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I was chosen to speak due to my warm personality. . . . Look up warm and it means "not so hot."

Anonymous

May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend.

Irish blessing

353. Choosing to Be Grateful

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... out the storm; Grateful for a seaworthy boat, which got us safely up and down the Bay; Grateful for smart phones that kept us up to date with the latest weather and allowed us to stay in touch with our kids; Grateful for good food and wine, which warmed our hearts and gladdened our spirits even when we were wet and cold; Grateful for the bald eagle we spotted one afternoon, soaring majestically above the trees and then feasting on a large fish that had washed up on the shore; Grateful for books to read and ...

354. Under the Fig Tree

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it won’t increase your faith or your personal “knowing” of God. Only in a close encounter with God, a moment of recognition of Jesus, will your heart be forever and inexplicably changed. This is what John Wesley knew when his heart was strangely warmed. It’s what countless Methodists knew when they underwent monumental conversions that led to permanent and miraculous life changes. It’s what the couple felt after their encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus. It’s what Nathanael felt when he ...

355. The Eye of the Storm

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... exit except through the whirling storm’s fury. The stages of a hurricane begin with the formation of a “disturbance.” The sun heats tropical ocean waters to the point of evaporating. When a cloud of warm air forms, these clouds heat the air around them, creating densely packed clouds. Then a large mass of warm rain clouds form over the ocean. This in itself is not dangerous until winds begin to form and pick up speed. A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its wind speed reaches a “tipping point ...

356. A New Heaven And A New Earth: Our Problems Are Fading Away!

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... faith, he claimed, because if you are not fully engaged in something it does not matter, and then we begin to take it for granted.[3] Barth helps us better understand this crisis too. The real crisis is not the persecution of first-century Christians. It is not global warming, the Trump presidency, or our own ups and downs. The real crisis is that the universe is under judgment because it is finite, and it must pass away, and that God is coming in Christ in the midst of it all to give us a fresh start![4 ...

357. Why Christianity?

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... he came swooping in on a high horse, he would have been unrelatable. But being a little baby born in a humble manner — now that warms our heart. There is nothing more disarming than a precious baby. I think of when my son Paul was born. I just fell to ... any good, but you go right ahead.” In the middle of my prayer, I asked God to cover Walter in his loving arms like a warm blanket. When I finished my prayer, I could not believe what I saw. There were tears coming down Walter’s cheeks, and his arms were ...

358. The Light from the Cliff

Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... came down from the mountain after communing with God, so do our faces shine when we allow God to illuminate our innermost souls. Jesus’ presence in our lives and hearts is something like installing a high-powered lens in the flesh of our hearts. That lens not only warms our hearts and softens our spirits, but it infuses us with such love and caring for others that we can’t help but show it in all we say and do. Because the Light lives within us, we become a vehicle for the Light, which shines into the ...

359. Welcoming Jesus

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... ? How did it feel? A good friend noted many years ago, “Churches can learn a lot about hospitality if they pay attention to good restaurants.” A thriving restaurant is always expecting new people. Strangers are warmly greeted, even directed toward a good seat. Fresh drink and warm bread are offered before the newcomers even ask. Questions are answered, no matter how apparently small or trivial. There was nothing that intentionally excluded, no insider jargon, no assigned seats, no dress code, nor ...

360. I Am Somebody!

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... half of the message from Jesus’ baptism and our own…we are loved. Most folks understand that, and that is why they get all warm and fuzzy when it comes to presenting their little ones for the sacrament. But there is another half, and it is this: we have ... despair... I will be honest. I tremble and grow weak when I do baptisms... and I weep. Not because of some cute-little-baby-warm-fuzzy-isn’t-this- a-nice-family picture kind of feeling, but because I think it is the most radical and dangerous thing I ...

361. Come and See

John 1:43-51

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... people see their true potential. What is more, he made them desire, with a deep and passionate longing, that those possibilities should become real and his dreams for them come true; he made folks believe they could come true, and that life could be full and warm and beautiful. The friendship of Jesus. How can we get it? There are no conditions to it other than the faith that such a wonderful thing is possible. Where do we find it? Some would try to say, “Anywhere. Just look around.” But the reality is ...

362. Is This All There Is?

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Durham Morning Herald was filled, to say nothing of the usual news of foreclosures, unemployment, crime. And there you have life. We have our lovely spring days when “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world", but everything is never completely right. Warm, beautiful spring days last not forever. And one of the cruel aspects of life is that, even our brightest, best and most lovely days are not totally right because we learn that the goodness doesn't last. Life does this to us--even robs us of ...

363. Two Lives to Live

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... ll do twenty envelopes. And you know the best part? Half of those people came and spent most of that money in my store, just as I thought they would.” The pastor felt sick in his stomach as he realized that what he had thought had been a warm, act of kindness, was a well- thought-out, deliberate act of using those ten people to further build this man’s own wealth. I don’t believe Jesus is saying there is anything wrong with having wealth, food, pleasure, and recognition. But I believe he is asking us ...

364. God Encounter

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the darkness of death can yield to new life. It’s all around us! Not just in nature but in every time that we call upon God, and God lifts us into a new and promising place. Every time that we feel afraid and feel God’s peace warming and calming our veins. Every time that we feel all hope is gone and are gifted a second chance. Every time we doubt but then experience the presence of Jesus in our lives, our homes, our communities, our churches, our children, our own spiritual and emotional resurrections ...

365. Stay Close

John 10:22-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . On this Sunday that we often name the “Festival of the Christian Home” when we honor mothers, or special women who have impacted our lives in unique or profound ways, we think of that rare, beautiful person who has made us feel not only safe but warm and cherished, valuable, and loved. Honoring those in our lives on this day set apart means for many of us a wonderful time for remembering those times when that special person was there for us, when that beloved someone supported us and lifted us out of ...

366. Why We Light the Candles

Luke 2:1-20 · Isaiah 9:2, 6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... realities of life. . You have come not to light, but to the light, the light which lightens the whole world (John 1). We come because there is something within in us, in even the most hardened of hearts, and flattened, modem world views, there is something which rises, warms to the glow of the Christmas candles. And we see the lights of the candles, and the message of the carols, and we rise. But this is not a light of our creation. This is not the bright, burning glow of merely human good will, human hope ...

367. For Someone Remembered by Many

Luke 24:13-35 · Acts 20:31-35 · Matthew 16:13-20

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... can’t steal our memories and as long as we have memories, so our loved one will continue to live on, or so will it seem as though they had never left that stage of life. When it comes to Joseph Hirtzel, we have many memories, memories which will warm our hearts and soothe our souls and bring smiles upon our faces. Mary will forever remember the day a Maryknoll missionary in Japan connected her with Joe when he was on an R&R trip during the Vietnam War. It must have been love at first sight, because they ...

368. God Is Like...a Comforter

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... night to a frigid bedroom. You’d crawl between icy sheets and then pull up over you a thick, heavy, quilted blanket that you called, most appropriately, the comforter. It took a couple minutes for your body heat to warm your place in the bed, but then the comforter made its presence felt. You were warm and cozy. Some of you may have an old patchwork comforter at your house; perhaps you have children who use it on their beds sometimes. Maybe they like to snuggle underneath its bulky warmth. But there is no ...

369. Becoming A Faithful Witness

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... experience he had as a child. His father was a minister, so he grew up going to church. He was a good boy. He generally was eager to please his parents. At the age of eleven this boy was sitting in church one summer Sunday morning. It was rather warm. The air conditioning never seemed to work too well in the older church sanctuary. On this Sunday, many of the women were using their bulletins to fan themselves. It was late in the service. The boy's father had already begun the sermon. Then one of the ladies ...

370. A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... day. "You were there when we caught him going through the grainfields on the sabbath to feed himself and his disciples. Do you actually believe that the Messiah would break our religious laws? Be serious. He's an imposter I tell you." "And that's not all." Eliezer was warming to his topic now. His voice raised. "He also healed that man with the withered hand on the sabbath day," he bellowed at Amos. "That's work on the sabbath day. That's also against our laws. I don't know what we're going to do with this ...

371. Paths Of Desperation

1 John 5:1-12

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... fine. He knew the answer to all the questions the pastor asked and answered some of the questions that the other students didn't get right. Dick felt proud of his performance especially with his mother in the audience. Dick loved his mom very much. She was a warm and loving mother who really seemed to understand a teenage boy. And Dick was right. His mother was proud of him. She told him so as she drove him home from church that night. Dick went to bed feeling pretty darn good about himself. When he woke up ...

372. Hear No Evil

Luke 1:46-55 (53); 4:18-16; 19:1ff; 16:14-15 et al

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... sympathy. Much pro-Nazi discussion takes place around the ornately crafted tables of the estate. The butler is right there in the midst of all this. He hears the discussions but it seems to make no impression upon him whatsoever. After the war the butler receives a warm letter from the woman who had in years past been his chief assistant at the estate. This was a woman who was greatly attracted to the butler. The butler either did not notice her attraction to him or he did not know how to comport himself in ...

373. Easter Power

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... disciples and was to contradict any other form of security offered by the world. Jesus also taught that this gift of peace was dependent upon his complete victory over sin and death. It should not have been unexpected then that our Lord would greet the disciples warmly with "Peace," and display for them the scars which are the signs of his victory over the arch enemies of sin and death. So it was that the community of the faithful came to look upon the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ ...

374. The Taught Can

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... methods. And we use them. We set up shelters and call them Good Samaritan houses; we invite the hungry to sit at tables in places we call "Loaves and Fishes." And we invest heavy money for clothing the poor. That is much more than saying merely, "Keep warm and eat your fill," while doing nothing to supply bodily needs. Speaking of taking up your cross, you also fill out your income tax forms, and you vote for and help pay for governmental programs for the poor and needy. Eat your heart out, Abraham. Rejoice ...

375. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... ." Every one of us has received something. We don't have anything to give, except as we have received. Every breath of life, every heartbeat, every conscious thought is a gift. Every person we meet, every friend we make, every relationship that warms the heart and challenges the soul is a gift. Every opportunity to work, every meaningful task, every dollar earned is a gift. Our lifelong task is learning how to receive the gifts of God with gratitude and graciousness. During summer vacations from seminary ...

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