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476. Sharing Shalom

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... , by any world measure of wealth, affluent people. I may not have great wealth, but measured by this world's standards, I have much wealth and it brings me and my family Shalom. It enables me to eat, drink and be merry most of the time. It certainly conveys a sense of well-being that poverty doesn't. Nothing brings Shalom like a roof over your head and three square meals a day. Yet, we can eat only so much. Our closets can hold only so many clothes. We can live in only one place at a time. It is possible ...

477. A Fireside Chat

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... sending him as a deliverer to lead his people out of Egypt. Moses' answer is no longer a confident, "Here I am," but his response is now re-arranged into a confused, "Who am I?" It always happens; the awareness of God's holy self awakens in us a sense of our own smallness and sinfulness. When God is near we see ourselves as we really are. Most of us, deep down, in spite of all our self-esteem, in spite of all our braggadocio, in spite of all our declarations of worth, are not always so sure. Psychologists ...

478. No Need For Weeping Anymore

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... present to us as it was to her. It's a matter of belief, a matter of faith; and it makes all the difference in the world. When you believe in your heart and soul that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, you have a profound sense of inner peace and joy, a sense of triumph in life which no one or nothing can take away. You carry a light inside which no amount of darkness can overcome (John 1:5). You have a spiritual foundation holding up the rest of your life which neither time nor trouble can erode. No ...

479. Joseph's Story

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Erskine White

... so much is just a tramp." Their laughter hurt, but as I thought more about this Holy Spirit business, it began to make more sense to me. How else could it happen? How else could God come into the world? Jesus was both "fully human and fully divine." Because ... for the ages. I hope I've conveyed that to you. I hope I've touched your imaginations today and given you at least some sense of that first Noel - the way it was, in all its humble majesty. When you leave here this morning, and if you have a creche ...

480. Dapple Gray

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... each year. When it is remembered that food, clothing and shelter for this generation and for their posterity come from the soil, the prospects for the future are rather frightening unless conservation of the soil is practiced. The best motive for soil conservation is a sense of stewardship under God. It is based on the attitude toward life expressed in the first verse of Psalm 24, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.” As L. H. Bailey put it: We came ...

481. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... as I am by such an unmerited and lavish outpouring of affection and acceptance, if I had in foolishness followed the path into the far country, I would want a father - no, I would need a father like Eli. Looking at him that night I envied him for I could sense that he had experienced more joy in his heart that day than I had known in my entire life. Then it occurred to me, "Surely that is why there is so much joy in heaven when a sinner repents and why the Heavenly Father's heart overflows in ecstasy each ...

482. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... that finds itself on rocky soil, a bit of top soil where it can sprout quickly. But since there is no root it soon wilts in the midst of the reality of the sun and the heat. In contrast a good listener balances emotions and feelings with a healthy sense of what is required in the real world. To be able to hear the Word with excitement and enthusiasm, but also be able to transplant that sameWord in the world is balanced listening. As we listen, we are stirred, moved, and excited, but we also put down roots ...

483. What Happens When We Can't Believe It?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... up on our own feelings, on ourselves, for our own (and our neighbors') good. How about it, folks? This train of thought makes a lot of sense to me. I know that when it comes to being happy in life, when it is a matter of my relationship with God, a lot ... or when I do not feel any joy in life? Martin Luther once tried to answer these questions, and what he said makes a lot of sense to me. It is what our Bible lessons are all trying to say. At any rate, Luther's point was that sometimes "feeling is against ...

484. The Meeting Of Marriage Partners At The Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... than we give. So often God calls us to respond to him, and we feel inadequate to the task. Yet in those moments God will set us out on these tasks only after he first serves us, only after he first feeds us with spiritual food and drink. In a sense this is the point of our second lesson (Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 or Romans 5:1-11). Its message that we are justified by grace through faith, apart from our works, entails that we can do no good, that we cannot respond to our Lord's call until ...

485. The Resurrection Is Freedom

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die (John 11:25-26)." The resurrection is already present in Jesus. We already have the resurrection (the new life) when we have him present among us. In fact, when Jesus is present, in an ultimate or final sense, death is no more! The new life is given! If Jesus is the resurrection and the life, then to have him present is to have the resurrection and the new life now in the present. And then to make his point that the resurrection is already present ...

486. Vision For Mission

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... God. The mission of the Church of Jesus Christ is the same. That mission begins with vision. Vision Isaiah's vision includes self insight and a call to serve God's purposes in spite of human limitations. Isaiah sees his own uncleanness, "Woe is me! For I am lost." This sense of being lost in the presence of God is a sign of the true calling of this man of God. Martin Luther put it this way: "It is God's nature to create out of nothing. Unless you are nothing, God cannot make anything out of you." Isaiah ...

487. The Recovery Of Reverence

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... sacred. Our lives lack depth, because we have smashed everything sacred in sight. Our society smashes sacred days like the Sabbath. As the very foundation of a stable social structure, and as a safeguard of personal freedom, God gave the human race some common sense rules, one of which said, "Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy." Holiness denotes difference, the principle being that we make one day in seven different from other days. This, according to God's plan, was a day set aside to acknowledge and ...

488. Death of a Newborn Infant

Luke 18:15-17

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... loss so striking, so numbing, so tragic, so full of grief, as the loss of a child. I say that not to minimize the sense of loss for those who have seen spouse or parent or friend suffer and die; certainly any loss is tragic for those who are ... will suffering and sorrow and death. God wills the abundant life. The truth is, God mourns with us. God knows our sense of loss, our sense of sorrow, our sense of grief. God knows that there are times in our lives when the burdens that we must bear are almost unbearable ...

489. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... well-doing." If what we are doing is well, then we are to keep on doing it. You notice that weariness, which is much in our minds, is not at all in the mind of the writer. Instantaneity is our thing, not patience. This sense of weariness and loss of a sense of worthwhileness is compounded by a sense of isolation. "I, only I in all of Israel have not bowed the knee to Baal," is the immortal expression of Elijah, who has spoken for all of us at one time or another. Our culture, often the church, promotes that ...

490. Step Seven - Humiltiy

Mt 23:25-36 · 2 Ti 2:20-26 · Ps 51:1-14

Sermon

John A. Terry

... It does not end with him just feeling bad about what he had done. The best that secular psychology can do is help remove our sense of guilt. Our faith is what moves us to the joy of sharing the good news. Whether it is grieving over a death or grieving ... Testament lesson was written by Paul to a young missionary, Timothy. The advice he is giving is how to help those being crushed by their sense of guilt to receive and live this good news. What would I do if I stopped getting angry all the time? What would I do ...

491. Jesus Is Made Known in the Breaking of the Bread

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Steven Burt

... in the Garden at Gethsemane -- the night Jesus was betrayed and the mob came to take him away -- even then he had made Peter put the sword away. He had allowed himself to be taken. He had allowed himself to be crucified unjustly. It just didn’t make sense to these two on the road. About that time, as they were looking off at the heat pools shimmering on the road ahead, someone, Jesus, drew up from a side road and walked with them toward Emmaus. They didn’t recognize him. Not even when he pointed out ...

492. The Invisible God?

Colossians 1:15-23, Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... God. If we let ourselves settle for a God who is remote, who is somewhere out there, up there, removed from us, we’re also likely to settle for a faith that is cold, remote, and passionless. That kind of God won’t do much for us. It makes no sense at all to pray to that kind of God when we’re sick or alone or in trouble. But that kind of God doesn’t make many demands on us either. Maybe that’s the reason many folks today are seem to be willing to settle for that kind of ...

493. A Visit With An Old Friend

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... write and even more difficult to preach, because it’s hard to proclaim the glory of God when your heart is broken. Saturday will come and you won’t be ready yet. You will drag yourself out of bed on Sunday and prepare to preach more out of a sense of duty than eager anticipation. And you will know what Dr. Fred Craddock meant when he spoke of the ‘unrelenting regularity of Sunday morning.’" Now, those are my words and not the professor’s, but that’s the general gist of what he had to say. When I ...

494. Full Barns and Empty Hearts

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... . I thought of this ballad when thinking about this Scripture: "The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully ..." This man had it made: "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry." He had that deceptive sense of security that affluence brings to a person. All was going well. He could handle life and he slept each night with hardly a wakeful moment. But Jesus’ parable drives toward a deeper point: his success and prosperity didn’t count in any of the real ...

495. On Having "The Right Stuff"

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... sufferings of Christian discipleship can bring them a deep vitality that banishes spiritual demons. Is this what happened to the early disciples? Is it right to think that, when they left Jesus on his cross and went back to their former ways, they quickly sensed they lacked the aliveness that risky discipleship had given them? The sailors who had gone with Sir Francis Drake on his many voyages used to gather to tell of those days. What they recalled most were those perilous moments when their little ships ...

496. Faith Bridges the Gap

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

... he had bought himself an A#l insurance policy." Put that up against the admission of the Roman centurion, "Lord, I am not worthy even to have you come under my roof ... Speak the word and my servant will be healed." It is this strange combination of our sense of unworthiness and faith that still catches Jesus’ attention and triggers his response again, "I have found faith in my people today, just as I did long ago." And all we can say, if his words apply to us, is "Thanks be to God for his wonderful gifts ...

497. The Footwashing

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

... nuclear energy is dangerous and potentially destructive; it could possibly mean the end of all life on earth as we know it now. The woman who washed Jesus’ feet committed an act of contrition, not simply an act of worship and wonder. Behind what she did was a sense of awe; she knew Jesus had the power to forgive sins, but she was so aware of the enormity of her sins that she dared to approach the Christ and seek his forgiveness by weeping and washing his feet. How is it, then, that our confession is so ...

498. The Man, the Message, and the Mission

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

George Bass

... happy for over a decade now. They have drifted away from the church as well as from each other. They seem to have lost their sense of values, and they have taken up life-styles that they wouldn’t even have considered years ago. It is a sad tale that is ... If it be possible, take this cup from me. But not my will, but thine, be done." Jesus’ death on the cross does make sense, you see. It is not like all those other senseless deaths; it means deliverance and forgiveness and life for you and me. Why, then, ...

499. Fasting: Foolish or Fruitful?

Matthew 6:16-18

Sermon

... hurt?" This is the feeling of the world. It says to us that we should be easy on ourselves. You owe it to yourself to treat yourself. A TV commercial has a young lady using a certain hair color and asks, "Don't you think I am worth it?" The sense of the world is expressed in an outdoor restaurant sign saying that you can have all the shrimp you can eat. That is it: indulge yourself, stuff yourself to overflowing. Do not deny or deprive yourself. That is foolish. You live only once; live it up and have a ...

500. The Godness Of God

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

... ?" That's our problem, too. How would you describe or explain God, the Unknowable? God's answer is simply "I am who I am." In one sense that does not say much. It sounds almost like a cop-out. Upon further thought, this is just about all that God or man can say ... on his knees and exclaimed, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." Because modern man - you and I - have lost this sense of the holiness of God, we do not feel the need to confess our sins. Today we are asking, "Whatever became of sin?" The ...

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