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4126. Mother's Day

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

... home. The he said something I shall never forget. He said: I suppose that wherever mother was that is where home was. Wherever mother is that is where home is. Maybe a lot of us can identify with that. A house is a physical place. A home is where our loved ones are gathered. Wherever I wander; wherever I roam; wherever mother is; there is home. It is appropriate that we single out a day in the year to recognize mothers, but when we really think about it, there ought not to be a day that goes by that we do ...

4127. A Salute to Mothers

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

4128. Our Helper

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... still dim,But when you came to see me, you broughtA sense of Him.And from your eyes He beckons me,And from your heart His love is shed, 'Til I lose sight of you and see The Christ instead.2 The Spirit, our Helper, is the one who communicates through us the ... between me and the Lord." God calls us into fellowship with one another, and in that community of faith we experience forgiveness, love, and all the fruits of the Spirit. Tradition has it that this Ethiopian went home and evangelized all of his country for ...

4129. Flashing Lights

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... Clearly, it is this search for God's living Presence that is prompting people to seek truth in New Age religion, the mantras of the Hare Krishna movement, and the study of Transcendental Meditation. Who of us in the so-called mainline Christian churches would not love to experience the sense of certainty that some Christians seem to have when they pray, or that awesome sense of God's presence that some people feel when they receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper? If only just once God would speak to us ...

4130. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... plunge recklessly along a path he knew to be dangerous and even foolhardy. Nor am I excusing the priest, the second traveler on the road that day. Someday he will have to answer to God for why a person who spent his whole life proclaiming a message of love, simply walked by the wounded person in the ditch. Apparently, he was one of those religious persons who are so heavenly minded, they are no earthly good! But as I have lived longer and experienced more of life, I have come to have a real sympathy for the ...

4131. Jesus And The Ten Commandments

Ex 20:1-18 · Mt 22:36-40 · Deut 5:16-21; 11:8-9 · Rom 13:10 · Gal 3:24

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... on earth, people questioned him on which one of the Commandments He thought was the most important. Do you know what He said? (Read Matthew 22:36.) Jesus said that the fulfillment of all the law and the teachings of the prophets in the Old Testament depends upon LOVE, love for God and love for our neighbors. It is important, boys and girls, that we learn how to really love God and one another. The Bible is our guide and the Holy Spirit is our teacher. Won't you ask God to help you each day to learn how to ...

4132. Don't Sell Your Inheritance for Cabbage Soup

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... to his twin brother's heel. He was named Jacob, a play on the word for "heel." The Bible does not provide an abundance of details from their growing up years, but it does tell us these boys were very different. The eldest twin, Esau, was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. As the eldest, he was also his father's heir. Esau was to receive twice the inheritance of his brother as well as the mantle of clan leadership. Jacob, on the other hand, didn't like hunting and fishing. He thought putting worms on ...

4133. The Risky Business of Faith

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... not a permanent residence. It is only a rest stop on the road to whatever comes next. Even if we somehow attain a goal of making life safe and comfortable, it is an empty, meaningless victory. For life at its best is an on-going spiritual journey toward loving God, loving people and serving the needs of others. To live any other way is to come up short. Robert Bly in his poem, "Snowbanks North Of The House,"3 uses the image of the "great sweeps of snow that stop suddenly six feet from the house." Unless we ...

4134. Jesus Christ, Our Passover Lamb

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Steve Burt

... difficult much of the time, occasionally even downright cruel. We've all had our own long, dark nights Ä the loss of a loved one that was so painful, a physical disability that stopped us from being athletic, an injury or disease, a cancer that scared ... appears as if God lets it happen. The Psalmist not only writes, "Do not hide your face from me," but adds: "Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning, for in you I put my trust" (Psalm 143). In you I put my trust, O God. Life can be difficult, but we ...

4135. Invitations To The Light

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... to the outer darkness. That is up to God. Your task is to invite them, one and all, good and bad, into the light of Jesus' love. And for every no, there will be a yes. For every "I'm too busy," there will be a grateful smile and a lightening of the ... marriage feast of God's Son, Jesus Christ. He is being united with his beloved, his church. The banquet is a celebration of his love. They were overwhelmed by the brightness of the room. Each of them had lived so long in the outer darkness. But now here they ...

4136. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... God would spend the rest of Chris' life helping and guiding him. God would show Chris the joy of living in the freedom of Jesus' love. When the sun came over the horizon the next Sunday after his Confirmation, Chris turned off his alarm and got ready for church. He would ... prayer. God would always be there to help and guide Chris as he sought to live out his life in response to God's love for him. Jesus said, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth ...

4137. The Truth Will Make You Free

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

4138. Yes, But How?

Sermon

Lee Griess

... my mind, I want to be God's willing servant, but instead I find myself enslaved to sin. So you see how it is; my new life (the redeemed life in Christ) tells me to do right, but the old nature that is still inside me (my sinful human self) loves to sin. Oh, what a terrible predicament I'm in! Who will free me from this slavery to sin? Thank God! It has already been done by Jesus Christ our Lord. He has set me free! "Repent," Jesus says. "Acknowledge your sinfulness." That's the first step in beginning to ...

4139. Brainstorms

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... not have been easy for Andrew. Nor are his deeds half as well documented as those of his volcanic, mercurial brother. But this very neglect of Andrew by the Evangelists may heighten the challenge of his personality for preachers. Sibling Rivalry, Sibling Love. After recalling and illustrating how Andrew was overshadowed by Peter, you might pass in review other biblical siblings: Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, Leah and Rachel, Joseph and his brothers, Martha and Mary, and by all means, James and John, the ...

4140. Standing On The Shore

John 20:1-18 · Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... novel, we cry, "Give us back Christ!"2 The story is unended for the story goes on. Each of us writes an ending by the way we live and move and have our being, for we are God's stories, and through prayer and the sacred story we can love, hear our name called, and believe, for "these stories were written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and by believing have life in his name." Christ is risen! 1. Richard Wilbur, "For Dudley," New and Collected Poems (New York: Harcourt Brace ...

4141. Affirming The Ash Heap

Job 2:1-10, Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... top of these ash heaps we cry out. And as we shall see next week, we scream for a reason why. There is a story told of two monks in Japan, traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. "Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud. Ekido did not speak again until that night when they reached a lodging temple. Then he no longer could ...

4142. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... . So we curl upon a couch and try to drift off to sleep. Our mind begins to wander. Why? Why, God? Why this pain for my loved one, for me? Why does he have to die this way? What about the little girl in the bed next to his? It is such a ... the cross and used it. If the words and deeds of Jesus could not save us from our willfulness, if the daily ministry of love could not overcome our cantankerousness, then maybe a cross could awaken our dull souls. God took the cross of Jesus, which was fashioned to destroy ...

4143. Responsibility And Motivation

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... Your people shall be my people, and your God my God." Could Ruth really have foreseen the situation into which her new faith would lead her? Of course not. No more than any young couple can really foresee what life will bring when they make warm and loving commitments at the altar, perhaps reciting the words of Ruth 1:16. No more than any person can really see what it will mean when they commit themselves to Jesus Christ and the Church. No one can fully see the future with its promises and challenges. But ...

4144. Words, Words, Word

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... leaned over and whispered to the boy, "Someday you will be a priest." That boy became Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Words shape us. Wally Fletcher, a pastoral counselor, writes: "Pediatrician and Psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott suggest(s) that a mother's words of love, comfort and encouragement gradually take the place of physical holding ... The child who has had a 'good enough' experience of being held physically in a parent's arms and emotionally with a parent's words learns to have confidence in ... words ...

4145. The Keys To Happiness -- Purity Of Heart

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... the kitchen window. Brother Lawrence even came to see God in the dirty pots and plates. He wrote what has come to be known as the "house spouse's prayer": Lord of all pots and pans and things Since I've no time to be A saint by doing lovely things Or watching late with Thee, Or dreaming in the dawn's light Or storming Heaven's gates, Make me a saint by getting meals And washing up my plate. "Blessed are the pure in heart," like Brother Lawrence, the God-focused, the sincerely repentant, for "they shall see ...

4146. A Positive Addiction

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... champion who was diagnosed with cancer shortly after winning the 1993 PGA Championship, put it bluntly (Zinger, 1995): People often ask me now, "Zinger, is golf still as important to you as it was before you had cancer?" Yes and no. Yes, of course, golf is important to me. I love the game; it is how I make my living. But no, golf is no longer at the top of my priority list. In fact, it runs a slow fourth. My priorities now are God, my family, my friends, and golf. Golf is no longer my god. Golf is hitting a ...

4147. A Living Witness

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... would have occurred. For those widows, Tabitha's death meant their death too. For those widows, the loss of Tabitha meant the loss of their lifeline to survival. Discipleship for those widows was revealed in the service and witness of Tabitha. Her living witness demonstrated the love of Christ in a tangible way. There is also in this text a sub-theme of faith and resurrection. Faith in the promise of God to raise those who died in Christ to new life again, and faith in the power of resurrection in life's ...

4148. Saved By The Blood Of The Lamb

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... ; I said, "Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." Her facial expression let me know that Christ's love and forgiveness met her that Sunday morning in the elements of bread and wine, in the body and blood of our Savior. That young woman arose from that chancel rail with the assurance that she was forgiven. "Suddenly," she said to me later, "I knew what it meant to ...

4149. The Insignificant Valentine

Drama

Karren Boehr

... , but just the fact that you cared enough to make the effort ... I read all those valentines at least a hundred times. (Pauses, then again turns to 2ND WOMAN) You put "God Loves You" on the bottom of yours. Whenever I shut my eyes, all those years I was wandering from God, I would see those three words in the darkness. "God Loves You," "God Loves You." I could never get away from them. One night I hit bottom. I surrendered my life to Christ, and here I am, five years later, helping other young men find what ...

4150. The Future Of The Church!

Matthew 11:25-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... It's nice. Maybe I'll visit sometime. Who knows? RUTH WILLIS: (ENTERS) Hi, Barn. You still here? BARNEY: Sure. Some of the audience left, though. RUTH WILLIS: Here's the other verse. BARNEY: Let's hear it. RUTH WILLIS: There is a love, On earth there is a love, There is a love, On earth there is a love. Let's sing it together. Want to? BARNEY: You bet. (THEY DO AND IT SOUNDS GOOD) BARNEY: I like it, Ruthey, but I want some time ... RUTH WILLIS: To get your thoughts together. Come on, Barn, I want to sing. I ...

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