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4751. Confessional Services

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

G. William Genszler

... . Leader: Good Lord, deliver me from error! Minister: I see my face in the face of Pilate -- I refuse to take a stand for that which I know is right. Congregation: O Lord, I do confess that again and again I try to wash my hands of all responsibility because I do not want to get involved. Leader: Lord, let me see the folly of my ways. Minister: I see my face in the face of King Herod -- ready to brutalize life for the pleasures of the moment. Congregation: I confess that even though my spirit is willing ...

4752. No Ignorant Brethren

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Rev. Kenneth H. Sauer

... November. If we expect the leadership of our church to present us with an intelligent plan for spending money next year, we must provide ourselves with an indication of what our gifts will be. That is why each of us pledges - it's part of our faithful, responsible participation in our church. On this day when visitors will be calling in many homes to receive pledges, it is necessary that we relate the Word of God to what we're doing. Yesterday's paper printed an article in which the writer said that Jesus ...

4753. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... you think all of this will someday be used for the good of mankind?" And he replied, "Well, Reverend, I guess that depends on your religionists." Oh, no, you don't, Doctor! You don't sneak out of it that way. You don't divest yourself of that responsibility in that simple way. When a culture divorces its inventions from its intentions, then that culture is doomed, because it doesn't know where it's going. Again and again, I have seen all of the resources of medical science mobilized to save the life of some ...

4754. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... the Lord, your God with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind. And it also says to love your neighbor as yourself." Jesus: That's right. Now go and do this and you will live. Solo 1: The Lawyer was confused by Christ's response. Solo 2: He was not satisfied, Solo 3: Or at least he was still anxious. Solo 4: He still sought to catch Jesus off guard. Lawyer: But who is my neighbor? Solo 1: Jesus adjusted his thoughts. Solo 2: He approached it in another way. Solo 3: His reply would ...

4755. The Unjust Steward

Luke 16:1-15

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... . [Solos 1, 2, 3 start softly to chant "cheat" when Rich Man says "cheat" in the following line ... the chant continues to the end of the line] Rich Man: Even if you cheat just a little, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities. And if you are untrustworthy ... Solo 2: untrustworthy ... Solo 1: untrustworthy ... Solo 3: untrustworthy ... Rich Man: And if you are untrustworthy about ... Solo 1: Anything ... Solo 2: Everything ... Solo 3: All ... Rich Man: Who will trust you with the riches of heaven ...

4756. The Rich Man and Lazarus

Luke 16:19-31

Drama

Robert A. Lehmann

... forgiveness. Solos 2, 4: And pray. Jesus: But Abraham said: Abraham (Solo 3): If they won't listen to Moses and the prophets, they won't listen even though some rises from the dead. [Solos 1, 2, 3, 4 move as a group to DC] Solo 2: Each man is responsible for his own life. Solo 4: No one else can believe for him. Solo 1: When men die, their fates are fixed. Solo 3: When they are living - then they must accept Christ. Narrator (Solo 4): [Moves away to a Narrator position] But for many people it's a case ...

4757. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... the city of Jerusalem." And this is the main point of the biblical witness: Our Salvation was accomplished nearly two thousand years ago in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the one true Son of God. The meaning that this past event has for us today, our response to that event, and our willingness to believe is crucial for us. It doesn't matter so much when we come to believe as it does that we believe. In the beginning, the focus needs to be on our willingness to believe. Faith in God isn't ...

4758. The Blind Leading the Blind

Luke 6:39

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: two blindfolds Who likes to be a leader? It is a big responsibility, but I want to know who wants to be a leader? (Wait for the reply.) Lots of people want to be leaders, but it is hard work and takes a lot of sacrifice. Tell me some people who you think are good leaders? (Get some names like school teachers, the ...

4759. Mommy, Was That God?

John 14:15-31

Illustration

John M. Braaten

... upper bunk of the sleeper. She told her little one that up there she would be nearer to God and that God would watch over her. As silence enveloped the young lady she became afraid and called softly, "Mommy, are you there?" "Yes dear," came the response. A little later, in a louder voice, the child called, "Daddy, are you there, too?" "Yes dear," was the reply. After this had been repeated several times one of the passengers sharing their sleeper car finally lost his patience and shouted loudly, "Yes, we're ...

4760. Service for Death through Miscarriage

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Stan Richards

... our faces to that new place which lies before us, and toward which Jesus turned-the New Jerusalem.. In such a time, our hope is in the God who embraces us with the warmth of a mother and the protection of a father. Meditation on the Hymn: Jesus Loves Me Responsive Reading: Pastor: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. All: Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. (Psalm 130: 1,2.) Pastor: I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? All: "Why must I walk ...

4761. The Power Of God

Philippians 4:13

Illustration

Brett Blair

... ." Then two parks and recreation trucks in Central Park came by and stayed with her to light the way. After 11 hours of struggle and over 27 miles, Linda crossed the finish line. People were crying -- even the TV crew was crying --and Linda was crying at the response and support that she had received from God and these people. She thanked God for the power to do such a miraculous thing. Later she was invited to the White House and was pictured on the front page of the New York Times. Her story was not just ...

4762. It Is So Hard For Us to Wait

Acts 2:1-13

Illustration

Barbara Brokhoff

... word for our frenetic, frenzied, whirling, busy world. We are so impetuous and impatient. Why write it when you can phone or fax it? We expect instant results and instant action. After all, we have instant foods and instant drinks, so why not instant results and instant responses? We can't wait. We want people to understand now! We want people to change now! Waiting for the Lord's leading and timing is so hard, but still Jesus said to do it: "Wait for the promised Holy Spirit." Don't run ahead of God, for ...

4763. God, The Enemy

Luke 12:1-12

Sermon

This week began with the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the man responsible for the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. A USA Today poll taken in April of this year showed that 81 percent of Americans wanted McVeigh to be executed -- and 28 percent of that support was from people who are normally against the death penalty. No matter ...

4764. Master of My Fate; Captain of My Soul

Luke 8:26-39

Illustration

Years ago this country witnessed the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the man responsible for the worst act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history. A USA Today poll taken in April showed that 81 percent of Americans wanted McVeigh to be executed -- and 28 percent of that support was from people who are normally against the death penalty. No matter where you stand ...

4765. A New Kingdom Coming

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

John Wycliffe had a vision of a Bible in the common English tongue, but dogmatists anchored to the past killed him for it. John Huss dreamed a dream of a responsible Christian life guided by the scriptures. Traditionalists burned him at the stake. Martin Luther was awakened to a new reality of God's grace -- an awakening not shared by contemporaries profiting from the status quo. Consequently, he was hunted for years for revealing an exciting and preferable future. A kingdom ...

4766. Relationship Evangelism

Luke 10:1-20; Matt 9:35-10:8-23; Mark 6:1-13

Illustration

... his farm bent over one day and picked up a little stone. He laid on the mantle that night not knowing what it was. A few days later the old Buddhist priest cam by and saw it and exclaimed: Ali Facid must be back from his search. No, came the response. Then where did that diamond come from? The farmer replied: I was out plowing in the garden and found it there. And friends, did you know that from that very garden, for this is not a legend but a true story, came the jewels and diamonds that today adorn the ...

4767. Sermon Opener - The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

... . For none other than the disciples felt the same way. Even Paul wrote in Romans 8:26: “We do not know how to pray as we ought.” One day the disciples, after listening to Jesus pray, asked him if he would teach them how to do it. In response Jesus did not give an extended seminar on the subject but rather told a wonderfully human story, that was simple yet profound. It goes like this: Late one evening an unexpected visitor came to a certain man’s home. The householder was certainly glad to see him but ...

4768. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... open on the road That leads to beauty and to God. I hope you and I understand the truth of this - and that with every power at our command we will do everything we can to keep those gates standing always ajar. Long ago, when people came seeking Jesus, two responses were characteristic: "Send them away," said some of the disciples, and "Bring them to me," said Jesus. On this, let us, his disciples of our day, take our stand with him.

4769. Finding Life!

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

... , biologically born, has never come alive to anything but what is physical, the primitive biological drives that can, and sometimes do, drive us into the abyss - an infantile compulsion to reach and grasp and hold, an adolescent engrossment with the sex urge, an animal response to the demands of appetite in general. This is really not living; it is a denial of life, or an evasion, or an attempt at substitution. Unless we are alive at the spiritual level, the rest of life, at the end, is mostly frustration ...

4770. An Everyday Theology

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... option for him and many others of his generation. Elton Trueblood has wisely said that intellectual argumentation does not create Christian conviction. But he also notes that intellectual sharpness can remove obstacles that stand in the way of an intelligent response to Christ’s offer. The proliferation of modern human wisdom and the simplistic mood in today’s church make a theological style of this sort all the more imperative. We need and will continue to need an everyday theology. Preferably ...

4771. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... the common concerns of our lives and world. We want to know if the universe is friendly, if we were meant to be, where we fit in, and if there is any guarantee that what we hold dear will endure. We’ll miss God’s gracious response to such searchings if we fall asleep. Jesus was continually vexed with persons who gave in to slumbers at precisely those moments when they might have found God speaking to their most important needs. He told Martha that her household distractions were like going to sleep ...

4772. Barefoot in the Palace

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... however, their dreams gave way to the realization that one tyranny had replaced another tyranny. As we deal with El Salvador or Nicaragua, or hope for change in South Africa, we’ll need to consider that critical judgment of these turmoils is part of our Christian response. To do less is to baptize without discernment. In the end, the forces of repression will have regained the palace and thrown out the barefoot ones. Most of all, we’ll need vision to make the most of these times. These are hard days for ...

4773. Watching Jesus

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... proclaim that in watching Jesus, we see the presence of God. We can gauge and test our seeing when we discover that our watching Jesus brings us into the experiences of judgment and sin, forgiveness and power to overcome, endurance under stress and responsibility, hope for a better world, peace which is deeper than life’s confusions or pains, and the trust that even death is overcome by such love. The church has a host of important tasks - education; evangelism and social action; fellowship - but none ...

4774. On Having "The Right Stuff"

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of being shaped into new perspectives and new visions. This is part of what the resurrection means. Toynbee has said that some Oriental religions’ founders made a fundamental mistake. Hoping to have a wide appeal, they "pitched their demands altogether too low"; few responses came, because people want a real challenge. Jesus did not make this mistake. He pitched his demands high, spoke openly of the sacrifice and suffering they involved. In doing so he gave us a great blessing, for out of this stern stuff ...

4775. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... turned out of his pulpit by his Bishop in an industrial city in the midwest. Apparently he identified himself in sermon and deeds with a group that was challenging the justice of plant closings in his city. This group, supposedly, has been responsible for some actions that were calculated to embarrass and obstruct a system that takes little regard for decisions bringing unemployment and hopelessness upon workers. One need not defend this pastor’s style or tactics. Perhaps his Bishop had no other choice ...

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