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351. I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life

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Ronald Lavin

... man's attempts to wrestle with the questions of life in reference to some kind of ultimate reality through some kind of faith or loyalty. Certainly no one would say that this attempt is all bad. The religious person, unlike the hedonist, is not only concerned about his own pleasures, but the happiness of others. Unlike the humanist, he has values beyond the human realm. But like both, he discovers that his way of religion does not fulfill his ultimate desire. At its best, religion is man's attempt to think ...

352. The Power Of A Rumor

Mark 2:1-12

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John A. Stroman

... in our effort to erect a new school building in the village. We laughed, worked, sang, ate, and lived together. When we left, we left all of our belongings, except for what we were wearing. For the two weeks that we were there, the people realized that we were concerned about them and their welfare and so they came, especially for our last night. We wanted to have a time together with the people, so we invited them to come on our last evening to a service that would be held in the building that we had just ...

353. Easter 4

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

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William E. Keeney

... led the man born blind to be expelled from the synagogue. Jesus then fully realized the depth of the opposition to his ministry and its impact on those who accepted him as the authentic agent of God, as the Messiah. Jesus shifts the focus of his concern to a larger field. He is concerned for his disciples. But he is not limited to the small group close to him or to others who were ready to follow him because of his teaching and healing. He looked beyond with a larger vision to all those who stood in need of ...

354. Advent 2

2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:1-8

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Russell F. Anderson

... . The third cry or shout: "Here is your God!" (v. 9). In Christ, God has come close to his human children. These three shouts can be used as a basis for the sermon. Epistle: 2 Peter 3:8-15a Sermon Title: Moving Beyond Time. Sermon Angle: Peter addresses the concern about the tardiness of the Lord's return. He consoles that "with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day" (v. 8). He is attempting to express the truth that God lives beyond time; he is not governed by the ...

355. Epiphany 6

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Leviticus 13:1-46, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

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Russell F. Anderson

... . The U.S. West yellow pages advertises that their book is the one that gets used, yes, even abused. God is often the One who gets used. We have a problem, we turn to the Lord. The problem is solved, we soon forget about him. Jesus was concerned that people would want to use his wonder-working power without being converted or spiritually transformed. The healings by Christ were meant to draw attention to the claims of God's kingdom, so that persons might turn to the Lord for renewal of their minds as well ...

356. Proper 5

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 1 Samuel 8:1-22, Mark 3:31-35, Mark 3:20-30

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Russell F. Anderson

... active in our lives. Outline: 1. Is there any sin too great for God to forgive? 2. Jesus warns against committing the eternal sin (v. 29). 3. What is this sin? Murder? Rape? Robbery? 4. It is the sin of turning good and evil upside down. 5. If we are concerned about committing such a sin, we are in the clear. 6. Trust in the grace and mercy of God in Christ. Bessie Delaney died September, 1995, at the age of 104; she and her sister Sarah authored a book in 1993 which became a best-seller. The book is called ...

357. Two Doors; One Choice

Luke 13:22-30

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W. Robert McClelland

... to deliver his prepared statement in the presence of his father. But the father interrupts him. He has no interest in his son's confession of sin. Disobedience and defilement do not even enter the conversation. They are not issues so far as the father is concerned. Instead, he wants to party with the son who was lost and is found, dead and is now alive. The view of the kingdom that Jesus gives us in this story is radically different from that held by the crowd: parents, teachers, employers, clergy. Their ...

358. What's a Good God Doing In a World Like This?

John 16:5-16

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James Weekley

... , for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. "I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you ...

359. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

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George Bass

... Word, if she were to find favor in the eyes of God. So she sat at Jesus' feet and listened, taking in every word that came out of his mouth. 3. Two sisters should have shared the responsibility of entertaining and feeding Jesus, but one is caring and concerned for the welfare of the Lord, and the other seems to care little about what he would eat and drink in their home. The truth is that the Christian ought to be a combination of Mary and Martha - getting priorities set, as Mary did, by giving priority to ...

360. Proper 26

Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10

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George Bass

... to do is clean up our worship of the Lord God. Worship him and adore him in the manner that he deserves - with our whole hearts and souls, with every sinew of our being, with every element of our lives. 3. Christians have to repent regularly and be concerned about the things of God - caring for others, working for justice, helping people who are helpless. This all begins with our "washing" in the waters of baptism, in the daily washing of repentance which leads to new life. 4. And when this all happens, the ...

361. What's In The Final Exam?

Matthew 25:31-46

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George Johnson

... Should we read the Matthew 25 passage for the scripture lesson?" This text is a favorite for any gathering around hunger and poverty issues. I've used it often when I speak about hunger. But the text has a far greater scope and purpose than to muster up a concern for hungry people. The story was not told by Jesus as a fund-raising speech. It was not intended for use in defending the need for a Social Action Committee, or the use of hunger funds for advocacy. One can use this text for many purposes, but we ...

362. Everything Except God

Amos 5:1-17

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Richard Hasler

... and the hypocrisy of the worship of Yahweh, the God of Israel. God was enthusiastically praised at Bethel, but was conspicuously absent when it came to personal and social relationships at other times and in other places. In a word, Amos was more concerned with a saving knowledge of God and with ethical righteousness as a sign that their religious experience was genuine. Could it be possible that our worship, habitual as it may be, includes everything except God? We are undoubtedly shocked at such a notion ...

363. Another Tricky Question

Matthew 22:15-22

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Johnny Dean

... things that are the emperor’s" mean that a Christian is duty-bound to love America, right or wrong. I’m sorry, but I cannot agree with that. One Christian writer has said, "The greatest service Christians can render to their country is to become actively concerned about the destiny of the church." I have also heard it argued that "Give to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s" implies a strict separation of church and state, that Jesus is dividing life ...

364. Encounters With Christ II: Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

... down inside of her… first of all… the dangerous attitude of… I. RESENTMENT… Martha was resenting Mary. In my opinion, there is nothing more destructive to our spiritual lives than resentment. It can absolutely ruin your life… and Jesus knew it. It concerned Him to see this dangerous attitude of resentment in Martha. In the Greek language, there are two words for anger. There is Thumos – a kind of “quick anger” which quickly blazes up and just as quickly dies down. And then there is “Orge ...

365. Pray for the Church

1 Timothy 2:1-15

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Carl Hoefler

... same cause. Amen. Prayer of Confession O Lord, what many blessings your church has given to the generations of twenty centuries! When we think of all that has been done, we are ashamed of how little prayer support we have given. Forgive us for too little concern for the conversion of others to the Christian faith. Convince us to pray daily for all Christians to be a witnessing fellowship of believers. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Hymns "Break Forth, O Living Light of God” “Christ For the World We Sing ...

366. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

367. Life's Third Dimension

Matthew 20:1-16

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... is the world of what you are, the world that God sees and he wants you to see it too. He wants you to know that you are more than a continuum, more than an accumulation of years, more than a linked chain of happenings. He wants you to be concerned, not merely about how long life is, but how broad and how deep. In this story Jesus told, those workers who labored so long for what they got bitterly resented the fact that others got the same for working only a short, short while. To the vineyard owner they said ...

368. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

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Wallace H. Kirby

... on TV, or listening to us gossip the gospel, are put off by our unacceptable presentations? One of the slogans of ecumenical Christianity has been, "The Needs of the World Write the Agenda." The meaning is that the church must learn to listen carefully to the concerns of the world as it stakes out its program and direction; otherwise, it will be like those Scouts who help old ladies cross streets they don’t want to cross in the first place. In another sense, the world sets the agenda of apologetics - of ...

369. Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

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... told that a nuclear war could destroy the ozone that halts deadly radiation from the sun, let alone what The Bomb could do directly to people and other forms of life on the earth. Everybody is talking about The Bomb, and millions of people are becoming concerned - and some persons are sufficiently alarmed as to call for a nuclear "freeze" and, better yet, for the banning of The Bomb. Madge Micheels-Cyrus, who works for Friends for a Non-Violent World, points out, "It has become a tidal wave. I’m not aware ...

370. The Nearest Hand

Luke 10:25-37

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Carveth Mitchell

... by the compassion, forgiveness or encouragement of another person; when your life is strengthened by the spiritual, mental or physical support of someone else, this is God, taking the nearest willing hand - or lips or purse - to express his love, his mercy, his concern for you. Praise God when his modern Samaritans touch our lives, as they so often do. More important, praise God that we can be (must be) his Samaritans, touching life’s needy travelers with our willing hands for him. Almighty and most ...

371. The Man Who Didn’t Care

Luke 16:19-31

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Carveth Mitchell

... (death is not oblivion, even though some people might wish it were); there is memory (life is not "water over the dam"); there is recognition (knowing one another is possible, even across the gulf that Jesus describes). Finally, this is not evidence of Dives’ loving concern for his five brothers. It is rather a clever camouflage to excuse himself. You see? His predicament is God’s fault. Who could expect anyone to be convinced on only the say-so of Moses and the prophets? He hadn’t. But if one came ...

372. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

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... not to lose heart, but to be among those who preserve the seeds of faith on earth? No counseling is of any value unless it is embraced in an accepting, positive response. There is mystery, of course, in the presence of evil in the world. But there is no mystery concerning the stance God wants us to take and maintain with respect to it. If ever we are tempted to think God is unconcerned about the evil, or that he is not supportive of us in our resistance to it, we will do well to think carefully about how we ...

373. The Fourth Sunday in Lent

Matthew 20:17-19

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Kendall McCabe

... the congregation where that post has alternated between two families for the last half century. It may be as far reaching as deciding who the president of the denomination will be and that person's influence on the teaching of theology in our divinity schools. Our power concerns may be more individual and private. They may have to do with why we got involved in the church in the first place, why we take religion as seriously as we do. They have to do with God. The ultimate power trip. God becomes the way we ...

374. Life in the Community of Believers

Acts 2:42-47

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... patience with persons who say, "I do not want to be a part of a church. It is always asking for money." Usually I find that the ones who say that are the ones who are not giving anyway. I think it is important that we are aware of the concerns and needs of others around us. It is important to know the faith, to feel the fellowship; but also when you are hungry, hurting and homeless to know there is someone somewhere who cares and that God has called us to be a means of his presence. I am ...

375. The Power and the Glory

Matthew 20:20-28

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... that frequently when he was drowsing off, some important thought would come into his mind and he would make a mental note. "I must speak to the pope about that." "Then," he went on, "I would be wide awake and remember that I am pope." Plenty of the world is concerned with power and glory, but what the church and Stephen Ministers can be in the midst of this world is a community of people who tell God's story in Jesus as the one who came "to serve and to give," and who affirm and support one another in ...

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