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4351. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

Sermon

... the aisles in their church building at home for the last time. The place where hundreds had been baptized, confirmed, married, and buried. 2) They felt the call of the Lord to pick up roots and Go, like Abraham and Sara of old. They had to leave behind all that was familiar, and they felt a compulsion to act on a greater obedience than letting somebody else do it. 3) From the records of the earliest Lutherans here, we know that not all those who left their familiar homesteads in the east arrived safetly ...

4352. Strong Faith For Tough Times

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... our minds and touched our hearts. For example: · The image of people by the thousands coming to kneel at the altar of our churches to pray for peace… joining hundreds of thousands of people around the globe in peace prayer vigils. · The image of a grandmother leaving our Sanctuary last Sunday and asking us to pray especially for her grandson who is a jet pilot stationed somewhere in Kuwait because she said, “If war breaks out, he will be one of the first to see action.” · The image of a little pre ...

4353. A Christian's Duty in Time of War

Nehemiah 4:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... to bless. I want to close by quoting the final words given two days ago by Captain Ronnie Johnson of the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division as his men were about to go into combat: He said, “Take care of yourself, take care of your brother. Don’t leave your honor in Iraq. Do what millions of American soldiers have done before you. Do the right thing. What we do in life echoes in eternity. God be with you all.” Sermon Notes: Dr. William R. Bouknight, Christ UMC

4354. The Orphan

John 14:15-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... your innermost secrets with, like I just did with you. WYN: Sure. DALE: And someone I could go have ice cream with, like we're doing. WYN: Right. Do you know what? I know what I'll do. DALE: What's that? WYN: I'll pray for you. (WYN EXITS, LEAVING DALE STANDING ALONE)

4355. Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... ’t get caught with your pants down, Jesus said. Be ready, Be prepared! (Revelation 16:15). The way to be ready is to be about the Lord’s business, to be doing what God wants us to do. Jesus compared it to a man going away on a trip and leaving his servants in charge of all his business. The man who went away is Jesus when he ascended into heaven. The servants he left behind to carry on his business are we, all who believe in him. When we are about his business, we will be ready. If we ignore ...

4356. Even The Demons Believe!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... always too tired for each other; they fall apart. About a year ago the city of Plano, Texas, experienced the kind of tragedy this demon can cause to happen. Plano lived through the nightmare of multiple suicides. Six young people, aged 14 to 18, took their lives, leaving that community wondering what in the world was going on. A boy and a girl, both 17, killed themselves because their parents said they couldn’t see each other as often. One boy was killed in a car race; his friend, who had started the the ...

4357. All I Need Is A Little Rest!

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... those who were brought to him. And he is true man, who got tired from overwork. He is God with us, able to sympathize with us in our experiences of life. Like Jesus, we like to get away also when it gets to be too much. It feels good to leave all the pressure behind and go someplace. Unlike Jesus, however, we don’t get as much out of our get-aways as he did because we don’t do with them what he did when he went away. Jesus went away to pray. We just go away. For our Lord ...

4358. Lifting the Burden of Guilt

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... my sweet sicknesses. Thy counterfeits have hurt and wounded me. But thou art the Handle of God’s Help, The Gift of His Grace, and The image of my health; Thou, in thy True Self, Art (my Glory’s) True Friend and Brother. Praise to Thee, O Happy Guilt, And leave me not ‘till we are both at home. Guilt is real; it has a purpose. How do we face it? It was three a.m. The phone rang and rang until I finally surrendered and lifted the receiver. Out of the darkness came an agonizing cry. Just five short words ...

4359. A Good God and the Problem of Suffering

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... of God - several glimpses. (Often God speaks to us in our own words.) Job heard himself saying, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him." No matter what happens, though life defeat me, though illness take my powers, though accident bring me disability, though loss leave me in loneliness, yet will I trust Life and God who is back of life. I will trust the Wisdom within and above all life, the Goodness undergirding life, the Love that flavors and fulfills life. In suffering Job had caught a glimpse of the ...

4360. Why Fear Growing Old?

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... find life’s fulfillment in God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And Christ says: "Go, go, keep going in life’s compassionate involvement - and I will be with you always, even to the end." John Haynes Holmes adds his touch of vision: Thou wilt not lose nor leave us, Thy love endureth still; Patient and calm and changeless Abides Thy holy will. Thine are we till the ages Outwatch the farthest sun, And men at last in gladness Proclaim. Thy will be done!

4361. Life After Life

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Light their whole life flows rapidly before their vision in intense detail, like a full-color, high-speed film. Much of the life they see they would like to change. The Person in the Light asks them if they have had a good life, if they are ready to leave, if they have learned to love as they are now being loved. They glimpse dimensions of life and love they had never dreamed of. One person, who had attempted to commit suicide, found himself in a place of darkness. He knew that he had missed life and wanted ...

4362. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... as a scientific impossibility. Even spiritual rebirth puzzled this man of books. It has been puzzling university professors ever since. Jesus made it ever so clear: Entering the kingdom of God is as radical as the very process of physical birth. One leaves one state - the womb, wherein the atmosphere is essentially liquid - and one enters an environment in which oxygen is the condition for breathing. (To enable an easier process, less shocking to the nervous system of the infant, the practice of birth under ...

4363. Enduring

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... - to secure a high-powered rifle and blow to bits all his lovely Victorian bric-a-brac which he had collected during his lifetime. Booth said he wanted to keep his precious trinkets from unsympathetic hands. Most of all, he wanted to clear the way, leaving a clean, uncluttered, fresh world for his sons. "Behold, I make all things new" (Revelation 21:5). This is the message of Jesus Christ. He comes with the freshness of the winter’s morning: sparkling, crisp. Leaden weight of the hoary past is lifted. He ...

4364. A King - A Kingdom

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... him with gladness and understanding. He was a prophet who began his ministry by calling people to repent, for a new kingdom was here. When he preached in his local synagogue, he offended the congregation and they almost had a riot, demanding that he leave the village. He upbraided the evildoer; he castigated the smug, the self-righteous. He did not flatter; he was never fulsome in praise. In everything he said there was transparent honesty. It was always the truth, spoken in love. He was not always loved ...

4365. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... bottom. Someday, somehow, I’d like to move up." The pathetic truth is that we moderns struggle with a legalism far more binding than any Mosaic code. We exhaust ourselves trying to get out of legalism - union contracts, deductions for Social Security, sick leave, extra charges if credit cards are used - admitting all the while the letter kills but thus far the spirit has not given much life. We are enslaved. We wear masks. We must have expensive condominiums, foreign cars, designer jeans - all because our ...

4366. Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... convinced that the church does not accomplish 2000 years of life inside the walls of a closed dark sepulcher. There is no power in that dark place; rather, the Church is alive because He is alive forevermore. What we must understand is we had better leave some room for mysticism in our worldview. That does not preclude science. That does not preclude reason. What it does mean is that the most important things in your life will never be conclusively proved. You will, on daily and even momentary basis, need ...

4367. Revived Through Service

John 15:9-17

Illustration

... Himalayan Mountains. At one point they came across a body lying in the snow. Sundar Singh wished to stop and help the unfortunate man, but his companion refused, saying, "We shall lose our lives if we burden ourselves with him." But Sundar Singh would not think of leaving the man to die in the ice and snow. As his companion made his farewell, Sundar Singh lifted the poor traveler onto his back. With great exertion on his part, he bore the man onward, but gradually the heat from Singh's body began to warm up ...

4368. Calming Of The Tempest

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a giant plant. He told many stories, but the day was now fast passing and it was time to depart. Jesus told his disciples that they must go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. Surely the disciples must have questioned the decision. Why leave now? They were right on the verge of success. Here was where the people were. On the other side are only Gerasenes. They were pagans. But the disciples did as Jesus instructed. They set sail that beautiful afternoon on the Sea of Galilee. The sun was shining ...

4369. On A Picnic

Mark 7:1-23

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... love poem than he is about his love object -- Mandi. Todd has a nasty habit of couching everything in spiritual terms and not meaning any of it. Mandi trusts Todd because she mistakenly thinks he cares for her. When she finds out he doesn't, she leaves him. Playing Time: 3 1/2 minutes Setting: A secluded picnic spot deep in the forest Time: Turn of the century Props: A picnic basket and blanket and other picnic things Costumes: Mandi -- a long dress and a long-sleeved, high neck blouse Todd -- appropriate ...

4370. Lust

Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

Drama

James F. Crowley

... to be like you. SAM: And what's wrong with me? RENA: You don't want to know. SAM: I want to know what you think is wrong with me. RENA: Just take care of Bill, will you? SAM: No, I won't. RENA: Please, Sam. Just do it and leave me alone. SAM: I'm not moving from this spot until you tell me what it is that's bugging you. RENA: Okay. It's more than just Bill looking at that magazine. A whole lot more. It's you too. SAM: You're kidding, right? RENA: No, I'm ...

4371. Single Mom

Mark 12:41-44, Mark 12:35-40

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... ." SARAH: I can't. (CHANGING HER MIND) Oh, all right. (CHANGING HER MIND) No, I really can't. Can't you read to her? EVIE: I tried. No, she wants you. She's standing in the middle of the bed waiting for you. SARAH: Okay, okay. No, I can't leave this report right now. Just let her stand there. At least she's not crying right now. EVIE: No, not yet she's not. (TIFF BEGINS TO CRY FOR HER MOM, OFFSTAGE) SARAH: (BACK ON THE PHONE) What? Oh, Brian, I forgot all about you. Listen, you just better get ...

4372. Jarius' Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to play. I can’t help but smile at that part of the story, because any of our children would have responded in the same way. He would be bored stiff with what was going on in the house and he would go outside to shoot basketball. She would quickly leave the adults and run out to talk with her friends. As for the crowd, however, Mark tells us simply: “And they were filled with amazement.” The words of Jesus to that child are the same words of Jesus to the church today. “I say to you, get up!” All ...

4373. Strangers to Promise

Ephesians 2:11-22

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... Confession Dear God, help us to become aware of the walls that divide us from each other at levels of family, city, county, state, country, and nation. Strengthen our determination to carry your promises into all levels of society. Amen. Hymns "Hope Of The World" "Jesus, Priceless Treasure" "Peace I Leave With You, My Friends"

4374. Lent 3

John 4:1-26

Bulletin Aid

C. David Godshall

Pastor: There are times when your very loving graciousness condemns us, Lord God. Assistant: There were those of the Hebrew people who were scared to leave slavery in Egypt, for there they at least knew what to expect. People: There are times we are afraid to strike out in lives of faith for fear of what it may require of us, of what it may lead us to. Pastor: There are times when we forget the ...

4375. Christ and Time

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... .C. to A.D. Our life ceases to be "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." We experience with Paul, "if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation." Christ gives our life meaning and worth and peace and enables us to leave behind something of lasting value when life’s fretful fever is done. We do not have to grope for God, hoping that we might find him. In his Son he has already come down to us. W. H. Auden, one of the greatest of contemporary poets, has expressed it ...

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