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3601. I Am The Servant

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... person to the other, washing their feet like a servant. It was an enacted parable. It is the story of Jesus, the servant, which has been told again and again, generation after generation. "Each time we hear it, it seems more wonderfully sweet," not sweet in a sentimental sense, but more dear to us and near to us. Each time we hear of the distance God came -- from the highest heavens to the bowels of the earth -- to save us, we can grow in our appreciation and love of the old, old story. Jesus said, "...Here ...

3602. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... him. That doesn't bother or even affect me. I'm an important Pharisee. Why would I need forgiveness? When the Messiah does come, I'm sure God will tell us first. This Jesus of Nazareth always helped and related to the poor and helpless. That doesn't make sense. Why would our God Jehovah send the Messiah to people who need so much help and have no importance? I want things the way they used to be, and the way they're supposed to be. With Jesus in his grave, everything will soon be normal. People will forget ...

3603. DNA and SIN

Romans 7:7-25

Illustration

George Murphy

Augustine thought that original sin was transmitted to the child through the sexual act, but the idea that it has such a genetic character is difficult for us to make sense of today. (It also lacks scriptural basis, unless one forces Psalm 51:6.) It may be more helpful to use an ecological metaphor. We cannot fully understand living organisms without their environment, and we cannot fully understand a human being except as part of the whole human community. This is ...

3604. Moses' New Job

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... had a number of women who would read itwell. The first time I tried it, the reader got it at thebeginning of the service. I did it three years later and thereader had several days to look at it. In neither case didwe practice together. But the reader's sense of timing wasjust fine. In both cases, the reader read from the back ofthe nave. Exodus 4:24-26, 18:2-9 My dearest Zipporah, He came. Just as God promised, Aaron came. It is allfalling into place. God is with me in this new venture.Aaron came yesterday ...

3605. Grampa Noah And When The Flood Came

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... was done originally with the pastorattempting various voicing. Since timing is what makes ascript like this come alive, the pastor may be wise in doingit him/herself. But competent, lively church members wouldprovide a better voicing if they can sustain the sense oftiming for their squabbles and questions. Genesis 6 - 9 Narrator: Those of you who read the four chapters oftext for this Sunday's sermon probably found yourself struckby the telling and retelling of the story of Noah, withvariations in what ...

3606. I Want To Go South, Lord

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... your servant and coming here. Those were real highmoments for me. But look at all the good it did. I had noimpact on the people who lived there. They haven't changedsince I built those shrines. The people are all the same, nosense of commitment, no sense of hope. Only the same oldways of doing things. I went right through them. Noblessing, no nothing! Nothing's changed. I just want to geton. I want to go south. God: NOTHING HAPPENED! DO YOU REALIZE NO ONE WASHARMED? (Nothing happened? No one was harmed, you ...

3607. On Sacrificing Others

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... the hope of thefuture. It is our faithfulness, not our children's, that is thekey to the future. He always laughed and asked if we'd be so willing togive up our fine homes and fast camels as easily as we gaveup our first- born sons. He has a strange sense of humor. I guess because of our talks, he came here. He didn'tsay any more at the time. I really sympathized with him.Isaac is a bright boy and a hard worker already at his age.A few more years and Isaac would be strong enough to protecthis father ...

3608. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... part of everyday news for all of the decade of the 1980s. It seemed appropriate to look back into the scriptures to see if there were any materials that might have meaning in that kind of historical context. While Paul was not a hostage in the classic sense, he was under house arrest a number of times, thus separated from his family and friends, and from his task as ambassador for Christ. I decided to drop the hostage notion and just concentrate on the way things were for the story line. Storytelling can do ...

3609. The Meek

Sermon

John A. Terry

... than it does today. Once upon a time the word "meek" characterized a person who was free of self-will, someone who wasn't interested in getting his or her own way, but was interested in the good of other people. This is a word that only makes sense today when it is understood as describing the relationship between God and ourselves, not simply a description of how people relate to one another. The Greek word which we translate as "meek" was used to describe a horse that was bridled, ready to run a race. The ...

3610. The Merciful

Sermon

John A. Terry

... of a merciful God. The mercy to which Jesus referred is not simply our being merciful to one another, but God being merciful to us. All acts of mercy have their origin with God. God is the source, the author, the creator of mercy. There is a dual sense in which we receive mercy. We receive mercy now and in the kingdom. We know the joys of performing acts of mercy. We know the pleasure of receiving the merciful actions of others. In this world we will not always find mercy returned when mercy is shown. But ...

3611. Grampa Noah And When The Flood Came

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 9:18-29

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... done originally with the pastor attempting various voicing. Since timing is what makes a script like this come alive, the pastor may be wise in doing it him/herself. But competent, lively church members would provide a better voicing if they can sustain the sense of timing for their squabbles and questions. Genesis 6 - 9 Narrator: Those of you who read the four chapters of text for this Sunday's sermon probably found yourself struck by the telling and retelling of the story of Noah, with variations in what ...

3612. Evergreen Wreath And Faded Leaf

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... his recognition that "we all do fade as a leaf." That's the paradox of Advent -- the evergreen wreath of hope amid the reality that we indeed do all fade like a leaf. The trust in God that is voiced is apparently counterbalanced by a deep sense of desperation, symbolized by a faded leaf so vulnerable it can be blown away into oblivion. At the personal level we vacillate between the evergreen wreath and the faded leaf. The famed agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll spoke these somber words at the graveside of his ...

3613. Will We Enjoy Heaven?

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of Jerusalem because Jerusalem is in trouble. But if you can find one truthful person, just one there, I will spare the whole city." Jeremiah did not go. He said, "Lord, the street people of Jerusalem are poor, and because they are poor, they don't have any sense; they are therefore not truthful." Then there was Jonah. He ran away from God. He said, "I've been running because you told me to go to Nineveh and preach. But, if I did, those weirdos would repent and you are such a soft-hearted God you would ...

3614. Jesus: The Only Way To God?

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... , molesting father by his vow of confidentiality, cries out his anguish in the direction of a crucifix on the wall of his room. He desperately condemns Jesus for doing nothing while letting a child suffer terribly because of a vow which in this situation makes no sense at all. But then the camera focuses in on the face of the crucified Jesus, the torment mirrored there of one who feels every moment of pain suffered both by the priest and by the young girl. Both priests depict the rest of the world in ...

3615. Kindness In Action: Evangelism

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... which suddenly appear in times of extreme stress? He must have seen baptism (a Jewish religious rite at that time) as a way of proactively receiving this newly found power into his own life. Much of this is speculation, but it does make sense of the passage. The current word for the winning of converts to the faith is "evangelism." Today, however, that's an emotionally charged word in many churches. For some it refers to an aggressive effort to win the unchurched population into the faith. Unfortunately ...

3616. On Not Being First

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... to our success-oriented generations, he would tell us to press on in our efforts to be successful -- provided that we do so in totally ethical ways and with sensitivity to the feelings of others. But therein lies a problem: for me to win (in the traditional sense), you have to lose. I think Jesus would tell us that God simply doesn't care one way or the other what honors we receive, how successful we are as the world measures those things. The Persian poet knew this: The worldly hope men set their hearts ...

3617. Persevering In The Faith

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... 't matter." Then Mom arrived. She knelt before her brokenhearted son. Slowly she drew him close. Knowing just a bit more than Dad about such things, she said to him "Oh, Son, it does matter. It matters a lot." Can we understand this? Things do get broken. Our pain and sense of loss can't always be removed at once. But the One who loves us more than any other is there, telling us "it does matter."

3618. Written On The Heart

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... heart of every man is a God-shaped place." We are born with an inherent understanding of the divine expectation. Actually, as we look at some people today, we are caused to wonder. Many of our streets are filled with hopeless people who seem to have no sense of responsibility to God or to anyone. That's a tragic characteristic of this decade for which many still search for humane answers. For those of us gathered here, however, we do know what is right. The Bible is fairly clear about that, what with the ...

3619. Acquaintances Or Friends?

2 Samuel 16:15--17:29

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... the casting of lots the finger points directly to Jonathan, who confesses that he took a taste of honey. Saul vows to kill him but the people rise as one and bluntly tell the king not to touch one hair of Jonathan's head. The common soldiers sensed than Jonathan was a peoples' person. Jonathan's next appearance in the narrative is in today's reading. David is introduced to Saul. As far as Jonathan was concerned, meeting David was a case of friendship at first sight. "When David had finished speaking to Saul ...

3620. Leaving A Legacy

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... bed. With the news of David's death, people were heard saying, "There will never be another king like him." It would be hard for anyone to attempt to fill David's shoes. Solomon realized how enormous the responsibility placed on his shoulders would be. Sensing the weight of the responsibility of being ruler over God's chosen people, Solomon retreated to a favorite place where he would seek out God's direction. For those intent on finding faults with politicians, it seemed that Solomon faltered from the very ...

3621. Lasting Impressions

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... . Living a life full of integrity in harmony with God is its own reward. "A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold." Living in harmony with God, caring for others comes naturally and gives us that long sought after sense of peace of mind. ____________ 1. Robert Schuller, Power Thoughts, (New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993), pp. 152-154.

3622. Between The Parentheses

Revelation 1:4-8

Sermon

William G. Carter

... there is much in this book that unsettles a sensitive stomach. But the first word and the last word are the same . . . and the word is grace. It is a word that God alone can say. Like all the words God speaks, grace is a word that makes sense only when we look to Jesus Christ. Through Christ, God is relentlessly inclined in our favor. According to our text, Jesus is the "faithful witness" who points to the truth of God's love. He is "the firstborn of the dead," who has opened the way of resurrection. Jesus ...

3623. Invitation To Community

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

William G. Carter

... called to support and strengthen marriages, for a marriage is the smallest form of community. As the Presbyterian wedding service announces, "God gave us marriage for the well-being of human society." We cannot expect peace in our world unless we claim some sense of peace in our households. Working for such peace may require us to stand up against some prevailing thoughts in our culture. Wendell Berry is a Kentucky farmer and a champion of community health. He also writes award-winning articles and stories ...

3624. The Final Questions

John 6:60-71

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... now teaching you by this word. "It is the Spirit that gives life," Jesus says in this text, "the flesh is useless." That is our Lord's way of urging you to realize God knows the answers. Use your head and don't exaggerate your brains. Realize your common sense would obviously not apply to God's uncommonly divine wisdom and God's one-of-a-kind action. Now to the rest of us, to us who count ourselves among the believing disciples. The next question is, "Do you also wish to go away?" Don't answer too quickly ...

3625. A Breeze In The Dark

John 3:1-21

Sermon

William G. Carter

... midst of darkness. Then one day he went back to the church as a quiet believer, 41 years old and wet from the womb. Of that return, he writes: "There had been no emotional upheaval, no great insight, certainly no proper grasp of theological issues; just a sense of history and the fittingness of things. Something impossible to explain. Teilhard de Chardin says, 'The incommunicable part of us is the pasture of God.' I must leave it at that."3 Out in a dark world, if you listen, you can hear the Wind of God ...

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