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4926. Proper 13

Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32, Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the water of life." Water is to the body as God's Spirit is to the soul. In another sense, we come to God through the waters, the waters of baptism. God is the goal and the way to eternal life. Be a picky eater. The Lord urges: "Listen carefully to me and eat what is good" (v. 2b). We consume a lot of things that aren't food, which don't satisfy: countless material gadgets and trinkets, music which arouses our aggression, magazines which fill our minds with garbage. God's Word is that which truly satisfies ...

4927. Proper 18

Romans 13:8-14, Romans 13:1-7, Ezekiel 33:1-20, Exodus 12:1-30, Matthew 18:15-20

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Russell F. Anderson

... and enter the city to lay waste to it. Even worse than that, what if the watchman saw the enemy coming and remained mute? Maybe he didn't think that any enemy could pierce the fortifications of the city and lay siege to it. Perhaps he just didn't care what happened to the city, being so disillusioned that he desired the demise of his city. In a sense, we are all watchmen for both church and society. This passage warns us that if we are negligent in issuing warning to those for whom we are responsible, we ...

4928. Proper 23

Exodus 32:1-33:6, Isaiah 25:1-12, Matthew 22:1-14, Philippians 4:1-9

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Russell F. Anderson

... that this makes the services too long. "Imagine," said the pastor, "some folks think that we pray too much. What an indictment to make against your church." A visitor to the church told an evangelism caller: "Your intercessions show that you really are a caring church, which believes in the power of prayer." Old Testament: Isaiah 25:1-10 Sermon Title: A Feast For All. Sermon Angle: Isaiah envisions a feast for all peoples being held at the temple in Jerusalem. Usually, when a feast is held, there is ...

4929. Proper 26

Joshua 3:7-17, Amos 5:18-27, Micah 3:1-12, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 23:1-39, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... (the average age of first marriage has gone from 21 to 26 in the last four decades and continues to go up), they may be ready to commit to Christ if the churches' witness is authentic and sincere. The Baby Busters don't give a care for a religion that is image and show; they demand a faith that works. (Thoughts gleaned from "Reaching The First Post-Christian Generation" by Andres Tapia; Christianity Today; September 1994) Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 (15-18) See Lesson 2 for Proper 27. Gospel ...

4930. Proper 5

Genesis 12:1-8, Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1-6, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:1-25

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Russell F. Anderson

... . Relationships break down, starting with one's relationship with the Lord. Life becomes joyless. These are but a few symptoms. The first step to wholeness occurs when the afflicted person acknowledges his diseased condition. The second step is to put your life under the care of a physician you can trust. Jesus said: "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick" (v. 12). PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Lesson 1: Genesis 12:1-9 Sermon Title: How To Secure A Blessing. Sermon Angle: There is ...

4931. Proper 6

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42, Genesis 18:1-15, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 5:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... in mission is that they have no mission strategy or it's poorly defined. Jesus was very clear about his as he prepared to send out his disciples. He told them to limit their outreach to the Jews. This doesn't mean that he didn't care for Gentiles or Samaritans but his mission strategy was to reach the Jews and, through them, the rest of the world. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Lesson 1: Genesis 18:1-5 Sermon Title: Incognito. Sermon Angle: God appeared to Abraham incognito in the guise of three strangers. Abraham ...

4932. Proper 8

Romans 6:1-14, Romans 6:15-23, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Genesis 22:1-19, Matthew 10:1-42

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Russell F. Anderson

... . The upheaval that Jesus told his followers to expect bears some likeness to what is happening in the former Soviet Union. During the old regime, there was certainly order. People didn't have any freedom but they knew what to expect, the state would take care of their basic needs. With the abandoning of communism, great upheaval has occurred. Community, as it was known, has broken down. No one ought to claim that the advent of a free market economy will usher in the kingdom of God for the Russian people ...

4933. Proper 9

Genesis 24:1-67, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 7:7-25, Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 11:25-30, Matthew 11:1-19

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Russell F. Anderson

... the rest of the class. Our daughter despised school because of the harsh judgment of that teacher, who saddled unnecessary burdens on her. The second grade teacher, however, gave her special attention, making her Cinderella in the class play. Lu blossomed under her loving care. Love and understanding can lighten any burden. Sermon Title: Saddle Ready. Sermon Angle: You can't just hop on a wild horse and ride into the sunset. First of all, you couldn't catch him. Secondly, you couldn't mount him if you did ...

4934. Easter Day

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9, Colossians 3:1-17, Acts 10:23b-48

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Russell F. Anderson

... but notice the incongruity of these two assemblies the one in the parking lot and the one in the church. The revelry in the parking lot seemed so out of place in this holiest of Christian holidays. Christ died for all, but this group of revelers couldn't care less. Of course, from their perspective it might seem like the church is a bunch of crepe hangers who have lost the ability to celebrate life. In their way of thinking, the church is out of sync with the world, not the other way around. If they had ...

4935. Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... book about angel encounters titled A Book Of Angels, where she maintains that angels are all around but invisible. She contends that angels disguise themselves as a gust of wind, a pulse of energy, a thought and so forth. The heavenly host don't care about being seen; they are only concerned to put across their message. The form and directness of the angelic visitations is dependent on our capacity to receive. Does this interest in angels reflect a new enthusiasm for transcendence and things spiritual? It's ...

4936. I Am Making All Things New (Including You)

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... you. My sins put you there...not the Romans, not the Jewish authorities, but my sins put you there. "Yes, son. Yes, daughter. Now you understand. All of this is for you, as if there were only you. That's how much I love you. That's how much I care. I make all things new, even you." "Is that what you are doing up there? I didn't know what I was doing." "Yes, I know. That's what I am doing up here. I am making all things new." "Even me?" "Especially you!" Questions For Reflection Or Discussion 1 ...

4937. I Am The Servant

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... earth -- to save us, we can grow in our appreciation and love of the old, old story. Jesus said, "...Here am I among you like one who serves" (Luke 22:27). The story of Jesus comes alive as we picture Jesus in selfless service. Servants think of taking care of the needs of others. This story of Jesus, the Servant, becomes more dear to us and near to us as we consider the meaning of that servanthood as described by the prophet Isaiah: He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with ...

4938. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

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Lynda Pujad

... among local shepherds. They claimed at that time that they were told by angels about the baby Jesus who was born that night who would be their savior. Personally, I find that to be totally irrelevant. Who would consider valid the testimony of local shepherds? Who cares what they have to say? They are not important members of any society. If a Messiah were being born, our God Jehovah wouldn't deal with shepherds. He would have his angels tell us first, of course. Other rumors mentioned wise men from the East ...

4939. Seder Service: The Passover Haggadah

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Robert L. Linder and Rabbi Sol Ester

... righteous of all nations have a share in the world to come." We are grateful to all the Allied Nations who liberated our people, and people of other faiths, from Nazi imprisonment, torture, and death. R: With thankful hearts we shall ever remember the care and encouragement they gave to all those who were tragically displaced. Let us all pray and work together for that day when there shall be no more violence or desolation anywhere on this earth. R: "Nation shall not lift sword against nation; neither shall ...

4940. A Good Friday Vigil

Luke 22:39-46

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Alexander H. Wales

... at a midday/lunchtime setting. A small room, with a capacity of ten to twenty individuals, is lighted with several candles, with a worship center created by a crown of thorns, a cross and a Christ Candle. The room is lighted only by candles. Care must be taken with the placement of the candles to prevent fire hazard, and for the movement of worshipers and leaders. Beside the worship center, a prerecorded tape of sacred music (in our case, a collection of Gregorian chants and quiet, meditative organ music ...

4941. In The Beginning

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... allthe creatures I have made." But remembering His ownloneliness, God made two kinds of helpers that would be ableto live together and reproduce and love and protect andcherish His Creation. God made men and women. "It's all yours," God said. "Enjoy, appreciate,celebrate, anticipate, care for it all. Even though it ismade of the stuff of chaos, it is formed by My love, for allof you together. And you, My people, are not only part ofit, but, like Me, have your work cut out to maintain it insafety and in ...

4942. Jacob And The Night Wrestler

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... won't see that we've been here. I'll be along in alittle while. Rachel: Jacob, you worry me. You've been so depressedlately. I wish you would come now and let the winds sweepaway the signs of our being here. Jacob: You must go. Someone has to take care of thebaby Joseph. If your father comes, I don't want us bothcaught and killed by him. So go. I'll be along. She looked long at me, then turned and went on acrossthe river. When she was over the hill on the other side, I wentback to the fire ...

4943. The Man Born Blind

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... he got very angry when he talked of how the formerly blind man challenged the Pharisees for not knowing why and how Jesus could have healed him. Saul thinks the law is a very strict master, assigned by God to be our custodian who knows how to take care of us better than we do ourselves. Anyway, I called him a pinhead for being so narrow-minded. Daughter: You what? Rabbi: Called him a pinhead. Daughter: Really? Rabbi: No, not really. I know a little Greek so I played with his name and called him Paul instead ...

4944. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... , and he did not overcharge or threaten anyone. In fact, many times he "carried" people, mainly the farmers, paying their taxes for them until they could pay him back. And he was not a traitor. He was the son of a rabbi, a Jewish teacher, and really cared about his people and his community. He bought the right to collect taxes so he could keep other tax collectors from gouging his neighbors. He did so well that the Romans promoted him to be chief tax collector for the region. Usually, the Romans picked only ...

4945. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

... Bird Sings, she describes the effect of a revival service on a gathering of black worshipers. The preacher extolled the virtues of "charity," called on the believers to forgive their enemies, and encouraged them "to bear up under this life of toil and care, because a blessed home awaited them in the far-off bye and bye." The congregation felt consoled. "They basked," Ms. Angelou wrote, "in the righteousness of the poor and the exclusiveness of the downtrodden." They believed what the preacher and the Bible ...

4946. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

Ephesians 2:14-17Matthew 5:1-12 "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." These are words from President Lincoln's second inaugural address, seeking to make peace after our ...

4947. Easter 5

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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RobertT D. Ingram

... allow worshipers to see God in Jesus Christ. Ask the youth of the congregation to make several "Dead End" signs. Attach these to walls in various places around the sanctuary. A "One Way" sign can be placed so that the arrow is pointing to the cross. Be careful how "Dead End" signs are placed. You do not want to put them in places that infer some of the other religious symbols in the sanctuary are dead ends. For example do not attach them to the pulpit, the choir loft, the baptismal font, and so on. Anthems ...

4948. When Imagination Replaces Memory

Isaiah 42:18-25

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... from? Isn't the problem of good as big an issue as the problem of evil? How do we account for the beauty of Beethoven, the compassion of Martin Luther King, or the courage of Joan of Arc? Was Jesus merely an accidental collection of atoms? We should be careful what we remember. There are painful failures in life. There are ghosts from our past that come charging into our present. There are doors that we have to struggle to keep shut. But that is not all of life. In each of us there are some happy memories ...

4949. Pain And Promise In The Heart Of God

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... preacher in Vermont who was running into some difficulty with his congregation over the strident nature of his sermons. He had lambasted the lack of racial diversity in the town, the high property taxes, the insensitivity of the merchants, and the lack of caring present in family relationships. This was too much, so an ad hoc committee was quickly assembled to meet with the young man to "set him straight." The gathering took place in the church parlor right after worship. The chair began, "Preacher, we are ...

4950. Doing The Right Thing

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... that confront our nation today. No quibbling, no negotiating for a better price (we weren't offering to pay). He agreed because, according to his inner values, it was "the right thing to do." Can we think about this idea today? If you carefully examine this Bible passage in Acts, you'll see that the two men in white robes were giving some very practical advice. Some of Jesus' close friends were witnessing an event of powerful spiritual significance. Whatever the literal event unfolding there, they were ...

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