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301. Thy Kingdom Come

Matthew 6:10

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the same way that He has made it in heaven. This is something that all Christians wait for and hope and pray for because when God chooses to build His nation on earth it will be a very special time. In God's kingdom or nation there is no war, hatred, sickness or worry. God's nation is a place of great beauty and all the people who live in it are ready to love and help each other. We can't see God's kingdom or nation on a map or globe, but we know that it is alive and ...

302. Sight And Insight

John 9:1-12, John 9:13-34, John 9:35-41

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the Lenten season. For Lutherans it occurs on Lent 3; for the Common Lectionary it is on Lent 4. Passion Sunday and Holy Week are only a few weeks ahead. The opposition to Jesus is increasing and Jesus is in controversy with the religious leaders. This intense hatred comes to a climax on Good Friday when his enemies have their day of victory. For some the length of the Gospel lesson may be too long, for it covers the entire ninth chapter of John. Some may feel that with the other two lessons appointed for ...

303. Star Miracle

Matthew 2:1-12, Isaiah 60:1-22, Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... giving ourselves in total dedication and consecration to Christ. 4. The Miracle of Victory. With the first Adam, there was a snake in the garden. With the second Adam, there was the snake of Herod. Opposition to Jesus began with his birth. Evil hates goodness. Hatred fights love. Satan is out to destroy Christ. The Epiphany star is a star of victory. Herod's scheming hypocrisy to kill the Christ Child came to naught. God directed the eastern worshipers not to inform Herod of the child's location, but to go ...

304. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... a wet cloth and Lutherans were passing out rain checks! Miracle of Change. Mitsuo Fuchida, a Japanese commander, led 360 bombers into Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After the war he became a Christian preacher in Japan. He tells how Christ changed his life from hatred with a desire for revenge for Americans to one of peace and love for all people. Sewer Gas to Diamonds. A U.S. Navy chemist, Dr. James E. Butler, has found a way to convert sewer gas into diamonds. He tapped Washington's sewage system for ...

305. Friendship Arms or Cold Shoulders

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

James Weekley

... other forms of human misery he never knew existed. By reflecting less upon ourselves and more upon the aloneness of others, the possibilities for more intimate friendships are enhanced. True friendships blow no fuses. Jesus lived in a world where human exploitation and regional hatreds were common fixtures. It's easy to see why there wasn't a high trust factor among people. There was no love lost between Herod and the Jewish populace. So you can see why that eastern Mediterranean society wasn't ready for an ...

306. The Big Hand

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

James Weekley

... hook, line, and sinker. Forgiveness means forgetting the pain and getting on with the business of healing and growing. If we, in his name, fumble in our relationships, then we are no better than our tormenters. Is hate worth carrying for a lifetime? Everybody pays when hatreds are left unforgiven. Richard Raines was correct when he said that when "I get out of touch with my own feelings ... I'm no good to anybody." "Take, eat ..." Only the Christ goes to the trouble to stand with us. His authentic fail-safe ...

307. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... soldiers who seemed to treat it as sport. She remembered how the disciples deserted Him and she groaned even more deeply as she thought to herself, "How hard it must have been for Jesus to watch His friends deny Him and run away." She remembered the raw hatred in the crowd, the way they spat upon Him and cheered His pain. Most of all, she recalled His hanging on the cross in helpless agony. She remembered the nails, the blood from His side, the cruel crown of thorns on His head. She probably thought she ...

308. When God Is Silent

Psalm 35:1-28

Sermon

Erskine White

... that she had to overcome many barriers to get to Jesus. She was a woman, and women weren't supposed to speak to rabbis in public, so that was one barrier. She was also a Canaanite, and Canaanites were separated from Jews by the widest chasms of racial hatred. That was a second barrier. Related to that was a third barrier: the fear of rejection and humiliation. To expose your need to someone in public and then to be turned away is one thing, but to be publicly rejected solely because of your race or sex is ...

309. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... . As soon as he gained the throne, he had all of the (Sanhedrin) priests killed and installed his own priests in their place. He then rounded up the leading citizens and killed them, or put them in prison. It didn’t take Herod long to earn the hatred of the whole nation of Israel. Meanwhile, the members of Herod’s family didn’t fare any better than the people of Israel. His father was poisoned; a brother was killed by his own wife. Herod assassinated his wife and had his own sons executed for treason ...

310. The Message In The Means

Sermon

Erskine White

... in this world might finally overcome the alienation and separation which have poisoned for so long our relationships to each other and to God. God gave us this example in His only begotten Son, that we may be freed from the stifling shackles of bitterness, envy and hatred, and live instead in the liberating luminance of love. All of that is the message of Christmas. It's a message about what we believe and the way we want to live. Tonight we are blessed to find that message in the little town of Bethlehem ...

311. When Christians Disappoint

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... one way or another, even if they aren't famous and relatively few people ever hear about it. A priest or minister might shame his church with a scandal involving sex or money. He might have a strident, un-Christian personality which fills the church with hatred and division. She might be suffering a loss of faith and so be unable to communicate that faith when a parishioner needs it the most. In these and many other ways, members of the clergy can prove very disappointing to people and give Christianity a ...

312. Physical Fitness For The Soul

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... and I saw recently where he won some prestigious awards for his contributions to science and charity. But I don't remember him for any of those things. I remember him only as a man whose words cut through me like a knife, a man with so ugly a hatred inside him that he wished someone dead whose politics he did not like. This morning I am speaking of spiritual anatomy; I am trying to share with you how important our words are in the mind of God, especially our negative words. But the Bible really says that ...

313. I [heart] You!

Galatians 4:6, 15

Children's Sermon

... .) Maybe we think that love has to come out of your heart. And that's really true. But you and I already know that other things can come out of our heart besides love, right? What else can come from there? (Take some answers.) That's right. There can be hatred in our heart, which is really the opposite of love, isn't it! Now here's a hard question: how do the things that come out of our heart get in there in the first place? This is a tricky answer because it gets a little bit complicated. God puts ...

314. Baptism of the Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 45:1-17, Psalm 89:1-52, Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... desires that all of his children should be saved by Christ and his gospel. (Note: There is obviously another sermon here on the equality of all people before God. In Acts 10, God makes it clear that Christ died for all, and that there is no place for prejudice and hatred for others in the kingdom of God. The gospel of the Lord is for all people! He died to save all persons for God the Father.)

315. 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

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... 11:1-9 (L, C) and Acts 2:1f. - "Blowing Away The Tower." Note: This reading ought to be part - the first part, I believe - of a sermon on Acts 2. It shows "Babel" as the creation of diversity of language and the disunity that leads to despair and distrust, hatred and violence, in the world. Acts 2 would portray God's action on Pentecost by which there is a total reversal of "Babel," so that all people - recognizing it, or not, are and will be one in Jesus Christ, the Lord of all. When the wind blew on the ...

316. Proper 8

Luke 9:57-62, Galatians 5:16-26, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Psalm 16:1-11, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... people to answer his call without delay because there is critical work to be done in the church and in the world. Gospel ministry is not a casual business, because it operates in the areas of life and death, of salvation and sin, and of love and hatred. Now is the time to answer his call; Jesus cannot allow delays for any seemingly valid reasons, when he calls us to the ministry of the word and sacraments. (One rather tragic consequence of delaying entrance into the ministry is that one's public ministry is ...

317. The Season of the Holy Spirit

John 18:28-40

Bulletin Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... brother's (and sister's) life seriously enough to confront him (her) with his (her) own illusions." Jesus confronted, without being cynical or sarcastic, Pilate with the truth; and Jesus also invites us to do the same; for not to do so is a subtle form of hatred of our brother/sister. Are we willing to live in our illusions or in God's realities? Planning for Your Congregation Liturgist: Psalm 93; Jeremiah 23:1-6 ; Daniel 7:13-14; Revelation 1:4b-8 Suggested Hymns "God, the Lord, a King Remaineth" "Of the ...

318. When Will The Pain Go Away?

Matthew 24:1-35

Sermon

George Johnson

... ever go away? In our text Jesus tells his disciples that things are not going to be easy. "Beware," he says. Be ready for some difficult situations. Things may even get worse. Some will try to lead you astray. Nothing will seem to change things. Killing and hatred will increase. There will be times when you will be hated, let down, betrayed. Things will appear hopeless. Then comes this verse. "But the one who endures to the end will be saved." To endure means to stand one's ground in the midst of difficult ...

319. Beyond Denominationalism

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... adherence to the Christian faith, for our unity in our common hope, and for our unity in our love for You and for one another. We confess, our God, that we have been instruments through which divisions in the church have been perpetuated. Forgive us for the hatreds we have harbored toward Your children and assure us of Your peace and love. For the unity of the Church of Christ on earth we pray. Give us guidance and courage to participate in efforts to unite Christians in common bonds of faith, hope and love ...

320. Let Freedom Ring!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... for our Protestant heritage. For the freedom of conscience and the religious liberty ushered into the world through the Reformation we are grateful. For the wholesome influences of the Reformation we thank You. We confess that through the years hatred, ignorance, and lack of understanding within and between Protestantism and Catholicism have pitched church against church and Christian against Christian. To You we look for pardon. Forgive us. Keep Your church always reforming. Save us from satisfaction with ...

321. God Is Love

Sermon

C. David Godshall

... defeat evil on their own - but through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God has shown us his power to win the victory over this enemy of us all. When we turn to God with trust and hope, evil is defeated and does not win us to bitterness and hatred and despair. Though having him/her for only a short time, we can see in the childlike trust and love which had the very qualities which we need to have in this hour and in the days ahead. God gave up his only Son to die for us on the ...

322. Victory Over Evil

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Harold G. Skinner

... why completely - I still see through a glass darkly - I do have some insights from the Word of God. This death is not God's will. It is tied in with the forces of evil. That struggle goes on all the time. Wars take the lives of thousands, even millions. Hatred and jealousy and fear destroy. Death is tied closely with evil. It 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 ...

323. Expectations of Hope

John 12:20-36

Eulogy

Daniel M. Shutters

... permit pain and suffering, disease and death to take place? Doubts plague us about this God who permits such suffering to take place. But the cause of disease, death and suffering is not God. It is you and I. We are responsible for the bickering, the war, the hatred, the pollution which is inflicted on our lives. The story is told of a man who questioned God saying, "Lord, why do you permit this sickness to take place?" God answered, "Man, I gave you a cure for that illness. I planted the seeds of the idea ...

324. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of America. For some, America may not be a very good place. But it's the very best place on earth. America is not a perfect place, but there is no better place. There are some things I do not like about my country: its racism, its hatred, and its injustice; the way it throws away its old people and idolizes youth. I disdain the polarization of human groups around issues which ultimately have no value, because we have more in common than indifference. I don't like those things which separate and alienate ...

325. Hostage Crisis

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , alienate, and obliterate God's plan for the redemption of God's people. We don't have to look to headlines to see a hostage crisis. We see it every day where people are given life sentences in four-by-four cells of shame, fear, self-hatred, and self-destruction, so that their lives are lived within the solitary confines of despair and grief. The hostage crisis is everywhere. In our homes, in the church, on our jobs, in the schools, in the hallowed halls of government. Wherever the people of God are ...

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