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451. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... the reality of God in the affairs of history is found in the existence of a dialogical relationship. It must be said that God speaks to whom he wills. Moses was an unexpected choice to be in dialogue with God. He had no prior claim to leadership skills. Furthermore, he was not a fluent speaker. Yet God chose him for a significant position of leadership in the life of Israel. It was Moses who spoke first, and the text simply declares that, “The voice of God answered him.” A spiritual voice spoke from the ...

452. Wash Up First For The Meal Before You Eat!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... a moment now to repent of your sin and stubbornness, to promise to live life anew as a servant to others, you are doing nothing more than becoming what you already are. It is sort of like the great natural athlete who engages in practice to sharpen his skills - to become what he already is. Jesus is just washing off the dust from our feet that beclouds this sort of cleaniness. Come to the table, confident that God has already made you the kind of person who is ready to receive his sacrament. Come with the ...

453. The Dreamer Within You

Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... our fellowship. Our world needs people who are willing to respond to a compelling dream not only to build new churches but to provide forward-looking leadership in government at all levels, to strengthen our public school system, to wield ecological knowledge and skill to protect our environment. These areas of contemporary society are only a few of the host of challenges awaiting dreamers who are open to the Spirit’s leading. Hold On To Your Dream After you have identified your dream, the next task is ...

454. Wedding: 1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Mark Pepoon

Familiar words! Seems as if St. Paul knows what he is talking about! Humanity is best served by individuals who know themselves; that is, their talents, skills, abilities (gifts which they possess and for which they seek to find some function), and service to humankind which is in keeping with their dispositions, temperaments, and strengths. People sometimes find themselves miscast for their jobs or positions; their qualifications are too high or, sometimes, too low. What qualifies one ...

455. At The Name Of Jesus

John 12:12-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... Dead Sea Scrolls have indicated. No longer was "messiah" or "anointed" applied to all Jewish kings. God's anointed would now be God's very special one who would deliver the pious. Having heard of the miracles of Jesus, the raising of Lazarus, and even of Jesus' skill in silencing the theological debates of the Sadducees, the pilgrims of that Passover season believed that it was just a matter of time until the trumpets would blare and the call to arms would come and the Jewish people would be swept to a much ...

456. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... our lives? On this last Sunday of the church year we have told the story yet another time. And another time, Christ awaits our response. Is Christ the Lord of our lives, the Lord of our time, and the Lord of our use of our wealth and our skills? Is he the "King" in whose service we daily rejoice? Are we faithful stewards of the properties of the kingdom to which we have been entrusted? We know he rules the heavens. But does he rule our hearts? Alexander McClaren has observed that on Calvary there were two ...

457. What Will He Find ... When He Comes?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... from two sides, unemployment attacks us with the fear of financial insecurity on the one side and the loss of self-esteem on the other. Job searching can deepen both. In just such a moment I encountered Brian. He is a competent and creative person whose skills and personality cannot be long overlooked. "It will work out, Brian," I said. "God does provide." "I hope so!" he replied. From the inflection of his voice, I knew he did not "expect" so. One is reminded of Lucy's encouragement to Charlie Brown in one ...

458. Our Living Hope

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... not be sure whether the President of the United States was answering reporters' questions or dodging interrogatory missiles. Not at a loss for words, the president did a creditable job of bobbing, weaving, dancing and counter jabbing. Like a skilled prizefighter, dancing and bobbing, Jesus has been ducking hostile questions, weaving through discussions, and jabbing back with knockout punches throughout this 20th chapter of Luke's gospel. Three times thus far in this chapter, hostile questions have been ...

459. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... of Solomon, the temple was completed under Zerubbabel in 516 B.C.E. Herod the Great, the paranoid king of the Christmas birth narratives, rebuilt the temple of Zerubbabel. Despite his well-documented crimes and excesses, he was, nonetheless, a master builder whose skills cannot be denied. He determined that Jerusalem would be the most imposing of all of his work, and to win the loyalty and support of his Jewish subjects, he would rebuild the temple as the grandest of all of Jerusalem's buildings. Building ...

460. Death by Suicide For Active Church Member

Psalm 139:1-24

Eulogy

Phil Barnhart

The God of infinite Reach This sermon was preached at the funeral of a warm and compassionate man who frequently taught object lessons to our church's children by utilizing the skills he developed as a professional magician. Suffering from a brain tumor, Ivan killed himself. We all have burdens. Some of us overcome them and some of us are overcome by them. Life is full of questions. Some of us find the answers and some of us have questions that forever ...

461. For an Eighty-year-old Man

Acts 1:1-11

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... in behalf and in favor of my late father. I know this: Jesus is absolutely correct. No matter how good the defense attorney, how competent the prosecuting attorney, how impartial the judge, there is no case without a witness. The greatest principles, skills, and laws in the world mean absolutely nothing without the testimony of a witness. The same is true for Christianity. The irrefutable evidence of life after death and the resurrection of Christ is the transformation of the disciples from self-serving ...

462. Death in a Hang-glider Accident

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Eulogy

George Paul Mocko

Norberth, My Son They had come as immigrants from Germany about 1950 - Isa, strikingly beautiful and capable; Horst, a skilled workman, quiet and solid. Their small house was carefully kept inside and out. But the focus of their lives was their only child, Norberth. In every way, Norberth was worthy of their love and work, their pride, their hope and ambition. Three months from his twenty-first birthday, he stood ...

463. Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... more to say about the text. Thereupon he dismissed me with a mild reprimand, and an admonition not to preach for less than 20 minutes.” Reader 1: During this time Schweitzer was also teaching theology as well as developing his skills as an organist. He made impassioned pleas for the preservation of old tracker organs, many of which were being converted to the newer electro-pneumatic technology. The tracker organ, which was entirely mechanical, allowed for greater interpretation and sensitivity on the ...

464. Stick-to-it-tiveness

Luke 18:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... children that you will help them practice their math and their reading, and help me with play the chord once more the guitar. But most of all, help us always to pray and never give up. Amen. Optional: [If you know how to play an instrument, fake your lack of skills and after the prayer start playing the instrument.]

465. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... out in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, twelve fearful men recognized Jesus as the Son of God and realized that he was the only one who could save them. Even though they were expert fishermen, even though they were expert sailors, they knew that all their skill, all their knowledge didn’t make one bit of difference in their current situation. They knew that the only one who could save them was Jesus. That hasn’t changed in two thousand years, and if this third rock from the sun on which we live manages ...

466. New (Testament) Math

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... . I can balance my checkbook, but don’t ask me to figure out algebraic equations (as my daughter can tell you). But several national women’s organizations took offense at this innocent-sounding remark. They said that it implied that mathematics is a skill which men typically have less difficulty mastering than women do. I could not understand both the logic behind their conclusion (the doll did not say, "Math is harder for girls than it is for boys") or the degree of anger generated by that innocent ...

467. When Drudgery Becomes Joy

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Joann Hary

... be Israel's one and only king, or otherwise suddenly the people might come to depend upon an earthly monarch rather than upon God. But the people were insistent, so finally, after much discussion with God about this, Saul, a man of great courage, size and skill as a warrior, was anointed - and what Samuel had feared did happen. Saul, human that he was, turned selfish and ruthless, and somehow forgot that he was holding a sacred office, that he was God's servant, and that he needed to do what God commanded ...

468. Conversation or Monologue?

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Johnny Dean

Professional athletes, as a group, are not noted for their oratory skills – off the playing field, that is. From what I understand, several of them are highly efficient when it comes to getting under the skin of their opponents by the use of verbal punches. I think it’s called "trash-talking" – or at least, it used to be called that. But ...

469. The Sound of Weeping

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... people of England with a real spiritual experience. These were the dark days during the Second World War, and Dorothy Sayers' play, "The Man Born to Be King," was broadcast. The play portrays the life of Jesus in a reverent and realistic way. I have read that skillful use of sound effects, such as the scraping of a boat on the rocks around the Sea of Galilee and the dripping of water in the basin as Jesus washed the disciples' feet, made the story come astonishingly alive. The season of Lent affords us an ...

470. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... shows and riding competition to know that there are right and wrong ways to ride horses, just as there are right and wrong ways to drive an automobile. Almost every Christmas parade, or any parade for that matter, has as a featured attraction some skilled riders on beautiful horses. Underneath the blare of band music and cheering spectators, there is always a very distinctive sound when the horse's foot hits the hard pavement. The new dictionary calls it a hoofbeat. The old dictionary calls it a clopping ...

471. The Christian's Tears of Failure

Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... make excuses, or to blame someone or something for the failure. Oh no, we cannot fail. Others may, but not us! It is like the boy who considered himself to be an excellent batter. One evening he asked his father to come to the backyard that he might demonstrate his skill. He held the bat in one hand and with the other threw the ball in the air. He swung as hard as he could but missed it. The lad shouted, "Strike one!" Again he threw up a ball, took a mad swing, and missed it. He yelled, "Strike two!" With ...

472. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... airplane and steamboat. He studied botany, anatomy, was a geologist and an astronomer. (2) The other fascinating thing to learn was that this man who possessed such magnificent control over the brush, each mark being a perfected stroke - this same man whose skilled hands were capable of producing an utter masterpiece - was unable to write even his own name legibly. His handwriting was so atrocious that only recently have the experts been able to decipher it. He wrote lefthanded, back-handed, and from right ...

473. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... illegible markings of our stubby, little, undisciplined hands and notoriously short attention spans, while teaching us to write out the letters of our first awkward words? Oh, I suppose it is possible to teach another to write on the strength of sheer teaching skills and techniques alone, but love and patience warm the lesson. The coldest schoolmaster can teach us to copy words upon a page, but the patient, loving manner impresses words upon our hearts. Love knows how to wait and is patient. It is kind ...

474. Tricks

Matthew 22:15-22

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: Beware of people who try and trick you. Props: A box of tissues, a child’s chair, and a little bit of magic skill. Set the chair up so that the child’s back is to the congregation. How to do the magic trick: In front of the child ball-up a tissue and hold it by the tips of your right hand thumb and middle finger. Put the tissue into the left hand ...

475. How Do I Get To Heaven?

John 6:25-59

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... was really good at dribbling a basketball that God would let me into heaven. Do you think so? (response) What if I got really good a free throws and I could shoot 20 free-throws in a row? Do you think then God would let into heaven? (response) So my skills at basketball won't get me into heaven. I know! Get your wallet and place the offering plate in front of the children. What if I gave the church four dollars. One, two, three , four. There now do you think I can go to heaven? (response) Here then...five ...

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