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301. That We May All Be One!

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

In the nineteenth century, most American denominations felt pretty smug that theirs was the real faith. Some might have grudgingly admitted that not everyone would be cast into outer darkness for the sin of worshiping in the wrong building. But overall it was a time when theological differences as well as points of practice separated people. Having said that, some denominations had a lot in common, whether they wanted ...

302. Epiphany 3

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Psalm 19:1-14, Luke 4:14-21, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... , too, for the opportunity to be co-creators with you. Amen. Intercessory Prayers Eternal God — thank you for your undeniable presence. Where there is dis-ease among us, free us from it. Where there is retaliation and vengeance among tribes and nations, dismiss the grudges that hold people captive. Where there is war and terror, give people a new sense of what it means to be a nation within a global environment. Mothering God — we are a part of the Body of Christ. With our skills and thoughts, nurture ...

303. Epiphany 6

Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... . Work through us to reconstruct a society that values the multicolors of humanity, the weak, and the lonely. Plant peace with our hands and hearts. God of Mercy — shower the global village and all its tribes with compassion. Heal ancient grudges and birth hospitality in every religion and in every person. Radiate goodness between nations. Help us to recognize and confront untruth and corruption so everyone everywhere can envision abundant life! Amen. Benediction As you leave the sanctuary, be alert for ...

304. Proper 9

2 Kings 5:1-14, Psalm 30:1-12; 66:1-20, Isaiah 60:10-14, Luke 10:1-24, Galatians 6:1-16

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... receive your strength. Amen. Call To Confession Jesus gathered friends and taught them what a new social order could be like. He sent them to other places to give people the same dream. He valued hospitality and loyalty. He encouraged no one to hold grudges, which are like dust impeding shiny beauty. He taught that the Reign of God is near. Pray with me the printed prayer and then have your personal conversation with the Holy One. Community Confession (Unison) Loving God — we long for your kingdom to be ...

305. Thanksgiving Means Giving

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... presents us the opportunity for new beginnings, to start afresh in demonstrating mutual love. If we are at odds with someone it is the perfect time to once again demonstrate the love to which all Christians are called. Jesus never held a grudge. In fact, we recall his words on the cross, “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). Disagreements arise within families, coworkers, neighbors, and even within our church communions. Paul’s words encourage us to “drop ...

306. Responsibility Comes with Privilege

Acts 8:4-8

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... is a dead-end street. We must accept the reality that responsibility is part and parcel of our lives as baptized Christians. All great privileges bring with them a sense of responsibility. We readily and with great joy accept the former, but only grudgingly, at times, fulfill the latter. While the road will not be easy, nor the path straight, we must nevertheless push forward with vigor and persistence the Christian agenda that calls us to be responsible people, to be countercultural in a world that often ...

307. The Utmost Patience for the Foremost Sinner

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... come to church to gain the emotional strength to survive the coming week, not to hear someone pound the pulpit about what sinners we are. What is front and center for us is not our sins, but the ways others have sinned against us. We carry the memory of grudges big and small around inside of us. The sins against us that hurt the most are the ones that someone got away with or that no one ever noticed. How dare anyone bring up our sinfulness when we have been so sinned against! Besides, our sins aren't that ...

308. Breaking The Cycle - God’s Answer In Forgiveness

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... , the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed. Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their children. — Genesis 47:11-12 (NIV) He certainly doesn't sound like a man who is holding a grudge or hatred in his heart. So how do we continue in the journey of forgiveness? Joseph gives the answer. Do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you ...

309. Not Another Rerun!

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... . The bishop inquired, "So, what did God say were the sins I confessed this past week?" "Well," the woman replied, "the Lord said, ‘I don't remember anymore.' " The fresh start the new covenant promises is possible because while we may hold grudges against earlier generations and even against our creator, God does not. In fact, for our sake God suffers from intentional selective memory loss when it comes to our sins and unfaithfulness. The knowledge of God's merciful and forgiving character works an ...

310. When We're Estranged from God

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Chacour. It is said that Chacour tired of presiding at the sacrament of communion in his congregation. The reason was that he knew that many of his parishioners hated each other. Some had not talked with one another in years, even decades, and bore grudges dating back to the previous generation. One Sunday Father Chacour locked and barred the doors to the church. Then he told the congregation that he had no intention of presiding at the service and sacrament or of unlocking the doors until those at odds ...

311. John 13:31-35

John 13:31-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Jews, insists that Hebrews “Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” Leviticus 19:18 added to this love by commanding that God’s people “shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus’ declaration, however, explicitly insists that attitude become action: “Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples ...

312. See Something, Say Something, Do Something, Be Something

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

313. Be Shrewd

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... lived focused on the promises of the kingdom. The dishonest servant so honed his energies to save himself, on saving his earthly existence, that he didn’t care at all about the fiscal fallout he left behind. The well-heeled “master” grudgingly congratulated his “bad boy” on figuring how to manufacture the first century version of a “golden parachute.” Jesus’ parable is not about figuring out how to “work the system.” Jesus’ parable is about how the system no longer works to reflect ...

314. The Widow and the Unjust Judge

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... not only does this woman represent herself in court. She continues to return, again and again, pestering this judge, persisting in her appeal. And it is her doggedness that finally gets her some action. But the action taken by the judge is not motivated by any grudging acknowledgment of the validity of her claims or of the Torah-mandated demand for the care of widows. The judge, as always, acts only according to his own self-interest. In his own words, he continues to “have no fear of God and no respect ...

315. When We No Longer Recognize Ourselves

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... to be called your son.” When did the son say these words? After the father had run to meet him and greeted him with a kiss. A dignified man running down the driveway and hugging and kissing his son does this sound like a father who is holding a grudge? No! It is not the Father who is withholding forgiveness; it is the son who needs to repent before he can accept the gift of his Father’s undeserved love. The son tries to choke out a confession, but he never gets the chance. The father interrupts him with ...

316. Peace Be With You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... you may be familiar with a study Duke University did on this very subject years ago. They listed eight keys to emotional and mental stability. I find them quite helpful: The first key is, “Get rid of suspicion and resentment.” Nursing a grudge is a major factor in unhappiness. The second is, “Don’t live in the past.” An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes and failures leads to depression. The third key is, “Don’t waste time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change.” Cooperate ...

317. Up Close & Personal: Coming Into Focus

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... God and yet be totally right with each other, have a tremendous friendship, and a great relationship. You can be right with others without being right with God. However, you cannot be right with God unless you are right with others. If you are holding a grudge against someone, if you have done something wrong to someone, if you have hurt someone and you have that in your heart and you’ve never confessed that to that person (you never made it right with that person) until you do, you are not right with ...

318. Lost Baggage: Empty Your Suitcase

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... solution to the problem you just made that person a part of the problem. The first thing you have got to do is admit there is an issue. Quit pretending that you are not upset, quit pretending you are not bitter, quit pretending that you are not carrying a grudge and admit someone has hurt you and it needs to be dealt with. II. Properly Access The Situation Jesus uses a word that tells us why confrontation not only, at times, is necessary, but it is the most loving thing to do and the most godly thing to do ...

319. God Will Provide the Resources

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... by renowned Bible scholar William Barclay. Barclay says, “The miracle was not the multiplication of the loaves and fishes; it was the transformation of selfish people into generous people at the touch of Christ . . . It was a miracle of the birth of love in grudging hearts, it was the miracle of changed men and women with something of Christ in them to banish the selfishness in their hearts.” Of course, we don’t really know how Jesus fed the multitude, and it really doesn’t matter. The miracle is ...

320. The Knot: Tied

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

James Merritt

... memory. Real love not only doesn’t keep a record of the wrongs that have been done to you, but it is a refusal to keep a record of the things you have done right for the other person. Let me make this real simple. Love doesn’t hold a grudge. Love is both quick to forgive and quick to forget. That is not always easy. C.S. Lewis once said, “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea until they have something to forgive.” How does your love measure up and how is it working out for you? Finally, “Love ...

321. Seventy-Seven

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . If that is not seventy-seven-times forgiveness, what is? Every one of you within the sound of my voice needs to forgive someone this week. It may be yourself. Can you forgive yourself? It may be a family member with whom you’ve nursed an unforgiving grudge for years. Can you forgive your relatives? It may be an enemy that is doing everything they can to make you fail. Can you forgive your enemies? “Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.” In the Lord’s Prayer many say daily ...

322. Start at the Epicenter

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... literally mean that God forgets that we’ve done something wrong. That would be impossible. God knows everything and He has a perfect memory. When God says He forgets our sins what it means is He does not hold our sins against us anymore. He doesn’t hold a grudge. The only way He remembers our sin is as forgiven sin. In effect, God buries our sin in the grave of His grace and we never need to dig up what God has buried. Cardinal Jaime Sin was the Catholic Archbishop of Manila, in the Philippines, and was ...

323. Planting Your Feet

Psalm 32:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... have sinned against someone else as David did, when you go to God and get forgiveness, then you go to others that you have hurt and done wrong and you ask their forgiveness. What if they refuse to forgive you? What if they want to hold on to their grudge and bitterness? At that point, their problem is no longer your problem and never let anyone keep you on the freeway of guilt when God has put you on the exit ramp of grace. Perhaps you are one of these people and even though you have confessed and confessed ...

324. A Man with No Name

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... the road. Today we would probably find him at a busy intersection on an interstate with a sign: homeless, need food. People passed Bartimaeus by without even seeing him. Or they passed by on the other side of the road so they could ignore him. Or they grudgingly tipped him a few coins. And some despised him because he reminded them of how miserly they were with their charity. We don’t like beggars, do we? They make us feel uncomfortable. We resent their intrusion into our lives. But, you see, there was no ...

325. The Happy Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4, 5-6, 16-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... them off the most about church people, they say it’s because the church is full of hypocrites. And, to a certain extent, that’s true. Do you pray for the Lord’s forgiveness, but have someone in your heart against whom you are harboring a secret grudge? If so, then you are a hypocrite. Do you give to the church, but not really sacrificially? Hypocrite. Do you care for the widowed and the orphaned as the New Testament demands? If not, hypocrite. Do you love all people, even your enemies? If not, then ...

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