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401. Harmony

Colossians 3:14

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... like that sound. I think I like this better. (Play "C" and "E" together again.) Those two notes get along so well, maybe they would like to make another friend. (Play the chord, "C," "E," "G" several times and hold.) What a wonderful sound! It's so warm and friendly, and it's nice to hear. It makes me feel good just listening to it. That pleasant sound reminds me of friends who work and play together without fighting. It's all right to be by yourself sometimes (strike "C") and occasionally you may get into ...

402. Expectations

Romans 15:7

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

Object: None Lesson: People should be able to expect the church to be a place that is warm, kind, accepting, and fair. How many of you love to go to school? Raise your hands. Suppose you loved to go school. You loved to read and write, do math problems and science experiments. School was your all-time favorite place to be. Let's suppose summer was about to ...

403. Play The Fool

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... other fools for Christ. Cal Samra is a good contemporary example. In the early 1980s he reached the nadir in his personal life. Forced to resign his job as a newspaper reporter, with a broken marriage and deteriorating health, he moved, seeking refuge in the warm climate of Arizona. He found his way to the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale where he learned to relax, pray and gain a fresh perspective on the Christian life. Father Lambert gave him a gift of a painting of a smiling Christ carrying the ...

404. The Sixth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... alienated from others. Leader: Yet you have promised never to forsake us. People: Assure us, we pray, that you have not abandoned us. Leader: You are the great physician; heal us now, we pray. People: May your table be to us a place of hope. Leader: Warm us with your grace, People: And make us agents of your love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Strange InvitationLuke 14:1-6 Jesus received a strange invitation.The main Sabbath meal took place about noon, after worship, and it was a normal custom to ...

405. Pentecost -- A Wild, Weird, Wonderful Day

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... replied, "I don't want to go to church. The choir sings off-key. The people are unfriendly, unresponsive and cold." She said, "You've got to get up and get going; you're the preacher." Pessimism can be just as contagious as enthusiasm. But a warm, spirit-filled life of joy and excitement can help other people to catch the same spirit. The fire of enthusiasm and excitement attracts attention. The story is told about a church that caught fire long before they ever had fire trucks or hydrants. A bucket brigade ...

406. Empowered By A Vision

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... I am just not good enough," the man explained. The minister attempted to dispel his anxiety. "Well, great King David was not a very good man either. He committed adultery and even murdered, and God still loved him." "Is that right?" the fellow said, warming to the conversation. "A murderer and an adulterer? Well, at least I never actually murdered anyone." Jacob was not a very nice person either and God still loved him. That is really the point of this story. As Frederick Buechner puts it, "God doesn ...

407. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... earth. That is exactly as Genesis claimed it happened. The program went even further. It claimed evidence that biblical-era people had developed batteries for electroplating and even benefited from air-conditioning. As one might imagine, this was a program to warm the hearts of all who take the Bible both seriously and literally. "Imagine," the biblical literalist could now claim, "CBS, the network of Dan Rather and the liberal media, doing a program which proves the literal truth of the Scripture. Surely ...

408. The Risky Business of Faith

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... child. For others, it can happen differently. One night at a party, the wife sees her husband across the room and realizes she loves him no more. There was no problem, no crisis. The caring simply left. They took their marriage for granted and the warm glow of love drowned in neglect. We are fellow travelers on this pilgrimage that goes from birth to death to eternity. We always move from place to place and stage to stage. It can be a frightening journey. Certainly it always involves risk. The alternative ...

409. The Essence of Spirituality

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... The nineteenth century songwriter insists it takes a clearing of the senses: "Open my eyes, that I may see Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me; Open my ears, that I may hear Voices of truth Thou sendest clear; Open my mouth and let me bear Gladly the warm truth everywhere."6 The story is told of the minister who stopped by the hospital to visit a dying church member. This particular woman had led a long, good and faithful life, but was coming to the end of her days. The minister entered the room unnoticed by ...

410. But You Can't Get Water Out Of A Rock!

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Steve Burt

... . The other soldier said, "See? A waste of time, right? Didn't I tell you? You can't get water out of a stone." To which the first soldier simply smiled and said, "Water? You expect too little, my friend. Not only water from a stone, but great soup and warm fellowship." Will we, individually and as a people of God, see the rock and not the water? The liabilities and not the assets? Will we continue to listen to the voice that says, "You can't get water out of a rock ... or soup from a stone?" We must trust ...

411. When The Saints Come Marching In

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... on the old heartstrings. You sit down on the edge of the bed and turn your own television to the news network. Unfortunately, there isn't any sound. But you look at the screen anyway, hoping that eventually it will come on once the set warms up. The disturbing pictures of refugees, their faces gaunt and drawn, their expressions hollow and lifeless, flicker before your eyes. From the other room, you hear a surge of misty music, and catch bits of dialogue here and there: "I promise you ... and no more shall ...

412. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... bundle of joy -- the stork is on its way at last! Small wonder that Sarah laughs out loud. After all, at her ripe old age, who would've ever expected that she'd soon be expecting? And I suppose, along with learning how to change diapers, warm bottles, and assemble a crib, the two of them also learn one additional lesson: that with God around, sometimes even your craziest dreams don't actually prove crazy enough. Or consider Jacob. Among other things, he is an outright crook. Thomas Long once joked that long ...

413. The Intersection Of The Cross

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... 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 but a hollow shell or a battleground and offers them new hope. He touches the hearts of the ...

414. The Church With Nothing

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Thomas Long

... -off group of Christians were to place one of those cheery church ads in the Saturrday newspaper, what could it possibly say? "The friendly church where all are welcome"? Hardly, unless one counts locked doors as a sign of hospitality. "The church with a warm heart and a bold mission"? Actually more like the church with sweaty palms and a timid spirit. Indeed, John's gospel gives us a snapshot of a church with nothing -- no plan, no promise, no program, no perky youth ministry, no powerful preaching, no ...

415. Knowing The Voice

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Thomas Long

The dinner party had gone well. It was the kind of evening when good food was matched by rich conversation and warm cheer. As the dishes were being cleared and cream was being stirred into after-dinner coffee, the conversation took a more serious turn. The guest of honor was a church leader from central Europe, the Soviet Union had come apart only months before, and the table was filled with eager ...

416. A Faith I Could No Longer Count On

Psalm 73:1-7, 13-18

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... no sin from you, When I revealed my own guilt, You gave me life anew. Amen. Hymn No. 3 Psalm 5 (Tune: Melita, "Eternal Father, Strong To Save") As morning dawns, Lord, hear our cry, O sovereign God, now hear our sigh. As first light brings the sun's warm rays, Accept our sacrifice of praise. Before you, Lord, the wicked fall, And none shall dwell within your hall. The proud shall never gain a place, Nor evil live to see your face. Your steadfast love shall welcome all, Who seek your house and on you call. O ...

417. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... secure. For others it may be a rustic cabin, tucked away in the woods, a peaceful and quiet refuge. For others still, it might be a nice little retirement home, with a rocking chair on the front porch, a shade tree in front and a nice warm breeze stirring flowers blooming in front. Now, move in closer and imagine the front door of that house. Picture someone pushing the doorbell, clanking the knocker, or rapping on the door. If someone came to the door of your house, who would they find inside? Who lives ...

418. Welcoming Christ

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... , but also of the speakers, the Christian persons who bring the message. That becomes clear in verses 40-41 where very specific people and actions are mentioned. It has to do with what many biblical scholars today are calling "Hospitality": the friendly, warm, respectful receiving of people in the name of Christ. Such hospitality transcends our usual application of it to family and friends (see vv. 36-39!), because it has to do specifically with receiving prophets or righteous persons "in the name of" a ...

419. Getting Out Of Our Own Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... fifties who had spent most of their lives working as managers in large corporations. Both of them quit their jobs at great financial cost to themselves to go to seminary. Another was a young woman who had grown up in a very conservative evangelical church. She spoke warmly and movingly of how she had given her life to Christ when she was a teenager and how that meant that Christ needed to become the Lord of her whole life: the way she related to her friends, to her teachers in school, even to her brother ...

420. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... the feedlot goes into a lagoon and is pumped back into the fields as fertilizer together with water irrigation. He converts a million bushels of milo a year into two-and-one-half million gallons of ethanol. The production of ethanol results in a large quantity of warm water in which fish thrive; so now he has produced 120,000 pounds of fresh fish for sale. The waste water from the fish is added to the irrigation water and goes back on the fields of corn and other crops; and the recycling starts all over ...

421. Seeing Light In Darkness

John 11:1-16

Sermon

David Belgum

... of Good Friday. We have spoken of "inner light" as the inward experience of faith and confidence. But there is another symbolism. In John's Gospel there is a testimony as to the nature of the Christ who came into the world at Christmas. It is not the warm Sunday school program story of the shepherds and wise men and the baby Jesus lying in the manger. It is more philosophical and deals with the coming into the world of the True Wisdom and the True Light. It goes like this: In the beginning was the Word ...

422. Preaching On Biblical Personalities

Sermon

John R. Bodo

423. Yearning For A Loyal Friend

Job 6:14-30 · Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... in myself. Thank you for telling me when I was wrong and praising me when I do right. Thank you for trying to understand me and helping me understand myself. Most of all, Mr. Adams, thank you for being you." Any healing in life comes through warm, accepting concern. Whenever someone accepts us as we are, then we begin to accept ourselves. Ideally, this is what the church is for. It is supposed to be a fellowship filled with compassion and the understanding love of Jesus. How we witness and relate to one ...

424. Hailing The King Of Chaos

Job 12:13-22· Matthew 27:32-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

It was one of those gorgeous spring days. There were daffodils blooming, tulip trees bursting out in color, a warm sun, and a clear blue sky. One felt like singing that descriptive song from the musical Oklahoma, "Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh, what a beautiful day." Then I picked up the morning newspaper and the first sentence in the article cautioned me not to read it unless I had ...

425. The Christian Journey I: The Path

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you." As we continue on the path, as we struggle with new situations and grapple with their meaning, as did Cleopas and his companion, Christ will come to warm our hearts and open our eyes so that we can continue to grow and to encourage others to join us on the way. The biblical metaphor of Christian journey reminds us of three things: our life as disciples has a beginning; it has a direction and a goal ...

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