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3226. Faith-Filled Living

Luke 17:1-10

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... Jewish girl who had escaped from the Warsaw ghetto and hid in a cave. She died in that cave, but before death came, she etched these three things on the rock: "First, I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining. Second, I believe in love, even when feeling it not. And third, I believe in God, even when he is silent." Faith is a trust in God to be present, loving and good to us in every circumstance of life. Pnat’s what the disciples wanted, and that’s what we want. From Whom Does Faith Come? "The ...

3227. Thanks, Lord

Luke 17:11-19

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... distance, no touching and no instant healing. There is the voice of command and dutiful obedience. Some of the warmth that I feel in the Matthew story is lost. There is coolness in Luke’s report. A coolness brought on by distance, command and ... their distance. No one was allowed to stand closer to a leper than four cubits (six feet) and these lepers kept their distance. They did not feel a need to get close to Christ or to kneel before him because they believed that all he had to do was to speak the word ...

3228. God Is Good But Not Easy

Luke 18:1-8

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... and easily. Persistence is required. Isn’t this the center of Salieri’s problem? He went to God to make a deal rather than to establish a relationship. He knew how to cry out, "Give me, give me." This was the alpha and omega of his prayer. With deep feeling and great emotion he cried out to God to make a bargain in which he would guarantee Salieri his private ambition. We cannot fault him for insincerity, but we can point out with sadness that he did not know what it was like to grow from the place ...

3229. Slavery and Freedom

John 8:31-41

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... of a large group assembled to discover experientially how each of us could be more racially inclusive in thought and action. The small group was mixed with approximately one-third being black people and the others white. Conversations began in a guarded way, but soon real feelings spewed forth. One of the problems discussed was how each of us reacts when someone begins to tell us an ethnic joke. I began to squirm in my seat because I am aware that I do not know how to handle those situations, or maybe I ...

3230. The Third Sunday of Easter

Luke 24:13-35

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Kendall McCabe

... of hand. How to do the service has become more important than anything else, and to an observer, at least it, would appear that what is being worshiped is the liturgy itself. Some of those who scream the loudest begin to sound like psychotics who feel something terrible will happen to them if they step on the crack in the sidewalk or if they don't touch every paling in the fence. The holiness of beauty has displaced the beauty of holiness, and the sacrament has become superstition. Today's Gospel provides ...

3231. The Ladder of Success

Genesis 2:4-25

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Paul Hegele

... " is to try to avoid the tempest by crawling down onto the ledge of a crevice; we hope we don't fall all the way. The feeling becomes more frequent the older we get, the shorter our future becomes. How many of you middle-aged men want an early retirement? To want to ... himself. No matter how high we go on the ladder, we don't think it's high enough. No matter how much worth we feel our position in life gives us, there's the nagging doubt, "Am I worthy enough?" Self-acceptance is hard. That's the lesson Adam ...

3232. Repent!

Acts 2:14-41

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... speaks of repentance for congregations such as ours? Repentance was given a bad name by those cartoons of long-haired, wild-eyed old men carrying placards demanding REPENT - THE END IS NEAR. It's embarrassing, this repentance. It's foreign to us. That's why we feel out of our element before the Bible's repetition of the word. Yet it's there in page after page of the New Testament. The one feature which haunts every sermon of Christ and his followers is the demand to confess your sins and promise to reform ...

3233. ... and Justice for All

Ezekiel 18:1-32

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... I jumped to conclusions? • How many times have I scolded my children before knowing all the facts? • How many times have I blamed someone else for a problem before discovering that it was my fault? We all want justice, especially when we feel we’re right, or when we feel we may have been wronged. Someone has pointed out that our idea of justice is often "just us." We care little what happens to the other person. Ezekiel points out that what people perceive as justice is not always the same as what ...

3234. Let God Be God

John 3:1-21

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Dean Lueking

... blessed Trinity means so concentrating upon the work of the Holy Spirit that we lose sight of the central place of the Cross and the fatherly work of God in creation. The problem here is making our own subjective feelings and experience central instead of subservient. No Christian can feel constant exaltation and know constant victory. We're mashed flat sometimes, and it is very humbling. We need safeguarding against a unitarianism of the Holy Spirit, and stretching to the work of the Father and the Son as ...

3235. Parable of a Good Climate

Luke 12:54-59

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"How are you feeling today, Joe?" "This lousy climate gets me down," said Joe. "I'm used to a warm climate that is dry and clear all the year ... people seem able to laugh and face adversity with cheerful faith and courage. Some are busy in service of others and difficult times bring greater opportunities to be useful. "It makes me feel good," said Bill, "to note something special in each season and to look forward to those events, which are associated with the season. I like it here. I like the people here. ...

3236. You Can Be a Difference

Joel 2:1-11

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... as an indication of the judgment of God, he also saw that God is not only at hand to pass judgment and to condemn; God is present to show grace and to redeem. Feelings of fear and anxiety, of alienation and polarization, of tension in our country and cities - between police and councils, between haves and have nots, between the races - such feelings are a judgment that at the moment we are not a nation nor a city of peace. Something is not right. So we hear the words of the prophet: "Blow the trumpet ...

3237. Affirmation and Alienation

Genesis 2:4-25

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... be fruitful." The problem is the arrogance and disobedience of a person wanting to be equal with God, saying, "I’ll do what I please; you do what you please"; then discovering in the midst of that decision that doing what he pleased cost him paradise, and gave him a feeling of alienation. There is a sense in which Adam is in every man; and Eve, in every woman. Listen to their excuses. "It is that snake you made. You know how afraid I am of snakes. That is why I ate the apple." Adam said, "It is that woman ...

3238. Breath for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

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... in this story about dry, dead bones coming to life again, moving and dancing by the power of God. It is something we need to feel, to see, and to hear. Ezekiel was a prophet of the Lord with more imagination than most. He was a man whom God had called ... a "breath" of fresh air. What we are saying is that in the midst of our experiences, no matter how devastated and desolate we may feel, there comes a breath from whence we know not, unless we are persons of faith. Then we know it is from God and that God ...

3239. Whose Meal Is It?

Exodus 12:1-30

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... . Remember it was for us, it is for us and it is about life and about love. I love to sit around long tables, or even better, large round tables where the whole family can gather and sit and look into each other’s eyes so that you see and feel the emotion of their telling the story. "I remember ..." Maybe it will be like that in the heavenly banquet when we gather around the table and the Lord says, "Remember ..." Life here, life there is about how we have loved and have been loved. That is important.

3240. Is Repentance Necessary?

Acts 2:14-41

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... it is not so prominent in our mind. They do not set us free. They create the illusion that once we have done something and feel as if we have gotten away with it, it is behind us and we have handled it. The truth is that this is like putting ... people about Jesus Christ. Our purpose is not to point an indicting finger at any person and to say "You are a sinner" to make you feel guilty, bad and awful. Being a sinner is simply the reality. We shot at the target and we missed, even by our own standards, much less ...

3241. A Public Opinion Poll

Matthew 22:41-46

Children's Sermon

... few big people get to do. We are going to have a Public Opinion Poll and find out how the boys and girls who come to services feel about their church. Now the way that this works is that I will ask each of you a few questions and after each of you gets a ... Does he talk just to older people? These are the kinds of questions that are asked in a public opinion poll. To learn how the most people feel I will have to ask all of you some of the questions. [Ask each child at least one part of the poll if you can't ask ...

3242. Easter 3

Acts 9:1-19a, Revelation 5:1-14, John 21:1-14

Sermon Aid

... Lesson 1: Acts 9:1-20 1. You Can Be Changed (9:1-20). Need: It is good news that we can be changed. Most of us feel the need of improvement in our lives. We are not what we should be nor what God intends us to be. When the risen Lord comes to ... our worship. How big and great is our God? If he is just one of us, a big brother, or the old man upstairs, we will not feel like worshiping one so like us. To worship we need a transcendent God, the totally other one full of glory, majesty, and power. Before such a One ...

3243. Easter 7

Jn 17:20-26 · Acts 7:55-60; 16:16-34 · Rev 22:12-20

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... go. Outline: The coming Spirit will guide us - a. Through closed doors - vv. 6, 7 b. Through an open door to service - vv. 9-10 2. Where Do You Go for Guidance? (Acts 16:6-10) Need: In a world of perplexity, complexity, and confusion, we feel the need of guidance. What shall we do? Where shall we go? What decision shall we make? Are we doing the right and wise thing? Peoplc are going to various sources of supposed guidance: astrology, horoscope, zodiac, Jeanne Dixon, a palm reader, etc. The Bible promises ...

3244. Proper 6

Lk 7:36--8:3 · Gal 2:11-21 · 1 Ki 19:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... cause of God - 18:30-40 b. Eradicate the false gods of our day - 19:1 2. A Way Out of Depression (19:4-8) Need: Doctors claim that depression affects more people than any other emotional disorder. Many of us at times get discouraged and depressed. We feel we are nobodies and failures. Like Elijah we may come to the point where we no longer want to live. Depression can be experienced by the best people who may be very religious. After all, Elijah was a prophet. How did he recover from depression? Look at the ...

3245. 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

... slave girl in the home of Syria's chief of staff results in the cure of leprosy for her master, Naaman. On the basis of the confession Naaman goes to Israel. When Elisha the prophet orders him to wash in the Jordan seven times, he goes off in a rage feeling insulted. But his aides convince him to stay. Naaman then dips himself in the Jordan and comes out clean of his leprosy. With gratitude he and his company go to Elisha to declare that now he knows that God is the one and only God. The story tells us that ...

3246. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... seated. Their choice of a primary place revealed their pride. 3. Repaid (vv. 12, 14). When one is invited for dinner in a home, it is expected that the guests will shortly return the favor of inviting the host and hostess to their home for dinner. One feels this is a social debt to be repaid. After telling the parable to the guests, Jesus turns to his host with some advice about future dinners. He urged the Pharisee next time to invite people who were too poor to invite him in return. However, though the ...

3247. Advent 3

Lk 3:7-18 · Php 4:4-13 · Zeph 3:14-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... ? 2. Fruits (v. 8). The main emphasis in John's preaching was repentance. But he was not content for the people only to feel sorry for their sins, confess their sins, and put on sackcloth. For him repentance was a practical matter, a change in one's ... are to have the mind of Christ so that we will think clearly, accurately, and nobly. 3. Can (v. 13). Here is good news to those who feel inadequate to the crises, needs, and challenges of life. We say, "I can't take it any more," or "I can't bear to hear it," ...

3248. Proper 22

Lk 17:5-10 · 2 Tim 1:1-14 · Am 5:6-7, 10-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... , when it gives us status and honor to be Christians, we are proud and glad to say we belong to and follow Christ. Would we feel the same if for being Christian, we are deprived of our property, our citizenship, and our well-being? Are we ashamed when we are in ... more of us than we can do or have. To whom much or little is given much or little is required. In this text we may feel frustrated when we see what Christians ought to be and do, but we need to see also what God has given us that we can fulfill ...

3249. The Baptism of Our Lord

Lk 3:15-17, 21-22 · Acts 8:14-17; 10:34-38 · Isa 42:1-7; 61:1-4

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John R. Brokhoff

... : Isaiah 61:1-4; Acts 8:14-17, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 Sources of the Spirit. Need: How does one get the Spirit of God? It is a question many ask, even Christians. Many church members may feel as the Samaritan believers. They have heard the preached Word, they were baptized, and they believe in Jesus, but they feel a lack of the Spirit. The three lections show how the Spirit came and still comes. The Spirit may come to one in a particular way. But there is no one way to receive the Spirit. Outline: How you ...

3250. Epiphany 8

Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... heredity and heritage. B. The impact of environment and companionships. C. The condition of the heart - vv. 43-45 3. Laugh at Yourself! 6:39-42. Need: In this text Jesus uses humor to get his point across. He asks us to laugh at ourselves for feeling and doing towards others. Though Jesus was "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief," he often used humor. When we see ourselves as we really are, we can laugh at ourselves for being so ridiculous? In this passage Jesus uses two humorous analogies. Humor is ...

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