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26. The Sound of Harmony

Romans 12:16

Children's Sermon

... ? Four different parts at the same time but it is going to sound good. (Now is the time to sing the song in harmony). Wasn’t that wonderful? All four songs sung together made one pretty song and I even like the one song better! Thank you, Mr. Bass, Mr. Tenor, Miss Alto and Miss Soprano. That is what we call harmony when we can take different tunes and put them together in one song. That’s what God asks us to do as people in his Church. He wants all of us who are different to work together in order ...

27. Binding Up the Fractured World

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." We must remember, though, that the laws of the time were extremely harsh ... so much so that this is a softening of a far harsher code of law! The tenor of the time was to give back more than you got, to repay double for what was done to you. The law of Israel says a resounding "no!" to such mentality. One may indeed punish evil-doers, but not merely out of vengeance. You should not do more to him ...

28. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... with a padded mallet, and said, "There is the good news for today. That, my friend, is ‘A.’ It was ‘A’ all day yesterday ... it will be ‘A’ all day tomorrow, next week, and for a thousand years ... the soprano upstairs warbles off-key ... the tenor next door flats his high ones ... the piano across the hall is out of tune ... noise all around me, noise ... noise ... noise; but that, my friend, is ‘A.’ " I believe it will steady your soul to remember that. Some things remain constant in the ...

29. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... image of God. You are created in His image; give it to him. Luciano Pavarotti says that when he was a boy, his father, a baker, introduced him to the wonders of song. He urged him to work hard to develop his voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in his hometown of Modena, Italy, took him as a pupil. Pavarotti also enrolled in a teachers college. On graduating, he asked his father, “Shall I be a teacher or a singer?” “Luciano,” his father replied, “if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall ...

30. Middle C

John 1:1-18

Illustration

... music teacher would respond each day by striking a tuning fork against the side of his wheelchair and saying; “Middle C! Hear that, it's middle C! It was middle C yesterday, it's middle C today, and it will still be middle C 1,000 years from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat, the piano across the hall is out of tune, but my friend - that is middle C!” God's love and care is our middle C. Just like middle C could be counted on by the music teacher to be middle C always and forever, so too can ...

31. Remembering Charlie

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... say something like, "Gee, Charlie is nice. Why can't YOU help like he does?" (Thanks, Charlie!) Charlie had one of those personalities that was irresistible. He always had a huge smile, loved to laugh and joke, was unfailingly pleasant. He was very musical - a beautiful tenor voice, terrific talent on the trumpet. He was the kind of kid every mother would be proud to call her own. Charlie would have liked it more if all those mothers' DAUGHTERS had felt that way. He never did very well with the girls. He ...

32. Be Careful Which Entree You Choose

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... became a believer. By the way, years afterward a young count chanced to go into the gallery at Dresden where Steinberg's painting of "Christ on the Cross" was on exhibition. This painting spoke so powerfully to the young count that it changed the whole tenor of his life. He was Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian Brethren Church. (7) The sacrifice that Christ made for us has moved millions through the centuries. Has it moved you? Then you don't mind me saying that we have a responsibility ...

33. Walk With Confidence

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... day in heaven he said to St. Peter: "Your choir is weak, inexcusably weak! You need to reorganize it at once." St. Peter assigned Roosevelt the task of reorganization. Roosevelt immediately responded, "I need ten thousand sopranos, ten thousand altos, and ten thousand tenors." St. Peter inquired, "But what about the basses?" "Oh," said Teddy, "I'll sing bass!" Where does such confidence come from? Some people seem to be born with it. For the rest of us, the task of building confidence is more complex. WE ...

34. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to present its program of music in a large church. The program was to be carried live by a local radio station. When everything appeared to be ready, the announcer made his final introduction and waited for the choir director to begin. One of the tenors was not yet ready, however, so the director refused to raise his baton. All this time, nothing but silence was being broadcast. Growing very nervous, the announcer, forgetting that his microphone was still on and that he could be heard in the church and on ...

35. In the Meantime: Between the First and Second Comings

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

David Busic

... before us in chapter two and find it floating almost, in mid-air. It is the one, “not like the others.” What comes before and what comes after have to do with God’s judgment of the rebellious nation. But Isaiah 2:1-5 has a very different tenor and a very different message. It is a message of hope, hope that one day, “in the last days” things will be very different indeed. We can see the author’s vision of a new day through the symbols he uses: envision a high, lofty, breath-taking mountain; and ...

36. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on the cross (Philippians 2: 6-8). Hearing that, the innkeeper -- let's call him Joshua -- Joshua felt that if that was the tenor of Christian's life and the theme of their story, then maybe it would be safe for him to unlock his secret. If Christ could be that humble, even humiliated, but not alienated, could it be that the one born in his own stable could be born in ...

37. The Perfect Man

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... as if that alone explains our transgression. It doesn’t! We live in a time when people flaunt their imperfections, as if those imperfections were in themselves a reason to be proud. Anyone watch Jerry Springer lately? It will make you ashamed to be human. But that’s the tenor of our times. Some people blame it on technology. As we get more and more wired, we give up some of our privacy. A family in Sweden has set up a Web cam in their refrigerator so that people all over the world can see what they eat ...

38. He's Back

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Messiah. Isaiah wrote these words as the Word of God to the captives in Babylon. It is the announcement that they are free now, they can go home. That's why it begins with these beautiful words, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people." I can hear the tenor singing that, the opening words of Handel's Messiah, "Comfort ye my people. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem." He does not sing it loudly. He sings it softly. "Tell her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord's ...

39. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... one for the hanging of the greens. An alternative rendering of the Old Testament lesson in this service might be from its arrangement in Handel's Messiah. A restrained celebration of Advent can be a vivid illustration of the practice of patience, as discussed in the epistle lesson. The whole tenor of the liturgy becomes an exercise in patience, the present work of the people of God. Our very worship helps us learn patience.

40. Changed Lives - Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... for survival. Oh, to be sure, it is helpful to hear a range of pitches, but why do our voices make such a wide array of sounds and why, when those voices are blended, can they make such an awe-inspiring sound? Alto, soprano, deep, deep bass, tenor--we’ve all heard music that has transported us right to the portal of heaven. The Hallelujah Chorus alone ought to win over the most cynical skeptic! Chance? I don’t think so. Science tells us how; faith tells us why. Scientists, no matter how brilliant are ...

41. Get on with It!

Matthew 28:16-20

Illustration

Our Daily Bread

... of music in a large church. The program of sacred song was to being carried live by a local radio station. When everything appeared to be ready, the announcer made his final introduction and waited for the choir director to begin. One of the tenors was not ready, however, so the venerable conductor refused to raise his baton. All this time, nothing but silence was being broadcast. Growing very nervous, the announcer, forgetting that his microphone was still on and that he could be heard in the church and ...

42. The Truth about Truth

John 8:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... , picked up a hammer, and struck a tuning fork. As the note sounded out through the room he said, "That is A. It is A today; it was A five thousand years ago, and it will be A ten thousand years from now. The soprano upstairs sings off key; the tenor across the hall flattens out his high notes; the piano downstairs is out of tune." He then struck the note again and said, "But, my friend, that is A, and that's the good news for today." Truth may be out of fashion. It may be out of favor. It ...

43. Don't Believe the Lie about the Truth

John 8:32

Sermon

James Merritt

... small hammer and struck a tuning fork. As the note sounded out through the room, he said, "That is A. It is A today; it was capital A five thousand years ago, and it will be capital A ten thousand years from now. The soprano upstairs sings off key; the tenor across the hall flattens out his high notes; the piano downstairs is terribly out of tune." He then struck the note again and said, "But my friend, that is A, always has been, always will be, and that is the good news for today." Truth may be out of ...

44. Bugles in the Afternoon

Philippians 2:1-11, Psalm 46:1-11

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... the good news today?" The old man would pick up his tuning fork and strike it on the arm of his wheelchair and respond, "That's middle C. It was middle C yesterday and it's middle C today. It will be middle C a thousand years from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat and the piano in the parlor is out of tune, but that's middle C." In Jesus Christ, "middle C" has sounded. He is Lord of the past, Lord of the present and will be Lord a thousand years from now. The unchanging note of hope and ...

45. What a Serve!

Acts 6:1-7

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... up with a lot of the old gospel music of the church. I remember one which was sung by a Gospel quartet who used to come to our church. At the time, I thought it was great—peppy tune, memorable words, seemingly powerful message, with a high pitched tenor and a deep echoing bass: On the Jericho road there's room for just two. No more and no less, just Jesus and you. Then I read the Gospel and discovered they were not only sappy lyrics, they were nothing less than bad theology and biblical heresy. Because ...

46. Be an Energizer Bunny

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... it does today. While we would recognize many of the tunes and titles of the favorite hymns being sung, the sound of these songs was quite different. Every congregation no matter how large or how small sang in four-part harmony. Soprano, alto, tenor and bass lines blended together to create a rich, layered sound in each hymn. Male and female voices took off on different tangents, echoed each other or even sang entirely different tunes. Today almost every piece of congregational music is belted out according ...

47. Luke 3:1-6

Luke 3:1-6

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

This week's text from Luke aptly demonstrates the genius of the narrative style the author assumes as he tells the miraculous good news. The tenor and timbre of Luke's language is essentially a reflection of the oral nature of his gospel. It is no accident that Luke's Gospel is usually the most popular choice when we want to read the Christmas story aloud. Luke's Gospel is meant to be told, announced and ...

48. Philippians 4:49

Philippians 4:49

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... : "Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say rejoice." Having finished a brief reprimand (philippic) to some of the believers at Philippi, Paul now feels free to return to the theme of joy and thanksgiving that permeates this letter. The tenor of verses 4-7 differs so substantially from both the preceding and following thoughts that this section has often been used as evidence of the fragmentary nature of the Philippians correspondence. While the evidence is inconclusive, some scholars suggest that the ...

49. Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... ; 1 Kings 22:17). This image of wandering sheep suggests the need to be gathered a task that requires the diligent work of the shepherd. Jesus then offers another image of potential ingathering the harvest. There are disputes over the tone and tenor of this "harvest" imagery. There are biblical precedents for interpreting "harvest" language in at least two distinct ways. A harvest is traditionally seen as an occasion for joy a time of abundance, a time of rejoicing over the blessings that have been bestowed ...

50. Philippians 4:49

Philippians 4:49

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

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