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26. Christ the King A King Worth Having

John 12:12-19

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... on the chopping block. Nor were Henry’s mates the only ones to get the axe. A couple centuries later, the colonies in the New World had their grief with another king of England, George III. Thomas Jefferson spelled out a long list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence: sending his soldiers to live free-of-charge in the homes of the colonists; protecting his soldiers, by mock trials, from being punished for the murders they’d committed; imposing taxes on the colonists without their consent ...

27. Love Transcending Law and Custom

Matthew 1:18-25

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... killing of one Irish person by another is a routine part of life. So commonplace is killing there that it is unusual when the loss of innocent life causes people to stop and actually wonder whether the long, coarse weave of vendettas and grievances might be altered. People in Belfast, Dublin, and London started trying to answer that all-important question after eleven Irish civilians were killed in Enniskillen on November 8, 1987. Among those killed was twenty-year-old Marie Wilson, a student nurse mortally ...

28. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20

Bulletin Aid

... of this passage should serve as a reminder that, at least within the Christian fellowship, the inevitable conflicts that arise should be dealt with circumspectly. Rather than creating a cause celebre from the outset, a "wronged" party should attempt to resolve a grievance one-on-one with the perpetrator, and only then if not satistifed, and only gradually, attempt to seek resolution in a wider circle of consultation. Call to Worship (based on Psalm 114) Leader: Brothers and sisters, the Church is a holy ...

29. Striking Silversmiths Start Riot

Acts 19:23-41

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CSS

... officials. The officials feared that his appearance would lead to open violence. One source said that Paul has already fled from the city. City Clerk Vesperus expressed satisfaction over the behavior of the crowd. "They have a legitimate grievance," he said, "but their willingness to leave when I asked them shows their confidence in this administration. Our council supports every legal effort to have continued freedom for the commercial and cultural growth of Ephesus." Thoughts (for personal reflection ...

30. Paul in Chains

Acts 21:27-36

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CSS

... attacks of the crowd. These people could not have known Paul or even have known much about him, but they evidently tried to punch him or poke at him with sticks. It did not matter who he was. To the crowd it was not a personal grievance against Paul. He was the sacrifical victim who they assumed had tried to desecrate their temple. When the soldiers got their captive to the comparative safety of the portico at the top of the stairs, where Jews would not follow because it was profane Roman territory, Paul ...

31. The Church’s Fear and Comfort

Acts 9:19b-31

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Richard F. Bansemer

... or far south in the interior of Africa. Your job, as employee, is to do whatever is demanded by the boss. As fate would have it, your boss has a reputation. He is absolutely the boss. There is no board of directors to hear complaints, no grievance committee, no union. Once you accept the job, you are his for eight, ten, twelve hours a day. To make matters worse, he doesn’t often make himself visible to his employees, and rumors shared at the lunch room tell of his ruthlessness, his demands for perfection ...

32. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

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Wallace H. Kirby

... do, and treat us as well as they do. The meek person has strength, but has learned to control if; is aware of certain rights, but does not flaunt them. The meek person has ability, but does not lord it over others; has grievances, but is patient. He or she has advantages, but never takes advantage of, cooperates rather than dominates, assists rather than accuses, forgives rather than avenges. Jesus said that such gentle, restrained, meek persons are on the pathway to happiness. They will inherit the earth ...

33. Forgiveness Unlimited

Matthew 18:21-35

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... relief and pardon and a clean slate, he went to Calvary. That means we have the opportunity to start over forgiven. When you get that kind of forgiveness, you are just compelled to make a part of that starting over the forgiveness of those petty little grievances with other people. We get angry with that servant whose master forgave him so much while he refused to forgive so little. Yet we are often like him. We nurse along a grudge, and we refuse to overlook a mistake, we keep warm a dislike or resentment ...

34. A Courtroom Confrontation

Matthew 27:11-26

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Bill Bouknight

... to do is turn loose of the rice and he would be free. But he can't bring himself to do that. There are higher life forms than the monkey that fall for the same trap. Then there is the rope of resentment that can bind us...all those collected grievances of the years that we yearn to pay back with interest, all our angry yearning that so-and-so get what's coming to him. When the poet Edwin Markham reached the age of retirement, he discovered that his banker, who he thought was his friend, had defrauded him ...

35. Family, Family, Who’s Got the Family

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... with Fred and the boys away. SUSAN: [pertly, as Barbara starts off] I know something you don’t know! BARBARA: [loftily] I couldn’t possibly be interested in anything YOU know! SUSAN: Not even that you got a letter today? BARBARA: [forgetting grievances] Oh, Mother, did I? Where is it? MOTHER: [vaguely] On my bed, I think ... It’s from Carol. She wanted you to know her brother is getting a Jaguar for graduation. BARBARA: [instantly outraged again] Mother! You didn’t read my LETTER! GRANDMOTHER ...

36. The Seeds of Social Conflict

Genesis 4:1-26

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Bill Bouknight

... within me that wants to wallow in the mud.” It’s true for all of us. Haven’t you felt both the eagle and the hippo within your own heart? One side of us wants to fight and rage, to prejudge and gossip, to brood and nurse grievances. But on the other side of us, inspired by the Christ within us, wants to withhold judgment, to make honorable compromises, to give other people the benefit of the doubt, and to build bridges of reconciliation. You see examples in your private life and also in the public ...

37. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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Paul A. Laughlin

... , and in so loving, may deepen our knowledge of you. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of mercy, we confess that we do not always love one another, or live as though we know you, who are love. We often nurture petty grievances and sometimes even sow and cultivate abject hatred. Forgive us, we pray. Instill in us your spirit of love, and give us the power to manifest that love in our relationships with one another, so that we may make visible in our lives your true nature. In the ...

38. The Miracle of Salvation

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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... s never the final one, toward overcoming our guilt. For behind all of today’s hustle and bustle is a sense of loneliness that the best psychiatrist in the world can’t overcome. Inside us is a feeling of guilt that involves more than a real or imagined grievance toward our fathers and mothers. In short, there exists within each of us a state of rebellion against God that colors all of our actions and our reactions. Usually we don’t recognize it for what it is but it’s there. This feeling of guilt and ...

39. In All Things Be Thankful

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Brett Blair

... that I can get better.” She underscored a universal truth. When trouble slams us, we do have choices. Ralph Sockman, a renowned [Methodist] minister of a generation ago used to express it this way. He said, “A grief is a sorrow we carry in our heart. A grievance is a chip we carry on our shoulder.” All of us must face trouble. None are immune. Indeed, I stand before you this morning as one whose clerical robe provides no shelter from misfortune. At one time or another trouble will come up to all of us ...

40. All I Want for Christmas is Peace

Luke 2:8-20

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James W. Moore

... , how hostile they can feel toward one another? When will we ever learn? When will we ever learn? We spend weary days and sleepless nights brooding over our resentments, calculating ways to get even. We demand our pound of flesh, seethe over our grievances, and wallow in our self-pity — shackled by our silly pride — unbending, unmerciful, unable, and unwilling to forgive and reconcile. Isn t that tragic? A cruel word is finally only an echo. Revenge actually is never sweet; it ultimately becomes a sour ...

41. What We Have Is A Communication Problem

Luke 9:28-36

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King Duncan

... regulars and volunteers commanded by General Andrew Jackson. The British suffered two thousand casualties and total defeat. The Americans had only a hundred casualties and complete victory, one of their few in the war. The reason the war started after the main grievance had been settled and continued after the peace treaty had been signed was communications. The only way for news to travel was by sea, and the fastest sailing ship could cross the Atlantic in two weeks, but three weeks was more normal ...

42. People Who Would Destroy God’s Temple

1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23

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King Duncan

... if the blocks were in conflict with one another. Nothing would get done. This is serious business. It is so serious that St. Paul said, “If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him.” Members of Christ’s body are to work out their petty grievances than get back to the business of building Christ’s Kingdom. One last thing needs to be said, however. The foundation of God’s temple is Christ himself. There is no other foundation. Joyce Carey, a British writer, was once asked how he put his ...

43. Are You Strong Enough To Forgive?

Genesis 45:1-28

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King Duncan

... is one final thing we need to see here: JOSEPH PROVED HIS SUPERIORITY TO HIS BROTHERS BY HIS WILLINGNESS TO FORGIVE. He really was a special young man. He was special because he trusted God. He was special because he would not let past grievances spoil today's opportunities. Even more important, he showed he was special by his willingness to forgive. Mahatma Gandhi once said something that deserves our thought. "The weak," he said, "can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." That is the ...

44. Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Philip Ware

... . Christians in the Middle Ages forgot that the Arabs and Muslims were God's people, too, and consequently earned the enmity of the Middle East, for which the Western World is still paying. Palestinians and Jews in Israel now have a half-century of grievances against one another. The Palestinians, as a political power, have not bought into the theology of Isaiah, and the Israelis seem blind and deaf to their own historic scriptures that call for the chosen people "to do justice, to love mercy and to walk ...

45. Lessons From The Locker Room

Hebrews 12:1-13

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Lowell D. Streiker

... get rid of the monkeys on our back, until we get rid of our selfishness and arrogance, our sloppiness and pride. You can't run a race looking over your shoulder. And you can't live your life fully if you are bogged down with unfinished business ” regrets, grievances, hurt feelings. Get your eyes on the goal and get rid of anything that is slowing you down. It's like the imaginary conversation between two marriage partners named Liz and Gil: Liz: "Gil, you promised you would be home at 4:00. It is now 8:00 ...

46. Do You Have A Forgiving Spirit?

Matthew 18:21-35

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Eric Ritz

... and to pardon. Yes, Jesus doesn't forgive the sin as much as he forgives us. Frederick Buechner, who is a most creative Christian writer, shares that of the seven deadly sins, anger is probably the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel, both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that ...

47. The Forgiven

Hebrews 10:1-18

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King Duncan

... grudges, harboring resentments, holding on to the wrongs others have done you will only bring you grief. Christ's death on the cross has released us from the burden of our sins. Why don't you let it release you from the burden of your grievances as well. You have been forgiven now, please, for your own sake forgive others. 1. Source: SERMONS ILLUSTRATED. Contributed by Wayne Rouse 2. John Kloc in READER'S DIGEST. 3. Cited in the newsletter, IN OTHER WORDS. 4. Doug Sparks, HOPE FOR THE HURTING (Colorado ...

48. Family Survival

Genesis 37:1-11

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Stephen DeFur

... and throw him into one of those cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams," verse 20. Now, notice this . . . It's a very important part of the story. Joseph's brothers have a very legitimate grievance. They have a legitimate complaint. They have been denied a father's undivided love. They have a very real hole in their heart. They have not received the kind of love from a father that they needed to receive, but their solution is to destroy Joseph. That ...

49. On Picking Your Battles

Matthew 18:15-20

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King Duncan

... for $3 million in punitive damages in addition to actual damages. The union countersued. Eventually, both sides settled their dispute at the bargaining table and dropped their lawsuits. Workplace stupidity. Why can't we sit down with people with whom we have a grievance and work things out before things get out of hand? Notice in Jesus' teaching, it is the person who is sinned against who takes the first step. JESUS IS SAYING TO US THAT WHO IS RIGHT IS SOMETIMES NOT AS IMPORTANT AS MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION ...

50. Something To Die For

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... an exciting ending. Colonel Joshua Chamberlain had a decision to make. He had been ordered to shoot 120 deserters or take them with him. When he reached these frightened men he immediately ordered that they be unshackled. Then he fed them a meal before listening to their grievances. He told them that he was ordered to shoot those who would not follow him into battle. But he promised them that he would not give that order. He told the men, "This is free ground. All the way to the Pacific Ocean. No man has to ...

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