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3776. The New Covenant

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... is, and so it shall be until the end of time: "As oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come." Really, of course, the simplicity of all this is very much in keeping with the approach of God throughout history. When ... ." So it is when the Christian lives on both Word and Sacrament! To use only one is to "limp along" in spiritual life. Our Lord is not asking us to do him a favor when he exhorts us to partake of the Sacrament frequently. He is rather doing us a ...

3777. The Surprise of Absolute Victory

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... death. I will fear no evil. Thou art there. Thy rod and thy staff comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies ... Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life - and, I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Surprise! Victory! We’ve tested everything else and found it to be false (life is not in it!). Let’s check God out. We are not yet at the end of the possibilities. Bishop Earl Hunt shakes us awake: "We are living in a day in which we are ...

3778. Journey To The Cross V: Jesus and Simon Peter

Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

James W. Moore

... in the courtyard. He was recognized as one of Jesus’ disciples, but he denied it three times… and immediately he heard that sound off in the distance… the sound of a rooster crowing and Peter broke down and wept. Notice something here. The third time Peter denied his Lord, he began to curse and swear. It’s interesting to note that after he cursed, they did not ask him again if he were a disciple. Let me repeat that… After he cursed, they did not ask him again if he were a disciple of Jesus. The ...

3779. Meeting God On The Mountain

Exodus 25:1-9

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... history You have spoken to Your faithful. Moses heard Your word on the mountaintop and today You welcome our presence in prayer. Speak to us now daily, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have read and heard in the Scriptures of how You spoke to Abraham, Moses and Isaiah, but we have doubted you would speak to us today. Forgive us, Lord, and help us find the courage to silence the noises of the world around us that we in our day also might hear Your still, small voice ...

3780. Justification By Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! People: But we are not worthy under the Law to enter the house of God. Leader: We are righteous not under the Law but in Jesus who died for our sins. People: Are we then welcome before the Lord God of Hosts? Leader: Through faith in Christ, all who believe are welcome in God's house. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, just as You honored the faith of Abraham and Sarah and made of them a new nation, accept our faith today and use us in a mighty way to lead others to a living faith ...

3781. Being Faithful Servants

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:23-27

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Jesus faced those who would keep God's love from the Temple. People: Then let us walk with Christ and share God's love with all we see. Leader: For the Gospel of Christ cannot be stopped once in a believer's heart. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You have called us to walk with Jesus and share the Good News of Your mercy and grace. Help us to be faithful servants ...

3782. WASHED ANY FEET LATELY?

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... as the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." Have you washed any feet lately? I am not referring to your own, although good personal hygiene is laudable. Have you been like the Lord, humbled yourself and done an act of servanthood that was uncalled for, unexpected, yet very Christlike? An act like shoveling the sidewalk of a neighbor who often lets his dog run all over your property. An act like continuing to speak well of someone who constantly knifes ...

3783. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... faith. If you have been putting off some aspect of the Christian discipline, put it off no longer - now is the time for change. The King is coming, and we must prepare. Each of us needs to be sure that our personal faith is strong. If we all knew the Lord was coming in one week, what would we do differently? Now is the time to begin. God in Christ has given us the crown of life through faith in his Son. Only when God gave everything was it enough for our salvation. How much will be enough of a commitment ...

3784. What Form of Church Does God Want for the Furture?

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... and J. B. Phillips translates his words to say, "Don’t let the world squeeze you into its own mold." If the church of the Lord Jesus Christ has a future, it will not exist in the form of conformity. God will not let the world squeeze his church into its ... love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good ... Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord ... Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good" (Romans 12:9, 11, 21). The church Paul is describing in these verses ...

3785. A LITURGICAL DRAMA FOR ALL SAINTS’

Drama

Tom Eberle

... look so startled. [begins slowly walking toward the front] So are you. We are all the chosen people of God. Before you were conceived I carried you from slavery out of Egypt, across the Red Sea. Before you were born I struggled to understand what it meant to love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength. Before you came of age I built a manger to cradle the one who would reveal the fullness of God to us. [lights one of the candles] Join with me now in words used many centuries ago as we ...

3786. How Fares Your Christian Sight?

Is 6:8-10

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... - those whose eyes were biologically sound but nevertheless perceptually impaired. He opened people’s eyes to the fact that religious health lies not in a posture of supposed righteousness but in a posture of receptivity to God’s grace. "Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 7:21) He opened people’s eyes to the truth that as we treat God’s children, so too do we treat God. "He who receives ...

3787. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... crowds have usually been wrong about who Jesus is. That brings us to a third truth, the central one: YOU ALONE CAN CROWN JESUS KING. He wins the world, one heart at a time. He will never be elected by a popular majority. No dictator will ever install him as Lord of all. Each of us in the privacy of our own hearts and souls must decide who he is. After Jesus questioned the disciples about the crowd's perception of him, he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter responded, "You are the Christ ...

3788. Moving Beyond Doubt

John 20:19-31

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the doubts in our hearts? Leader: All who come seeking Christ with open hearts will know God's love. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have known us even before we were born, and in Your divine wisdom You have called us in faith to move beyond our doubts. Take us by the hand and lead us forward, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, sometimes we have allowed our doubts to become our excuses not to act or not to share Your Gospel with the world around us. Sometimes ...

3789. Christ With Us

Luke 24:13-35

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... reign in us forever! Leader: And let our voices sing out with praise for God's mercy and grace! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You have always been so faithful in Your promise to walk with us and be our guide in life. Lord, help us have the eyes to know Your presence and the ears to hear Your words of guidance. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we tend to let life overcome us and we feel alone as if nobody really cares. So often we forget the Cross and Your ...

3790. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... am not afraid of dying." And I said to him, "Why should you be? For, after all, if you are walking with your hand in our Lord’s hand, after you have died your hand will still be in his." Often in hospital rooms I have had occasion to say, "Every day is ... to you: No matter what the circumstances, how old you are, the condition of your fortune or health, if you are walking with the Lord of life, you can walk into tomorrow with confidence and hope, and nothing is there to be afraid of. Yes, I know that we ...

3791. Signs Of A Vital Church

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6, 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Jesus Christ. In our text for today, chapter 4, verse 5, Paul wrote: "For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord..." The central core of our preaching is not Methodism, though we are proud to be United Methodists. Our primary message is not the ... help people encounter Jesus Christ in a meaningful and personal way, and to claim him by faith as their Savior and Lord. Recently I read with interest an article by the syndicated columnist William Raspberry. He reported that he had just attended ...

3792. Crossing Over

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... like Christ Church as his agencies of change. I want people to say fifty years from now that the secret of Christ Church's vitality is that she never tires of calling people to come in humble confession to a crucified Savior and to receive him as Lord. But, you know, there is something I yearn for even more than all that. I want to hear God say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servants." Now, if your heart beats with mine, let's bring our sacrificial commitment cards to these holy places of dedication ...

3793. A Time of Testing

1 Peter 4:12-19

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Collect O God, in the life and teachings of Jesus You demonstrated for us how we must face even our worst times with unwavering faith. We praise You, Lord, and ask You to accept our faith. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often amid a busy and hectic world we tend to lose sight of Your Kingdom and Your eternal victory to come. Too often when tested by hard times we seek relief and comfort and we fail to look for Your leadership or ways You might be glorified through our ...

3794. Just Common People?

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Did you ever ask yourself that question, really, honestly? What does life want of you? What does this world, what does your Lord, want of you? I don’t care what YOU want. Have you got any good reason for going on breathing the air of this world and eating ... its food and taking up its space? Have you? Come on! What does this world and your Lord in it want of you? You see, here’s where the Church gives us a marvelous opportunity to pool our talents and our gifts and ...

3795. Hungry for Anything?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... , they fear, will go a portion of their security. The trouble is that with each dollar they amass, their INsecurity grows, because they have that much more to lose. It’s one of the real tragedies of our day, and the same tragedy was occuring in our Lord’s day. Our Lord was recognizing it when He asked: "What are you worried about? Why are you so anxious about so many things?" Well, why are you? "Have you looked at the sparrow?" He asked. "They are sold for a penny in the market place, and yet not one of ...

3796. TRYING IT WITHOUT GOD

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... live with God. "Oh, you mean," he said, "that Wendy’s daddy is still for real?" Could we put it any better, any better than that? How could Wendy’s daddy or anyone else be "for real" except through faith in the Risen Christ in which we meet each Lord’s Day? Let us not succumb to the present temptation to let the Communist or the secularist, who HAS NONE, sound like he has a glorious destiny. And we, who in Christ HAVE an eternal destiny, sound like we have none. "I have come from the Father; I return ...

3797. Molehills and Mountains

Matthew 6:25-34, Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... The first step in the control of all this anxiety is to place a lot of things in the category of things that can’t be changed. We mark them as a brick wall and stop beating our heads against them. In the words of the old and familiar prayer: "Lord, grant me the courage to change the things that can be changed, and the serenity to accept the things that can’t be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference." Now, there’s the rub, isn’t it? - wisdom to know the difference. In other words, after the ...

3798. LENTEN LITANY TO BE USED PRIOR TO ASH WEDNESDAY SERMON.

Drama

Michael J. Anton

... fault. V: Our blindness, our prejudice, our rejection, our unfaith. R: Our hate, our hesitation, our hopelessness. ALL: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. O, Lord, on your way to death, have mercy on us. V: We’ve got a problem. We need help. R: It’s the people problem. We ... and stop trying to understand. R: We cover up our feelings and buy peace at any price. ALL: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. O, Lord, on your way to death, have mercy on us. V: We need to die, too. We need to die with our people problem. R: We ...

3799. The Great Commission

Matthew 28:16-20

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... Collect O God, although all power and glory in all of Creation are Yours, You have chosen to call upon us to carry the word of Your love, mercy and grace into the world. Give us strength, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we seek Your gifts and power but are unwilling to walk the paths that would share Your Love in the world around us. We see the wonder of the Cross yet we do not want to make the personal commitment to bear our crosses for You. We would ...

3800. Justification by Faith

Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... have faith in the risen Christ, and let us worship. People: For life places before us many trials and tribulations. Leader: Yet for those who love the Lord even life's stresses lead to gain. People: As we witness for Christ each victory belongs to the Lord. Leader: Then let us come together as one as we sing and give praise to God! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, the Almighty One, You have granted Your Grace and Mercy to all who would be true to their faith in Christ as living witnesses ...

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