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301. When It's Time For Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... yet. If you are still asking how much, and how far, and how long, and how many, and who, and where, and is it just, and is it right; you know all the questions, I’ve asked them a million times, you haven’t caught it yet. Forgiveness is a gift. Does the other person deserve it? That is not the question. Will they recognize it? Probably not. They are probably convinced they never did anything wrong anyway. It is not going to change them. It is going to change you. It is an empowered form of giving. It is ...

302. Fire from Heaven

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and familiar is also found in today’s text from Acts, which endeavors to describe the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit’s empowerment of all it touches. In the Acts 2 text Luke describes the sound and appearance of this promised, new gift from the ascended Jesus as “like the rush of violent wind” and as “divided tongues, as of fire.” This comparison process also extends to alternative commentators on this text, for whom the description of the Holy Spirit’s first arrival is seen as the ...

303. Seventy-Seven

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Christ offered access to God’s love in a way never before made possible. Jesus made God’s love for humanity something absolutely personal. Jesus made God’s love available for each and every one of us. Jesus made the forgiveness God offered a personal gift to each and every one of us. Our ability to forgive is always and ever linked to Jesus’ love for us and God’s compassionate forgiveness. It was only this divine, sacrificial love that made it possible for human forgiveness to be an active player ...

304. Offerings at the Dedication of the Tabernacle

Numbers 7:1-89

Understanding Series

W.H. Bellinger, Jr.

... 11.5 grams, the silver plate would weigh about 1.5 kilograms or three pounds. The bowl would weigh about 1.75 pounds or 0.8 kilograms. The gold dish was about 115 grams or nearly four ounces. The grain offering consisted of the daily diet. It was a gift to recognize God’s provision of sustenance and to dedicate daily life to God. 7:15–17 On the burnt offering . . . , sin offering, and fellowship offering, see the note on 6:14. 7:85–86 The weights here are in line with those earlier in the chapter. The ...

305. An Unbreakable Christmas

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He prayed for a red toy truck. He pointed out pictures of red toy trucks in catalogs. His letter to Santa was focused on only one item: a red toy truck. When Christmas morning arrived, Ken Jr. was overjoyed to receive a red toy truck! He ignored all his other gifts to play with it. A few hours later, Bishop Shamblin heard little Ken Jr. crying. He looked for his son and found him holding his red toy truck in one hand, and the truck’s wheels in the other hand. The poor little guy looked up at his father ...

306. A Great Big Bunch of Love

2 Corinthians 4:18

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... this special day? (Let them respond.) Do you know what day this is? (Let them tell you.) Right. This is Father's Day. Today we are especially nice to our fathers because today we want to thank them for all of the wonderful things they do. I have a great gift with me today, boys and girls, which you could give to your dads. Would you like to see it? (Let them respond.) Well, here it is. How do you like it? (Hold your arms out, as if holding a huge package. Let the children respond.) Can't you see this ...

307. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... the people of God by exposing them to the unifying love of God. Any time our eyes leave Christ, and we are left on our own resources, we can bank on the strife breaking out again. To keep our eyes on him is to find the common source of our gifts, the common goal of our hopes, the common purpose in our lives out of which ideas and opinions are shaped. Granted that is much easier said than done, it has some very practical ramifications not only for the life of the church but also for our individual lives and ...

308. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... answering a question, thus making Paul a respondent, instead of a lecturer. And although Paul has surely been informed by members of the congregation (such as "Chloe's people" [1:12]) about individual trouble-makers, he chooses to discuss spiritual gifts as a general topic. The NRSV translation has rightly relegated to a footnote the alternate interpretation of "spiritual people," for Paul's use of the term "spiritual" here is neuter in gender, not masculine. Evidently the Gentile heritage of the Corinthian ...

309. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

310. Proper 13

2 Samuel 11:26--12:13a, John 6:25-59, Ephesians 4:1-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... , it does take hard and long labor to raise food in a garden and on a farm. People work hard to earn a living. How does one labor for spiritual food? Jesus said the work was to believe in him. Heavenly bread is a gift of Christ, and faith is necessary to accept it as a gift. 3. Heaven (vv. 31-33). Jesus refers to spiritual bread as coming from heaven. It gives a perpendicular dimension to his kind of bread. It is sustenance that comes from above, from God to nourish our souls. It is soul food. This is based ...

311. Proper 27

Hebrews 9:11-28, Ruth 3:1-18, Ruth 4:13-22, Mark 12:35-40, Mark 12:41-44

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John R. Brokhoff

... dollars. The rich give out of their surplus, but she gave out of their need. She gave everything, but the rich gave only something. For this reason a basic across-the-board tithe is not equal nor fair. The poor person's tithe is a far greater gift and sacrifice than a rich person's tithe even though the tithe is larger in amount. But, is the widow's mite which represents everything she had a practical proposal for every Christian? This episode must be saying more than the amount one gives to God. Old ...

312. Pentecost

Numbers 11:24-30, Psalm 104:1-35, John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-21, 1 Corinthians 12:3-13

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B. David Hostetter

... DEDICATION God all glorious, there is nothing we can tell you that you do not know. There is nothing we can give you that you have not made possible. Though you have given us the freedom to be silent and to withhold our gifts, we offer our prayers and our gifts; in the name and spirit of Jesus Christ. Amen PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND COMMEMORATION Tireless God, you will satisfy the weary, and will replenish all who are faint. Revive your church by the energizing of the Holy Spirit, that when reviled, we may ...

313. At Your Service Lord

Ephesians 4:11-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... leaders of the church, both groups will be unhappy. But when the pastor leads the sheep and feeds the sheep, and the sheep follow the pastor, and minister to one another, everybody is happy because that is the way God intended for the church to operate. IV. Supernatural Gifts Empower Me To Minister To Others Now not only has God given you equippers to help you do the ministry of the church—that is the pastor and those who serve under him; but God has also given you the equipment to do the ministry of the ...

314. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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Steven E. Albertin

... of the third article of the Apostles' Creed in The Small Catechism when he says, "I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to him. But the Holy Spirit has called me through the gospel, enlightened me with his gifts and sanctified and kept me in the true faith." That we believe at all, that we can dare to think that we are the very sons and daughters of God and can claim a place among his holy people is not the result of anything we have done or ...

315. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Understanding Series

Marion L. Soards

... God in such a way that God’s own love forms and directs life so that God’s love becomes the Christians’ love. Spiritual gifts must function in service to the aims of God’s love, or Paul says they are, despite their sometimes extraordinary effects, dead ends in ... slight contrast between what he says in these statements and what went before, for now the readers hear of the three highest gifts—faith, hope and love. Faith was mentioned in 13:2, but it is not clear that the same sense is intended here ...

316. Into The Valley Of Despair

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Ronald Love

... that we have got to come down off the mountain top and find our place in the valley. To find our place where we are called to minister unto others. Each of us has a gift for ministry. It is our Christian obligation to use it. The gifts of ministry are not confined to Paul’s list of spiritual gifts. The spiritual gifts are so much broader and encompassing than that. No one should feel left out of the call to Christian service. No one should feel that they have nothing to contribute to the ministry of the ...

317. Advent 4

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56, Micah 5:1-4, Hebrews 10:1-18

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John R. Brokhoff

... s reaction to Jesus' presence still in Mary's body. The unborn baby recognized Mary's unborn child as the Messiah. Moreover, the baby leaped for joy. To leap for joy is a natural reaction to a great victory. A child jumps up and down while waiting for a gift to be opened -- the child cannot wait! Do we feel that way as we wait for Christ this Sunday before Christmas? 3. Magnifies (v. 46). Mary sings, "My soul magnifies the Lord." To magnify is to make great, to enlarge, to praise. She may have had reason to ...

318. What Shall You Give?

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... , for it brings peace and harmony into a family. It creates the conditions that enable people to be happy and makes your home a place where people like to come. Again, in a birthday card, you can tell your parents that your gift to them will be to show more kindness to others. There are many such gifts that you can give to your parents and to others in the home. All you have to do is to keep your eyes and ears and heart open and you will discover what you can give. And in giving, you will receive in return ...

319. Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-13, Psalm 104:1-35, Joel 2:28-32, Genesis 11:1-9, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, John 16:5-16, John 20:19-23, John 15:18--16:4

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George Bass

... Word effective in our lives and brings us to faith and incorporates us into the Body of Christ in holy baptism. Through the Holy Spirit, our lives begin in the water as we "come up" for air. 3. But we continue to need the constant renewal of the gift of the Spirit, because, unfortunately, we continue to sin and need forgiveness. We are sinners and saints at the same time, and if we don't recognize that and repent regularly in daily renewal of our baptism, we are in deep spiritual trouble, and make no impact ...

320. Use It or Lose It

Matthew 25:14-30

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Johnny Dean

... , gaining interest in human terms - that’s what the church, at it’s best, is about. That’s our business. When we invest the gifts God has given us and risk talking to someone about Jesus Christ and the impact He has had on our lives, or when we ... . When we use the good things we have for the glory of God, for someone else’s benefit, we find out why we were given the gift in the first place. God is concerned about every one of us - about what kind of person we’re becoming, what we’re making out of ...

321. Proper 12

Lk 11:1-13 · Col 2:6-15 · Gen 18:20-32 · 2 Ki 5:1-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... in prayer is necessary. A. Because persistence proves we mean it. We are sincere. It is urgent. It may be a test of faith. B. Because it may not be the right time for God to answer. At the time we ask we may not be ready for the gift. If we do not keep asking, when the time is right, we may not be receptive. C. Because others through whom the prayer is answered may not be cooperative. God often answers our prayers through others who may at the time refuse to cooperate with God. Until that cooperation ...

322. Advent 4

Lk 1:39-55 · Heb 10:5-10 · Mic 5:1-4

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John R. Brokhoff

... 's reaction to Jesus' presence still in Mary's body. The unborn baby recognized Mary's unborn child as the Messiah. Moreover, the baby leaped for joy. To leap for joy is a natural reaction to a great victory. A child jumps up and down while waiting for a gift to be opened - the child cannot wait! Do we feel that way as we wait for Christ this Sunday before Christmas? 3. Magnifies (v. 46). Mary sings, "My soul magnifies the Lord." To magnify is to make great, to enlarge, to praise. She may have had reason to ...

323. No Fifth Wheels in God’s Economy

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

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Gregory J. Johanson

... intellectually and spiritually on the right moral plane. Human resources which God has redeemed are too important for inaccurate, out-of-place stereotypes to cut us off from each other. A single person is simply another member of the family of God, a human being with the same gifts and needs as other human beings. They ask no more than any other person and stand ready to give all that any person is capable of giving. A final word to those of us who are married is that there is much we can learn from our ...

324. Smart As A Goat

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... boy smaller than most of you he was already playing golf. Do any of you play golf? Most people don't play golf until they're teenagers or adults. Tiger is a remarkable young man with a remarkable gift the gift of being able to play golf very, very well. Did you know that everyone has a gift of some kind? Everyone is good at something? Some people are good singers. Some people are good at building things. Some people are good at growing things. Some people are able to read real well. Some people get along ...

325. Do Not Disturb

Isaiah 11:1-10

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King Duncan

... had passed away. One child was a stock car driver, another child was a teacher, and the oldest daughter was now a missionary. He told Don that the family had spoken of that one special Christmas many times over the years. (5) Do you imagine that any material gift that Don has ever received will mean as much to him as that evening spent sharing the true meaning of Christmas with that family of limited means? That's how it works. How often we forget. It IS more blessed to give than receive. We will be the ...

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