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4351. Night Fighters

Sermon

James Bjorge

... come sometime. Well, the Christian takes the light that God sheds and moves toward it. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness but have the light of life" (John 8:12). His presence with his Word helps make some sense of the puzzle of existence. Man will still have his nights of darkness but now he has a light in his heart that burns eternal, put there by God. And it warms his heart and stirs his feet to keep moving on for a closer vision of God. And the ...

4352. God Stood Up

Sermon

James Bjorge

... there is going to be humor. They go hand in hand as kissin’ cousins. A person needs to laugh and God knows it. He made us that way. Certainly there are different types of humor ... some good ... some bad. We must cultivate the good to give us a sense of balance in a world that is often gripped by inner sadness. Will Rogers had a unique type of humor which frequently taught a lesson along with the laugh. Once he said that the history of America will be written in three phrases: the passing of the Indian ...

4353. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

... was drifting lazily down toward the earth blanketing the ground with a white cover. His wife had gone to church for the festive holiday service. He had begged out for he really couldn’t believe the whole jest of the gospel story. It just didn’t make much sense to him. As he sat reflecting he heard the wind picking up velocity and the snow began to whirl. Suddenly there was a noise at the front picture window, and then another. He went over to check it out and he noticed that a couple small sparrows had ...

4354. Elijah and the Prophets of Baal

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Don Yocom

... own idolatry was the cause of it all; then Elijah went on to say that he could prove his point. He openly challenged the prophets of Baal to a test on Mount Carmel. As one can stand on Mount Carmel today, looking over the modern city of Haifa, one can sense how dramatic that scene must have been. The prophets of Baal were to set up an altar, put firewood on it, then lay a young bull on it as an animal sacrifice. They were to call on their god to set the sacrifice on fire and consume it. After they ...

4355. The Young Man

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... him much. He was sort of square, if you know what I mean. Even if he was my cousin, I wasn't exactly bragging about it. Who wants to be called different? Of course when we grew up and finally got together again, well, that was something else. He made sense then. My younger brother thought he was the greatest thing to come down the Interstate! GIRL 2: I didn't know him when he was little. He'd already left home and I was about sixteen when I met him. My family thought I was star struck. But there was ...

4356. Last Ditch Stand

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... the bumbling, stupid, ineffectual way we humans try. [mockingly, working himself up] "Be firm - but don’t go too far!" No, no! It’s not done, you know. You can’t tell a man he’s a fool even if he is. You can’t beat sense into even your best friend! Oh, no. A doctor must be objective if he’s to function acceptably! He mustn’t "get involved." Avoid emotional entanglements, doctor! People have the right to decide for themselves, doctor! Let their own stupidity kill them, doctor! Don’t interfere ...

4357. He Rescued Us

Galatians 1:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that being rescued. If we understand how important it is that someone can rescue us from a fire, then maybe we can also understand how important it was for Jesus to do what he did. The Bible teaches us that Jesus died for our sins. Sometimes that doesn’t make sense to people. What Jesus really did was rescue us from dying. God knew that if we did not know how much he loved us, we would go the way the Devil wanted us to go. The Devil is tricky and he knows how to make us think that bad things ...

4358. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... of all that you can’t judge a man by his hat, right? GRACE I thought you looked like a conductor, that’s all. CAIN And second, the biggest things in the world are what you can’t put your hand on. GRACE Sure, that makes ... sense. CAIN Like ideas. The big money - economically speaking - is in big ideas. For example, take the First American. GRACE Christopher Columbus? CAIN The Noble Redskin. Patiently waiting in his humble teepee for the restoration of his rights. He’s got time on his hands, he’s ...

4359. Why Should I Go On Living?

Matthew 12:38-45

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... What have these young people found? Obviously, they’ve found again what many in the organized church have lost. They found that when they admit Jesus into their lives He fills them to overflowing, and they overflow in peace and in joy and in a loving sense of mission for their society and the whole world. As one of these young "Jesus Freaks" - you know, that’s a wonderful name. "Jesus Freak," because that’s what Jesus intended that we should be to the world, freaks - one Jesus freak said, "I’ve been ...

4360. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... calloused and unfeeling. So our handling of grief today is mostly superficial, emotionally dishonest, and we’re all completely confused about it. One of the most common questions asked of a pastor by a bereaved family is "how they should act." In the midst of their terrible sense of loss and grief, they have an agony of need for someone to tell them how to act. They don’t trust themselves enough to act the way they feel. Well, I don’t know how Jesus was SUPPOSED to act. Probably His day was as tough ...

4361. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... important certainties of life - not theory, not science, not intellect, but experience. Think of some of them: THE EXPERIENCE OF WONDER. A few months ago we stood among the magnificent snow-covered peaks of the High Alps of Switzerland. Again, I experienced that overwhelming sense of wonder at the handiwork of Almighty God. No one, at that moment, had to PROVE to me that it was HIS HANDIWORK. I KNEW! Why? Because I was EXPERIENCING it! THINK OF THE EXPERIENCE OF VOCATION. Why are people called to certain ...

4362. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... aware of it are the merchants who have for sale those things, which, by some stretch of the imagination, may be deemed appropriate Father’s Day gifts which we can dash out and purchase at the last moment. Let’s confront the fact that it’s only our American inborn sense of fair play that causes us to have a Father’s Day at all. After all, Mom had her day, and, so old Pop won’t feel badly, we’ll have one for him. It’s never quite come off has it? It certainly isn’t on our hit parade ...

4363. Freedom Can Be Frightening

Leviticus 25:8-55

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... very erratic way. Remember some of the ways? The television quiz show frauds - remember them? - the widespread police scandals (the one here in Des Moines was only a small one among many); packaging frauds revealed by Congressional investigation; the odd sense of ethics displayed by some of the top executives in corporations caught in price fixing cases; the continued scandal of employee thefts (now reaching over three billion dollars a year - more than is stolen by professional thieves); recurrent cheating ...

4364. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... you love God you will endeavor to so shape your life as to live lovingly with what God has created. You will try to enrich people’s existance with affirmation and assistance and concern, not make it a shambles by using them in a way that destroys their sense of worth and dignity. The aim of the final seven Commandments is to help us set ourselves and others free so we may become the vibrant and whole persons God intended us to be. In every case, love, not force, is at the heart of the Commandments. They ...

4365. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... and appropriate it for themselves. The key for understanding this Commandment is to be found in the meaning of the Hebrew word that is central to it, chamad. Usually translated "covet," it is a term with a most interesting background. In its primary sense it describes a beautiful emotion, for it means "to love," "to praise," "to value highly." These attitudes are good, indeed desirable, in themselves. The problem with chamad, however, is that is usually describes a kind of love that is destructive in its ...

4366. Christmas Is for -

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... small for green beans and carrots but bottomless pits when it comes to Christmas goodies. And Christmas would be so different if we couldn’t listen to tiny tots struggling with Away in a Manger and shouting out Rudolf in the wrong key. Or if we couldn’t sense the rising palpitation level and observe those hands just itching to descend upon the tree and discover the mystery behind the bow and paper. Christmas is for kids. The world has seen to that. But we can’t lay all the burden on the world. God has ...

4367. Growing Up

Judges 17:1-13

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... ," the Scripture says, "the people perish." But the vision must be the vision of God. It must be the one Jesus held up before all the world when He said, "I, when I am lifted up, will draw all men to myself." Growing up certainly means gaining a new sense of independence and individual judgment. But above all else, to grow up straight and tall into maturity, we need the vision of love that God has for us in Jesus. Hour by hour we need what God holds out to us in the Christ, saving, forgiveness, hope and ...

4368. Let the Son Shine in

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... up uncivilized drives and undreamed of depths of evil in human nature. Simply look at the way nations shed blood while they battle each other like dogs over a bone. Read the great literature of the Western world: Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare, Milton, Hawthorne; to discover the sense of real sin felt by writers who were not all members of the Family. But it’s relatively easy to speak in general about sin. To solve our problem we must become much more personal and speak of sin in concrete. We walk in the ...

4369. APOTHECARY

Exodus 30:22-33

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... The art of the apothecary is a very ancient one, probably dating back to pre-history, when man first learned to use herbs and barks to heal himself. However, although the word names a compounder of drugs, oils, and perfumes, it was in this latter sense that it was most often used in biblical times. All large Oriental towns had their perfumers’ street. Their stock included anything fragrant in the way of loose powder, compressed cake, or essences in spirit, oil, or fat, as well as seeds, leaves, and bark ...

4370. ASSAYER

Jeremiah 6:1-30

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... that he became a rather grisly example to would-be cheaters! Unfortunately, perhaps, the work of the assayer wasn’t - and isn’t - nearly so dramatic as this. But we do find that the role of the assayer is used in the Bible in a figurative, moral sense, as in our test - as the assayer separates the precious from the dross, so too the moral assayer chosen by God will be able to separate the faithful soul from the unfaithful. Again, we have a very ancient parallel to this. We have found many hieroglyphics ...

4371. BEGGAR

Psalm 37:25

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... might compare the ancient beggar with his modern counterpart. The obvious association is with the charitable organizations which solicit funds and other types of assistance for those less fortunate than ourselves. But I don’t wish to imply that begging, in the ancient sense, is involved here. Modern charity is highly organized, and regimented, and rightly so, for the sake of those who are on the receiving end. But it still involves a giving of that of which we are possessed, whether it be food, money, or ...

4372. DOCTOR OF THE LAW

Luke 5:17; Acts 5:34

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... to this position, no matter what his economic or sociological status. If a man left the vocation to devote himself to one of the most famous doctors, under whom he might study. After however long a period of time was necessary for him to have achieved a sense of readiness to teach, he was on his own, with students following him. They more than studied the Law; they scrutinized every part of it and analyzed its application to the every day life of the Jews. To this degree, they went far beyond the modern ...

4373. DREAM INTERPRETER

Genesis 40:8; Daniel 2:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... dreams play in our mental health. Ever since Freud published his monumental work, The Interpretation of Dreams, psychologists and psychiatrists have recognized the importance of the acting out of fears, hostilities, aggressions, etc., in dreams. So, in a very real sense, our psychoanalysts and psychiatrists today are dream interpreters. Of course, they don’t stop there and make a whole profession of it, as the ancients did, but they certainly recognize the importance of dreams and utilize them in helping ...

4374. GARDENER

John 20:15

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... buried in Uzza’s garden, and, of course, Jesus was laid in the tomb prepared in the garden of Joseph of Aramathea. The Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often went to pray and meditate, was an olive grove; the name means "oil-press." In a spiritual sense, the use is often made of the garden - the believer is a garden watered by the Holy Spirit. A "well-watered garden" expresses abundant happiness and prosperity (Isaiah 58:11; Jeremiah 31:12), just as "a garden that hath no water" (Isaiah 1:30) expresses ...

4375. HERALD

Daniel 3:4

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... or television screens that the President’s press secretary has made such and such a statement? Or perhaps you are associated with a company that employs a public relations man to present a picture of the company to the buying public. Well, in its biblical sense, both a press secretary and a public relations man can be considered as heralds. The herald was an officer of the court - in fact, in most instances he was a very high ranking individual indeed. In reading 2 Kings 18:18, we find that Sennacherib ...

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