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3501. The Marvelous Style Of Jesus: Truth And Love

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Joseph M. Freeman

... life in its fullness and not merely in its points of duty. As my good teacher and mentor, Pastor Bill Coffin, once said, "You're young only once, but you can be immature indefinitely!" Kingdom living and kingdom understanding are truly calls to maturity of personhood. Why do you suppose the invitees in verse 6 seized the slaves and mistreated and killed them? Could it be connected to their anger over their own agendas of daily life being disturbed, coupled with their lack of peace of mind in not ...

3502. The King's Reception (What Are You Wearing to the Wedding?)

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Brett Blair

... heaven can always wait. III So all are invited but secondly few will respond, but here is Jesus’ sobering word: In the end the king chooses who can stay. That’s our Lord’s third and final point. If the Pharisees and Sadducees had taken a moment to understand what Jesus said at the end, I believe their reaction would have been less antagonistic. We are told they went from there and laid plans to trap him in his words. But if they had listened to the story closely they would have heard the part about ...

3503. Peter Becomes the Rock

Drama

G. Franklin Gray

... men ... for food, from morning to night, every day for the rest of my life. Choir Were You There? Roger Wilson arrangement Narrator With great sorrow in his heart over the loss of Jesus on the cross, Peter puts his mind on his future - on fishing, a career he understands - his only option. He has bought an old net from a friend and is repairing the holes so he will be ready to fish when he returns to Galilee. (As the scene opens Peter is sitting on the ground with a fishing net spread around him. He works ...

3504. Seven Words to Us - A Good Friday Tenebrae Service

Drama

Douglas W. Orbaker

... . His lips were dry, His throat was parched. He was thirsty. Reader 4: The divinity of Jesus thirsts for our committed love. Reader 1: The humanity of Jesus thirsts for relationships with people who understand. Reader 2: And the body of Jesus is thirsty. Reader 3: May we lift our committed love and our understanding relationships to him. Reader 4: And may we quench the thirst of his people in his name. Hymn (Extinguish Fifth set of lights) Part 6 Scripture: John 19:30 Dialogue on "It Is Finished" Defeated ...

3505. The Garden: All Things New

John 20:1-9

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... into the world. The warning had been, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die," and death began at that time to hold its thrall over our human race. Thus it was that the best of gardens suddenly became the worst, for in that ancient garden, death took over. And understand me: it is not simply a matter of the physical fact of death, but of all those minions of death which take life from us even while we are living. But then, in the second garden, the garden where that later Eve, Mary Magdalene, went on a still ...

3506. The Authority of Jesus

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... horse, the beast of war, not the beast of burden. He should have come in carrying a sword, not an olive branch. These people only understand power. Whoever can wield the most power is the one that the people will follow. Andrew: Look, all you say may be true, but you ... when Simon Maccabaeus had defeated the Greeks, and before that when Jehu was crowned king. Jesus has the power; I don’t understand why he won’t use it. Andrew: Maybe it’s because Jesus doesn’t care one bit about power and earthly ...

3507. Obedience to God

Drama

Curt M. Joseph

... traps. In fact, he just left some of your pharisaical friends who were trying to get some evidence against him. Why don’t you just leave us and him alone! Joseph: That’s what I want to talk to you about. There are a lot of things I don’t understand. I’m looking for some answers. I believe he may be the Messiah, but some of his answers cause me to wonder. No one has ever spoken like him before. But I just don’t know. Nathanael: What don’t you know? Joseph: I heard scattered details about an ...

3508. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... ; and we see it on our television screen year after year. No one knows the reasons we continue to have so much world hunger; we can only depend on the authorities that we read on the subject and their opinions. They claim there’s a certain lack of understanding and concern and that we fail to take the time to consider why hunger continues to exist. We close our minds to taking any of the blame as American citizens who live very "high on the hog" at the expense of the third world countries. According to a ...

3509. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... a slave, God claims you for a son, a daughter." And we hear the echoes of our past anguish coming today from the roads of South Africa. The Bible message, the message of God in Christ, does not overlook the slavery of apartheid. There is a clear understanding of the Bible’s message. It is a "liberation theology" to any people in slavery. Why else would the Bible be outlawed in parts of Russia and communist states today? The Bible message is that God does not want you enslaved. God wants you free. You are ...

3510. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... the ground as an offering, as a sacrifice unto God. He said he wasn’t worthy to drink water that had been brought at such a price (2 Samuel 23:13-17). Magnanimous Personality Another aspect of David’s nature was how thoughtful, how lenient, how understanding, how compassionate he was. In the day in which he lived, this was a rare attribute. Remember that he was an absolute monarch, with the power of life and death over his subjects. What he said would be done - no questions asked. He was not responsible ...

3511. A Man With Lips on Fire

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... New! Just a coincidence? Make up your own mind. I don’t think so. Coincidence or not, the book of Isaiah is the whole Bible in miniature. The book of Isaiah is not an easy book to read. Its language is difficult; to translate it is difficult; to understand it is often difficult. It is disorganized; it has little continuity; it is mixed up, chronologically. But it is certainly worth all the time and all the effort that it will take to study it. It is a jewel! Lips Set Aflame Isaiah could be called a man ...

3512. A Man Who Lost His Head

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... in Jerusalem came to him. They said, "Look, John, tell us who you really are. Are you the Messiah?" His quick response was, "No, I am not the Messiah." "Well, then, are you Elijah?" "No." "Are you one of the other prophets?" "No, no! You don’t understand. I’m only a voice, a voice crying in the wilderness. Who I am isn’t really important ... doesn’t make any difference ... doesn’t really matter. There is one coming after me who is so great and so wonderful, so majestic and so powerful, that I ...

3513. Martin Luther: the Shape of Grace

Children's Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... chained them to the walls so people would not carry them away. But the fact that the Bible was in a different language really chained it. Church members couldn’t read or understand God’s Word. Martin Luther translated the Bible into the German language for the German people. He made it easy for them to read and understand it. About the same time, the printing press came along. The Bible could be printed more cheaply, and everybody could have their own Bible. Because of this, Luther is considered the ...

3514. The Glory and the Cross

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... a mountaintop experience with Jesus himself. This mountaintop story stands almost precisely at the center of Mark’s Gospel. It is the only story of Jesus on a mountain in Mark’s entire Gospel. We are to understand, therefore, that this story is very important in our understanding of Mark’s Gospel. On the mountain Jesus was transfigured before the discipies’ eyes. His garments glistened with intense whiteness. Then there appeared beside Jesus two of the main characters from the Old Testament story of ...

3515. Repentance and Forgiveness

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... repentance often began. "I’m sorry," I continued. "I promise I’ll do better. I promise I’ll change." That is how many of my prayers of repentance went. I said I was sorry and I counted on my willpower to change my situation before God. I have come to understand, however, that that is not repentance at all. The power of my will to live the kind of life God calls me to live cannot be the solution to the problem of my sinful nature. My willpower is not the solution to my life of sin. My willpower is ...

3516. All-Out Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... about his own death. He told his mother that, when he died, he wanted Donna to have his heart. Three weeks later he died from a burst blood vessel in his brain. His heart was implanted in Donna, just as he had wished. Both stories help us understand the meaning of "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," but neither is completely adequate. To love your neighbor as yourself means that if you lived on Manuel Garcia’s block and had reason to despise the man, you would "put yourself in his shoes" and shave ...

3517. How Can We Live Wisely?

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... of feet away from the plate, could see better and judge more accurately than he could, when he was only seven feet away from homeplate. Then, he added these words, "Sometimes, in life, we call ‘strikes’ on a person when we’re really too far away to understand. Maybe, if we had a closer view of that person and his problems, we would review our choice to call him ‘out.’ " We would give him the "benefit of the doubt," that is, we would make a favorable judgment about him when the proof of that person ...

3518. Is Your Religion Second-Hand?

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... , "In the past I knew only what others told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes" (Job 42:5, TEV). Paul Hovey recounted a discussion about the Bible. A woman in the group said, "I let the preacher read the Bible for me. He understands it so much better than I do." Another person in the group commented, "That’s like buying second-hand clothes or being content with leftover food at a restaurant. Anyone who relies on the preacher to do his Bible reading for him will never have anything but a second ...

3519. Waiting

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... on a paint can and still put on a second coat too early. For a curious reason she convinces herself that, because she is doing it, it must dry on her schedule. So it is we pay not for lack of knowledge but for a willful self. When we understand human nature we learn we must put self-will aside and adapt to the facts. Then it is we can take advantage of opportunities knowledge gives us. We learn to spell because we can accept the dictionary. We learn to paint when we accept the difference between the actual ...

3520. Noise Is Anything That Corrupts the Integrity of a Message

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... I said, "Well, tell me what you thought of my manuscript." He said, "I read a few paragraphs and since I couldn’t figure out where you were going with it, I didn’t read on." He tried only to see in the material what he could read easily and understand readily. When this was not forthcoming, he put it aside. The noise that interrupted his reading was from within. We see a picture, either a living one or on television. What we see in the picture or the scene is many times in the value we bring to it. For ...

3521. A Streak of Common Sense

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... mother often pleaded with me to use common sense. She was evidently convinced I did not have it or else, for some obstinate reason, refused to use it. Perhaps she was right. I was a wool-gatherer, a day-dreamer, off someplace that she did not know or understand. On the other hand, my older brother was evidently a paragon of common sense. I figured this out because she never urged him to use it. He must have been endowed with a suitable supply, for he was an operator and got things done. The phrase, "Thomas ...

3522. "But, Lord, I Didn’t Want To Be Saved in That Way"

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... was a pioneer into the mysteries of God’s sovereignty over human life. The almost childish manner in which he was led to bathe in the river, coaxed by his servants, and the innocence with which he requested two mules’ burdens of earth, are major milestones in our understanding of the human nature through which we all go to God. From a man of obsessive pride, he becomes a very livable human being ready to start building a new life on God’s good earth. How much easier it should be for you and me to hear ...

3523. Pentecost

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, John 15:18--16:4, John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... Give thanks to God, Christians, for we are not alone! People: WHEN CHRIST LEFT HIS DISCIPLES, FIRST AT CRUCIFIXION AND LATER AT ASCENSION, HE DID NOT FORSAKE THEM. Leader: Jesus promised and God delivered a Comforter, the Holy Spirit, to give both strength and understanding to all disciples. People: LET US PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD FOR THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND OPEN OURSELVES TO ITS MOVEMENT THIS HOUR! Collect Great Spirit God, who never leaves us helpless or hopeless for long, inspire us with your life ...

3524. Proper 5

1 Samuel 16:14-23, Mark 3:20-30, Mark 3:31-35, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... AND DOUBT, OF DEVOTION AND DISCOVERY, LET US RAISE OUR UNCERTAINTIES TO GOD. Collect Most holy God, who, Scripture tells us, gave Saul a tormenting evil spirit as well as a soothing good Spirit through David, open our minds and hearts; that we may understand better your sovereignty over the earth and everything in it, the good and the bad. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most loving God, we confess that we usually avoid the tough questions about you and your world, especially as concerns ...

3525. Proper 9

2 Samuel 7:1-17, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Mark 6:1-6

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... us to learn a lesson from his encounter with his neighbors; that we may see him and his work for what they truly are, and not for what we think they are or would like them to be. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most understanding God, we confess that we often create images of Jesus out of our imaginations and feelings, and devote ourselves to them rather than to the one revealed in Scriptures. Forgive us, we pray. Guide us by your Spirit to see Jesus - the man, the message, and the ministry ...

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