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4451. It's a Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and how much you love him. Tell him you haven't forgotten him." Landon wrote the letter. A long one. The completed paper was a work of art. He wrote each line in a different color and carefully drew an elaborate border around the edge. It was a love letter . . . a message from earth to heaven. Landon folded the paper carefully, and together they asked God to give Luke its message. But somehow, that wasn't enough. "What I really want to do is tie my letter to a balloon," said Landon. "I know it can't really ...

4452. New Creations

2 Corinthians 5:6-10; 14-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... down and let out a sigh. Then he turned to the missionary and said, "It feels good to rest my whole weight on this chair." That's when the missionary realized how to describe faith. Faith is resting our whole weight on God. It is resting the weight of our cares and worries; the burdens of grief and sorrow, anguish and heartache and even our anger upon God. It is letting God bear the whole weight of our lives. That's what it means to walk by faith and not by sight. B. And we've seen how that is translated ...

4453. Touchdown in the Wilds

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... there are many, many more. God always touches down in our wilderness place –the place in which we feel most alone, most barren, most despairing, most lost. It is in this place that we hear God’s voice and feel God’s presence calling us out, nourishing us, caring for us, and giving us new direction. The wilderness is a place of change. Last week, we spoke of advent as a time to get ready for change. For God changes the world by changing us, one person at a time. Jesus too began changing the world by ...

4454. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... is for you. And if you truly want to understand the nature of God’s heart, then always look at who Jesus’ audience is. Jesus never just told a story to entertain or instruct. He told stories to draw people closer to God. So he was very careful to choose the right story for the right audience. So our story begins with the words, “Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with ...

4455. Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley

Luke 19:28-40 · Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The harder he tried the worse it got. The other children began to snicker, then to giggle. Finally, there was open laughter in the room. He looked back to his older sister for support. His parents had died some time before. His sister was the last person left to care for him. With hurt and humiliation, he looked back at her for support, but she too had her head buried in her arms laughing as hard as anyone in the room. He turned to his teacher, but she was obviously doing all within her power to keep a ...

4456. When Table Talk Won a Super Bowl

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... own. And I believe that time spent before the Lord’s table can help prepare us spiritually and emotionally for those challenges as we eat the sacred bread and drink from the sacred cup. St. Paul gives us the earliest description that we have of this sacred feast. Listen carefully as I read his words: “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you ...

4457. What Is Truth?

John 18:1--19:42

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... were eager for competition in the power game. So Jesus got eliminated. In order for such a process to proceed, however, it was important that a narrative be constructed that met the needs of the “principalities and the powers (Ephesians 6:10f),” who cared less about truth than they did about domination and power. So it was that the famous conversation between Jesus and Pilate took place with words that could be issuing forth from the tweets of certain leaders even today. Jesus was being abused and ...

4458. Jesus Meets Our Needs

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... a loss.” I struggle to counsel her. Words seem so empty. The platitudes and phrases meaningless. The only hope I have…her only hope is to put her faith in Christ. With his help she could find the right grief support program…friends who could listen…people who cared…words from God found in the Bible that would instill a trust and faith…a loving congregation who would surround her and not let her fall or be lonely. Jesus leads us to God who gives us eternity’s answers to our needs. It is in his ...

4459. Jesus In Ministry — Us In Ministry

Luke 4:14-21

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the life-saving purpose were voted down and told to start their own station…down the coast and not to close to the club. The clubhouse members lost their servant hearts to a different mentality and purpose. Their entire purpose to serve and care about the victims was drowned with their ministry to others. Today’s scripture lesson on ministry illustrates the servant heart of Jesus. His heartbeat must pump inside each person who claims to be a disciple of Christ. Servanthood is our watchword. Christ’s ...

4460. Hold the Candy

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Mary Austin

... together. But all of you know that love comes in many shapes and forms…the grown-up son or daughter taking care of a parent through a long illness…the parent who fights every day for the child with special needs…the couple ... could kill in cold blood like that to continue to exist in this world. So I set about visiting you, bringing you presents, bringing you things, and taking care of you. And now I have let you come into my house, got you a job, and gave you a place to live…I set about changing you ...

4461. They're Drunk

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , intoxicated, is not a suggestion we welcome. Most of us come in here to be confirmed in what we think we already know; not to be dislodged, led by the Spirit into terra incognita we do not know. But be careful. As you come to the table today, with hands open, maybe even minds open, be careful. The wind blows where it will (John 3), God's Spirit will not be housebroken by us, and your soul might catch fire, even yet, even here. I would hate to see nice, respectable people like you with mortgages go ...

4462. Rules for Basic Living

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... Acceptance means you are valuable just as you are. It allows you to be the real you. You are not forced into someone else’s idea of who you are…You can talk about how you feel inside, why you feel that way, and someone really cares. Acceptance means you can try out your ideas without being shot down. You can express heretical thoughts and discuss them with intelligent questioning.” I thought what she said next was very important. “No one will pronounce judgment on you even though they don’t agree ...

4463. Family Reunion

Genesis 29:15-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... her father's flock. Rachel is a distant relative of Jacob's and her father, Laban, welcomes the down-on-his-luck cousin from afar into his household. At first things go well and Jacob is no doubt grateful that he has ended up among relatives, family who will care for him as he works in the family business. That's only one of the rules he broke: Don't ever go into business with your family! Unless you already are in business with your family in which case you know what is coming next in the story…conflict ...

4464. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... heard it. I was only their father. Teachers are powerful. They change lives. They create, through their teaching, new worlds. They have, within their hands, power terribly to hurt or wonderfully to heal young lives. Most of us are deeply, forever indebted to some caring teacher in our past. Some people never get over the damage done to them by some cruel or uncaring teacher. Teachers are powerful. So today, when you hear that Jesus entered the synagogue at Capernaum and began to teach, take note. Jesus was ...

4465. When What You Signed Up For...

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... had cleaned the room of a woman with a terminal illness. The woman had been watching a religious broadcast on TV, a broadcast of this same Pastor David Watson. As she watched his program, she had prayed aloud, “God, if You really exist and You are really a God who cares about me, I want You to send that pastor to my room today to pray with me.” It might seem like an absurd request to many of us, but that was her prayer. The janitor’s shift was ending soon, but he prayed that if God would send the ...

4466. Amazing Grace

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... anyone who would listen was, ''God loves me.'' Today's gospel is a familiar parable—the Pharisee and the tax collector. Be careful. Parables can be of two types. Some parables are clear example stories. Last Sunday we had a parable about a persistent ... you ought to do for God. Let God do for you. As I said, I think we good people, we church people, we don't much care for this story. We keep wanting Jesus to say, ''I've come to gather the good, to reward the righteous. All you high spiritual achievers get ...

4467. A VIP Seat

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... been competing for status since the beginning of time. That’s why it’s so easy to relate to our Scripture lesson for today from Luke 14. Our story begins “One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable . . .” When I read this passage, I can’t help but laugh. Picture this scene through Jesus’ eyes. Jesus is invited to the home of a prominent ...

4468. Unconditional Commitment

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and purpose of what we are doing. We all know this. No one commits to a semi-marriage. No one commits to partial parenting. No one commits to winning a race by refusing to practice. No one commits to college and blows off their grades. What we care about, we commit to, and what we truly commit to, we will go through anything to follow through. This is the challenge that Jesus is presenting to anyone wanting to follow him, especially during this vital time near the end of his ministry. How serious are you ...

4469. The Lawyer

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... areas (thus sanitizing, cleansing, and treating the wounds), and transported the man on his own donkey to the nearest inn. On top of that, he gave the innkeeper two denarii. One denarius was about a day’s wages at that time. He asked the innkeeper to take care of the man, ostensibly nursing him back to reasonable health. He added that he would be back on his return journey to cover any extra costs that may have been incurred in the process. Such sacrifice is generally known to many of us as “going above ...

4470. Have Mercy!

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... him no choice but to act. What did that look like? He bandaged his wounds. He tended them with oil and wine. He placed the wounded man on his donkey. He took him to an inn. He took care of him there all night. The next day, he used two full days of his own wages and paid the innkeeper to continue to take care of him until he returned from his trip, at which time he promised to pay any additional costs. How many of you would do that? I celebrate when someone pays forward a cup of coffee or opens ...

4471. I Need

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... me!” (Luke 10:40). I should think it would take a little pluck and audacity to give Jesus that directive. She was really angry with her sister. But Mary was not the only one with whom she was furious. She prefaces her instruction to Jesus with, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself?” She was obviously a little ticked off at him as well. It reminds me of the time when Adam (in the Garden of Eden) blamed Eve while pointing a finger at God by telling him it was that ...

4472. Giving Away the Kingdom

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... I’m invested in the things of God, my heart resides with him and my faith grows as I see him provide. The passage leading into our scripture lesson for today is all about worry — more specifically, not worrying. Jesus is telling his followers that God will take care of their needs. It follows that, if we’re trusting God for our own needs, we’re not going to fret over helping someone else. We’ll be able to do that without fear. We have a tendency to hedge our bets when we consider offering our hard ...

4473. Being Different

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... run in public, and failed to perform the kezazah, he was treating the boy like he did nothing wrong— like he was actually happy to have him return. First, the son brought shame onto his family and his village, and now his father compounded it. The old man did not care. We don’t know how many villagers came to the party that night. All we know is that as the older son was walking back from his day of working the fields, he heard the music and dancing. He asked one of the servants what was going on. He ...

4474. Ponder This!

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

John Jamison

... her heart.” Especially that last part where Mary “pondered them in her heart.” I looked up that word; ponder. The dictionary says that to ponder means to “think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.” Another one says to ponder means “to spend time thinking carefully and seriously about a problem or a difficult question.” And it just strikes me strange, that in the middle of this wonderful image of peacefulness and calm, Mary is pondering. It ...

4475. A Young Man's Vow

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... if roaming animals might be a threat. Likewise, when war was imminent; one did not prepare in a haphazard way, but rather took careful count of the size of the enemy and what it would take to overcome such numbers. Did many of the people that followed ... the Lord (Jeremiah 17:7). “When I am afraid, I will trust in you” (Psalm 56:3). “Cast all your anxiety on God because God cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). John Wesley made it a practice to recite the following pledge for forty years at the New Year’s ...

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