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3151. Take Care Of Each Other!

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... we know what God expects of us, we also recognize that we still are trying to learn the lesson which Cain (Bobby) learned so long ago. Time and again throughout the Bible, the lesson of Cain is lifted up in both positive and negative ways to keep reminding us ... Imagine further, if I had you tie yourself together to the persons on both sides of you, so that we were all tied together in one long line. In reality that’s what it means to be a child of God and live in the community of people who trust Jesus as ...

3152. Everybody Plugs Into Something

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... that Harry is an all-around nice guy. But, like it is for everyone in life, a time came when he felt like something was missing. He had been running on his own personal power for a long time and now it had run out. (Harry is sitting on a chair, slumped over. There is a plug coming out of his back. It is long enough to reach all the other characters and still perform the actions he needs to make.) Harry looked around for something to get plugged into. He thought maybe it might be his health that was going ...

3153. “You Did That for Me!”

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... is to sit back in mute disbelief that somehow someone moved in and took over for us. The magnitude of the favor granted us leaves us without a ready response. It is enough to manage, “Thank you.” By little or big gifts another moved in to stop the long slide of loss. Such times in life are precious. Another waits with us while we are in trial, grief, pain, or despair. For most of life’s pleasant interchanges a routine nod, smile, hug or kiss does nicely. But in these instances we are possessed by the ...

3154. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... , having two good hands, feet,and eyes, we risk hell? After all, though hell seems far away, a craven self-seeking soul is with us all the time, impossible to avoid, and it isolates us from giving our best. A man faces separation from his wife at her demand. How long has the process of estrangement been going on? Many years and in many ways. Now, at last he sees. He simply did not give a helping hand nor see when he looked upon her unhappiness. Many times she asked for a new rug, but he did not hear. After ...

3155. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... , then God appears on the mountain in fire amidst the smoke. The self of God was hidden. An awaiting, anticipating people were denied the opportunity to see God face to face. In every human situation, the joy of the people reaches its climax when the long awaited “star” arrives and appears on stage. Whenever Pope John Paul II is to appear in a given place, literally thousands of people gather to hear and see this great man. All other speakers are but preliminary. The people would have come to hear the ...

3156. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... believe: That wouldn't be fair if it did! No, it does not matter what you believe; it's if you believe that counts. As long as you believe in something. That is what counts!" "Ah, the church; who needs it? All you get there is a lot of hassles: Money- ... a period in my life - in my later teens and early 20s - when I just figured that all the religions of the world were equal. As long as you believed in something, that is all that counts. I thought that I could find God on my own, and as for the church - who ...

3157. The Majesty Of God's Love

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... is love, overwhelming love. All that he has, the Son has. Consequently, the Son is likwise love - majestic, overwhelming love. He loves the Father back. In eternity, forever and ever, Father and Son have loved each other. They could not stop themselves. Long before creation, long before they had something else to love, the Father and the Son were consumed by a burning desire to love something. Thus, they needed each other to love. In eternity, the Father loved the Son, and their love was mutual. Do we ...

3158. We Must Be Blind!

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... there is a great temptation to think, "Oh, all that is interesting, and it is wonderful to think that God could do this for people long ago; yet it does not have much to do with me" Certainly this is a temptation. However, what we really must do if we ... we come together as the family of God. In fact our Christian community (the church) is not just a Sunday thing; it exists all week long. Its purpose, a primary purpose of the church, is to give support to Christians, to be a fellowship in which we can lean on ...

3159. The Water Gate And The Word Proclaimed

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... noon. Everyone stood up as he opened the scroll ... All the people began sobbing when they heard the commands of the law. - Nehemiah 8:1-9, LB Why did the thousands of people in Jerusalem cry when they heard the law of Moses? Because it had been a long time since they had heard it read? Yes, but the deep emotion of the moment also had to do with the realization that they had drifted far from the ways of God. They wept for their sins. What an interesting association we have here between the Jewish repentance ...

3160. From Inferiority To Fulfillment

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... with the baby who had been born recently. Her job was not working out. After listening to her litany of troubles for a long time, the counselor asked her, "Do you believe that God loves everyone?" "Yes," she said, "I'm a Christian. I believe that God loves ... everyone." "Do you believe that God loves you?" the counselor asked. After a long pause, she said, "No! I don't believe that God loves me." "Why?" asked the counselor. "Because I am not worthy of God's ...

3161. The Best Offense Is A Good Defense

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... He drew up a simple set of 13 rules which he posted on the bulletin board. Then, to the astonishment of his students, he proceeded to nail two peach baskets at either end of the Springfield gym. He had his players, nine on either side, dressed in long, gray trousers and short-sleeved jerseys, line up to play the first basketball game ever in December, 1891.4 Disciplined people have been led to make creative contributions not only in the realm of sports but in all aspects of life. They may not know at first ...

3162. Leaping For Joy

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... of the joy of the kingdom we must find out how to celebrate. Leaping For Joy Implies Play Second, leaping for joy not only implies celebration but it also implies play. Surely, the calves in Malachi’s striking image were not only celebrating their release from the long night in their stalls, but also they undoubtedly lost little time in frolicking about with the exuberance of sheer play. If there is going to be play in that great day of the Lord in the future, should we not be cultivating the art of play ...

3163. The Road To Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

Not long ago I was driving down the interstate. I saw standing by the road a young man, not very impressive in appearance, who seemed to have all he ... does not leave us as we are. He calls us to become more than we are and to move on further than we are. He says to us as he said to those fishermen by the lake in the long ago, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." A preacher was working on two sermons for the coming Sunday. Being the month of June one had to do with a graduation theme and for ...

3164. The Road To Capernaum

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... continued to keep the church at a safe distance. The young wife said, "We have thought about joining the church, but we are waiting for God to give us that good feeling you are supposed to have." I do not know why I did, but I said, "You have a long wait. God is not going to tell you when to join and you will never have that good feeling until you do. The good feeling comes as a result of commitment to Jesus Christ and dedication to his church. Then, and only then." They did make that commitment and joined ...

3165. The Road To Emmaus

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... own life? Have there been some times when you have about lost your way? Has your life been filled with nothing but sunsets, when all you ever wanted was a little bit of sunrise? I wonder if I am speaking to someone today who has traveled a long and lonely road? If so, then Easter speaks to you. It happened that on that first Easter day, two loyal followers of Jesus were walking down the road to Emmaus, a little village outside of Jerusalem. They were going home in defeat, shame and disappointment. It was ...

3166. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... in the future present tense. We are giving the world a foretaste of how God will help us to live together in God's kingdom. Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! Every time a congregation stands up and sings from the heart, "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, Born To Set Thy People Free," we are joining Isaiah in the prayer that one day that whole world will indeed walk in the light of the Lord. Every time we sing those words, we are celebrating our conviction that someone is coming, someone great! Even ...

3167. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... ... but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Joshua 24: 14-15)." The same words are echoed by Elijah on Mount Carmel. Standing there before King Ahab and the 750 priests of Baal, and the uncommitted hosts of Israel, the crusty old prophet shouts, "How long will you go limping with two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him, but if Baal, then follow him (1 Kings 18:21)." If we ever had any doubts about how God feels about neutrality, the writer of the Book of Revelation dispels that doubt as he ...

3168. What Is God Like?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... worth of a soul, and the change that's wrought By the touch of the Master's hand. As we finish another year and prepare to enter into a new one, many of our lives need that touch of the Master's hand. The God about whom Isaiah wrote so long ago and whom we meet in Jesus Christ is none other than the master architect of human life. God's touch can change lives that are out of tune, lives that are battered and scarred by years of sinful living. As we continue to celebrate this wondrous Christmas season, let ...

3169. Mission Possible

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... in the past, but here and now. I believe that God is calling the church in our time to recover this all important prophetic aspect to our ministry. God desires sons and daughters who will become co-workers with Christ in the bringing forth of justice. For a long time in this country, we have seen a mood of inwardness and self concern. Some of this is healthy, but a lot of it is neurotic. We can so easily become distracted with our own growth that we never see or feel the hurt, pain and evil our busyness ...

3170. Questions

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

John Jamison

... if it did cause problems for prophets. Nazareth was also fairly invisible. You could live there, and preach there, for a long time and never get quoted in the Tiberias Times. The town is never mentioned in the Old Testament, but it was ... he would be from God. He would no longer be "Joseph's boy" but would live, and perhaps die, as God's Son. It was a long way from Nazareth to Capernaum, and I wonder if Jesus, when he heard the news about John, stood there in Nazareth looking eastward toward Capernaum, hearing ...

3171. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... know him very well. Uncle Peacock died several years ago, though all I know about his death was that it was the result of a long Saturday evening in town with a 20-pound watermelon and a chicken. It seems that somehow he ended up falling off the levee down by ... decided that the time for the launch had come, and he oozed his way down to the river and his boat. It had been a long party. Uncle Peacock untied his sailing ship, pushed out into the middle of the river, and promptly fell asleep. He was on his way to ...

3172. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... be the other side of the coin. It would be something like "Keep up the hard work!" or "It is not so important what you do, as long as you don't hurt anyone." But, instead, it was "And for you. Any of you that has two coats, give one of them to one of ... walking up the road. I didn't have the nerve to put on the jacket that hung around my waist, somehow it felt too much like a long, purple robe. And I would eat when I reached the privacy of my own house. No, some follower wasn't on my mind during that trip home ...

3173. Mary Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... Sure, there is an angel. One angel, who sounds more like a meditating attorney in a three-piece suit, speaking in one long sentence which tells Joseph he ought to see this thing through and try to work things out with Mary. And that even ... one thimble-full of dye. It was expensive, and reserved for the rich and royal. Put her in shades of tan, nine-months pregnant, on foot, a long way from home. Mary Christmas. Ah, Bethlehem! At last a warm meal, a warm bath, and a warm bed. But there was no room. And, there ...

3174. Enough!

Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

John Jamison

... you ask any one of those 30 or 40 families I'll bet they thought it was too many. Yes, we want to celebrate the fact that Mary and Joseph, and their baby, were safe across the border in Egypt. But we must remember the others. We must remember that long afternoon of funerals back in Bethlehem. We have to remember both sides. That's the way it happens. We see it every day. You work and work to do something good, something that will help someone, and it does. Then, later, you find out that what you did to help ...

3175. James · A Loyal Man

Matthew 20:20-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and he took what he heard and learned, and he began to walk. James took with him on his journeys some shells, called escallop shells, from which he would scoop up water to drink. Today we might use some special glass that opened and collapsed easily but a long time ago they used this special kind of shell. Well, James just walked and talked and once in a while scooped some water for his thirsty throat. He told everybody about this Jesus whom he knew was the only real king the world has ever had. Jesus loved ...

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