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3201. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... bring home minds that are full of thoughts about the latest projects they're working on, the harsh words which were spoken by the boss, the threat of that person who is after your job, or something that happened at school that day. Do not carry those concerns into your home! Don't let them take you away from your family. Perhaps we should follow the example of Robert. Robert was the next-door neighbor of Pastor Johnson. Almost every day the two of them would return home from work about the same time. Pastor ...

3202. Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... of their mates. In a sick sort of way, it makes them feel good when their partner flies into a jealous rage. That is in essence saying, "It makes me feel good when you feel bad." Wouldn't you agree that's pretty sick? Because of their loving concern for each other, Christian couples should avoid doing those things which make each other jealous. Perhaps we should be like the man, whom Robert Schuller recently quoted as saying, "My wife does not care at all how good-looking my secretary is as long as HE'S a ...

3203. The Gift of Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... world. So we have got to work both the inward and outward dimensions. So, while some of our current emphasis is directed toward seeking a mutual nuclear arms freeze, nuclear disarmament, because that appears to be a growing urgency, we are also concerned for being a place on this mountainside where people can acknowledge their angers, their fears, their grief, and so become peaceable people.1 I hear Raines suggesting that the fundamental clue to receiving the peace which Jesus gives in a manner different ...

3204. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... Calvary Credo Reader 1: I believe that almost two thousand years ago, there lived a man such as the world had never seen before and has never seen since. This man was a master teacher, who displayed an intense power for good, and showed genuine concern for all people. Reader 2: I believe that his power was feared by some, and misunderstood by others. The distinct spiritual quality of his life made it inevitable that opposition should mount against him. Reader 1: I believe that he was put through the mockery ...

3205. Mary Remembers

Luke 1:26-38

Drama

Edward G. Hunter

... to the temple area and found him disputing with the lawyers. He wondered why we were looking for him! "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" he said. Neither his father nor I understood what he meant. He was not all that concerned, and wondered why we should be. I remember very well the time his brothers and sisters insisted I go with them when he was teaching in one of the nearby homes. They were convinced he was beside himself. He was saying such strange things. People were talking ...

3206. Monologue: Elizabeth

Luke 1:5-25

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... Christ and he baptized him in the Jordan River. He deliberately confronted Herod about his sinful relationship with his wife who was his half-brother's former wife and his other half-brother's daughter. Herod was amused by John's blunt, brave tactics concerning his respect for God. But, of course, he didn't like to be criticized about anything, whether it was correct or not. Herod put him in prison. It was a convenient disciplinary measure, although he actually admired John for his honesty and for taking ...

3207. Monologue: Sarah

Genesis 20:1-18

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... it seemed to grow up strong and healthy. I couldn't stand it near me. Since we had not come yet to our present home in Canaan, we kept on traveling. We had to pass through the land of the Negev. Abraham became afraid of the local king. He was concerned that we might not be allowed to pass through the land without problems. When King Abimelech saw me, he wanted to take me as part of his property, the way we had acquired Hagar. He thought I was beautiful, and my husband assured him that I was only his sister ...

3208. Give Him Your All

Mark 12:28-34

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) How much are suppose to give to God? (response) Can we hold some of our heart back? (response) Can we use only a little bit of our strength? (response) Ask the kids to go through the demonstrations once more. Jesus said, "All your heart." We need always to be concerned with other people. Let's see the heart again. All your mind: We should try to think of good things and read our bibles. Let's see the mind again. All your strength: So long as we have muscle and breath we should work in the Kingdom of God ...

3209. Six Nails of the Cross II: The Nail of Infidelity

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... fact that Maurice eventually died, or that he was black and Jack was white is irrelevant to the meaning of their friendship. Their relationship became the symbol for thousands of how to relate as friends as well as the goal for groups concerned with racial harmony. Contrast this desire for brotherhood and true friendship with the horrifying situation of Judas' treason. Judas, disciple and confidant of Jesus, appeared at the garden of Gethsemane with the temple guard and some Roman soldiers to betray the one ...

3210. Six Nails of the Cross IV: The Nail of Indecision

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , he does not know what his tastes are, his beliefs, his aim in life. As soon as this person does make a decision, he begins to wonder if he had not made a mistake. And so he is content to let others make decisions for him. His constant concern is to shelter himself under the authority of others. When persons such as this come to us seeking advice, we have an obligation not to make their decisions for them, but to help them make their own decisions. When parents or friends decide everything for a child or ...

3211. When Life Closes In

Matthew 26:17-30, Matthew 26:36-46

Sermon

Robert Allen

... family life. He had everything going his way. Then, a routine medical examination turned up something very serious -- a brain tumor. I went to the hospital to see him shortly before his surgery. We talked about the things you would expect a young man to be concerned about just prior to undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor. We talked about his family. We talked about his wife and two chidlren. We talked about his fear of dying. As we sat there in that hospital room and talked, David stared out the ...

3212. Encounter with a Stranger

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Allen

... men walking along the Emmaus Road. The events that had taken place in Jerusalem left them confused. Their hopes and dreams had been shattered. You can catch the confusion and regret in their voices when they looked at the stranger and told him all the recent events concerning Jesus of Nazareth. There was a note of sorrow and confusion in their voices as they said: "And we had hoped that he would be the one who was going to set Israel free!" These are the words of men whose hopes are dead, whose dreams are ...

3213. One More Thing

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... right away. I want to talk to her." One more thing which my mother would say before I got out of the car. She would look at me, her eyes would soften and she would say, "Remember, I love you." I suppose that I will always remember my mother's concern for me and her way of saying, "There's one more thing I want to tell you." When we look at the scripture for today, the gospel of Matthew is coming to a close and Jesus has one more thing he wants to tell his disciples. The parting words of ...

3214. Quantum Leap

Acts 13:13-52

Sermon

Carl Jech

... age of the computer." In schools, hospitals, businesses, publishers, even local and national church offices, everything is "computerized," digitalized, programmed. You may be fascinated by computer technology or you may hate this computer craze. But none of us can escape a concern with the impact this "revolution" is having on our lives. (The other day I had to wait about three minutes for the clerk at Kentucky Fried Chicken to figure out how to register my discount coupon in her push-button cash register ...

3215. Some Illusions (Symbols) Are Better Than Others

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Carl Jech

... often need to be saved even from our success! By its very nature, our success may put us in the position of deliberately or inadvertantly stepping on other people's toes. Faith may not have so much to do with achieving success as with being faithful to a concern for love and justice as we try to do what is best for us. Faithfulness to God's will, that we "love one another," is a much better symbol than success! The popular composer Irving Berlin once said that "the toughest thing about success is that you ...

3216. Teaching Trust

Acts 16:28

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: None Did you ever hope that someone would trust you no matter what happened? I think that this is the best kind of friendship. When people trust each other they are the best kind of people. There is a great story about trust in the Bible concerning Paul and some of his friends. It all started when a woman who was a slave to some evil men followed Paul around a town called Philippi making fun of Paul's preaching. As you might guess, Paul was very serious about teaching others to love and follow ...

3217. The Piety That Isn't

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Carl Jech

... "only one who is poor should praise poverty." Economic poverty may help us keep our priorities straight - may make us more aware of the real treasures of life - but for an affluent person to praise poverty could be, again, to make an excuse for not being concerned about the plight of the poor. Those who have experienced the "Amazing Grace" of God can reflect on how, without that grace, they felt like lost wretches: but they should not go around labeling other people as lost and wretched. It is one thing to ...

3218. Jesus, Mary, Gustav Mahler, Brother Martin, and the Magi

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Carl Jech

... at least, these opposite concepts lead to a similar attitude. Out of traditional Christian reliance upon the grace of God, comes the seemingly nontraditional concept of "religion-less Christianity." To rely totally upon the grace of God is tantamount to affirming that ultimate "religious" concerns like my eternal destiny are so much in God's hands that I can in a sense forget about such matters and concentrate my attention on the here-and-now. I can, so to speak, thank God that I am freed from "religious ...

3219. Comfort the Disturbed/ Disturb the Comfortable

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl Jech

... to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. Of course, we all need to be both comforted and disturbed. And, ironically, we often receive the most effective comfort precisely when we are being disturbed or when we forget about our own need for comfort and express our concern for the suffering of others. The story has been told for centuries of the Chinese woman who asked a holy man how she could bring her only son who had died back to life. He instructed her to bring him a mustard seed "from a home ...

3220. Divine Liturgy, Divine Play, Divine Comedy

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Carl Jech

... of the grace of God, we can put sorrow, life, and death, in perspective - and cope with it much better in the long run. This is why we listen to sermons as well. We contemplate and examine all aspects of life even when they may not be of immediate concern, so that when we are faced with the inevitable problems, joys and sorrows of life we will be better prepared to deal with them. Christian theology is not afraid to say that in a sense both Jesus and the Divine Liturgy present themselves to us as works of ...

3221. The Real Jesus is Channeling Grace

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Carl Jech

... is bland, naively moralistic and a-theological (non-theological), we could perhaps agree with his assessment. But if his objection is that a theology based on grace and love is too "soft," too positive in tone, too easy-going - then we must wonder whether his real concern is to stand up for the Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ does challenge us, but the Christian message does not try to be offensive just for the sake of being offensive. The fact is that while John the evangelist views "the world" both as ...

3222. A Covenant Sealed By a Sacrifice

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... divine promise of blessing runs like a golden thread through the woven tapestry of myth and legend, poetry and history which form the content of the Old and the New Testaments. The God who had fashioned the heavens and the earth now narrows his creative concern until it concentrates upon the solitary figure of Abraham, the father of the people whom Yahweh chose for a special task in his overall plan for history. Coming almost immediately after the tragic story of the Tower of Babel, Abraham's call is like a ...

3223. The Secret of Survival

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... ? If your God is not that big, then, he is not the God of the Israelites - nor the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joshua. Either your God is Lord of all, or he is not Lord at all. The second insight that our text gives to us concerning the secret of Israel's survival is that they not only believed in an almighty God who could do the impossible; they also constantly remembered and celebrated God's mighty acts in history. The people of Israel never forgot the impossible things that God had done for them ...

3224. A Sword and a Sacrament

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... and palm branches raised in a salute to a king and to his victory. Suffering and salutes seem out of harmony with each other. Are we to cry out in terror; or, are we to shout out for joy? It is helpful to look at the facts concerning the so-called "Triumphant Entrance into Jerusalem." Jesus did not enter Jerusalem; he invaded it. The entrance into the Holy City was not a political plan of the disciples; it was our Lord's personal and deliberate decision. His invasion of Jerusalem was an enacted parable. It ...

3225. Counterfeit Faith

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... no idea of what was going to happen to them as they entered Lystra. Immediately, a crowd gathered, and Paul began to preach. Preachers are taught in the seminary that one begins a sermon where the listeners are - hitting a point of human interest or a common concern. So, Paul begins his sermon talking about the Creator God who made the heavens and the earth. Lystra was a dry and arid country; so Paul stressed in the introduction to his sermon the fact that the God which he represented was the God who sends ...

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