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401. Derailed Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36, 50:15-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... but he does not play favorites. Lightning is not aimed at a person; rather it is addressed "to whom it may concern." God never promised anyone immunity from heartbreak. All of us have some derailed dreams. Joseph of the Old Testament was a devout dreamer. Even at the tender age of 17 he had been assured by God through dreams that he would one day be a ruler and that his older brothers would be subject to him. Joseph was foolish enough to tell his brothers about his dreams. They hated him for it. Also, they ...

402. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

James Bjorge

... song came forth that his daughter had wanted to hear again before she slipped into eternity. It was from the Christmas cradle hymn: Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stay Close by me forever, and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in thy tender care, And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there. He told his story of death in the family; but it was also a Jesus story. And what a difference that makes. A young musician testified afterward that this presentation came as a healing force into his ...

403. Unwrapping Presents ... and People

Sermon

James Bjorge

... be wrestled from it. He ministered to his family and buddies from the battlefield of disease. He was only 28 but he knew God was going to set him at work in the imperishable sectors of his eternal kingdom. The night he said goodbye to us earthbound mortals he talked tenderly of the beauty of the Wisconsin countryside where he hiked and fished and hunted as a young lad. It had been God’s good earth and he had enjoyed it. But he was willing to let go of it for a better land. He was willing to say goodbye to ...

404. Hungry for Anything?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... in his teens, he expressed the central desire in man. "The fact is," he said, "that I most eagerly aspire after future eminence. My whole soul burns most ardently for it, and every earthly thought centers around being someone of importance." Anatole France wrote: "At a tender age, I had a longing for renown. I said: ‘I am going to make the whole world know my name.’ " And so the struggle that you see on every side is the struggle of people to make a name for themselves, to achieve significance, to be ...

405. Chapter VII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... other, to give themselves to each other, to please each other, in the most intimate way possible. No holds are barred, and no expression of their love for each other is out-of-bounds. In that giving and getting both lives can be made fuller, and more tender, and much richer. Sex does not always have to have as its purpose the creation of another life. Indeed, couples must be responsible enough not to produce more babies than they or the world can care for. That is why many Christians, and I am among them ...

406. Christmas Is for -

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... world. God has had a hand in this, too. After all, God came as a child on the first Christmas. A child is what Christmas is about. "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed; the little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head." "Holy infant, so tender and mild." "Christ the Savior is born." "O Christ born of Mary." We sing many lyrics about the CHILD in the crib. Shepherds bowed down to worship this Child. His mother caressed him gently. His father stood tall and proud. The eastern sages offered valuable treasure in ...

407. Hay, Harmony, and Hallelujah

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

Sermon

G. William Genszler

... of confusion and hate racked her mind and almost drove her insane. Tears followed her tension as she tried to sleep. Then, one night in December, Nanuska could hear her mother singing a lullaby to her baby brother. She recognized the melody as Luther’s Cradle Hymn. Tenderly the words seemed to melt into her cold heart ... "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head." Softly she continued to sing ... "the stars in the sky look down where he lay the little Lord Jesus ...

408. Parents, Tend Those Lambs!

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... opportunity to replace each of those despicable denials with an affirmation of love and fidelity. Jesus knew that Simon Peter, the big fisherman, was a diamond in the rough. He was a born leader, a powerful caring man with a pastoral heart. Therefore, Jesus tenderly committed the infant church to Simon Peter's care. Simon Peter was called to lead the church which is the Body of Christ. We believe that bishops and pastors are the legitimate heirs of that role. Just as a human body has millions of ...

409. At The Manger By Invitation

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . But his first and foremost title is Savior. His first purpose was to save us from our sin. Some people today don't believe that we are sinners; they prefer to think of us as being "morally challenged." They believe that with a little education and tender-loving-care, moral virtues will replace bad behavior just as permanent teeth replace baby teeth. Because they don't believe in a final judgment or heaven or hell, they see no need for a Savior. Jesus is for them just a moral example and master teacher ...

410. God's Design for Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... I have a hunch that might help. HERE IS THE ADMONITION FOR THE HUSBAND: LOVE YOUR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. That means, first, that we husbands must cherish our wives because Christ surely cherished the church. To cherish means to treat as dear, to care for tenderly, to regard another person as of enormous value. Jesus said to the infant church, "As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Dwell in my love." How are we to love God? With heart and mind and soul and strength. That's the language ...

411. Forgiveness

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... 38 years, he remained in London, having no contact with his wife and family. Finally, a debilitating illness robbed him of his power to paint. Suddenly, remembering his wife, he went back to her. She took him in without complaint and cared for him tenderly until he died. Romney’s biographer says, "That act of forgiveness was more significant than any canvas George Romney ever painted." Can you imagine that? After 38 years of absence, she received him back home without a question. She did not ask where he ...

412. God’s Chosen Country

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... you. And this child, like all children, will seek response to his presence, lives which daily and joyfully acknowledge the gifts he brings. The birth announcements had gone out, sometimes in the fiery language of the prophets and at other times in the tender songs of God’s poets. And Israel waited, pregnant with expectation for the Messiah and his gifts, living with the grace and responsibility of being the Chosen People. Congregational Activities: 1. A map of the Holy Land can be posted in the activities ...

413. Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... justice from them. Forgive us, Lord, and open our hearts that we might know and extend to others that same mercy and grace You gave to us through Christ and the Cross. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" "I Know Whom I Have Believed" "Softly And Tenderly"

414. The Vicarious Servant

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... a crown of thorns; red were his wounds and deep, For those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap. When Jesus came to Birmingham, they simply passed him by; They never hurt a hair of him; they only let him die. For men had grown more tender and they would not give him pain; They only just passed down the street and left him in the rain. Still Jesus cried, "Forgive them for they know not what they do," And still it rained the wintry rain that drenched him through and through. The crowds went ...

415. Song of a Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... lacerating thorns. And when he found one that was overly weary from the long, hot trek, he groomed it with the oil and offered it water from a large, two-handled cup to keep it from glutting itself at the pool. There is probably no more tender picture to be found anywhere of the shepherd’s sustaining care of his own. Nor can the psalmist envision the ministrations thus awaiting the flock at day’s end without dwelling on countless occasions when, in like manner, he has received the Lord’s renewing ...

416. Song of an Evangelist

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... earth so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:11, 12) So far does the Eternal distance our sins from his heart. Surely such tenderness is overwhelming. But then, knowing our frame, "he remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:14). A Foretaste of Heaven How natural it is that such a portrait of God should bring with it a foretaste of heaven! Like Handel beholding the heavens open before him as ...

417. Break Through

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... is not wisdom to be only wise, And on the inward vision close the eyes, But it is wisdom to believe the heart. Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread. Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.1 In six days Christmas is upon us once more. Christmas is God’s affirmation that there is something about humanity worth saving and giving a most precious ...

418. The Scandal Of Redeeming Love

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... abandoned him, but he continued to love her through the pain of feeling deserted. Thus he posited the idea that Yahweh’s love for Israel would cause him to seek and redeem and restore Israel. Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. From there I will give her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. Then she shall respond as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. - Hosea 2:14-15 The promise ...

419. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... living in exile; "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain." But into this mood of helplessness and hopelessness comes the stirring words of hope from the prophet (or prophets) Isaiah: Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. (40:1-2) In the time of great stress and evil, the suffering ones are reminded ...

420. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... lava from a volcano. If we will only work, and I mean work, at our intimacy with Christ ... our prayer life ... our study of Scripture ... our peacemaking ... our pursuit of justice ... our service and our sacrifice ... our forgiving and being forgiven ... our tender mercies, administered to a tortured and troubled world. then, and only then, can we fulfill the mature call to obedient loving; then, and only then, can we find within ourselves the courage necessary to pick up our crosses and follow ... follow ...

421. Early on the First Day

Drama

G. Franklin Gray

... for action.) Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him." (Tenderly. Agitated.) Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means teacher). (Affectionately. Surprise, excited.) Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go find my brothers and tell them, I ...

422. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... all persons study them for their delight." Here let us begin a service of praise and study, seeking God’s covenant presence (Psalm 111). Opening Prayer We would see Jesus! We would look upon The light in that divinely human face, Where lofty majesty and tender grace In blended beauty shone. We would see Jesus, and would hear again The voice that charmed the thousands by the sea, Spoke peace to sinners, set the captives free, And eased the sufferers’ pain.* Hymn Response "We would see Jesus; lo, his star ...

423. When Nothing Can Be Done

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Thomas Long

... of stars, and he walks, because he chooses, always in desolation, but not in defeat.5 "If you will," said the desolate and hopeless leper, "you can make me clean." "I will," said Jesus, and stretching out his hand, Jesus grasped the leper with tender mercy and flung him far into the deep and healing waters of the sea of grace. 1. Philip Yancey, Open Windows (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985), p. 161. 2. D. E. Nineham, Saint Mark [The Pelican New Testament Commentaries] (New York: Penguin Books ...

424. Goodness Is Not Good Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... life. But the peril of his becoming so was present. In his youth, Scrooge, too, had been a person of high ideals and impeccable conduct. He may even have possessed a warmer heart than the rich young man. Then slowly, almost imperceptibly, the ideals faded, and the tender heart turned to stone as it bowed to the god of gold. It is entirely possible that in his declining years the rich young man did indeed become a first-century Scrooge. But whatever turn the young man’s life may have taken, he missed the ...

425. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... him to a powerful conversion to Christ. Ordinarily a shy and quiet man, his testimonies to God’s faithfulness, mercy, and love are convincing. Today he expresses his gratitude through his work as a lab technician in a large hospital. He draws blood with the tenderness of Christ, thinking of his work as a Christian ministry, making every contact with a patient an act of devotion. He has taken to writing contemporary Christian music as another way of saying "Thanks be to God!" The widow stood at the temple ...

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