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4776. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... start. Here as in all of the Sermon on the Mount, we have absolute ideals and absolute grace, without one compromising the other. As we are healed by God's grace and equipped by the Holy Spirit, we are able to reach farther toward God's absolute ideals. Because our Lord is full of forgiveness and grace, I believe that He will hear such a prayer and assist with a fresh start. Let me close with just a few reflections of marriage the way God planned it. A young wife was in an auto accident one day. It was her ...

4777. Watch Your Language!

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... be darned." The pastor said, "son, couldn't you think of something better to say than that?" As the two of them put the wheels back on, the boy asked, "What should I have said?" The pastor thought a moment and said, "Well, you could have said 'Praise the Lord. '" with tongue in cheek, the pastor added, "If you say something like that, who knows, the wagon might fix itself." The boy took his wagon back to the top of the hill. He came racing down again, slammed into that same tree. All four wheels flipped off ...

4778. Even The Bosses Wash Feet!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... OUR MISSION FROM JESUS IS TO BE HUMBLE SERVANTS TO THE WORLD. Notice his commission in verses fourteen and fifteen: "So, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have set you an example." Recently at ... am better than you but simply because we are more affluent. But you say, "Bill, that's crazy'" Not as crazy as the Lord of the universe washing dirty feet. President Nelson Mandela of South Africa is one of those rare politicians who has the common ...

4779. Stand Up Straight

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you in any eternal way. It's that simple. You can do it today at the table of Holy Communion. Notice next that Jesus touched the woman. He is still doing that through the Holy Spirit who takes up residence in every person who claims Jesus as Savior and Lord. That Holy spirit can heal any hurt, change any disposition, and bestow any needed gift. When the Holy Spirit touches you, He will change you, according to His will and wisdom. He may fix your bad back. Or, he may change your spirit so that even your bad ...

4780. Right on the Money!

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... PRODUCE; THEN YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY AND YOUR VATS WILL BE BURSTING WITH WINE. That advice is similar to Deuteronomy 18:4 which tells us: “The first fruits of your grain, your wine, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give to the Lord.” My wife, who is my best advisor, told me last weekend that I was not the least bit subtle in telling you what the scriptures say about tithing. In fact, she said that I hit you with the force of a two by four up side the head. Her guidance ...

4781. Release from the Bonds of Sin

Romans 8:1-17

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... though we have all sinned. Leader: Then let our voices shout out our grateful praise for God's love! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in the Holy Spirit You have empowered us to be free from the bonds of sin and death. Help us to live and witness without fear that others might also come to accept Your love. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often when You have called us to witness in the world around us we have found excuses not to respond. And so often when even ...

4782. Children of God

Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... love. Leader: But in Christ all who believe are adopted into the Family of God. People: Then let us celebrate and give praise for we are loved by God. Leader: And let us tell a sin-enslaved world Freedom in Christ is real! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, Almighty Creator, You saw we had fallen and were in the bonds of sin. As a loving parent, You paid our ransom and set us free. We love You and praise You ...

4783. The Burden Bearing Christ

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... go along with that. All of us are under the burden of righteousness. Ask Paul, ask Martin Luther, ask John Wesley. All in their own way attempted a life of righteousness and it almost brought them to their knees in despair. We give up. In our own way we say “Lord, we have been going to church for so long and we have been praying so hard, and there seems so little answer, just let us rest and leave us alone.” This Christian life can be a burden. Let me tell you a story. During World War II there was a ...

4784. God's Merciful Plan

Romans 11:25-32, Romans 11:11-24, Romans 11:1-10

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... comprehend. You knew us before we were born, and You knew our hearts were sinful, yet You reached out to us that we might know Your love. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have allowed ourselves to believe that just coming to church and being religious would open the gates of heaven. And too often, Lord, we have failed to heed Your teachings about living by faith and loving and caring for our neighbor. Forgive us, O God, and open our hearts to truly living for You in today's ...

4785. Servant Worship

Psalm 116:1-19

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... what God is. And when we thank God for that, it is not entirely complete until what God is is claimed by us and invited to become the essence of our way of life. Whatever else God is, he is love. And when the Psalmist says "I love the Lord because ..." (v. 1), it means that God’s love displaces in the Psalmist all traces of self-love, and certainly this means sacrifice. To repay God for his love and blessings in this way, the believer subordinates his life to God’s will and purpose. And this is costly ...

4786. Song of a Pilgrim

Psalm 122:1-9

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... petitioning heaven for her welfare. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! "May they prosper who love you! Peace be within your walls, and security within your towers!" For thy brethren and companions’ sake I will say, "Peace be within you!" For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good. (Psalm 122:6-9) It is a quiet prayer, yet one vibrant with feeling and closing with a solemn vow. For it expresses the poet’s hope that, by the grace of God and their own open-heartedness, the people of ...

4787. The Easter Event - After The Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Robert Allen

... as though we don’t believe. We try to make it through life on our own. We try to live as though we don’t need God. And our lives end up in a mess. On that first Easter, each one of those followers experienced the presence of the risen Lord. Suddenly, they knew that he was there. Suddenly, they knew that he cared. Suddenly, they knew that he was alive. Suddenly, they knew that they were not alone anymore, and their belief turned to faith. You may have been trying to make it on your own in life and yet ...

4788. We Do Not Have To Stay The Way We Are!

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me," says the Lord. "And I also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest; I would send rain upon another city; one ... . Their prophet Joel not only tells them to "rend your hearts and not your garments" but goes on to say: Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. (v. 13) The ...

4789. Courageous Preaching

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... nothing. Not even a church to worship in. We are homesick for home and the way things used to be. We cry: "It is nothing to you, all you who pass by Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was brought upon me. Which the Lord inflicted on the day of his fierce anger ... My eyes are spent with weeping; my soul is in tumult; My heart is poured out in grief ..." (Lamentations, chapters 1 and 2) But we can’t go home. Though discouraged, depressed, and oppressed, we have to make the best of it ...

4790. Easter: The Festival Of Joy

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... in the power of a good and gracious God who tells us that these events are never the last word. Our text reminds us: ... The Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines ... The joy of a Christian does not mean ... a time when this great enemy of death will be defeated. We are told in words that we have heard at many a funeral, "Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces." This has been called a "tear-drenched" world and so it is. We can’t begin ...

4791. Great Grace Was Upon Them!

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... been said that the trouble with money is that it costs too much! This person did not mean high interest rates. I suspect that money is at the heart of most of the controversial issues of our time. We often judge people by the money they make. Our Lord sees the love of money as one of the greatest temptations. Nowhere was he so direct and specific as he was about the danger of money. He said, "You cannot serve God and wealth." George Forell says, "This idol is everywhere. Marriages flounder on the rock of ...

4792. The Ten Commandments - Part 2

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , does not desert us. That sure faith and knowledge replaces the need for images, whether they be statues, sanctuaries, or human beings. We dare not make a mini-god to replace the only true God. III The Third Commandment reads: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. The first rule says: put God first. The second says, get a right picture of God. The third says, think about God in the right way. Well, some might ask, what is in a name? The implication is, not very much. The ancient Hebrews ...

4793. Receiving God's Good News

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... God. Leader: And let our hearts thrill again as we are touched by the Holy Spirit. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You would confound the mighty and lift high the meek so that we might learn about Your love. Help us, God, to ... seek Your word for our day and not to judge Your people. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, sometimes we have been so intent on being perfect and demanding perfection in others that we have lost the qualities of mercy, grace ...

4794. A Man Whose Dreams Came True

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... yourself of what Joseph told his brothers (and he said it again and again, in order to firmly establish it in their minds): "You didn’t send me down here; God did. You meant it for evil, hut God intended it for good." Repeatedly, he emphasized that the Lord was undergirding the entire experience, that this was God’s divine plan for saving his people (his chosen nation) in the time of famine. Just stop and think. If his brothers hadn’t hated him, if he hadn’t been dropped into a pit, if he hadn’t ...

4795. A Man Who Was a Lion-Tamer

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... faithful, who dared to resist temptation, no matter what it cost. God did deliver Daniel; that’s tremendous. And we marvel at the miraculous power of the Lord. But this story not only tells of a God who is able to deliver, but of a man who is able to stand firm. The story ... God? There are so many other matters that press in upon our time. Even when we are in the house of the Lord, we are sometimes tempted to be loud, rude, disrespectful - irreverent. No one ever loses who takes a firm, moral stand for God ...

4796. A Man Who Wanted to Burn a City

Luke 9:46-50

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... where Jesus said, "I am the vine; ye are the branches." Only by John (John 15). The great intercessory prayer of our Lord Jesus, one of the greatest prayers ever offered, is included only by John (John 17). And perhaps the most famous, best known, ... who had been casting out devils in the name of Jesus - although he was not one of the twelve. John reported to Jesus and said, "Look, Lord, I rebuked the man. I told him he must stop his work." I can picture Jesus as he replied, "Hold on, John. Take it easy. ...

4797. A Man With a Scalpel and a Pen

Acts 16:6-10

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... the man’s ear - but isn’t it interesting that the only one who tells of the miracle of the restoring of the man’s ear was a doctor! (Luke 22:50, 51). Only Luke tells of the repentant thief, dying on the cross beside Jesus, who cried out, "Lord, remember me when you inherit your kingdom." And only Luke tells of the immortal reply of Jesus, "Verily, I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:39-43). Only Luke tells us, as well, many other well-known stories: of Mary and Martha ...

4798. A Citizen of Three Worlds

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... , I’m sure the answer was a hearty, "Yes!" How can I be so certain? Because I recall Paul at Philippi ... stripped ... his back bleeding ... his feet fast in stocks ... in the deepest dungeon ... at the darkest hour of night. And what was he doing? Singing! Praising his Lord! (Acts 16:22-25). I like to think that he sang, "All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!" I know he didn’t, because neither the words nor the tune had been written yet, but that’s what was in his heart. "All Hail the Power of Jesus ...

4799. Augustine, Defender of the Faith

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the golf course, the football game, or an outing at the lake. Another passage in Romans reads, "But God has shown us how much he loves us - it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us! We rejoice because of what God has done through our Lord Jesus Christ, who has now made us God’s friends" (Romans 5:8, 11b). How this changes our attitude toward each other, our church, and its ministry and mission! • No more resentment when the church asks for help, be it with our time or our money. • No ...

4800. Francis of Assisi: a Faith for Every Day

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... with his worldly life. On a pilgrimage to Rome he exchanged clothes with a beggar and spent the day begging. When he returned to Assisi, after being disowned by his father, he devoted himself to repairing a ruined church. In 1208, Francis heard read in church his Lord’s words bidding his disciples to leave all (Matthew 10:7-19) and understood them as a personal call to save souls. He soon gathered a band of followers. He drew up a simple rule of life based on sayings from the Gospels for himself and this ...

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