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1 Corinthians 15:35-58, 1 Samuel 26:1-25, Genesis 45:1-28, Luke 6:27-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... 45:3-11, 15; Luke 6:27-38 1. An Old Testament Christian! Need: In this Gospel lesson we have some of Jesus' ethical teachings and in the first Lesson we have Joseph who practiced them! Is this a case of the cart before the horse? The two Lessons are ideally matched for they help us to see the truth as well as hear it. The sermon takes four of Jesus' teachings and shows how they are put into practice by Joseph. Outline: A person who practiced Jesus' teachings a. "Love your enemies" Luke 6:27; Genesis 45:5. b ...

302. Lent 2

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Jeremiah 26:1-24

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John R. Brokhoff

... faithful to the covenant Gospel. Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 1. Why don't we have opposition? a. Is there no existence of a "Herod" in our society? Are there no anti-Christian ideas or practices in our midst, in church, in community? Are we living in an ideal society, a utopia? b. Is there no opposition because of our tolerance of evil? c. Is there no opposition because we compromise with evil? d. Is there no opposition because we don't take a stand for Christian principles? Afraid to speak the truth or to show ...

303. Proper 27

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Luke 20:27-40

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John R. Brokhoff

... a two-way deal among Christians. As one prays for another, the other reciprocates in prayer. We need to pray for each other, for we are all in need of prayer. In this text Paul prays for his people and he asks them to pray for him. Here is an ideal situation between a pastor and his people. It would also work in the family and on the job. Outline: Pray for each other. a. Like Paul pray for others vv. 16, 17, 5. Comfort, hope, and love. b. Like Paul ask for prayer v. 1. Speed and triumph of the ...

304. Epiphany 9

Luke 7:1-10, Galatians 1:1-10, Psalm 96:1-13, 1 Kings 8:22-61

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B. David Hostetter

... the written word handed down to us by the apostles and translators in the church. You have communicated with us in every generation seeking to widen our reception of the larger truth. We can sometimes overvalue our own ideas and not test them with the ideals of Jesus in word and deed. Pardon our passions for novelty and what is pleasant but not true; through Jesus Christ who is our way, our truth, our life. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News! Our Savior, Jesus Christ, gave himself ...

305. Need Help Removing That Roadblock?

Exodus 13:17--14:31

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Steve Burt

... put or kept in place by parents, colleagues, teachers, ministers, society as a whole -- by people whose opinions we value -- so it is very hard to break free. It's harder than swimming upstream. Consider this roadblock. Our American society is built on the ideals of success, social achievement, monetary success and security. Society pushes us to set aside dreams in order to "get a good-paying job so you can support your family ... so you can be secure in retirement ... so you'll be viewed as a respectable ...

306. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

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R. Curtis Fussell

... more, life is better. An elderly couple owned a picturesque 75-acre island in British Columbia. They needed to sell it and move to the city. It was a gorgeous island with the natural beauty of large trees, meadows, deep coves. This island would be ideal for yachts and multi-million dollar homes situated on hillsides with panoramic vistas. In fact, this couple was offered thirteen million dollars by a developer for the island. But can you believe it, they said no. They were not holding out for some really ...

307. Epiphany 3

Mt 4:12-23 · 1 Cor 1:10-18 · Is 9:1-4 · Amos 3:1-8 · Ps 27 · Ps 139

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Russell F. Anderson

... in Sheol, you are there. (Psalm 139:7a, 8) Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 The state of disunion address. This passage could be called the state of the union address for the Corinthian church or, perhaps, the state of the disunion address. We often idealize the pristine apostolic church as the church's golden era but a reading of the New Testament brings us back down to earth. In the Corinthian church, at least, factionalism was threatening to destroy the unity of the Christian community. The very symbol of ...

308. Proper 14

Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15

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Russell F. Anderson

... bound the feet of women to keep them small, which was considered comely, but, all in all, feet aren't given much press. How many feet have you ever seen on the cover of a glamour magazine? Verse 15b lifts up for our consideration the ideal of beautiful feet. What makes these feet so beautiful? They are mobile feet. They are merciful and loving feet. They are feet that carry the good news of God's love to the places of human need, discouragement and darkness. How beautiful are your feet? Epistle ...

309. Proper 26

Joshua 3:7-17, Amos 5:18-27, Micah 3:1-12, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... . Sermon Angle: God despises religious ritual which is not reflective of a righteous life. God demands righteousness and justice. It is far less demanding to fulfill religious rituals than to obey God's moral demands. Though Amos does not spell it out here, the ideal is to have ritual and righteousness closely wedded. Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-13, 17-20 1. Sermon Title: A Faith That Works. Sermon Angle: Paul recounts how hard he and his party worked among them to plant the gospel (v. 9). Theirs was ...

310. Proper 9

Genesis 24:1-67, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 7:7-25, Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:1-19

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Russell F. Anderson

... the Canaanite gods. Abraham's main concern was not social status or wealth but spiritual compatibility. He desired to find a real soul-mate for his son and was successful in this endeavor. Isaac loved her (v. 67). On the contemporary scene, driven by the ideal of romantic love, physical appearance is paramount for many. We would have many less divorces if those wanting to marry gave priority to shared values and a common faith. Shared faith in God is the soul of marriage, making us soul mates. Sermon Title ...

311. Any FAX, Or E-Mail From God Today?

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Harold Warlick

... work, and his worldly obligations that God would really jabber. After five years of waiting, hiking, hoeing, splitting wood, sleeping, praying and studying, he finally reasoned that God had had ample time. But the inscrutable silence simply pushed him back on resources, memories and ideals he already had. With great certainty he said, "It's as if God had said all he intended to say."2 Are there no more direct epiphanies or do we, unlike Samuel, who had a once in a lifetime experience or call, have epiphany ...

312. How Can We Restore the Christian Home?

Mark 10:1-12

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Donald Macleod

... other words, they brought their home to the church. And our responsibility incorporates much of the same. With the whole family coming together to Christian worship, there is involved here a commitment and witness to the good life that re-forms the ideal family, Sunday after Sunday, as a unit within the kingdom of God's will and peace. 2. We must cultivate those basic spiritual factors necessary to creating sincere personal relationships. Dougles Goldring, the English novelist, in his book Nobody Knows, has ...

313. What Does Jesus Expect of Us?

Mark 8:27-38

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Donald Macleod

... crosscurrent of opinions in that day. With the disciples there was a consistently deepening conviction which grew from the general to the particular and was the product of their close fellowship with Jesus. Initially, they must have seen, in him, just an ideal man, a person of great humanity, a teacher with extraordinary insights and gifts, and a personality that drew people of all kinds to him. But, very soon Jesus, for them, outgrew this conception, for he seemed to possess a mysterious relation to the ...

314. Bread of Another Kind (Bread of Life II)

John 6:25-59

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Charles R. Leary

... to make my existence comparable to my peers. But, I never stop dreaming and seeking for that “something else” Eve referred to in Shaw’s play. And the Gospel makes it clear what that “something else” is: the Bread of Life is not an idea, not an ideal, not a principle, not an abstraction. The Bread of Life is a Person. I cannot live on bread alone. My deepest hunger is to be in union with persons, persons who listen, who understand, who care, who love, who give. Jesus Christ is the Person who does ...

315. Making the Mystery Work for You

John 3:1-21

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Charles R. Leary

... for something, you’re apt to fall for nothing.” Sixteen years later Magruder stood before the Federal Judge, confessed to felony, and said, “I know what I have done, and Your Honor knows what I have done ... Somewhere between my ambition and my ideals, I lost my ethical compass.” Stand for something. Strive with all your might. Stretch every muscle and all the emotional and mental energy you have. Rule Three: Learn to make sacrifices. Life isn’t easy. And one little decision today will determine ...

316. What Do You Mean, "Repent"?

Mark 1:1-8

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Thomas Long

... our past, wiping the slate clean, turning over a new leaf, beginning all over again. Carl Jung was groping toward this when he wrote, In the second half of life the necessity is imposed: Of recognizing no longer the validity of our former ideals, but of their contraries; Of perceiving the error in what previously was our conviction; Of sensing the untruth in what was our truth....2 In his article "Returning to Church," which appeared in the New York Times Magazine, novelist Dan Wakefield movingly described ...

317. Stilling The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

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Dallas A. Brauninger

... . Sometimes, I even think my association with Jesus makes matters worse. Asker: How is that? Disciple: Because of being around Jesus, I am more aware. I see the problems around me more clearly. I see the huge gap between the reality of what is and the ideal of what should be. I see how physically exhausted Jesus himself gets from doing the work God has called him to do. You call me a disciple. Discipleship holds a variety of meanings: a believer, one who follows the teachings of a certain religion, one who ...

318. Christmas Eve

Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96

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Russell F. Anderson

... . The Assyrians had defeated Zebulon and Naphtali, taking them captive in 734 B.C. The threat of national annihilation was very real. Nevertheless, Isaiah holds high the light of hope, anchored not in humans but in God's deliverance. The Messiah, the ideal king and servant of God, becomes the object of that hope. Through this "Anointed One" God will usher in permanent peace with righteousness. Christians have long maintained that Jesus, the Christ, fulfills that hope. Lesson 2: Titus 2:11-14 The book ...

319. Easter 2

Acts 4:32-37, 1 John 1:5--2:14, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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Russell F. Anderson

... fellowship with the Lord and his people, while we walk in the darkness, we make ourselves liars. But if we walk in the light (walk our talk), we have fellowship with Jesus Christ and with one another (vv. 6-7). Jesus for the defense (2:1). John holds up the ideal of a pure life for believers but concedes that we live in a sin-permeated world. Therefore, when we do sin we have an advocate (lawyer) to plead our case before the judgment seat of God. In fact, Jesus is the one whom the Father has chosen to judge ...

320. Epiphany

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

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Russell F. Anderson

... wise men of Herod's court informed them of the scriptural prophecies that this king was to be born in Bethlehem. Most people are searching for their king, for a person or a cause to which they can gives themselves. They have given their hearts to a political ideal or party, to a guru or teacher or some other authority figure. Such obeisance has often led to destruction and death. We have found a king that we can believe in and follow implicitly. Outline: 1. The Magi were on a king quest. 2. Their quest was ...

321. Proper 20

Proverbs 31:10-31, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18; 4:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... 1: Proverbs 31:10-31 Sermon Title: A Model Wife. Sermon Angle: The wife described in our pericope is a keeper, almost too good to be true. Yet my sense is that this narration is based on a real-life model rather than just a composite of the ideal wife. What does she look like? Well, physical beauty isn't that important, neither is charm (v. 30). The basic trait is that she's trustworthy (v. 11). Beyond that, she provides for her family (v. 15), she's a shrewd investor and businesswoman (vv. 16-19), she ...

322. God Doesn't Ask A Fig Tree To Produce Bananas

Luke 13:1-9

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Lee Griess

... . Allow God to enable us to live as we ought. Let Jesus take possession of us and live in him. Fritz Kreisler, the great violinist, expresses it this way. He says, "I have not the slightest consciousness of what my fingers are doing when I play. I concentrate on the ideal of the music that I hear in my head and I try to come as near to that as I can. I don't think of the mechanics at all. You might say that a musician who has to think of the mechanics is not ready for public performance yet ...

323. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... an unbroken procession offered an opportunity for witnessing too good to ignore. So together with her brother Lazarus and her sister Martha she had pursued an open-door policy welcoming into their Bethany home any who had become fatigued or footsore. It was an ideal setting for witnessing; for having already demonstrated an interest in the individual to whom she was providing the opportunity to rest she could feel free to go a step farther and share with her guest a stirring testimonial to Jesus. To be sure ...

324. Wedding: Looking Outward Together

1 John 1:1-4

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Warren Gregory Martin

... at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth of height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use in my old griefs, and with ...

325. Delivery

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... public speaker is nervous. Tension makes us alert and adds energy to speaking. However, nerves can also freeze our personality and give a wooden quality to our appearance. "Bring your personality into the pulpit with you," I say regularly to beginning preachers. Ideally one should be nervous enough to be on edge, but relaxed enough to appear natural in the pulpit. Our own commitment to the gospel proclamation is part of the "non-verbal" message we send. Listening to sermons Sunday after Sunday, listeners ...

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