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376. Just A Whisper

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... with a bit of the Divine nature, by which hope is born anew to bring light into the darkness of despair. Perhaps some would argue, saying, "But most of those were probably non-believers! How can you say that God was doing that?" Simply because belief - or non-belief - is a perspective of humankind. The perspective of God must still be the constant affirmation of life. And whether we recognize it or not, new life is the most eloquent sign of the presence of God. The promised sign wasn’t enough for Ahaz. It ...

377. A Prophet Like Me

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... grasp of moral law, and the understanding that certain choices bring about predictable results. Most of all the prophet views every act from the awareness that God speaks to contemporary situations and to our own lives. Implicit in our Christian faith we have the belief - indeed the experience - that God still speaks to humankind. God may not always say what we want to hear, and we must never confuse our own opinions with the will of God. But as individuals, and together as the church, we must cultivate the ...

378. Dual Citizenship I - What Do We Owe To Our Country?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ? It's not because God's ego needs to be propped up. It's because God is the source of our liberty and our knowledge of right and wrong. Our only valid absolutes come from God. Thomas Jefferson, the father of the separation between church and state, knew that belief in God is essential for the nation. Let me quote him: "And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God." If freedom is ...

379. Terminally Distracted Or Decisively Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Joseph M. Freeman

... 3:11)? I react this way because I tend to side with the ill-prepared and know I may need such help myself. My subsequent, more thoughtful response though is that Jesus rightly handles this situation differently, because the oil represents the depth of belief, trust, and commitment in a person. The five wise bridesmaids can't believe enough for the five unwise ones. No, they must believe deeply enough for themselves. When it comes to the endtime, to Christ's Second Coming, we cannot enter his kingdom with ...

380. The Path of Creativity

Drama

William Grimbol

... of new hope ... the author of all genuine creativity, is an eternal event with dramatic consequences for the moment ... for the NOW ... for TODAY. It is the Resurrection which creates the faithful spirit, a spirit which seizes the present with the revolutionary belief that anything is possible ... that peace can be made ... that equality can be lived ... that justice can reign ... that the rainbow can be seen in the rain ... that everything is new under the Son of God. Resurrection, the eternal flame of ...

381. Resurrection: From Chaos to Order

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... is one. So are experience, and intuition, and faith. Science proceeds on the theory that there is a discoverable answer to all mystery - and the discovery comes about step by step. Faith, by definition, is a leap to gain answers to the mystery. I propose a belief, shaped by such a leap of faith, that the full circle is made: Creation words, spoken by the Ancient One to the little boy by the kindling fire, talked of a genesis, a beginning planned by God. Science words spoken by scholars confess that science ...

382. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Isaiah 25:1-12, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Mark 16:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... , who have confounded our neat categories, exceeded our expectations, and transcended our hopes with the resurrection of Jesus, give us the words we need to express our gladness; that finding again the empty tomb, we may move beyond simple shock and surprise to belief and boldness on behalf of the risen Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most merciful God, we acknowledge with the deepest regret that our minds are often closed to the unexpected, and thus to your surprising movements in ...

383. Proper 16

2 Samuel 23:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-33, John 6:25-59, John 6:60-71

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... adding some comments on the priority of the spirit over the "flesh" (which in this context means worldliness), Jesus turns his attention to the obvious lack of belief among the crowd of disciples he has attracted. Rather than water down his message to make it more palatable to the masses, Jesus shows more concern with true belief than with numbers, and simply allows the disbelievers to depart. Call to Worship Leader: Christian discipleship is not for the half-hearted: it involves both faith and commitment ...

384. THE NEIGHBORHOOD GAP

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... t go to hell if they don’t share their toys, as they have been told by others - how to get along with your neighbors when one inch of ground can cause difficulty - how many times to turn the other cheek and then ... get mad and stand up for your beliefs - how to get along with the guy who cuts you out in traffic, or the serviceman who does shoddy work." There is more but you get the flavor of it, and it raises a profound question - namely, does God speak and operate in the neighborhoods in which we live ...

385. Luther of Wittenberg

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... become, we’re never far from slipping back into superstition. ANTAGONIST: What makes you say that? PROTAGONIST: Well, it’s like the shopkeeper in that news report just said, when a violent lightning storm gets too close overhead, you tend to slip back into belief in the ancient gods. That’s how some cultures first came to know about God - by seeing violence in nature. ANTAGONIST: It’s little wonder Martin Luther thought of God as a violent, angry destroyer. Wasn’t that the storm that drove him to ...

386. Why Must We Carry A Cross?

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to go into battle. That you are about to conduct a coup d’etat. That you and this band of ruffians are going to attempt to overthrow this government by a sudden violent strike. That the odds are stacked against you but you have a very strong belief that God is on your side despite the overwhelming odds. Now you are thinking like Peter. Jesus comes before his disciples and lays out his military strategy. Look at verse 31. Jesus says, “We are going to march into Jerusalem you the soldiers are going to ...

387. What God Wants Us To Do

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard Patt

... your heart again. Know his forgiveness. Experience the clean slate he freely gives you. Allow him to give you the transforming answers for your life. III To follow the one sent by the Father takes faith. it takes belief. "What God wants you to do is to believe ..." Jesus is saying, "Believe that belief works. Faith works, when it is tried!" The other Sunday my wife and I were walking near the large public swimming pool not far from our home. There we witnessed a charming little scene. A young mother was ...

388. Job - A Probe Into the Shadow World of Despair

Job 6:1-7:21

Sermon

... of others. I believe that God is true God and does not will evil to teach lessons, and that God weeps with us when that divine intention for life together in love and healthful, wholeness is distorted. Viewing life through the lens of the Christ, it is my belief that God identifies with the victims of life; and more, God wills to work through us to serve them. Love can always be born into the most negative, but that does not make the negative good or the negative God’s will. Life often does not make sense ...

389. Scandal!

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

... is that we are left to trust him without proof, only on faith. Rudolf Bultmann put it well: "Jesus refused to give a sign in proof of his authority, such as would enable men to recognize him without risk, without committing themselves to him." The scandal of beliefs, then, is that we have to turn off our rational, scientific minds when we say that Jesus is our savior. We, who look for empirical proof before we trust our teeth to a particular brand of toothpaste or our headaches to a brand of aspirin, we are ...

390. A New Perspective

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... his wife Nancy. (See VOICES: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, Summer, 1979, "A Boy and His Kite.") In it he attempts to help us understand the shift in frame of reference, or the mind’s imagination, that is involved with our being caught up in "faith" or "belief." Most of you here are old enough to remember what it was like to ride trains. Maybe you’ve had the same experience I’ve had. You would be relaxed in your seat waiting for the train to start, idly looking out the window at nothing. But ...

391. JESUS: Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Brett Blair

... greatest of all mankind. And could someone so insightful be so insane at the same time? If you call him a lunatic let me ask you: In what way is he insane? His actions do not portray a man who is unstable. You might site his belief about who he was—his belief that he was God—as an example. There might be some merit to this if any of his contemporaries—the Jewish leaders or his disciples—viewed him as such. Perhaps you could say that the charge of blaspheme was the equivalent. But it is interesting ...

392. God Notices

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... and a shot.” Ginny and Joyce and Janet are not afraid to share with God how they really feel. They do that because they believe that God cares. I’m not sure what condition my faith would be in if I didn’t spend time around children. Their fervent belief that God is close to us confirms what Amos says, confirms so much of what the Bible says, and reminds me of what so many of us tend to forget. God does notice. God does care. What we do matters to God. That can be fearful news. Especially the way ...

393. The Ten Commandments: One God, Only One

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... scientific - we know that there is no sun god or wind god or rain god. Does this first commandment apply to us? At first glance, no. The majority of America - Christians, Jews, Muslims - says there is ONE God, the all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present God. Christian belief goes even beyond that: God is expressed as a trinity...as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...one God but knowable in three distinct ways. That is the God who tells us that we are to have no other. We are not to relegate God to second place ...

394. The Lord's Prayer: "Our Daily Bread"

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... from New Testament history to explain it for us. As you probably know, there were many in the years following the Lord's death and resurrection who expected him to return any minute. Some of the Apostle Paul's earlier writings show that he himself held that belief. But some folks decided that, since Jesus was coming again so soon, there was no need for them to work anymore; they were content to just sit around and wait for the second coming. As time went along, these folks who spent their days doing nothing ...

395. What Do You Believe About Eternal Life

John 14:5-14

Eulogy

James W. Moore

... that He would go before us to prepare a place for us there, But, also, in the greatest crisis moment of His life… as He endured the pain of the cross… and as He died on the cross for our sins, He wrapped His arms confidently around this belief in Eternal Life and prayed: “Father, into Thy hands, I commit my spirit.” And, one more thing. He also showed us dramatically and powerfully through His Resurrection, that there is indeed Life after Death. As the college student and I made our list of why we ...

396. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Then he heard about Jesus and we learn a second thing about this centurion: HE WAS A MAN WHO RESPECTED OTHER PEOPLE'S BELIEFS. The centurion heard that Jesus was a man who had the power of healing. "Ah," he thought, "maybe he can do something for ... the centurion had been a proud man, he might have never sent for Jesus. But he was a caring man, he was a man who respected the beliefs of others, he was a humble man. But there is one final thing that must be said about this centurion: HE WAS A MAN OF FAITH. You ...

397. Last Words

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

King Duncan

... the need to justify our aberrant behavior. Our pride becomes involved and in a most demonic twist of thinking, we harden in our justifications until we get to the point that we will fight rather than switch even when we know what we are doing is stupid beyond belief. (4) And the message comes from Christ and from those who love us, "Turn around. Please, for your own sake and for the sake of those who love you most, before it is too late, turn around." Has anyone ever heard those words before? Have you ever ...

398. Friends

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Series and seven All-Star games, and in 1944 was named Most Valuable Player in the National League. Years earlier Marty's mom had asked Johnny, "Why are you so determined to keep this pact?" Johnny replied, "Belief is a kind of love. I believe in Marty. We're friends. Believing in someone is the best kind of love." (5) Belief IS the best kind of love. Christ believes in us. That is the message of the cross. Christ believes in us so much that he made the ultimate investment in us. He lay down his life in ...

399. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Then an amazing thing happens. All the people of Nineveh repent. From the king in his palace to the lowly man sweeping the streets, they all turn from their sin. When that happens, God changes his mind. He decides not to destroy Nineveh. This embarrasses Jonah beyond belief. He has told the people of Nineveh that God is going to destroy them. Now God is not going to do it. Jonah feels utterly humiliated. Besides, he didn't like the people all that much anyway. Angrily he says to God, "I knew it! I knew ...

400. What On Earth Is The Trinity?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... something real and important? For most of us they are a means of dealing with the nature of God. Ninetyeight per cent of the American people, according to most polls, say that they believe in God. That can mean everything or that can mean nothing. For many people, that belief is a vague notion about "Someone in the great Somewhere" (to quote a popular religious song of some years ago). For a lot of people God is nothing more than a vast oblong blur. C.S. Lewis once wrote of a girl he knew who said that the ...

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