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3801. Dark Ugly Clouds

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... seem to be furthest apart. The passion of Jesus is where we meet God. God’s plan is not that we suffer, but that we love him. God’s plan is not that we die, but that we live beyond death. God’s plan is not that we seek ourselves, ... of it into the world of time where it would each day learn the lesson that it could never be really happy, never be really wholly in love, and never be really wholehearted until it went back again to the timeless to recover the sample which God had kept for all eternity.1 A ...

3802. Shalom Shattered

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... such a curse, we try to repress it and ignore it. The source of envy is alienation from God and from one another. Envy comes from our low self-esteem, from our fears and our insecurities. It comes from an irrational idea that we need to be loved equally by all people and gifted equally like all people all the time or we will be unhappy. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall; who's the fairest of them all?" As long as the stepmother queen remained youthful, the mirror always answered, "You, O queen, are the fairest ...

3803. A Peek at the Resurrection

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... , but still the grief hurts. We are grateful for the comfort the church offers on this day. We have faith in God. We believe that death is not the end. Nevertheless, we share the anxiety, the longing that Sparks felt sitting at her radio. Where exactly are our loved ones? They are not anywhere we can reach them. No antenna is powerful enough to enable us to talk to them. What is their existence like? What happens after we die? If we turn to this strange sounding passage in chapter 7 of Revelation, we get a ...

3804. Dealing with Criticism

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Sermon

James L. Killen

... 15:18-19). Be ready for abuse. It comes with the territory. Remember that unless some are willing to pay the price of taking decisive action, history will stagnate or be taken captive by those who are willing to pay the price. Unless we, who are committed to the loving purpose of God, are willing to pay the price of acting in the service of that purpose, then there will be those who will pay the price of acting in hate or in greed or even in indifference. It can be a lonely and uncertain and costly thing to ...

3805. Remembering Jesus

2 Peter 1:16-21

Sermon

James L. Killen

... experiences like those can shake the foundations of our lives and make us ask questions about our faith. In those times, we need to remember Jesus. We need to remember how he sought out the people who were distressed and hurting and how he reached out to them in love. And, we need to remember that it was God who was at work in the things that Jesus did and that God is still reaching out to those who are hurting. The people who lived in those later days of the early church sometimes had to cope with ...

3806. When Is Being Right Wrong?

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

Rick Brand

... We are not bad people. We mow our grass. We pay our taxes. We vote. We have not killed anyone. We have not stolen anything. We love the mates we are with. We have kept the rules. But that kind of being right is wrong if you are hungering for a kind ... in Jesus Christ so special, so powerful, so refreshing. The word of the Good News is that God has already offered in his own love for us the possibility of the relationship we have been trying to achieve. For you and me it is not an accomplishment we need to ...

3807. Thanks Be to God

2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Rick Brand

... we sow abundantly by giving away generously. But "each one must do as he has made up his mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver." Giving ought to be a decision that is a part of a planned approach to life. The offering ought not to be ... 's power will be seen and more stories will be told. The giving is a showing forth in witness of God's power and love. Strange as it may sound to us, the greatest good that comes from the act of giving is the producing of thanksgiving to God ...

3808. Being More than Civil

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... notice this? The service professions, those professions that are supposed to serve society, like medicine, law, religion, counseling, social work, that the professionals in all of those professions sit in offices, and people make appointments to come and see them. But not God. God so loved the world he came to us, took the initiative to come to us in Jesus Christ. Which means, he is like the shepherd who seeks out the one who is lost, and leaves the ninety-nine behind. Or, like the woman who sweeps out her ...

3809. God Never Gives Up

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to go on living.” The second incident came when some Christians visited the prison camp. Paul was knocked down on the Damascus Road, dumfounded, then led to Damascus. There the Christians came to Paul and ministered to him. I believe it was through their love that God changed the life of Paul. So Moltmann, after being dumbfounded by grace in the scripture, was visited by Christians who asked to see the German prisoners. They were from Holland. Moltmann said, “I was afraid to go see them because I had ...

3810. Have You Heard about Grace?

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... life. He felt he had been given an access to God, through grace. He couldn't do it on his own. It happened when he was loved. Paul couldn't get over that. He couldn't get over that God had come to him. He had done nothing to earn this. In fact ... we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Why, one will hardly die for a righteous man....But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. How did Paul experience this grace? Look at this. First, he was told ...

3811. I Thought You'd Never Ask

John 1:35-46

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... part. Someday we'll understand everything, even as we have been fully understood. But in the meantime, what we have is faith, and hope, and love. And that's all we need. I saw that. I saw an old man, his heart breaking with his own loss, hear of a friend ... precious into that room than answers. He brought his faith, he brought his hope in the face of death, and he brought his love for another human being. "What are you looking for?" Jesus asked Andrew. And I would imagine that Andrew really didn't know what ...

3812. Joy to the World

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... of God. That's who this is, the Son of God. In the Gospel of John, it is put in more familiar words: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. That is what was so astonishing. ... 't finished yet. They gave up on Jesus. God has not given up on us. That is affirmed in this story in the most lovely and beautiful way in the instruction that the angel gives to the women, "...tell his disciples and Peter to meet me in Galilee." That ...

3813. Leave No Child Behind

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... children going into adolescence in the next ten years unable to read, without ever having the experience of being cared for and loved in a stable home, and having no real prospects for employment. He says we have from seven to ten years to engage this ... and longing at the long, narrow strip of land that is Chile, at the land where war and peace, riches and destitution, hatred and love, live side by side, and where paradoxically I, in losing my life, had found it again." 1 For the sake of the poor. For ...

3814. What's The Use?

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , that he's the one who is going to restore the world to the way God intended it to be. He talked about a world of love, a world of peace and justice. I don't care who you are. I don't care if you are a Methodist, or Baptist, or Hindu ... . I believe that God...will not create creatures able to ask questions only to be snuffed out before they can answer them. The joyful God of love, who shouted the galaxies into existence, is not going to abandon one iota of His creation. So the icon tree for me is a symbol of ...

3815. You Will Never Walk Alone

Luke 24:13-20, 25-26, 28-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to each other, "It was him! He was here with us!" They rush to Jerusalem and tell the eleven, "The Lord has risen indeed!" Such a lovely story. It is a communion story. The Church saw it that way from the very beginning. Even today it is most often interpreted as a ... Not for me it won't." Then he showed Gus the scar on his hand. He said, "Behold, son. Behold the sign of the fisher's love for a wooden headed ass." Gus went home that night, went to bed, but he couldn't sleep. He kept hearing Nick's story over ...

3816. Lent 3

Exodus 17:1-7, Romans 5:1-11, John 4:1-26, John 4:27-38, John 4:39-42

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... fathers tested me" (vv. 8, 9). Prayer of the Day: "Eternal Lord, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your word and obey it, so that we become instruments of your redeeming love." Hymn of the Day: "God, Whose Almighty Word" Theme of the Day: Water Is Life Gospel - Jesus is the water of eternal life - John 4:5-42 Lesson 1 - Water is necessary for physical life - Exodus 17:1-7 Lesson 2 - Life flows from Justification - Romans ...

3817. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Matthew 25:14-30, Zephaniah 1:4-13, Zephaniah 1:14--2:3

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . Afraid (v. 25). The Bible teaches us to fear God, but not to be afraid of him. The servant who did nothing with his talent was afraid of God. Though God is a just God who demands justice, holiness, and righteousness, we need not be afraid of him, for he loves us. Fear him? Yes! Fear him in terms of reverence and awe! When we are afraid, we freeze, hold back, fear to venture. The servant was afraid he would lose his one talent and he knew the master would demand a return of his money. In all ways, fear in ...

3818. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... begins with hearing of God's holiness and man's sin and our most certain judgment. It continues with the good news of God's love and provision in Christ and a clear call to repentance, faith, the fullness of the Holy Spirit, and obedience. Those who respond are then led ... breed of man, a citizen of a new kingdom, a breed apart. Dead to sin, he is alive to God and sent forth to grow and love and give light to a lost and dying world. He doesn't do it alone. He does it in little communities called the church in ...

3819. Faith's Curious Dynamic

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... B.C. by the Babylonians and its citizens forced into exile. But amid the dirges is a short passage that seems a departure from the gloom of the rest of the book. Here it is: But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. - Lamentations 3:22-23 This eruption of hope in the bleak landscape of defeat and destruction occurred because though the people of Judah and Jerusalem ...

3820. Once More with Feeling!

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... scene. Mothers work hard to give their family the best meal. Fathers work overtime at the plant to buy extra gifts for loved ones. Giving is a joy. It is such a privilege. Why, anytime we catch ourselves feeling really good and warm inside, if we ... sort of cringe. "But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?" Or how about Jesus' words, "I was hungry and you fed me. I was lonely and you comforted me. I was in prison ...

3821. A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... 7:13) A man attended a workshop for families of young people with Down Syndrome. Down Syndrome is a congenital condition that can affect those born with it in a variety of ways--both physically and mentally. These young people can be quite loving and a joy to be around. Many parents of children with this condition consider themselves blessed. Still, the nature of their condition requires a lifetime of special attention. It is not easy for their families. The man observed the young families gathered there ...

3822. The 4 LAWS of a Whole Personality

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... don't know what it means to wait for anything - for the latest video game or a phone of their own. They can download tunes and burn their own CDs for instant, endless music. Young and old can all get instant credit and instant sex. Waiting - for love, waiting for knowledge, waiting for wisdom, has little validity in our get-it-now-or-forget-it culture. Truth be told, impatience isn't just a 21st century characteristic. In today's gospel text John the Baptist, never depicted as a soft-spoken, take-it-easy ...

3823. Three Ways to Know a Saint

Sermon

King Duncan

... friar by sight. Is that what is desirable in a saint--to cut yourself off from others? To choose a life of deprivation? How can you love your neighbor if you don’t even know who he or she is? Is it necessary to give up everything this world has to offer in ... third characteristic of a saint. A saint leaves the world a better place because he or she has been here. I love the way Frederick Beuchner once put it, “In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs ...

3824. The Man in the Tree

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... know only about your crimes. I know all about you. “ (4) God knows all about us. God knows what’s in our heart. God’s knowledge is infinite and intimate. If you are a seeker, do not be deterred by the judgmental spirit of others. God offers His love and His grace without condition. Obviously this is what Zacchaeus had been looking for. He stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back ...

3825. Soren's Heart

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... goodness of the gospel give Paul all the consolation and companionship he needs. He isn't alone, abandoned, imprisoned. He's loved, saved, and soon to be made whole. Whatever his circumstance, the Lord has been always by his side. Now facing imminent ... she has my real heart, I bring her back hearts made of every material imaginable in every form imaginable to convey to her the unimaginable love I have in my heart for her. My "heart hunts" are one of the favorite things I do on the road. Over the years, Soren ...

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