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301. Mary Of Nazareth

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... was filled with the spirit of the Lord. He knew Jesus was the Messiah and I was amazed. He said that one day a sword would pierce my soul because of the child. I didn't know what he meant and I pondered the thought but I never forgot it. Tender, private secrets like this one had begun to fill my life and I kept them in my heart because there was much I didn't understand and I had a lot to think about. Brilliantly impressive wise men from the east came unannounced to visit our home when Jesus was ...

302. Monologue: A Slave, A Jailer, A Child Of God

Acts 16:16-40

Drama

Robert F. Scott

... of God. We saw my master: the change was starting already. He brought Paul and Silas into his house, took a basin of water, washed their wounds and soothed them with oil. He could have told any servant to do it; he did it himself, and he did it with tenderness -something I'd never seen in him before. He’d always had a callous shell. If the magistrates told him to kill, he killed. If he received men who were bleeding, he didn't care; that was their tough luck. Now he was a new master, a man of compassion ...

303. When Life Closes In

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

Sermon

Robert Allen

... told them I would. They were a delightful couple and I asked them how they met. "We met at the Special Olympics," the woman said. Intrigued at where they met, I asked them to tell me about the Special Olympics. They spoke with a great deal of tenderness about helping young athletes struggle to do things that you and I do without a second thought. Things like jumping, throwing a ball or running took a great deal of effort on the part of these young people who had special handicaps. The reward for these young ...

304. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Robert Allen

There is a very tender and moving scene in the play, Fiddler On The Roof. Tevyev and his wife Golda are being forced to move from their home in Russia. One day Tevyev comes into the house and asks his wife, "Golda, do you love me?" "Do I what?" "Do you love me?" Golda looks ...

305. Love Is Down to Earth

John 12:1-11

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Carl Jech

... I have come to know criminals who are first and foremost victims - victims of poverty, addiction, sexism, racism, abuse and violence ... The moral reality of the Christian message is that we are all, in the eyes of God, equally needy and equally deserving of God's tender mercy ... My teachers have been women I have come to know and love, despair and grieve over. Through them I have been made aware of the powerful presence of God in those who suffer yet still hope." Here we glimpse what it means to say that ...

306. Jail House Joy

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... that the jailor, his family, Lydia and her family; and the freed prisoners formed the nucleus of a strong church which grew and flourished. It was to this same church that Paul wrote the Epistle to the Philippians, which expressed so much tender love and encouragement. Out of great adversity and persecution God brought great blessings. The earth was still quaking from the resurrection; Jesus Christ, the crucified one, was becoming the cornerstone of an edifice - the church, which would change the course of ...

307. Preparation through Repentance

Luke 3:1-20

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... , asking you to forgive us. Lead us in a new life with your Son, who was born to free us from our sin. In his name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Come Every Soul by Sin Oppressed" "Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast" "Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy" "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling" "Just as I Am, Without One Plea" "There's a Voice in the Wilderness Crying"

308. The Necessity of Repentance

Luke 13:1-9

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Carl Hoefler

... Christian living. Forgive us for our superficial expression of the Christian way. Enable us to turn around in our living, and begin a new life with Christ our Redeemer, in whose name we pray. Amen. Hymns “Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast” “I am Coming to the Cross” “Jesus Is Tenderly Calling” “Just as I am, Without One Plea” “Sinners, Turn: Why Will You Die?"

309. God's Forgiving Love

Luke 15:11-32

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Carl Hoefler

... ourselves, without understanding we need you to be our Father. We feel your love winning us back, and we want to share in the celebration of the lost being found. Receive us in the name of your Son, our Savior. Amen. Hymns “I Am Coming to the Cross” “Jesus is Tenderly Calling” “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” “Sinners, Turn: Why Will you Die?"

310. The Harvest is Plentiful

Luke 10:1-24

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James Wilson

... we have been "too busy." We have let the opinions others might have about us keep us from boldly sharing Your love. Forgive us, Lord, and fill us anew with Your presence. Send us again to proclaim Your Gospel to the world. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Softly And Tenderly" "Count Your Blessings" "This Is My Father's World"

311. Faithfully Fixing Our Eyes Upon Jesus

Hebrews 11:1-40

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James Wilson

... our everyday lives were not important enough to "bother" You about. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to remember everything we do every day witnesses to others of Your Lordship in our lives. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus" "Make Me A Blessing" "Softly And Tenderly"

312. The Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Brett Blair

... than death. That is being alive and being lost. He was dead, but now he is alive. Isn’t that the refrain that we hear on Easter Sunday morning? Isn’t that the glad news of the gospel? It is a marvelous story about God’s redeeming love. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling. Calling for you and for me. Come home, come home. Ye who are weary come home. Part 1 of this story I suppose that we could call: Sick of Home. Part 2 we could call: Home Sick. And part 3 could be: Going Home. It was Thomas ...

313. Preaching Because We Have Something To Say

Sermon

James Angell

... last classes of the semester - and that he had ended the class by reading aloud from it. Like a treasured personal letter, we can expect a sermon to be unique to the moment, and as important to those who listen as a love letter is to us in our most tender moments. That happens when we have had something to say. Something that may not last out the night, but has given someone a few glimpses of stars.

314. Confessional Services

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

G. William Genszler

... the sacredness of life. We are guilty of the twin sins of worry and hatred and fail to see that both of these sins are like deadly poison that can lead to the murder of self and others. Congregation: Correct us according to Thy tender mercies. Commandment: You shall not commit adultery. Minister: We will not tolerate impurities in our food or water, yet we harbor pollution in our imagination and our minds. We adulterate our personal relationships with lust without affection. We treat others as "things to be ...

315. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... for him to come forth and die." In the closing verses of the ninth chapter of St. Luke's gospel we have a clear cut presentation of the demand of the Master concerning the Kingdom of God and the meaning of discipleship. Here three men are tendering their applications to join the "Corps of Jesus," being impressed with the Leader and the movement. The first is a very enthusiastic young man who makes an extravagant claim, "I will follow you wherever you go." In such an instance it might have been expected that ...

316. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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Rev. Donald R. Shank

... religion costs money? Not any more so than the fact that there's a cost attached to participating in the greatest miracle of life - the birth of a baby; or that food and water - necessary to living - are accompanied by a bill. Even in the solemn and tender experience of sorrow there are funeral expenses to be considered. Money is the high cost of living and the high cost of dying. It is indispensable, and everywhere we go we're asked to put up some money. Thank God for the intangibles that money cannot buy ...

317. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... to witness to others of the Risen Lord. Not only was Jesus' ministry to women unique, a prelude of things yet to come, but their ministry to him was unique as well a symbol of things which always ought to be. I have often prayed for some of the tender concern shown by the woman at Bethany who saw beyond her own problems to the needs of another and who ministered to those needs. I have often prayed for some of the courageous spirit and trust exhibited by those like Mary Magdalene who did not flee when put to ...

318. Proper 23

Philippians 4:2-9

Bulletin Aid

CSS

... peace deep down in our hearts. Forgive us, Lord, when we have been so two-sided, and lead us back to being one with You and returning the peace in our souls. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns: Grant Us Thy Peace It Is Well With My Soul Softly And Tenderly

319. Your Life Is Required of You in the Hymns

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

Richard Patt

... draw near ... delay not, delay not, the hour is at hand." The Advent hymns breathe the urgency too: "Prepare the royal highway; the King of kings is near! Let every hill and valley a level road appear!" Or how about the old Gospel hymn: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, passing for you and for me. There are spiritual urgencies concerning our salvation that we need to tend to! Harry Emerson Fosdick stated the urgency long ago in a ...

320. No Little Bit

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

... warns, "DO NOT FOLD OR MUTILATE." The card inside has holes. Also an eleven digit number. Also the message, "If there is any question about your account, please be sure to give this number. Do not fold or tear or staple this card. Thank you." If we tender this holey document the proper respect and remit the amount it demands, it will go to an office and glide through a machine and register our eleven digit number as being paid up. The machine and the company will be happy with our holes. But our name ...

321. Lord, I Believe - Or Do I?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... God’s behavior and what he is up to. They bring the promise of the Gospel of the kingdom and impel response. They lay the kingdom claim upon our hearts and lives and impel us to submit. They have a way of pricking like a needle at those tender places where our weakness and our need for healing is most obvious. They speak assurance when the going is most rough. They stamp the guarantee of love eternal when the prospects are most dim. But the parables cannot be mastered. They cannot be heard or read like ...

322. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

... that try human souls in our time. No wonder Bertrand Russell, even in pre-nuclear days, was prompted to say that "unyielding despair is the only legitimate state of mind for modern man!" Christians, whose consciences have been made especially tender by the love of God perceived in Jesus Christ, cannot avoid being perturbed by such evil conditions as they daily encounter. After all, the Christian religion is an ethical religion. It prompts persons to look with critical evaluation at existing conditions ...

323. Weed-Pulling

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

Richard Patt

... what a radish plant looked like. I quickly replied that I did, not wanting to be turned down for the job. So I went to work, and about an hour later, I stood before the farmer, expecting a shiny silver dime. But sure enough, I had picked all the tender young radish shoots and left the ignoble weeds standing there gloriously in the sunshine. Clearly it would have been better for this farmer and his radishes if I had never pulled his so-called "weeds" at all. A champion weed-puller indeed! But most of us are ...

324. The Godness Of God

Exodus 3:1-22

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... not know about or is not concerned about. Look at the goodness of God to Moses. At the time Moses was just a shepherd tending his sheep and going about his business. Moreover, Moses was an escapee. He was a murderer in Egypt. He fled to Midian and became a tender of sheep. One day while Moses is minding his business, God comes to him in terms of a burning bush and calls Moses to be his leader to bring the enslaved people out of Egypt. See the goodness of God here. God took the initiative to come to Moses ...

325. Killing A King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

... , his power as a king was shown. Peter wildly threw his sword around and accidentally cut off Maichus' ear. Jesus might have been too busy at this time when he was just arrested and on the way for a trial. See Jesus pick up the ear from the ground and tenderly put it back on Maichus' head. He replaced the ear as though it had not been cut off. What marvelous power - no ordinary king had power like that. His finger was his sceptre! You got to see that Jesus was a king by virtue of his authority. A king has ...

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