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3951. A Great Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... this a season of greater woe. Yet your Son came to bring light to those who walk in darkness. Can we do less? Let this be a day of ministry to each other, and to those beyond our circle who so desperately need the hope of your gospel and the peace of your season. How still this hour seems, yet the hopes and fears of all the years are met in this precious moment. In this time so urgent we pledge to be your people. Amen. Hymns "Away In A Manger" "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" "O Little Town Of Bethlehem"

3952. Advice to the New Apostle

Titus 2:11-14

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

Call To Worship One: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, All: training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, One: while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. All: He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. (based on ...

3953. Adam's Legacy

Romans 5:12-19

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... of the boys said politely, "but I don't think it was very realistic for a father to give up his only son's life with just a hope that the other boy would become a Christian." "Well, you've got a point there," the old man replied, glancing down at his worn Bible. Then a ... story gives me a glimpse of what it must have been like for God to give up his Son for you and me. All in the name of hope. "You see - I was that father and your pastor is my son's friend." What's a papa to do? On the one hand, God loved his ...

3954. Taking You Up with Him

Colossians 3:1-4

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... to this day, he has kept his promise, among his new disciples, you and me, and all who continue to put their trust and hope in him. The resurrection finalized our ultimate connection to Jesus Christ. Because he went down for us, he came up with us, and takes ... and tribulations that we have to face. Sometimes we get tired and worn out. Sometimes it seems like we've been robbed of all hope. We often question the meaning and purpose of life itself. That's why God has given us each other in communion with Christ ...

3955. King of the Mountain

1 Peter 3:13-22

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... be intimidated" by the world around us. We are "not to fear" what others fear, but are to be ready at all times "to defend" the hope that we live in. Our outward actions, what we do and what we say, begin inside of us and develop in our hearts. If we ... class this week?" We are inundated with rivals to Jesus each and every day. We need to be renewed in our faith, and in our hope, and in our baptism ... each day. We need to allow Jesus back where he rightfully belongs, on the throne of our lives to be Lord ...

3956. The Power of God

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Rick Brand

... of the fellowship, prays for the whole church. Today's public praying and preaching are much more centered on individual salvation, praying for God to work in my life, praying for God to help me, and for God to give me the spirit of courage and hope. Listen to the opening prayer of Paul for the church at Ephesus. Paul begins his letter with the customary greeting and doxology for the spiritual blessings God has brought to history in his work with the covenant people, the Jews, and then in the person and ...

3957. A Radical Faith

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the psalms. He found there to his amazement that the psalmists suffered doubts, the same kinds of doubt and feelings of despair that he had felt. Yet they still had faith in God. They still trusted God. They began the psalm in despair, and ended in hope and faith. Just as revealing, and perhaps more important, the psalmists did not talk about being one with God, they talked about being apart from God. Yet they trusted still that God had not abandoned them. They may feel like God had abandoned them, but they ...

3958. All Your Facilities Intact

Acts 17:16-34, Colossians 1:15-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... habitations and the times for all the nations of the world, and has been Lord over all of them that they should seek God in the hope that they might feel after him and find him. Yet he is not far from each one of us. for `In him we live and ... Esme With Love And Squalor. In it Esme, a thirteen year old girl, writes a man who has gone off to war. She writes, "I hope you come back with all your faculties intact." Salinger's anthropology, evident in all his writings, is that we are born with all our faculties ...

3959. Beware of Crowds

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... reporter, and was sent out to cover a mine disaster. It was late at night, and there was frost on the ground, the temperature below freezing. The rescue team was down in the mine. The relatives were gathered at the opening of the mine, hoping for some word of hope. Someone began to sing, "What a friend we have in Jesus." Then other people joined in, "All our sins and grief to bear." Finally everyone, all the relatives and friends joined in, "What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer." Then it ...

3960. Have You Heard?

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... you are packed into coach, so you can't help but hear the conversation of those people sitting around you. The "talker" started in immediately, getting acquainted with the man who sat next to her. They decided to get comfortable, so they put their seats in the reclining position. I hope that you appreciate where that put me. If I had been a dentist, I would have been ready to go to work. So here they are in my lap. I don't know the woman's name. I don't think she ever said it, not that I recall, although ...

3961. He's Here Somewhere

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... life had gone flat for her. She suffered terrible fits of despair from time to time. Finally under doctor's care she was hospitalized, from which there was some improvement, but not enough for her. This had gone on for years, and she wanted it to end. She hoped for more. So one day on a whim, though perhaps she was led, she got a pass from the hospital, drove to the nearest United Methodist Church, and looked for the pastor. It was a country church, just a tiny, unremarkable place. The kind of place that ...

3962. Honoring the Fathers

Hebrews 11:17-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

3963. If You Look Like Your Passport Photo

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Church was because they expected to have similar experiences. They got discouraged. They, too, went astray. They made mistakes. They did things they weren't proud of. They said things that they wished they could take back. They felt terrible about it, and they hoped they could have some experience like Peter's experience. Peter, they said, is like us. We, too, can have some epiphany, something that will reorder our lives and bring us back together, and give us a purpose and meaning and power in our lives ...

3964. Leave No Child Behind

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... the need and narrowed it down to what we think we can manage as a congregation, and now we need to determine if we have the resources, the people, and your talents, to do this job. We are inviting you to a meeting this Thursday night, an orientation meeting. We hope that you will come, even if you are just interested and not yet sure if you want to do this. Come anyway, and sign up after the service in the patio so that we will know how many are coming. We found something else in studying these other church ...

3965. Now Stand Up Straight!

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that was meting out justice. One of the books that I read last week on my vacation was, Turning Toward Home, by Joyce Hollyday. If you loaned it to me, I want to tell you that it is available now in the office for you to pick up. I hope you will let me know who you are, because I want to thank you. It was a very interesting book. It is a story of Joyce Hollyday's religious pilgrimage from a childhood of innocence and protection in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the "Chocolate City," to the Sojourners Community in ...

3966. Timing Is Everything

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... only two kinds of time: there is the time of preparation, and there is the time of fulfillment. There is a time of expectation, a time of waiting, when we look forward to our dreams being realized. Then there is a time of fulfillment when what we have hoped for, what we have prayed for, appears. When that happens, the Bible calls it the "fullness of time." The Christmas story is a wonderful example of the "fullness of time." Have you ever wondered why it happened the way that it did? Why God came to us in ...

3967. Uses of the Past

Philippians 3:4b-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... life, because he writes, "I want to know Christ now and the power of his resurrection." That's what he is focused on now, the hope of resurrection. It is as if he journeyed to this point in his life, to the end of his life, following Jesus all these years ... there. I can tell you wonderful stories of those people. Their lives are a part of the history, the tradition, of this church. I hope someday the children from Sunday School will be taken there by a teacher, who will point to a name, and say, "Let me tell ...

3968. When to Hold On

II Timothy 3:14-4:5

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... 't quite think that you could do. That is why the Letter to the Hebrews defines faith as "the assurance of things hoped for." You don't have it, but you move toward it. That definition is offered before listing all of the heroes of the Bible, who are ... lifted up to us as our examples. They all had faith. "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for." That is what faith looks like. Faith is going out and face giants...or the Yankees. I am very much aware of what everybody ...

3969. A Pilgrimage To Bethlehem

Matthew 3:1-12

Drama

Matthew Powell

... for their own keep. One day you'd get a short job, and then you might spend two days looking for work again. My wife and daughter went begging further away. But they got very little; bread was so scarce. Still, we scraped food together somehow and hoped to struggle through until next harvest. And then, sickness seized us. Things became worse and worse. One day you might have something to eat, and then nothing for two days. We began eating grass. Finally, I had no strength left and couldn't keep on my feet ...

3970. In the Darkness of Anxiety, There Is the Light of Peace

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... and peace on earth and in our lives. Throughout this Advent season, we have been thinking together about this theme: The light of Bethlehem still shines on. Tonight, we turn to this: In the darkness of anxiety, there is the light of peace. This is the night. “The hopes and fears of all the years, are met in thee tonight.”1 This is Bethlehem for us. We are here tonight in Bethlehem, and there is a light that shines in this darkness that surrounds us. It is the light of Christ, the light of peace. In the ...

3971. Epiphany 3

Isaiah 9:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... The Light! (4:12-23). Need: People need to see Jesus as the eternal light. To those in darkness, a light is a sign of life and hope. In our despair and doubt, we need to look at the light of Christ. Outline: The Gospel tells us - a. The light shines - through the preaching ... to you in trouble – a. God promises you'll be glad some day - v. 3. b. There are good reasons for your hope. 1. Light will replace darkness - v. 2. 2. Liberation from oppression - v. 4. 2. More Light Please! "The people who walked in ...

3972. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:33-37, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . 16-17. c. Christ's people? - v. 23. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm of the Day: Psalm 119:33-40 - "Lead me in the path of your commandments" (v. 35); Psalm 102:1-4, 10, 12-13 - "The Lord is merciful and gracious" (v. 8a); Psalm 71 - "You, O Lord, are my hope" (v. 5). Prayer of the Day: "Lord God, we ask you to keep your family, the church, always faithful to you that all who learn on the ...

3973. Easter 6

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

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... to know the truth - vv. 17, 20. c. Us to love Christ - v. 21. 3. You Can Have The Spirit (14:15-21). Need: Many church members are not sure they have the Spirit. If they do not, they are interested in knowing how to get the Spirit. This sermon hopefully will help people know how they can get a fuller measure of the Spirit. Outline: How you can get the Spirit. a. Spirit comes as a gift in answer to Jesus' prayer - v. 16. b. Spirit comes to those who love Jesus - vv. 15, 21. c. Spirit comes to those ...

3974. Easter 7

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-19; 5:6-11, Psalm 68

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... c. Are persecuted by the world - Lesson 2 (v. 16). 2. The Ascending View Of Life. Need: The need is in the fact that many look in the wrong direction. We look down or we look back. The ascension gives us the upward look. It is the upward look of hope, good cheer, and optimism. Outline: Christians, lift up – a. Your eyes in prayer - Gospel (v. 1). b. Your heads to Christ - Lesson 1 (v. 10). c. Your hearts in praise - Lesson 2 (v. 13). Gospel: John 17:1-11 1. A Prayed-for People (17:11). Need: Since Jesus ...

3975. Proper 10

Genesis 25:19-34, Isaiah 55:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... 65 (RC, E) - "The meadows clothe themselves with flocks" (v. 13b). Prayer of the Day "Almighty God, we thank you for planting in us the seed of your word. By your Holy Spirit help us to receive it with joy, live according to it, and grow in faith and hope and love." Hymn of the Day "Almighty God, Your Word Is Cast" THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 1. Crowds (v. 2). Jesus was a popular preacher. Crowds came to hear him. In this case so many came that Jesus was pushed into the sea and ...

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