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3826. How To Deal With Frustration

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Robert Allen

... a few groups of people were left. They were standing in clusters and talking about various matters before getting in their cars and going to their homes. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone approaching me. He was a complete stranger, but some mysterious sixth sense told me that he was looking for me. When he walked up to me, he said, “Excuse me, but are you Dr. Allen?” “Yes,” I replied. Very quickly I scanned the young man and asked, “What can I do for you?” “Is there some place that we ...

3827. God Moves In Mysterious Ways

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Robert Allen

... for the supports which a staircase needs.” The carpenter just smiled and said he would think about the problem. The Mother Superior left for two weeks to tend the sick in another village. When she returned on Christmas Eve, there was a light snow falling and she sensed an air of excitement as the sisters welcomed her back to the convent. Then she saw it! A spiral staircase rising up like a curl of smoke. Its base was on the chapel floor. Its top rested against the choir loft. Nothing else supported it. It ...

3828. The Public Effect Of Private Living

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Robert Allen

... or right and wrong. And every day we must choose. There is no once and for all time choice. Life itself is a matter of choice and every day of our lives we are confronted with choices between good and evil. There is no aspect of life where a sense of control and purpose is more clearly demanded than in a person’s moral character. The choosing between right and wrong is vitally important in our lives. One young man told me about a vacation trip that he and his wife took to Las Vegas. One evening they had ...

3829. Marked At The Cross

Sermon

George Bass

... . The group moved off quickly and Larry mused, “He must be visiting Bill Cosby’s mother…. Do you think I could get him to visit Ronnie, say a prayer for her?” Melvin explains, “Between one atheist and another this suggestion made an odd but apt sort of sense. We had reason to hope that Ronnie would know what was happening, and we knew that if she did, she would love it. As for the effect on the morale of everyone on the floor -- everyone involved in her care -- it could be incalculable. ‘Ask him ...

3830. Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts!

Joshua 5:13--6:27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the mountains of Judea, it was the epitome of Canaanite strength and invincibility. It was a mighty fortress with walls up to 25 feet high and six feet thick. Canaan's enemies were no match for it. It gave inhabitants a strong sense of security as enemies were repeatedly discomfited and stymied during times of conflict. Once behind the walls of the city, residents were safe. It was impregnable against attack and it was virtually impossible for any standing army to penetrate its formidable barriers. Jericho ...

3831. Shake It Off!

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... . Now it was the bottom of the eight inning, the score tied, runners on first and third with two outs. Their cleanup hitter was standing at the plate, windmilling that big 36-ounce stick in the pitcher's face with the look of vengeance in his eyes. Somehow I sensed he would be coming my way as I stooped down and took my defensive position. The windup. The pitch. "Pow!" The ball exploded off the bat like a Scud missile. Seeing it soar towards left-center field, I took off running to chase it down. "I got it ...

3832. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... be first and where greatness is the legacy of each person who volunteers to be servant of all. Now, what must we grown-ups resolve to be and to do in order to respond positively when Jesus puts a little child in our midst? 1. We must recapture the sense of wonder. Ours is a materialistic age. Only what can be seen and handled visibly seems to count. Only what is spelled out in black and white is believed. "The world is too much with us," as Wordsworth wrote. We have lost our horizons. The horizon is where ...

3833. Soul Food

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... as well, although they did not have nor could they blame television for their problem. They were visual in that they took everything at face value, on the surface, literally. So when our Lord announced that he was the “living bread” they struggled to make sense of such language. “How can this be?” they asked one another, and finally Jesus. Evidently the people of that day had trouble seeing the picture Jesus was trying to paint in their minds and on their hearts. This was not the first time he had ...

3834. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... society of its “trashiness,” we would do well to stop and listen again to the sound of this parable of wheat and weeds. Whether or not it fits our ideal of zealous crusading, it is an important word. What Jesus is suggesting goes against the grain of common sense, and certainly against the advice of most country agents: let the weeds grow! Leave the weeds alone for now, for in due time, they will be destroyed by the one who is in a better position to judge than are any of us. God plays by a different ...

3835. It's Performance That Counts

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... that this product is vital to our survival. With mega-hype and great fanfare, we are persuaded that this item will add quality to our lives, save us time, or enhance our ability to perform our routine tasks. The gimmicks employed dull our senses and the promises of “satisfaction guaranteed” lure us into the acquisition. Regardless of the size of the purchase -- a house or an automobile, an automatic vegetable slicer or battery-powered fuzz remover -- all the promises in the world mean very little if the ...

3836. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... cold, this new/old irritation also happens in churches. A committee or a clergy person tries to introduce new hymns, new liturgies, or new ways of operating and being in ministry, and the long-time faithful remnant rise up in protest. There is a sense of uncomfortableness as the new way confronts the old line. Whenever those who are “set in their ways” encounter those who call “those ways” into question, there is suspicion, mistrust and perhaps even anger or hostility. Our text for today gives us a ...

3837. Moving Words

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... our hearts and stir our imagination. For Matthew, for Matthew’s church, and for us, these are moving words – “moving” not with the connotation of inspiration or stimulation, though they certainly are that if you listen carefully. Rather, these are moving words in the sense of traveling, journeying, marching and scattering. This is not a text for those who think that faith is something they put on when they come to the church building occasionally. This is not a word for those who like to assemble in ...

3838. Give Me A Break!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... While we may not spend a great deal of time analyzing why we do our running, when we do pause in the light of such an invitation as this, we see the truth about ourselves and our ways of living. We are trying to stay alive and make sense of it all; trying to discover the reason and the purpose behind and beneath life. We are not the first to come to such a deep realization. Sixteen hundred years ago, Saint Augustine arrived at the same conclusion. His comment has been translated and paraphrased in a number ...

3839. 1-900-MIDLIFE

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... they'd say, "Yes, Dad, I was meaning to ask for one. Could I have it now, before dinner?" Doctor, I'm becoming my dad. Doctor: I think it's just repressed anger from not getting that bicycle when you were a kid. Caller 4: That doesn't make any sense. Doctor: Are you questioning me? I'm a doctor! Caller 4: No, but ... Doctor: Get off the line and let people talk who want to be helped. Next. Caller 5: Hi, my name is Abraham. I'm in my midlife and God just told me to pack up and leave ...

3840. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... seeks to save his life will lose it." We have no Christian alternative but to endorse the world in which we live. The problems of the twenty-first century are our opportunity, however great or small, to hear the voice of God as we regain a fresh sense of righteousness and justice. Only when we stop shaming or inflating our time in which to live can we begin accepting ourselves and our God. We have memories and we have imaginations. There will always be a tension between what life was like in the past and ...

3841. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... meet others as separate persons and find some peace in their relationships. Perhaps no greater example need be stated than the one the Bible called Samson. He was strong and powerful. Women and girls were mesmerized by his good looks. Men and boys envied his sense of adventure and his strength. He had everything going for him. But everyone knew his greatest weakness - it lay at the point of his relationships. He always needed a sexual high to help him avoid the intimacy he feared. All his opponents had to ...

3842. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... counselor was sitting there with a frown on her face next to a black man who served as night watchman at the local meat plant. The man smelled of alcohol and the counselor kept moving her chair away from him inch by inch. An awful sense of estrangement and alienation descended immediately upon the room. The have-nots, the unfits, dominated the conversation that evening. But I could tell by the scowls on their faces that the other folks didn't feel much like talking anyway. They were reserving their words ...

3843. Of Seeing and Hearing

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... or figurative. We may not be able to correct a physical defect, but with or without a physical handicap, we can all open ourselves to the understanding that makes us sensitive, caring human beings. We are all deaf and dumb in a figurative sense. The significant prospect for us is to be helped to hear so that we understand. Then we can grasp opportunities, recognize consequences, and draw inferences. Life can become richer, deeper, broader, fuller. Being more and more of sound body, we verify for ourselves ...

3844. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... doing kindly deeds in my name. If they keep up these good works, soon they will be unable to speak ill of me. After all, if the person is not against us, he is for us.” Jesus calls for his disciples to be reasonable. They should show common sense. “How can you expect the cause to grow,” Jesus says in effect, “if you don’t invite new people in? They come and will grow into a closer relationship with us.” A lesson is here for us all. Doing quiet and helpful works ranks with believing. Quiet works ...

3845. Where Does That Leave Us?

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... for Jesus, this man promised, yet when it came time for service there was no water for people. What was he doing? Was he just lazy? Perhaps he was waiting for something very special to do -- a time when he could be really important. Why, that doesn’t make sense! He was needed each night by all who used the water. Where does that leave us? Two points present themselves for our consideration. 1. God’s time, and 2. our watch. 1. God is in charge of the day that is to come. Certainly we are to trust him ...

3846. First Things First

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... give the illusion of defying time. Within this illusion people take shelter. Perhaps, if they invest themselves in such a monument in one way or another, they, too, can defy time and even death. Life goes into such structures, so people draw the sense of life from them. The monument becomes the enduring event. Persons take on this permanence as they participate in its construction or function. What are such monuments? The tower of Babel is one. All the people joined together using excess resources and labor ...

3847. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... sent a warning to the people. Do not come up the mountain, stay where you are. The mountain is a holy place. It is life threatening if you persist and force your way up. J. Edgar Park once declared that, “The experience was designated to instill a sense of reverence in the people’s intercourse with God.’’ There ought to be an ‘‘awe” in our lives when we come near the presence of God. However, the key note to be sounded is the one declaring the ability and willingness of God to communicate with ...

3848. God The Creator

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... says. So God does not cause suffering and death. God creates. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have to struggle with the suffering and death of one we love. Of course we do, and in fact, the people of the Bible struggled, too. In one sense, the whole story of the Bible is the story of how people came to see, by struggling themselves, that God was on their side, that God does not cause suffering and death. “Fear not, for I have redeemed you,” God tells the nation Israel; “I have called you ...

3849. Wash Up First For The Meal Before You Eat!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... of reminder of what our baptisms have already made us. Baptism is the one indispensable sign of our preparedness to receive the Lord's supper. We need to wash up first in the waters of our baptism before we eat the (communion) meal! Of course, in one sense, this observation is so obvious that it seems rather trivial to devote a whole sermon to the theme. Since the time of the early church, being baptized has been a necessary prerequisite for admission to the Lord's supper.5 You cannot receive the Lord's ...

3850. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... leave them (John 13:33; 14:3). They may not yet have grasped that he was preparing to die, but they were anxious (John 13:22, 36; 14:1). They did not know what to think. How could God possibly take Jesus away from them? It did not make any sense. How could God, our Heavenly Father, allow this to happen? How could he seem so cruel? Jesus, the ever-caring man that he is, tried to calm his friends' anxiety (John 14:1). Think of it. The man is anxious about his own death (John 13:21), and yet he ...

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