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3951. Living a Jesus Powered Life

Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 6:1-8:22, Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... through future generations. Until the final harvest. This has been the covenant message of scripture from the beginning of God’s creation. We are commissioned to proclaim the peace and promise of God! That covenant comes with rest and respite and redemption responsibility. The Hebrew words in the story of Noah tell the story in themselves. God’s Spirit, which blows across the waters, again creating dry land, as in the beginning, is the Ruach (the wind/breath of God). The word for Noah (names typically ...

3952. The Lame Truth

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... asks, do you want to be healed? Now we probably think, wouldn’t anyone? Would you? Don’t be so sure. You can get quite used to being waited on, comfortable in your invalidism, used to your status quo life, used to not having to run with all of the responsibilities of walking with God for real. So that’s a loaded question: “Do you want to be healed?” “Do you want to run with the big dogs? OR do you want to sit on the porch and bark?” Jesus is not simply making conversation. Jesus is issuing a ...

3953. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 30:22-33, John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... memory and emotion. Humans aren’t as good as dogs at this—we have 5 million smell receptors, but dogs have 300 million. No wonder people say your dog sees the world through its nose. Smells, more than any other sense, can evoke in us huge emotional responses. We can smell fear. We can smell danger. The smell of tobacco can remind us of a male relative or a comfortable study. The smell of roses or lavender might remind us of our mother’s perfume and therefore the comfort and love of our mother. Our ...

3954. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... prison populations is just so much hokum. Man, I’m glad I checked before I spoke. I’m glad I learned the whole story before I told it. It is always tempting to move, to act, to do before we know the whole story, but never more than in response to a spiritual high like the one Peter must have been feeling as he descended from the mountain that day. But Jesus advised caution. It is not so much our duty to speak about the resurrection as it is to let the resurrection speak through us. “Sometimes at that ...

3955. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

... that had happened in their life, but he knew that there was something more important than the anger. His message to his wife was "hold me when I'm angry." But she was so busy with her anger that she was seemingly blind to the possibility of a positive response. The marriage ended in divorce. Their version of All In the Family was canceled. God knows we get angry. But as God made a covenant with the Children of Israel, his "Family," and held on to them even when they were angry, so God holds us even when we ...

3956. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... fearful situations completely out of proportion to any real threat. This is to say that, even in situations where fear is perfectly appropriate, we would do better if we learn to manage it. Fear, which is after all a survival mechanism, can sometimes actually impair our response to the event causing our fear. So Christ says to us, “Don’t be afraid. God knows every sparrow that falls from the sky and you are worth more than many sparrows.” Let me suggest a couple of ways that God can help us as we ...

3957. Second Sight

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... line of vision. When we adjust our lens by reading the scriptures, by allowing the scriptures to test our way of seeing, we can bring Jesus into focus again in new ways and in living color. Just as we have a responsibility to check our physical eyes, we also have a responsibility to check our spiritual eyes.Through our lives, as we go through adventures, traumas, experiences of life, we constantly need to check our lenses in order to make sure we are seeing everything we could be seeing, as clearly as we ...

3958. Sheep? Seriously?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... we allowed our US culture to create and sustain the perfect environment for a Prosperity gospel and a numbing myopia. For example, as long as my family is okay, and those I know personally are okay, that’s as far as I need to see or to care. My responsibility is to them; others will have to take care of themselves. Here’s another example. The cheaper I can buy my jeans, T-shirts, dresses, pants, shoes, and jackets the better. It’s not relevant to me who can’t earn a livable wage in my town or on ...

3959. Let’s Really Know Jesus

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... years of marriage I have learned that the pointing is always correct, not so much the words used. Thomas was a wonderfully directionally challenged person. Jesus told him there was a place prepared for all. Thomas went... how do I get there? Jesus’ response to Thomas was one of the truly great responses of all time from Jesus. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you have really known me, you will also know the Father. From now on you know him and have ...

3960. Be Like Dad

John 17:1-5

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... I were born. We were part of a plan. Perhaps it was just a plan to make love that went awry. Perhaps, it was intentional thinking, an intentional decision, to continue the generations. Some generations have a call to have as many children as possible, others claim a responsibility to limit ourselves to one or two. In the beginning for all of us, there was a perception of a plan, even if the plan was only about having a moment of passion. Let’s assume the plan was purposeful; the plan was, for whatever its ...

3961. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... s love, a host of other people have given up everything to ensure that the Gospel message has endured. But here is the truth of the situation: if you and I do not pick up the cross in our time--make those hard choices and assume those difficult responsibilities that are required to ensure that the church of Jesus Christ accomplishes its mission—our children’s children will not know the old, old story of Jesus and his love. It is sad but true—many of us don’t want to do anything that requires us to ...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.

Arnold J. Toynbee

If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.

Charles B. Newcomb

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

Esther Dyson

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

J. C. Penney

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Sigmund Freud

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.

Walter Anderson

3968. Prisoners of Hope

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... best kind of therapy for someone who is overwhelmed with life is for that person to focus instead on the needs of others. That is what God in Christ calls us to. This yoke of service is easy because it is not a burden of compulsion, but a response of thanksgiving, love, and joy at God’s grace that takes away the heaviness of guilt and shame through the forgiveness of sins. This yoke of service is light because it is the burden of freedom. The burden of freedom, as we are reminded on this Sunday closest ...

3969. Stepping into Liminal Space

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard

... frightened everyone. That figure, sensing their fear, tried to calm them with his familiar words: “Be encouraged, fear not. I am with you.” Peter somehow sensed the presence of the Lord. We don’t know how these things happened: sensing the presence of God. In response to Peter’s inquiry, Jesus invited him to come. Just come. That’s all. Peter knew nothing except the one who was calling him to do the impossible. Isn’t this a short summary of faith: responding to the call of God however one hears ...

3970. "Cathedra"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Ron Love

... , came for instruction. The elders would then return to their congregations located within the episcopate to instruct others. The elders in the community churches would accept the responsibility of educating new converts. The sole purpose of this instruction was preparation for baptism. Once baptized the formal education ceased. The method of instruction was dialogue and memorization, as most students were illiterate and written materials were scarce. The participants studied the creeds and liturgies ...

3971. Standing in the Forecastle

1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

Sermon

Ron Love

... God does hear our prayers. Because God loves us God will respond to our prayers, though not always in a manner we may expect or desire. Our prayers can encompass confession, praise, adoration, supplication, and intercession. In addition to God’s response to us, our response to God is important. Our attitude in prayer is important. We must not be haughty, but humble. We must pray continually, which means that we must always strive to have a prayerful attitude. Our prayers must come often and regularly, not ...

3972. Jesus Matters

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... does God mean for us? Jesus shows us that God means for us to know that we are loved with an impossibly generous love. There is nothing we can do to deserve it, nor to pay for it. The one and only authentic response to that generosity is to love others — including our enemies. Such a response will transform our lives and begin to redeem the world. This is an astonishing Christmas gift to us, by the way. That’s who Jesus was and is. And that’s why — and how — Jesus matters. As we come now to the ...

3973. Oh, That You Would Come Down?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

King Duncan

... for the terrible agony that the Second World War had brought upon the world. Characters in the play voiced the opinions of those who were looking for answers. Was Hitler alone responsible? How about the munitions manufacturers who financed him? Did an apathetic German population share the blame? But then a man comes up out of the crowd and says, “Do you want to know who is really to blame for all the suffering we’ve been through? I’ll tell you. ...

3974. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “Nobody can truly understand why I did what I have done, but I did it on faith. I did it on intuition.” Hall, a single man with a successful catering company, was taking on a big responsibility when he adopted the two brothers from the county foster care system. And that responsibility grew even bigger when Hall discovered that his two new sons had four more siblings separated into various other foster homes in East Tennessee. Hall’s budget and his schedule were already pretty tight, but his heart ...

3975. A Quantum Decision

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the situation. The friend committed that night to be a spiritual father to this young woman, to be available to help her in any way possible, to help her through her crisis. (8) An extraordinary act of love? It shouldn’t be. We should feel a special responsibility for every child or adult who is baptized at this alter. So let me say it again. The most important decision that anyone can make is to be baptized because, if it is authentic, it will affect every other decision you will make. It is a quantum ...

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3951. Living a Jesus Powered Life

Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 6:1-8:22, Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

3952. The Lame Truth

John 5:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

3953. The Olfactory Sense of Prayer

Exodus 30:34-38, Exodus 30:22-33, John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

3954. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

3955. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

3956. Daddy's Love

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

3957. Second Sight

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

3958. Sheep? Seriously?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

3959. Let’s Really Know Jesus

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

3960. Be Like Dad

John 17:1-5

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

3961. Faking It or Making It?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

Arnold J. Toynbee

If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.

Charles B. Newcomb

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

Esther Dyson

Responsibilities are given to him on whom trust rests. Responsibility is always a sign of trust.

J. C. Penney

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Sigmund Freud

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.

Walter Anderson

3968. Prisoners of Hope

Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

3969. Stepping into Liminal Space

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard

3970. "Cathedra"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon