thought his work was finished and then inspired by a friend he wrote his crowning achievement: The Messiah. Today it is considered the greatest oratorio ever written. Life can often look hum drum and it can even look grim. But change can happen just that quick. Jesus knew there were fish ...

3130. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... by far the most graphic interpretation of Christ’s final hours ever put on film. He said that as a film it is a great movie. The actors do a wonderful job. It is an epic great film. At one point in the review Roger Ebert paused and then thoughtfully made this remark concerning the charges of anti-Semitism: “It’s not that the Jews killed Christ; it’s that mankind killed Christ. He died for OUR sins. You killed Christ. I killed Christ. If you are a Christian, if you believe this, then that’s is what ...

3131. His Teachings

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Jesu but rather to discredit him. They did not want a martyr on their hands. They would much prefer to make him a fool. Let’s give him enough rope and he may just hang himself. Thus, each group would in turn ask him a question, not because they thought that they could learn from him; they did not think that Jesus could teach them anything. But they wished to trick him. They were hoping for that one slip of the tongue. Each group would ask him a question that would be dear to their cause: I The first ...

3132. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... but their voice was either too timid or too few. The majority said, “If we do nothing and leave this man alone, then the whole nation will believe in him. And the Romans will come in and take away our Temple and our nation” Caiaphas seized on their thoughts: “It is more fitting for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” We have to assume that Caiaphas did care for the nation but we must also assume that he cared for his own prestigious role in the nation. And there ...

3133. It's O.K. To Be Extravagant

John 12:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... that old guy? You have got to be crazy. Just look at him! Look at that gut! You want $100,000 for that? You’ve got to be kidding. Give me a break here. $30,000 is my top offer.” Mark Trotter concluded his rendition of the story with this thoughtful comment: “I suppose there are some here this morning who can identify with the wife in that story, but for some reason I find myself identifying with the husband. I’d like to think if I were in a similar situation, there would be people who would spare no ...

3134. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... do we learn here about our Christian faith? For one thing as we have already seen, this story is about forgiveness. Can’t you hear Simon Peter saying to Thomas something like this? “Thomas, you and I were both slow believers. I know your struggle those thoughts that beg for proof. But Thomas like you, I’ve finally seen enough. I’ve never felt His scars. But He touched mine and with their healing, my heart cries out with you, ‘My Lord and my God.” This story is about forgiveness and of course ...

3135. What Can We Count On From God?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . After a couple of days of chasing Daniel and carrying Dawson up the stairs, my back began to hurt a little bit and I thought, “Uh oh! Better take it easy.” In the midst of my backache, Dawson wanted me to carry him upstairs. I said, “Dawson, let me ... He had obviously heard that backache story before in a different context. Well, the answer in my case was NO… but at the same time, I thought this: “No, I don’t have a little baby in my tummy… but I do have a great God in my heart!… A great God ...

3136. The Political Controversies Of Jesus

Luke 20:27-47

Sermon

Brett Blair

3137. I've Got a Strong Case of the 'Can't Help Its'

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... I think about my own personal life and spiritual pilgrimage, I can tell you that I also have a strong case of the “can’t help its.” It goes with being a Christian. Let me show you what I mean by speaking out of my own personal life with three thoughts. Try these on for size with me… and I’m sure that you will think of others out of your own personal and spiritual life, but for now, let me share these three with you. I. FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE WE ARE CHRISTIANS, WE CAN’T HELP BUT BE GRATEFUL ...

3138. Jesus and Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... man’s dog. That’s bad enough, but to make matters worse, he included his two little boys in the deception. The two boys helped their dad disguise the dog so the rightful owner could not claim him. The boys enjoyed the trickery and plotting. The boys thought it was great fun to take away the man’s dog. Some years later, the minister realized that in that one deceitful act, he had taught his sons how to steal and turned them away from the Christ-like spirit of love and kindness and goodness and respect ...

3139. Real Gratitude

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... an education at this school… more than he wanted a new car for himself. The only reason I am here is because he chose to drive that old car. I am so grateful to him because in that one generous sacrificial act, he taught me so much about life and thoughtfulness and love. I love that old car and I love the man in it.” That’s just the way it works. The Zacchaeus story teaches us that real gratitude gives us a new relationship with God and a new regard for others. III. THIRD AND FINALLY, REAL GRATITUDE ...

3140. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... over them talked that same way and called their initiates "reborn for all eternity." I knew that the prophets of old had told our nation of the necessity for a NEW HEART among us which was essentially the same thing. What I found incredible was not the THOUGHT but the POSSIBILITY. All my experience had shown me that, despite people talking about becoming NEW again, in ANY sense of the word, all it was was just that: TALK. So I wanted to press Jesus. I confess to a certain level of disingenuousness in my ...

3141. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... murdered. It would have torn our hearts out. People do not think clearly in times like this. Breaking hearts do not WANT to think rationally...it is too painful. Perhaps that is why we went to the tomb that morning in the first place. If we had THOUGHT about it, how would we have planned to get to Jesus' body anyway? After all, the tomb had been closed two days before. A huge boulder had been rolled across the entrance to prevent anyone from getting in. The leaders of the temple had even convinced Pilate ...

3142. Thinking about the Unthinkable - Ash Wednesday

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... British decide to invade again. We decide that the pursuit of illicit pleasure involves little or no risk - AIDS only happens to other people. Supermen, we think...like God. In a way, it sounds vaguely like the ancient myth of Prometheus. Do you remember? The ancient Greeks thought of Prometheus as a hero, because he was a champion of humanity, a superman. It was Prometheus who came down from Olympus to teach us how to be better than the rest of the beasts: how to build, how to use tools, how to use herbs ...

3143. Remembering 9/11

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... we heard. I was in my office in the manse preparing for our regular Tuesday staff meeting. CNBC was on in the background to chronicle the continuing decline and fall of my life savings when suddenly the announcement came about the World Trade Center. All anyone thought was what an atrocious accident, and what a nightmare it was going to be to get firefighting equipment up there. Our staff meeting commenced at 9:00 so we did not hear of the second plane until someone called us to ask if we knew. Needless ...

3144. The Ten Commandments: One God, Only One

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of, "I can worship God on the golf course just as well as I can in a church building." Oh really? Forget about it! I play golf and I know better. On the golf course, despite being surrounded by the magnificence of creation, there is not much worship going on. Thoughts are not of God; they are of pars and bogies. The only praying going on is, "Lord, help me make this five foot putt so I don't lose the bet." That is not worship and everybody knows it. Golf has taken the place of God, and the first commandment ...

3145. The Ten Commandments #3: God's Name

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... your God..." as we read from the NRSV, are quite correct. That retains the prohibition against using God's name as a casual curse while expanding into the realm of insuring that God's name is not used as active support for evil or injustice. One final thought here on this use of God's name as an expletive: the fact that this is NOT what prompted the commandment is all the more obvious when we know that the last thing an Israelite man or woman would have considered saying was something as frivolous as "God ...

3146. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... less...not so much that something I owned was stolen, but the feeling that part of ME had been violated. Has that ever happened to you? There is a tie between us and our property that has nothing to do with the worth of a particular object, and the thought that someone would just STEAL part of US gives us the chills. Jack Benny's New York hotel suite was once robbed and one of the things taken was his wife Mary's most treasured piece, a magnificent diamond ring. Jack was in Pittsburgh at the time and only ...

3147. The Ten Commandments #9: No False Witness

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it depends upon what one is lying about as to the seriousness of the offense, but, none the less, we would prefer the truth. It has been that way through the centuries. As one commentator has written, "Primitive men who killed and raped and looted without a second thought regarded a false oath as an offense against the gods, and looked with superstitious horror for a bolt of lightning to strike the blasphemer dead."(1) We do not like lies. We do not want to be lied about, and we do not want anyone else to ...

3148. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Christmas. You can have it. Yes, indeed. And "God bless us, everyone." Amen! 1. Quoted by Carlos Wilton in "The Immediate Word" commenting on the texts for today, via internet, http://www.csspub.com/tiw.lasso, the source for several streams of thought herein. 2. Denn Guptill, "But First You Obey," sermon, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermon.asp?SermonID=57613&ContributorID=1399 3. Henry G. Brinton, "Faith and Numbers," The Washington Post, 10/10/99, p. B2 4. Elizabeth O'Conner, Letters To Scattered Pilgrims ...

3149. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... this holy place from week to week, prayerfully begin your trip through the doors ready, not to run into someone you would rather not see, not to sing a hymn you don't know and would rather not learn, not to mumble through a prayer and a creed without thought, not to suffer through a sermon that somehow misses you. No. Rather come in ready to meet Jesus...in a person, a song, a word. The older I get the more I realize that ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING. When the ATTITUDE is right, then the invitation can come and ...

3150. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... she heard a clear voice: "It would not be wise for you to go in there just now." Hours later she learned that there was a woman murdered in the building, just after she would have entered. It could have been her - it probably would have been her, she thought. She got down on her knees and gave thanks. But the story raises a disturbing question: if she was actually saved by an angel, why did the other woman have to die? Where was HER angel? Are angels partial to certain humans -- does even God play favorites ...

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