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4726. Separation of God and State?

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... plain citizens. Take a simple virtue like honesty. How honest are the American people? When it comes to paying income taxes, Americans are cheats and liars. In a sample of 400 nurses, ninety percent failed to report all their income. Some people lie in claiming charitable gifts; some report that they give half of their incomes to the church. Tax evasion is more than a sickness; it is an epidemic. In 1983 the IRS estimates that 100 billion dollars will not be paid in taxes. In a poll taken by Time magazine ...

4727. A Book Which Reads Us

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... as God gives it away. "God so loved the world," we read, "that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." This single line from John is the Christian gospel, Martin Luther said. The gospel for "whoever," a gift to anyone whose life has rough and heartrending edges. It assures us we cannot move beyond God’s love and compassion. To know this, to feel this in the recesses of our hearts and minds is, as Hugo said, to be supremely happy. In Dag Hammarskjold’s ...

4728. Peter’s Net

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... the scar of love unwanted and unaccepted? Most of us have loved and been loved, but some of us have never been loved because of "circumstances beyond our control." There is a third such dilemma in human life where we find ourselves wishing vainly for a gift or a happening that is not a natural part of our experience. We find that our faith is too small, or even nonexistent. It seems incredible, but it is true, that the desire for faith is not enough to produce it. Wishful thinking and faith have little ...

4729. Abraham’s Promise Perpetuated

Romans 4:1-25

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Richard F. Bansemer

... of his own Spirit. Having been duly elected by this family to reveal the contents of his will, and having been directed by our benefactor to withhold nothing, it is my duty and delight to serve you in this manner. Lest we be accused of desiring the gift more than the giver, and lest we be tempted by greed and impatient curiosity, before the will is read, we will take a few moments to recall his work among us. For this purpose I have selected persons at random who represent all of us. To protect ourselves ...

4730. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... met the Master through the love exemplified by Anne Sullivan. A friend was recently going through a time of bereavement. She reported that a woman whom she thought of as an acquaintance, but not as a close friend, visited at the funeral home and also sent a gift of flowers to the home. During the course of her visit, the woman said to my friend, "We were never really close friends, but I always admired you and was always grateful for your great spirit of caring and loving." We never really know how we are ...

4731. "Lite Beer by Miller"

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... for God to show another just how wrong the other is?) Well, I prayed that God would show him his errors. But after a while the prayer began to change. No longer did I pray that God show him his errors; rather, I prayed that God bless him in the gifts that God had given to him. After a week of such prayer, I began to feel different. The anger began to leave me. The ocean became a river and then a creek. Now we are comfortable in the same room. The God who created me created my estranged friend who ...

4732. Gabriel Speaks to Mary

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

George Bass

... by a cleared area the size of a football field." Fences had been set up to hold the cattle, and people were dressed in western clothing and army boots; they sat around in front of houses. Their cooking pots were filled with cornmeal "from bags labeled, ‘Gift of the People of the United States.’ " Ms. Brooks noticed "a teen-age girl who carried an amplifier that would have done justice to the Rolling Stones." The world of the Bushman has changed rapidly; the old has been made new - for them - and their ...

4733. A Glimpse of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

George Bass

... were no longer troubled. They knew they would be with their Lord when they died; no pain was too great for them to endure because their Lord was with them in the hour of their agony and death. What the hymn calls "blessed assurance" was a precious gift of grace for them. Death was changed from an enemy into a friend. William S. Coffin, Jr., writes about what he calls "A Close Brush with Death" in his autobiography, Once to Every Man. He developed pleurisy during one summer vacation, paid no attention to it ...

4734. Born to Play Second Fiddle

Luke 1:57-66

Sermon

George Bass

... his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. John must have received at birth that gift of grace that establishes a faith so firm that there is never any doubt about God’s existence, his intentions for John, and his plan to save all people and reconcile them to himself in Jesus Christ. He knew that it was God whom he was to ...

4735. Pardon for Sin

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... the "first Adam’s" legacy, there is now the possibility of surmounting it through Jesus Christ, our second representative. If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigns through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17) You may say, "How can I receive this which Christ offers?" We receive it simply by asking him to forgive our sins and be the master henceforth of our lives. Once ...

4736. The New Covenant

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... Stanley and he investigated. After several days of negotiation they arrived at the covenant. First, there was a parley in which the chieftain questioned Stanley as to his motives and standing, and his ability to keep the covenant. The next step was an exchange of gifts. The old chieftain wanted Stanley’s white goat. Stanley was in poor health and goat’s milk was very important for his nourishment, so it was difficult for him to give this up, but the chieftain seemed to want nothing else. So he finally ...

4737. The Three Faces of God

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... are here. In the Holy Spirit, "the soul enters into communion with the Living God." The Divine Presence invades a person, the Divine Love invades the group, the Divine Peace invades the world. As Harold DeWoIf suggests: "When men of the Christian community find themselves divinely gifted with a strange and marvelous personal power, they know that they have received the Holy Spirit."3 If this is the cry of humanity: Who’s in charge here? Who’s to tell us what to do? Will I ever Discover why I live and ...

4738. Faith A New Potential for Life

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... you can truly love others. Remember? Jesus, knowing he was loved by the Father, lavished love on all kinds of people. They, being loved by Jesus, began to love others - and they, others. That’s it - the secret of God’s love. We experience God’s gift of love and discover that we are at peace; now, we reveal love in life’s tense situations (home, business, nation, world); we have become a part of God’s healing, redeeming love - a force let loose in the world. Reuel Howe once wrote, "Love is always ...

4739. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

Death pervaded the whole human race, inasmuch as all men have sinned. But, its effect is vastly exceeded by the grace of God and the gift that came to so many by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:12, 15 NEB). Paul puts it more succinctly in 1 Corinthians 15:21: "As by man came death, by man comes also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so in ...

4740. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... hundred years it can be done. But never in our lifetime!" Madam Curie reacted: "If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I dare not do less than work for it so long as I have life." She won! And because of her, we have the gift of healing radiation. Hers was a living sacrifice. In the play, The Quare Fellow, the scene is laid on death row in an Irish prison the night before an execution. The warden is fighting for the condemned prisoner all night long. He fights through the long hours with love ...

4741. Life - The Womb of the Eternal

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... and uncertainties that attack unsupported human beings. Then for one split second I was delivered from all anxiety, every little splinter of it. This happened in a flash of total certainty in relation with God, in a blaze of absolute assurance (a sheer gift). For one second I knew (I cannot explain it), I knew that nothing could possibly mar this freedom. God offers his children a thousand varieties of Christian experience. Whenever a Christian has experienced his own personal touch of God, from that moment ...

4742. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Earth."5 In the shocking act of washing the feet of the disciples, Jesus, the Messiah, was saying to them, "It is not by power or by might, but by love and by serving that my Kingdom comes!" Muggeridge, reacting to this, writes: "One of Jesus’ greatest gifts was to release a tidal wave of humility, flowing through the world against the devil’s contrary tide of self-assertion. The devil being the great I Am, and Jesus being the great We Are." It is evident to me that the Church of the Savior, Washington ...

4743. Journey to the Cross I: Jesus And The Demon-Possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the graduate an automobile. “Bill” and his father had spent months looking at cars… and the week before graduation they found the perfect car. Bill was certain that on graduation night that car would be his. After the graduation ceremonies, Bill’s father handed him a gift-wrapped Bible! Bill was so furious that he threw the Bible down and stormed out of the house. He and his father never spoke again, never saw each other again. His parents tried to reach him, but Bill refused to speak to them or see ...

4744. Journey To The Cross III: Jesus And The Extravagant Woman

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of course, the gracious, sacrificial love of an eight-year-old big sister! Someone might say, “Well, it was only one dollar and eleven cents”… but, it was all she had! She gave all she had to save her little brother… and that’s an extravagant gift! Isn’t that a great story? It’s powerful because it reminds us in a dramatic way that the spirit of Christ can empower and enable us… to be extravagant in our generosity, to be extravagant in our gratitude, and to be extravagant in our graciousness ...

4745. Journey To The Cross IV: Jesus and Judas

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Master? Some have said the answer is here. “It was written in the cards. It was all part of the plan.” How do you feel about that? Do you agree with that? And if you do, then how do you balance that with God’s grace… and with God’s gift of freedom of choice? Did Judas have a choice? Or was he predestined to betray? What do you think? Still others say it was a political strategy on Judas’ part. Maybe Judas was simply trying to force the issue, to bring the showdown, to make Jesus get on with it ...

4746. Through Christ We Have Salvation

Romans 5:12-21

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... pleas and in Jesus Christ we have our salvation. People: So let us sing and give praise to Almighty God! Leader: And let us walk in the ways of the Lord forever! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Christ You blessed us with Your gift of Salvation. Wound us, Lord, where we need to be wounded and heal us where we are not whole, but in all things lead us in Your ways. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we would have Your salvation without giving up the ways or ...

4747. I WANT TO BE NOTICED

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... in a simple dash ... John Doe, 1924-19__. A lifetime summarized so briefly. Jesus said things can be different for you. There is life after birth. Good life. Meaningful life. Abundant life. When you permit Christ in your life, he brings with him the gifts of joy, peace, and happiness. Purpose and direction for living become apparent to you. Saying yes to the Lord is saying yes to yourself and the full life God wants you to have. There is also life after death. During his life, Jesus spoiled every ...

4748. GOD’S CURE FOR LONELINESS

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John H. Krahn

... when we will be alone, but we need not be lonely. There is a difference. Christ can be the difference when we welcome him not only as our Savior but also as our companion and our friend. Alone but not lonely is the Christian’s possibility. It is God’s gift to us. Talk with the Lord throughout the day, for he is with us wherever we are and whatever the circumstances.

4749. HOW TO BE SMART

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John H. Krahn

... the seventh trip around, the walls began to crumble. God wouldn’t let Joshua down when he trusted in him. Solomon, one of the wisest of the wise, said that the mark of wisdom is to put your trust in the Lord. However bright we might be, whatever our many gifts and talents, they do not compare with those of Almighty God. To put our trust in the Lord and have him guide our lives is the smart thing to do. To others such an act of confidence in the Lord might seem as foolish as Joshua’s battle plans. The ...

4750. FOR UNTO YOU

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John H. Krahn

... meaning of a personal Savior, Jesus, the Babe of Bethlehem, crash in upon your heart and your entire being. There is Good News for you, the Lord of the entire universe loves you personally. For Emmanuel, God with us, is truly with us. Rejoice and give thanks over God’s gift of love to you. Receive him and the peace of God the angels sang about that first Christmas will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus until life everlasting.

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