Sermon and Worship Resources

Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

Showing 426 to 450 of 1270 results

426. Epiphany 7

Lk 6:27-38 · 1 Cor 15:45-49 · 1 Sam 26:1-25 · Gen 45:3-11, 15

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . In contrast, Jesus teaches us that we are not to return the hatred the enemy has for us, not to retaliate by seeking revenge. If we followed this course of action, there would be no end to the conflict, hatred, and violence. Jesus says that the hostility must end with the Christian, by loving, blessing, giving, and praying for the enemies. It is an ethic of non-retaliation. 2.Credit (vv. 32-34). When we pay more than the amount owed, we are given credit for the balance. Jesus teaches that we should ...

427. Epiphany 8

Lk 6:39-49 · 1 Cor 15:51-58 · Jer 7:1-7 · Isa 55:10-13

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . 2. Sting (v. 56). A "sting" is the cause of death. Paul says that sin is the cause of death. Sin often leads to physical death, but Paul here is speaking of spiritual death. Death is separation from God. Sin causes separation, estrangement, divorce, and hostility between God and his creatures. Because Christ removed sin by becoming sin for us, death no longer has a sting for believers. 3. Therefore (v. 58). We are living in a between-times era: between Christ's departure and return to earth. Now we know ...

428. Sunday of the Passion

Lk 22:14--23:56 · Isa 50:4-7 · Php 2:6-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... in the light of previous Sunday morning sermons, mid-week subjects, and projected Holy Week services. 1. 23:1-5 - Are you the king of the Jews? (A possible link with Palm Sunday) 2. 23:6-12 - Pilate and Herod become friends. Theme: the estranged and hostile can be reconciled by the Reconciler. 3. 23:13-16 - Pilate's confession of Jesus' innocence. Theme: the sinlessness of Jesus; the injustice of the trial, the Lamb without spot as a sacrifice for sin. 4. 23:18-25 - The people's choice of Barabbas. Theme ...

429. Ask for a Sign

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

... , in difficult circumstances, when we feel we are under attack, we are tempted to make alliances with those who really do not have our best interests at heart - that’s the time to look for a sign of God’s will. Let it be a simple sign, not something hostile and destructive, like the annihilation of our enemies or a plague on the boys down the street. Let it be simple, like the birth of a child, or an Oriole in a plum tree. Let it be something to reassure us that God is with us, Immanuel. What happened ...

430. A Faith-Life To Emulate John W. Cobb

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

... than light and safer than a known way." And so after Terah died, Abraham, who shared his father’s vision, decided to press on to Canaan, meanwhile confronting the overwhelming logistics of moving a large caravan of family and animals into a new and possibly hostile environment. This was no mere emotional response to God’s command. It also involved both intellect and will, the response of his whole being. There are those who would have us see in this story merely a record of one of the migrations of ...

431. Expectations of a Vital Faith James K. Cobb

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

... they do not make sense. If the Lord be with us, she says, why has this befallen me? One hears it time and again from people who look around at the agony of our world today. The love of God seems an empty phrase amid the bursting bombs, hostility between nations, the horror of ruined cities, self pity, cruelty, and despair. If God cares about people why do so many millions starve and die? How can we square what is happening in our world today with the belief in an Almighty God and Father? The Christian creed ...

432. The Call for Justice

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

... their parishes. He also seeks to mount a massive campaign for social justice throughout the entire world. He desires to sell some of the wealth of the church to fund this campaign. It is not surprising that Pope Francesco evokes a great deal of hostility to his plan from ecclesiastical leaders and other power brokers. He calls the church to take seriously and become faithful to the call of God for justice and righteousness and steadfast love. In the end, the leadership of Pope Francesco costs him his life ...

433. Remembering Our Souls

Illustration

A beautiful Salvation Army lassie spoke to a busy businessman: "How is it with your soul?" she asked. As the man was about to snap back with a hostile reply, he suddenly paused, hesitated, then quietly said, "My dear young lady, I'm really not sure I remembered I had a soul." Most of us need to be reminded every now and then. And we are, surely we are, in church on Sunday morning. Here we are brought up ...

434. Healing And Forgiveness

Luke 5:17-26

Sermon

... much later when the church held its annual Harvest Festival. "Warrior Brown" had become a fine gardener, and she brought with her a sack of good potatoes. What she had done was to plant in God's good earth the insulting potato which was hurled at her in hostility, and this potato had brought an increase as it became an offering of love to Jesus Christ.1 The gift that Warrior Brown brought that day to the Harvest Festival was much more than a sack of potatoes. The real gift, the one that cost something, was ...

435. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon Aid

... their Lord while they, too, waited for the time of the Lord's return. The promise of the Parousia was precious to them, and they tenaciously held on to it, even in the face of suffering and death. Christ was all that they had, their only hope in a hostile world. As time runs out for us, it becomes clear that he is our only hope, too, and knowing that, we can wait in hope and with thanksgiving. The Psalm Prayer (LBW) Lord Jesus, give us the peace of the new Jerusalem. Bring all nations into your kingdom to ...

436. Lent 5

Psalm 116:1-19, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16, Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17, Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon Aid

... , permanent - once you're dead, you're dead. That's it. But Jesus made a return appearance in just three days! They couldn't get rid of Jesus as easily as they thought they could - nor can we, when we attempt to banish him by indifference or absolute hostility. Jesus lives forever. He is here to stay. 3. The resolution: The Pharisees didn't know it, but they were playing right into the hands of God when they decided that Jesus had to die and hatched the plot to accomplish his death. Caiaphas didn't realize ...

437. 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

Sermon Aid

... is engaged in missionary work in Thessalonica, and Silas was with him. Newly named Paul, he preached powerfully for three weeks and won many converts with his arguments that Jesus was the Messiah, who died and rose again on the third day. He also aroused considerable hostility, so much so that a gang of men was enlisted to carry out a kind of citizen's arrest; instead, they took Jason, the man who was playing host to Paul and Silas, and some of the "brothers" to the authorities, who compelled them to post ...

438. Proper 7 & Pentecost 5

Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 91:1-16, Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon Aid

... and the missionaries, who gave their lives as they attempted to make contact with the Aucas in order to preach the gospel to them. It is one of those stories which reminds us that the proclamation of the gospel continues to be met with distrust, hostility, and violent action - now, just as Jesus predicted it would in the first century A.D. 1. All people - of every age - need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Hence, Jesus continues to give "marching order" to the faithful, commanding the church to preach ...

439. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

... in the whole world - will succeed; the seed is strong and powerful, and life-giving. It germinates and grows in the minds and hearts of people, and causes their faith to flower and reach maturity. Jesus was teaching the disciples that despite the hostility and actual enmity which would ultimately claim his life, his mission - and theirs, too, as his disciples - will succeed. Despite set-backs and frustration from evident failures in the past (it would seem that the mission to Israel has been something of a ...

440. Proper 15 & Pentecost 13

Isaiah 56:1-8, Psalm 67:1-7, Psalm 78:1-72, Exodus 16:1-36, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:25-32, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

... be preached to all people, so that all might know him to be a God of love and believe and trust him with all their hearts. Chris-tians and Jews do not have a corner on faith; God means all people to know him and live by faith in a hostile world. 3. God respects genuine faith which clings to him in hope. God gives people faith which enables them to stand up to impossible odds in life, because he has love and compassion for his people; he is the sole source of all faith and hope. Human beings cannot bring ...

441. Death Watch

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

... it has been said of this shepherdking, "For one fleeting moment a star crossed the firmament of Israel illuminating the uppermost heights and profoundest depths of human existence."1 David knew how to cope with grief. He was able to express his hurt and his honest hostility. He faced the fact that his son’s face would no longer light up his day. King David knew too that he must go on living, learning, and worshiping the living God. He hoped for a reunion with his son, but he did not love and worship ...

442. Getting Even

2 Samuel 13:1-22

Sermon

... is the Son of David and the Son of God. He is the Lamb who takes away the sins of the world. He is the suffering servant who is rejected and reviled among men. Christ calls a world sundered into scowling camps of nuclear hostility to gaze upwards toward the suffering servant silhouetted against Golgotha’s brooding hill. Jesus of Nazareth pleads with Moscow and Washington, and the homes where we hang our own shingles, to embrace the biblical concept of Shalom. Shaloma, definitive of peace and brotherhood ...

443. A Most Amazing Night

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

... . And she could already see that just by His birth, this tiny baby was a threat to the high and mighty of the earth: Herod wanted to kill Him! Perhaps Mary asked herself: "Why do they persecute the innocents for doing God’s will? Why is the world so hostile to God’s goodness and light?" Does she anticipate the heartache this son will give her? Does she imagine that one day, Jesus will turn to her in front of a whole crowd of people and say, "I have no mother?" Does she suspect that the crowds will adore ...

444. Christian Tolerance

Romans 14:1--15:13

Bulletin Aid

... in you and the Christ as absolute. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of all patience, we confess with great shame that we are not as tolerant of one another in religious matters as we should be, but create and perpetuate hostilities with one another over the rich variety of ways that people express their relationships to you. Forgive us such pettiness, O God, and encourage in us a deep appreciation for the depth of the human spirit and the richness of the human imagination. Convince us ...

445. Advent 3

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

... pray: "Gracious God, we come to confess our "out-of-loveness," knowing that if you treated us as we have treated others this past week, we would not dare to come. We thank you that we do not have to break through condemnatory judgment, hidden agendas, and negative hostility to reach your forgiving love. You have opened your heart wide to us by showing us what you are like in Jesus Christ. Yet, we have difficulty being that open to others. We are afraid of the cost of caring deeply. We do not want to be hurt ...

446. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon Aid

... to be saints, not because we are adequate or worthy, but because God has appointed us to live as salt and light in the world. Pastor: Grace and peace from God, our Parent, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ministers: That is the only alternative to the frustration and hostility of our times. We come to worship to renew our faith and to strengthen the bonds of love which bind us together as a church. Pastor: Christ is the hope of the world! Ministers: We believe that, and come now to be equipped to share the good ...

447. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon Aid

... of God's forgiveness for ourselves and others. 2. In our thinking, we commit the forgivable sins; others commit the unforgivable ones. "We are the 'good empire;' they are the evil empire.' " (See Sam Keen's book, Faces of the Enemy: Reflections of the Hostile Imagination, Published 1986 by Harper & Row, publishers, San Francisco.) 3. A line in a country-western song reads, "When you learn that forgiving doesn't mean giving in, that's when love can begin again." (source unknown) 4. My own personal belief: We ...

448. Hail! Your King!

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

... these people are about religion. Naturally when I entered the city I brought the Roman standards with me, carrying the imperial eagle which is the symbol of our emperor. I even rode in at night so as not to cause undue attention or hostility. But still the Jews protested that I had brought Roman idols inside their holy city. They said it was an abomination and violated their commandment against graven images. (Shrugs) Day after day crowds were demonstrating and raging on, until finally I ordered my ...

449. Steadfast and Faithful

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

... does not view religious faith as the key to the mysteries of nature. The Bible proclaims nature as a clue to the Mystery that transcends nature.11 The consequences of this insight have been far-reaching. Because our religious tradition views nature not as a hostile force to be feared but as a sphere that is filled with God’s presence and God’s goodness, it has encouraged the free study and exploration of nature. Noah’s Covenant inspired our religious tradition to view nature as a realm in which God ...

450. Loyalty: Imperative Ingredient

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Christian unity assumes loyalty. In our present passage, we read a classic statement of loyalty. There were no circumstances too hostile or potentially dangerous to keep Ruth from being with her mother-in-law. It is an ancient story and everytime it is told, for the first time, to a new generation, its worth to motivate loyalty shines with a majestic simplicity. Our blessed Lord demonstrated it over and over again. ...

Showing results