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3776. The Museum of Failed Products

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Scotland. There, for the first time, he saw pictures of the concentration camps run by the Nazis. His eyes were suddenly opened. He saw undeniable proof of the overwhelming evil of Hitler and the Nazi regime he had been supporting. And, as a result, he experienced terrible shame and self-hatred and depression. Then a visiting chaplain gave the young soldier a Bible, and he read about a God who loves us so much that he sent His Son, Jesus, to die on a cross to take away ...

3777. We Would Like to See Jesus

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... evening hanging out with a celebrity, who would you want to hang out with? An organization named CharityBuzz is an online auction site that allows people all over the world to bid on exclusive experiences with world-famous celebrities. All the money raised goes to support various charities. You can bid on a private tour of the Vatican, or a golf game with a professional golfer and caddies, or a behind-the scenes tour of Conan O’Brien’s show with Conan himself as your tour guide. In the past, CharityBuzz ...

3778. Holy Matryoshka!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the most important metaphor nestled into the center. It’s the central kernel that is most important and which metaphorically and symbolically informs the layers around it. Following a “matriarchal” theme, often this structure serves as a hidden “support system” for what otherwise may appear to be a male asserted culture. This centrality of the “female” matron is symbolized as the “source” of love, grace, peace, and love, as well as family stability, generational longevity, marital bliss ...

3779. The Cost of Discipleship

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

Long ago on a high mountain top three trees were speaking about their future dreams. The first tree said, “I would really like to made into a cradle so that a newborn baby might rest comfortably and I could support that new life.” The second tree looked down at a small stream that was flowing into a big river and said, “I want to be made into a great ship so I can carry useful cargo to all corners of the world.” The third tree viewed the valley from its ...

3780. Rising to New Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... face with a fellow sufferer; the encounter transformed his life. Bill told his new friend that alcoholism was a disease, a malady of mind, emotions, and body, a fact that he had only learned recently from a physician in New York. Bill’s support and ideas brought Dr. Bob to sobriety; neither man ever drank again. Alcoholics Anonymous had generated its first spark of life, its first recipients of resurrection. Bill and Bob immediately began to work with alcoholics at Akron’s City Hospital. Soon after they ...

3781. The Catch

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , being a firefighter not only gives them a sense of purpose, allows them to exhibit good will toward others, and makes them feel, they are making a difference in their communities, but firefighters also tend to be a tight communal group. They support each other and uplift each other, and the station provides a place for them to gather, communicate, and build lasting and meaningful friendships. Of course, not mentioned in the “ad” are the more dangerous aspects of the job –actually fighting fires! But ...

3782. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all,...believes all,...hopes all,...endures all,…" We were at the meeting of our church's Commission on Social Action, all of us concerned, committed to work justice for others. I think we were discussing our church's support for the community soup kitchen. And during our discussion, one person was so rude to another, so cruel in her criticism of the way that she had been working, that she caused her to leave the meeting in tears. Well, so be it. We have been ...

3783. More

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Being interviewed on television, a group of Soviet Christian dissidents was asked by a reporter, "Well, what do you want? Why aren't Soviet Christians satisfied with the new freedoms which Gorbachev has given? Why won't you now soften your criticism and support the government?" The Christian dissident responded. The translator explained, "He says they are not satisfied. He says they want more." Anything less is trap and delusion. Sunday, at its best, is a summons toward more. But not just any old more. Our ...

3784. Here

Luke 2:1-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... in another. When facing only the universal, it's easier to pull the trigger, isn't it? Perhaps that's why our leaders speak in generalities of violation of international law, the rules of civilization, naked aggression rather than particularities, specificities. President Johnson damaged public support for another war, not in a desert, but in a jungle, when LBJ said, "War is sending one mother's son to kill some other mother's son." Of course, if that mother's son from Baghdad is a Muslim, be doesn't know ...

3785. Wrong by Association, Right by Jesus

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... code,” one defined by Jewish traditions and laws, one that put family and respect for authority first. If that “code” was breached by you, it could bring dishonor, shame, embarrassment upon the entire family, the entire community who knew you and supported you. The word for this in Greek was “epaischynthe.” Epaischynthe means to be ashamed of someone, to feel personally disgraced by your association with someone, to be wrongly aligned with someone, to disgrace everyone you know by being part of ...

3786. We Wobble, but We Don't Fall Down

2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... for China. Each day, she prayed for God’s guidance. And God directed Jackie to the infamous Walled City of Kowloon, a slum area filled with criminal gangs, drugs, prostitution and desperate poverty. Jackie had about $10 in her pocket and no connections, no support from back home. But she trusted that God had put her in Kowloon to share the message of Jesus. So she began working to reach the gang members and drug addicts and prostitutes. And her faithfulness and hard work produced an amazing harvest. Since ...

3787. Chosen and Appointed

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Nathanael were studious and theologically focused. They were avid students of the Torah and powerful preachers in the early church. The intellectuals of the group, they were interested in change, but they tended to go about it in quieter, more organized ways, supporting Jesus’ teaching and doing what needed to be done. They were the more traditional students of Rabbi Jesus. Matthew had been a customs official in Capernaum harbor and worked for Rome. He taxed imported and exported goods and was a seasoned ...

3788. The Power to Witness

Luke 24:44-53 · Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in fact is a legal term. When we call a “witness” to testify to verify a fact, sighting, or conversation, we are asking that person ultimately to back up or verify a truth we are questioning. Actually to “verify” means to demonstrate truth, to support a certain assertion of truth, to establish or prove or substantiate the truth of a claim made. The word in Latin, verificare, means to “make true.” Every assertion therefore always starts with doubt and moves toward truth through witness. We are a ...

3789. Together In One Place

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... of the family lived and we would have to negotiate Cincinnati rush hour traffic to get there at the appointed hour. But we did it. All four of my siblings, their spouses, and Jean and I, negotiated the traffic and undertook the inconvenience so we could be there to support our cousin’s wife in the time of her loss. When she saw us enter, she burst into tears and ran to greet and hug us. She thanked us profusely and began to introduce us to her mother’s friends: “This is my family,” she said. “They ...

3790. What Do You Expect?

John 6:24-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... also invested in several films that were flops. Along the way, Steve also became known for his wild parties, his gambling and drug use and time spent with prostitutes, and his many girlfriends. He was very generous with his friends but refused to help support the children he had fathered in his many dalliances. That is, until he lost paternity suits in court. Then he had to fork over funds that he should have felt responsible for all along. In spite of spending millions to throw parties and impress people ...

3791. Meet the Rose Family

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... he says. If we act like him… well… then we’re members of his family. The family known as the Christian church. The family of God. Amen. 1. http://www.businessinsider.com/olive-gardens-new-tagline-is-go-to-olive-garden-2012-10#ixzz3bvWXYeSt 2. http://www.pal.ua.edu/support/stinnett.php

3792. Will the “Real” Jesus Please Stand Up

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... stood up to judgments and societal mores in ways no one had ever seen anyone do before. When his family, ashamed, came to confront him, he called them out and chose to connect instead with his alternative community, those who followed him, those who supported him, those who were learning something about themselves through who he revealed himself to be. The authorities around him saw him as out of control. Those who admired him felt seen and heard as human beings, accepted for who they were, taught they were ...

3793. Harmless Hospitality

Luke 10:38-42 · 2 Kings 4:8-17

Sermon

Will Willimon

... . We had two choices. Either throw them out or else do what was necessary to be the sort of place that could show hospitality to fifty-five homeless people. By the grace of God, we chose the latter. Medical care, food, counseling, support, hand holding, and listening were developed. Our congregation was converted from a friendly, ordinary, religious club, protecting its club house, to a committed, bold church, 'cause when we opened our doors to fifty-five homeless men, guess who else got in with them ...

3794. The Invitation

Matthew 20:1-15

Sermon

Will Willimon

... got an A. That's not really what gets us about this story. After all, a denarius a day is not all that great a wage to begin with. While nobody knows the precise value of a denarius, we do know that it took about a denarius a day to support a laborer and his family at the level of bare subsistence. A denarius a day is not that generous. It's not as if this employer is throwing around money. The story has little to say about wages anyway. It is mainly concerned with the comings and goings of the ...

3795. More Than Enough

John 6:1-21

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... problem, counting our resources and declaring the situation hopeless. Oh, we can’t possible put a new roof on the building. It’s way too expensive. We can’t open our Vacation Bible School to the community. We don’t have enough teachers and volunteers. We can’t support a missionary. We don’t have enough money. We can’t teach a Sunday school class. We’re too old and we don’t have the energy. You don’t need to spend too much time around a bunch of Christians to hear Philip’s lament being ...

3796. Feasting on Love

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ? Why do you think that is? Basically, those two thirds are there for the food, the pizzazz, the fun celebration, the uniqueness of the event. But that first one third, they are there for the relationships with the bride and groom, there to support them, honor them, witness to their commitment, and to be in relationship with them. They are their truest community. Today, many churches around the world will celebrate holy communion, a time when we understand that we as humans have a “hunger” for so ...

3797. Living Bread

John 6:51-58

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... the RSV and KJV the Hebrew words for bread and food are often used interchangeably which indicates how much bread was a mainstay of the daily diet. Bread is often referred to as the “staff” of life because it was something that people leaned on for nutritional support as a shepherd might lean on his staff. To be out of or “without bread” was the lowest form of poverty and often a metaphor for hopelessness. In the Old Testament bread is used as a metaphor for anything that might have an effect on a ...

3798. The Days Are Coming

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... is too heavy even for our combined strength.” The judge replied, “This sack which you think too heavy to bear, contains only a small portion of the land that you took from the rightful owner. How then, at the day of judgment, will you be able to support the weight of the whole?” (3) We have an innate need for justice, don’t we? We want to see bad guys punished and good guys rewarded. There is something built into the very fabric of our being that yearns for justice. Until the Messiah comes, what ...

3799. The Song of Servanthood

Luke 1:39-45 (46-54)

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... decades beyond. Family names that mean nothing to you, mean everything to me for they taught me the rudiments of faith and helped bring me to maturity. They stood shoulder to shoulder with me when I felt a “call” to ministry supporting me through prayer, concern, and encouragement in words. Every sermon I have preached, the pastoral work I engaged in, the denominational assignments given me, the various speaking engagements, along with the books and articles published over these past seventy years all ...

3800. Preparing for the King

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... Habitat for Humanity, he got the call that his son, Scott, had been shot and killed by his neighbor, a drug addict named Mike Carlucci. Understandably, Rev. Everett struggled with a horrible anger toward his son’s killer. After meeting other parents in a grief support group, however, he realized that his anger was poisoning his life. He prayed that God would help him to forgive his son’s killer. One year after his son’s murder, Walt Everett sat down and wrote a letter to Mike Carlucci, who was now ...

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