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376. The Call for Justice

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

... and then acting in justice and kindness for those other persons. To walk humbly is to know what God requires and to do it on behalf of all those who are weak, oppressed, and in need. This text calls each of us radically into question. Far too often we are concerned with what we must do to appease God, rather than with the giving of our own selves for the sake of our neighbors in need. For us, the saving act of God is enfleshed in Jesus the Christ. Through Jesus, God has done justice for us, freeing us from ...

377. The Nearest Hand

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... by the compassion, forgiveness or encouragement of another person; when your life is strengthened by the spiritual, mental or physical support of someone else, this is God, taking the nearest willing hand - or lips or purse - to express his love, his mercy, his concern for you. Praise God when his modern Samaritans touch our lives, as they so often do. More important, praise God that we can be (must be) his Samaritans, touching life’s needy travelers with our willing hands for him. Almighty and most ...

378. Echoes of Eternity

Matthew 10:24-32

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... 000 die spiritually each day. If not one sparrow falls to the ground without our heavenly Father’s will, how much greater is his concern for members of the human family. As Jesus states, "Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows." (10:31) Besides impelling ... us to care more for our souls, the other great thing which the value of the soul demands of us is the concern we should have for getting spiritual nourishment to other souls just as precious as our own. Jesus urges us to acknowledge him ...

379. Is Your Sin My Business?

Ezekiel 33:1-20

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John R. Brokhoff

... You have your own life to live. You must do what you think is best." Is either of these positions approved by God? What would your position be? What does God say about this issue? Is your sin my business, my concern? According to today’s Gospel lesson (Matthew 18:15-20), Jesus says it is our business to be concerned about the sin of others. He said, "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault ..." In other words, we are not to ignore what wrong others do to us nor are we to wait for them ...

380. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... Girl Scouts or whatever else. After they go through the litany of everything they’ve done, you kind of get the feeling it is their need which is being met. Are they really concerned for the person in the hospital? Are they really concerned for the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts or all the good things they do? Or, are they saying to themselves, "I’m concerned with me. I’m doing it because I’m not sure I’m worth anything, and if I do all these good things, then you’ll like me; you’ll see I have ...

381. Who Keeps Getting in My Way?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... ." Now Jesus knew that for most of us, most of the time, we take things into our own hands, and crown ourselves with top honors. Unconsciously, we live by our own rules: "I look out for number one, that’s me. I’d like a better world, but my primary concern is to secure a better place in the world that is. I want to see people happy, but first of all I want to be happy myself. I pray for world peace, but my deeper prayer is that I may be secure and undisturbed." As Jesus looks at the whole ...

382. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... group within the church. That is not what Paul is asking for. Nor is it unity. Unity is nearly always held in the midst of diversity. It is a bringing together of many ideas, perspectives, personalities, and thoughts around a common, unifying, over-arching concern or theme. There is room for much variation of opinion and feeling when one is seeking unity, so long as all that variation is given over to the achievement of the common goal, the adoration of the common center of all these variations. Artists ...

383. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

... said is true, Pontius. But, he may not be able to control his followers. Many of them are more than ready to rebel, even if he tries to keep them from doing so. PILATE: If the carpenter does not start the rebellion, then he is of no concern to my court. He’s just one of your religious nuts, so you take care of him. CAIAPHAS: [Frustrated at not convincing PILATE, tries his trump card] Nonetheless, word would undoubtedly reach Rome that the carpenter was at the roots of such an uprising, and I am certain ...

384. The Narrowness Of The Christian Way - 1950 (date estimated)

Matthew 7:13-14

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Kent Moorehead

... To be specific, note the way the press lies about the two most profitable and most pernicious evils of the world - the liquor and the war racket. But there is one particular half-truth we should consider if we are to keep our thinking straight concerning the very genius of Christianity itself. Probably more young people have been victimized by this lie than almost any other because it is so widespread, so often reiterated, and so seldom challenged and exposed. This is it: "The Christian way is a narrow way ...

385. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... to resort to violence to meet violence, and to evil to overcome evil, has been all too tragically prevalent. It is all understandable enough. As we have become increasingly opulent and well endowed with creature comforts, this earthly existence has become our chief concern and an end in itself. The law of self-preservation means, to most men, merely the continuance of our physical presence here on earth. Of course death comes to all soon or late, and the Christian emphasis on the reality of immortality and ...

386. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

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Kent Moorehead

... rather than what he thinks you say when he sees your manner, senses your attitude, or divines your spirit. To be sure, therefore, that one’s spirit is right when he enters the pulpit is quite as important as his intellectual clarity and conviction concerning what he is going to say. Doubtless every minister has his own devotional disciplines whereby he seeks to prepare his heart as well as his head for his prophetic office. I have a very searching but simple procedure that is indispensable to me. Primary ...

387. The Time of Our Visitation

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Leonard Mann

... the most hopeful and courage-engendering things ever to come from the pen of any man. But the comings of Jesus did not cease when the New Testament book of history closed. He has done a lot of coming this side of that. If you could ask John Wesley concerning the dramatic transformation of his life, I think you would hear him say, "I was defeated and frustrated and lost; all my doings were mechanical, the making of motions, with no spirit and no joy; that’s the way it was with me - but then came Jesus, and ...

388. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

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Leonard Mann

... for all that they had seen and heard." It is around these two actions of the shepherds that I would build the message I share with you now - their going and their returning. It is written that these men made known widely the information they had concerning the newborn Child. Across the centuries the story of his birth has probably been more often told than has the story of any other event in human history. In the course of time there has grown up around this Event in the Western World a rather spectacular ...

389. Perhaps Next Summer...

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... he finally came to, it was already morning. The birds were singing and the sun was shining. With his customary lack of concern, he looked all around at the forest of tombstones about him and said: "Well, imagine that! Resurrection Day, and I’m the first one up." ... We can think of all kinds of excuses for postponing any kind of reform that concerns us. Some of us are going to right old wrongs - perhaps next summer. Some of us are going to send flowers to our neglected ...

390. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... On his part, the Lord would do all that a deity should. He would watch over his people, supply their needs, and show continual concern for the direction of their lives. His covenant partners, in turn, were to respond to him in a way befitting their love for ... life as to live lovingly with what God has created. You will try to enrich people’s existance with affirmation and assistance and concern, not make it a shambles by using them in a way that destroys their sense of worth and dignity. The aim of the ...

391. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... two cantalopes equal one human life? Who can question the right, even the need, of a person to protect what he has labored, and saved, and sacrificed, to earn? But, still, at what point can we kill to do it? The question even must be asked where war is concerned. How many lives, if any, can a country take to impliment its foreign policy, even when that policy is in its "self-interest" I am not a pacifist. I do not condone many of the demonstrations I see going on around me, some of them being carried on by ...

392. Song of a Philosopher

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me. (Psalm 139:1-5) The very thought of such intimate concern on God’s part regarding the daily happenings in the life of one person among many is too wonderful to hold; and, in a burst of gratitude, the psalmist cannot refrain from saying so. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it ...

393. The State Of The Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... said: I’m sorry to keep you waiting, but we have a small problem - a real small problem. The maid was cleaning one of our condos and when she went into the bedroom, she found a baby lying on the bed in its carseat. I was no longer irritated, but concerned. I asked, "Is the baby all right?" "Yes," she said, "the baby’s fine. The maid says that the baby is sleeping, but there are no parents around. Evidently, they left the baby on the bed and loaded up their car and drove off forgetting to go back for the ...

394. God’s Great Promise To Sarah!

Genesis 17:1-27

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... the faithfulness of God and the power of God’s promises. Faith in these promises made a difference! Back to the theme that is holding these sermons together - Sarah and Abraham did not stay the way they were! We don’t have to stay locked into old stereotypes concerning women. One of my favorite stories coming out of the equality movement for women is this one: "Adam and Eve got thrown out of the garden and Eve had to enter the job market. The next big break for women was in 1920 when they got to vote ...

395. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... see it on our television screen year after year. No one knows the reasons we continue to have so much world hunger; we can only depend on the authorities that we read on the subject and their opinions. They claim there’s a certain lack of understanding and concern and that we fail to take the time to consider why hunger continues to exist. We close our minds to taking any of the blame as American citizens who live very "high on the hog" at the expense of the third world countries. According to a June 12 ...

396. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... There is soul music, soul food, and far be it for me as a white man to try to define it. I gather that at its heart "soul" denotes some kind of special warmth black men have for each other. It has something to do with relationships and depth of concern. Perhaps being "aglow with the spirit" is something akin to that. The Spirit of the living God is nothing less than the ability to feel God’s presence and forgiveness and love, and to relate to Him and to our fellow men with an intensity of love. We are to ...

397. In The Shade Of An Awning

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... setting of his story. He led up to this point, allowing the crowd to feel that the one sheep was sure a goner - it was insignificant in comparison with the 99 safely in the fold. But the final words of the story told of the shepherd’s concern even for the one. In fact, more concern. That shepherd secured the door of the fold and went out into the night’s darkness to hear the cry of that sheep, and to bring it back to the fold. Had he watched a flock of ten sheep the crowds could easily have seen the ...

398. And On the Third Day...

John 2:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... is at the party. The party runs out of wine. Nobody from the wedding party bothers to tell Jesus. It’s just as well. When his mother brings up the matter, he essentially brushes her off. She informs him, “They have no wine.” Jesus replies, “Woman, what concern is that to you and me?” She looks at him with maternal pressure. He stares through her and says, “It’s not my hour. It’s not my time.” Now, does that sound like a warm and supportive relationship? I don’t think so. Jesus brushes ...

399. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

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David E. Leininger

... his miracles; the main thrust of those early sermons was that he who had been crucified, dead and buried, was now risen and alive forevermore. What makes Christianity different from the rest of the world's religions? Are our ethics any better? No. Is our concern for justice any greater? No. Is it an "Our God can beat your God" kind of thing? No. The difference between Christianity and all the others is that OUR Lord is ALIVE! Buddha? Dead. Confucius? Dead. Mohammed? Dead. But Jesus is alive! And that news ...

400. God Cares About Justice!

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... the broad brush of meaning any sex outside of wedlock. The biblical concept of adultery refers to a man having sex with another man's wife. The problem comes from subsequent children this woman might have: whose kid is it? That becomes a major concern when passing on property from one generation to the next: it is harder to keep the property in the family when there are conflicting claims about who fathered the heir. The commandment is DO NOT ADULTERATE THIS FAMILY UNIT by introducing some "foreign" element ...

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