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3376. Why Fear Growing Old?

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... life that was. Ahead of us, the life that is to be. Behold, The City of God! "I have made and I will carry. Even I will carry and deliver you." Don’t be afraid. Trust the whole process. "Don’t worry about getting older;" says Burton Hillis, "when you stop getting older you are dead." Like the little boy said, "The day you’re born, you’re a goner." No! God created us that we might share his life. It will take a whole lifetime of growing, stage by stage, to experience the life that God has in mind for ...

3377. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... grade physical education teacher who blurts out, "Maybe I am low woman on the totem pole, but I am a human. Don’t think you can move me around like a piece of furniture." It is the young housewife who, while fixing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, suddenly stops long enough to lean against the refrigerator and sob, "I have a brain and a soul, and I can do more than wash dishes and make beds. I wrote poetry, once." And her mother read Feminine Mystique. It is the custodian who says, "When it comes to ...

3378. Man, Where Are You?

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... the hook is when Christ gets him off the hook. And the only way Christ gets us off the hook is when one understands that one is on the hook. The first step, then, is to acknowledge guilt. Harry Truman had a sign, they tell us, saying that, "The buck stops here." Well, man, where are you? "I’m on the hook, Lord. Only you can get me off." That’s why the promise came so quickly on the heels of human sin - the promise of a seed to crush the serpent’s head and send him reeling to defeat. And ...

3379. The Lord Has Saved His People

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... , give praise, and say, ‘The Lord has saved his people.’ " If God had followed our example, as we frequently insist he ought, he would have jumped the ship a couple thousand years ago. But then there was that night in Bethlehem when God, instead of shouting, "Stop the world, I want to get off," sent angel messengers to bring the news that he had come aboard. And in response to cries of hopeless blind folk groping in the darkness of sin’s night, "Jesus, son of David, save me," there was born in David ...

3380. Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... cannot be proved on earth; it must be believed. III And so, we learn from the life of Thomas a third lesson: We must move beyond doubt to faith. It is all right to doubt, but in our discipleship we should move beyond doubt. Jesus admonished Thomas, “Stop doubting and believe.” Unbelief is a normal part of life but it is not healthy to remain in unbelief. In the early days of John Wesley’s ministry he was racked with doubts and uncertainties. So he went to his old friend and mentor Peter Bohler and ...

3381. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... you believe in God? SUSAN: Not really. Well, maybe. There must be truth somewhere. There has to be. FLY: It would be nice, wouldn't it? SUSAN: But, God? Who believes in God anymore? FLY: You'd be surprised. Keep searching. You've made some great leaps forward. Don't stop now. (FLY PREPARES TO EXIT) SUSAN: Wait, where are you going? I need you. FLY: You don't need me. You can think on your own now. SUSAN: Hey, I can, can't I? FLY: (EXITING) You sure can. Keep thinking. It's a good idea. SUSAN: It is a ...

3382. The Friends of Jesus

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... but their friendship was a casual one. Then came that tragic night in Edgar Geusts life when he lost his first baby. He felt lonely and defeated. These were dark days. Guest went to the drugstore the next morning to pick up something. When he entered Jim Potter stopped what he was doing and asked Jim to step in the back. “Eddie, he said, I really cannot express to you the sympathy I have for you in my heart. If you need anything, you can count on me.” Many years later Edgar Guest recalled that incident ...

3383. Revived Through Service

John 15:9-17

Illustration

I read about one occasion when Sadhu Sundar Singh and a companion were traveling through a pass high in the Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, "We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves with him." But Sundar Singh would not think of leaving the man to die in the ice and snow. As his companion made his farewell, Sundar Singh lifted the poor traveler ...

3384. She Knew The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Illustration

Lee Griess

... was forbidden and worship was banned by the Chinese rulers. One evening the Red Guards burst into their small home and threatened them for worshiping Jesus. A small altar with a crude cross stood in one corner of the room. Determined to put a stop to their worship and command complete allegiance to the Communist state, the Red Guard lieutenant demanded they spit on the cross. They refused. The lieutenant became indignant and shouted at them that unless they spat on the cross they would be killed. Finally ...

3385. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... do. But I like to think that once a person has truly looked into the eyes of Jesus nothing can ever really be the same. One of the best photographs from the WWII era is a photo of King George the VI inspecting a bombed out section of London. He stops to talk with a little boy, who is sloppily dressed and has his cap on crooked. The King is bending on one knee and looking directly into the face of the child, and even though it is a profile shot of the king you can see that his is a ...

3386. Anger

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... always got some kind of smart comeback for everything I say. SAM: Ya think so, huh? Well, that's your opinion and it's the wrong opinion. RENA: (UNCOVERING THE PAINT CAN AND BRUSH) Here, I brought you the paint so you can start on the bathroom. SAM: Will you stop it? RENA: No, I mean it. You've avoided painting that bathroom long enough. Now get to it. SAM: I'm tired. I had a rough day. RENA: I'm tired too. I'm tired of you being the absentee father. SAM: Absentee father? Been watching too many talk shows ...

3387. Blind No More

Mark 10:46-52

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . So that's what I'm going to do here, now. I'm going to tell you about Jesus. Don't tell me you've heard it all. You haven't. With Jesus there's always something new. I was going to tell you my story anyway. I can't stop talking about it. Believe me, you'd be the same way. I was a beggar. I always sat by Jericho's western gate alongside the road. I had been there from sunup to sundown every day except the Sabbath since I was three years old. I've been blind since ...

3388. Jarius' Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... working so diligently for (another). It is because Christ has resurrected me. Why is it that I am pushing for (another)? It is because I have been resurrected by Christ. That one who commands us out of our lethargy and indifference says to us: I say to you, get up! Stop acting as though you are still dead. I say to you arise. Rise up O men of God; the church for you doth wait. Her strength unequal to the task; rise up and make her great. Amen.

3389. A Reason

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... -introduce us to hope, O God, as you teach us to come to new understandings about our gifts of talent, personality, and inadequacy. Thank you for the capacity to grow. Through your Holy Spirit. Amen. Prayer of Confession We know, God, that when we stop complaining about our weaknesses and cease mourning what we can no longer do, something tender begins to happen within us. We let our frailties awaken alternative ways of doing things. We find other ways to use our talents. We learn patience and hope because ...

3390. The Advent Hope

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... years ago a United States submarine sank off the coast of New England. The rescue operation led to the discovery of the disabled vessel in the bottom of the ocean. When the divers approached the submarine, they heard a tapping sound from the inside. When they stopped to listen, they heard this message tapped in Morse code: "Is there hope?" That is the question still tapped from within the depths of the human heart. In the hour of tragedy and of impending death it is most poignant, but hope is never a luxury ...

3391. Easter People

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... speculation about the immortality of the soul. It admits that there is nothing in man which can withstand the destructive fury of death. Were we left to our own resources, the last word would be: "utterly dead and gone." But the Christian faith does not stop there. It knows One who like Columbus ventured forth into the unknown and returned in triumph. The risen Christ is the one all-sufficient ground of the Christian hope. It is he who assures us, "Because I live, you will live also" (John 14:19). His ...

3392. The Heart of the Reformation

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... there in Jesus that prevents me from trusting him completely? If you are a sincere seeker after truth, you will find that he is the one person in whom you can put all your trust in life and in death. And when you put your full trust in him, you stop struggling on your own, you let him take complete charge, you accept a new Lord and a new life in responsibility to him. The second of the heart-throbs of the Reformation is sola gratia, by grace alone. As Paul states it, "By the free gift of God’s grace ...

3393. The Priesthood of All Believers

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... level and to help other alcoholics to do the same has done a better job than any impersonal temperance program. Their first principle is this: know yourself. Face yourself frankly, and don’t pretend to be something that you are not. Unless you stop bluffing and fooling yourself, you have no chance at all. The same is true of Christian witnessing. Many church people are poor witnesses because they can tell only what others are supposed to have seen and heard but they themselves have never experienced ...

3394. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... invisible parade of heroes marching from Valley Forge and Gettysburg as well as the battlefields of the present century, soldiers whose blood has nourished the soil from which our freedom grows. When the train bearing the body of Abraham Lincoln to its final resting place stopped at the railroad station in Albany, and crowds gathered to get a last glimpse of the martyr president, a poor black woman lifted up her little boy above the crowd and said, "Son, take a long look, he died for you." Just so, we today ...

3395. Paul's Thorn In The Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... island. She batted long eyelashes over deep blue eyes and purred, "Ole, you forgot the chocolate syrup." Love will make a person do strange things. Ole got back into that boat and returned to the store for syrup. As he rowed back toward the island, suddenly he stopped. He sat there in the boat the rest of the afternoon, fascinated by an idea. By the end of that afternoon, Ole Evinrude had invented the outboard motor. And by the way, Ole later married the girl who waited so long on the island. Ole Evinrude ...

3396. How Life’s Pressures Affect Good Judgment

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Brett Blair

... with her provocative dance that he promised her anything. She runs out, consults with her mother, and then makes the damaging request before the king and all the guest: The head of John the Baptist. I suppose that Herodias felt embarrassed by John. He would not stop pointing out their sin so she concocted this scheme to hang John. History does not record for us what happened to their marriage after this incident, but I can assure you that their marriage was not a bed of roses. Whatever their situation it is ...

3397. The Struggle of Faith

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... who had acted out some rebellion and had brought great pain upon herself and those who loved her. In another instance, a son had run afoul of the law and was even now awaiting trial and would probably be convicted. The list ran on. After a while, she stopped with some concern and said, "I feel like I am the bearer of only bad news. I certainly would not want you to think that nothing but tragedy has happened to us in these intervening years, for there have been times of gladness; we have known joy and ...

3398. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... the past die in order to become new persons includes laying aside the security operations that keep us safe from risk. Hanging on to the security of the "sure thing" is like the wild geese in Kierkegaard’s story. On their migratory flights, some wild geese stopped off to feed in the yard of a farmer who already had some domestic geese. They learned to depend upon the farmer’s feeding them, and they were so comfortable that they continued to feed in this yard. They stayed until one time when they wanted ...

3399. Like Trees Walking

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... of his saliva on the afflicted organ. Early in the same chapter is the account of a deaf and dumb man healed similarly. The touch at the moment of need made the difference - one of the earliest forms known. Then Jesus told the man to go home, not to stop off in the village and to talk to no one. In the context of this chapter of Mark’s Gospel we may assume one of the reasons for this command was to keep the man from proclaiming a miracle and attracting a crowd, proclaiming a miracle and drawing further ...

3400. Thomas Didymus: An Honest Skeptic

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... tangible testing of the sign and probably took some pride in his show-me attitude as today’s Christian might. The followers, as well as the crowds that gathered, were constantly asking for signs which are called the mighty acts of Jesus. We have stopped thinking signs and we only believe "facts," those which seem physically verifiable. But the ancient signs and the present day facts do not necessarily lead people to faith. They may cause one to believe the sign or act as a peculiar or powerful phenomenon ...

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