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4651. All Mine To Give!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to learn much about this in the past four years. You see, I used to see the church as a kind of water bucket from which we handed cups of cool water ministry to others. And since there was only so much water in the bucket, we had to be careful how we gave it out. After all, there was a limit to what we could do! But no more! I'm coming to affirm the church as more of a pipe connected to God, the possessor of indepletable resources on the one end and pouring out to a needy world ...

4652. Mirror, Mirror ON The Wall . . .!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... feature. So is your smile, and the twinkle in your eyes. With the gift of science God has even allowed us to straighten teeth, improve our complexions with better hygiene, and even straighten a nose or minimize a scar by plastic surgery. If you can afford such care, these things are changeable. And it is no sin to try to make oneself as attractive as possible.\nDesigned To Serve A Purpose\n Not only does the Bible point out that the Lord prescribed how you look, it also teaches that God designed you with a ...

4653. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... than this, it is through you out there in the world, outside the walls of this place, that the kingdom of Christ begins to take root in this world. As you give a cup of water to the thirsty, as you clothe the naked and feed the hungry, as you care for the welfare of a neighbor or a co-worker or even a rival, even at the expense of your own interests and well-being, as you forgive the wrongdoer and love your enemy, you begin to embody the sacrificial love of Christ to this world. You become the salt ...

4654. Telling The Truth

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... and institutions in her cynical world. She had been betrayed and lied to so many times that she trusted no one. But she told my friend, "I trust you. You don't seem to have any ulterior motives. You are not trying to use me. You seem really to care about me." Her reaction reveals something very important about our truth-telling in the world. The truth of our slavery to sin is so devastating, so harsh, so complete, that no one is able to face it. How can our slavery be that bad? Why should we bother to ...

4655. No Freudian Slip!

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... "there but for the grace of God go I." Isn't that why many of us live out in the suburbs -- to be safe, not to have to worry about the dangers of being around people who are different and who have less than we do and who may be carefully planning some way to get some of that stuff away from us? Did God send us Ronald Reed that night? I don't know. But I do know one thing. Our avoidance of someone like Ronald Reed was very revealing. It was a Fredudian slip. It exposed the fear and ...

4656. Getting In Tune Again

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

William L. Self

... . Any church that is getting ready to die shrinks its boundaries and says, "It's just for us; it is for our little group." Those who define the ministry of the people of God as only being a "feel-good ministry" and who "dumb it down" only take care of the needs of those few who are assembled there. A church focused on itself only is conducting an "ensmallment" campaign. We see this clearly in two churches in the New Testament. One is the church in Jerusalem. At Pentecost 3,000 people were added. That is a ...

4657. Praying With Bloody Knuckles

Isaiah 62:1-12, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

William L. Self

... be achieved without a direct intervention from God? "You shall be a crown of beauty ... and a royal diadem. Zion is very precious to the Lord. He awaits to bless his people. They are his glory" (Isaiah 62:3). I am convinced that the Lord loves us and cares more about our concerns than we do. On his timetable he invades our troubles and issues with supernatural power. In a few days we will start a new year, a new century. We are all carrying into that century the baggage of prior years, the small victories ...

4658. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

William L. Self

... are heretofore chaotic. In fact, chaos describes the condition of at least seventy percent of the adult population. They are "without form and void," totally incapable of loving others. This relationship with fellow humans is manipulative and self-serving. They don't care for anyone else, are unprincipled and governed by their own will. Their total being lacks integrity. When people at this stage get in touch with their own being it is very painful. They either ride it out unchanged, kill themselves, or ...

4659. Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the drop of a hat. He was a religious man. He was also young and successful. He was busy organizing armies, building businesses, and shaping the destiny of his city. If you had asked him, he probably would have candidly told you, "Doing good and taking care of my family is my religion. At least I'm not a hypocrite." Jotham never understood why the people acted corruptly under his leadership and why, ultimately, all the spiritual fruit fell off the vines in his kingdom under his son Ahab and his daughter-in ...

4660. Point Of Origin

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... beyond the details of Babylonian order to view humans not as slaves or machines, not as unique creatures, not as animals, but as very "images of God." Genesis 1 defines an element of goodness and freedom. The "images of God" are called upon to exercise dominion and care and finish off the creation. That is the biblical perspective: the human is a created co-creator. The human is no pet, no pest, no beast of burden, no machine, no victim. The human being is a co-creator in a created universe. The human self ...

4661. A New Name

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... with the letters S.T., which stood for sheep thief. One brother subsequently left the village and spent his remaining years wandering from place to place indelibly marked by disgrace. The other remained in the village, made restitution for the stolen sheep, and became a caring friend and neighbor to the townspeople -- an old man loved by all. Many years later, a stranger came to town and inquired about the S.T. on the old man's forehead. "I'm not sure what it means," another told him. "It happened so ...

4662. Our Jealous Husband

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... so far so good for me! I genuinely worship God most of the time. God has 97 percent control of my tongue. I never miss church unless I'm sick. And I respect authority (unless I'm real late to a meeting, then I turn on my fuzz-buster). Be careful, dear Christian, in calculating how "good" you are. That can cause the first chair to slide on that cart. Besides, the only person you should compare yourself to is the One who never broke a single commandment. In the Old West, Buck was known as the "meanest man in ...

4663. Held In His Arms

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... any museum's list. It was the painting of the man's son. The auctioneer asked for an opening bid, but the room was silent. "Who will open the bidding with $100?" he asked. Minutes passed, and no one spoke. From the back of the room came a voice, "Who cares about that painting? It's just a picture of his son." "Let's forget about it and move on to the good stuff," more voices echoed in agreement. "No, we have to sell this one first," replied the auctioneer. "Now, who will take the son?" Finally a neighbor of ...

4664. Hear, Hear

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... a process of learning to listen to the Spirit through the Word and in our spirit controlled by him. Listen and act even if it seems unlikely. The angel led Philip away from a hotbed of witness opportunities to a seemingly inappropriate place: a deserted road. God cares for a single convert, no matter how hard or opposed to God he might be. When God says, "Go," go! 2. Ask thought-provoking questions: If you don't know what else to say, ask a meaningful, spiritual question or play off something they just said ...

4665. The Highest In The Lowest

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... have been doing that. The fact is that we can not go where God is, but God comes to us where we are. God comes to us through people with all of their handicaps, ordinariness, and disabilities -- especially the disability of poverty. The Advent tells us that God cares for all people. Through Jesus, God is Emmanuel, who comes to us by the roadside in the normal, daily events of everyday life. It is like the woman who in the ordinary activity of her day comes to draw water from the well. In her daily routine ...

4666. By What Authority?

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... that mean? It would mean as Jesus carried out his ministry in the world, so are we called into the world. He washed dusty and dirty feet. He fed the hungry and healed broken limbs. He opened sightless eyes, cleansed leprous skin, and cared for the homeless and forsaken. Are we willing to follow Jesus into the work place? What would that mean? No more oppressive relations between employers and employees. No unjust labor practices. No sexual harassment. No gender discrimination. Are you willing to follow ...

4667. Seeds And The Kingdom

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... knows that some seeds are so fine that you can hardly scatter them far enough apart to allow proper space to grow. The gardener will mix them with sand so as to "dilute" them. 10. "Birds ... Make Nests in its Shade." (v. 32) Be careful about allegorizing the parable. Some early interpretations saw the branches of the shrub as denominations and the birds as false sects that arose in Christian communities. It is almost certain that the only point Jesus intended was the exaggerated size of the outcome from ...

4668. Coping With Heartache

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... their captivity, punish their enemies, and restore the nation to its greatness. They wanted to go back home! But that's not what Jeremiah told them. He told them, "God is in control. There is a reason for these events. Accept them, and trust God to take care of you. God is still present and available to you in Babylon. Make the most of your life where you are." Jeremiah's words are good advice to anyone who suffers heartache. So often, people spend a lot of time and energy wishing that unpleasant things had ...

4669. The Other Resurrection

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... , we find a man lying in a hospital, wracked with pain from cancer, a hopeless case with no reason to hope, who suddenly, miraculously is healed -- no sign of cancer, no scars of agony, nothing to explain the sudden health. He has received the same prayers, the same care as other patients in the same hospital, but he does not die when others do. Is it because he has lived a better life? Or been more faithful in his obedience? Or because he has some other purpose to fulfill before he dies? We do not, cannot ...

4670. The Demons Within

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... illness is still just as powerful and divisive as ever. It comes as a curse, and we treat its victims as pariahs to be shunned and isolated. The word cancer can make us squirm with discomfort and fear. We run away rather than offering our support and care. AIDS is just as demonic as any other worldly creature. It ravages individuals while others seek to pretend it will go away if one ignores it long enough. Greed is a demon, threatening to make us slaves of want. Avarice has always been one of the deadly ...

4671. Not Independence, But Freedom

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Gerald Whetstone

... this community, not by a long shot. This is a community which gathers around the gospel of the love of God in Christ our Lord. We learn that love as we hear the scriptures. We receive that love in the sacraments. We also experience that love as we care for one another, and for the world around us. In seeking to live a new life we must be part of such a community. Where will we turn for reassurance when our confidence falters, or for guidance when we face a new and difficult challenge, or for forgiveness ...

4672. Angels Announce A Birth

Luke 2:8-20

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... by the natural eye. There have been good and bad angels as well. Yes, we know a lot about angels even though for most of us they are mysterious beings confined mostly to our reading about them in scripture. Well, what do angels do? (Responses -- Take care of us, rejoice in heaven, make announcements for God.) The word "angelos" means messenger. And especially at this time of year, that is how we think of them. Angels came to Mary and Joseph, to Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), and to shepherds on ...

4673. The Pastor Who Created A Monster

Haggai 1:1-15, Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... things. Our lives are filled with projects and that which we call goals. We make plans to build new buildings and we organize fund campaigns and we establish countless other projects in the life of a congregation and in our individual lives. But we need to be very careful. We need to remember that these other things are never THE GOAL. They are always our response to THE GOAL. They are our responses to the gift of God's presence in our lives. "This is not to say that the various projects in our lives are ...

4674. Changing Nature

Colossians 1:9-10

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... show in the way you look and act. The things you watch on television can affect how you feel about what is important in life and that can affect what you do. The type of friends you have can also affect the way you behave. We all need to be careful about the conditions that surround us as we live each day, for they can influence how we feel inside. And how we feel inside can change how we act toward other people. Now, I hope your time in church will help you to know that you are loved by God ...

4675. There's More To Thanksgiving

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... of all creeds. It is a brief but dramatic history of what God had done for the people. It tells how God delivered the people from bondage in Egypt and how God later gave them the promised land (Deuteronomy 26:5-9). When we read this creed carefully we discover that the word choices used in the creed are very significant. The creed begins, "A wandering Aramean (i.e. Jacob) was my ancestor." It starts by the speaker looking back into the past from their vantage point in the present, but as the creed continues ...

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