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3276. Full Barns and Empty Hearts

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... this parable nor the message of Jesus speaks against full barns. "Man does not live by bread alone;" but he does live by bread. It is one of the vital necessities of life. Without bread there is no life. The Vatican is deeply concerned over the "Liberation Theology" movement. This reading of the gospel proclaims God’s support for the poor, in changing their bread-less condition. Liberation Theology says that God champions the poor in their effort to revolutionize economic and political systems that favor ...

3277. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... filled the need. It began to occur to him that the church deals in what he lacked and wanted: a "Transcendent fix on the meaning and purpose for existence." This is another way to talk about God. Admitted or not, we do have deep hungers that go beyond the common concerns of our lives and world. We want to know if the universe is friendly, if we were meant to be, where we fit in, and if there is any guarantee that what we hold dear will endure. We’ll miss God’s gracious response to such searchings if we ...

3278. Barefoot in the Palace

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... exclusive. Notice how this theme is fixed in Scripture. Under Moses the people of Israel are rescued from political and economic oppression. But the Exodus story is not just about the people of Israel alone; it is the story of all of humanity. Exodus is God’s concern for all mankind - that we may be free of all that prevents the full joys and powers of life. In the New Testament, the Resurrection is not just a personal message of hope. It is also God’s statement that he brings to life all that dies ...

3279. Watching Jesus

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... case in this passage where Luke notes, "They were watching him." (14:1b) Jesus was under surveillance. Is it any wonder? After all, he was a disturbing presence. He upset the tidiness of legalistic religion, declaring that all are bankrupt before God and that the main concern is God’s mercy, not our dubious schemes to make ourselves acceptable to God. To those who had invested in the debit-credit style of piety, Jesus came and said that such a system could not make good on its claim. So they watched Jesus ...

3280. The Freedom To Be Wrong

Luke 18:9-14

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... . Here’s a husband fighting with his wife. It’s plain he’s in the wrong, and he may even realize that. But he’s the macho type and John Wayne would never surrender, would he? So he just hollers louder. Here’s a set of parents concerned about keeping their children’s respect. They may believe they should never admit a mistake. When I was in the seminary, we had a form of this problem in our preaching classes. After the student had delivered his sermon, the professor would go round the room asking ...

3281. Christ the King The King On His Cross

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Alvin Rueter

... put up with arthritis or cancer or emphysema forever? Or who wants to endure scrapping and loneliness and anxiety forever? It’s my pleasant duty to remind us that we really do want paradise. Let me get at it this way: what do you like to do best? Does it concern your hobby? Or perhaps your daily work? Is it something you do with your family and friends? Let me also ask: whatever it is you like to do best, have you ever done or had too much of it? If it happens to be eating maple nut ice cream, perhaps ...

3282. The Witness and the Witnesses

John 15:18--16:4

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... of our sins by God in Christ, no matter how grievous they may be - and we need do nothing, can do nothing, to merit God’s forgiveness. But we should change - and that’s where the work of the Holy Spirit comes in again "to convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment" - and to change our hearts and minds and lives. The defense attorney in the above case says "the case is a prime example of how the system of justice is supposed to work." He says, "I know Clarence’s driving record is ...

3283. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

George Bass

... kinds of cancer. But he died. Why? What for? Christ’s chance meeting with the funeral procession at the city gate of Nain won’t give us answers to those questions or ones like them, but he answered forever the questions we have about God’s love and concern for us when suffering and death come upon us. "He had compassion on her," says Luke, and that was why he stopped the funeral procession, told the widow to stop weeping, and commanded the young man to arise from the dead. Best of all, the young man ...

3284. The Call of the Cross

Luke 9:18-27

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... , including two Serbian Orthodox priests and a Catholic priest whose parish included Citluk, "for spreading hostile propaganda." But the girls insisted that they had seen the Madonna, and it was their reports of what they had seen - a revelation as far as they were concerned - that stirred up the religious fervor and the gathering of the crowds at Citluk. They simply knew and told what they had seen. The government wanted them to be quiet. The strange thing about this story in Luke is that it was Jesus who ...

3285. A Mission and a Message

Luke 10:1-24

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... congregation in that community and the world. Thank God that we do a respectable job in the area of education and social missions today, and that our worship is becoming more dynamic and meaningful. And I thank God that there are people who are concerned enough about the mission of the church that they volunteer to serve, at least temporarily, in distant lands where the life-style is different and difficult and the work of Christ is complicated and confusing. I am grateful for those missionaries who have ...

3286. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

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... loving God is translated into obeying a set of laws, or rules, which God has handed down to us. If we obey those laws - and keep ourselves "unspotted from the world" - we have nothing to worry about, do we? Like the lawyer, we are concerned about ourselves and, if religious people, about our personal salvation. There’s nothing wrong with desiring eternal life, is there? Well, there just may be, if religion is rules and not a dynamic relationship between God and ourselves and all other creatures living in ...

3287. The Man, the Message, and the Mission

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

George Bass

... with many of the arguments given about the sanctity of the family and the home and the need to preserve this fundamentally important institution in society. He wasn’t speaking about the destruction of the family when he spoke about division; rather his concern was that people would discover in him a higher loyalty than they might have for an institution; he wanted people to understand that we are to love one another as members of God’s family - through him. All human loyalties must first be exercised ...

3288. The Day You Were Healed

Luke 17:11-19

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... you had felt when the paramedics brought you in with siren screaming, the intravenous feedings, the wires and the tubes that made you feel like an electrical appliance. Almost forgotten, too is your whispered "Lord, have mercy," your wondering whether you would make it, the concern on faces of your loved ones, the pastor’s prayers, the healing promise of the Lord that he had spoken at your bedside. That was a good day, wasn’t it, the day when you were healed? On arrival home you told your friends and ...

3289. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

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... the screws of life’s machine. In his Sermon on the Level, our Lord describes the life he gives and molds in us as he lays royal claim on us. That life is not achieved. It is a gift. It is not attained by sensitizing people to humanitarian concerns, however noble, or by legislating with another code of laws, or by turning up the pressure with sanctions against the nonconformist. The old creation has to go. The new creation has to come, but it will come his way, not ours. Confiscated Life can never be the ...

3290. Believing is Seeing

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... for pious liturgies. In ways like these, and many others, we try to make a mark, increase the numbers by decreasing faith’s commitment, win people to the rolls of membership without the cost, manage programs of social improvement that are blowing in the wind without concern for spiritual growth. The last thing we would look for is a crucifixion. If he could not save himself, we ought at least to save ourselves. Where is Now Your God? Where is now your God? He is on the cross. His Majesty the King is ...

3291. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

This Gospel hinges on responsibility, and the culmination of it is in verse forty-eight: "Everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." One of the favorite stories of the great Danish philosopher, Soren Kierkegard, concerns an emperor, touring his domain and receiving the accolades of his people. When the entourage reached the market square of one village, his carriage was surrounded by cheering villagers and peasants. To the amazement of his neighbors, one brash young farmer stepped out ...

3292. Our Splintered World

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... not met, was at home. We talked about church, and he said he guessed he was a member somewhere "back home" but he wasn’t sure. Then he added "My wife is the churchgoer in our family." I asked him as kindly as I could, "As far as Christianity is concerned, whose side are you on?" He laughed and said, "I guess I’m not on anybody’s side, as you put it." But he was! Not to decide is to decide. How different from the totally-deaf man who went to church faithfully every Sunday. There was no interpretation ...

3293. The Man Who Came to Dinner

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... may not be comfortable for us to read about it today either. Still, we can hope it may change some of our attitudes as well. O, Lord, help us to remember those who it is so easy to forget - those who need not only our charity, but our love and concern, our faith and our Lord. Amen

3294. I Voted for God

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... they needed a stern admonition, and he gave it: they should rather be counting the cost. It is essential but disconcerting to ask ourselves whether we might need the same admonition. With Jesus’ words in mind, can we qualify for discipleship? Our Lord’s concern was that those who were following him for the possible perquisites should rather be counting the cost. Is such an admonition relevant to his followers today? It is this second reason that poses the greatest danger to us. Jesus is no longer much ...

3295. No Snap Courses

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... ." The dictionary says that a duty is "something we ought to do." It is not a choice, but an obligation. In these verses Jesus tells us that it is a rigorous duty indeed. There is no room for pride in what we do for God. As Christians, our main concern is obedience, and the word "obedience," like the word "duty," does not fall pleasantly on our ears. We live in a democracy where those two words are seldom used. All the more, then, do we need to hear these words from Jesus. We need to think less about our ...

3296. Life's Greatest Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

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... church to put in an appearance. We come to joyfully and wholeheartedly spend time with each other, to sit down with one another as family members together, earnestly seeking to counsel and encourage ourselves in our blood-bought faith. So now we practice all that. We act out this godly concern for one another in this surprising Feast of the Lord's Body and Blood. Let's give it our all!

3297. Working and Praying Go Together

Matthew 14:13-21

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... book was among the top ten on the market. It carried the simple title, Working. It was written by a man with the highly unlikely name of Studs Terkel. Terkel is a master of listening to what other people have to say about common, human concerns. He works with a tape recorder, and the results are exciting, and authentic. In his book, Working, Terkel has us listening to a cross section of Americans talking about their jobs - about their daily work. The list of career people includes cab drivers, telephone ...

3298. Overcoming Life's Obstacles

Matthew 14:22-36

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... have no business being obstacles to our dreams we allow to become obstacles. An obvious topic at this point is worry. We have a goal, a dream, a challenge, a task to be done. Sometimes we begin our "attack" by worrying! We allow worry and undue concern to attack us. We project into the future. Not that we shouldn't take circumstances into consideration. But must we allow the obstacles to become an obsession with us? Other people can quickly create mental obstacles for us as we go about fulfilling our dreams ...

3299. The Challenge of God's Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

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... out their days in the heights of hope and faith and fulfillment, or they will feel smothered in the depths of despair and frustration. To put if in the barest terms, the harvest of mankind is a matter of heaven or hell. As Jesus looks over this field, he is concerned that his laborers be busy about God's harvest. So, at home and abroad, and within the church itself, you and I are to be on God's mission. In the imagery of our text here, we are called to be laborers in God's harvest. Jesus then is challenging ...

3300. Don't Try So Hard!

Mark 8:31--9:1

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... the work. Take the gift of salvation. You have God's favor. In Christ you are dear children of God!" This is the spiritual freedom we possess in Christ. We don't have to try so hard anymore! II. As Christians we need to broaden this general thought concerning our salvation and also say, "Don't try so hard to establish the truths of the faith." In the past we Christians have had a way of overpowering people about our faith with proofs and claims. We've been so eager to sell someone on the Christian faith ...

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