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26. The Great Dinner

Luke 14:1-14, Luke 14:15-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... dinner. But Jesus’ table is filled with those you would never want to let into your doors, into your lives, into your homes, let alone take the best you have to offer. Jesus’ lessons are not always for the hard-hearted. They also hit hard at the tender-hearted, and his own disciples and the people of his own hometown, not to mention the Pharisees, and those who thought they were genuinely good people –like the rich young ruler. Jesus has a lesson for all of us. And no matter how good we think we are ...

27. Christ's Grand Entrance Song

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Then he trained folks to explain the chart, and to take medicine, food and water into the poorest rural areas so that HIV patients could be successfully treated for their disease. Laurie Nuell, a board member with Partners in Health, said, “He had a very tender heart. Seeing pain and suffering was very hard for him. It just hurt him . . . He wasn’t detached from anyone. That’s the beauty of it.” (6) In the birth of Jesus, we see that God isn’t detached from anyone. He entered into our weakness ...

28. Wedding: One Husband's Counsel

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... a strong, joyous marriage. But St. Peter in his first letter gives some sound words of wisdom. Peter, you might recall, is the only disciple who we know for sure was married. Listen to his husbandly counsel. "... Have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of [each other], a tender heart and a humble mind. Do not return evil for evil or suit]; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing." 1 Peter 3:8-9 Peter, as a husband, knows that a good marriage takes more than ...

29. Jesus’ First Sign

John 2:1-11

Sermon

James Garrett

... : “Duddley Knott was a friend of mine. Some friends are more or less replaceable with other friends, but he was not. He was an Englishman of great style, elegance, wit, and one of a kind. He could make you laugh till you cried. He had a tender heart.”10 The Country Parson defines a friend as someone who has found in you qualities others have overlooked. When Harry Truman was thrust into the presidency at the death of FDR, Sam Rayburn gave him some fatherly advice. “From here on out, you’re going to ...

30. Better Ignorant Than Uncaring

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... day. But Christ had set them free from all that. And they were proud of their freedom and flaunted it. Paul could understand that. He himself wrote eloquently of the freedom that Christ gives. But Paul had a higher vision and an even more tender heart. He knew that freedom had a double edge. Many of the more recent converts to Christianity had been worshiping idols before they came to Christ. And part of their worship involved sacrificing food to the idols. Afterwards they would feast on that food. This ...

31. In Our Own Language

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... classic Christmas movie Miracle on 34th Street. A little girl is brought into a department store to visit Santa Claus. The girl’s guardian isn’t sure they should have come, for the girl speaks only Dutch. The worried woman doesn’t want the girl’s tender heart to be disappointed by a Santa who understands only English. But as Santa takes the little one onto his lap, he looks into her eyes and begins gently speaking to her . . . in Dutch! The little girl’s face lights up like a lamp, because Santa ...

32. Breaking The Cycle - God’s Answer In Forgiveness

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the problem to Christ, that is the beginning of forgiveness and healing. Paul had it right when he wrote: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. — Ephesians 4:31-32 (NASB) II. God Helps Us Break The Cycle Of An Unforgiving Spirit As We Acknowledge Our Need Of Forgiveness The Bible states, "Forgive as the Lord forgave you ...

33. He Shepherds Us!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... as a harsh judge. The variety of Christologies in between is very large. However, our Lord gives the picture of himself to us. He is no softie, this Lord of ours. He is a heavyweight who drives our foes away from us. At the same time for us he is tender-hearted and full of compassion, love, and grace. He wants us to know how deep his attachment is for us. He says that he has plenty to back up what love he holds for us. He was able to lay down his life for us and take it up again. That ...

34. Like A Big Happy Family

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... task of the church is to help persons love God more. The second task is this: TO HELP US LOVE ONE ANOTHER MORE. THE LIVING BIBLE translates Peter's words like this: You should be like one big happy family, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts, and humble minds. Don't repay evil for evil. Don't snap back at those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God's help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it." (3: 8-9). Here is the ...

35. Radical Love is Truthful (Series: Radical Love in a Risky World)

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... and avoid conflict. The Church of all institutions of society ought to deal with all the truth even when it is brittle and harsh and awful. Speak the truth, speak the truth. II. Speak the Truth in Love The Bible calls us to be tough-minded but tender-hearted. Love needs to be true, but truth needs to be loving. Lovingly know and knowingly love. As Aristotle put it — Speak the right truth, to the right person, at the right time, in the right way, for the right reason. I’d like to unpack that a little ...

36. Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... slander, malice — are actions and attitudes which would “grieve the Holy Spirit,” activities that would disrupt and disassemble the cohesive community the Holy Spirit has made possible. The words and witness called for from this community is “kind,” “tender-hearted,” and “forgiving.” The template the faith community is to use is nothing less than the ultimate act of redemption all the faithful have experienced — forgiving others “as God in Christ has forgiven you”(v.32). Finally, in ...

37. Aroma of Christ Church

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

38. The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Acts 20:13-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... carefully wrapped each gift and put them under the tree. On Christmas morning when his parents opened up their gifts their faces said it all. It was the look that simply said, “We think we just got the short end of the stick.” His mother being the tender-hearted person that she is smiled and simply said, “Thank you so much for the gift son, but you can have it.” That made him very happy. His dad, however, was something else. He tossed the gum over to his son mumbling something and put the Milky Way ...

39. Use It or Lose It

Luke 19:11-27

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... fragments Pascal writes about the nature of discipleship: I love poverty because he loved it. I love riches because they afford me the means of helping the very poor. I keep faith with everybody. . . . I try to be just, true, sincere, and faithful to all men. I have a tender heart for those to whom God has more closely united me; and whether I am alone or seen of men, I do all of my actions in the sight of God, who must judge of them, and to whom I have consecrated them all.2 Film: Saving Grace, directed by ...

40. Where's the One?

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... a home at some point. I tried to get closer to him, called to him, cajoled him, but he was afraid and the closer I got the faster he went in the opposite direction. I kept walking and saw him later hanging around the divinity school dorm, when a young, tender-hearted seminary student came out waving a slice of last night’s pizza just close enough to get the untrusting pup’s attention. Even so, I could not get that darn dog out of my head. He made me sad in that global sense of nothing is right with the ...

41. A Quiet Man · Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... 's need to bring out the best in him. Accordingly, long before anxious multitudes lay their afflicted loved ones in the streets for Peter's healing shadow to touch (Acts 5:15-16) Andrew was aware that his brother's crude exterior sheathed a tender heart. It was an insight to stand Andrew in good stead all his days. For if his own brother possessed such hidden assets, he reasoned, must not others be similarly endowed? So Andrew would pass no judgments drawn from appearances nor harbor prejudices against ...

42. Healing For The Past

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... with the guilt, so he spends time, money, and effort to locate Leon, even if it means his own cowardice will be exposed. I asked an army officer who had had to make many judgments on the field of battle, how he felt about them in retrospect, and this fine, tender-hearted man said to me, "There are a few decisions I've made that still haunt me." Our memories can burn. A paper reports the account of a woman whose baby was sleeping in a crib and she was showing a new dress to her friend. She draped a plastic ...

43. Wedding: Be a Happy Family

Sermon Aid

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

___ and ____ : The author of First Peter wrote (as we read it in The Living Bible): And now this word to ... you: You should be ... a happy family, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t snap back to those who say unkind things about you. Instead, pray for God’s help for them, for we are to be kind to others, and God will bless us for it.(1 Peter 3:8-9) ____ , ...

44. Parable of Raising Kittens

Matthew 25:31-46

Illustration

... they'll feed them well and treat them nicely." "Jennie, you act like you're their mother." "Well, I know I'm not their mother, but I can't see anyone go hungry. I don't see how anyone would want to drown a poor little kitten.' Tender-hearted children can be shown loving concern and ways of mercy. Kindness will come easily to them. It is only when children are mistreated and given a miserable example of cruelty and hate and prejudice that meanness takes over. We ought to be concerned with all children of ...

45. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... obey him. (Hebrews 5:8, 9) O perfect life of love! All, all, is finished now, All that he left his throne above To do for us below. No pain that we can share But he has felt it smart; All forms of human grief and care Has pierced that tender heart. And on his thorn-crowned head And on his sinless soul Our sins and all their guilt were laid That he might make us whole. - Henry Baker 1875

46. What Are Your Chances of Going to Heaven

John 14:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... to capacity, and the ushers were not letting anyone else in the building. Dwight L. Moody was coming with his entourage getting ready to go to the pulpit to preach. He noticed a little boy standing outside that tabernacle crying. Well, that great big man, with a very tender heart, stopped and said, "Son, why are you crying?" He said, "Well, I wanted to go hear Mr. Moody preach and they won't let me in." Now he didn't know he was talking to Dwight L. Moody. This gentle giant said, "Do you really want to hear ...

47. Exhorter, Sentry, and Arbiter

Ezekiel 3:16-27

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... his message (3:6). Jesus makes a similar point in Luke 10:13–15. Those you might not expect to listen, do listen. Those you assume will listen, do not listen. If his congregation is tough, God will make Ezekiel tougher (3:8–9). A thick skin and a tender heart is a healthy combination in any of God’s ministering servants. It might sound strange that Ezekiel is told to go to his countrymen in exile—he is already there! Ezekiel is by himself at the river (1:1). He is now told to join his community of ...

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Ruth Graham

We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

50. Write to the Heart

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

A four-year-old girl was at the pediatrician's office for a checkup. As the doctor looked into her ears, he asked, "Do you think I'll find Big Bird in here?" The little girl didn't answer. Next, the doctor took a tongue depressor and looked down her throat. He asked, "Do you think I'll find the Cookie Monster down there?" Again, the little girl was silent. Then the doctor put a stethoscope to her chest. As he listened to her heartbeat, he asked, "Do you think I'll hear Barney in there?" "Oh, no!" the ...

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