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4276. Only the Lonely

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... forced. Rather, it means urgently invited. The point of this parable is the answer to the question: "Who should be invited?" The answer is surprising. Everyone! Anyone who is willing to come! Who are these seemingly hopeless people Jesus wants us to include in our understanding of the kingdom of God? Are they really the derelicts of society? Yes, but more. Are they the handicapped? Yes, but more. Are they the nobodies who have been humbled by what has happened to them in life? Yes, but more. Are they the ...

4277. Only the Lost and the Least

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of the land. He didn't welcome them because he approved of their behavior. He welcomed them because he saw what the religious leaders of his day didn't see; their need. Looking down on notorious traitors, cheats, and other evildoers is understandable but dangerous. It's understandable because we don't want to promote or approve of evil people doing evil deeds and not facing justice for their deeds, but it's dangerous because before God, a self-righteous, judgmental attitude is as bad as the deeds of evil ...

4278. Triumphing over Obstacles

2 Corinthians 5:20-6:10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... she gave from her need (Luke 21:1-4). We can easily become complacent. Some even feel they have a right to all they have; people should reap the benefits of their efforts. Others still see the poverty of the world but do not understand their responsibility in alleviating the misery it causes. Amos, the prophet (6:4-8), warned people against such complacency, telling the Jewish ruling elite that such an attitude would lead to the community's destruction, a prophecy that was fulfilled seven centuries before ...

4279. Death to Glory

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... sound, but whenever the woman whose child was sacrificed heard it, her heart broke anew. Her neighbors, who knew of her sacrifice and pain, could not hear the tone without the pain, either. Only those who understand sacrifice can feel the pain. Others just enjoy the sound. As we continue to bask in the resurrection, let us understand our need to die to self, to be servants, to sacrifice so as to find the glory that can be ours. Let us follow the examples of the prince who shouldered his friend's burden and ...

4280. The Prodigal Father

Romans 8:14-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... , and you are wondering what that story about the prodigal son has to do with today's reading from Romans. Well, it is not as far a stretch as you may think. Paul is trying to help the Gentile and Jewish readers of this letter better understand the new relationship they now have with God. Instead of being treated like slaves, and being constantly punished for breaking endless rules and laws, Paul suggests that they are more like adopted children, or sons of God. He even uses the term, Abba, which in simple ...

4281. The Difference between Knowing and Doing

Galatians 2:15-21

Sermon

John Jamison

... join the church; he was not Jewish. He had not been raised in the same traditions, and did not follow, or even understand the laws that undergirded the Jewish tradition. Even worse, he wasn't interested in learning those laws to become a member of the ... , then somehow we have to have rules and laws that define just how to do that, don't we! Sure, we need laws so people understand exactly what they have to do to show their love. There's a good case of first-century rationalization. We've been good at that ...

4282. Be Real

Colossians 1:3-8

Sermon

John Jamison

... , and not just a news "analyst" giving an interpretation. We are attempting to teach our children that as they search the internet to try and find out who is actually writing the information they are reading. Is it someone who has the real expertise to understand what they are writing about, or are they just some unknown person giving an uneducated opinion. It is an important skill to learn. The same approach works for our questions of faith, and this is the one thing that sets Paul apart from the other ...

4283. When Christ Is King

Colossians 1:11-20

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... We follow that lead. I often think of life as one long potluck supper; you never know who is coming or what they are bringing. The feast survives in this very uncertainty. When we try to get to the "dim sum of all things" or to understand why things happen the way they do, we are always better bringing our best dish to the feast, in the hope that our surplus will secure the generations. When mercy is mobilized, personal responsibility — a truly wonderful thing — engages a community. When both social and ...

4284. Good News about Ambition

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... to become great must first be a servant. The story of James and John says to us that it’s all right to be ambitious, though misused ambition can be a dangerous thing. It also challenges us to seek after a greatness the world simply cannot understand. It is the greatness exemplified by our Master who lay down his life for all humanity. If you want to be great, learn to serve. 1. Play Ball, Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Publishing. 2. Steve Chandler, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself (Franklin Lakes, NJ: The Career ...

4285. Preparing the Way

Malachi 3:1-4

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... and forgiveness. Malachi and John remind us of our vast Judeo-Christian heritage, which comes to us through scripture and the church, and of the many ways God enters our lives. We must then relate our understanding of spiritual truth to this new cybernetic, nuclear, automated, impersonal, computerized age, or we are likely to lose our humanity as new knowledge engulfs us. We are here to prepare the way of the Lord and make the path straight. Right here where we live is now where the action ...

4286. What's in a Name?

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... . He was the map maker who named a continent after himself. In the end, I suspect it is not Amerigo in whom we take great pride, but the story of the people who have inhabited that continent that makes us proud of who we are. It is our understanding of ourselves as a people, our particular view of our story, that makes us happy. For instance, we tend to think of ourselves as a nation of immigrants, of people who came at one generation or another to seek a better life for themselves and for their descendants ...

4287. The Easter Era

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... this new religion (Christianity) means, he wants it and he wants all his people to have a part in it!'" The old chief didn't understand a word of what was read or said in the service, but he saw all that was done and the action spoke for itself, a ... go. On the first Easter Day, Peter and the beloved disciple had to be able to run into the tomb, an unclean place, in order to understand at last that Jesus is risen. It is not something they can discover by standing at a safe distance. You may run and come to ...

4288. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... anymore in new proposals in the church; they didn't come to him as a welcome challenge, but as merely another item on a committee agenda ... His letters register ... his sense of the dullness of his days.2 If we can understand how that can happen then we can understand what was going on with Elijah the prophet in our reading for today. He had just had a major success. In a confrontation with some 450 prophets of the god Baal and 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah, Elijah, alone representing Yahweh ...

4289. The Smell of Bread

2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... it. Doctors, of course, can tell us about the physical aspects of dying, and researchers like Elisabeth Kübler-Ross have helped us understand what happens to us emotionally as we near death, at least when we know it is coming soon, but what is the ... my Father's house there are many dwelling places." Well, what are the dwelling places in a house but the rooms? And one way to understand those words from Jesus is that this realm we call life is one room in our Heavenly Father's house, and the realm we call ...

4290. Tales of the Spiritually Stupid

Jeremiah 4:11-12, 18-22

Sermon

Lee Ann Dunlap

... building than the ministry that happens there, or when we stop focusing on our relationship with Jesus only to be sidetracked by our doubts or fears or personal agendas. "My people are foolish," we could well hear God say about us today. "They have no understanding." How sad it is — the pain and the heartache caused by our own stubborn pride and wayward actions. Makes you wonder how the church has survived all these years. Yet, miraculously we are here. Stupid children we might be, but we belong to God ...

4291. New Covenant, New Testament

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... dealings with God's people and a new history will begin. In point of fact, the new covenant that is promised in these historic verses is only new in the sense that it will fulfill the original intention of the Sinai covenant. Maybe the best way to understand the difference between the Sinai Covenant and this new covenant as described in Jeremiah is to say that words must be lived, not only spoken. In the book of Exodus we hear "I am the Lord your God." It is the opening line of the preamble. This covenant ...

4292. Calamity and Hope

Joel 2:23-32

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... us do, and we will do what we want! Prior to the verses in today's reading, the people have been called to repent and return to God. Superficial emotionalism will not suffice as a way of getting God's forgiveness. God is seeking those who truly understand what is wrong and who are willing to sacrifice a part of their lives in order to find forgiveness and fulfillment in their lives. God will restore their harvests, making it possible for them to bring a proper offering when it is called for. In verse 15 ...

4293. Preaching God's Reformation

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... or any other mediator. In Jeremiah's preaching, we see a move from the external to the internal. God's Word would be written in our hearts. Remember, for the Hebrew mind of that time, the heart was the seat of the conscious decision of the will, and of understanding. It is as if he was telling the people that God would perform a surgical procedure and God's Word would be implanted in their hearts. That is a very personal idea. All people will be able to know God. Not just the Hebrew people, either, but all ...

4294. Mary and Joseph: His Obedient Servants

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... through the work of the Holy Spirit, we know ourselves to be a favored, grace gifted, blessed people, called to share in the continual showing forth of Jesus Christ in our age – to be a part of a kingdom that shall know no end. “I think we have to understand a very important principle of biblical interpretation at this point. There is a sense in which our Lord is dealing with a once and for all event upon our planet. Jesus Christ, the son of God, the Word of God made flesh, was born at a particular time ...

4295. Jesus: What's in a Name?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... writer Loren Eisley, has put it into focus. Writing about a study of Eskimo culture, Eisley reported that when asked about his beliefs, the Eskimo replied, “We do not believe. We only fear. We fear those things about us and those things which we do not understand.” And so Eisley comments: “The winter of man has not departed because, like the Eskimo, we do not so much believe as we fear. We do not fear the Eskimos malevolent ghosts. We pierce the far rim of the universe and roam mentally through light ...

4296. The Bedrock of Faith - Sermon Starter

Mk 13:1-8; Lk 21:5-38

Illustration

Brett Blair

... to know when. What would be the sign that this was about to take place? In their voice was fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear that their lives were about to change forever. Jesus had not made any predictions like this one. This was different. This, they could understand. Forty years later Jesus' prediction came true. In 70 AD the Temple was destroyed by Rome. What are we to learn from this prediction and its fulfillment? 1. The bedrock of faith is not in Temples. 2. The bedrock of faith is not in Signs. 3. The ...

4297. No Small Parts

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... : It means being so concerned about getting credit or attention, or having the most lines, that you don’t do a good job with the part you have. Being too small up here (points to her head) to see how you fit in with the whole play. Understand? All Children: Yes. Director: Good. Now we can finish this rehearsal. (looking at Joseph) But, tell me, how did you figure all this out? Joseph: I had a little help from someone who really understood how I felt. Director: Oh, really? Who? Joseph: A really old friend ...

4298. If We Do It, It Will Work

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... s what he still has to do that matters. They won’t know what he’s done until he’s gone. And that is the point. Michael: I’m confused. Gabriel: There’s still a lot I don’t understand. God: That’s why I gave you faith. So you can believe in what you don’t understand. Oh, by the way, Merry Christmas. Michael: Christmas? Gabriel: What’s that? God: The way in which people will remember this day thousands of years from now. Gabriel: Oh (to Michael), Merry Christmas. Michael: (to audience) Merry ...

4299. Christmas Eve at Angel School

Luke 2:1-7

Drama

Lois Anne DeLong

... . Settle down. We’ve got a lot to do today. 1st Angel: I’m still not sure why we have to go to school. Teacher Angel: To understand God’s plan and how we fit into it. 2nd Angel: (a bit of a wise guy) But I didn’t think we had to do anything, ... stays there throughout the next scene.) 1st Angel: So soft and gentle you can only hear it in your heart. I don’t understand. People don’t hear with their hearts. (Angels and Shepherds reenter from left without their costumes and move stage right to the ...

4300. I Am the Ressurection and the Life

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... living. Your heart is broken and the pain is well now unbearable. A wall is there, it may be any kind of wall. And young people, it may be walls that you feel too, between you and your parents, you feel that they don’t understand or listen or even try to understand and listen. That they’re most interested in your performance than they are in you as a person. A wall is there, and between you young people and your friends. You’ve come into the Christian life and you’re excited about the faith and ...

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