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4526. No Charge For Love

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Johnny Dean

... trousers. In doing so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, "You see sir, I don't run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands." With tears in his eyes, the farmer reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to the little boy. "How much?" asked the little boy... "No charge," answered the farmer, "There's no charge for love." The world is full of people ...

4527. The 4 Spiritual Flaws

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... NOT what it is. It is what you make it. Last weekend we were horrified at the enormity of the evil that can be born in the human heart. Who was not dumbstruck by the movie mayhem that resulted in 70+ casualties and over a dozen deaths? Who can understand the evil that lurks in the human heart? After every volcanic eruption of evil there is the question of theodicy: Why is there evil and suffering in the world? Why doesn't God just blot out all the bad things? But the Christian answer to the problem of evil ...

4528. Tradition Can Be Changed

Luke 2:41-52

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Cynthia Cowen

... the people" (Luke 2:51a, 52 NLT). Growth occurred for Jesus in three areas. Physically, he grew from a child to a boy to a man. Spiritually, he grew in communication with God his Father and in the practice of his Jewish faith. Above all he grew mentally in the understanding of his mission as the Son of God on earth. Setting out as an adult to fulfill that mission, he took with him tradition and the need to change peoples' view of it. The time for change had come. God's law was to be observed for God's law ...

4529. How Firm a Foundation

Luke 6:39-49

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Cynthia Cowen

... it was worth it. When the storms of winter came, he would be rewarded for all the hard work. His house stood strong and firm and secure. In form, Luke's or Matthew's, this parable teaches the importance of laying the right foundation for life; the understanding that the only true foundation is obedience to the teaching of Jesus. "So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!' when you don't do what I say?" (Luke 6:46 NLT). Obeying God is like building a house on a strong, solid foundation that stands firm ...

4530. Don’t Be Afraid

Luke 12:32-40

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... abundant crop. We get it Jesus. Don't hoard our goods, sell what we have, give to the poor; let our Father in heaven take care of us. We get it already. We really do. We understand what you're trying to tell us. But, honestly, we aren't too sure if we're ready to take that step. It's a big step, Jesus. You understand, don't you? There is a folktale about a king whose son was always sad no matter what his father did for him and no matter what good things happened to him. The king loved ...

4531. What If the Disciples Had Email and One of the Disciples Was a Woman?

Luke 13:10-17

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... put in their place. But the rest of us, the ones that had in the past been put in our place by the overly rigid use of the law rejoiced in what he said and what he did. We could hardly contain ourselves. I hope this will help you better understand why I'm going to continue to follow Jesus and why I believe he is the Messiah, the one who was to come into the world to set us free. Your loving daughter, Priscilla From: Mom&Dad@jerusalem.org To: Priscilla@galilee.net Dear Priscilla, Your father doesn't know ...

4532. Finish What You Start

Luke 14:25-33

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... imagine how often I've looked for comforting words in the Bible during difficult times. And if you find yourself comforted with this gospel passage then I don't know what to tell you. Still, with the risk of taking away the sting of it, we should make sure we understand what Jesus is asking of his disciples and us, and it's not about joining some kind of cult. The word "hate" in the Old Testament didn't have the emotional baggage that it does when we use the word today. It means something a bit closer to ...

4533. Where Would You Go to Meet Jesus?

Luke 15:1-10

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... time with the established members of the church but was out in the streets still bringing new people to Christ. I wonder what they expect from their new pastor. Now I realize that this might not be exactly the kind of message you came looking for this morning. I understand that, I really do. I have a hard time going to places where I might need to step out of my comfort zone like I'm suggesting we do. I, too, wish there was a church where my every need was anticipated and met. But to be honest, a church ...

4534. How Do You Know the Good Guys from the Bad Guys?

Luke 16:1-13

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... I turned this week commentators on this gospel told me that it is the most difficult of all the parables of Jesus. They told me how it has caused incredible problems for the church for 2,000 years now. Some said that the problems were caused because folks didn't understand what he was trying to say. I read so many of these that I got a class-A case of writer's block. I became stuck worrying that I'd come in here this morning with a dull, sad look on my face apologizing all over the place, happy that ...

4535. Just Deal with It

Luke 20:27-38

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Scott Bryte

... waste it setting traps like they did, saying things like, "If God is there, then this will happen" or "Since this is going on, God must not care." We must keep asking questions, keep seeking knowledge and wisdom, but we have to understand, first off, that we're not going to understand everything. God doesn't owe us an explanation, and we wouldn't comprehend it if we had one. Life's big questions have answers that are too big to fit into our heads. Rather than demanding that God put everything into terms ...

4536. Be a Night Light

James 1:1-18

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Leonard Sweet

... thousands of years ago," returned his companion. "Every flash and glow of light that you see is something of the Father's knowledge and wisdom breaking into the minds and hearts of people who live upon the earth. Not many people, you see, can hear His Voice or understand what He says, even though He is speaking gently and quietly to them all the time." "Why are they so blind and deaf and stupid?" asked the junior angel rather crossly. "It is not for us to judge them. We who live in the Splendour have no ...

4537. Eyes Up!

Luke 21:25-36

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David E. Leininger

... Jesus spoke greet us at every turn. Somehow we need to be reminded that this misery is not the end of the story. That reminder is right in the middle of this text. Jesus has said that terrible things are in store — we can understand his imagery to be apocalyptic, end-of-the-world poetry or we can understand it to mean the awful stuff that each of us confronts in the course of our lives (and that is the way I choose to interpret it — I do not worry about the end of the world; I worry about the here-and ...

4538. Love Your Enemy? Are You Kidding, Lord?

Luke 6:27-38

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David E. Leininger

... we are not looking out for someone's highest and best good, if we let them get away with anything they please, if we do not set limits. If you have ever driven along a newly resurfaced road before the center lines have been painted on it, you understand. Your tendency is to drive right down the middle rather than down the right hand side as would be normal once the lines are drawn. You drive more comfortably once the limits are laid out. Parents who really love their kids will let them know what the limits ...

4539. Sonny Moneybags

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

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David E. Leininger

... that had shone in Dad's eye just moments ago had dried now. He wanted to reason with his firstborn son, to make him understand just how much Junior's return meant, and at the same time, just how much Sonny's faithfulness through all the years had meant ... know how grateful I am for all that you are and all that you have done. Everything I own belongs to you. But please understand, Junior — your brother — is important to me, too. Even though he squandered what he had, he is back and he is again a member ...

4540. Divine Dynamite

Acts 1:1-11

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David E. Leininger

... Spirituality meant more to these folks than dreaming of pie in the sky, bye and bye; it meant taking care of other people, providing for their needs. And it meant the opposite as well — not being overly concerned about their own needs, being content in the understanding that the Lord would provide for them just as through them, others were being providing for. Yes, the Holy Spirit did some incredible things for that early church and would do them again for us if we were the least bit open to the prospect ...

4541. A Faith That Makes A Difference

Acts 16:16-34

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David E. Leininger

... them" (Acts 16:33-34). This same man who, only hours before, had been content to let these missionaries languish in the worst filth his prison could offer now was treating them as honored guests. Faith made a difference to him as it must for anyone. To be sure, an understanding of what faith is can be helpful to us, but it can also be frustrating if, for all our knowledge about it, we do not know how to go about getting it. The glorious message of scripture is that we do not go about getting it; it is a ...

4542. When God Overdoes It

Lamentations 1:1-6

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David E. Leininger

... book of Lamentations certainly deals with the subject of suffering. So much of it is so dark it is no wonder that there is not much preaching from it. Who comes to church to hear such gloom and doom? Yet, like it or not, Lamentations asks us to understand what the convulsions of our time may mean. Scholars tell us that the book's title could very well mean a funeral song or tune which expresses deep grief or mourning. These are exile words. They were either written by God's people far away from home in ...

4543. A Faith That Matters Between Sundays

Romans 3:19-28

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David E. Leininger

... might indicate otherwise. All that money truly reflects is the ridiculous system of values extant in modern society — someday, we will wise up (I hope). No, all work is not equally important, but the Reformation insists that all work has its own importance. This understanding of the sanctity of the common life is where the rubber meets the road concerning the way we witness to our faith. This is the faith that matters between Sundays. This is the faith the world sees, and it preaches a sermon that is ...

4544. Ascension

Psalm 47:1-9, Luke 24:44-53, Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:15-23

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Julia Ross Strope

... are forgiven, free from guilt. Sermon Idea What is the meaning of ascension for twenty-first-century friends of Jesus? We do not have monarchs; our cosmology doesn’t allow us to envision a tiered universe with God and Jesus at the top; our understanding of God and nations is more inclusive than the writer of the psalms would allow. The meaning for now might include going beyond the boundaries of the temple, beyond the Jews, to other peoples and nations, beyond geography and physics. Ascension might draw ...

4545. Really Hearing

Mark 7:24-30

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Thomas Peterson

... levels of seeing. We can merely look at something, letting the visual scene register like a photograph; it's just there. Or, we can look so that seeing brings with it understanding. Yogi Berra is reported to have said, "We can observe a lot just by looking." The new relationships that are opened to us give rich meaning to our lives. The same interpretation ... I said I was going out for a long, long, long walk?" "I heard you, but you like to walk." The man had evidently heard but not well enough to understand.

4546. Ash Wednesday

Psalm 51:1-17, Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Matthew 6:1-4, 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

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Julia Ross Strope

... Consider the quotes at the beginning of each section. Time is too slow or too fast for most of us on any given day. In this twenty-first century, we can imagine our DNA to be divine or our ligaments to connect with the holy. However we understand our humanness, we must be aware that we make choices and the maturing person makes those choices fully aware of the costs and the rewards. Agony and ecstasy are two ends of a continuum. Jesus made his choices. Agony seems to have been lingering. Ecstasy came later ...

4547. The Problem with ‘Hail Mary’ Moments

James 3:13-18

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Leonard Sweet

... and “heavenly” wisdom that offers meekness, mercy, and peace (the “world’s “loser list”) as the highest form of commitment and love for the body of Christ is the difference between a vicious dog fight and a peaceful puppy pile-up. The world will never understand what those who live a life transformed by faith feel every day. To live outside the “win/loss” column of violence and victory is to live a life in the spirit of humility and wisdom. And no one outside the community of faith will ever ...

4548. Epiphany

Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14, Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12, Ephesians 3:1-12

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Julia Ross Strope

... not withheld yourself from humankind. We are grateful you have made our bodies homes for your Spirit. As we recognize the systems of nature, we are glad that you have not kept secret your imagination for we see it everywhere in the universe! We do not understand how evolution continues to change this planet, but we do know that we have been negligent with the waters, the air, and the land. Work in us until we demand that industry develop a conscience and protect the hills and forests, waters and air. God of ...

4549. Lent 1

Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16, Luke 4:1-13, Romans 10:8b-13

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Julia Ross Strope

... Lenten themes of temptation, suffering, and guilt in contemporary interpretations of ancient sacred stories. In Luke 4, Jesus resists old and new arguments for self-gratification and aggrandizement. The challenge for us is to be aware of what has shaped our understandings of God and follow the Christ into new patterns for gratitude and celebration, for relationships and rituals. Contemporary Affirmation The Holy comes to us in many different ways. God continues to create in and around us, leading us to food ...

4550. Lent 4

Joshua 5:9-12, Psalm 32:1-11, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

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Julia Ross Strope

... and care for those in need. Preachers could check how the state of Georgia is doing with elective Bible courses for high school students (legislation in March 2006). Are the students beginning to understand underlying symbols in Western culture as well as literary and religious heroes? Is there understanding about the relationship between Israel, Palestine, and America? Contemporary Affirmation The Holy comes to us in many different ways. God continues to create in and around us, leading us to food for our ...

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