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351. The Parable of the Choices

Matthew 21:28-31

Sermon

Shirley Gupton Lynn

... profession and his practice didn't match; and, when we try to live like that, confusion always results. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 29-year-old David Stachura jumped an open drawbridge with his car at 40 miles per hour. He ruined his tires, bent his wheels and was arrested for drunken driving. The drawbridge attendant who witnessed David's flight through the air said this: "It looked pretty good for awhile—‘til he hit the other side." Life without Christian convictions may look pretty good for a while ...

352. Our Hope, Our Terror

Matthew 22:1-14

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Barbara Brown Taylor

... jeep to rescue her. He flipped her on her back, wrapped tire chains around her front legs, and hooked the chains to a trailer hitch on his jeep. Then I watched horrified as he took off, yanking her body forward so that her mouth filled with sand and her neck bent so far back I thought it would break. The ranger hauled her over the dunes and down onto the beach. At the ocean's edge, he unhooked her and turned her right side up. She lay motionless in the surf as the water lapped at her body, washing the sand ...

353. Perceiving the Presence of God

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... was no longer attractive to the animals of the forest. They, too, decided to sleep for the winter. One day the cold became so intense that Bean Plant was snapped off at the base; she was no more. But before the sun's strength went away totally, it bent down and kissed its friend Lily and said, "Thank you for talking with me. I love you very much." With that, winter came to the forest with all its strength. After a few months, life once again began to appear in the forest. The snows melted and streams again ...

354. Accepting the Lord Once Again

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... the prisoner about his time in the desert, at the beginning of his ministry, when he was tempted with the great luxuries of power, wealth, and prestige. "You were a fool," said the inquisitor. "You should have accepted Satan's offer! Why are you so bent on self-destruction? Why did you choose miracle, mystery, and authority over power, wealth, and prestige? There is no longer a need to believe in you and what you bring. Go away, you are not welcome here." This time the prisoner did answer, not with ...

355. Time for a New Wardrobe

Isaiah 61:1—62:12

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... garments of salvation. Let us remove our warriors' boots and put on our feet anything that will help us walk in the way of peace (Ephesians 6:15). Let us cover ourselves with "robes of righteousness," and let us celebrate our salvation with shouts of praise and knees bent in worship. You see, a change of clothes does make a difference. And trust me, we need a change in wardrobe, you and I. We need a new attitude, you and I. We need to turn from the cynical, disrespectful behavior of our culture and face the ...

356. Final Instructions

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... today like this: The Kingdom It's a long way off but inside there are different things going on ... Festivals at which the poor man is king and the consumptive is healed; Mirrors in which the blind man looks and love looks back at him; Industry for mending bent bones and minds fractured by life. It's a long way off, but to get there takes no time at all and admission is free ... If you will but purge yourself of desire and present yourself With your needs only and the simple offering of your faith ... Green ...

357. Creative Love

Matthew 22:34-46; Mark 12:28-34

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James A. Carpenter

... the boy and the man of her hopes. She told God what she always expected me to be, and then how I had disappointed her hope. 'O God!' she prayed. 'Take this boy of mine and make him the boy and man he is divinely designed to be.' Then she bent over and kissed me and went out and left me alone in the silence with God."

358. Rock Turning

Mark 1:1-8

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Douglass M. Bailey

... what she was doing. So on one particular occasion when they had stopped to behold a majestic view, they decided they would follow her. She stole away from the group and made her way down into a gully. They watched her as she walked into the gully. She bent down and reached under a sizable rock, and then turned the rock upside down. She brushed her hands and turned around to walk back up the trail. When she looked up, the entire Order of nuns was watching her. "Margaret, what are you doing?" they asked. "I'm ...

359. Healing Aerobics

2 Kings 5:1-15ab

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... step and admit that we too are lepers in need of God's healing touch? Naaman could have ignored his condition, covered it up and even could have had the servant girl beaten for making such an impertinent suggestion. His exercises began when his spirit humbly bent down to acknowledge the label of leper and he began to seek a cure. "Turning around," experiencing the effect of metanoia in our life, can also be daunting. To be transformed means that we must willingly give up our old familiar self. We do not ...

360. The Problem of Unanswered Prayer

2 Timothy 3:14-4:5

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... we do with our lives. The point is not to say the Lord's Prayer. The point is to be the Lord's Prayer. Prayer is our faith in action. To pray without ceasing doesn't mean to keep praying without taking a break. It means that the constant bent and drift of our being should be towards God. If anything, prayer is not talking. Prayer is listening. Prayer changes things, because one of the first things it changes is us. It makes us get busy; it clears our mind of that which clouds the vision; it sets us ...

361. By Faith Living

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... there can be nothing less than a victorious ending. Where was the victory for Abraham? When he took that first step on his journey to Canaan and claimed God's promise. The rest was commentary. Where was the victory for David? When he took that first step forward, bent to pick up a rock and claimed God's promise. The rest was commentary. Where was the victory for Noah? When he took that first step and drove the first nail into the ark and claimed God's promise. The rest was commentary. Where was the victory ...

362. Planting the Seeds

Jn 1:1-18; Mt 11:1-19

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Brett Blair

... poverty. There was peace in families, harmony, no dissension, no more drugs. There careful use of resources. By the time she got back to the counter, she had a long list. Jesus looked over the list, then smiled at her and said, "No problem." And then he bent down behind the counter and picked out all sorts of things, and finally stood up, and laid out the packets on the counter. "What are these?" the woman asked. "Seed packets," Jesus answered. "This is a catalog store." "You mean I don't get the finished ...

363. John 20:1-18

John 20:1-18

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... acknowledge the women who had accompanied her (v. 2; see Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1-3, Luke 24:1-3). The two disciples, arriving in the vicinity, now speed to the tomb, John outrunning Peter. But rather than entering the tomb, John, arriving first, merely "bent down" to look into the tomb and saw there the "linen wrappings." Peter, catching up, pushes past John, dashes into the tomb and sees for himself what John has already seen, and notes the cloth which had been coiled about Jesus' head was not lying with ...

364. He Stands Alone

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Mom insisted. Then Laura bolted across the aisle and bear‑hugged a marble post. She yelled out, for all to hear, “I’m not leaving till I see Jesus!” Her mother was humiliated. The more she asserted, the louder Laura protested. Finally the priest came over, bent down, took Laura by the hand, and gently led her to the altar where he showed her the Sacraments. After a couple of minutes Laura returned happily to her mom, content to go home. That was twenty years ago. Today people who know her call ...

365. Proper 20

Mark 9:33-37, Mark 9:14-32, James 4:1-12, James 3:1-12, Proverbs 31:10-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... " will kill him. The Son of Man will be crucified by man. It is surely more accurate to say "men," because all men are responsible for Jesus' death. Men are by nature sinful and their sins crucify the Lord of life. Man is basically a rebel and he is bent toward evil. It means we all of every generation are guilty and we were there at the cross. 2. Ask (v. 32). Because the disciples did not understand the forecast of his passion, they had reason to ask him for an explanation. But they were afraid to ask. Why ...

366. A Thankless Job

John 10:11-18

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King Duncan

... a women's club; You know how I effervesce when I promote A fellowship group. You know my genuine enthusiasm At a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonder If You pointed to a basin of water And asked me to wash the callused feet Of a bent and wrinkled old woman Day after day Month after month, In a room where nobody saw And nobody knew? We know what she's talking about, don't we? Thankless jobs. Jobs without much of a payoff in money or recognition. Repetitive jobs, boring jobs, repulsive jobs. Being a ...

367. Excellence in Giving

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... were talking about the big bank bailout I thought of an old Will Rogers line, “If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?” I figure it’s better to laugh about some of the things that happen in our world than to get bent all out of shape. But this probably isn’t the best time to be talking about giving. Let me tell you, though, there are millions of people in the world today who would be thrilled to have the problems you and I have. We have our health, most of us ...

368. We Cannot Not Be Sinners

Mark 6:14-29

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Scott Hoezee

Most people are loathe to admit that they are just generally bent toward the bad, inclined to do it wrong. So when the Christian tradition declares to any and all, "You are a sinner," most people these days reply, "What did I do?" If sin exists at all, it is merely episodic, an occasional (and inexplicable) "lapse" from our better nature, which ...

369. In Search of Jesus

John 6:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... and tweed jacket. There was Jesus the farmer, with calluses on his hands and dirt under his fingernails. There was a suburban, churchgoing Jesus in a suit and tie. There was an Hispanic Jesus, and an African‑American Jesus. There was a feminist Jesus, who enabled bent women to stand up. In her dream, Sister Rachael chose one and ordered that Jesus. She received a Jesus, but it was different from the one she had ordered. She ordered another Jesus, and again she got a Jesus different from the one she had ...

370. The Climb

Joshua 14:6-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... would make my head hurt." The psychiatrist turned to the parents and said, "I have to tell you, this boy is in bad shape. Let's go see how your other boy is doing." They went back to that second room, opened the door and here was this kid all bent down, all over the horse manure slinging it as hard as he could. He had it all over the ceiling, all over the walls, all over the floor and all over himself. The psychiatrist took one look at him and said, "Son, what in the world are you doing?" The ...

371. Like a Good Neighbor – Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... keep warm by standing on a grate blowing hot air outside the bakery. Here was this shoe store owner surrounded by all of these shoes, but he was uncertain about what he ought to do about that little boy. All of a sudden a middle aged lady walked by. She bent down, spoke some kind words to the child; brought him into the shoe store and bought him some brand new shoes and socks. As that boy shivering in the cold put on those warm shoes and socks, he said to the lady, "Are you God's wife?" She said, "No ...

372. Everyone's Talking about Him

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... one of his own compositions. He could not hear even the full orchestra. Soon he was beating one time and the orchestra was playing another, and the performance disintegrated in disaster. There is a pathetic picture of him after he had given a piano recital, bent over the keyboard, oblivious to the applause that thundered about him. (3) He wrote on another occasion, "For two years I have avoided almost all social gatherings because it is impossible for me to say to people ‘I am deaf.’ If I belonged to ...

373. The Passion of the Christ – The Rest of the Story

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

James Merritt

... beam, because of his weight, both shoulders would immediately have become dislocated causing even further excruciating pain. Then the feet would have been fixed to the cross and again 7 inch spikes would have been driven through both feet and the knees would have been bent to the right to make sure the pain to the legs and the hips were at a maximum. Once in the crucified position, the victim would begin to die a slow death by asphyxiation. The reason is the stresses on the muscles and the diaphragm ...

374. Mrs. Proverbs

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... , a prominent white man, to come and wash the feet of Martha Fortuin, a black woman who had cared for the judge's children. The judge accepts, and after washing Fortuin's feet, and recalling how she had often kissed the feet of his children, he bent over and kissed her feet, an act that moved the other worshipers to tears. Eventually the press learned of what Judge Oliver had done, and in that hostile social climate, it was big news. Thus, it was not surprising that soon thereafter, the judge was shunted ...

375. Compassion Can Do More Than You May Think

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... a good look. When he saw the man, and the look in his eyes, the businessman instinctively did what Jesus did with the widow who had lost her only son that day in the town of Nain. The businessman's heart went out to the man in the gutter. He bent down to him and said, "Whoever you are, you don't belong here!" The businessman took the man home with him to see if he could help him. As it turned out, the businessman was right. This man didn't belong there. He was a prominent physician who had taken ...

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