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3576. The God of Lost Sheep

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... the one who is lost. That is why the Good Shepherd leaves the ninety-and-nine to find that one lost lamb that has wandered from the fold. This, of course, is the message of the cross. A minister once asked a shepherd what images came to mind when he thought about the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd. The shepherd replied, "Well, I’ll tell you, but it’s a bit graphic. Lambing time comes around every spring, and it’s the hardest time of year. We lose a lot of mother ewes and baby lambs during the ...

3577. Those Parentheses

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... hear about themselves, not somebody else. But these words in the parentheses are the wild heroic ride to heaven -- Jesus is Lord of all. Sometime after Stanley died, his widow, Tillie, was finally able to speak about what a thoughtful, wonderful man her late husband was. "Stanley thought of everything," she told them. "Just before he died, Stanley called me to his bedside. He handed me three envelopes. " 'Tillie,' he told me, "'I have put all my last wishes in these three envelopes. After I am dead, please ...

3578. The Witness of Being

Genesis 1:1—2:4a

Sermon

James L. Killen

... those who are perceptive, the discoveries of modern science only affirm the miracle and lead us to gaze in reverent awe into the wonders of the world around us and to be very aware that some greater reality, one too great to be contained within our little thoughts and doctrines, must have made it all happen. That really is the message of the first chapter of the Bible. God created. And the creation witnesses to the reality of the creator. That is a message that we need to hear when we are feeling lost and ...

3579. Ten Friends Drive Us to the Promise

Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... for a youth gathering recently, thousands came. Two young adults sharing a tent in the campsite area said to a reporter that this was the highlight of their spiritual life. When the reporter, intrigued by their comment and by their living situation, asked if they thought the Pope would approve of their cohabiting together without the benefit of marriage, they replied, "Oh, probably not, but that's his opinion." One wonders then, does the Pope function and sail on a sea of opinion or is there a higher set of ...

3580. Jesus' Most Perplexing Parable

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... . It was Alfred's brother who had died. However, Alfred Nobel had an opportunity to read about how other people saw him. The obituary simply called him "The Dynamite King." He had made a fortune in manufacturing and selling explosives, but it rankled him to be thought of that way. Alfred Nobel decided to use his wealth to change that reputation. He immediately arranged his estate to establish the Nobel Prize, to be given each year to the person or persons who do the most for the cause of world peace. In the ...

3581. Expectancy

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

James L. Killen

... compelled to terminate her life support. The situation had been a burden on the hearts of all who knew them. When the subject came up, the older man looked off into the distance and said, "You know, preacher, I used to work in the oil fields." At first the pastor thought the man had found the subject too hard to talk about and had changed the subject. He soon found out that was not so. The man went on. "I was always a boomer. I liked to be where things were coming on. Once I was working in an oil field ...

3582. A Hope for Peace

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

James L. Killen

... won't be. It is part of the promise of God. Trust the promise and live expectantly. Paul believed that, in the church, all kinds of people could and should be reconciled and live together in mutual love. He spent a lot of time talking about that because he thought it was important. Paul believed that the church should live in the world in a way that would be both an example and an agent of the new possibility God offers to the whole world. Yes, there will be problems. But they can be worked out. Paul gives ...

3583. How Does It Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Sermon

James L. Killen

... and he felt that somehow he must have been to blame. He kept wanting and needing his mother's love - but he never got it. He said he thought there must be something he had to do to win love and he kept trying to do everything he knew to do to win love from someone, ... and conductors of jazz music in recent history. It is said of him that he would often seek out creative musicians who he thought had something fresh to offer and recruit them into his band - even though some of them would be a little hard to work ...

3584. A Christian's Resumé

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... position that's available to you. They will tell you what to say and what not to say. You can find out how to put your skills and work history in an order that will be most attractive. You will even discover those little things you might not have thought of that will make you a potential candidate over others. It's all about salesmanship. It's about presentation. It's about being like that barker at a local carnival who is able to attract the most people into the tent because of his or her ability to say ...

3585. King of the Mountain

1 Peter 3:13-22

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... a particular Saturday afternoon, the sexton was making one final check of the choir and organ loft high in the balcony at the back of the church. As he was making his inspection, he was startled to hear footsteps echoing up the stone stairway behind him. He thought the doors were all locked and that no one else was in the church. He turned to see a man in slightly tattered traveling clothes coming toward him. "Excuse me, sir," the stranger said. "I have come from quite a distance to see the great organ in ...

3586. The Gifted

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... things that nobody else can understand. But she's not speaking in tongues; she's just explaining the budget." She said, "I thought you said it was a charismatic church." I said, "It is." "Then do you have any strange manifestations of the Holy Spirit?" I ... said, "We have a few quirky church members, if that's what you mean." "I thought you said you were part of a Pentecostal church." I said, "No, no, we're not Pentecostal. We're Presbyterian." She said, "Well ...

3587. Uncle Abraham

Romans 4:13-25

Sermon

William G. Carter

... not sure that was any better way to start a sermon. Give me one more opportunity to get this sermon started. Here it goes. I have good news for you this morning: Every single one of us is a complete and utter failure. How am I doing so far? I thought so. It is difficult to preach Paul's letter to the Romans. This document is heavy in all kinds of ways. It is a dense and demanding piece of correspondence. Paul writes this letter to a congregation he did not start, to people whom he had never met. From the ...

3588. Still Sinners, Still Forgiven

Romans 5:1-8

Sermon

William G. Carter

... I need to tell you this: If we believe the gospel, sin can't condemn us - and just as important, not committing sin can't save us. What saves us is the free forgiveness of Jesus, not our works - not even our good works." She stammered, "Yes, but ... I thought my religion says that ..." "Helen, excuse my French," he replied, "but Christianity is not a religion. It's a living faith in Jesus, and you've got to trust that he takes away the sins of the world ... Religion can't do the job. The blood of goats and ...

3589. No Longer Damned

Romans 8:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . "Tomorrow." Tony said, "I will be there." So the next day, he put on his preacher suit and went over to the cemetery. He was walking up to the graveside to do the service as people were gathering. Not knowing the man who died, he was putting together some thoughts as he walked. Just when he resolved to do this, he looked up to smile at the people who were gathered. There were about a dozen men. No women, all men. Something began to dawn on him, so he asked, "How did your friend Jerry die?" One of them ...

3590. Beautiful Feet

Romans 10:5-15

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... sought, at least in an ideal sense. But Isaiah doesn't stop with peace, as desirable as it is. Isaiah goes on to say beautiful feet also belong to those who bring good news, the part of the verse that Paul seizes upon. Isaiah continues with other thoughts, but Paul is content to quote the part about those who bring good news. We often think that the only people who can bring the Good News are those who are ordained, who preach on Sunday mornings, those specially called to be pastors. There is a story that ...

3591. Complete Joy

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... . In the Greek, the word translated as complete can also mean fill up, be well supplied, fill completely to the brim, or even give true meaning to. In some ways this might sound difficult to do, especially to something like joy. Our joy is not often thought of as something concrete, something to be filled up, and even the idea of being well supplied with joy is a little jarring. Most often we think of joy as something that is fleeting, something we have briefly, and then the real world intrudes and our ...

3592. A Place for You

Ruth 1:16-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , it's not a very creative or exciting prospect at all. But this man did not look upon it that way. He had a dream that he wanted to be a great writer, so he didn't look upon this task as a menial and mechanical task. He thought, "I am going to approach it like writing sonnets, where the challenge is to create something new and beautiful within the forms that are given, that cannot be changed. The form for writing obituaries was an equally rigid form. You had to follow the same pattern every time. First ...

3593. All Your Facilities Intact

Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 1:15-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... not to think of the deity like gold or silver or stone. I don't mind that. The times of ignorance, he says, God has overlooked. But now is the time of repentance because the day of judgment is here. I had never thought much about Paul's sermon at the Acropolis until I visited Machu Picchu. Then I thought, I could preach that first part. I could say, the god you worship as the sun has revealed himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ, who came to us and was one of us. He came with amazing grace, extended ...

3594. Fathers in Their Generation

Psalm 103:13

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... because it is during this week that the sessions of the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in this region are held. They are continuing today at the University of Redlands. But I have been away for several weeks on vacation prior to this week, so I thought it would be prudent for me to show up here. Besides that, as you have heard, this is Choir Recognition Sunday, and I wanted to be here also for that occasion. In the past, when Bob Cooper was the director of music, he used this Sunday as an ...

3595. Get Lost

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... herself, and outside of her sorrow, long enough to comfort a little boy who had need. She said, "I have my own problems." One night the ship was torpedoed, and began to sink slowly. The woman came out on deck, prepared herself to go down with the ship. She thought that that would solve her problems. But when she was on the deck, she saw that little boy shivering from fright and the cold. He saw her. He came over to her, clung to her. Something came over her. She led him to the lifeboats. And they both got ...

3596. Have You Got a Prayer?

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of those epiphanies. You heard Luke's version read this morning. The Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased." In newer translations, which are thought to be more accurate, the adjective "beloved" is made a separate phrase to emphasize the intensity of the personal nature of this experience. "You are my Son. My beloved. In thee I am well pleased." That is Luke's version. All four gospels portray this scene ...

3597. Have You Heard?

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to live the kind of life that he is capable of. And now that musician, that poet, that artist, that craftsman under this man is gone, and it will never happen. Why didn't somebody shake him to get him to live all the life he is capable of." I thought of that passage as I listened to the woman talk incessantly, especially when she said, "You know, I asked my husband if we could settle down now, not move anymore. We have enough. We ought to spend more time with our children before they go wrong. But he told ...

3598. He's Here Somewhere

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , "I baptize with water, but among you stands one whom you do not know, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie." They thought it had to be John. I mean, who else could it be? There were no trumpet fanfares, no celestial signs pointing to somebody. They had to ... the right place, this unremarkable place, something like Nazareth, when you come to think about it. A place people never thought about. And the pastor himself was what you would term unremarkable. Not the kind of pastor that a city or a ...

3599. Honoring the Fathers

Hebrews 11:17-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

3600. If I Were a Rich Man

Mark 10:17-27

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the ethic of Deuteronomy. He lived a good life. He was honest about his life. He did his best to be the kind of person he thought God wanted him to be. And yet his life was empty. He had the honesty and courage to say, "It's not working. What must I ... the exact opposite of what everybody in that society was taught to believe. So you see how subversive this passage is. Jesus was thought, in fact, to be undermining the basis of morality in that society. That is why they were against him. That is why they ...

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