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Ephesians 2:10

Children's Sermon

... how tall the dog is or how many feet you walked or how tall the fence is? (Let them respond.) This is all sounding kind of silly, isn't it? (Let them respond.) Can we measure how much help we give someone? (Let them respond.) No, of course we ... someone to try to explain.). That's right, a good deed is doing something nice for someone without keeping track or measuring it. What kind of good deeds can you do? (Let them respond.) You can help without being asked, read to a younger brother or sister, set the ...

3177. It's Not Clear

1 John 3:2

Children's Sermon

... try to guess.) You can't tell, can you! Babies are all different, but sometimes when we look at babies or pictures of babies, it's kind of hard to recognize who they are. (Now show the picture of yourself as a child.) Look at this one. Can you tell that this is ... my face. We don't really know for sure what we'll look like as we grow up. Did you know that there is a special kind of computer that can give you a very good idea of what you'll probably look like at certain ages? (Let them respond.) Our verse for ...

3178. Less Talk, More Action

1 John 3:18

Children's Sermon

... why you can't tell them about how to love. Say good-bye to the children. Good-bye, kids. (Put the puppet down.) We can put all kinds of words in the puppet's mouth. It's fun to talk to each other with a puppet, isn't it? (Let them respond.) But the ... t show you how to love, could it? (Let them respond.) No, because it only moved and talked when I moved it or talked for it. What kinds of things can we do to show love? (Let them respond.) There are so many problems in the world that one person can't solve them ...

3179. I'm So Happy To See You

John 15:17

Children's Sermon

... girls. I brought a friend with me today because we're going to talk about love. We talk a lot about love, don't we? (Let them respond.) That's because Jesus spent a lot of time talking about love. Most of his stories showed different kinds of love. Did you know there are different kinds of love? (Let them respond.) Let's see if you can name some. (Let them make suggestions.) There's God's love for us. There's our love for God. There's our love for ourselves. There's love for our parents and their love for ...

3180. A House For God

Hebrews 3:6

Children's Sermon

... ? But it's also a little bit scary. Because if God is using us for his house, we need to be really careful to be the right kind of house for God, or else God can't do his work in the way it should be done. Have you ever seen a house with the ... front porch falling off? Or the roof caving in? Or where nothing works inside? When we forget to love and trust God, sometimes we get to be that kind of house. But God says we can be his house as long as we keep up our courage and our confidence in what we hope for. It' ...

3181. Epiphany 5

Psalm 138:1-8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Judges 6:1-40, Isaiah 6:1-13, Luke 5:1-11

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George Bass

... sank. And Peter said, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord." 3. Instead of leaving them, Jesus' reply had a kind of built-in "come with me" in it, and "Do not be afraid; henceforth you will be catching [people]," It was Jesus, not Simon ... the Lord of hosts!" - and six seraphim? How smoky was it in the temple? 3. Isaiah knew that he was a sinner, and unworthy of any kind of consideration by the Lord God, but when one of the seraphim picked up a coal and touched his lips - and how that must have burned ...

3182. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Zechariah 14:1-21, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

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George Bass

... preacher conscious of how the future affects the present age. The result is a "get your house, and the world, in order" kind of theology emanating from a reading of the propers for this day. Advent makes Christians realize that "the best is yet to ... , it will be glorious, "and the Lord will become king over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be one and his name one." That kind of a Messiah has to be the Christ, the crucified and risen One, who has said he will return with power and glory. There can be no ...

3183. Ash Wednesday

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, Joel 2:12-17, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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George Bass

... vv. 1, 2) The cross is remembered by those who sing or say: He forgives all your sins and heals all your infirmities. (v. 3) And Easter is affirmed in the very next verse (4): He redeems your body from the grave and crowns you with mercy and loving-kindness; He satisfies you with good things, and your youth is renewed like an eagle's. Later (v. 14) the Ash Wednesday note ("dust") surfaces and the hope of Easter is suggested: For he himself knows where of we are made; He remembers that we are but dust. And ...

3184. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

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George Bass

... churches; about half of the verses are omitted (for example, verse 3a, "The Lord is a man of war"), some of which refer to the exodus itself. This Song of Moses and Miriam, as it is called, is about the deliverance of the people of Israel from Egypt as a kind of act of salvation. A nation that was as good as dead became, through the mercy and power of God, alive again and hopeful of full restoration to what it was in the past. The imagery, again, points to the Easter event as an exodus for God's children ...

3185. Easter 2

John 20:19-23, Acts 5:12-16, Acts 5:17-42, Job 42:1-6, Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:9-20, John 20:24-31, Psalm 149:1-9

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George Bass

... Psalm 111 (E) - This psalm is appropriate for this, or any other, Sunday in the Easter season. It expresses the kind of joy and thanksgiving which the faithful should reflect in their worship and lives during Easter. It is especially well ... psalm prayer does what is suggested above: "Lord, let Israel rejoice in you and acknowledge you as creator and redeemer. In your loving kindness embrace us now, that we may proclaim the wonderful truths of salvation with your saints of glory; through your Son, Jesus Christ ...

3186. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Acts 13:13-52, Numbers 27:12-23, Revelation 7:9-17

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George Bass

... :9, 14b-17 (RC); 7:9-17 (E, L, C) The first people who read the Revelation that John wrote about must have thought he was "high" on something or other. People just don't see visions like the one he saw, unless they are on drugs or have some kind of fanciful dream. That's pretty much the way it is today. But it was different for Christians in the first century; they knew what he was talking about, and because they expected the Lord to return soon, they were intrigued by John's vision of the risen Christ and ...

3187. Proper 5

Luke 7:11-17, 1 Kings 17:7-24, Galatians 1:11-24

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George Bass

... word of the Lord in your mouth is truth." This points to the gospel and miracle that Jesus performed in raising the son of the widow of Nain. Galatians 1:11-19 (RC); 1:11-24 (E, L, C) Many Christians have wished for a direct message from God, a kind of special and personal revelation which would confirm their faith and/or, as in Paul's case, their call to ministry in the gospel. Paul had to be struck down by God in order to change him from a persecutor of the Christians to a zealous apostle of the Lord ...

3188. Proper 6

Galatians 2:11-21, 1 Kings 19:1-8, 2 Samuel 12:1-31, 2 Samuel 11:1-27, Psalm 32:1-11, Luke 7:36-50

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George Bass

... of Uriah's murder, of the marriage he destroyed, of the reaction of Bathsheba when the adulterous affair turns into a bloody relationship. Can there ever be trust between them? 3. And what of God? The prophet declares God's absolution upon David, despite his flawed confession. What kind of a God would accept that sort of admission of guilt that fails to take into consideration that harm that has been done to those against whom the sin was committed? King David deserved to die, didn't he? But God gave him a ...

3189. Proper 19

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7, Psalm 51:1-19, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, 1 Timothy 1:12-20

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George Bass

... home and shows genuine remorse and contrition for his sin. The words of the Psalmist found expression in his soul and might have inspired him to return to his father's house so that, in effect, he prayed: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness; in your great compassion blot out my offenses. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight. The Psalmist, and those who pray this psalm, take their petitions to the ...

3190. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... the lessons that may be read as part of the worship service. By using this psalm as a responsory, the church essentially puts it into the mouth of Jesus when he has concluded the 40-day fast and is tempted by Satan. He was close to a kind of death - maybe closer to actual death than he had been in the desert - because he would have been separated from God, along with all human beings, by sin. Jesus called upon God silently, no doubt, and he found strength to withstand the onslaughts of (his) supplications ...

3191. Proper 21

Luke 16:19-31, Psalm 146:1-10, Amos 6:1-7, Joel 2:18-27, 1 Timothy 6:11-21

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George Bass

... - the first of the last group of such psalms. Here it is selected because it speaks about God's justice for the oppressed, food for the hungry, and his other works of mercy among the people of the world. Psalm 146 offers praise to God because he is merciful and kind and has the power to support his people in all of their crises in life. Psalm 146 centers on Jesus' answer to the disciples of John who asked him, "Are you he who is to come, or do we look for another?" It asserts that people who know and trust ...

3192. Advent 2

Mark 1:1-8

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Wayne B. Keller

... the silence, offer a prayer which focuses on God's preparation to send Jesus into the world, and which encourages and energizes us to put our lives in proper perspective. Children's Message Consider this: Find a picture of John Baptizer, talk about who he was and the kind of appearance he must have made. We might have been frightened if we had seen him; he reminds us of some of the "hippy" people a few years ago. Yet, God uses "strange" people to do God's will. Witness God using John to announce the coming ...

3193. The Season of the Holy Spirit

John 18:28-40

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Wayne B. Keller

... this morning? Are you here to hear the truth as God's Spirit reveals the truth? If not, wake up. (Use an alarm clock, or some kind of sound to wake the people up.) (pause) Now, are you awake? On your mark, get set, let's get going. Continue with this litany ... did, even when no one wants to hear it, as the religious leaders and people did not, demands incredible strength, the kind that the King provides. Jesus, remember, presented and lived the brutal truth - though he did not present and live the truth ...

3194. The Season of the Holy Spirit

Luke 24:36-49

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Wayne B. Keller

... which we will make this specific in the lives of all. Pastor: I'm for that! I invite us to come with anticipation. Acts of Confession Consider this: Begin the confession with this idea from William Law's book, A Serious Call to Holy Living. What kind of a faith do we have? Is our faith only a formal compliance with our traditional forms of worship, study, giving, mission in our congregation. Does it cost us any pain, trouble, inconvenience? Does it put us under any discipline? Ask the people to sit silently ...

3195. The Problem With Miracles In Our Time

Matthew 14:22-36

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William J. Carl

... especially the way Garrison Keillor tells it. But the sinking that Matthew is describing here isn’t comical at all. It’s the kind of sinking feeling you experience when you’re waiting for the doctor’s report on yourself or your loved one and sure enough, the doctor ... says what you were afraid he was going to say. It’s the kind of sinking feeling you get when all your friends are dying around you and you feel all alone. Or, you’re about to start ...

3196. Straight Talk, Due Process and Grace

Matthew 18:15-20

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William J. Carl

... be fights and disagreements. That’s not the issue, says Jesus. The issue is, “Will you fight fair?” And what Jesus is doing in this passage very simply is laying down some ground rules, if you will, for “fighting fair.” It’s a kind of theological Robert’s Rules of Order. Basically what Jesus is saying, is that we should never tolerate any situation in which there is a breach of personal relationships between us and another member of the Christian community. When something goes wrong what do ...

3197. Church People Beware!

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

William J. Carl

... difference between saying and doing, and we were in a typical homiletics class, the critique would be that what we have said so far could not be classified as a sermon but a good pep talk that could be used anywhere. Now I realize it’s not exactly the kind of rah-rah cheerleading message that you would hear at the local Rotary Club or Girl Scout meeting. Jesus was never really a saccharine motivational speaker. That just wasn’t his style. But if we took his message the way some in our day try to do and ...

3198. Have You Accepted Jesus' Invitation?

Matthew 22:1-14

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George Johnson

... too busy with other interests and distractions. They don't take it seriously. They put off accepting the invitation. There are all kinds of reasons, but the fact is, some are present who have not come to the marriage feast, or they may come ... here later this morning and pray that prayer. Declare a clear yes to the invitation. 2. Let go in order to come. There is a kind of natural resistance to this invitation. Attractive persuasions distract us, lure us away, hold us down. Our sins keep a strong hold on us. ...

3199. When Is Justification By Faith A Heresy?

John 8:31-41

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George Johnson

... is secondary. In our churches there are symbols that help us in our worship. Many churches place the country's flag the same distance from the altar as the Christian flag, suggesting that we honor and worship the state and we honor and worship God on some kind of equal basis. That's heresy. I love my country but I don't worship the empire. The kingdom of God is about justice not patriotism. If justification by faith was understood to be a means to the end, the end being a world of justice and righteousness ...

3200. Finding Oneself in the Wilderness

Matthew 4:1-11

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Thomas Slavens

... of a person shall I be?” Occasionally moderns do well to go into the wilderness to ask themselves that question. A stress in each person is to be found between the gutter and the mountain top. Which to choose? What kind of person to be? In the wilderness that question arises. It is important to stay in the wilderness long enough for an adequate answer to be found. Another insight of the temptation narrative is that humanity does not stay in the wilderness alone, for as the author of the first ...

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