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376. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... to your praying with them? Or is the Lord's Prayer in worship the only time your family prays together? Are you demonstrating to your family the importance of Bible reading by having daily devotions, or is Sunday morning the only time you have contact with Scriptures? Do you lift hymns of praiseto the rafter during worship only to raise the roof with bickering and arguments at home? Are your actions, your speech, your love honestly proclaiming the presence of Christ in your home, or do they demonstrate your ...

377. Six Nails of the Cross II: The Nail of Infidelity

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... turning out her mother-in-law after her remarriage and you can gain a small measure of what Judas did to Jesus. The nail never entered Jesus with a clear and decisive stroke. The nail of infidelity split and crushed every morsel of flesh that it contacted. Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, a kiss. We, too, are driving the nails of infidelity into the flesh of Christ with our own incomprehensible acts of betrayal. Whatever our reason, excuse or frustration, it is not good enough. A man, respected by all, was ...

378. Jesus, Mary, Gustav Mahler, Brother Martin, and the Magi

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Carl Jech

... creative process, and the apparent chaos which is an integral and essential part of it." Dr. Wold laments that "although the people of our churches have been exposed to persons from different backgrounds, worldviews, and cultural value systems through contacts in the work place, in our neighborhoods, in schools and through the mass media, little of this awareness has impacted congregational practices. Any deviation from traditional patterns of behavior, instead of being seen as an opportunity for growth and ...

379. The Ambiguity of Life, Deciding for Christ

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

... emotional problems, and parents who are lucky enough to have relatively well-adjusted children cannot, and probably should not, totally insulate their children against disruptive influences in the environment. (You may have heard this, that children who are overprotected from contact with other children and with "the outside world" do not have the chance to develop many natural antibodies, and hence are more susceptible to infections and the like as they grow older. Perhaps we have a parable here that ...

380. Jesus Meets Buddha and Confucius

Luke 24:36-49

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Carl Jech

... sense that if Jesus is able to vanish into thin air at the conclusion of his ministry, he could also have used astral projection or some form of "soul travel" during the early years of his life not recorded by the evangelists, in order to make contact with other parts of the world - in order to meet Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed and others. But Luke begins the episode we have read today by setting Jesus firmly in the specific historical context of Moses, the laws, the hymns, and the prophets of Israel! He ...

381. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... who restored Paul's sight with the gift of the Gospel. It was God who forgave, and blessed, and commissioned Paul. And, God is determined to do the same thing to you and to me. God will strike us, again and again, with his Word, until that Word makes contact and becomes active in our lives. The Word of God is like lightning. It does not strike when we want it to. We cannot, by any power of our own will or self-determination, cause lightning to occur. Lightning strikes when the conditions are right. So it is ...

382. Taking On Christ's Likeness

John 13:31-38

Illustration

Lee Griess

... his sermon by suggesting that if you put a piece of iron in the presence of an electrified field, that piece of iron itself will become electrified. And in the presence of that electrical field, it is changed into a magnet. As long as it remains in contact with that field of power, it will continue to attract other pieces to itself. We are like that piece of iron. In the presence of Christ, we experience his love and take on his likeness. We are changed, electrified by the Holy Spirit, to attract others to ...

383. Watching Jesus

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the whole family of Judaism in Jesus’ time. This may explain Jesus’ deep disappointment with the Pharisees. They seemed deadly serious about the will and ways of God. They were firm and steady in their convictions. Perhaps Jesus thought he might make some point of contact with them by means of his message. But they couldn’t see the issues as Jesus saw them, so they set themselves against him rather than making an alliance with him. They were so hung up on rules, laws and ceremonies, that they missed ...

384. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... that what is reasonable to one person is often quite unreasonable to another. Yet is is important to understand that intelligent faith-presenting must go through science and the tests of human reason, not around them, if we are going to make lasting contact with thoughtful persons in today’s world. A bright, young graduate student in a scientific field was part of a student worship service during the holidays. In his talk he spoke about evolution as if it was totally incompatible with faith. He eyed ...

385. Lovers Never Ask, 'What's the Least I Can Do?'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Alvin Rueter

... should eat a bit less and give the difference. On top of asking for our money, the church also wants our time - for committees, for teaching, for learning, for visiting the shut-ins, for calling on those who are slipping away from our fellowship, for making contact with new people, for caring for our altar, for reading the lessons, for ushering, for singing in the choir, for licking stamps, for tending the library, for mowing the lawn and mopping the floor, and what not. It’s not just the church making it ...

386. Do I Give Up Praying Too Soon?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... us and always to take us to the top of the hill so that, like Moses, we can take in the larger view. We also need the company of believers to remind us of God’s promises and his larger plans. In the assembly of worship and in our other contacts with the communion of saints, we’re reminded of instances like that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. He prayed, "Let me get out of this; yet thy will be done." Did he get out of it? No. Was God’s will done? Yes. Did God’s Kingdom come ...

387. The Call of the Cross

Luke 9:18-27

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... . "Instead of ‘reaching out and touching’ my folks," said the student, "the 6,500 miles turned into a million miles." When Jesus prayed to the Father, he didn’t seem to have that problem; he was able, with a couple of exceptions, to establish immediate contact with the Father, even on those occasions when he had a relatively small amount of time to pray. This seems to be one of those occasions when Jesus prayed and reached out and touched the Father, and having been answered and assured by the Father ...

388. A Mission and a Message

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

... people were well trained; they knew exactly what to do. One of them was in charge of publicity, and as soon as he was on the scene he would call a press conference, arrange for interviews with the local radio and television stations, and contact leaders of churches that intended to sponsor the evangelistic crusade. Another would begin to work on programs and the printing of the various posters and publicity pieces necessary to the success of the effort. Still another person called for and worked with local ...

389. Dead or Alive?

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

... ’s children. Jesus, I am convinced, was the most alive person who has ever lived. He was alive to and enjoyed a most intimate fellowship with God. At the same time, he was sensitively and compassionately alive to all the persons with whom he came in contact. He sensed and responded to people’s needs, and even gave his life in love for all humanity. I cannot forget a little book entitled Human Destiny, by a French writer named LeComte du Nouy. In it the author argues that all the processes of evolution ...

390. Life in the Sunbelt

Malachi 4:1-6

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... the Ecuadoran jungle while trying to take the Gospel to the fierce Auca tribe. When Rachel heard of her brother’s death, she determined that she would reach the Aucas and translate the Scriptures into their language. With great courage, she finally contacted the tribe, and won acceptance among them. Living under primitive conditions in one of their huts, she achieved the translation and also shared the Good News through personal testimony. Among her first converts was Kimo, one of her brother’s killers ...

391. Working Together

Ephesians 4:11

Children's Sermon

Object: If possible contact a doctor’s office and see if you can borrow a plastic hand or heart that shows the make-up of that part of the human body. If it comes apart, all the better. If not, use such objects as the tools for building, like trowel, bricks, nails, hammer, etc. ...

392. Jumping to Conclusions

1 Corinthians 4:5

Children's Sermon

... this morning. (Show them the optical illusion and ask them questions about it, such as which line is the longest? How can you tell? Would you like to measure them with a ruler - or whatever is appropriate to reveal that it is an optical illusion. I might suggest contacting an optometrist for securing a good one for you.) It’s strange how our eyes can fool us. Most of the time our eyes are such good friends that we believe whatever we see. But it isn’t always true. Sometimes they tell us one thing when ...

393. If Only We could Be Loyal ...

Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

Jackie had been at our worship service on only two occasions, and when she came to me for counseling, I began by saying, "Tell me who you are." We spent over an hour talking about her, for my sole contact with her had been from the pulpit to the pew, an introduction, and a handshake. Jackie felt that her whole life was deteriorating. It began when her father abandoned his family and she watched her mother struggle for years to provide a home for her and her sister. Endowed with ...

394. Prayer

Matthew 5:27-30

Bulletin Aid

... That's easy (Most of the time). Parents • Spouse/Special friend Children • Good friends ... "Bosom buddies." I may not say it very often (Not right out loud), But I do love them. Love my neighbor? (Maybe you haven't met my neighbors!) People I come into contact with regularly At work • At play • On the street Love ... in the popular sense ... May be a little strong, But ... in the sense of wishing them well Helping them when they need it Not doing them harm, Yes, I guess I love my neighbors. Love my ...

395. Proper 8

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

... it took for Jacob to engage in combat with this mysterious stranger who, without provocation, attacked him out of the inky blackness of the night. Was this a literal contest? There is no reason to deny it. There must have been some sort of physical contact because, when Jacob resumed his journey the next morning, he was lame. This physical fact is commemorated today by Jews who abstain from eating that part of the animal which corresponds to the hip and thigh area in Jacob. People are not normally hurt in ...

396. Prayer: Our Crosses into Victories

Mark 8:31--9:1

Bulletin Aid

... it's a blessing. "In giving this cross over to God, He has enriched my life immeasurably. "Through this cross that I bear, I have come to know God in a deeper way than maybe I ever would. "Through this cross that I bear, I have come to have closer contact with people than maybe I ever would. "Don't feel sorry for me," she said, "God has turned my cross into a victory." You and I don't have to go through life looking for crosses, because crosses we already have. And when Our Lord says pick up our cross ...

397. The Mystery of Christ's Life

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

... not leave us with abstract theories about Him. God would not leave us with only words about Him. God would not leave us with only pictures in our imaginations. God would not leave us to flights of fantasy about Him. God would not leave us without a means of intimate contact with Him. But in Holy Communion, God would give us a way to participate in His life, to share in His Life, to commune with Him personally. In St. John's Gospel, God speaks of His Life for us in this way: He says, "For I am the true bread ...

398. Parable of Staples and Stability

Hebrews 11:1-40

Illustration

... a real cohesive force in binding a couple together and in making for family unity. When people worship together and when they find a common faith the diversities of life do not destroy their stability. We may all expect to come into contact regularly with forces that would divide and destroy us, but in the strength of love, which religion provides, we find mercy to forgive, patience to persevere and faith to follow in the footsteps of our Saviour. Without sound religious influence society would crumble ...

399. Dear Mrs. Day

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Thomas C. Short

... and neighbors, saying 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.' Even so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Dear Mrs. Day, You may be surprised to hear from me after having very little contact with me during the past several years, but I wanted to write to you and tell you about some recent developments in my life. I remember with warmth the days that I spent in your Junior High Sunday School class. You’ll remember that when I was promoted ...

400. Thanks, Lord

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

... And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well." If I were a sick person going to a "healer," I would anticipate being near the healer and kneeling before him/her and having the healer touch me. But there is none of this contact in Luke’s account of the healing of the ten lepers. Consequently, some of the other accounts of the healing of lepers appeal to me much more than this report from Luke. For example, Matthew gives this warm picture of the healing of a leper: A leper came to ...

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