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3576. Peacemaker -- A Liturgy

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... there is sadness, joy.Grant that we may not so much seekTo be consoled, as to console;To be understood as to understand;To be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive;It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;It is in dying that we are born to ... is all power and goodness.Give me a pure heart -- that I may see thee,A humble heart -- that I may hear thee,A heart of love -- that I may serve thee,A heart of faith -- that I may abide in thee. The Prayers Of The People The Prayer of Dag Hammarskjold Reader ...

3577. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... and feelings, I gained a new sensitivity to the plight of others, a new fervor for prayer and a renewed compassion I hope I will never lose. The second blessing was a most pleasant reward. I received something in my struggle that Jacob was denied: the gift of loving support and encouragement in the midst of my struggle. Jacob was all alone when he met his nocturnal enemy; I had the thoughts and prayers of many. I had cards and phone calls to cheer me and urge my recovery. I am now convinced more than ever ...

3578. The God Of The Past, The Present, And The Future

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... peace with his fathers, the world he left would have God's blessing, too. It's no accident that the psalmist compared God's love to things he knew within the world. God is a shepherd, the psalmist said, one who made the psalmist to lie down in green ... . God's blessing continued with Abraham's family even after Abraham was gone, and God's blessing continues with us, even though one whom we love and care for is gone. So the God we worship is the one God, the God of the past and present, but even more, the God ...

3579. Words to Remember

John 14:15-31

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... two, what is it you're supposed to remember? (humble myself) Now ask group one and then group two to recite the first thing, group one then group two the second thing, and then group one then group two the third thing. Repeat all three again. Group #1: Love God Group #2: Love Your Neighbor Group #1: Seek His Kingdom Group #2: Give to the Poor Group #1: Jesus is King Group #2: Humble myself (or "I am His child") Application: These are all things that Jesus asked us to remember, and Jesus tells us that if we ...

3580. Come On In!

Acts 16:11-15

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... of the children to help with sound effects. Every time someone is walking, the group should say, "Clump, clump, clump." When a person is knocking on a door, the remaining children should say, "Knock, knock, knock." When a person is preaching the good news, the children should say, "God loves you." Let me tell you the story now. Once upon a time there was a traveling Christian, who would walk (the children should say, clump, clump, clump) everywhere preaching the good news (the children should say, God ...

3581. The Time Is Coming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... not only the "new covenant in my blood" of the Holy Supper. It recalls not only a high moment in the life of Martin Luther. It calls us all once more to the brilliant dream that God dreamt into reality in the life of his Son, the dream he still loves to dream, to teach us that which no longer needs to be taught, to tell us that which no longer needs to be told by planting deep within our musculature, our nervous system, our bloodstream: that he is our God and that we are his people, because he forgives us ...

3582. Commencement

Revelation 21:1-27

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... , "our" things. She liked the freshness of a pretty day and the smell of a flower. She noticed the brightness of a blue sky, and enjoyed the comfort of her own home. However, ____________ also sensed something wrong about these things we now hold and love and cling to. These "former things" tempt us to treasure them above all things. The former things, like lessons learned at school, are good only for a while. Hear that well. There is always another lesson, a greater truth, and deeper meaning than what is ...

3583. Step Eleven - Spirituality

Mt 26:36-46 · 1 Thess 5:12-22 · Ps 25:1-15

Sermon

John A. Terry

... nets that held them. We rejoice when peoples' lives are transformed by the renewal of their mind. Christ's life embodied that deeper joy. In the life of Jesus we have one who both prayed for himself to understand and to do God's will, and who in love reached out to pray for others, that they would also know and do God's will. Let me set the scene for the gospel reading. That night Jesus celebrated his last supper with his disciples. If you recall, they did have wine with supper, and sometimes when things ...

3584. Step Five - Integrity

Jn 4:16-24 · 1 Jo 1:5-10 · Is 6:1-8

Sermon

John A. Terry

... my wife and would never cheat on her, but sometimes in a crowd where no one can tell who did it, I just cannot resist giving the ladies a little pinch." The minister and the priest assured the rabbi that God loves him and forgives him, and that they love him and forgive him. Then the minister suggested that the priest go next, because for hundreds of years Catholics have practiced confession. The priest said, "You know I have taken a vow of poverty, but there are days when it is so hard to live on my little ...

3585. Gentiles 'R Us

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... know any other stories?" How many times must we forgive someone who sins against us? If they are repentant and willing to change, seventy times seven. If they’re not, ZERO! What do you do when someone sins against you? You find a way to confront them, lovingly, face to face. What do you do if things still don’t change after the one-on-one confrontation? You get someone else involved, someone who can help you make things right. And if things STILL don’t change, what do you do? You sic the whole church ...

3586. Home for Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... the very thing we adults continue to fear most of all. There is no dread so terrible as the fear that everyone we know and love will go away and leave us alone. Perhaps that’s why the longing for home is greater at Christmas than at any other time. " ... home for Christmas tonight. Because being home for Christmas, in the truest sense, would mean that we were with the One who loves us more than our imagination will allow us to understand. Fred Craddock has compared our earthly life to the nomadic experience of ...

3587. Oh, Lord, It's Hard To Be Humble

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... challenges of adulthood. What in the world is going on here? What’s going on is life. What’s going on is humanity, mortality, the limits and frailties and brokenness of human existence. It’s the reality that every one of us falls short of living a loving, faithful life. It’s the reality that every one of us struggles with the hollowness and emptiness that creeps in as we try to cope with the secret sorrows of our lives. What’s going on? As we hear the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector ...

3588. Fingerprints on the Chalice

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Steven Burt

... the same or at least connected, and that neither is to be feared. In some way, if we come to commune, if we come seeking God -- for whatever reason -- like the father greeting the prodigal son, God will seek us; God will rush to meet us with open arms of love. What, then, is Communion? It’s whatever it is that happens when we get together and, in Christ’s name, share the bread and the cup, and say: “This is my body, broken for you. Take, eat. This is my blood, shed for you. Drink of it, all of you ...

3589. The Meaning of Life

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... being asked of you. I tell you this is the only way to find meaning in life. Ands it’s the only way your children and grandchildren will find meaning in their lives. When Moses read all of Israel the ten commandments and summed the up by saying "Love God with all your heart," he added something very important. Teach these commandments to your children. Of course, the best way to teach your children the meaning of life is to live it yourself in the home. If your kids see you putting other things ahead of ...

3590. How To Bring Tears To Jesus' Eyes

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... is that we do not know how to get along with each other. As a result, we do not have peace in our homes, our cities, our nation, and our world. If we had Christ, we would have the spirit of Christ in our hearts. His spirit is one of love, goodness, and kindness. Only when there is goodwill among men, will there be peace. Peace is a by-product of these values. And the sad truth is that we will never have peace until Christ dwells in us. This peace that Christ offers is not only for people in their ...

3591. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... the promise that leads to trouble! In both the old and the new covenant, the chosenness is more in terms of special responsibility than in terms of special privilege. We are chosen to share with the world the wonderful news and promise of God's grace and love for "all the families of the earth." If Jews or Christians are chosen and different just for the sake of being chosen or different, what is the point? But if they are special so that very person can come to see that they too are special and important ...

3592. Encounters With Christ I: Jesus & the Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... a terrific job with his prayer and God was certainly not mad at him. Just then an elderly gentleman walked over to the table. He winked at the little boy and he said: “I know God really well. We visit every day and I happen to know that God loved your prayer. It may have been the best one He has heard all day.” “Really?” the little boy asked.. “Cross my heart,” said the man. Then he leaned over and whispered into the little boy’s ear. Pointing at the woman at the next table who had made the ...

3593. A Sealed Promise

Ephesians 1:13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... writing paper When kings wanted to write letters, they would light a candle so that they could see. Light the candle. On the writing paper they would write their note. Let's pretend that the king is writing a love letter to the queen. Write "I love you"" on the paper. The king would write his note, that says, "I love you, and then he would rollup the paper. Roll the paper tightly. How do you suppose that the king kept the paper closed so that only the queen could read it? (response) Here is what he would do ...

3594. Great Africans Of The Bible: The Shulamite

Song of Songs 1:1-17, Song of Songs 2:1-17

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... . SOLOMON: Or the way your teeth remind me of a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing. BELOVED: You know how much I love to hear you talk like this, but we have to be practical. We have a problem; how will we solve it? SOLOMON: It's easy. I ... that is what you can tell the people. SOLOMON: I will. Oh, my dove, you are as smart as you are beautiful. I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. BELOVED: Oh, Solomon! You make me feel like a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. SOLOMON: ...

3595. Six Nails of the Cross V: The Nail of Hatred

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... forms of ethnic mistrust. Hatred causes strife in places like Yugoslavia, Palestine, South Africa and Los Angeles. The actions of that hatred often create poverty, sin and human misery. What a difference it would make if our hatreds were redirected. "Hate the evil, love the good, and you will establish justice," said Amos. Hatred does not begin on such a full-scale level. It begins within each one of us. When our rights, our goals, our interests, our jobs are threatened Ä these things which are so central ...

3596. An Empty Tomb

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Robert Allen

... to live her faith in God. This is Easter Sunday and that is what I wish for you -- a surprise. I want you to find his love when you do not expect it. I want you to find his relationship when you think it is not there. I want you to find Jesus ... it cardiac arrest. I can remember the medical team thinking I was dead. I can also remember the tremendous feeling of being surrounded by God's love. I was revived by the doctors, but ever since that day I have been unafraid to die. I've been there and it doesn't ...

3597. Let Me See Your Hands

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Robert Allen

... he was bruised for our iniquities." Whenever we doubt that Jesus suffered at the cross, all we have to do is look at his hands. The print of the nails will remind us that "He was wounded for our transgressions." II. The Hands Of Jesus Remind Us Of His Love. I read a story by Leslie Flynn who told of a small boy being raised in a frontier city by his grandmother. One night the house catches on fire. The grandmother, trying to rescue the boy who was asleep in the bedroom upstairs, is overcome by the smoke and ...

3598. Some Women's Stories

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... reinforces a consistent theme in John's Gospel, the theme stated most eloquently in the famous John 3:16-17 passage: "God so loved the world ... God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world." This story calls into question any type of condemning ... the Cross, Jesus tells John to take care of his mother. Life goes on. Past losses do not preclude new opportunities to live and love. As the ancient Stabat Mater hymn says, Mary stood by her son's cross to the very end, even though he had been condemned ...

3599. Will the Real Jesus Christ Arise?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Carl Jech

... . There are a lot of people who have this happen to them who don't deserve it. It's not a matter of fair or unfair. It's just the way things are." What really matters to Terry at this point is that he is surrounded by the love and concern of his family and friends, that he is not left alone. Reincarnation is primarily about fairness. Resurrection is primarily about defeating the power of death. Resurrection is about affirming life in the face of all the reasons not to - including the fact that life is often ...

3600. Divine Liturgy, Divine Play, Divine Comedy

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Carl Jech

... to recognize that the liturgical drama of the church is a symbol. Jesus is a symbol for the themes of grace, hope, faith and love - and the liturgy is, therefore, a "symbol of a symbol." While the symbol may participate fully in that which it symbolizes, there is ... gift is from God, and the only gratitude God desires is a life in which we demonstrate the same kind of grace and loving service to others that we have seen demonstrated in the life of Jesus.) One of ancient Israel's psalms of thanksgiving shows ...

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