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3776. The Curse of the Impossible

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... gifts — there’s no way.” The fellow to whom he was speaking had already decided to give $60,000 himself, and knew of one gift of over $500,000. We need to let God remove from us the curse of the impossible as we consider our pledge to Because We Care. Not only so, in all of life, we need to fight the curse of the impossible. Have you ever watched the River City Rollers play basketball in our gym? Come by some time and you’ll see a dozen men playing basketball in wheelchairs, and you’ll get a new ...

3777. Our Father...

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . God’s name is unutterable by the Jews. But Jesus directs his disciples to call the one whose name is “hallowed” and “exalted,” “Father,” “Abba” (a diminutive not unlike “daddy”). God is bringing in the Kingdom, directing all creation. Yet “our Father” cares for each one of us and will provide us our “daily bread.” God is all-powerful, righteous, and just. Yet the most God-like act we can practice is to “forgive everyone indebted to us,” even as God forgives our sins. Let ...

3778. Lessons from a Fool

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... about that for a moment. If you have children over five years old, you are wealthy or rich. How much would you take for the health of your children? If you have people who love you and you’re healthy and they’re healthy, you’re rich. I don’t care what your balance sheet says. If you have enough to eat, and clothes to wear and a warm house on a cold night, and then a little more to share, you are very rich indeed. This past January television brought us up close and personal with the earthquake in ...

3779. Making the Situation Worse

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

Charles Hoffacker

... ! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." Clarence Jordan's translation of this verse brings out its original earthiness. Here's what Jesus says according to Jordan: "You all be careful and stay on your guard against all kinds of greediness. For a person's life is not for the piling up of possessions." In these few words, Jesus rejects much of what keeps our society humming. He warns us against greed, avarice, the desire to possess more ...

3780. Be Square

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... faithful those whose lives on this earth are over but whose fervent faithfulness continues to inspire each new generation. But read carefully: the Hebrews author encourages his hearers to recognize that they stand in the midst of a generation of square halo ... . Last week ten members of a Christian non-profit outreach operation (International Assistance Mission) devoted to bringing medical care to some of the most remote, isolated villages in Afghanistan, were ambushed and killed by Taliban forces. The medical ...

3781. Ruining the Christmas Spirit

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... Snowman" coming from our dashboards this season, we need Matthew to remind us that Christmas is about serious business. Christmas is about a God who aches over the sin of the world. We don't like to hear stories about judgment, but God's judgment means that God cares when people are hurt. These unsettling stories proclaim to us at the start of Advent that God hears the cries of the oppressed, of the abused, of the world's victims. Those are the things God judges. If God could come in a flood or like a thief ...

3782. A Strange Way in and a New Way Out

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... one Christmas card with their picture on the cover. Every card depicts them exactly the same way: long flowing robes, beards, and big turbans. They are always in one of two poses: either kneeling at Jesus' crib or sojourning across the desert on camels. In our carefully carved nativity sets, they rub elbows with the shepherds from Luke. We don't really know them very well, though. Most of us have probably heard by now that what we think we know about them is not accurate. They weren't kings; there weren't ...

3783. Becoming Good Trees

Matthew 5:17-30

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... we need superhuman strength to fulfill them. We fight all the time for control of our emotions, especially anger and lust. After Jesus makes what seems like impossible demands, then he threatens us with punishment if we don't carry out his commands. If we aren't careful, we can end up in despair over this passage. Even with all of this talk of obedience and judgment, Matthew knows that we are saved by grace not works. In chapter 20 he recounts the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. Some of the workers ...

3784. God’s Weather Report

Matthew 5:38-48

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... of the issues was just how involved Moussaoui was in the 9/11 plot. Nevertheless, many people interpreted the jury's decision as a declaration that we in the United States are not ruled by vengeance. We can step back from our rage at 9/11 and make careful distinctions. We are angry over 9/11, but our anger doesn't control us. We should be gratified that our system of justice is able to understand that Moussaoui is still a human being. Nevertheless, even though we in the church can affirm the mercy that our ...

3785. Sneak Preview

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... us. In these experiences we can see God's grace and power shining through the darkness of the world. All of us in this congregation pray that the church can become a kind of transfiguration. We hope that in our worship, in our service to the world, in our care for one another, we can reveal God more clearly to a world that is searching for God. Poe's inspector had nearly given up looking for the stolen letter. Just so, many have nearly given up hope of finding God. May this church reveal God to them. For ...

3786. Faith to Follow

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lee Griess

... often carried a great cost. And the man decided that great goals and high ideals were too costly for him. He decided the risk was too great. The man looked around and saw people serving others. He saw them giving money to the poor and spending time in their care. And he saw that the more they served, the more they were needed. He saw ungrateful receivers and tired out workers. And he decided not to waste his life with serving. The risk was too great. And when the man died, he went up to heaven and offered ...

3787. Connected to God

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lee Griess

... lepers and opened the eyes of the blind, the same Lord Jesus who offered himself up on the cross for our salvation, now sits at the right hand of God the Father and rules over all things. He can be trusted with our days. We can depend upon him to care for us. For Jesus rules over all creation and he is the head of the church. The disciples knew that. That's why they responded the way they did. Remember: Luke tells us that when returned to Jerusalem, they were all of one accord. When you think about the ...

3788. One in Faith and One in Service

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Lee Griess

... years that followed, Rolf became a successful businessman and whenever Johann needed someone, Rolf was there. He took him to the doctor. He cared for him when he was ill. And when he lay on his deathbed, there was Rolf at his side to comfort him still. ... faith and one in service — sent forth to serve our loving God. We are called to share the love of God with others and to care for those near us in need. In his prayer to his heavenly Father, Jesus prayed that God would protect us. He prayed that we would ...

3789. The Road No One Wants to Travel

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... not a tour. You know what a tour is, don't you? It's where you let someone else do all the planning. They take care of your luggage. They put you on a big, air-conditioned bus and ferry you around to all the right sights. They pay the entrance ... Jesus tells us here. The one who wants to protect himself, the one who wants to hide herself, the one who wishes to guard himself carefully, will never find the meaning of life. "Whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake will ...

3790. Personal Politics

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... on so many fronts. Even in her own church she had become an outsider. Her social life grew very small, and her children didn't know what to do with a single parent. Ralph and Sue were always great fun, but Jane was becoming a bitter tag-along nobody cared to have around. Ralph was truly a nice guy. Even as he slipped easily into his second marriage, he realized his responsibility before God to make things right with his former wife. So one day he called Jane and told her of his happiness. While he was still ...

3791. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... , so he now had farming investments of his own. Moreover, my grandparents had retired, and Dad and Mom bought their land as well. And when they moved to the old Brouwer homestead, the land that they had sharecropped for so many years remained under their care as rental property. After all, no one could be trusted more with its well-being than Dad and Mom, who had invested their toil and sweat and family into it for decades. The old sharecropper arrangement was turned into a self-renewing rental contract. If ...

3792. In Whose Likeness?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... are the coin of God's realm. God's likeness stamped on us declares that we belong wholly and entirely to God. Next to that, who cares who owns the penny? All the power of human love and thought and action belong to God — and if these are properly rendered, if we ... a decent standard of living. But we will not think only of our families in the way we spend our money, we will also care for the needs of others less fortunate, and we will support those who work for justice. Yes, of course we will dress the way ...

3793. Masks

Matthew 23:1-12

Sermon

Chris Ewing

... Paul, beneath and sustaining Paul, the reality of Paul's God. The apostle says, "I was like a father with his children, urging and encouraging you [into the life of God's realm]" (1 Thessalonians 2:11-12 cf). God's own fatherly care of him shone through into Paul's fatherly care of this new congregation, enabling them, as he says, to receive the message he brought as God's own word, and not merely as human posturing. So the Thessalonians saw, not a masked actor evangelist, but the very light of God shining ...

3794. Burned Beef

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Tony Everett

... ? Feed us. Hurry up, Dad! We are starving!" Terry gingerly lifted the dish of beef stew from the stove. However, the glassware was not just warm, it was so hot that Terry quickly dropped the dish onto the wooden cupboard next to the stove. Carefully, he lifted the lid, and immediately the entire kitchen was engulfed with blue smoke. A terrible, burning stench filled their nostrils. Blackened chunks of beef adhered to the bottom of the dish, securely fastened there by a glue-like paste that once was potatoes ...

3795. What Did The Turkey Say? (Or Contentious Communities)

Isaiah 58:3-9a (9b-12)

Sermon

Tony Everett

... to speak and act as if God favors us "heroes" just a little bit more than those "chumps" who never darken the church doors. After all, we keep the fast by our worship and committees and offerings. They do not, and they probably don't even care. Listen to Isaiah's denunciation of these hypocritical attitudes and religious practices: Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight ... Such fasting as you do today will not make your ...

3796. Are All Your Sons Here?

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... be under the radar for a whole host of reasons. I just wanted a job. I was thinking about me. Let the other guys take care of themselves, right? I filled out the application, showed up, and when they actually hired me, all I thought about was making sure they didn ... in from the pasture and including them in the lineup? Are we building ministry and mission for them? Are we providing care and comfort, education and vision? If the answer to these questions is "No," then we can rest assured that these young ones ...

3797. Dare to Be Different

Romans 13:11-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... , Texas, woman were worried about her safety. "We are going to get you a pistol, mother, so you can take care of yourself. There is too much violence out there." So they bought their mother a gun, which she dutifully packed ... true that as Christians we need to dare to be different than those who subscribe to selfish and self-defeating behaviors. But if we are not careful, we may forget how to sing the Christian song, a song of forgiveness and humility. A song that resounds with a chorus not of, "Anything you ...

3798. Are We There Yet?

James 5:7-10

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... to" kind of person who could really produce results. But to those who worked with him closely, he was also known as an individual with little patience who could fly into a rage over seemingly trivial matters. It got to the point that some subordinates who really cared about him suggested he take time off or move into a position with less self-created tension. He refused, feeling he had important work to do, and within six months was dead of a stroke, suffered when he had gone into one of his fits. None of ...

3799. Set Apart at Christmas

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... theological depth isn't worth celebrating. I don't believe it means we have to be like the Puritans and not celebrate at all. We don't need to be odd and call attention to ourselves by spurning all the cultural trappings of Christmas. But we do need to be careful. We have to remember what it means to be called, to be set apart for a special purpose. A purpose of witnessing to the power and the saving acts of God. Because we, just as much as the Romans to whom Paul wrote, are called to "belong to Jesus ...

3800. Not What You Expected

Hebrews 2:10-18

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... read the gospel at all, we should know instinctively that there is something wrong with that picture. Or we regard Jesus as a wonderful person — even more wonderful than Honest Abe — and do the best we can to follow his example, hoping that the future will somehow take care of itself. And it doesn't work. Once again we try to choose one pole over the other instead of seeing both: it is grace or works; it is this world or the next. Hebrews reminds us that it is both. "But did not Christ pay the penalty ...

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