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326. The Sweet Scent of Death

John 12:1-8

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Lori Wagner

... The oil of spikenard prepares us for the reality, urgency, immanency, and poignancy of Jesus’ death by evoking in us the reverent, heart-wrenching feelings of a funerary service. In a sense, at this time of our Lenten journey, we too are preparing ourselves for an emotional and enduring grief. May the sweetness of your love for Jesus prepare you for the time that is to come. This Holy Communion, I invite you all therefore to smell the sweet scent of spikenard, even as you consume the body and blood of our ...

327. Brush It Off

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

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Lori Wagner

... it “roll off of your back.” Don’t take it personally is the key phrase here. Whenever something bothers us to the point that it throws us off balance or activates our defenses, it means that we’ve allowed that word or deed to affect us emotionally and personally. We’ve taken it to heart. So let’s think about this for a moment. If someone insults you, how do you remain vulnerable,refrain from putting your defenses up like a fighting lobster, while still letting it “roll off your back”? It’s ...

328. Places That Have a Memory

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... rainy, they're smiling back at me, the pain goes away.” (1) Can you imagine what it was like for Paul Veneto to walk into Ground Zero in New York City with the faces of his dead colleagues smiling up at him? Can you imagine the memories and emotions and stories that surrounded him as he took that long walk to honor his friends? Today marks Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. This is the day when Jesus makes his grand entrance into Jerusalem to the sound of cheering crowds who are welcoming him as the ...

329. Spirit Soaked

Matthew 25:1-13

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Lori Wagner

... Salaries have stayed the same. Houses, whether rentals or purchases, have become unaffordable for many. People are suffering from loss, grief, and anxiety from overworking, lack of financial stability, worries about the future, and most of all, lack of an emotional or spiritual anchor. Many retirees, thinking they can escape the rat race, now suffer from depression from lack of direction, purpose, meaning, and identity. Those who have lost relatives in COVID-19 still lament over their loved ones dying alone ...

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Psalm 76:1-12

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... cf. 68:30, 33). Second, God’s reason for judging was not to defend his mountain but to save all the afflicted of the land. He acts on behalf of the oppressed, not on behalf of sacred space. Emotions play a central role in this narrative. Yahweh’s emotion is anger (vv. 6–7, 10) and the human emotion in response is fear (vv. 7–8, 11–12). 76:11–12 The psalm closes with imperatives addressed apparently to both Israel (the LORD your God) and to all the neighboring lands. Israel is enjoined to present ...

331. Eyes Like a Hawk

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Lori Wagner

... everything clearly.” (Mark 8:25) “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22) Your eyes are your soul’s window. The idea of our eyes betraying our innermost thoughts, emotions, and character goes back to biblical times. Later similar phrases are attributed to Cicero, da Vinci, and William Shakespeare. But it’s truly Jewish thought that pays close attention to the way our eyes can deceive us, lure us away from God, or cause our ...

332. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... anger and reject God. We want to say, "Well, if God would allow this to happen to me, God must not be worth believing in!" Intellectually we know that people of faith are not promised a life free from trials and tribulations. Still when something traumatic happens to us, emotionally we feel as if we've been betrayed. If we have been faithful to God, we expect him to be faithful to us by keeping us from harm's way. We need to learn to rely on our faith in times of difficulty. Rather than abandoning faith in ...

333. Deep Depression Or High Hope?

1 Kings 9:1-9

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , there are some tried antidotes that give real relief. These cures worked for Elijah, and perhaps they would work for you. Elijah first did the sensible thing. He got some food and some rest. Remember the all-day contest on Mount Carmel? That must have left the prophet emotionally drained and the day's journey into the wilderness must have tried him almost to exhaustion. So, under the broom tree he said, "Let me die," and he fell down and went to sleep. It is amazing what a good night's sleep will do for a ...

334. The Rules

Luke 6:17-26

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... I thought the deeper meaning of sadness was the opposite of the deeper meaning of happiness. STUDENT 2: Certainly not. Sadness is an emotional reaction, isn't it? STUDENT 1: Yeah, I guess so. STUDENT 3: You'd think that, wouldn't you? I used to think that. I ... really did. STUDENT 2: Well, that's wrong. The sadness that is necessary for happiness is not emotional but a deliberate sadness. We decide to be sad and that, of course, makes us happy, knowing that we are really sad -- we're ...

335. Easter Jogging

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... stiffened the bodies for days. We have a hard time pushing off from the caskets. Death is the spoiler for us. Even on Easter itself, we are liable to say, "How much better it would be if our dear one were still here." We permit death to rule our emotions and our hearts and to deaden our sensitivity to the possibility that death may not be the final word. There is a reason for that. What lies beneath this easy capitulation to death is not simply our fear that death is so final, but our deeper fear that it ...

336. Sent From The Mountain

Matthew 28:16-20

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William G. Carter

... in my life. It happened at a time when I felt the first stirring of a call to ministry. The pastor of my church had sensed my interest, and encouraged me to go to the convention. I returned home exhausted from the trip and enlivened by the emotional experience. I tried to explain to my very patient parents that I was thinking about becoming a missionary. I was going to go out and conquer the world for Christ. By a week later, however, my enthusiasm had faded. The convention was a memory. There was no ...

337. Love Your Enemies--It Will Drive Them Crazy

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... had a man who came to him, wrestling with forgiveness. "I can't. I just can't forgive. I just can't do it." You know that emotion. We all know it. He asked Glen, "How can you help me?" Glen said, "Well, why don't you pray the Lord's prayer each day and ... : "I just hate this. I just can't do it." A lot of sympathy needs to be given to them, both in primary and secondary emotions. I sat in a courtroom with parents whose daughter was accused of murder and found guilty. I have sat with the parents of children who ...

338. Who's In Charge Here, Anyway?

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Tony Everett

... father, Joseph sent everyone else from the room and began to cry "so loudly that the Egyptians heard it and the household of Pharaoh heard it" (45:2). The pain of broken relationships grows until it permeates our existence. It expands until it controls our emotions. It becomes so toxic that it spills over and touches everybody around us. However, it doesn't have to be like that. Joseph had a perfect opportunity to make his brothers suffer deeply for selling him to a bunch of wandering nomads and telling ...

339. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... loss of all things an ego holds as supreme for the meaning of life. It usually means a radical change of lifestyle. It is not something to which one commits on the basis of an emotional high or an impulse of the moment. Such a commitment requires a mature decision. It requires a dedication of reason, emotion, and will to a sustained endeavor to submerge oneself in the life of Christ, whatever that requires or means. Jesus wanted his followers in the days of his flesh to consider carefully what discipleship ...

340. Friendship? Yes, Please!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... woman from Kenya worshiped with us for some time. Her name was Adihambo Otineo, which means "Beautiful Dawn." I asked her once if she liked it better here in the United States or back home in Africa. She grew quiet for some time. Her face worked with emotion. And finally she spoke with deep feeling. "I think I like it better in Kenya," she confided. "Here in the United States people are very busy and wealthy. And instead of giving you themselves they give you things. But in Kenya we are very poor. And we ...

341. Light In The Land Of Shadows

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... clown, of looking for God where God does not exist. This was true of those people before that first Christmas who expected the Christ to be born in a mighty display of power and positive experience. They looked for him in the temples and their emotions. Few thought that God's lordship would be expressing itself in the dark corners of the world, among the poor and disinherited. God is not always to be found where the brightest light is shining. Sometimes God's justice is not even center stage, because the ...

342. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17, 1 John 4:7-21, Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31

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William E. Keeney

... a symbol of connectedness. Jesus calls upon his disciples to live according to the command of love. Such a love is more than an emotional feeling of liking someone. It moves back and forth in such a way that it works for the welfare of all the members and ... seeks the welfare of the whole. It is more a matter of the will and intent to act than it is of a sentiment or emotion. To God in Christ mutual love in the church represents a response of gratitude for the way his love is given for us. That gratitude is ...

343. Awake, Christ Is Coming

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... expect Christ's presence at any time. Today's lectionary text played a decisive role in the conversion of Augustine, the influential early church father. In his autobiographical Confessions he tells of his early emotional and intellectual struggles as a young man living in North Africa. Emotionally he could not control his sexual passions. He took a mistress, had a child by her, married her and eventually left her. Intellectually he experimented with various philosophies. He embraced Manichaenism with its ...

344. You Can Be Articulate

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... story of Jesus and his love with power and passion whether or not we are able to stand on our feet in front of a crowd. That's not always where the best preaching is done anyway. Mark tells of a man who could not articulate his wants, needs, emotions or wishes. He could speak after a fashion, but not well. One had to listen closely to understand anything he tried to say. But one day Jesus came along and changed all that. And in telling that story Mark provides the following formula for what it takes to be ...

345. You Can Be Less Worried

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... sleep only because of the humiliation of a bounced check. "It's terrible," he said. "I can't imagine anything worse!" While serving a student internship at John Umstead Hospital in Butner, North Carolina (a state supported treatment center for persons with mental and emotional disorders), I encountered an aged woman who had long been a resident there. I never did figure out why she was inside the facility and so many of the rest of us uptight folks were outside. Every time we met she was wearing the same ...

346. Say Goodbye -- Say Hello

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... beginnings. The Hasidic Hebrew tradition is rich in stories that speak to our condition today. One of these stories is about a beloved rabbi known for his learning and piety who is approached one day by one of his most devoted students. In a burst of emotion, the young man exclaims, "My Master, I love you." The elderly rabbi gazes at him and asks, "Do you know what hurts me, my son?" The young disciple is taken aback. He confesses that he does not understand his teacher's question and bemoans, "I am trying ...

347. The Second Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... . All: Praise and thanksgiving and glory and love be to our God, who has loved us, forgiven us, renewed us, and set us free. Amen. Simon: Dinner With PassionLuke 7:36-50 Jesus shared his meals with such varied people that often there were strong emotional overtones.Luke brings us ten of these table scenes, and we find some indication of the importance they must have had to Jesus. The first dinner was at the house of Levi, a despised tax collector, and at once the Pharisees severely criticized Jesus, saying ...

348. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the camels. Job, a tornado has destroyed your son's house, and all your children died when the house caved in. Job's whole life was changed in the course of a few hours. He was dazed at the severity of all this bad news. Bankruptcy, shock, and emotional agony rocked his whole being. What did Job do? He acknowledged what had happened. He did not blame fate or blame God for the disasters. Instead, he fell on his knees and prayed that his relationship with God would not be shaken by these circumstances. As he ...

349. Responsibility And Motivation

Ruth 1:1-22

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John N. Brittain

... in Bethlehem, it became clear that sentimentality aside, the going would be rough. Ruth's words would be put to the test, because the young woman had to support Naomi and herself with backbreaking work, gleaning in the fields. How quickly the seemingly warm emotion of that familiar scene with Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah faded. An embittered Naomi complained to the women of Bethlehem: "I went away full," she said, "but the Lord has brought me back empty ..." (Ruth 1:21). How that statement must have hurt Ruth ...

350. What Kind Of Love?

1 John 4:7-21

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John N. Brittain

... through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. -- 1 John 4:7-10 His plan, he later revealed, was a simple one. He would divide the various human emotions we tend to lump together as love into two categories: Need-love and Gift-love. Need-love, in Lewis' system, was fundamentally self-centered and self-serving, meeting our own needs. Gift-love, on the other hand, would follow the pattern of the Divine Love manifested in God ...

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