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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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376. The Highest In The Lowest

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... with a man, but that this child should be the Messiah. At the time of this birth there was no rug on the floor, no costly chandelier, no furniture, no antiseptic labor room, no anesthesiologist, nor crisp, clean linen for the bed. Here the light of God touched the earth as never before. If we translate this birth into twentieth century language, then the Messiah was born in a storage shed behind a motel seventy miles from home with a cardboard box for a bed. Luke in his narrative will not let us escape the ...

377. You Can Be Articulate

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... be able to communicate effectively. 1 -- Before we can speak a winning word, we have to hear a winning word. "And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech ... And Jesus put His fingers in his ears, and touched his tongue, and said, 'Be opened!' And his ears were opened, his tongue released, and he spoke plainly." There is a beautiful hearing-impaired actress named Marlee Matlin who won an Oscar for the poignant movie Children Of A Lesser God. In the movie she consistently ...

378. I Ain't Afraid Of No Ghost

Luke 24:36-49

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... column you will be writing down the descriptions. Let's figure out what a ghost can do and what ghost can't do. Can a ghost walk through walls? (response) Can a ghost speak? (response) Does a ghost say, "Don't be afraid." (response) Can a ghost be touched? (response) Does a ghost have skin and bones? (response) Can a ghost pick up things like a piece of fish? (response) Can a ghost eat? (response) Does a ghost sit down and teach you things? (response) So what can a ghost do? (response) And what can a human ...

379. The Intersection Of The Cross

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... come what may. And as I have death behind me, not even death or all its fearsome force can part us. Because I live, you shall live also. This is my promise to you." The one who justly accuses us of hardness of heart is the very one who touches those hearts and speaks to our hearts to revive them and to make them new, soft and warm and open and beating and tender. He speaks forgiveness and reconciliation to the divorced and offers them a new beginning. He cradles in his loving arms those whose marriages are ...

380. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Thomas Long

... ditch as a priest and a Levite come along, but carefully cross the road so they can pass by without getting involved with him. Finally a Samaritan comes, and like Peter when Jesus reached out to wash his feet, the lawyer surely recoiled. Who would want to be touched by a Samaritan? But the Samaritan stopped, dressed the injured man's wounds, took him to an inn, saw that he was cared for in his need. "Who turned out to be the neighbor?" asked Jesus. In other words, "You, Mr. Lawyer, were in that ditch. How ...

381. The Word Jesus Spoke

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... thing of a child, a man, or a woman was to believe in a thing. Because the disciples believed, they carried Jesus' words into the world, and they have never passed away. Jesus' words touched the deep places of his hearers' heart. His hands touched their bodies, their eyes and ears, as he healed and blessed them, and with his touch and his words said, "I am here." God has a "word" for each of us: "Agnes, feed my sheep. Philip, love one another. Bradley, follow me." And when we "eat" and enflesh God's ...

382. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... cannot corrode or snatch from us. Let the full circle of our days have its center in you, and be perfected by holding to your purpose for us, as was so of Christ, who came from you and returned to you. Thus may the truth, beauty, and goodness of Easter touch all our tomorrows, and may we live all our days in the glory of that morning. We pray in the name of our Risen Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Pastoral Prayer II Almighty and everlasting God, we hail you in the Risen Christ who brings to our dark ...

383. Meeting Jesus At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... ?" or "Do you know the meaning of 'adultery'?" No, we don't want to get into that kind of personal thing. And as those who design churches by consumer poll remind us, people very much control institutional religion. There are individuals who are very out of touch with their inner spiritual self and who are very afraid of self-disclosure who are really up on church structure and polity, or on the shortcomings of every denomination. If the topic of God or religion ever comes up they can fill the space with ...

384. Watchman, Tell Us Of The Night

Isaiah 21:11-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... her hand before they enter the house of worship. The woman hardly moves and never speaks. A gust of wind rocks her. No snow yet, but it's coming. She steadies herself and tugs her collar tighter around her neck. "Thank you for the touch. Thank you for the hug. I nearly burst to tell you, but I can't. Bless you too, Sarah. Thank you, God, for these people. Thank you that they can go in those doors, and walk to their pews, and sit to pray and stand to sing. Thank you for ...

385. The Half Pencil Doctor

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

David O. Bales

... to write a prescription. No 'good-bye' from him in the waiting room; but the woman smiled as if she had been healed of leprosy. "Father placed his hand on her shoulder as they parted, as Diana used to touch me when we said good-bye. Before we were married her touch gave me goose pimples. No touching now for months. Our entire relationship overturned so that I am repulsed by the one who attracted me. She was as beautiful as a statue, a face with classical lines -- more Greek than Roman. Now when I remember ...

386. Moving At The Speed Of Light: On The Mountain

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... Will we be ready to receive the blessings which are ours to receive as changed people? Will we patiently and gently come to know the worth of those we meet who are differently gifted than ourselves? And will we be free in an unexpected place to touch the fringe of his garment? From the lofty places to the plain, our descending approach can make all the difference. And Jesus, who Peter, James, and John saw differently on the mountain, after the Resurrection said to his disciples, "I am going ahead of you and ...

387. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10 · Ps 71

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... "I do not know how to speak." That is not an excuse, God says. I will send you where you are to go and I will give you the words to speak. God makes up for our inadequacies and deficiencies. 3. Touched (v. 9). Yahweh touched the lips of Jeremiah and put his words in Jeremiah's mouth. It was a touch of cleansing, power, and grace. A true prophet is one who speaks not for him/herself but for God. This gives him/her a message of truth and power. But, how many people today believe they are hearing God speaking ...

388. Proper 16

Hebrews 12:14-29, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 13:10-17

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... awe, and adoration. Outline: In our text we see: a. The glory of the old covenant -- vv. 18-21. God's presence was as fearful as a blazing fire. The voice of God was too loud to bear. Even Moses was terrified in the holy presence of God. To touch the mountain of God was to die. b. The greater glory of the new covenant -- vv. 22-24. Christians now come into the direct presence of God and Christ. They associate with angels and saints. How much more then should Christians fall down in awe as they approach God ...

389. Proper 5

Lk 7:11-17 · Gal 1:11-24 · 1 Ki 17:17-24

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . Before he entered the world, God had a plan for his life. He was called and destined to be a preacher of the Gospel. Because of this divine destiny, Paul could cry, "Woe is me if I preach not the gospel." PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 7:11-17 1. The Touch of New Life. Need: Most of us feel our weakness. It is as though the world is often too much for us. Death is the final declaration of defeat. We need to hear the story of Jesus' raising the widow's son at Nain to be reminded that life is ...

390. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , came to belief in precisely the same way that you and I do -- not seeing the risen Jesus. The risen Jesus has not appeared to us in a garden and called our name. The risen Jesus has not found us and stretched out his wounded hands for us to touch. The Easter faith is not only "He is risen!" but also "He is not here." The resurrection of Christ means the absence of Jesus of Nazareth, and the beloved disciple was the first to know that, and the first to believe. "Blessed are those who have not seen," Jesus ...

391. Maundy Thursday

Lk 22:14-30 · Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35 · 1 Cor 11:17-32 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 116

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... on their behalf. Unfortunately, they soon forgot. Christ said, "Do this in remembrance of me." Woe to us if we ever forget the great price God paid to redeem us. Outline: Without the gift of remembrance we are lost. We lose sight of who we are; we lose touch with the past (Alzheimer's is a tragic example). The Passover is a meal of remembrance. The Jews are to remember what God had done for them. They are to recall who they were in him. Holy Communion is a meal of remembrance. We remember what Christ has ...

392. Proper 9

Genesis 24:1-67, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 7:7-25, Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... are out of sync. Sigmund Freud came up with a similar analysis, postulating that humans are driven by unconscious forces. To become well, one has to get in touch with this caldron of desire, the id. Paul's analysis is, of course, far different. We experience this sense of being out of touch with ourselves because we are out of touch with God and dominated by our sinful human natures. What is the solution? To know ourselves in relationship with the Lord. The war within. The dynamics that Paul describes ...

393. Turning A Minus Into A Plus

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... become deferred through our failure to recognize the capacity of God to help us turn a minus into a plus. To regain a wholesome view of life we have to connect with where the rubber meets the road in our day-to-day existence. Consider this. Virtually everything we've touched today is a living example of a minus having been turned into a plus. We woke up and turned on a light bulb. The light bulb was perfected by a deaf man. Next we might have turned on a radio to listen to the news or some music. The radio ...

394. Flesh For Our Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... Father propose to do that drawing? Yes, by a drawing, by a picture worth the Word, by making himself accessible to our sight, to our touch, as well as to our hearing, by living among us in flesh. Think about that flesh, his flesh, our Lord's flesh. Do you ... far beyond all possible human expectation it was for people to experience God walking around on two feet, eating bread, drinking wine, touching a little girl's hand to lift her up alive on her death bed, reaching for the little boy's basket, distributing ...

395. The Highest In The Lowest

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

John A. Stroman

396. The Guy In The Ditch

Luke 10:36-37

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... . "Now, in their defense, I have to say that the priest and the Levite were only doing what they thought was right. In their culture, a person who was bleeding was considered unclean. It would have been a very serious thing for either of them to have touched the guy in the ditch -- and they would have had to touch him in order to help him. So, they weren't just being mean by passing on. They were avoiding all of the inconvenience of days and days of ceremonial cleansing they would have to go through if they ...

397. The Day Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 · Jn 15:26-27; 16:4-15; 20:19-23 · Eze 37:1-14 · 1 Cor 12:4-13 · Ps 104

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... go out and proclaim the good news. Here we have John's rendition of Pentecost and Ascension, all rolled into one. In the second part of the passage (vv. 24-29), Christ reappears, but this time Thomas is with the other disciples. Christ challenges him to touch his wounds, to see and believe. Thomas confesses his faith, in light of the evidence. Yet Jesus declares that the ones who have not seen him like Thomas, yet still believe, are those truly blessed. The last two verses of the passage reveal the purpose ...

398. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Deuteronomy 18:14-22, Mark 1:21-28

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... are required both to hear and heed the word of the Lord. Consider this interaction between father and son. Father Please cut the grass this afternoon. Danny (Silence) Father Did you hear me? Danny Yes, father. The father comes home in the evening and the lawn hasn't been touched. Father Didn't you hear me tell you to cut the lawn? Danny I did hear you but I never said I'd do it. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Knowledge in the service of love. "Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up" (v. 1). Some people spend ...

399. The Return Of The Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... about it. Of even less concern are starving children in Africa or the working conditions of migrant farm workers. They simply do not attract very much of our attention. And so we remain detached and aloof, responding only to those needs which touch us personally. It seems obvious that modern-day Americans are people who are becoming more and more isolated from one another. Craig Roberts calls the United States a nation that is reverting to feudalism. He writes, "Neighborhoods in famous American cities, such ...

400. Proper 23

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... and excitement from a small child, "Dad, look what I found!", those first sounds that come from the throat of a baby just discovering that she can control her voice, the little things by which God tells us he is still here and his grace reaches out and touches life with what is good. They reached for power and spoiled life. And He reached down and made clothes for them to restore life. Lord, what a mess we can make of your garden, your world and our lives with this strange, subtle lust for power. But as ...

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