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4926. Say Goodbye -- Say Hello

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... learning and piety who is approached one day by one of his most devoted students. In a burst of emotion, the young man exclaims, "My Master, I love you." The elderly rabbi gazes at him and asks, "Do you know what hurts me, my son?" The young disciple is taken aback. He confesses that he does not understand his teacher's question and bemoans, "I am trying to tell you how much you mean to me, and you confuse me with irrelevant questions." But the rabbi is insistent that his question is neither confusing nor ...

4927. To Bow The Knee

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... to account for this, only a great, encompassing love for others. The kind of love that comes only through the Holy Spirit. As we watch the events of Holy Week unfold, we watch in amazement. Who would offer himself to such pain for us? Who would assure his disciples of the ultimate good of what was about to happen, when he already knew they would not be able to hang in there? Who would say in advance of his own torture, "Be of good cheer"? Who would have left his own comfortable home, filled with every ...

4928. Where Are You?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... can't live long enough to make them all yourself" (Source unknown). Some of us try anyway! But the Bible calls us to learn from the mistakes of all those people you thought were perfect like Moses, and David, and Isaiah, and Jeremiah, and even the 12 disciples. To learn from their lives, and our lives, as we live them where we are right now. I haven't forgotten Hosea. Hosea was a prophet who lived about 700 years before Jesus was born. Biblical prophets aren't seers or fortune-tellers, writing in riddles so ...

4929. Mother's Day

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

... was always there for Jesus. Her love surrounded him, her values influenced him, her trust supported him. And the last thought that Jesus had on the cross, with the sin of the world upon his shoulder, was for his mother. He looked at John the disciple and said: Behold thy mother. And then he looked at Mary and said: Behold thy son. That same type of influence can be seen in other individuals. Many scholars have concluded that you cannot really understand John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement ...

4930. A Salute to Mothers

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Brett Blair

4931. Holy Week

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... willingly takes on the pain of rejection and treason by one of his chosen twelve. Jesus knew his fate, but he accepted it for he knew, in the end, he would be exalted to the right hand of the Father. Our lives as followers of Jesus must be led as disciples. Service and ministry are the terms we use today to express the way we must care for those around us. Most people do a pretty good job in meeting the needs of others. The example of Jesus, the Servant of God, challenges us to go further. We are asked to ...

4932. Make A Choice

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... , and confirm their prejudices. By comparison with most kingly entrances into a royal city, Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem was a pretty shabby affair. Instead of an army, there was a following of ragged peasants. Instead of generals and courtiers, there was a handful of very ordinary disciples. Instead of a warrior-king, there was a humble man riding on a donkey, a symbol of peace. Jesus' whole entrance into the city was a challenge to the world. It said God's ways are not the world's ways. It said love and ...

4933. Hosanna To The King!

John 12:12-19, Philippians 2:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... walked along the road with Jesus as he went to Jerusalem. Would you like to do that, boys and girls? (Let them respond.) Good. Jesus decided that he was going to travel to the city of Jerusalem so he could celebrate one of the special Jewish festivals. His disciples went along, too. Do you know what Jesus rode on to get to Jerusalem? (Let them answer.) Yes. He rode on a donkey. As he went along, crowds of people began to gather. They picked up branches, something like the ones you have, and began to wave ...

4934. Satisfaction Gauranteed

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... else, for things, for toys, for sex, for money, for adventure, for power, for food. I believe that all those drives for things are put in their proper place when the longing for relationship with God is satisfied. Remember that conversation Jesus had with his disciples which John reported in chapter 14? Philip said a mouthful in the course of that conversation. In verse 8 we read: "Philip said to [Jesus], 'Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.' " That's true, and he did and they were and ...

4935. Prayer

Ps 19:14 · Mt 6:9

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... the gods in the heavens. Today, however, because of Jesus, we believe that we do not need such things to help us pray. All we have to do is to talk to God as we would talk to a friend or to our parents. You see, when Jesus taught his disciples to pray, he told them to begin by saying, "Our Father, who art in heaven ..." (Matthew 6:9). Prayer is very important to your life as a Christian, for it is one way that you can bring God into your life, just as you let a friend be a part ...

4936. Traveling Forgotten Mountains

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... would turn all mountains into roads. That is, the very things that appear to be obstacles would end up being helpful roads to aid us in our journey. I suspect the greatest lie that has been both preached and believed is that to become a Christian, to be a disciple of Jesus, is to have a piece of plastic in one's hip pocket that can be shown in hospital, doctor's office, bedroom, living room, place of work and place of stress that staves off death, pain and uncertainty. Just show the card! "Here, see! I'm a ...

4937. Careful With Those Lips

Mt 15:8 · Ps 119:171; 143:3 · Rom 3:13 · Isa 6:5 · 1 Pet 3:10

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... in which we use our lips for good. (Responses -- sing, praise God, tell the truth, speak kindly, kiss a loved one, share good news, and so forth.) Yes, the Bible says we can use our lips to curse or to praise God. It is one of the marks of a disciple of Jesus that he or she uses his/her lips to bring praise to God. (Pass out stickers.) May these lips remind you how to use yours properly. (Prayer of help to use our lips to God's glory.)

4938. The Call To Follow

Mt 4:19; 16:24 · Lk 22:39 · Jn 21:22

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... , for helping us remember the names of those twelve friends of Jesus. Does what they did give you any ideas about what we ought to be doing? (Response -- Learning about God and Jesus from the Bible and then going out to tell others about him.) (Prayer that we might be disciples who learn the truth and share it with others.)

4939. Play The Fool

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... and statistics. Then he concludes, "Some authors can be single-minded scholars. This one cannot; but I feel much the better, and much refreshed, for having been coach as well as professor during the writing of this work."4 How much more should all Christian disciples feel the need for a balanced life between the rational and the emotional, between work and play, between seriousness and the carefree spirit! Let us not be so proud in our own wisdom that we cannot play the fool, that we cannot leave our public ...

4940. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... in us then we are not living the fullness of our Christian call. The presence of God in us should inspire others to greater heights, to a more complete living of the Christian message of love. If people do not see God in the one who claims to be a disciple, then we have retarded God's work; we have inhibited the growth of another. The task of being a sign of God's presence in this world is a tall order. Yet, Jesus had a much taller order. He was asked by the Father to be raised up on the ...

4941. The First Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... me." And he got up, left everything, and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus answered, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance." What a way to start! We ...

4942. Pentecost -- A Wild, Weird, Wonderful Day

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... self-centeredness to a life of joyous self-giving. I am talking about power that can take our dry bones of inactivity and listlessness and create a life of effervescent joy and radiance. That power is the presence of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said to his disciples, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you ...." On that first Pentecost, 120 lukewarm believers were ignited with the flame and zeal of the Holy Spirit. On that day Peter stood up and preached the sermon of his life and ...

4943. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... a new and righteous king. It is the announcement of a day of salvation, already approaching, for the sheep of Yahweh's flock. And ultimately, of course, we find the fulfillment of this prophecy in the person of Jesus Christ. "I am the good shepherd," our Lord tells his disciples. "The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep ... I know my own and my own know me ... I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock ...

4944. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... No," I whispered, "because that's what happens when we remember." You see, remembering is more than simply letting your thoughts drift back in time. For, in a way, remembering actually transcends time. At the Last Supper, as you well know, when our Lord gathered his disciples together, he instructs them, "Do this in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19c). Now obviously, he wasn't asking them merely to recall the event -- "Well, I think he broke the bread like this, and I'm pretty sure he held the cup in his left ...

4945. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... or dollars per mile. The proceeds helped open a new day facility for Roanoke's homeless -- a place of hospitality and refuge for those who daily hike the asphalt trail. That's one shape that a long obedience in the same direction has taken for one Christian. For us as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, our calling and our power to lead lives marked by a long obedience in the same direction comes in our baptism. For it is by water and the Spirit that God drowns the old Adam and the old Eve in each of us and ...

4946. Be Ready!

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... have lost the sense of urgency. Many of us seldom even think about the return of Christ. That urgency felt by the early Christians turned into disappointment and even disillusionment when they began seeing persecution and death, even of Jesus' original disciples. They had understood Jesus to say that his followers would not die before he returned. So urgency turned into disappointment, which gave way to doubt, which finally gave way to indifference. The second coming of Christ seems to be taking so ...

4947. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 13:17--14:31, Psalm 114:1-8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... was for "limited forgiveness" within the church when he proposed forgiving seven times. Jesus instead called for "unlimited forgiveness." Seven times 70, or 70 times 70, would be understood as infinite forgiveness. 2. Reciprocal Action · In the Lord's Prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray "and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors" (Matthew 6:12). The heart of the parable is found in verse 35 where the heavenly Father treats everyone as they have genuinely acted toward brothers and ...

4948. Getting Down To The Local Issues

Sermon

Thomas Long

... issuing a warning that Easter is no genuine celebration unless it touches the private wounds and the tragedies near-at-hand. In short, Easter is not truly good news until it gets down to the local issues. That is the beauty of Luke's story of the two disciples trudging their weary way down the Emmaus road. When all is said and done, this is a story about how the truth of Easter belongs not only on the front page of the newspaper but also on the back page, nestled among the items of neighborhood news. This ...

4949. The Way, The Truth, And The Life Style

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Thomas Long

... a child with a fever is life. Our life styles can lose luster, but with sufficient cash flow, they can be improved; our lives, on the other hand, are more desperate and in need of being saved. It is worthy of note, then, that Jesus, gathered with his disciples around the table for the last meal before his death, pointed down the road he would soon be traveling and said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." He did not say, "I am the way, the truth, and the life style." The difference is significant ...

4950. Confidence To Spare

Psalm 27:1-6, 13-14

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... too often we hold back the Spirit with our sinful ways. We are a selfish and self-indulgent people. You call us to minister to the needs of our brothers and sisters, yet we point our fingers at one another and gossip. We are timid disciples who walk past your children, blinding ourselves to hunger and homelessness. O God, although we are unworthy of your love and care, guide us in the acceptance of opportunities for joyful service. Amen. Declaration of Pardon In the past you were spiritually dead because of ...

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