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4426. The Prodigal Nation

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... Holy God, we pray now for all who feel lost in a far country this morning. We pray for those who lie alone in hospital beds and nursing homes; help them to feel by Your Holy Spirit the presence of Your church today. We pray for those who are enslaved to habits and situations they wish to change; help them to feel by Your Spirit the power to live anew in freedom and grace. Lord God, help all of us who are prodigal children to come home again, home to our best hopes and dreams, home to our higher selves, our ...

4427. The Unity Of The Church

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Erskine White

... to make His people one and His church has squandered that precious inheritance. But here at the Lord's Table, we see visions of that perfect unity, which Christ has begun and whose fullness is yet to come. Here in the bread and the cup is the Spirit of Him who unites us in the bonds of peace. Here we are strengthened and renewed by the vision of one Body, one faith, one baptism - a vision of the church's one foundation, which is Jesus Christ, her lord. Today, believers all over the world are celebrating ...

4428. The President's Religion

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... the true prophet, even the most popular king is subject to the laws of God. And so, we see Nathan taking the proper, Biblical stance towards the king. He points his finger at David and in God's name he says, "You are the man!" In that spirit, I speak today about our president: "You are the man!" Mind you: I'm not concerned now with the president's politics, although surely his policies toward the poor violate everything the Bible says about justice. Surely his policies on the environment or South Africa are ...

4429. A Thankful Heart

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Erskine White

... you well," and certainly, whole sermons could be preached on the relationship between faith and healing, the relationship between body and spirit which makes for a healthy person. "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well." But here in this ... the love of others. God also expresses His love and care directly to us, without any help from anyone else, solely by the Presence of the Spirit of His Son, Jesus Christ. Can we not also be thankful for that? It's easy to take the goodness of our loved ones for ...

4430. Physical Fitness For The Soul

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... James' program of physical fitness for the soul. Tame your tongue, he says, and your whole body will follow in goodness and righteousness. If your tongue can be cleansed, your whole soul can be cleansed, because what comes out of your mouth is but a reflection of the spirit within. What a difference our words can make! How important it is, when we speak, to say words to one another of power and peace! It is literally true that words can be death or life, a cursing or a blessing. We don't want our words to ...

4431. Wedding: One Husband's Counsel

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... Ten Steps to Marital Bliss" which can ensure a strong, joyous marriage. But St. Peter in his first letter gives some sound words of wisdom. Peter, you might recall, is the only disciple who we know for sure was married. Listen to his husbandly counsel. "... Have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of [each other], a tender heart and a humble mind. Do not return evil for evil or suit]; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing." 1 Peter 3:8-9 Peter, as a husband ...

4432. I [heart] You!

Galatians 4:6, 15

Children's Sermon

... he tries to fill our heart with evil. So we have to decide what our heart will have in it, even though God really puts the good things there. Today's Bible reading tells us that God puts something wonderful in our heart. He puts his peace and his spirit there. And when that happens we realize that we are really God's own children, loved by God, and very special. Maybe we should have some bumper stickers that say "I [heart] God because God [heart] me." Wouldn't that be good to see? Thank God for putting such ...

4433. A Different Undead

Mark 16:1-20

Children's Sermon

... "? Was it God or the devil? Do they think that the people in these stories were really alive again, or was it only their bodies that seemed to be alive? Where were their spirits? Ask your class whether they think God had the power to raise just the body or the whole person. Do they think it is more important to raise the spirit or the body? Now ask your students to decide which of the stories might be real and which stories might be only stories. Make sure that you guide your class carefully throughout the ...

4434. God is Our Friend

Romans 8:15

Children's Sermon

Object: No special object. Lesson: By the Spirit's power we cry out to God, "Father! My Father!" Boys and girls, would you like to visit a different part ... ideas. Instead, God is our friend. The Bible tells us that God comes to us in three special ways. Today, on Holy Trinity Sunday, we remember them. One way God comes to us is as a Spirit who comes right inside our hearts and makes us feel warm and safe and full of love. Isn't that great to know that God stays close to us like that? Another way God comes to ...

4435. Let's Have a Party

John 3:1-21

Children's Sermon

... . Perhaps an all church brunch on Monday morning is a good way to explore the meanings of the Trinity. Parents: Trinity Sunday has endless possibilities for reflection. This Memorial Day weekend discuss how God as Creator, Christ as Redeemer and the Holy Spirit as Sustainer fits into your Memorial Day observances. Explore how the Holy Spirit sustains us in times of war and loss of loved ones due to wars. Take your children to a cemetery to see the flags and cross. It opens up a whole world of questions?

4436. Lent 1

Romans 9:30--10:21, Deuteronomy 26:1-15, Luke 4:1-13, Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... true to your Father, who commanded his angels to watch over you. Guard your church from the plague of sin, so that we may remain faithful to you until the day when we enjoy the fullness of your salvation; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever." THE READINGS Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (C); 26:(1-4) 5-11 (E); 26:4-10 (RC); 26:5-10 (L) The reason this reading was selected for the First Sunday in Lent is because it contains the story of the exodus from Egypt, which typologically ...

4437. Lent 2

Philippians 3:12-4:1, Jeremiah 26:1-24, Genesis 15:1-18, Luke 13:31-35, Psalm 27:1-14, Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... have mercy. Bring back all who have erred and strayed from your ways; lead them again to embrace in faith the truth of your Word and to hold it fast; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." One is tempted to compare this contemporary collect with the traditional prayer for reminiscere, "Remembrance Sunday," as this Sunday used to be called. There is a bit more of remembering the grace of God and throwing ourselves upon his mercy ...

4438. Lent 3

1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Exodus 3:1-22, Psalm 126:1-6, Psalm 103:1-22, Luke 13:1-9

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... into our troubled world through the life, death, and resurrection of your Son. Help us to hear your Word and obey it, so that we become instruments of your redeeming love; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." The Psalm Of The Day Psalm 103:1-11 (E); 103:1-8, 11 (RC) - This is another of the psalms finding multiple use in the lectionary; it was appointed for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (or the Twenty-fourth Sunday in ...

4439. Easter 2

John 20:19-23, Acts 5:12-16, Acts 5:17-42, Job 42:1-6, Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:9-20, John 20:24-31, Psalm 149:1-9

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... offers a different psalm for all three cycles of the lectionary. This psalm is quite appropriate for a continuation of the spirit of Easter: Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song; sing his praise in the congregation of thefaithful. Let Israel ... me. We can't generate it, not by power of mind nor by wishful thinking, simply "Wishing won't make it so!" It is the Holy Spirit, working through the Word, who convinces us that it all is true - Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! So that, like Thomas, we can say ...

4440. Easter 3

John 21:1-14, Acts 5:17-42, Acts 9:1-19a, Jeremiah 32:1-44, Revelation 5:1-14, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 30:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... in The Book Of Common Prayer: "O God, whose blessed Son made himself known in the breaking of the bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen." The Psalm For The Day Psalm 30: 1, 3-5, 10-12 (RC); 30 (L) - The ORDO employs this psalm in the Easter Vigil and on the Thirteenth Sunday of the year (Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B), while the Lutheran lectionary appoints ...

4441. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... 's, Uncovered Feelings, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129. Stewardship Challenge Suggestion: The Stewardship of Death and Life: Remind people that "amen" is not a finale; it is a beginning. It is the sure spirit that sets out to do the prayer, the action. It has an eager spirit. Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: You may want to build it around these ideas: Yes, the church, you and I, has made many mistakes; committed atrocities on occasions; manipulated, mutilated the helpless. Yet ...

4442. Is It Too Late? ... Continued

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

George Johnson

... is good, but matter and material things are evil. The body is evil. The soul is what's important. That teaching led to the idea that the way to salvation was through the mind or the spirit, and it doesn't really matter what we do about material things. Material things are not real. They are just shadows of reality. Such a brief description does not do justice to gnosticism. If you are interested, I suggest you read more about it. The Bible does not endorse this ...

4443. This Is My Body

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... made to restore the Communion to the center of the worship of the church. At the same time attempts are being made to interpret the Lord’s Supper not merely as a memorial of the death of the Christ but also as an experience of the presence of his spirit. The Lord’s Supper, for those who would thus interpret it, becomes not only a means of looking to the past but also a means of looking to the present, as communicants experience the love and power of the one who guides and strengthens them in this day in ...

4444. A Habit of Happy Heirs

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... are grateful. For all which inspires and challenges us to higher living we are grateful. For the church of Jesus Christ we give You our thanks. Most of all we thank You for Yourself. For Your love and care of us we are grateful. For Your Spirit, through which You strengthen and sustain us, we thank You. For Jesus Christ, through whom Your redemption has been revealed, we give You our thanks. Accept this our prayer of thanksgiving and enable us to become increasingly grateful for all Your goodness to us in ...

4445. A Pause That Refreshes

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... culminated in his life. For those who received him as the Messiah but supremely for him, the Word which became flesh and dwelt among us, we thank You. During Advent, cleanse us of the impurity that has tainted our lives. Forgive us for our unforgiving spirits, our reluctant services, and our hateful attitudes. During this season of the year when the world is crying, “Glory to God in the highest,” may we contribute to a world in which peace may become a reality. To this end strengthen those who work for ...

4446. The King of Life

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... kingdom. Earlier he was said to have withdrawn to the hills when a group was about to make him king by force. Yet his kingship may be verified in three ways. The kingship of the Christ is verified in that he meets the deepest needs of the human spirit. All are in need of the salvation which the Christ as King of life gives. All need to be saved from sin, injustice, mortality, unbelief and fear. The kingship of the Christ is verified in the people who have made him King. Jesus took a wavering fisherman named ...

4447. Christ Is Coming…

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

James Garrett

... was to be decisive, ultimate, and final. With the birth, death and resurrection of Christ a whole new world has been created. When anyone is united with Christ, there is a new world. It is a world where Christ rules as Lord, where the Holy Spirit functions to keep life human, where love is the rule. Our Lord said, “Look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” Frederick Buechner wrote of the ever-appealing Christmas story: As for myself, the longer I live, the more inclined I ...

4448. A Word For All Reasons

John 20:19-23

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... , as you face this week, as you struggle with your daily problems and cope with the endless routines of everyday life. They are words which briefly but eloquently capture and express the hope of Easter, that God is alive, that our Lord is with you, that the Spirit comes to bless you with this incredible, all-purpose word of grace. So great and vivid is it, that it radiates an atmosphere of Easter upon all your days; all your days and weeks and years. Even at the moment of your death, even then, that message ...

4449. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... about God, but how can we get the answers? How will we ever get to know what God is like? The Bible says God is an invisible Spirit, and we will never get a glimpse of God's nature until we first examine what he has done. When God became human in Jesus of Nazareth, ... the story, and more tense. When Marco Polo pronounced the words, "Then Jesus bowed his head and yielded up his spirit," Genghis Khan could no longer contain himself. He interrupted, bellowing, "What did the Christian's God do then? Did he ...

4450. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

... to conquer. Now he lives and reigns; death has no more dominion over him, or over those who are his. His very purpose in coming was to bring life. We live in the joyous reality of this. And we cannot be wrong in this, for the Holy Spirit himself confirms it to our spirits. This assurance has been part of man's experience for 2,000 years. Where death is the great destroyer, bringing one form of life to an end, Christ is the supreme life giver, the bread of life, the source of living water. He is the glorious ...

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