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426. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

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... Savior of the world, on the Mount of Transfiguration. He did not stand in the land of Canaan, but rather stood in full view of the Messianic Savior whose countenance shone brightly as a token of his eternal glory. And the disappointment of Moses diminished as God continued to work in mysterious ways. For you see, all things do work together for good to the people of every generation and age who truly love the Lord God. O lonely grave in Moab’s land! O dark Bethpeor’s hill! Speak to these curious hearts ...

427. The Cry for God

Exodus 17:1-7

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James G. Cobb

... s Gospel, with the winds on the Sea of Galilee whipping the waves into violent churnings, the disciples, with Jesus present in their midst, wake him and scream out, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?" This crying out to God, spoken and screamed out at God, has continually been a pulse beat across the pages of Scripture and will find its way into your life, too, if it has not already. Sometime and in some place, you too will ask, "God, where are you? Do you not care?" Even the humanity of Jesus cries in ...

428. The Freedom of Necessity

John 8:31-41

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... by walkie-talkies were everywhere. We had arrived only minutes after a terrible wreck. I remember feeling ill at the moment and wondering whether the accident involved my neighbor and classmate who had received a driver’s license just a few weeks before. We continued on our way home, but the next morning’s news gave the tragic details of what had taken place. Two drivers, who were both sixteen, were racing, filling both lanes of the narrow road. They met another car head-on around the curve. The ...

429. Judgment and Justice

Amos 5:18-27

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... , discrimination, and the injustices that are bred and multiply from hatred. Their lives have not been given up in vain; good has come from their self-sacrifices in the name of Jesus the Christ. God’s words to the people of Israel, spoken through Amos, continue to echo and reecho for the benefit of those who worship God and claim to be his people: "But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Colman McCarthy is correct when he insists that Christians are likely to ...

430. Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Psalm 1:1-6

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... did. The key verse is, "Their delight is in the law of the Lord," because it tells why the people of God are happy; they have heard and obeyed the Word of the Lord their God. Those who stay close to God, place their faith in him, and continually allow God to nurture their relationship with him through his Word and Spirit, are "like trees planted by streams of water." On the other hand, the psalm warns, the wicked are like "chaff which the wind blows away;" they are doomed before the judgment seat of God ...

431. Epiphany 7

Matthew 5:43-48, Matthew 5:38-42, 1 Corinthians 3:1-23, Leviticus 19:1-37

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... ," because the congregation has no active part in them; the people are spectators, as well they may be in a straight monologue type of pulpit address), the clown asks the pastor, "Who owns this place, anyway?" The pastor responds, "God does." "Who paid for it?" continues the clown. The pastor answers, "They did (the people)." And the clown replies, "Well, if they paid for it, I'll bet they think they own it." Something like that applies to our congregations; we think they are ours, because we belong to them ...

432. Easter 2

Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 105:1-45, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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... of the risen Lord to his church, as well as the greeting of the faithful to one another. Next, he made it clear that they were not to spend the rest of their lives attempting to untangle the mystery of his death and resurrection; their task was to continue Jesus' ministry in the world - "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you." To give them power for this work, he "breathed on them, and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.' " Lastly, he gave them the authority to forgive - or retain - the sins of ...

433. Easter 5

Acts 17:1-9, Psalm 33:1-22, Acts 17:10-15, 1 Peter 2:4-12, John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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... sermon or a funeral homily, see my sermon, "Grave for Sale," pages 116-120, in The Song and the Story. The first paragraph reads: Some time ago, a strange classified ad appeared in a newspaper in one of our cities. It began: "Tombstone for sale," and continued, "Didn't die; don't need it." A reporter investigated and interviewed Art Kranz, the man who had placed the advertisement in the paper. Kranz told him that the tombstone had been sitting in his living room for several months, but it was not his; it ...

434. The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

Zechariah 9:9-13, Exodus 1:1-22, Exodus 2:1-10, Romans 7:7-25, Romans 8:1-17, Matthew 11:25-30

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... of the people's participation in the Confession of Sins. This verse, in particular, is highlighted in the liturgical expression of this psalm. The Psalm Prayer Loving Father, you are faithful in your promises and tender in your compassion. Listen to our hymn of joy, and continue to satisfy the needs of all your creatures, that all flesh may bless your name in your everlasting kingdom, where with your Son and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and forever. THE READINGS Exodus 1:6-14, 22--2:10 (C) This ...

435. Steadfast and Faithful

Genesis 9:1-17

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... is the cause of well-being. It is the pervasive presence of order in the structure and workings of the world that throws the fact of disorder into relief; it is the exception to the rule, if not the exception that proves the rule ... It does not follow, continues Hendry, that we should seek to console victims of cancer by telling them that most of their fellow human beings are not afflicted by it. "But the fact remains that if there is a problem of evil, there is also a problem of good, and one cannot be ...

436. From Beast to Believer

Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18

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Bill Bouknight

... coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump... Let him (now the tree is Neb) be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live like the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him." In verse 25 he continues, "You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of ...

437. The Touch of the Master's Hand

Luke 5:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... , I did that when I had young children, but not anymore"; or "I’m with children all week; I don’t want to be around them on Sundays." But I remember that Jesus always found time for the children, no matter how busy he was. We have the privilege of continuing his tradition, touching the little ones in his name. As someone has said, "One hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the size of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was ...

438. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

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Carroll Gunkel

... spiritually vibrant. Fighting the malignancy in his own body as he had fought malignant diseases of mind, body, and spirit in others, Tom Dooley testified that he was sustained by the "background, stability, and God," given to him by his parents.11 Dr. Dooley continued to meet the Master even as death drew near. He knew the truth of a line written by Dr. Harold Carter: Prayer does not always take away disease but it always involves healing.12 Although the Divine Physician was importuned with a barrage of ...

439. Hiltgunt Margaret Zassenhaus

Deuteronomy 31:1-8

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Carroll Gunkel

... and the concern of the surgeon who had performed the operation. She commented further on the number of people he helped and yet, at the same time, was never too busy to carefully explain what he would do in the course of surgery. Furthermore, the parishioner continued, every other month the surgeon went to Puerto Rico to work for one week in a free clinic. Her summary was: My doctor is not a Christian, but he lives out Christianity better than many of us who profess to be Christians. The astute observation ...

440. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

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Robert G. Tuttle

... that what God intends for his universe is so much more exciting than anything we have yet dreamed? Can’t we see that the true nature of the universe has been covered up, hidden by a false view of life. "Listen, Nicodemus, I speak what I know," continued the Master. "If you cannot grasp earthly reality, how can you ever know eternal truth?" Jesus might have added, "Let God illuminate your inner eyes, so that you may know the true life to which he calls you, the riches and glory, the joy, and the vast ...

441. Will My Ship Sink or Float?

Romans 8:28-39

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Robert G. Tuttle

... things could work together for good! It is said of a character in the recent novel, Morgan’s Passing, by Anne Tyler, "You could say he was a man who had gone to pieces, or maybe he’d always been in pieces; maybe he’d arrived unassembled." The description continues, "parts of his life, too, lay separate from other parts."2 It’s easy to see that this man is in a bad fix. But sadly it is the picture of too many people that we know. There is no integrating center, some power or presence, that pulls his ...

442. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

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Robert G. Tuttle

... moment, had been a mystery. We are a shepherd people working under a shepherd God. When we realize this and actualize this, then we are "alive with the very life of God." Because he was indwelt by the Spirit of Christ, Paul cried out: "I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart ... for my brethren." And he did what he could for them until his last breath. The love, the mercy, the grace of God are too good to be true But they are true, nevertheless. And we are called to help the world know - and ...

443. Binding Up the Fractured World

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

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Hubert Beck

... were yet sinners Christ died for us," (Romans 5:8) it must surely be true that we who have been reclaimed from our personal fracturedness by God’s love must be the bearer of love to a fractured world. We are the agents of healing, of stopping the continued splintering of the world’s unity. Through this people will see God’s intention and will give glory to his name who is the Healer through whom our work is made possible. If God thinks enough of the world to hold it together through the whole critical ...

444. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

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Robert G. Tuttle

... Open to the Impossible." It suggests some challenging insights. A Christian is one who is open to the impossible. Man does the possible. God does the impossible. I began to think. The fact that I was born is impossible, but I was born. God brought it about. I continued to think - when I die it is impossible that I should survive as a conscious individual, but God will bring it off. It is a mystery. It is real. I don’t need much faith for the possible - I need faith for the impossible; and this is where ...

445. On Being a Beautiful Christian

Mark 14:1-11

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Robert G. Tuttle

... track for the meet, the track was in perfect shape. In the three years I coached there, he never failed to blow his top, and he never failed to fix the track. I am afraid that he is not still living. I do not believe that any of us could continue to live our lives very long under such self-inflicted pressure. One of the tragedies is that those whom we love the most, we hurt the most. We forget our overtones at home. We come home tired and exhausted and let our hair down. We hold our tempers all day ...

446. Holy Handicap?

2 Cor 12:9

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Robert Noblett

... earthly existence in a stinky stable. He got angry. He was lonely. He went without a place to call his own, abandoned by his closest friends. He wept real tears. This is a God I can trust. I know my tears count with him.5 And Paul’s witness continues in the life of a seminary student who died last year. Her name was Thaniel Armistead and her story was told last year in the May 7th issue of the Christian Century. Like Eareckson, she too went through a time of religious upheaval, but like Eareckson as well ...

447. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

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Jon Joyce

... people here in Palestine consider that carpenter to be some sort of god. PETER: There is talk, yes, that he is the Messiah. CLAUDIA: What is that? PETER: A Savior sent from our God to save our people from ... [He glances at CENTURION and CLAUDIA, wary of continuing. Then he shrugs and speaks] What good now, to try to hide it? To save our people from the oppression of Rome and bring in years and years of peace and prosperity for our nation. CENTURION: You see, my lady, why the governor was worried about him ...

448. Salvation as Personal Experience

Romans 9:30--10:21

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T. A. Kantonen

... love operating in believers. Finally, for Paul, faith is not only an act of decision and commitment with which Christian life begins but also a continuing life-attitude. "The life I now live in the flesh," he says, "I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and ... God. To Paul the church is "the Israel of God" (Galatians 6:16) and "the seed of Abraham" (Galatians 3:29), thus having continuity with the ancient people of God and yet a new creation of the Spirit, in it the old cermonial laws no longer apply ...

449. No Withdrawal

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James Bjorge

... Christmas season is whether or not we have a withdrawal from its impact. If we hang up the concept of good will in the hall closet after the festivities, we shall inevitably have an emotional let-down. However, if we continue to wear the garment of the Spirit of Christmas, the lights will continue to twinkle long after the tree has been taken out of the living room and burned in the backyard. John and Jane were two fine young people awaiting Christmas Eve with its profusion of gifts. Finally the time came ...

450. I Believe In Heaven

John 14:1-4

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Robert Allen

... , said: When I get to heaven I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject ... I believe in a heaven that will not be boring, but an adventure; I believe in a heaven where we can continue to grow and develop. II. I believe that in heaven there will be a time of reunion. When I think of eternal life, I think of the words that Jesus said to the thief on the cross. He said: "Today, you will be with me in paradise." Notice those pronouns ...

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