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3401. Reconciliation: The Heart of Love

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to be reconciled. We recall when Peter asked the Lord how many times it was necessary to forgive, thinking seven times would be more than sufficient. But Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, but, I tell you seventy-seven times" (Matthew 18:22). Of course, Jesus' response in essence says that we must be able to forgive an infinite number of times. As God stands willing and ready to forgive us, so in a similar way we must be ready to forgive others. Some may fear that they have responded too late to Jesus ...

3402. Commissioned for Christ

2 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... had seen and heard. They were, thus, commissioned to go forward and proclaim the message of Christ. As surely as Jake Laboon received multiple commissions to country, God, and God and country, and as Elisha took the mantle of Elijah, so we must take our responsibility as baptized Christians to go forth do God's work in our world. Since Christ's work would not be completed before he left the world, he prepared the apostles for their future work in furthering the kingdom that he initiated. When Jesus sent the ...

3403. The Divine Deal ...

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... his part in the deal would be the pregnancy of Sarah, Abraham's wife, a laughing matter that would turn dead serious. The deal was more like a call. God called Abraham to a glorious future rife with milk and honey in a place called Canaan. Abraham's response to God's offer would be simple gratitude and a willingness to go after the dream and to keep the dream alive. Perhaps Abraham also had the charge to proclaim the goodness and power of the god named "El Shaddai" (God Almighty). In some ways, the call of ...

3404. Your God Shall Be My God

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... is the body of Christ and there is nothing "individual" about it. In the body, we are members one of another. When you bring your children to baptism, you give them to the church. You give them away to Christ and to the body of Christ — so the church shares responsibility for them. The church must be honest with them. The church will say to them, "We don't live by fad and fancy, for we are a different people." This is our story, not that; this is our standard, not that. Jesus comes to give us a story we ...

3405. Cause of Injury

Illustration

Staff

... to an insurance company: I am writing in response to your request for additional information. In block #3 of the accident form, I put "trying to do the job alone" as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more fully, and I trust that the following details will be sufficient. I am ...

3406. The Twelfth Sponge

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Staff

In the operating room of a large hospital, a young nurse was completing her first full day of responsibilities. "You've only removed 11 sponges, doctor," she said to the surgeon. "We used 12." "I removed them all," the doctor declared. "We'll close the incision now." "No," the nurse objected. "We used 12 sponges." "I'll take full responsibility," the surgeon said grimly. "Suture!" "You can't do that!" blazed the nurse. "Think of the patient." The surgeon smiled, lifted his foot, and showed the nurse the ...

3407. Antagonist: Antagonists in the Church

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Kenneth C Haugk

... phone calls, questions, etc. The "cause" Early Warning Signs: Chill in the relationship Honeyed "concerns" "Dear pastor, I have a concern about ..." may mean "I'm angry!!" Nettlesome questions Mobilizing forces, pot stirring Meddling in others' responsibilities Resistance Later Warning Signs: Sloganeering Accusing Spying Distorting Misquoting scripture "Judas kissing" "I'm your friend, but I have to say..." Smirking Letter writing (don't respond with a lengthy, reasoned answer) Pretense Lobbying Preventing ...

3408. Take a Bow

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Dr. Ernest Mellor

... too. Being affirmed makes us feel wonderful. If you want to rekindle or keep the flame of love glowing in your marriage through the years, try showing and expressing your appreciation for your mate. Put some applause in your marriage and watch love grow. And, if your not getting the response you'd like, next time you do something meaningful and get no response, take a bow. If they ask what your doing, tell them your waiting for the applause.

3409. The Will to Move Forward

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Jim Peterson

... young woman. They are immediately attracted to one another. They both say to themselves, "Now there is someone I'd like to marry." At that point, if the emotions had their way, there would be a wedding. But the intellect intervenes, questioning the impulsive emotional response. Would we be compatible? What is she really like? Can I afford to support her? Both conclude it would be better to take some more time and answer a few questions before they proceed. So the two begin spending more time with each other ...

3410. Take the Stairs

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Dennis Kinlaw

... appeared on the list of those to be arrested and shipped to Siberia. A conference of Semitic scholars was scheduled in Vienna. Joseph applied for a visa to go. He was refused. After three more refusals he decided to visit personally the office of the individual responsible for all visas. The office was on the fourth floor. As he entered the building his emotions got the best of him. He was furious about the visa rejections. I will never forget my friend's face as he looked across at me and said, "Dennis ...

3411. Do As You Please

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Michael Horton

... 5, Paul, wouldn't they take advantage of the situation and live like the dickens, knowing they were 'safe and secure from all alarm'?" That's a fair question. But it reveals a basic misunderstanding of the nature of God's saving grace. Paul's response is unmistakable: "Certainly not? How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?" (Romans 6:2, NKJV). Someone confronted Martin Luther, upon the Reformer's rediscovery of the biblical doctrine of justification, with the remark, "If this is true, a person ...

3412. A Parents' Task to Counter Culture

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Ellen Goodman

... clear that one of your main jobs as a parent is to counter the culture. What the media deliver to children by the masses, you are expected to rebut one at a time. But it occurs to me now that the call for "parental responsibility" is increasing in direct proportion to the irresponsibility of the marketplace. Parents are expected to protect their children from an increasingly hostile environment. Are the kids being sold junk food? Just say no. Is TV bad? Turn it off. Are there messages about sex, drugs ...

3413. Mop It Up

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Staff

... the patient's bed. The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got out of the bed, so he asked a nurse's aide to mop it up. The patient didn't know it, but the hospital policy said that small spills were the responsibility of the nurse's aides while large spills were to be mopped up by the hospital's housekeeping group. The nurse's aide decided the spill was a large one and she called the housekeeping department. A housekeeper arrived and declared the spill a small one. An argument followed ...

3414. All Brains and No Belief

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Hugh Ross

... doctrine of a personal God. Two specific obstacles blocked his way. According to his journal writings, Einstein wrestled with a deeply felt bitterness toward the clergy, toward priests in particular, and with his inability to resolve the paradox of God's omnipotence and man's responsibility for his choices. "If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work; how is it possible to think of holding men ...

3415. Jingle Bells at a Funeral

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ. If you believe in Jesus Christ and your heart is not filled with joy, ask God for it. It is your birthright as one who has given your life to Jesus. Christmas is a perfect time for doing that. Joy is not only the privilege, but also the responsibility of a Christian. It is our witness to the world that God is alive. A French philosopher once said, “I look at the Christians or those who call themselves such. They look so morbid and sad. If that’s Christianity, I’ll have no part of it.” I say ...

3416. Christmas Is a God-Thing

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... treat a young man suffering from extreme autism. In the video you see, first of all, this young man, severely disturbed, beating his head against a wall and then walking fast up and down the room, twisting and flicking a piece of string. The therapist’s first response is strange: she begins to twist and flick a piece of string as well. When the young man makes a noise, so does she; when he begins to do something different, like banging his hand on a table, she does the same. The video shows what happens ...

3417. The Parking Space

Humor Illustration

... young man in a small sports car zoomed into the space beating her out of it. The lady charged out of her car and angrily demanded to know why he had done that when he could easily tell she was trying to park there and had been there first. His response was simply, "Because I'm young and I'm quick." When he came back out a few minutes later, he found the elderly lady using her big new car as a battering ram, backing up and then ramming it into his parked car. Now he was very angry and asked ...

3418. A Man's Face

Humor Illustration

The story is told of a trusted advisor of President Lincoln who recommended a candidate for Lincoln's cabinet. Lincoln declined and when he was asked why, he said, "I don't like the man's face." "But the poor man is not responsible for his face," his advisor insisted. "Every man over forty is responsible for his face," Lincoln replied, and the prospect was considered no more.

3419. A PC Holiday Greeting

Humor Illustration

A Politically Correct Holiday Greeting: Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, ... or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others and no responsibility for any unintended emotional stress these greetings may bring to those not caught up in the holiday spirit.

3420. A Personal Gift for God

Illustration

... plastic buttons, some placed coinage equal to our pennies. However, one particular woman who owned nothing but the one dress on her back, stared at the plate. After a moment, she stood up and stepped right into the offering basket. She offered herself. This is still the best gift and response you can ever make in response to the Christmas story.

3421. Life’s Take-Home Final

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is saying, “Am I fulfilling my mission or not?” Jesus turned his mission statement into our take-home final. Like all take home finals, there is no time limit. We have all of our life resources to draw upon. We can edit and re-do our responses throughout our lifetimes. We are to “take home” this final wherever our “home” might be, whatever circumstances we may be living in. But we are always to take this mission, this message, of Christ’s presence in “the least ones” home with us. In the ...

3422. Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... ). An unimaginable angelic visitor, a wholly improbable prediction, a physical impossibility, and an event that, if it came to pass, could implode all of Mary’s plans and promises: this young woman has a lot to process and ponder. Yet Mary’s response is immediate and without wavering. Again, this is a direct departure from Zechariah’s priestly doubtings. Mary in her unprepared, unprotected state proclaims with simple faith “Here I am, the servant of the Lord, let it be with me according to your word ...

3423. No Time for a Sermon

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... be loved, people under compulsion to speak of their love, however brokenly, however hurriedly, in whatever form or pattern may come to hand. Those who have witnessed this moment, even in a dimly remembered past, will attest to the position here taken, that of all the responses contrivedin the human mind for other occasions that this is no time for a sermon. For a sermon, you see, is meant to inspire, to challenge or to comfort.It is meant to admonish or to instruct.And Christmas is none of these, but rather ...

3424. I Am Baptized!

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... through the dirt. Here she comes, with mud on her clothes, her face, in her hair, her eyes, her ears, her mouth. What do you mothers do? Do you say, ‘Don’t come near!’ Do you say, ‘You made your mess now clean it up!’ To an older, responsible child, you might say that. But not to one who can’t clean herself. You take her in your arms, soiling your own clothes; you comfort her, then gently clean all the sand and dirt and refuse from her eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth. You love her, clean her, and ...

3425. The Sun Will Rise

Lk 2:21-40

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King Duncan

... the stories we read together when I was little. It's the story of the rooster who got up before dawn every day to sit on the roof of the farmhouse and crow so that the sun would rise. Because that's what he really believed: that it was his responsibility to make the sun come up. He was always afraid that if he didn't crow, everything would go wrong. He kept worrying: What would happen if I fell ill, or even died? How would the crops grow, and the children wake up in time for school, and the frost ...

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3401. Reconciliation: The Heart of Love

Hosea 2:14-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

3402. Commissioned for Christ

2 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

3403. The Divine Deal ...

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Sermon

Ken Lentz

3404. Your God Shall Be My God

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

3405. Cause of Injury

Illustration

Staff

3406. The Twelfth Sponge

Illustration

Staff

3407. Antagonist: Antagonists in the Church

Illustration

Kenneth C Haugk

3408. Take a Bow

Illustration

Dr. Ernest Mellor

3409. The Will to Move Forward

Illustration

Jim Peterson

3410. Take the Stairs

Illustration

Dennis Kinlaw

3411. Do As You Please

Illustration

Michael Horton

3412. A Parents' Task to Counter Culture

Illustration

Ellen Goodman

3413. Mop It Up

Illustration

Staff

3414. All Brains and No Belief

Illustration

Hugh Ross

3415. Jingle Bells at a Funeral

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

King Duncan

3416. Christmas Is a God-Thing

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

3417. The Parking Space

Humor Illustration

3418. A Man's Face

Humor Illustration

3419. A PC Holiday Greeting

Humor Illustration

3420. A Personal Gift for God

Illustration

3421. Life’s Take-Home Final

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3422. Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

3423. No Time for a Sermon

Hebrews 1:1-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

3424. I Am Baptized!

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

3425. The Sun Will Rise

Lk 2:21-40

Illustration

King Duncan

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