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376. Learning Our Role

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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John B. Jamison

... I like to think that, because it makes it all that much more powerful when he looks at the people asking him to be the person they wanted him to be, and he said, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I will come” (v. 16). John remembered his ... one has asked me to do one thing: tend and feed my sheep. That is my role. That is who I am. That is who I want to be. A bit later, when Jesus appeared in the crowd and John baptized him, the story says that God’s voice spoke to Jesus from ...

377. On Getting Out Of The Way

Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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Charles H. Bayer

... I have earned some modest respect, and there are enough people around who believe it is their task to keep me humble. I do not want to be the star of this church. The congregation was here long before I arrived and will be here long after I am gone. If ... bread and a sip of wine? So it defines the presence of Jesus -- is his memorial. People don't care about that. What they want is something loud, snappy, upbeat. Keep people focused on how they feel. Be entertaining. Give them a holy buzz, and you can be ...

378. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... psychologist Les Carter in his book on anger.4 But be careful. The tendency on hearing these methods is to say "I hope so-and-so heard that. That's exactly how he acts." No, the point here is, when and where do you act like this? 1. If you want to be angry, take pride in being a perfectionist and expect perfection in everyone else. Be a picky person; make it a habit. Live with the conviction that you can mold and change the people around you. Make it a point to force people around you into doing what you ...

379. What Can I Do for You?

Mark 10:35-45

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Thomas Peterson

... Jesus gave them genuine help, even more than they asked for. His was a hard answer. I’m sure that at the time they did not really want such an answer. Who does? If that is what a place on the right and left requires, and the odds are so great, then, maybe, it ... let us look and see. Real help is always more than what we ask for. How do we reply when people come to us for real help, wanting us to do important work in their lives? As they come up to us we can tell they are in great need, so we ask, “What can ...

380. Proper 24

Job 38:1–41:34, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Mark 10:35-45, Hebrews 5:1-10

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Russell F. Anderson

... who fell at Jesus' feet, begging to know how to inherit eternal life. His earthly future was well feathered but he wanted to nail down eternity. "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" was the right question but the answer was unacceptable. ... the cup so that it flows into the pan but pour water into the cup from the pitcher at the same time.) Outline: 1. We all want our lives to be full. (Demonstrate with the cup and pitcher.) 2. Life seems to siphon off the content of our cup. (Demonstrate.) 3. We attempt ...

381. Let Us Pray!

Luke 11:1-13

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W. Robert McClelland

... ?" That was simple. I said, "No!" and we went on to other topics of conversation. But what a model for prayer. She knew what she wanted. I heard very clearly her request. And I was able to say "No," just as clearly. How different the conversation might have been if she ... all that you have to do and I really don't mean to intrude. But I know you have my best interests at heart and want me to get as broad an education as possible." "For heaven's sake, get to the point!" No wonder the Holy One dozes off during ...

382. A Whale Of A Tale

Jonah 3:1-10

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Erskine White

... us to get involved in a situation and make a real sacrifice for the good of someone else and we run the other way because we want to live for ourselves instead. In Jonah's case, he buys passage on a ship heading away from Nineveh, towards southern Spain. But of course, ... 's call and in fact run away, the story says that God is a merciful God. He gave Jonah a second chance and all He wanted to do was spare the great city of Nineveh from the consequences of its evil ways. As it was in the beginning, so is it ...

383. Dancing with the Wind

Acts 2:1-13

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Johnny Dean

... is my birthday. I’m going to be 39.’ Her friend responded in a rather nasty tone, ‘So what do you want from me? A birthday party? What do you want? You want me to get a cake, and sing happy birthday to you?’ ‘Come on,’ the woman sitting next to me said, ‘ ... have to be so mean? I’m just telling you that it’s my birthday. Why do you have to put me down? I don’t want anything from you. I mean, why should I have a birthday party? I’ve never had a birthday party in my whole life. Why should ...

384. Episode 1: The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

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Brett Blair

... search of a place to get something to eat. Eventually he found a tiny coffee shop. He walked in and sat down. Here is his description of the events: The heavy set guy in a greasy apron behind the counter came over and asked me, "What do you want?" I told him I wanted a cup of coffee and a donut. As I sat there munching on my donut and sipping my coffee at 3:30 in the morning, the door suddenly opened, swung wide and to my discomfort in marched 8 or 9 provocative and rather boisterous prostitutes. It was a ...

385. No Tears for Me, Please

Luke 23:26-43

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John R. Brokhoff

... when he said in the words of our text, "Do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and your children." Not Tears but Obedience Who can turn down sympathy at a time of dire distress? Why did Jesus refuse tears on his behalf? For one thing, Jesus did not want tears for himself because for him the cross was not a matter of tears but of obedience. He understood God was working in and through the cross. In Gethsemane, he learned this when he prayed, "Not my will but thine be done." It was God's will for him to ...

386. Filled With God's Spirit

Acts 2:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , I passed and next year I will be in the fourth grade! It means a lot to know that I have passed. That's the way Jesus wants us to feel, too. He spoke to his disciple, John, and told him that someday everybody who loved God would pass into a new world, God's ... very pretty or strong or happy. If God just left us alone we would look like that lump of clay before we worked with it. Now, who wants to be like an old lump of clay when we can look as beautiful as a flower or as strong as a tree? So remember who it ...

387. Remember Me?

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

... goal that Christ has for our lives and the goal that we have for our lives are the same goal. This common goal for our lives brings us together into a meaningful relationship with Christ. There is nothing casual about it. When we strive to be what Christ wants us to be, our relationship to him is deepened and solidified. When I was in high school there were three of us who started playing varsity basketball when we were sophomores. We played our best, but it was not a good year. We lost more games than we ...

388. Proper 22

Lk 17:5-10 · 2 Tim 1:1-14 · Am 5:6-7, 10-15

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John R. Brokhoff

... Jesus? PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Three Lessons: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 Have Faith! Need: The world wants to believe in something. It is a world of disillusionment - those we believe in have let us down. We once believed in a war to ... vice president were forced to resign for moral reasons. Can we believe in God and not be disillusioned? Outline: The kind of faith we want - A. A real faith - what happens when we lose faith - Lesson 1 (v. 12) B. Keep the faith - Lesson 2 (v. 5) C. ...

389. Pilgrimage of Faith John M. Cobb

Exodus 3:1-22

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... am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ " (vv. 4, 6) The story is a familiar one to us: - We remember as children the bush that did not burn. - We remember the call to Moses, how he didn’t want to go. But how finally he did. (I can recall quite clearly this text being used for a sermon on the occasion of missionaries being sent to another country.) - We remember this text for what it says about God - that here God reveals to his people his sacred name ...

390. "It’s Time to Send Christmas Cards"

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... lesson, the purpose of if was to tell us that God was going to establish a covenant with David. Notice just how uncomfortable David is when God is acting. David lives in a beautiful palace, in a beautiful house. He has his health, He has everything that we would ever want for ourselves, If we would have the things David had, we would say, "This is utopia. This is what I need and it’s all been given to me." As David walks through his house with all of his wealth, with all of his health, with all of his ...

391. SALLY JANE

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... in a lawyer while she’s gone. JAREL I suppose we could give her a few dollars. CAIN Let her think she’s really in on something. JAREL (Opening up to SALLY JANE) Please excuse me. SALLY JANE That’s all right. I’ve got to be running now. He wants me. CAIN No, wait! JAREL You haven’t forgotten the errand? SALLY JANE Well, I figured, the way you get so secret-like, that you couldn’t afford it. CAIN Afford it? JAREL Oh, we intend to carry it through. SALLY JANE I mean, just everybody’s got his hand ...

392. Hungry for Anything?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... : "Well, what would you like for lunch;" "I don’t quite know," replied my companion, "but whatever it is, I’m sure that you won’t have it." We never quite get over that kind of childishness, do we? How many people know what they want in life? Try asking them some time, and you will hear a hodgepodge of half-formed, ill-defined ambiguities. The simple truth is that most people don’t have the foggiest notion of what their desires in life really are. The philosophy of Communism dialectical materialism ...

393. Episode III: Birth of the Church

Acts 2:1-13

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Brett Blair

... in search of a place to get something to eat. Eventually he found a tiny coffee shop. He walked in and sat down. Here is his description of the events: The heavyset guy in a greasy apron behind the counter came over and asked me, "What do you want?" I told him I wanted a cup of coffee and a donut. As I sat there munching on my donut and sipping my coffee at 3:30 in the morning, the door suddenly opened, swung wide and to my discomfort in marched 8 or 9 provocative and rather boisterous prostitutes. It was a ...

394. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... need… we, like Bartimaeus, are blind. God’s action… God can heal us and restore our sight and give us new vision. Our response… like Bartimaeus, we can in gratitude follow Jesus. There is so much here in this great story of healing, but for now, I want us to zero in on what this story teaches us about love. Love is a many-splendered thing! We see that graphically in this touching story. Let me list for your consideration a few of the qualities of Christian love suggested by this story. I’m sure ...

395. The Ten Commandments #10: No Covetousness

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... Social Security. "You shall not covet your neighbor's male or female slave, or ox, or donkey..." Again, the issue is property, but in this case, the special property that allows someone to create a sustainable existence. In other words, it would be unjust for you to want those things of your neighbor's that help him make a living. The farmer had a right to his plow, the carpenter had a right to his hammer, and so on. Other ancient laws even sought to insure that those who, for one reason or another, did not ...

396. Preparing For A Royal Visit

Mark 1:1-8

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King Duncan

... he didn't come as a tiny babe this time. Suppose he came in all the maturity of the Godhead. Suppose he came as our reigning Monarch. How would we prepare? IF YOU AND I WERE ON THE COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE THE KING OF KINGS, FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD WANT TO GET OUR COMMUNITY READY. We are a community minded folk. It is not enough that our own grass be mowed and our own door freshly painted where the dog has scratched it. We take pride in our town and our neighborhood. The trash in our neighbor's yard diminishes ...

397. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

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King Duncan

... get out of it ” not as an act of praise for all God has already given us. Three young girls were having a heated argument while they shopped in a trendy store on Manhattan's Upper East Side. "No, no, I feel strongly about this," said one with finality. "I want to pay for it with my mother's credit card!" (4) That's our attitude toward faith, isn't it? God is an indulgent parent of whom we are continually seeking to take advantage. Many people look for Jesus for all the wrong reasons. And this is why some ...

398. Playing A Role Or Being A Truth

Matthew 16:21-28

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Maxie Dunnam

... one. So moving from one parish to the next, one minister may take off the pious parson mask and don the button-down collar sophisticate image, to try to fit into the new suburban secular setting. In either choice, we get all tangled up in duplicity and guilt. And I want you to know I’m not going to be victimized by that. We’re driven by the fear of being found out when we participate in that sort of thing, and our energy is used in efforts to convince everyone that the front is what we really are. So we ...

399. Getting It All Together Inside

Psalm 51:1-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

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Maxie Dunnam

... as we’ve become aware that the relationship is broken; we don’t allow lust to grow in us; we confess sin as soon as we’re conscious that we have committed it; we live as transparently we can and we stay open to the loving grace of Christ, who wants to be in us, a cleansing, healing spring bubbling up and flowing to eternal life. I close now. I’m told that in the harbor of Genoa, Italy, they lowered a statue of Christ in the classic form of outstretched arms, as if to say, come unto me – it is ...

400. Gratitude Takes Practice

Luke 17:11-19

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Maxie Dunnam

... and he said to Don, "Would you read some of these over Virginia's grave?" Then he added, "All our married life she wanted me to share her appreciation for poetry. She would come ask me to listen as she would read aloud verses which had special ... invite you to make a record this week of those things for which you pray. Write them down. Then three or four weeks from now I want you to come back to your notes of your praying this week and see how many of those petitions, those prayer requests have been answered. ...

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