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3351. Be Careful How You Live

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... been. This is about now. Now is the time. This very moment I can start making positive choices. We can start in our homes where we have the most influence. "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord...." I remember in my own home when I was growing up and my sister would spontaneously sing to me, "I love you, a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck." I remember my mother sitting at the piano playing hymns, inviting ...

3352. Wiping Away the Tears

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Patrick J. Rooney

... us in his explanation to the Third Article of the Creed, by ourselves we can do nothing, not even come to know Jesus Christ our Lord. But we have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit and it is this Spirit who sustains us in the faith, a faith which ... of trial, tribulation, sword, or peril. For we have this promise which we cling to in faith, that God our God, the one who is Lord of lords, the one who is seated on the throne, the one who has promised to set the banquet feast for the hungry and give flowing ...

3353. Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... . Paul offers a composite “quotation” (elements from Numbers 14:28; Jeremiah 22:24; Ezekiel 5:11, and Isaiah 49:18b are all present). But the bulk of v.11 is taken from Isaiah 45:23b. The demand for all of creation to bow before the Lord on that ultimate Day of Judgment is affirmed. But Paul also makes it personal: “each of us will be accountable to God.” It is that final accountability to the God of the universe, not nit-picking over differences between the “strong” and the “weak” believers ...

3354. God Makes All Things New

Isaiah 61:10—62:3

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... realize there are things we do or words we use, almost continually, that are bothersome or possibly even hurtful to others as well as ourselves. We must have the courage to change, confident again that God's power and grace will help us be the people the Lord wants us to be. Our new beginnings reach out in other areas as well. Some of us need to transform our attitudes toward others, whether individuals or groups. We need to make things new and to realize how much we have lost by our exclusive thinking. We ...

3355. Let The Shofar Sound!

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... from a potential imminent atomic attack; children took position beneath their desks and those at home headed to the bomb shelter in the basement. The book of the prophet Joel urges the trumpeter to sound the shofar, translated "trumpet," (v. 1) to warn that "... the day of the Lord is coming, it is near...." The "shofar" was usually a ram's horn but it could be the horn of any clean animal except that of a cow. It was used in the feast prescribed in Numbers 29:1, the feast of New Year's Day, "Rosh Hashanah ...

3356. Death Is Swallowed Up Forever

Isaiah 25:6-9

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... chaos, the very symbol of death, devouring all it meets. Here, the tables are turned! Here God swallows up death forever. The image is picked up by Paul (1 Corinthians 15:54), when he says, "Death is swallowed up in victory." When death has been swallowed up, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces. It is a comforting image that gets reaffirmed by the Seer in the second lesson, Revelation 21:1-6a: "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God ...

3357. Acting on Faith

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... command and a promise. He was to go from the land of his father to a land that God would show him and God would cause him to father a great nation. And then we read one of the most important statements in all literature: “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him . . .” (Gen, 12:1-40) Did I mention that Abram was seventy-five years old when God first approached him? And yet, with God’s leading, Abram started something a new people, a new nation. This, by the way, is what faith is. God speaks, we obey ...

3358. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , Faith is the victory, Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.” Walk with the calm conviction that tomorrow is a done-deal because the power of the living God is guiding your gait. Most importantly, as Maimonides reminds us, walk as a prayer in motion. We talk about “The Lord’s Prayer,” when we really should call it “The Disciple’s Prayer.” The “Our Father” is a prayer Jesus gave to us. Just as a rabbi gave his disciples a certain walk, he gave them a certain prayer. The real ...

3359. How Much of an Honor?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... a claim to God's blessings that is stronger than the smug and satisfied. They may be like the sheep mentioned by Jesus in his address to the Pharisees, who recognize the voice of their shepherd. At the heart of these scriptures is the recognition that Jesus is Lord and that the ideal king is a shepherd, not a ruler with an iron fist. God is all powerful, but that power is tempered with mercy and understanding. It is brimming with blessings for today, not just for tomorrow. It's not just pie in the sky when ...

3360. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... third opportunity and challenge is: "The harvest is plentiful but the lovers are few!" Wherever Jesus went, he had compassion for the people. "Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, ‘I have compassion for the crowd' " (Matthew 15:32) and "When the Lord saw her he had compassion for her ..." (Luke 7:13). When the people of the harvest know and feel that they are loved, they will respond to the gospel message. Paul encourages the "ones sent" to "bear one another's burdens, and in this way you ...

3361. The Call of God

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Josiah in Israel; that would make it around 626 BC. Josiah had already begun to make a name for himself as one of his nation's best rulers. The Bible says, "He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right orto the left" (2 Kings 22:2). In 621 BC, Josiah began the work of rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem, that glorious structure that Solomon had given the people some 300 years before. It ...

3362. A Rock Thrown, A Lesson Learned

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... that President Abraham Lincoln once said about religion. These are important words: “When any church,” said Lincoln, “will inscribe over its altar as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior’s condensed statement of the substance of both law and Gospel, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and thy neighbor as thyself,’ that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.” So would a lot of other people in our society with a negative view of ...

3363. Open the Window, Aunt Minnie, Here It Comes!

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David’s line; he will do what is just and right in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.’” Jeremiah is known to many students of the Bible as “the weeping prophet.” Often he was the purveyor of bad news. He gave bad news because he was a prophet of God and the people of Israel were living outside of God’s favor. Jeremiah knew ...

3364. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... concerns, to our lack of peace, but Paul suggests that if we trust God and let our prayer take the place of our worry, the elusive peace we ultimately seek will be ours. The author of the book of Proverbs was correct when he wrote: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight” (Proverbs 3:5). Paul says that the peace of God, which surpasses all our understanding, will guard our hearts and minds. This peace is certainly a reality we all seek — to feel at peace and know ...

3365. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... concerns, to our lack of peace, but Paul suggests that if we trust God and let our prayer take the place of our worry, the elusive peace we ultimately seek will be ours. The author of the book of Proverbs was correct when he wrote: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight" (Proverbs 3:5). Paul says that the peace of God, which surpasses all our understanding, will guard our hearts and minds. This peace is certainly a reality we all seek — to feel at peace and know that ...

3366. The Ultimate Mountain Top Experience

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... pleased.” Then we had the epiphany of God’s people as His bride. On the fourth Sunday we had the epiphany of joy the joy of the Lord which is our strength. Last Sunday we had an epiphany about the Christian life that it is all about love. And finally, today we go up on ... of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and the rest of the Israelites saw Moses, they were afraid to come near him. That’s how brightly Moses’ face ...

3367. The Servant Leader

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... people know who you are. When you are in a position of leadership, it’s easy to let your ego take over. Maybe that is why the Lord gave some of us spouses to keep us humble. The story is told of the head of a large company who with his wife was waiting ... And it is a challenge to the rest of us. I love the way Ruth Harms Calkin put it in a poem, titled I Wonder: You know, Lord, How I serve You with great emotional fervor in the limelight. You know how eagerly I speak for You at a Women’s Club. You know my ...

3368. In the Service

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of service. In fact, there is an old slogan that needs to be resurrected: “Doctrine divides, service unites.” Maybe it was with that slogan in mind that in the 1972 “Book of Worship” published by the United Methodist Church, the “Great Thanksgiving” recited at the Lord’s Table ends with this line: “Make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in service to all mankind.” Perhaps with the old slogan in A room-service waiter at a Marriott hotel learned that the sister of a guest had ...

3369. P.S. I Love You

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a man of actions than words, responds by jumping into the water and heading for shore. The eyewitness detail that Peter put on more clothing before hitting the beach implies that unlike King David, Jesus’ disciples preferred not to dance naked before his Lord. Peter’s modesty also recalls the actions of Adam and Eve, whom having sinned sought to hide their shame from God. Given his three-fold denial of Jesus, Peter certainly had reason to feel his own shamefulness. The other disciples manage to pilot ...

3370. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... great corps of witnesses was needed. “The harvest is plentiful,” he said, “but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Christ’s words ring just as true in this generation ... if it means sharing our faith with a stranger. Perhaps you’ve heard the hilarious story about the man who prayed the same prayer every morning: “Lord, if you want me to share my faith with someone today, please give me a sign to show me who it is.” One day he found ...

3371. The Total Gift

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... ’s gift to us. These weeks of Advent we have been changed and transformed as we reflect on our faith in light of the scriptures we have examined. It is with humble obedience that we approach the manger. From that cute little baby who grew up to be our Lord we can experience life in its fullness. It is from that manger that we are called to a lifetime of discipleship. We follow Jesus, doing what he would want us to do. When we do that we experience the grace and peace that come from “God our Father and ...

3372. The Church Is the Place

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... we lose sight of the purpose of the church when we think it is all about us, our personal likes and dislikes, when in fact the church is called by God. The church primarily exists for the sake of others who do not yet know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Like the Corinthians we need to work through our disagreements toward a common goal. God has called us together at this unique moment in time for a reason. Paul uses the word, “sanctified,” which means set apart for God’s holy purpose. We are set ...

3373. Going Home

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Argile Smith

... the story more than a few times. He said that Moses was so close to God that he was able to do things like God alone could do them.” “I remember well my grandfather telling me about watching Moses part the Red Sea by calling on the name of the Lord. Papa told me more than once that Moses was one of a kind. He always talked about how God kept the waters back while Moses took the people through to safety.” “I was just a kid when I first heard about Moses. My parents had the greatest respect for him ...

3374. The Lamb

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Argile Smith

... he made arrangements for them to be given something to eat and drink while he spent some time in prayer. For two hours his executioners sat at his table and ate his food and listened as he talked with God. What they heard in his conversation with the Lord moved them deeply. According to the record of the event, some of them gave up on persecuting believers and became Christians themselves. Polycarp’s act of kindness turned out to be as extreme as his age. What do you think he must have said in his prayer ...

3375. Looking for Ducklings: Kissing the Sidewalk

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Tony Everett

... on the sidewalk? Two days later he was scheduled to serve as a communion assistant for the first time. Poor Daryl. All he could think of was his swollen lip, his bruised cheeks, and his black eye. What an ugly mess! Why did he volunteer to serve at the Lord’s Table this week anyway? What if he offered the wine, speaking the words “this is the blood of Christ shed for you” and then, one by one, people would see his face and reply, “none for me thanks” or “I’ll pass on that today”? That would ...

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3351. Be Careful How You Live

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

3352. Wiping Away the Tears

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Patrick J. Rooney

3353. Romans 14:1-12

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3354. God Makes All Things New

Isaiah 61:10—62:3

Sermon

Richard Gribble

3355. Let The Shofar Sound!

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Ken Lentz

3356. Death Is Swallowed Up Forever

Isaiah 25:6-9

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

3357. Acting on Faith

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

3358. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3359. How Much of an Honor?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

3360. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

3361. The Call of God

Jeremiah 1:4-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3362. A Rock Thrown, A Lesson Learned

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

King Duncan

3363. Open the Window, Aunt Minnie, Here It Comes!

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

3364. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Richard Gribble

3365. Rejoicing Brings Peace

Philippians 4:4-7

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... concerns, to our lack of peace, but Paul suggests that if we trust God and let our prayer take the place of our worry, the elusive peace we ultimately seek will be ours. The author of the book of Proverbs was correct when he wrote: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight" (Proverbs 3:5). Paul says that the peace of God, which surpasses all our understanding, will guard our hearts and minds. This peace is certainly a reality we all seek — to feel at peace and know that ...

3366. The Ultimate Mountain Top Experience

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

3367. The Servant Leader

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

3368. In the Service

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet