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4476. Welcoming The New Millennium

Sermon

James Angell

... not come to an end. Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week - the children of the Eighth Day." When Anne Lindbergh was trying to regain her soul along the shores of Captiva Island and wrote those superb essays in Gift From The Sea about her pilgrimage - using the images of sea shells - she said it was "along toward the middle of the second week" that she started to come alive again. Perhaps we are the children of the Ninth Day, if Dr. Gillies was correct, with more new ...

4477. The Stewardship of Money in the Modern Church

2 Corinthians 9:11, 12

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... such resources is to step up her determination to dramatize for her people the scope and relevance of her world wide program and then to have the courage to encourage her people to render that type of obedience involving prayer and financial gifts which will consistently undergird the program. But the fact is clear that without these resources, the church cannot successfully fulfill her God-given mission. There is indeed prophetic insight in the Church's ability to understand that when she has the courage ...

4478. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... From abundance to selfishness, From selfishness to complacency, From complacency to apathy, From apathy to dependency, From dependency back into bondage. A modern preacher has reminded us that: "Hot blood flows in the veins of man; strong fires burn within his soul. This is God's gift to him, part of the image of God in him, and it is a kind of sad tribute to the original grandeur of his soul that he would rather fill himself with something that damns him and destroys him than be filled with nothing. He is ...

4479. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... going on here? This is ridiculous. We'll make fools out of ourselves." He said, "Fill up the jars." They filled them. He said, "Bear them," and they bore them. And the result was a miracle! The feast was saved. The young couple was provided with a wonderful gift - wine for months to come. So you see, there was a plan of God. People obeyed with unquestioning obedience and wisdom. And the result was this blessing, this manifested glory of God. So it's God's plan for us and his providence for us. His Word and ...

4480. Talk! Talk! Talk!

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... is the warning of our Lord Jesus Christ that we will be held accountable for every idle word that we speak. Is it any wonder that James cautions us in his Epistle: "Let every man be slow to speak." Why the warning of Scripture against this miraculous gift of human communication - for what a divine miracle speech really is. Well, we have made the need for the warning obvious in our day. Sir Winston Churchill was one of my favorite people, and I certainly admired him as one of the world's great orators. I ...

4481. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... that has been brought about by our modern science, new world view. Under the old supernaturalism in religion, it was regarded - religion was - as a way of gaining special favors from on high. And so, people stood in the natural and cried to the supernatural for some gift to be sent downstairs to them. Many Christians still hold this picture of the world - or shall we say they half hold it? - thinking and acting one way in the world and another way in church. They pray for rain, but like the shrewd old Maine ...

4482. Give Them Good News...

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

GIVE THEM GOOD NEWS ...It'll totally disarm them! I have always been fascinated by radio preachers: Some are profoundly helpful and extremely gifted in the art of communication. Others are delightfully entertaining. But there are others that I fear do more harm than good. Such was the case when I tuned in a certain radio preacher while driving through the mountains of Western North Carolina. He had obviously been bombarding the air waves ...

4483. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... is full of believers! Even the demons believe that Jesus is the Son of God." The faith that gives us assurance is the product of a daily walk with the living and present Lord. By grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves - it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8) If you are willing to trust the Lord to save you, then the assurance comes whenever you are willing to trust him with each day's opportunities and difficulties. And when you throw open the doors and windows of your soul to Christ ...

4484. Waiting for Jesus

Romans 13:11b

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the things that he wanted to do because God took all of his worry and problems and answered his prayers with joy and love. The next time I have something that bothers me, I am going to quit worrying and start praying. Then I will have time to get the gifts, the turkey, and the right tree. I will be at church on time and I will be glad whether it snows or there is sunshine. This is going to be a beautiful week without any worry. LET'S GIVE A CHEER! 1 John 1:1-10, verse 3: That which ...

4485. Getting The Facts

1 Corinthians 15:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... him the box.] You see the kind of thing that Jesus was talking about was not just big boxes, but he asked us to share our problems with each other as well. For instance, when one of our friends is sick we learn to send cards and maybe even give gifts so that the time will pass more quickly. Let's see how our strong friend is doing. Is it getting pretty heavy? Would you like a little help? [Select another child to help him hold it.] That's a lot better, isn't it? Well, that is what Jesus meant ...

4486. We Are the Handiwork of God

John 3:1-21

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the old be made new? Leader: With God, all things are possible, so lift up your voices in praise! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Almighty and merciful God, in Your infinite wisdom You sent us the Christ that we might have redemption and Your gift of eternal life. You are wonderful beyond all human words yet we lift our voices in loving praise, O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we see only our sins and failures and not Your mercy and grace. So often we focus ...

4487. Mommy, Was That God?

John 14:15-31

Illustration

John M. Braaten

... hushed tones a little voice asked, "Mommy, was that God?" Jesus, in offering peace, does not say, "I'm here, the Holy Spirit's here and God is here, now be at peace!" The peace that Jesus offers cannot be had simply by desiring. The peace of God is a gift, it can only be received as a by-product of faith. That's why the world is largely a stranger to it.

4488. Service for Death through Miscarriage

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Stan Richards

... the sun so bright upon my baby's face. when I finally get to heaven, my pain will be erased. We'll soar the skies together, as angels two by two. we'll have a sweet reunion, a mothers dream come true. In A Garden for Angles Life is a gift not ours to keep, A seed unsown and yet we still reap. Here for only a very short while, The heavenly reality of an earthly denial. Like a flickering light here and then gone, The essence of what love is based upon. Birth and death the beginning and end, As ...

4489. Beyond the Lay to Faith

Romans 9:30--10:21

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... and love through faith. But often, Lord, we still seek our own salvation through rules and law codes so that in our pride we might earn our own salvation. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to accept that Your Grace and Mercy cannot be bought, but rather they are Your gifts in Christ. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "I Will Sing The Wondrous Story" "Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us" "My Faith Looks Up To Thee"

4490. The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . He is always vigilant. He always hears. Indeed, he knows what we want before we even ask it. Jesus himself said that in Matthew 6:8. We might ask then why bother to pray? Is it just a ritual that we must go through? No. Nor do God’s good gifts come to us simply because we are persistent. He gives to us out of his love and he gives to us knowing what is in our best interest. II Well, then, what does the story suggest? It speaks to us of the old-fashioned virtue of persistence. Now let us ...

4491. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

... are wrong. There are people who care. I have never been in a church yet, big or small, when there was a situation of need, a house in distress, or pain or bereavement, but that there were the footprints of Christians that were left behind. They came with pies, a gift, a kind word…something, but always they came. I said people everywhere care. You know what she said? She said, “Oh yeah? Name some.” The woman wants names. May I give her yours?

4492. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

4493. Learning to Walk on the Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

... of spiritual and moral and personal kind. For example, as Paul wrote, "The wages of sin is death"; (Romans 6:23) and this is a fact, it is cause and effect, a law of justice all of us must reckon with. But, as Paul goes on to say, "The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord;" and this is forgiveness - it is the grace of God, it is the operation of a higher law, the law of love. This is a miracle, this giant leap from death to life, from dying to living; it is a ...

4494. Full Barns and Empty Hearts

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... points out the despair, often hidden, of those of us who fail this exacting cultural credo of self-reliance. The gospel doesn’t really work like this. Yes, it does demand something on our part to receive it; but it’s more like getting ready to receive a gift, a somewhat passive action. We don’t achieve the full heart in the same way we are successful in securing our bread. The full heart is something that is given as we reach out for it. There is a very clear statement of this in Paul’s letter ...

4495. Watching Jesus

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... among the musical masters of all time. But it was not so for his contemporaries. The parishioners at St. Thomas Church often complained about the strange and innovative music that Bach wrote for the choir and organ each Sunday. They didn’t know what a gifted musician was in their midst. After his death, the music of Bach was seldom performed until Felix Mendelssohn began a revival of appreciation that has lasted into our own time. So the people of Bach’s time watched him, but they didn’t see him. Isn ...

4496. No Little Bit

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

... , the newspaper stories about the lack of roads to truck the grain to the hungry, the reports of how some Third World governments have spent many times over more money on soldiers than on physicians, against all this, what can I do? By the time my little gift might reach them, they’ll have had so many more babies, they’ll be just as hungry as before. I feel like I’m nothing. This notion was rife during the Vietnam War. No matter what your opinion about that conflict, what could you do? The frustration ...

4497. The Witness and the Witnesses

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Easter ends and the season of Pentecost begins with the singing of an old and much beloved hymn: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart. Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. Finally, we pray: Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee, of both, to be but One; That through the ages all along This may be ...

4498. The Beginning of the End

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

... opportunity, every need, that is placed before us in life. To follow Jesus is to live life’s experiences with him, for him, whatever they may be. It is to live faithfully and to be useful to God and people Soon after I dedicated a book (The Gift, the Glitter, and the Glory) to my father-in-law, my wife received a letter from her hometown. The letterhead read: "Hawley School Bell Project." It was an appeal to raise money to move the old school bell that had originally been in the town’s first school ...

4499. Some Man

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

... Father. It is the Christ who is unique - "some man." He is the source of what we call "life" and he is the one who offers to all of us this lasting relationship with the Father through the Word and the Spirit. He not only offers and gives us the gift of the Father in himself, but he sustains it in us as long as we live. Charlotte’s Web is a delightful and much loved story, isn’t it? But it is only a kind of fairy tale about an ordinary sort of pig and an extraordinary spider, who gives ...

4500. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

... self, would never be achieved by small adjustments on the screws of life’s machine. In his Sermon on the Level, our Lord describes the life he gives and molds in us as he lays royal claim on us. That life is not achieved. It is a gift. It is not attained by sensitizing people to humanitarian concerns, however noble, or by legislating with another code of laws, or by turning up the pressure with sanctions against the nonconformist. The old creation has to go. The new creation has to come, but it will come ...

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