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3176. Whether We Live Or Die

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... do this?” Somehow I needed to understand. I needed some way of bringing sanity into an insane moment. The family tried to give an answer. He’d been to a doctor. The implication was that he had an incurable cancer and chose to save his family the pain of a long drawn-out illness. Maybe that was it, I don’t know. In moments that totally confuse us, we need some bit of understanding to cling to so that we can go on, so that we can put some normalcy back into an abnormal world. Some say that suicide is an ...

3177. When God Has Enough

Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

Sermon

Sims Robert

... world to see. Surely it is a broken and violent world in which we live. In the city of Atlanta a young woman, obviously out of her mind, killed her two children and threw herself in front of the rapid transit train to commit suicide. I read not long ago about a father who deliberately drove the family car into the lake in an attempt to kill them all. Miraculously, all but an eight-year-old boy survived. The broken nature of our world is profoundly clear. Zephaniah is telling us in the text for today that ...

3178. The Signs Of Salvation

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... ." He was converted in his thinking and enlightened in his understandings so that yesterday's defrauded became today's winners. One converted and newly-enlightened steward of God's blessings can cause a ripple of joy throughout the world. For the first time in a long time, and maybe for the first time ever in his life, Zacchaeus had planted his feet solidly on the ground. Over and again Christ comes to our hiding places and our living spaces to offer us the same gift of salvation. He calls the "treetop ...

3179. The Glorious Company

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... After enduring nearly three centuries of periodic persecution until Constantine's Edict of Milan in 313, the church could name a long list of saints and martyrs of the faith, through whom the faithful found inspiration and models for faithfulness, and for ... Ghost, the Comforter.2 This fourth-century hymn celebrates the family of Christ to be as wide as the world and as long as eternity! The glorious company, the goodly fellowship, the noble army, and the holy church throughout all the world are gathered into ...

3180. The Message Of The Morning Light

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Erskine White

... a handful of women and disciples came early in the day to the garden tomb, so do Christians come out early on this Easter Sunday to find the empty grave. Let us try to recapture the original wonder, the original excitement they felt on that special day so long ago. Let us imagine that God is speaking directly to us this morning, down through the heavens and deep into our hearts, giving us the message of the morning light. "You see how the stone has been rolled away," says the Lord our God, "and you wonder ...

3181. The Ten Commandments For Today

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Erskine White

... the family must cook or clean on the Sabbath, the father and children should help her with this work, so that she may have a day of rest as well. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." (5) "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you." You shall respect the integrity of the family. Your parents cared for you when you were young, and you shall care for them when they are old. Whether they live in an institution or at home, you owe a debt ...

3182. The Boy Who Ran Away

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... He washed their feet and told them to be servants to others as He was a servant to them (cf. John 13-17). Jesus spoke for a long time, carefully and earnestly. He was like a teacher before a final exam - it was as if He wanted to teach them everything He could before ... came soon enough. I saw the soldiers coming before I heard them. I looked down toward the city gate and saw a long line of torchlights bobbing up and down in the night, winding its way up the hill like a luminous, disembodied centipede. They ...

3183. Can A Nation Repent?

2 Chronicles 34:14-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... Let's hear something happy for a change. Of course, there's no shortage of "happytalk" preachers, and many ministers don't think it's necessary to preach these Lenten themes; but I do, so I think the question deserves an answer. We dwell on such things for so long because this is the rhythm of the Christian year. "For everything there is a season" (Ecciesiastes 3), so we have Advent to dwell on new birth and new life; we have Pentecost to dwell on the power of the Holy Spirit; and we have the season of Lent ...

3184. The Vine And The Branches

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... where I used to serve, we converted five Sunday school rooms into small apartments for people needing help in their lives. As long as those people lived in those apartments in the church, with all the associations of pastors and staff, they got along fine ... true source of our lives. It is when we remain united to him that we are then capable of producing good fruit in our lives. As long as we are far from him all the other interests of the world sap all our talents and energy. When we are united to him, then ...

3185. One Flock, One Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... we are here in Iowa, a little girl, who had become ill, had strayed away from the farmhouse into a large field of weeds. The mother and father had searched and searched in the field, but could not find her. They knew if she remained there very long in her thin nightgown, she would die of exposure. They rang the dinner bell which signaled all the neighbors to come in for an emergency. Farmers from all around came to the farm and walked through the large acreage of weeds, criss-crossing back and forth trying ...

3186. Death of a Twenty-nine-year-old Athlete

Ephesians 6:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... a person's life is never in the length of years identified by two dates on a grave marker. I am reminded of a person in the Bible named Methuselah. Isn't it interesting to note that the only thing the Bible says about him is that he lived a long time? It would seem to me that the writer could have found something more to say than that, if his life had been significant. __________ lived only twenty-nine years. But you who are here today exemplify the fact that much could be said, much could be written, about ...

3187. Death at Christmastime

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Eulogy

Allen Puffenberger

... . Jesus' birth surely was no less painful than any other. And if the animals were quiet, the baby wasn't for long. Then, before the couple could gain their composure, they were surrounded by smelly shepherds. Later, there came the strange astrologers presenting ... away. The effect he had on you remains with you and may be passed on by you to other generations. Furthermore, if you focus long enough on what God has given you in and through Adam, your overall vision will improve. You will be able to see more and ...

3188. For a Man in His Sixties

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... has said, memories enable us to have roses in December. Even in this "December" of our mourning, we can have the "roses" of times remembered when L. T. was with us with his strong and caring presence. It has been said we never die as long as we are remembered, and L. T. will be long remembered, by his family and by those of us who were privileged to know him. Let us erase any anger we might have in our hearts because of the manner of his death and be thankful for the manner of his life. While we must ...

3189. Death Following Extended illness

Romans 8:28-39

Eulogy

Paul Hegele

Nothing Can Separate Us This sermon was preached at the funeral of a radiant and faithful churchman. His death followed a long illness during which he was cared for at home by a loving family. Separation - it's a mournful, frightening word. Separation is the first step in ending a marriage, the dread of every mother taking a small child into a crowd, the heart of loneliness. Separation is the worst punishment ...

3190. Death Following Lung Cancer

Psalm 55:1-23

Eulogy

Alan Bacon Bond

... again," said her friends Joyce and Lois, when they returned from a visit the next day, "what her condition was yesterday. You must have misjudged. She walked in the yard without assistance for fifteen minutes today!" Indeed she had. The reprieve did not last long, but it once again invigorated our faith. She lived another three months. Morphine was being administered in huge doses and the last remnants of hope for recovery were realistically put aside. Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, thou art very ...

3191. Lord, That I Should Receive My Sight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... was rolled away on Easter Sunday morning that the disciples were really able to see Jesus. It was then that they, at long last, understood the man and the message. It was then that they became apostles instead of disciples. It was then that they brought ... . We don't see the blessing of physical health until a severe illness strikes. Then we wonder how it was that we could have gone so long without giving thanks to God for our health. But we do. We don't see our loved ones, that is until we are on the verge ...

3192. Life Always Springs New!

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... ourselves, and walk right out of our valley. God is leading us in that direction. The tragedy with many people is that, though they are human, they have no life, no breath. They are walking zombies, deep in despair. Despair has them shuffling meaninglessly through life. Yet, as long as we despair, we can do ourselves and others little good. It is so easy for us to judge the world to death as a place of dry bones, rather than loving it to life. Yet the will of God is to bring new life out of our hopelessness ...

3193. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

As I studied in depth this passage of scripture, I learned that I have long carried misconceptions about “Jacob’s ladder.” My first surprising discovery was that all the ... did not know it.” Does that fit your experience? Have you ever been in God’s presence and hardly noticed it? Have you ever suddenly realized that God had been with you long before you knew he was there? Have you ever been in exile or in fear only to discover the Spirit of God coming to your aid? The good news of Jacob’s story ...

3194. The Tinsel Time Machine

Drama

Edward Long

... first light of dawn is coming into the eastern sky. Out in the country there are lights in some of the barns as farm folk begin their chores. Someone left a light on in the garage at Lenny's house. Oh, and although the sky is pink in the East, long gray clouds overhead are beginning to shower giant flakes of snow over the scene. Merry Christmas!

3195. Charlie Used To Do That

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... the ice while walking up his front steps one evening having been at the church to fix a leaky commode. He never returned home after that. When he left the hospital he went to live at a nearby nursing home where he received the best of care. And for a long time after that members of the church where Charlie went would say things like, "Look at those marks on the floor, why aren't they being cleaned up? I cannot see to sing or read in church. The lights above me are burned out. Why doesn't someone fix those ...

3196. The Robe

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... Josh was addicted to clothes. David liked clothes. "After all," he thought, "clothes are my business." But David had learned a long time ago that clothes certainly do not make the man. "Sign right here Josh, and here is your receipt and your ... and Tommy. But you're right, I do have the opportunity to get a lot of clothes because of my buyer discounts. But I learned a long time ago that clothes and things can never finally make one happy and fulfilled. If you want to know the truth Josh, there is a garment ...

3197. Written in the Heavens

Luke 10:1-24

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... v. 20). Props: An XXL white t-shirt and permanent markers. Hide the t-shirt. Lesson: I have a question for you this morning: Name something that we are all very close to all day long. (ground) Even closer than the ground. (home, trees, parents are possible answers) Those are all good answers, but they're not what I am thinking of. All day long we are closer to this than we are to anything else. Can you guess what it is? (response) It is so close to us, it touches our skin. (clothes) When they give the right ...

3198. Saved From Water: The Storm

Luke 8:22-25

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... it just stopped. "Snap!" Just like that. I've never seen anything like it. The only real explanation - and I thought about it a long time - was that Jesus actually had control of the weather on that day. He didn't always; or maybe it didn't always matter ... and sea obey him?" Nobody said that in our boat. We might have been thinking it, but nobody said that or anything else for a long time. We were all too busy bailing. In our boat, when we had thrown out the last bucketful and were standing up to stretch our ...

3199. Serving With Water: The Washing

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... corn hat." Paul could see him, but he obviously wasn't impressed. "He and his two brothers," I went on, "own four sections of land west of town. That's over 2500 acres. At today's prices that land is worth about four million dollars." There was a long pause. Then Paul said, "He sure doesn't spend much of it on clothes." Appearances make an impression and clothing is a big part of that impression. People do dress in certain ways for certain jobs. What they wear and how other people react to what they wear ...

3200. O Christmas Tree

Gn 1:1-5 · Jn 1:1-5

Children's Sermon

Dale Bringman

... fall off during the winter. Had I brought a small maple tree, we'd have only a trunk and some bare branches. Yet even in very cold places, pine trees stay green in December. We call them evergreens. They are alive and beautiful. Christmas is a season of life. Long ago in Bethlehem, the baby Jesus was born. God gave to the world a new life. Later when cruel people put Jesus to death on a cross, God r1-5aised him to everlasting life. Jesus lives forever. Jesus is with us always and gives us life. "I came ...

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