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4526. In All Things Be Thankful

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in times of plenty, but when difficulties abound. Think of the Pilgrims that first Thanksgiving. Half their number dead, men without a country, but still there was thanksgiving to God. Their gratitude was not for something but in something. It was that same sense of gratitude that lead Abraham Lincoln to formally establish the first Thanksgiving Day in the midst of national civil war, when the butcher’s list of casualties seemed to have no end and the very nation struggled for survival. Perhaps in your ...

4527. Advent 2: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Promise of Christmas

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... pastor went to their home and they sat down together around the kitchen table, sipped coffee, and reminisced about their daughter, Courtney. They poured our hearts out. They cried together as they remembered painful moments. They laughed and remembered Courtney’s incredible sense of humor through it all… and some of the funny things she had said and done over her last few years. They prayed when they recalled her amazing faith, her tender love and her brave spirit. Finally, when their pastor stood to ...

4528. Getting Ready

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... their flock. Instead it is story about a wealthy landowner going on a trip. The servants left behind were given charge of the estate and when the master returned he would check on their stewardship. It is a story about being prepared, getting ready. In that sense then this is an Advent story, for this is the season of preparedness. Consider with me a moment that... I Advent is about God identifying with the human situation. God came in the form of human flesh and lived among us. Paul worded it this way ...

4529. Back To Basics: The Three R's of Baptism

Mark 1:1-8, Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... beginning of Jesus’ public ministry; there is something else at work in the water. This is God’s startling and awe filled punctuation. This is God’s sudden bolt of lightening upon the world. Twice in Mark's gospel the word "torn," with a dramatic and active sense is used. The first “tearing” occurs as Jesus rises from the waters of baptism and the second is at the end of Mark's Gospel as the temple curtain is rent. The first event presents the in breaking of the kingdom of heaven and the second ...

4530. The Chosen One

John 1:43-51

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... getting out of hand. You're an intelligent man. Do you really think he wants people to take him seriously? NATHANAEL: Wait a minute! I believe him. Get out of here. DISTURBING ANGEL: Now, that's no way to talk to an old friend. I was trying to talk some sense into the situation. Now, listen to me. NATHANAEL: No! I'm not going to listen to you anymore. DISTURBING ANGEL: Now, wait a minute. You have taken some good sound advice from me in the past and I intend to stay around just to protect you from this man ...

4531. By Thunder

Mark 1:14-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... those nets laid out. Two extra hours! MIRIAMNE: What was it Jesus said to them? ZEBEDEE: He said, "Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men." MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men? What does that mean? ZEBEDEE: I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me. MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men. ZEBEDEE: I spent my whole life teaching them to be fishers of fish. MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men. Fishers of men. ZEBEDEE: Will you stop saying that. MIRIAMNE: Fishers of men. ZEBEDEE: Yes, fishers of men. Why would anyone fish for men ...

4532. Standing Room Only Religion

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... and bloodshed. Oh, what a world you have made, O Lord, and we have made for ourselves. So today we ask you to look into our secret hearts, to go past the facade to behold the loneliness, the inner anguish, the despair that will not loosen its grip, the sense of betrayal that will not let us trust again, the battle with disease that threatens to do us in, the financial worries which make us wonder about the future, the troubles at our job which make us question whether we are in the right place. Look then, O ...

4533. The Call of the Trumpet

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

George Bass

... Father who sees in secret will reward you." Isn’t "The Enduring Chill" a Lenten story for most of us? Asbury might have had a kind of vision and a chill after his strange conversation with Father Finn and, I suspect, it was enough to take away his appetite. A sense of sin and deep spiritual need will do that, especially in the light of Jesus’ impending passion and death at the end of Lent. Lent is a voluntary fast meant to remind us how fragile a hold we have on life. It is a kind of starvation and a ...

4534. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... they were calling for immediate declarations of war: "We’ll have to fight them sooner or later, so why not now?" And not the least of those outraged by the incident was, of course, President Ronald Reagan (whose reaction was tempered by common sense and good judgment). The current crisis stemming from the wanton destruction of 269 lives does, in a way, give us some insight into Peter’s reaction to Jesus’ words. He really didn’t want the Suffering Servant sort of Savior described in the scriptures ...

4535. Confrontation in the Temple

John 2:12-25

Sermon

George Bass

... that had been badly hurt when his heart was restarted, asked to be admitted to a hospice - to die. Jim O’Grady told the reporter, "I’m a little afraid of dying, but only because like most other people I fear the unknown. There doesn’t seem much sense in prolonging what I have of life ... I believe in a kind God, and I believe he will accept me." His doctor, who remains anonymous, said that he would have made the same decision: "Jim hasn’t been able to accept transplants, and the dialysis hasn’t ...

4536. The Man Who Asked For Dinner

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

George Bass

... answered; in fact, they might never have been answered. But they knew that somehow or other Jesus had conquered death and the tomb. He was alive! Their grief was immediately dissolved into joy; Lukes says, "they still disbelieved for joy." They couldn’t believe their senses, but their hearts were filled with joy in spite of themselves. And isn’t that the way it is for us? Our minds tell us that this whole story about Jesus’ death and resurrection is too good to be true. Dead people don’t come ...

4537. The Shepherd Who Loved His Sheep

John 10:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... And, of course, it had nothing to do with salvation and eternal life. Jesus laid down his life to save the sheep and deliver them from death, through his death and resurrection. Christ as the Good Shepherd always stands in contrast to - and, in a sense, in condemnation of - the world in which we live. Human beings seem bent on destroying one another, not only through the threat of the Bomb, but particularly for reasons of self-interest. Richard Cohen, of the Washington Post, tells the too familiar story of ...

4538. Love - A Christian Imperative

John 15:1-17

Sermon

George Bass

... the need to love." He writes, in part: "Along with the instictive drive to hate, we also have an instinctive drive to love. It must be allowed a chance to express itself. The only neutralization we know for hate is love, love in the broad sense, love that makes me want to do something constructive rather than destructive. This business of learning how to love is probably the most important lesson anyone learns in life, if he is fortunate enough to learn it."50 Jesus would certainly concur with Dr. Menninger ...

4539. The Final Farewell

Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

George Bass

... many failures of his time he used to speak wistfully of cheap land in Arkansas and send for catalogues, searching for something that was permanently lost. It was the last of the dream that had finally perished under the yellow cloud. I use the word ‘failure’ in a worldly sense only. He was not a failure as a man. He reared a son ... He was kind and thoughtful ... I will merely say he had had a great genius for love and that his luck was very bad. He was not fitted for life under the yellow cloud. He ...

4540. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... into a New Covenant, of love not Law, instituted by the sacrifice of his own son. It would be forever binding and blood need never be shed again. It is as if Jesus was lifting the cup in full view of his disciples to say, with a foreboding sense of finality; "Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you." The prophets had said, "Behold the days will come, saith Jehovah, that I will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah." The disciples were witnessing ...

4541. Advent: Lament, Repent

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... situations which immerse us in the unclean. On a vacation in an unfamiliar area, you stop at the only motel with a vacancy sign. After checking in, you get the car parked, collect the kids and wrestle the luggage to your room. As the door opens, that sense hits you ... that this is not right. That feeling is confirmed as you enter: the sign on the television advertising "Triple X" movies, the mirrored wall behind the bed, the red satin cover on the bed. A few minutes ago you were driving down the interstate ...

4542. All Together

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... . Communication was at a high level - and at a broad level. In Babel, the peoples’ tongues had been garbled (hence, from that time forward, we talk of "babbling"). At Pentecost there was a great reversal of Babel; people came together and had a strong sense of God’s presence and direction. It was a great reconciling and outreaching event - a great disciplining of the random, wild tendencies of our sinful human nature. This narrative is a message to keep us from being so parochial. As I think of my ...

4543. God’s Choice

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... see only what’s on the surface. While a doctor in England was using a small medical light to examine the mouth of a thirty-year-old woman, the bulb and battery became detached from the case and slid gently and painlessly down her throat. In a very real sense the woman suddenly had all the makings of an "inner light." We smile at that, but there truly is an "inner light" which distinguishes people who are rooted in love and truth. True inner power and light will not shine out easily, but can be observed by ...

4544. The Promise Of Life ("U" Turns Permitted)

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... Turn." But in this adventure called life, we need to have permission to make many "U" turns. Nathan had given David an opportunity to do just that. After Nathan had voiced those devastating words, "You are the man," David said to Nathan - in words that reveal a deep sense of guilt and penitence - "I have sinned against the Lord" (2 Samuel 12:13). Usually we don’t get "lost" or "off the track" all at once. More often, we do as sheep do: we sort of "nibble ourselves lost." When we finally realize how far we ...

4545. Back in the Swing

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... of no way." Conclusion Perhaps the words of an eighteenth-century hymn can best sum up this sermon on death and life: God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence Faith sees a smiling face. LBW 483, Stanzas 1 and 2 By William Cowper (1731-1800) Prayer: O God, make us willing now, so that things of eternal significance may begin to happen here.

4546. Human Nature Revisited

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... For some, the grace of "chances" improves our lot. For Absalom the "chances" did him in. 3. Idealism of Realism? The warrior who here explains his refusal to kill Absalom (2 Samuel 18:12-13) was possessed of a remarkable combination of loyalty and common sense - of idealism and realism. He had heard the king’s command to deal gently with the young man Absalom; he also knew the character of his commanding officer, Joab. Happy is the one who knows both the faithfulness of God and the untrustworthy character ...

4547. A Grief Observed

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... 2 Samuel 12:7 The Scripture is filled with as high and dramatic moments as could ever be known. And now King David emotes his most plaintiff cry ... "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!" - 2 Samuel 18:33 Dramatic, powerful stuff, all this. In one sense David was a victim of his own greatness, of a strong will that urged him to scale the tempting heights of power. Yet, in spite of his drive for success and national glory, he was never lacking in the magnanimity and winsomeness that made both friend and ...

4548. Francis of Assisi

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... declaration of his independence from the claim of money and things it represents. Don’t you agree? ANTAGONIST: A symbol of pure lunacy, I’d say. LECTOR: Dear Fernando - Rome is glorious. I saw the Vatican this morning, and his Holiness himself. I was filled with a sense of awe for the majesty of Christ when I was there. I wish you had decided to come with me. When I’m back, I’ll tell you everything. You know, Fernando, I’ve been growing more and more toward Christ of late. I know you think ...

4549. Bonhoeffer of Berlin

Acts 5:17-42

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... boy at last! I’m flattered that you decided to call him Dietrich. Aren’t you a little worried that, with a name like that, he may get into lots of trouble when he’s older? As you can see, even though I’m in prison, I still have my sense of humor. You asked if what I did was wise. I’ve asked myself the same thing over and over. It seems strange that the pastor who once taught you not to kill, in the days when you were in my confirmation class, should now have to try to explain ...

4550. What Would We Do Without Friends?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... could not forgive his dabbling in the theological. What about the crowd? We are told that the crowd marveled at what they saw. In Mark's Gospel the people reply: "We never saw it in this fashion before.” And no one ever has sense. Any minister who takes preaching in earnest cannot look out over congregations like this, Sunday after Sunday, without thinking of all the unadvertised needs that must exist beneath our respectable exteriors. I also cannot stand before you this morning without thinking of all ...

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