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4176. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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Robert S. Crilley

... the first five years of this captivity, although clearly he would have joined with his fellow compatriots in yearning for a speedy end to their enslavement and a safe return home. Had he still been living in Jerusalem, however, Ezekiel would have assumed the full responsibilities of priesthood at the age of 30. Instead, by the way of an extraordinary vision, he is called to the task of being a prophet. And what a vision it is! A series of images so bizarre and bewildering that they almost defy description ...

4177. A Misguided Game of Hide-and-Seek

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Robert S. Crilley

... universe, looking casually down upon creation, as if from a celestial balcony? Perhaps an all-powerful or all-knowing God would assume such a vantage point, but surely not One who is all-loving. Because love seeks community, and desires above all else, a response. In fact, according to Matthew, if you're searching for the Lord, you'd do well to start with that one wandering the streets, hungry, and whom someone yesterday offered a little food; thirsty, and someone gave a cup of cold water; a stranger, and ...

4178. Veiled Glimpses of God's Glory

Exodus 33:12-23

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Robert S. Crilley

... comfort the parents of a teenage son -- killed in an automobile accident because someone slid off a bar stool one moment and across a crowded intersection the next. "Show us God's glory in this," their eyes seem to plead. And I struggle for a response. It's the embarrassment of listening to a woman agonize over forgiving a sexually abusive father for stealing the sacred years of her childhood, and wondering if, like her own mother, the Almighty had stood there all the while and looked on in silence. "Where ...

4179. Heaven's Wait

Joshua 24:1-27

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Robert S. Crilley

... wait upon the Lord's reply. Here, surprisingly, the roles are reversed: the call has gone out -- only this time it is heaven which must wait a reply. More than anything else, I think this is the reason the question is so urgent for Joshua -- heaven is waiting for a response! And if you ask me, the question is no less urgent for us today. Choosing to love or to hate, to give or to hoard, to become involved or to withdraw. Choosing to reach out and mend a torn marriage, or to let it continue to unravel at the ...

4180. Emmanuel: An Advent Dayenu

Matthew 1:18-25

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Mark Radecke

... liturgy and accompanying song called "Dayenu." Dayenu is a Hebrew word which can be translated several ways. It can mean: "It would have been enough," or "we would have been grateful and content," or "our need would have been satisfied." Part of the Dayenu is a responsive reading that goes like this: O God, if thy only act of kindness was to deliver us from the bondage of Egypt, Dayenu! It would have been enough. If thy only act of deliverance was to divide the Red Sea waters, Dayenu! -- It would have been ...

4181. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Matthew 3:13-17

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Mark Radecke

... . In clinical case studies, psychologists have observed that computer compulsives are much more intolerant of behavior that is ambiguous, digressive or tangential. In their interaction with spouses, family and acquaintances, they are often terse, preferring simple yes-no responses. They are impatient with individuals who are reflective or meditative. (Try preaching to a roomful of them!) Now not all of the consequences of living in the microwave society are bad. Rescue squads and trauma teams know the ...

4182. Giving Thanks Empowers

Luke 17:11-19

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Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... was the third week in Lent, and that meant nothing to her, but it weighed heavily on her pastor as he stood in the pulpit that Sunday morning. He knew of so many people in the congregation struggling with sickness and depression; he faced the added responsibility of midweek Lenten services; he struggled with his own sin as he looked honestly at the cross and the price Jesus paid for his salvation. It was almost more than he could handle. He needed more sleep, more rest, more time with his family. He prayed ...

4183. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:13-16

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William E. Keeney

... in a Palestinian home. It was raised up so that it could better illuminate a room. People who have a false sense of modesty hide their light under a bushel. They do not let people know what abilities they have for fear they will have to accept more responsibilities. They may also be afraid to let people know that they are Christians. They risk giving offense or being given a hard time by those who are not Christian. Thereby they let their light be hidden. People need to be encouraged to put their lamps on a ...

4184. Proper 4

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

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William E. Keeney

... . 2. What is Genuine Worship? Worship is an acknowledgement of that which is of highest or ultimate worth. Worship that gives only verbal or token allegiance to the values represented as the object of worship is not true worship. Jesus calls for a response that goes beyond formalism. True worship transcends specific acts, times, and places. It carries over into all of life. True worship happens when that which is done on Sunday leads to actions that accord with the worthiness or values acknowledged in the ...

4185. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

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John A. Stroman

... . We shall begin to be God's instruments for righteousness and peace as our own minds and hearts are at peace with God. In God's will is our peace. Peace is an integral part of our commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. It is the Christian's responsibility to work for peace. Peace is possible if we work as hard for peace as we have for war. We have paid a high price for the waging of war. I wonder how different the history of this century may have been if we had been able to save the ...

4186. Knowing The Voice

John 10:1-21

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Thomas Long

... transformed Scrooge beckoned from the window "Come up here, boy, I've got something wonderful for you to do," a six-year-old boy in the audience, seated with his family who were members of the congregation, spontaneously rose from his chair in response to this jubilant and generous call and walked on stage, ready to do "something wonderful." The actor playing Scrooge blinked in disbelief. There was now an unscripted child from the audience standing on center stage. What to do? The audience held its breath ...

4187. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

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Thomas Long

... our feet, we have nothing. In this sense, the experience of having their feet washed by Jesus was, for the disciples, like the parable of the Good Samaritan for the cocky lawyer who asked Jesus, "And just who is my neighbor?" When Jesus, in response to this question, began to tell the tale, it was innocent enough, and the lawyer surely identified with the anonymous man traveling down that Jericho road. Everybody had made that trip; the lawyer himself had done so, and now he was traveling the road again ...

4188. The Bread Of Life

John 6:25-59

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Marc Kolden

... an additional miraculous work of some sort to prove that they should believe in him. They suggested that he should do something to top the Old Testament miracle of manna in the wilderness. But Jesus challenged them by saying that it wasn't Moses who was responsible for giving their ancestors bread from heaven in the first place, it was "my Father" (Jesus said) who is now giving the true bread from heaven -- not perishable manna but "the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Jesus was ...

4189. The Promising Invitation

Matthew 11:25-30

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Marc Kolden

... you, and learn from me .... My yoke is easy [gentle, kind]. Learn from me." He does not mean that Christianity is a lark. He still uses the word "yoke," after all, but we might think of it as a new way of carrying life, a new way of bearing responsibilities. As we learn from him, as we take his words seriously, which is what taking his yoke upon us means, we will find a new kind of peace and balance that will not be burdensome but freeing and refreshing. (And if we are not finding that peace in our church ...

4190. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

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Roger G. Talbott

... with my own problems or other issues that seemed bigger and I lost my sense of perspective. Sometimes I've ignored people because I told myself that I probably couldn't help anyway. Sometimes I've ignored people because I told myself that they weren't my responsibility. They weren't officially members of my church. They were asking for something that didn't fit my definition of what a minister does. I'm not telling you this to tell you that I'm a bad person. I really try to be a conscientious and ...

4191. Wanting To Be Seen

Matthew 6:5-6

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David Belgum

... a better grasp of ceremonial leadership than George III's American usurper. The Washington presidency was nothing if not theatrical. Why else the elaborate rituals of levee and drawing room, in triumphal progress to occasions of state and deferential response from lawmakers for whom the president was both symbol of continuity and instrument of change? As the embodiment of revolutionary virtue, Washington knew that whenever he appeared, partisan murmurs would be lost in a chorus of hero worship. This alone ...

4192. Seeing The Unseeing

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

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David Belgum

... We are an extremely litigious society and rush to court to find out whose fault it is, "this man or his parents, that he was born blind." The disciples could certainly have cited many scripture passages dealing with the question of fault and responsibility. Remember in confirmation class hearing this ominous statement as the Ten Commandments were given: "... I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and fourth generation of those who reject me." This ...

4193. Let It Go!

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... our suffering. Yet how often we feel sorry for ourself or the suffering one. They do not want our pity, however, but our companionship. Perhaps it matters less what we expect from life than what life expects from us. Our answer consists of action and responsibility. Jesus taught them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected -- and be killed -- and rise again. Peter rebuked him, but Jesus to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human ...

4194. The Word Jesus Spoke

John 2:13-22

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Elaine M. Ward

... revolt was a defeat. All that remained were a few at Masada awaiting their death. To this community Jesus' words created a new world, connecting life with God beyond the Temple, in the world here and now, and they asked, and continue to ask, for a response. "Whose words will you follow?" There is a war of myths. The Roman government has its myth. The revolutionaries have their myth. The temple priests have theirs. It is true, as well, today. Madison Avenue has its myth: "Buy! Buy!" Big business has its myth ...

4195. Jesus, The Servant

John 13:1-17

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Elaine M. Ward

... , as the disciples reclined before the low table, eating together. Jesus, the honored one, the Master, arose from the table, took off his robe, and washed his disciples' feet. Jesus knew that the meaning of life was the good news of God's love and our response of love and service. He taught "Love one another as I have loved you," and showed us how. We long for such love. In Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche longed desperately to be loved. She was not easy to love, however, because ...

4196. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

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Wallace H. Kirby

... considered to be the seven deadly sins. He listed anger as the third sin in his list. What do you think about anger? Is it a sin to be angry? If someone in your Sunday School class raised the question, "Is anger good or bad?" I think the initial response would be, "Anger is bad." It is bad because we have been taught since we were small that we should not be angry. At an early age most of us learned that being angry had some terrible consequences. Something may have happened that hurt our feelings or scared ...

4197. Hailing The King Of Chaos

Job 12:13-22· Matthew 27:32-44

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Wallace H. Kirby

... spirit is broader than the earth and wider than the sea. Everything that happens is according to his will." "If that is true," Job said to Zophar, "if the ways things happen in the world are consistent with the will of God, then, in the last analysis, God is responsible. The fault is not entirely with humans. From where I sit, and I am powerless to do anything about where I sit, then God must be the king of chaos." And Job lets God know how he feels in no uncertain terms. Chapter twelve is a hymn in which ...

4198. The Christian Journey I: The Path

Mark 1:14-20

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John N. Brittain

... God was working in a particular way to reach out to humankind one more time. Furthermore, we know from John's Gospel that there had been talk among John's disciples and others about Jesus. So while the call from Jesus was dramatic, as was the response from the disciples, it was not without preparation. But the drama of this familiar story does mean that the time comes when Jesus calls, and we had better follow. There are different kinds of preparations and a variety of calls. For some, church membership or ...

4199. The Christian Journey III: The Desert

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John N. Brittain

... in that same desert that Jesus prevailed over the Devil by living out his proclamation: "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). Circumstances may try us but we, by God's grace, determine our response. Those who were nourished in the wilderness had no more manna to eat than the Israelites who whined for cucumbers and onions. As Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 10:13, "No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he ...

4200. Eighteen Years Is Long Enough

Jeremiah 1:1-19

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John N. Brittain

... . Or perhaps they have been the caretaker in a co-dependent family and are driven to meet everyone else's needs while totally ignoring their own. They have been the victims of abuse or incest or rape; they have had abortions or had children or been responsible for someone's pregnancy. "Do you remember hearing about that kid who was molested by the minister or the teacher or the coach?" somebody will ask. I'm no longer surprised when they say, "that was my neighbor" or "that was my brother" or "that was ...

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