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3301. The Discipline of Witnessing

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

... a factor. We want to be loved, and that we go about it all wrong is beside the point! Why is it that there are so many jokes about sex? Could it be that sex is so closely related to love that we joke because we don’t want to stop to admit that love is really missing from the lives of a great many of us? Maybe the expression "wise crack" is a good one, for it takes a certain kind of wisdom to be able to joke about things that make us uneasy. It’s misplaced wisdom, for we ...

3302. The Miracle of Salvation

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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... is only through the eye of faith that God’s intervention in history is shown. Even though many of us have misunderstood it for a long time we’ve recognized that the cross is so connected with God’s miracle of salvation that we’ve never stopped to see things as they really were back then. Why was Christ crucified? Apart from the fulfillment of God’s plan, that is? Why did the scribes, pharisees, Sadducees, and the authorities, both civil and religious, feel that He had to be done away with? Because ...

3303. Sharing Brings Us Together

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Objects: Some paper, envelopes, stamps, and pencils. Different children should possess all of one article We are continuing the story of hunger today with the hope that we can do something about it. We think everyone can help stop people from being hungry. We think you can help another boy or girl in this world from being hungry if someone teaches you how. I want to help teach you this morning. I am going to pass out to some of you a few things I brought with me this ...

3304. Which Self Are You?

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... very often, in modern psychology today by a well-adjusted personality is one who has come to terms with a false self and lived with it. That’s one of my quarrels with psychiatry. One of the young ladies of our parish was told by her psychiatrist that she should stop going to church, because it gave her a guilt complex, and she had to accept herself. She had to accept the fact that she was a sinner and live with it. So that’s our philosophy. If you were born a moral and spiritual slob, live like one! Don ...

3305. God of the Weekday

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... - is in filth and corruption and the appeal to the LOWEST and the VILEST in man, because that will produce the greatest profit. When a hospital, for instance, ceases to be a nonprofit organization, right at that moment, it is no longer a hospital, and human beings stop being human beings in it. From that time forward, it’s just a repair shop for human carcasses. And yet, we make the division in the name of BUSINESS! I feel that division when I walk in my pastoral dress into a factory or an office. When ...

3306. Facing the Glory Road

Matthew 20:17-19

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Louis H. Valbracht

... was crucified, and my, how it must have hurt. If that’s what we’re going to do with the Lenten Season, then let’s forget about it right now! The gospel for the day is a trumpet blast, and the bugler is blowing the charge! The Lord stops the twelve on the road and the challenge is thrown: "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem." That tore it! Jerusalem? You can almost feel the blood chilling in their veins. They had heard the rumors. They knew the story. The political pressures were reaching an explosive point ...

3307. THE MARRIAGE GAP

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... " are not at all in fashion, but this would seem to be one of them. Remember that scene in Fiddler on the Roof when Tevge is debating a theological point with himself and says, "On the one hand ... but on the other hand ..." and then he stops. "There is no other hand," he cries. As it happened, he was wrong in the play - but that would be a valid point to make about sexual relations outside of marriage. For sexual relations imply something that can’t exist apart from marriage - the responsibility for one ...

3308. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

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William McKee Aber

... us - gaps of generations, or sex, between neighbors, and so on. It has been our contention that God has a word for the gaps, and in Jesus Christ has provided a means to bridge them - from the little ones to the big ones. Today - Race Relations Sunday - we stop to look at the racial gap, and as we do we find ourselves enmeshed in confusion! There once was a time when I knew what to say on Race Relations Sunday, when things seemed - at least to me - to be absolutely clear-cut. Our aim was for an unsegregated ...

3309. A WALL OF ROCK AND THE EVERYBODY GAP

Drama

William McKee Aber

... good day. Bring that English up. Sue: Don’t forget the doctor’s appointment after school tomorrow. Don’t make any other plans. Child: Okay. See you. Christian: I’m sure you noticed the fast shuffle when their boy came in to say goodbye. They stopped, shifted gears, became loving parents, shifted gears again, and are now back to being angry adults. But the whole time they are so polite! Be polite, keep the walls up - never discuss the real things that are under their skins - keep it inside, never let ...

3310. Everyone Has a Somebody

John 15:1-17

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Charles L. Koester

... with God’s loveliest? They nailed him to a cross in an attempt to kill God’s love. But he rose again and, in essence was saying, "You can do with me what you will. You can pierce my hands, break my bones, and spill my blood, but you cannot stop me from being what I am, your Savior who loves you." "As I have loved you." When we realize his great love for us, then and only then, will we heed our Lord’s command, "Love one another." Then, and only then, will we discover that everyone has a somebody ...

3311. COMMAND TO SHARE

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... the least of these," even to the fallen sparrow. Worship Is a Beginning The Bible and the hymnals are full of praise to God. "Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works" (Psalms 105:2). But in the Bible it doesn’t stop there. Worship of God is a beginning. The Christian life flows from worship into service and sharing. One Sunday in a church in Syracuse a couple arrived just after the benediction. The time change was their downfall. "Oh dear, the service is over," the wife said. One ...

3312. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... soldiers that this was Jesus. Jesus didn’t seem surprised. He didn’t even tell me how wrong I was. Some of the disciples were angry but I knew they would be. Peter even tried to fight the soldiers with a sword he picked up. But Jesus told them to stop fighting and that he would go with the soldiers wherever they wanted. I should have known that Jesus would not fight. That’s the way he was. It was only a few minutes until I was sorry but it was too late. The people in high places laughed at me ...

3313. Joseph of Arimathea

Luke 23:50-56

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... began to believe not only what he said but what others were saying about him. I believed that Jesus was the Messiah. I was sorry, really sorry, when I heard that the other members of the group wanted to arrest him. Some even talked of killing him. I wanted to stop them and I told Nicodemus how I felt. There were others who did not think that he was doing anything wrong but we were so few. The night that Jesus was arrested, I was not even called to the meeting that they had to accuse Jesus. I did not know ...

3314. The Preparers

Luke 1:57-66

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... is a story told by Robert Louis Stevenson that gives good direction for our efforts to reflect. When only a lad he recalls peering out a window and watching as night settled over his town. In the distance, down the street, he saw a small light coming. It stopped at every street lamp and lighted if until the entire street was bathed in light. He recalled it as seeing one "punching holes in the darkness." By such light bringing we too can punch holes in the darkness. We can inspire others by our living, our ...

3315. THE WATCHERS

Luke 2:21-40

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Theodore L. Yewey

... had already gathered in our regular meeting place and were beginning to sing some Christmas hymns. As June and I were unbuttoning the children’s coats and removing boots from the little feet and then the shoes from the boots, we noticed that the singing had stopped and waves of excitement swept through the gathered group as the happy children went first to one and then another person to talk about Christmas and laugh and touch and be touched. This went on for a remarkable length of time. And one by one ...

3316. The Testing Law Man

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... press of their business, and because of the dangerous location and suspecting a trap, they continued on their way. The Nazarene did not include those details in his story. Mind you - the Nazarene made these men the villains of his story. The third man - a Samaritan - stopped and assisted the stricken man, helping him to an inn and providing for his care. Not answered in the story was why a foreigner was on the road, nor what his business was that would give him the kind of money needed for that assistance ...

3317. Toward Health With Confidence

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the driver, listening hard. "It is also reported that a woman had been healed by simply touching his robe - just the fringe." The driver continued with another report: "She had been bleeding for many years, and with just a touch of his robe her bleeding stopped. And she shouted out her miracle - and praised Jesus." Our town listened to these wonders with wide eyes. It was like the tales of the ancient wonders - of miracles that parted the Sea to let the Hebrew slaves escape. It reminded them of manna sent ...

3318. Broken Bread, Shared Cup

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... . It was always such with us. Through the wandering years, the meal time was more medicine for our spirits than sustenance for our bodies. But this night the Master was sad. The feet had all been washed, and with that cleansing our voices were stopped; our debates hushed by the symbolism of the act. Our Master serves. "I would eat this meal with you," he said, "Perhaps this is the last - perhaps we will no longer lounge together picking apart the luscious grapes of the vineyards. Perhaps, the goodness ...

3319. Clean Light

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... s light, and he can assure us that even our bodies, our feeble, fickle, faltering bodies, can glorify God. Frances Ridley Havergal wrote: "Look at a poor, little, colorless drop of water, hanging weakly on a blade of grass. It is not beautiful at all; why should you stop to look at it? Stay till the sun has risen, and now look. It is sparkling like a diamond; and if you look at it from another side, it will be glowing like a ruby, and presently gleaming like an emerald. The poor little drop has become one ...

3320. Unwavering Light

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... ? It’s easy to see how something as intimate and personal as marriage could generate strong feelings within the Corinthian church, even confusion. But Saint Paul is certain that it is counterproductive. Confusion only weakens Christian witness. Maybe even stops it altogether. This, above all, the apostle cannot permit. He knows there must be no wavering in the mission of Christianity. This God-given purpose overrides all else, has eternal precedence, is forever the main, central, paramount concern of ...

3321. OUR LORD TORMENTED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... !" "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" "Let him be crucified! Crucify him! Away with him! To the cross! Crucify him!" Pilate g!anced at the note in his hand. Slowly, he crumpied it in his palm, and tossed it aside. Too late now to stop what he had begun - even had he wanted to please Procula. The frenzy of the mob was nearing the proportion of a riot. He called for water, and in sight of all he held out his hands while servants poured Water over them from a pitcher, catching its flow ...

3322. THE LIFE OF UTTER OBEDIENCE

Philippians 2:1-11

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John W. Rilling

... I am thinking of, a father and his little boy were singing at the piano before bedtime. The song was "Praise him, praise him, all ye little children." It is one of those songs that runs on through seemingly endless verses: praise him, ... love him ... serve him ... When the father stopped the boy looked up and said, "Daddy, you forgot to crown him." That is the Palm Sunday choice in every age. The choice is very simple. Either - Or. Crown him, or crucify him.

3323. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... of the men said, "It looks like he has found a pal and is bringing him in to get another donation from the marble fund." "You can’t blame him for that if his friend wants marbles, too!" replied the other man. But both men were mistaken. The two boys stopped at the open store door. The first boy, holding his bag of marbles in one hand, looking up with loving eyes to the giver of the dime, raised his other hand and pointed to the man and turned to his little pal and said: "That’s him." And then the ...

3324. Reinforced With Joy

John 15:1-17

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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

Last fall I was invited to a luncheon to hear an outstanding leader in the business world. I sat next to the president of one of our local industries. While we were visiting, stillness fell about our table as everyone there stopped talking and listened to our conversation. When the industrial leader realized this, he looked at the other men at the table and said, "I want to ask the pastor a question which I think we all want to know." Turning to me, he said, "Dr. Gar, why is it that ...

3325. The Sheep And The Goats

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... day. Of course, there is a drawback in kindness. Kindness means nurturing and nurturing takes time. Blowing a whistle will get you a more immediate result. But in the end shouting and ultimatums will never win the day. The Apostle Paul admonished the church at Ephesus: “Stop being mean, bad tempered and angry. Instead, be ye kind to one another, even as God has forgiven you because you belong to Christ Jesus.” III Third, this parable suggests that in the end we are judged not on the bad that we do, but ...

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