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3526. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... want it otherwise, we will have to act otherwise. This is true of everything we do. If we misrepresent our taxes, or cheat on a loved one, or use deceitful business tactics, aren't we helping to create the very kind of world we don't want to live in? ... but he's referring to the children of God. That may not happen unless we take seriously the rules of life: honesty, integrity, loyalty, kindness, love. Third: The Rule Of Your Own Best Self. Each of us has an inner sense of who we are and what we hope to be. ...

3527. Written On The Heart

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... an act of unfaithfulness. This is certainly not to say it can't be done or that happiness is no longer possible in such a situation. But it is to say that the pain suffered by the innocent is sometimes a terrible price to inflict on someone we supposedly love. Maybe there are other consequences too of betrayal. The point is: God may forgive us but God does not exempt us from the penalties exacted by society. That's how the world is arranged. But having said all of this, we're still left with the promise of ...

3528. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

... did. But there is a great benefit in looking ahead at the things we can do that make for peace. There is a godly blessing to be gained in modeling our lives after the life of the Prince of Peace. Jesus spoke of this very strange ethic which calls for loving our enemies and doing good to those who hate us. Instead of lifting up arms to fight our enemies, Jesus taught us to offer a hand to serve the enemy. When unjustly nailed on a cross, Jesus bore the cross and so for all time showed how to bear innocent ...

3529. The Persecuted

John 15:18-27

Sermon

John A. Terry

... thing to have a son in a concentration camp. Paula here and I know that. But there would be something more terrible for us: if God had needed a faithful martyr, and our (son) Martin had been unwilling.' "3 Most of us would like to go through life loving and being loved. But of that goal, Jesus said, "Woe to you, when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets" (Luke 6:26). And so Jesus made the peculiar observation that being harassed for the sake of your faith is a ...

3530. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... in. Daughter: We need to talk. Rabbi: Saul's gone, right? Daughter: Dad, quit trying to read my mind. Rabbi: What else would a lovely sixteen-year-old like you talk about? Daughter: Oh, Dad! Rabbi: I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. Start where you want. ... help just because our religion prohibits it. Rabbi: I have been gone too much. The Jewish religion is a religion of compassion, of helping, of love. Daughter: How come you are one of the only ones I ever hear who says that? All I hear is "obey this law, obey ...

3531. Jesus Heals A Paralytic

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... tire of hearing such a word! So, it is with the simple word of Jesus which establishes, nourishes and sustains our relationship with him. "Your sins are forgiven," Jesus says. "I love you." We never tire of hearing that word. The old hymn has it right. As preachers we should love to tell the story of Jesus and his love. It's the only unique message we have to offer this world. 1. Mary Ann Tolbert, Sowing the Gospel (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1989), p. 140. 2. Donald H. Juel, Mark (Minneapolis: Augsburg ...

3532. Celebrating the Marvel of Growth

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... prayer and Bible reading. We find ways to be of service to others. We pledge money and time to the church and charitable purposes. We join the people of God at the altar regularly. These are some of the seeds that God uses to mold and shape our lives in love, peace and hope. But it happens at God’s own pace and as you are able to cooperate with him. James A. Garfield, prior to serving as President of the United States, was president of Hiram College in Ohio. One day a father asked Garfield if there were a ...

3533. Easter 4

Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24, John 10:1-21

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... Christ and his church. It is not necessary to put down the values that people already have in order to engage in evangelism and missions. It is rather to offer to them even more and greater values in the personal knowledge of Christ's compassion and love that offers to people an even fuller meaning and experience of what life should be. Illustrative Materials 1. Laying Down Life for Others. Raoul Wallenberg, a Lutheran, was a Swedish diplomat in World War II. He used his post in Hungary to aid 30,000 Jews ...

3534. The Healing Of Simon Peter's Mother-In-Law

Mark 1:29-34

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... returning to work was more than duty. Whenever we are freed from what ails us, our first instinct is to return to doing whatever we love most. This is the freedom of health. I guess I would also say it is honoring God's creation of us, of the holy ... part of a family? My family mostly has to take what is left over -- not just in meals but of my energy, my emotion, and my love. Was your rising from the bed so automatic that you did not give a second thought to resting a bit? Were you embarrassed again for ...

3535. Mary: After The Angel

Drama

Arlys M. Winkler

... : (Mellowing) What else did -- what'd you say his name was? Oh, yes, Gabriel. What else did Gabriel say? MARY: Father, it was like a lovely dream. He said, "You will conceive and bear a son and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the ... baby. I told the angel that couldn't possibly be. I've never been with a man. Joseph, you know that. As much as we love each other, we've never been together. JOSEPH: Do you think me a fool, Mary? Everyone knows a woman has to know a man before ...

3536. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... . Outline: Many of the Jews felt that Jesus should have come to heal Lazarus (v. 37). Jesus purposely waited for Lazarus to die, so he could demonstrate his power to raise the dead and give glory to God (v. 40). We may have prayed for God to heal a loved one and he didn't. Death in Christ is the ultimate healing it leads to a life free of pain and sorrow. 2. Sermon Title: The Stench Of Death. Sermon Angle: Those who lived near the Nazi death camps constantly had the stench of death in their nostrils, though ...

3537. The Victory Of Faith

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... power of God to lift up those who have been stricken. Lepers were cleansed, the crippled were enabled to walk, the sick were healed, and the blind were restored to sight. Even the dead were raised. People who had been bowed down by life were lifted up by the love of God through Jesus. Jesus is God's ensign to the world, just as the bronze snake was an ensign to the people in the wilderness. Jesus was lifted up on the scaffold of evil, bearing the brunt of its force in his person, accepting the pain of the ...

3538. Friday -- The Good One

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... the American Indian would seal a promise and bond a relationship by mixing blood, so too God mixed the blood of Jesus into the history of the world to seal his promise given in the Garden and bond humanity to himself in an everlasting relationship of love. "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more." Good Friday is a day about relationship. God created us to live in relationship with him. "In the image of God he created them -- male and female he created them." This is how the Bible opens ...

3539. Getting The Face We Deserve

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... it is at that moment that we need to see the light that was shining on the face of Jesus Christ who called us to love. When you come into my office, there is a story of the prodigal son in a picture hanging on the wall. The reason that it ... . Now he is found." What's the business of God? He's in the lost business. God seeks the lost, not with reprimand, but with love. When the church lives like that, I'm telling you, the human family has discovered fire a second time. Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem, ...

3540. God Said It. I Accept It. That Settles It.

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... detail. For others, this bumper sticker expresses a different approach. These people know that while they do not understand God's Word in every detail, they do understand the most important thing that God is trying to say to us through the scriptures: God loves and cares for us deeply. How to understand God's Word in the scriptures is an important issue. This issue has caused great controversy and even sharp division in some denominations. I believe it is more important to immerse oneself concretely in the ...

3541. Easter Sunday

Luke 24:33-41 · Psalm 23 · Acts 4:33-36

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... himself, "but I don't know where home can be." He didn't know what to do. He could negotiate a contract for marriage with Lazarus for Martha. No, Mary. Well, if he could figure this one out he would become wealthy. Also, he was sure he would learn to love the one he picked. Well, maybe. He could sell the land and go back to Cyprus. Return to work and someday buy another shop. There is great value in work. One knows who they are by the work they do. Well, maybe. He could become an Essene and live at ...

3542. A Winter Experiment

1 Corinthians 13:8

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... wire is melting quicker because of the heat of compression. If you press your thumb and finger together, as hard as you can, you should feel an increase in warmth there. This also is heat caused by compression. Love, that is expressed in the form of kindness, good will and concern, is like the weighted wire. Love is a force that can cut through the icy spirit or the hard of heart. Love will add the warmth that is needed in every life. Often, however, it takes a long time before we see the effects of true ...

3543. Easter 2

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23, 1 John 1:5--2:14, Psalm 133:1-3, Acts 4:32-37

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... are too prone to go by our feelings and not to accept the witness of the apostles, believing his victory to be our victory over sin and death. Victorious Spirit, overcome our doubts and fears as we read and hear the apostolic witness. Increase our love as well, for we need to love others who are not as lovable as Jesus Christ. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News! The victory that defeats the world is our faith, for who is victor over evil, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son ...

3544. Easter 3

Luke 24:36-49, Psalm 4:1-8

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... of some of them in the strength you have given us in the church. We are of the same humanity that repudiated the suffering Messiah. We are of the repenting community whose sins are wiped out. We need to know you more truly so that your divine love may come to perfection in us, through the Spirit of the Risen Christ. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News! We have one to plead our cause with the Divine Parent, Jesus Christ who is just and the remedy for the defilement of our sins ...

3545. Epiphany 8

Mark 2:18-22, Mark 2:13-17, Psalm 103:1-22

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits --who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. The LORD works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. The LORD ...

3546. Proper 14

2 Samuel 18:1-18, 2 Samuel 18:19--19:8, Psalm 130:1-8, Ephesians 4:17--5:21, John 6:25-59

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

CALL TO WORSHIP Await God's presence and hope in God's word as if you were looking for the first light of dawn after a dark night. PRAYER OF CONFESSION Loving and forgiving Parent, Loving and forgiving Christ, Loving and forgiving Spirit, we confess that we are not always generous, tender-hearted and forgiving. We can be spiteful in our behavior because of the bad feeling that we cherish in our hearts. That anger can come out in angry shouting and cursing which is not only offensive to others ...

3547. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of all time: unique in being sinless, unique in wisdom, unique in power and unique in his relationship with God. 4. The Virgin Birth witnessed to the fact that Jesus' existence and coming to the world was totally the work of God. Jesus is not a human product resulting from love or lust. God used a human to bring his Son to the world. 5. God was in Christ, says Paul. How did he get in Jesus? It was by the conception of the Holy Spirit. Who is the Holy Spirit? He is God, the third person of the Trinity. From ...

3548. You Need All the Pieces

Luke 10:27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the Bible said. They knew what the Bible said, and so they repeated the words that they had heard so often. The Bible says that you should love God with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your mind, and all of your strength. It did not say part of your ... or part of your strength. It just isn't like that. You have to give God "all" that you have if you want to give him anything. Loving God is like making a puzzle. You have to do it all, you have to give it all, because that is the way that God wants ...

3549. Two Doors; One Choice

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... The Lady And The Tiger, Frank Stoc_esermonskton sets before the reader the dilemma of a gladiator who faces his fate in the arena standing before two doors. He must choose which of them to open. Behind one door waits a hungry tiger. Behind the other, a lovely maiden. Jesus presents us with a similar dilemma in this parable. Behind one door to the kingdom waits the tiger of divine wrath. Behind the other door stands the fair maiden of grace. The parable is offered in response to the worried question, near to ...

3550. Epiphany 2

John 2:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of coffee, wine or beer at a reception, we do not expect a miracle. If so, then in what way is this miracle relevant to us? We find that people run out of moral and spiritual supplies. They are spiritually dry, which is expressed in lack of faith, prayer and love. Many are running their lives on empty. Soon they will be out of gas and will be helpless on the highway of life. For these the miracle is good news: turn to Jesus, and he will supply you with the necessary supplies to make life happy. 3. The point ...

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