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3376. The Other Ninety-nine

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

John G. Lynn

... go to God for light and seek the protection of his nourishing Word. Only when we are left in the desert will we run to the shepherd for the help we need. Martin Luther often felt driven to the desert. He called such times his "anfechtung," his inner sense of turmoil, pain, and loss. Luther felt these feelings came from God who sometimes plays with us in a friendly manner to tease us. At such times Luther liked to read, pray and sing psalms. When Scott came back to Linda, they prayed together. She took her ...

3377. Breakthrough!

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... a tree, but am floating to the ground, not plummeting, and I'm hearing a voice in my head telling me I'm not nuts!" Expecting the jarring impact of flesh and bone with solid earth to end her conscious existence at any moment, she marveled again at the sense of peace she felt. And then, unbelievably, she was down. She was down on the ground! And she was UNHURT! "What's going on here?" she wondered in awe. "I told you," the head-voice said, "You fell; I caught you." "Who ARE you?" she questioned? "Oh, I think ...

3378. Easter Joy

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... his impatience with mediocrity and the failures of the people in his command. However, what was impressive was the way he took control in the European theater in World War II with no fear for his own life and great confidence in the Allied offensive. One senses a greater anxiety in the young Eisenhower when he was at Camp Colt during World War I. As lieutenant colonel, Eisenhower was greatly distressed for the wholesale loss of personnel to a flu epidemic that was a threat also to him and Mamie and their ...

3379. Taking The Good With The Bad

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... the goodness from God, Job felt that life was infinitely worthwhile. I am certain that Job must have said to himself what most people say in a moment like that: Where is God? How often I have been asked that question. That question has a sense of abandonment. The person asking the question feels that God is distant. Recently a SwissAire jetliner bound for Geneva crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia killing all 220 people aboard. As I watched the televsion coverage of the crash, I saw family members standing ...

3380. The Tale Of Three Women

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... to her, or was she angry? This story seems strange to us. Why would anybody want to limit his or her options by becoming unnecessarily tied down by the messy complications of other people? The story of Ruth and Naomi is one of two women who in a sense are strangers coming from two different parts of the world, yet they are bound together in the midst of a hostile world. This is a story of relationships, of family. To be in any family is to venture forth like Ruth and Naomi, without guarantees for the future ...

3381. Queen Of Hearts!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... I'm awfully glad I'm me!" And she busies herself making the most of who she is in her family, town, and day with God. In verse 21 she is "not afraid of the snow." Verse 25 mentions her dignity, laughter, and strength. Verse 18 mentions her business sense: "She perceives that her merchandise is profitable." Clearly her inner life matches what God thinks and expects of her. I know a woman recently widowed. She's let herself go, is unkempt, smelly, and reclusive. "I have no one to look at me, to make me feel ...

3382. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... Hilda's prayer and taking her to heaven." The resident was now getting impatient with me. "But, Pastor, not that prayer! Let's thank God for finally healing Hilda and giving her back her eyesight." "But Hilda wasn't healed. She died!" I insisted with a firm sense of objectivity. "But, Pastor, Jesus took Hilda home. And Jesus heals all his friends. That's why I know that Hilda is finally getting to see." And I thought to myself, Hilda had been blind, but she saw clearly, more clearly that the rest of us ...

3383. Judgment Day

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Steven E. Albertin

... , not to worry about whether they were slaves or free because this world was soon to end, but it didn't. Was Paul wrong too? No. Quite the contrary. At the heart of our Christian faith is the belief that we have already seen the end. In a sense the end of the world has already happened. Judgment Day has already occurred in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In his death and resurrection the entire history of the earth has reached its turning point. At that moment, when he was nailed to the ...

3384. Telling The Truth

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... in Europe. At the time of the Reformation, Luther attacked the church and demanded change because the church was no longer telling people the truth! Instead the church was peddling a conglomeration of lies and half-truths which ultimately undermined and corrupted its very essence. In a sense the church is an island of truth in a sea of lies! The truth which the church has to announce to the world is twofold, two-sided, double-edged. The truth is this: On the one hand, as Jesus says in today's Gospel, we are ...

3385. No Freudian Slip!

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... things that fill the world around you? And how about the affluence that you people in this community enjoy? You are blessed! So, why aren't you thankful? Why are you worrying about tomorrow, you people of little faith? Jesus is shaming us into a sense of thanksgiving. But such thanksgiving is easier said than done. Despite our best intentions, our giving thanks is always less than what it should be. And there are always the Freudian slips that reveal that this is precisely the case. Recently I had an ...

3386. Miracle Three: Healing A Leper

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... unfounded charges of immorality. Other members of the congregation believed her lies. They joined in a spreading ostracism of the young lady, who could not understand the growing resentment against her. She started to feel cut off from others and a keen sense of loneliness engulfed her. When she learned of the false rumors, she did her best to refute them, but without success. The burden of animosity finally became so great that she committed suicide. At her funeral the pastor, who knew the true story ...

3387. Miracles Seven and Eight: Healing An Issue Of Blood & Healing The Rulers Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... , "You have delayed too long." They even said, "Don't trouble the teacher any further." What a blow that news was. But it did not perturb Jesus. He simply ignored their acceptance of death and told Jairus not to worry, but to continue to have faith. Jesus sensed that many in the crowd around him were there merely from curiosity, and he had no desire to have the miracles detract from his message about the kingdom of God. So he wanted to get away from the gawkers and be alone with his disciples. So taking ...

3388. The Waiting Place

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

William L. Self

... glory of God in the face of Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6)? One wonders just where and how the hush in the theatre before the curtain rises finds a place in our lives long enough to listen for the invasion of holiness. How and where does Advent in this sense of still waiting happen to us? How and where do we detach from, as Buechner says, "the mythology of our age"? How do we listen? How do we disengage from the invasion, from our worlds, long enough to see the hazy ring around the winter moon that means the ...

3389. Getting In Tune Again

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

William L. Self

... welfare of its constituents or communicants. Without much difficulty, people can be satisfied with their own peace of mind or cultivation of their own spirits. There can be emphasis upon worship and ceremony, with a priesthood and a valued ritual. In a real sense people who participate in such a religion tend to their own business and do not bother others. They can continue in this vein, devoid of mission, and maintain good relations even with an atheistic or dictatorial governmental rÈgime."1 The church ...

3390. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

William L. Self

... Christ and the subsequent baptism is, in effect, an ordination for us. It is at this point that we are certified for service by the Christian community. Too many in the Christian community fail to see baptism as the certification for ministry. In a real sense all Christians are called, not just the ordained clergy. Baptism puts life in proper perspective. We have but one purpose: to express Christ in the world. "In the beginning God" ... "and God said that it was good" (v. 9). He begins a work and confirms ...

3391. Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... for the candle's sake. Yet God never lights a candle, in human hearts or elsewhere, for the candle's sake alone. God lights fires in cold rooms, cold hearts, and cold societies for illumination and warmth. No soul is truly saved until it becomes, in a direct sense, a savior to other souls. The fatal blow to any faith is when it is regarded as an end in itself. Earl Grey wrote of his father, a former Governor-General of Canada, "He lit so many fires in cold rooms."1 What a beautiful eulogy to have earned ...

3392. Light In The Land Of Shadows

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... here?" The clown answered, "No, I lost it over there," and pointed to a dark corner of the stage. "Why, then," asked the exasperated policeman, "are you looking here?" To which the clown shrugged his shoulders, "Because there is no light over there!" In a very real sense this sometimes depicts our religious situation. We decide where God is to be found and if God comes in another form we are in the position of the clown, of looking for God where God does not exist. This was true of those people before that ...

3393. Point Of Origin

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... They can lay down their cards in a gin rummy game and rush out and play a torrid love scene. They can turn it on and off in an instant. That's why they are called professionals. But something happened that day when Toscanini began to direct. Everyone could sense it. By the end of the first movement no one was daydreaming. Each person was intent on the music. They played it flawlessly. At the end of the final movement the maestro put down his baton. The members of the orchestra rose to their feet in applause ...

3394. A Bad Temperament Can Kill You

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... something great and exciting, you would have done it in order to be healed. Suppose the prophet had demanded $125,000? You were prepared to give it. If he had asked you to crawl back home on your hands and knees you would have done it." The good sense of Naaman reasserted itself and he began to focus his attention on the big picture. He went down to the Jordan. Can't you just see and hear him dipping himself a few times: "Embarrassing. Boring. This is humiliating. Crummy, little, muddy river. I'm just as ...

3395. A New Name

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... God has given you. And no one can take it away. As you give your children nicknames, I urge you to make them ones which, first of all, remind them of their status with Christ. Second of all, use the nickname as a means of giving them a sense of destiny and encouragement as they fulfill their calling as a Christian. Why? So they may also be very fruitful in the generations to come. An anonymous author has penned these words which aptly describe our purpose for living: You are writing a gospel, a chapter each ...

3396. Just What The Doctor Ordered

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... the punishment we deserve for our incessant impatience and grumbling. All God asks is that we look with faith to that pole of Calvary to see our freedom there. Some people think we're stupid for trusting in the power of the cross. No, it doesn't make sense. But it does save. God can't and won't punish us as Christians, even though we complain, because his Son already endured that penalty. He crushed the conniving snake once for all. We need not fear the devil. Jesus saw this story as so significant for our ...

3397. Till Death Do Us -- Unite

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... be an unusual tone to her words, "Pastor, could you stop by this afternoon? I need to talk with you." "Of course, I'll be there around three. Is that okay?" It didn't take long for Pastor Neal to discover the reason for what he had only sensed in her voice earlier. Sarah shared the news that her doctor had discovered a previously undetected tumor. "He says I probably have about six months to live." Sarah's words were naturally serious, yet there was a definite calm about her. "I'm so sorry ..." but before ...

3398. The Highest In The Lowest

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... times my shadow was on your floor. I was a beggar with bruised feet; I was the woman you gave to eat; I was the child on the homeless street. The highest comes in the lowest. How are things with you this Christmas? Is it possible you have no sense of the nearness and the presence of God? For you angels' voices are never heard and the thrill of the high and the holy never enters your life. Nothing about Christmas really grabs you. You are having a hard time really catching the spirit of the season. It could ...

3399. God Is Down To Earth

John 1:1-18

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... have withdrawn to the ivy towers of academia and even there gain notoriety. But the world respects Desmond Tutu because of his willingness to be a down-to-earth bishop who stood with blacks in Soweto until apartheid was finally overcome. Albert Schweitzer, in a sense, was a high-brow man. He had earned doctor of philosophy and medical degrees, as well as being an authority on Bach and a master at the organ. The world appreciated him, not for his intellectual capacity, but for being down-to-earth in his ...

3400. By What Authority?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... follow Jesus into the midst of your home? What would that mean? It would mean significant changes. More equality between husbands and wives. More shared responsibilities. Openness and honesty. It would be risky because it would bring an end to "life as usual." It would bring new direction, a new sense of purpose, along with understanding and hope.

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