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4501. Jesus Brings New Life

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... It also demonstrates clearly how the timeless nature of scripture, as we hear today, continues to echo and be relevant in our lives. As a Christian community throughout the world begins a new year through the celebration of the season of Advent, we need to understand and believe in the possibility of new beginnings for all, confident that God will assist us in our everyday efforts to build his kingdom in our world. The season of Advent, which inaugurates a new liturgical year in our church, encourages us to ...

4502. A Death on a Long Friday

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... paid his respects at the temple in Jerusalem. Philip, perhaps huffing and puffing, managed to stop the official's chariot and caught the Ethiopian reading from the book of Isaiah. Philip asked him, "Do you understand what you are reading?" "Of course not," replied the eunuch. "How would I be able to understand the words of some old Jewish prophet?" Philip replied, "Well, the one who was led to the slaughter like a sheep was my master, Jesus!" Philip's testimony leads to an instant baptism. A pastor giving ...

4503. Who Am I?

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... answered, "Dad, I really ‘went' for that sermon; it really came down the middle, man, loud and cool; it was like, gone, man." The minister's dignity was rattled and he decided to confront the young man with some propriety. He said, "Son, I just don't understand what you are trying to say; perhaps you could use some appropriate English." The loose-shirted, blue-jeaned, and sandaled lad tried again. "Dad, what I really mean is, I really went for what you had to say, so much so that I put 100 smackeroos in ...

4504. Getting Through the Grief

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... cloud. Now, he had died and his sons were wondering timidly if they might come down to the church and have the new, younger pastor say a few words and a prayer for their daddy since they'd grown up in the church and hadn't been there since. "We understand if it's not possible," they said with a lump in their throats. "I'd be honored to say a few words," said the new pastor. So he spoke to a larger crowd than the sons ever expected. Despite his indiscretions and flaws, the former pastor had obviously touched ...

4505. Finding the Right House for God

2 Samuel 7:1-14a

Sermon

William J. Carl, III

... lap of luxury in this house of cedar and God is housed in nothing but curtains. It's just not right." The hidden and understood message was, "I want to build a house for the Lord." Who is Nathan to question something like that? After all, David gets it. He understands that God is more important that he is, right? David doesn't want his God to be slumming it down in the ghetto while he's living it up in the high-rent district. What a nice idea, Nathan must have thought. Now here's a king who has his ...

4506. When Necks Break

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... is gone. "Oh, Absalom, Absalom, Absalom...." But David's cry might have been for every woman's son, every man's daughter sacrificed to war. How are we to resolve human conflicts if we do not go to war? How are we to be people who understand the casualties of war, with David's agony in tow? Can we do something about conflict before our sons have their heads chopped off? I think we can. Conflict is omnipresent, at family dinner tables, family reunions, the United Nations, and in most countries. No activist ...

4507. The Place beyond Punishment

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... the suffering of Jesus) es muy hermoso, bonito, bueno, (beautiful, pretty, good) y tambien (and also) El Dolor me ayuda (his pain helps me)." I already knew I was going to preach against the atonement, with Pi, today. But at some point I have to understand what this woman with the "allegria" (happy, joyous) Jesus on the cross means. Is she some kind of new right figure? The kind who love punishment? We know them much too well. The religious right is interested in protecting pain not life. They believe pain ...

4508. An Answer Out of the Whirlwind

Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... he suffered" (5:8). His suffering was not an aberration, but a part of his perfection. This is God's way, salvation hidden in suffering, hope hidden in despair, life hidden in death. In the gospel for today (Mark 10:35-45), this is what the disciples did not understand. They wanted the best seats in the house, but what they got was the cup of suffering. They wanted to be on the right and left, but what they got was the baptism unto death. This is God's way. "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they ...

4509. All Is Restored?

Job 42:1-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... characterize his previous condition? First, he acknowledges that he was arguing out of ignorance. He quotes a line of God's (Job 42:3a), "Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?" (see 38:2). Then he admits, "Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know." This is simply an admission of ignorance. Job begins his next point with another reference to God's speech. He quotes, "Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me" (v ...

4510. You Can Read All Day

Matthew 22:34-40

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Philip W. McLarty

... she said, “Your father's in the living room, go ask him." The little boy shrugged his shoulders and said, “Never mind. I don't want to know how to make a watch; I just want to know what time it is!" When it comes to religion and our understanding of the Christian faith, I suspect there are times when we all feel like this little boy. For example, there are sixty-six books of the Bible. Many of them are long and complex. For each book of the Bible there are commentaries explaining every nuance of every ...

4511. On In and One Out

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Staff

Baseball's a funny game and hard to understand. So, to help you understand here's one office manager's explanation: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's on the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When ...

4512. Becoming Bible Literate

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Staff

... : The KJV is too difficult and mentally taxing for many people. While this is not an exhortation to drop the KJV from use, Christian leaders need to either use translations appropriate to the audience, or facilitate people's understanding of the KJV if they choose to use it. Biblical illiteracy is at least as large a problem to the Christian community as functional illiteracy is to the nation as a whole. Make the Scriptures more relevant and applicable to the average person. When we teach from the ...

4513. Do Not Spit Here

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Staff

... put up a sign!' So I look all over that carpet, but cannot find that anybody have spitted there. What a queer thing! Where the sign says, 'Do not spit,' a lot of people spitted. Where there was no sign at all, in that beautiful home, nobody spitted. Now I understand! That sign is law, but inside the home it is grace. They love their beautiful home, and they want to keep it clean. They do not need a sign to tell them so. I think that explains the law and grace business." As he sat down, a murmur of approval ...

4514. Being Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... Talk about tough love. If the baby giraffe doesn’t immediately get up on its legs, she kicks it again, and again. Finally, the little giraffe stands for the first time on its very wobbly legs. He’s now ready to follow her and the rest of the herd. Please understand. The mother giraffe is not being cruel to her baby. Quite the contrary! She knows that lions and hyenas and leopards would love to make a meal of a baby giraffe. So, she needs her baby calf to get to its feet as quickly as possible so that it ...

4515. Using Our Own Burdens as Excuses

Matthew 25:31-46

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David Zersen

... the other and have to bear some responsibility for driving the brother or sister to actions we find it all too easy to judge. Wiesel says that the Cains of the world become what they are because of us—because we had no time to listen, to understand, to reconcile, to negotiate, to appeal. We ignore people because we too have our burdens. We reject pleas for help and under-standing because we don't recognize the rights and the dignity of others. We go to wars all too quickly because we think that bombs ...

4516. Doing Your Own Thing

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... If I can do it in the role that God took me on, traveling throughout the NBA, there’s not a teenager that can tell me it’s tougher on them.” No one can argue with A. C. Green about that. “When you have a vision, a purpose, and understand your calling,” says Green, “you can do extraordinary things for God, even in the midst of a peculiar situation. Living in the NBA for twenty years was very peculiar. But at the same time, it did not separate me from the goal I had the burning passion that God ...

4517. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . Andrew identified Jesus as “The Messiah,” a term with a host of meanings and possible identities in first century Jewish culture. Philip proclaims Jesus to be “him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote” (v.45). Philip understands Jesus as the fulfillment of scriptural promises. Furthermore, Philip emphasizes the human side of Jesus’ story. He is the “son of Joseph from Nazareth.” John the Baptist’s earlier testimony that Jesus is the “Son of God,” the “Lamb of God ...

4518. Responsible Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... be responsible. To be a follower of Jesus Christ is to be responsible. ULTIMATELY, RESPONSIBILITY IS JUST WHAT THE WORD SUGGESTS: IT IS OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S LOVE AS MANIFESTED IN JESUS CHRIST. If we resent responsibility, it may be that we do not understand what responsibility is. Responsibility is our joyful response to what God has done for us in Christ Jesus. That is why the Ten Commandments and the Great Commandment are relevant to our lives. We read in 1 John 4:19, “We love because He first loved ...

4519. Crying at the Tomb

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... foot. They ask her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, Mary turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. We can understand that. Her eyes were too full of tears. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get ...

4520. The Simplex Faith of 3:16

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are more committed to the religion of the word, and have made a religion of the word, than faith in the Word-Made-Flesh? This is why Nicodemus had such a hard time understanding what Jesus was talking about. "You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?” “Emmanuel” means “God with us.” In fact, “with” is God’s middle name, according to Minnesotan Teri Hyrkas. Jesus’ simple presence on earth, the greatest transformational truth. Jesus’ “withness ...

4521. Red, White and Pink

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to eat. He calmly munches down a bit of fish “in their presence.” With that act the disciples are now full witnesses to the bodily resurrection of Jesus. “Spirits” and “ghosts” do not eat. Words are required, however, to understand what Jesus’ presence means. “Signs” alone, even the ultimate “sign” of the resurrection, will not engender the genuine faith these “witnesses” must proclaim. Jesus first reminds the disciples of all the passion predictions he himself had made during his ...

4522. Acts 8:26 40

Acts 8:26-40

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... , they surely would have been put to rest as he heard those familiar words. Just as it was traditional to read the Torah out loud, so was it always to study the sacred texts with another. The eunuch’s response to Philip’s initial words, “Do you understand what you are reading?” suggests that he too is aware of the need for studying with another. To facilitate that end he invites Philip to join him. The text Luke cites is Isaiah 53:7‑8, although it seems likely that as they journeyed the entire so ...

4523. Practicing the Presence

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

4524. How Can I Know God's Will?

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... faced with a choice between two men to replace the disciple Judas after he had betrayed Christ and hung himself in despair, we read that the disciples “cast lots” to choose his successor. Casting lots in that day and time was a mild form of gambling. As I understand it, when used to decide elections, they would write the names of the candidates on pieces of stone or wood, etc., and put them in an urn. The names were then drawn at random and this settled the case. It’s certainly not a sinful way to go ...

4525. Breaking Loose

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Paul’s words carried that same idea. To be adopted in the Roman world was to be specially selected to be a part of a household in order to carry on the family’s name and to inherit their property. To be adopted was considered a great privilege. Do you understand that you are God’s adopted child specially selected to be part of His family and heir to life eternal? Don’t ever get to the point that you get down on yourself and give up no matter how much hurt and pain you have experienced to this point ...

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