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3901. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

... ? (Let them answer.) Would you like some bread and water? (Pass out bread and water to the hungry and thirsty ones.) Do you feel a lot better now that you have had something to eat and drink? (Let them answer.) That's good because we would never want anyone to leave church feeling hungry or thirsty. It takes food to keep us alive and healthy, doesn't it? (Let them answer.) All of us need to eat and drink if we want to be able to walk, think, or do almost anything. If we don't eat or drink then we ...

3902. Prove It!

John 20:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... have made holes in his hands, or anywhere else that the nails went into his body. So, Thomas knew that, if the person whom they saw was really Jesus, he would have holes in him from the nails. He waited to see what would happen. This time he did not leave, but stayed with the other disciples. Then, a few days later, Jesus was standing with them. Thomas did not know where he came from, but there he was. And Jesus seemed to know that Thomas was waiting for proof. He held out his hands and pointed to his side ...

3903. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Brett Blair

... Last Friday, I was moved by Billy Graham’s sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, D. C. He has been called The Nations Pastor. Presidents look to him for guidance and wisdom. And yet, even Graham struggles with the problem of evil in our world. Let me leave you with his thoughts, “I have been asked hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is ...

3904. Growing in God's Freedom

John 8:31-41

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... the faith -- both similarities and differences -- and prayed together. One night Norman said, "I always prayed for the conversion of my Lutheran wife (to Roman Catholicism) and now I pray a different prayer -- a prayer for growth and deeper understanding in the common faith." God never leaves us as God finds us. I am changing, by the grace of God and by the movement of the Holy Spirit. God is maturing me. I am not today what I was yesterday, nor what I'll be tomorrow. So I will celebrate. I am free ...

3905. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

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Brett Blair

... do not become proud in your heart and forget the Lord your God (Deut 8:12-14). II Let me start the second point by asking a question. What parable would make a man with three doctoral degrees (one in medicine, one in theology, one in philosophy) leave civilization with all of its culture and amenities and depart for the jungles of darkest Africa? What parable could induce a man, who was recognized as one of the best concert organists in all of Europe, go to a place where there were no organs to play ...

3906. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

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... the pain of love in our hearts. But, even as we do this there is the danger that our compassion takes on the form of mere pity. There is a story of the Dutch Governor General of Java. He was complaining because the people wanted the Dutch to leave. He told a companion, "Look what we have done for them." He listed the schools, hospitals, elimination of disease, honest government, peace, roads, railroads, industry. He said, "Yet, they want us to go. Can you tell me why they want us to go?" The man said, "I ...

3907. The Master Has Come - And Is Calling For You

John 11:38-44

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... . The Master has come, - and is calling for you. Word came to Jesus that his good friend Lazarus was ill. Jesus was close to this family. He, no doubt, had spent much time with them. Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. It seems strange that Jesus did not leave immediately for Bethany to be with them in this time of illness. John tells us plainly that Jesus decided to wait until Lazarus died before going to see them. He said to the twelve, "Lazarus is dead; and for your sake I am glad that I was not there ...

3908. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Leonard W. Mann

... tells us: "Do this in remembrance of me." These words were spoken first by Jesus to his inner circle of disciples in that upper room in Jerusalem on the Thursday evening of his final earthly week. The next day he would die on a cross. He would be leaving them as his witnesses in the world. For them, there would be trial and danger and suffering. So he was saying to them: Wherever you go out there, whatever you do, whatever happens, I want you to remember me. It is natural, I suppose, as one approaches death ...

3909. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Edward Chinn

... are preached in churches around the Christian world. While most of those who mount the pulpit pray for divine inspiration, the sermons they preach may be gripping or boring, depending on the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and talents of the preacher. God would certainly not leave the message of the Gospel to the frailties of human preachers alone. And we have in recent times seen how frail those human preachers can be! God made sure that despite human inadequacies, his message would not be lost. On the night ...

3910. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

... in our human values: if scoundrels grow rich peddling dope while nurses are paid modestly for saving lives, then what is the value of a human being? Mind you, we are often told some measures of our worth, but too often those measures have a way of leaving us diminished. Someone, in the common language of measurement, says of a person, "He must be worth at least a million." But if the person described is astute, he has to think to himself, "Is that all I’m worth? Suppose I lose that million, in a ...

3911. Do You Have Roots?

Colossians 2:6-7

Children's Sermon

... we call them? (Let them answer.) That's right, they are roots. Where do roots live? (Let them answer.) In the ground. That's right. It takes good roots to have a strong plant or tree. The roots take the energy from the ground to make the food that the leaves, trunk, and branches need to live. If there isn't a good set of roots that reach down deep in the earth, then the plant or tree will not live for a long time. That's the way it is with Jesus and us. We must have great roots that ...

3912. When God's Mind is Spoken

Judges 1:1-36

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... to my professor's office and asked him to help me think through this question of my vocation. I shared with him my love for history and my calling to be a minister in the church. After listening very intently to me, he said, "I want you to leave my office considering the possibility that Jesus of Nazareth is the best human picture that we have of God. If Jesus is the best picture we have of God, then what implications does that have for your life." In his own unorthodox way my history teacher invited me ...

3913. Responding to Christ's Birth

Matthew 2:1-12

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... , and speaking, the clergy decided to march en masse to the office of Mayor Henry Loeb, as a symbol of love and reconciliation. We wanted the Mayor to reconsider his opposition to the striking sanitation workers as a symbol of repentance and love. After leaving the sanctuary, we formed ourselves in lines, two abreast, and started walking toward the City Hall. Just before we had completed one block of our march, a young deacon from St. Mary's ran back into the church and brought out the processional cross ...

3914. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

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Joe Pennel

... of societal havoc against which we seem to be defenseless. They tell us that there are all sorts of people on drugs, and that these people are trying to get more and more money so they can buy more and more drugs. They tell us that if we leave our cars unlocked in Hillsboro Village, in Brentwood, or in Belle Meade, we are doing so at our own peril. What are United Methodists to do about situations like this? How are we to respond? First, we should do what everybody else does about it because we are very ...

3915. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

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Gary W. Houston

... he loved and taught. Jesus suffered temptations and overcame them. Jesus died like we will die. He understands you wherever you are and however you feel. But we must see that being a follower of Christ is not an easy journey. He said that we must leave all to follow him. Maybe even your family is divided and your husband or wife is not a Christian. Jesus said that it would be so. You will be persecuted, rebuked, argued with, called names, and perhaps even killed for his name. But Jesus has promised ...

3916. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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... , announced, "Train blast stirred fears of nuclear war, Pravda says." On June 4, 1988, three cars loaded with industrial explosives blew up in Arzamas, 240 miles east of Moscow, killing at least 73 people, wounding an unknown number, destroying 150 homes, leaving 250 families homeless, and severely damaging 250 buildings. One witness, who saw the explosion and the mushroom cloud, said, "The first thing that came to my mind was, 'Has it started?' " - a reference to a nuclear attack. That reaction might have ...

3917. Christmas 1

Psalm 111:1-10, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Galatians 3:26--4:7, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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... room. A painting hangs on the north wall of the room, done in batik by a Chinese artist who escaped from mainland China to Taiwan; it tells the Epiphany story. A walled Chinese city forms the background, the landscape is bare and sparse, and the trees have no leaves; it is a stark winter scene. Two figures, one a woman on a donkey, are traveling away from the city; they look like Mary and Joseph - and the child the woman seems to be holding in her arms - as they flee the environs of Bethlehem and Jerusalem ...

3918. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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... , it is highly probable that many more people would be Christians; but they are not. A couple months ago, a young man and his wife were jogging fairly late at night; a pickup truck came along and hit him, throwing him forty feet and leaving him paralyzed. Just yesterday the headlines of a local newspaper read, "Hit-run victim's recovery 'remarkable.' " The accompanying story told how the man had two vertebrae damaged, but was only paralyzed for five weeks. He is still recovering from his injuries, but his ...

3919. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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... panic, my heart aches for you and I wish there were only some way I could help you in what you are suffering now. If hate made you pull the trigger, I can only pray that you can come to know the love of God that fills the heart and leaves no room for hate. If you were under the influence of drugs, please, for my sake and your own, don't waste your lives, too. Get help and rid yourselves of that stuff. Please, if you see this, find a church some place where you can be alone; then read ...

3920. Lent 5

Psalm 116:1-19, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Ezekiel 37:1-14

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... for months and learned that he had nearly died of a rare illness. "Everything's different now," he said. "I was sustained by the power of the Spirit. I believe my faith is stronger now. I can look death in the eye, unafraid." Scene 4 - On leaving the cemetery - the aftermath - some believed, but others still doubted and went to report to the Pharisees what Jesus had done. They couldn't deny the miracle, but they could reject the man; they refused to believe that Jesus was the Son of God, the Messiah. They ...

3921. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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... practice, but it isn't. the main purpose of this Sunday. The Sixth Sunday of Easter points to the proximity of the Ascension on Thursday of this week. It should be a reminder to the faithful that the resurrection of the Lord is only completed when he leaves the earth and "ascends" to the right hand of God and begins his reign. It is also a sign that the Great Fifty Days of Easter are drawing to a close, and that the church must still be celebrating Jesus' death and resurrection with "Christ is risen ...

3922. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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... condemnation" by those who reject him as their Lord. Matthew 28:16-20 (E, L, C) For once, the Gospel for the Day, although it was written for different people and a different time, takes up - from the perspective of the trinitarian formula - where the second reading leaves off. Both are the conclusions of writings and both spell out the nature of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This Gospel restates with the central theme of Matthew's Gospel, "and know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time ...

3923. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

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... making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members." "Who will deliver me from this body of death?" He answers his own question with, "Thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ." The reading of the Episcopal Lectionary picks up where verse 25 leaves off and spells out what Paul knows to be the grace of God, because Christ has "set us free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:9, 11-13 The Roman Lectionary, despite the omission of Paul's lament, reads on to commend the Roman congregation ...

3924. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

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... , his Word, freely and abundantly in the world and offers it, at no cost, to all who accept his invitation. Second, there is a kind of postlude provided in verses 12 and 13 for those who have accepted the invitation and have received the Word: "Yes, you will leave with joy and be lead away in safety...." Indeed, the Word of the Lord will bear fruit and feed the hunger and thirst of people who will receive God's gracious invitation to them. Verses 10 and 11 remain as the heart of the first reading for this ...

3925. Proper 11 & Pentecost 11

Isaiah 44:6-23, Psalm 103:1-22, Psalm 86:1-17, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

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... (v. 6, "Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplication,") but that's not the main reason why this psalm is appointed as a responsory on this day. Verse 11 picks up where the Prayers of the Day, if not the first reading, leave off: "Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; knit my heart to you that I may fear your name." The psalmist reveals that he knows what God is like, and that, because of the goodness of the Lord, ("But you, Lord, are gracious and ...

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3901. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

3902. Prove It!

John 20:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

3903. Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

Brett Blair

3904. Growing in God's Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

3905. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

3906. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

3907. The Master Has Come - And Is Calling For You

John 11:38-44

Sermon

3908. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Leonard W. Mann

3909. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Edward Chinn

3910. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Various Authors

3911. Do You Have Roots?

Colossians 2:6-7

Children's Sermon

3912. When God's Mind is Spoken

Judges 1:1-36

Sermon

3913. Responding to Christ's Birth

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

3914. Beyond the Ordinary

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

Joe Pennel

3915. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

3916. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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3917. Christmas 1

Psalm 111:1-10, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Galatians 3:26--4:7, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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3918. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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3919. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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3920. Lent 5

Psalm 116:1-19, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Ezekiel 37:1-14

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3921. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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3922. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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3923. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

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3924. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

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3925. Proper 11 & Pentecost 11

Isaiah 44:6-23, Psalm 103:1-22, Psalm 86:1-17, Exodus 3:1-22, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

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