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3176. Victory Over Evil

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Harold G. Skinner

... is the final enemy. I said we have been part of two things, the power of sin and evil and the triumph of love. We are not alone. We have hope. We have a Savior. He who did not spare his own son comes to us with understanding, compassion, forgiveness, and love. Yes, the power of love has been present these last seven months. It has been present especially in you who have reached out to touch the family. ____________ had a very critical night about three weeks after her hospitalization. The family was called ...

3177. Where To Go When You Grieve

Matthew 14:1-12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... ? Where do you go when you feel like you've swallowed a stone? Where do you go when the heaviness of your grief is like a staggering load? Where do you go when tears run down like rain on your face? Who will care enough? Who can help? Who will understand, really understand your grief? There is an old gospel song which asks the same question: Life here is grand with friends I love so dear,Comfort I get from God's own Word;Yet when I face the chilling hand of death,Where could I go but to the Lord? Our ...

3178. God's Everlasting Love

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Stephen Youngdahl

... world of the finite becomes the glorious eternal, anxiety becomes peace, loss becomes hope. These changes can only take place in the presence of Christ. In him we find eternity, in him we find peace, in him we find hope. Through Christ, meaning and strength flow. Meaning to understand, and strength to face tomorrow. In the Gospel of John our Lord said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life." What comfort in these words! It is through the Lord, that we know the way of salvation. It is in him that we see the ...

3179. God Moves In Mysterious Ways

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Robert Allen

... in Sunday school we got to talking about some of the miracles and I thought the resurrection might be the toughest thing God ever tried to do. But, after thinking about it some more, I decided that the toughest thing God ever had to do is to get us to understand who he is and that he loves us.” And so it is! God is moving in mysterious ways. God is moving through events. He is moving through history. He is moving through people. He is moving through a variety of ways to make himself known to you. Have you ...

3180. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... words of Harry Emerson Fosdick’s “God of Grace and God of Glory,” one of the great hymns of the church: “Lo! the hosts of evil round us scorn thy Christ, assail his ways!” For those of us who name Christ as Lord and Savior, our understanding of life and of what God intended are assaulted and insulted when appeal is made to the base desires of human nature. We name as “evil” that which destroys, dehumanizes and denigrates God’s good creation of life. So, then, what do we do about the presence ...

3181. It's A Dog's Life

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... hang out together any more. Dog, I miss those times. Prince: Sometimes that happens around here, too. Dutch: What do you do? Prince: Gotta love those humans even then. They'll come around. Dutch: You've got a lot of insight into humans. You seem to understand them pretty well. Prince: Understanding is the beginning of any good friendship. I love the old guy and I love his family as well because we're all part of the same family. You might say that I'm the man's best friend. We've got a special relationship ...

3182. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Bush had to maintain the illusion that we were not in a recession and Bill Clinton has to maintain the illusion that he really did not dodge the Vietnam War. To face reality would be defeat in the political realm. Herein seems to be a genuine clue for understanding how to hear the voice of God and live a Christian life in today's world. We must accept the limitations of reality, of being human. One of the main messages of the Bible, it appears to me, is the horrible way evil works through illusion. From the ...

3183. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... To fail to forgive prevents life from moving ahead, from moving smoothly at first and at last from moving at all, for without mercy life grinds to a halt. To have mercy is to let things go, to refuse to hold a grudge, to forgive. Mercy shows understanding and empathy, gives attention, and listens. I have learned that to show mercy oils the machinery of the groups in which I live. So it is that, when I need mercy, the machinery is running properly and also works for me. When life runs smoothly, happiness is ...

3184. Enter God

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... responsible behavior -- implies that a process is at work. Some day this child will have another child as the center of his/her life and move into the position of responsibility. Therefore, along with kindness and gentleness come correction, understanding, wise use of self and resources, right and wrong, forgiveness, and empathy not as sentimentality but as a work of art. A persistent judgment leveled against parents today is this: they gladly provide their children with every resource -- leaders, coaches ...

3185. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... they tested the Lord, saying, “Is the Lord among us or not… (Exodus 17:7)?” In other words they declared, “God, if you are here and if you really care about us, you ought to do something to help us. We are slowly dying from thirst. Certainly, you understand that, because you made us and know that we cannot live without water. Our bodies will become dehydrated and then we will surely die. We were better off in Egypt with plenty of food and water and now we are way out here in the desert dying a slow ...

3186. Saved By Grace

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!… (Amos 5:23-24 NIV).” Israel understood neither justice nor righteousness. They had failed to be just or right with God. This failure represents the sin of disobedience. Men and women today need to understand, like Israel, that God is seen by what has been done in history and not by what humans create. The “bull” obviously represented magnificent art form, but could not be a substitute for God. Here, in the text, the chosen people of God have ...

3187. Keeping In Touch… With The Lord

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... leadership for Israel. God said, “My face you cannot see, but when I pass by you will see my back.” H. L. Ellison contends that, “Passing by need not be understood to mean that God adopted a human form. In seeing the back of God, Moses was to understand God in retrospect, in the light of what God had done.” God is always out front, up front and moving forward. Consequently, the only view we could ever possibly have is a rear view. From a cleft in the rock, Moses saw the back of God. The words ...

3188. Greg Ghost

Matthew 14:22-36

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: A white sheet to be worn like a ghost by an acolyte or someone else. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about something that is really strange. There are a lot of things that we do not understand in this world and some of them we will never understand. I want to introduce you to a friend of mine whom I met when I came to church this morning. (Have your ghost come in.) I saw him wandering around the basement of the church and I invited him to come to church with me this morning ...

3189. Such a Good Time

Matthew 17:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... and they said so. It was Moses and Elijah, and even though they had been dead for thousands of years, the disciples knew who they were. It was a wonderful moment and one that they would never forget. If you can imagine seeing something like this, you will also understand what Peter meant when he looked at Jesus and told him that he would be glad to build three tents so that they could stay awhile. Peter did not want to leave. He wanted to build a place for Jesus, one for Elijah, and one for Moses so that ...

3190. Baptized in the Spirit

Mark 1:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... talking about when he said that he baptized with only water but that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit. I brought with me a doll baby. Lots of little girls hope that they will get such a pretty baby for Christmas. This baby helps little girls and boys to understand how important babies are and how wonderful they are to hold and love. If you take good care of a doll baby, then we hope that someday you will also learn how important it is to take care of a real baby like the one that I am holding right ...

3191. A Message At Christmas

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... means, God with us).” How do you start a funeral sermon in the Christmas season? You tell people what the real message is. But that’s not all. It’s fine to say that God is with us in the Christmas season and the whole year ’round, that God understands our grief, that God grieves, too ..., but that’s just a start. Jesus is God’s new exodus, the gospel writer says. “Out of Egypt I have called my son.” We all know what it meant to Moses to say that God had saved his people. When your children ...

3192. The Majesty Of God's Love

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , he also seemed to refer to the heavenly glory and majesty that he shares with the Father, as he referred to the Trinity (to baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) (Matthew 28:19). Yes, there are all sorts of indications that we should understand today's gospel lesson in light of how we are to live now that Jesus has ascended. The punchline to it all comes at the end of Jesus' remarks to his followers. To them he said: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the ...

3193. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... been a long, tough trip, and by the time they got near the well, about noon one day, Jesus was pretty tired. Our Lord was tired. It just reminds us again of his humanity, and how in Jesus, God has tasted all our human aches, pains and trials. God truly understands us, for he has walked in our shoes. At any rate, Jesus sat down, rather tired, near the well that day. His disciples had proceeded into the city of Sychar to buy food for the group. And while Jesus sat there, a Samaritan woman came to the well to ...

3194. The Resurrection Is Freedom

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... he cried must have been genuine, not just polite tears. For the Jews who were around the tomb who saw him cry responded: "See how he loved him [Lazarus] (John 11:36)!" Yes, Jesus really knows what it is to grieve over the loss of someone you love. God really understands us. He has lived through our trials. It is a little easier to love Jesus when we recognize how he has walked in our shoes. A little easier to love him when we see how much and how deeply he loves. Martin Luther said it so well in a sermon ...

3195. Transformed For The Great Awakening

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... . We Christians have been given a gift of light to see beyond what we behold. We have glimpses of the kingdom of God. Those glimpses need to be shared! For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face.Now I know in part; then I shall understand fully, evenas I have been fully understood. - 1 Corinthians 13:12, (RSV) Let me say it again, this time using Paul's words in Romans 12:2: Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the ...

3196. Mourning Turned To Joy

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... "waiting for the Lord." This turning back to God means that we can "fly" to heavenly perspectives. Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary, his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, the young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up ...

3197. The Road To Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... 's world. It was that way from the beginning. Those 12 disciples were there with him. Jesus did not face Jerusalem alone. They were with him not as tag-a-longs, but as his loyal followers willing to face Jerusalem with him. It is true they did not understand all that was going on. It is true they would not be able to stand up under the stress of that week. They would sleep, deny, betray, hide and lose their faith. But they were there and they were devoted to Jesus. They dedicated their lives to him. That ...

3198. Wedding: 1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon Aid

Joseph R. Foster

... of the relationship just when the challenges seem to be the greatest. We have also talked about how important it is to share with each other on a regular basis how you are feeling. It is critical to the journey that you begin it with the understanding that when your vehicle of travel (called marriage) begins to sputter and malfunction, you stop right away and see a counselor (what might be called a marriage mechanic). To admit that one needs some help is the greatest compliment one can make to a spouse, a ...

3199. Improving Your Serve

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... person's character. The prophet uses this vivid language to remind us that God's grace precedes any possible human merit or ability. I recall a line from some unknown poet that goes, "How odd of God to choose the Jews." Israel as a people always had trouble understanding what it meant to be called to be a servant people. But election by God both for Israel and for us has nothing to do with our human merit, nor with being a privileged people. From the beginning God has chosen people for the sake of humankind ...

3200. Lessons From The Mountaintop

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... God always comes to us in surprising and mysterious ways. The revelation we receive is not always immediately clear and unambiguous. If it were, there would be no need for faith. Moses on the mountain alone with God reminds us that we will never fully understand the ways God breaks into our lives, nor can we judge others' mountaintop experiences by our own. For some, God may become more real in a magnificent manifestation on a mountaintop, while for others, it is that still small voice within that brings us ...

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