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376. Proper 17

Psalm 81:1-16, Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

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William E. Keeney

... last pew of the church? This often puts the preacher in the position of preaching to an empty space of several rows. It is often difficult to get people to move forward in a meeting even when asked. Yet it is easier to speak to them and to carry on discussion of issues when that is appropriate to the kind of meeting held. Is it thoughtlessness, false humility, or laziness that causes people to plunk themselves down at the beginning of a row of chairs or a pew? It makes later comers crawl over them to get to ...

377. Not Your Favorite Father's Day Scripture

Genesis 21:8-21

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Johnny Dean

... story, perhaps it would be best if I go back a couple of chapters and give you a recap of the action that has taken place before we arrive at today’s reading: Abraham is very old, and he has a big problem. He has no heir, no son to carry on the family name, no son to make him immortal. Men do feel that way, you know? If we have a son, a little part of us will live on even after we’re dead and gone. To compound Abraham’s problem, his wife Sarah is also very old, way past ...

378. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

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Donald B. Strobe

... of Galilee.” (National Radio Pulpit, Dec. T77-Jan. T78) To which I can only say, “Amen!” Our accents do betray us; and the Galilean accent is a rare thing to hear, indeed. After the first World War, while high level talks were being carried on about how to deal with Germany, the despised and defeated enemy, the then American President Woodrow Wilson argued for leniency and compassion. It is reported that French premier Clemenceau said, in disgust, “He makes me sick. He talks just like Jesus Christ ...

379. I Love My Church

1 Chronicles 29:3

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James Merritt

... part of the problem instead of the solution. Blessed are they who gossip—for they shall cause strife and divisions that please me. Blessed are they who are easily offended—for they will soon get angry and quit. Blessed are they who do not give their offering to carry on God's work—for they are my helpers. Blessed is he who professes to love God, but hates his brother and sister—for he shall be with me forever. Blessed are you when you hear this and think it is about other people and not yourself—I ...

380. Deciding To Excel In Everything

II Corinthians 8:1-7, 11-12

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J. Howard Olds

... our pastoral staff prays over the prayer requests received from the congregation on Sunday. The names change but the concerns are the same—someone’s sick and needs healing, someone’s hurting and needs helping, someone’s struggling and needs strength from the Lord to carry on. Where can you go with needs like that except to the Lord? I read the newspapers and recognize that we move a little closer each day to war with Iraq. Where can we go with a concern like that but to the Lord? When I become ...

381. Mistaken Identity

Matthew 16:13-20

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Wayne Brouwer

... . Herod's forebears had taught him how to survive in politics: it was a matter of deception, bribery, murder, and power plays. When Herod dared to kill his brother and marry his brother's wife, it surprised few. After all, they had been carrying on an openly "secret" affair for years. Moreover, the new alliance produced political benefits for a variety of courtiers and solidified Herod's rule in territorial acquisition and the conferring of titles. Herod wanted to get rid of John, but he hesitated to kill ...

382. What'll You Have?

Mark 8:27-38

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... to know. B. You remember the answers. It sounded like a menu of choices. Scripture doesn't say who spoke first. It doesn't really matter but I think it was probably Simon the Zealot, he said: "Well, some of them say your John the Baptist reborn and carrying on his ministry." That's when Thaddaeus popped up and said, "Others say you're Elijah, the one who is supposed to tell us when the Messiah is coming." And then Judas Iscariot said, "Still others think you're just one of the prophets." Then it got silent ...

383. Collection and Travel Plans

1 Corinthians 16:5-18, 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

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Preben Vang

... 50–51; 14:5–6, 19–20; 17:5–10, 13–14). 16:10–11 No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Paul has already referred to Timothy’s visit (4:17) and adds this recommendation to highlight that Timothy “is carrying on the work of the Lord.” Whatever caused Paul to think that some in Corinth would speak negatively about (exouthen?s?, “disdain,” “scorn”; NIV: “treat him with contempt”8) Timothy, he makes sure such disparagement is offset by his commendation. When Timothy speaks ...

384. No Reason to Worry

Matthew 6:25-33

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April Yamasaki

... and be anxious about food and clothing. You cannot strive after God's kingdom and strive after material things at the same time. In World War II, the British government distributed a poster with a picture of a crown and the slogan "Keep Calm & Carry On." It was not widely used at the time, but more recently has become popularized on posters, T-shirts, mugs, and other memorabilia. The original slogan is still used, but there are also many variations from the more serious to the trivial: "Keep Calm & Drive ...

385. When Life Seems Out Of Control

2 Samuel 18:1-18

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Timothy J. Smith

... happened. He pulled the starter cord another four or five times, swearing loudly with each pull of the cord. The lawn mower would not start. Fifteen minutes later the struggle continued until, as his spouse reported, he was screaming, swearing, and carrying on like a raving maniac. Finally, he stomped into the garage, grabbed a short-handled two-pound sledgehammer, and proceeded to smash the mower into little pieces. By the time the fury subsided that corporate executive was a beaten, dejected, and broken ...

386. A Hands-on Religion

Mark 1:40-45

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John A. Stroman

... of God free enough to enter into solidarity with the poor. Here in Galilee Jesus' encounter with the leper certainly affirms this fact. Today we need to let the church be the church, the body of Christ in the midst of the world. We need to carry on the hands-on ministry that Jesus inaugurated. I wonder what God thinks about us. Sunday after Sunday we experience the challenge of the gospel in our worship services. We are inspired by God's word and uplifted by the magnitude and splendor of our church music ...

387. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... is our heavenly Lord, we can hold fast to our faith (v. 14). Gospel: Mark 10:17-31 1. Sermon Title: Estate Planning. Sermon Angle: My wife and I are in the process of doing some estate planning. We want to make sure that our goods and/or values carry on after we are gone. Inheritance was much simpler in Jesus' day but I wonder if the rich man was not engaging in some estate planning, not for this world but for the next. He wanted to know how he could inherit eternal life. Jesus was the lawyer/teacher, whom ...

388. The Faith of the Cannanite Woman

Mark 7:24-30

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Brett Blair

... Jesus was doing in this foreign land. On no other occasion did he venture out of Palestine. Why now? The common explanation is that he knew that he was coming to the end of his earthly ministry and he needed privacy to further train his disciples to carry on after his death. He couldn't find this privacy in Palestine, so he went into Gentile territory where people didn't know him, or at least would pay no attention to him. It was quite unlikely that a Canaanite would approach much less consult a Jewish ...

389. Paul Today

Acts 17:16-34

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T. A. Kantonen

... following verse, with the echoes of the last trumpet still reverberating, he proceeds to give practical instruction concerning contributions for the relief of the poor. The Christian hope is faith with vision, faith with courage, faith with strength to carry on even when the situation appears hopeless. It provides the perspective of eternity in which grace, redemption, and salvation - all Christian doctrines - are to be viewed. And it gives to men in all ages the incentive for confident, consecrated, and ...

390. Great Is Your Faith

Matthew 15:21-28

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Brett Blair

391. Freedom's Year

Galatians 3:26--4:7

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Wayne Brouwer

... man cries out to see him, and he doesn't stipulate a penance. He simply opens the man's eyes to the joy of sight. And as they walk along, they come to the doors of Seville's cathedral. A procession of mourners is just leaving. They carry on their shoulders the coffin of a little girl, seven years old. And the mother throws herself at Jesus' feet and wails, "If it is Thou, raise my child!" And he does! And then comes the cardinal himself, the Grand Inquisitor. His eyes darken and his withered face grows ...

392. Easter In November

Luke 20:27-40

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King Duncan

... , that there is no resurrection. They posed what they thought was a trick question for Jesus: "The laws of Moses state that if a man dies without children, the man's brother shall marry the widow and their children will legally belong to the dead man, to carry on his name. We know of a family of seven brothers. The oldest married and then died without any children. His brother married the widow and he, too, died. Still no children. And so it went, one after the other, until each of the seven had married her ...

393. Go to Heaven?

Matthew 25:31-46

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Stephen M. Crotts

... small rural parish. He was depressed and thinking of quitting. She was overweight and nervous and insecure. You sat to eat with them. You listened. You told her you could see the love of God in her smile and eyes. That meal gave them the hope to carry on. You were being a peacemaker, Stephen." And I will bow my head and worship Jesus! "Lord, I didn't know what you were doing through me. Blessed art thou, O God! And blessed art people through your Word and Spirit in ministry through your servants!" For those ...

394. Don't Make Me Come Down There

Luke 18:1-8

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King Duncan

... often offered by Mary Glover. She is their best pray-er, says Wallis. She is a sixty‑year‑old black woman who knows what it means to be poor and knows how to pray. She prays like someone who knows to whom she is talking. She has been carrying on a conversation with her Lord for many, many years. She first thanks God for another day, “Another day to serve you, Lord,” she says. On that day, Wallis says he will never forget she prayed these words, “Lord, we know that you’ll be coming through this ...

395. The Wussification of the Church

John 9:1-12

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Leonard Sweet

... covered either in the obituary section or in the leisure and relaxation section. Is that where religion belongs? leisure and relaxation? I don't think so. Or is that what the cross has become? something you hang around your neck rather than something you carry on your back and even sometimes hang on? We've become wusses. When the cross is something that only pierces your ears and never pierces your hands and feet and side, even your heart, then the wussification of the church is complete. In the wussified ...

396. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

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J. Howard Olds

... . When all that is nailed down seems to be coming loose, His steadfast love endures forever. When bombs are bursting in the air, His steadfast love endures forever. When you walk through the valleys of shadows of death and you wonder how you can carry on, His steadfast love endures forever. If you think about it, every national declaration of thanksgiving was made in the hard times, not the good times. In 1621 the Pilgrims gave thanks at Plymouth Rock, after half of them starved to death over the winter ...

397. Diving Deeper

Luke 5:1-11

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J. Howard Olds

... high hopes and great expectations. We believe God can do anything but fail—then illness strikes, divorce happens, death comes, jobs disappear and God doesn’t seem so mighty anymore. Today we are torn between the desire to quit and the courage to carry on. Or we’ve given ourselves to church service and invested our energy in church systems. We’ve endured our blows from church politics. It’s all taken a toll. We’ve hurt so much that we’ve become uncaring, unconcerned, unexcited, unmoved, and ...

398. Never, Never, Never, NEVER GIVE UP!

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

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David E. Leininger

... in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.[1] As we know, the New World did come into the fray and, now, more than a half-century later, we ...

399. How Much Are You Worth?

Matthew 10:29-31

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King Duncan

A large train pulled by two engines was making its way across America. While crossing the Western mountains, one of the engines broke down. “No problem, we can make it to Denver and get a replacement engine there,” the engineer thought, and carried on at half power. Farther on down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill in the middle of nowhere. The engineer needed to inform the passengers about why the train had stopped. He didn’t want the passengers to get too ...

400. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

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George Bass

... we were on patrol in the city when there was a minor ruckus at one of the city gates. A small crowd of people surrounded this Jesus - the one we just executed today - as he came riding into the city on a donkey. They were shouting and carrying on like he was a conquering king. But truthfully he looked kind of silly sitting on that donkey with people throwing branches in his pathway.... I didn't think too much about it, except for the comedy of it." There is something ludicrous about Jesus' riding into the ...

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