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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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501. Paying for the Pipes and the Piper

Mark 10:17-31

Illustration

William G. Carter

... and musicians must also be paid. Buildings must be maintained, heated, lighted and beautified. Custodial staff must eat and feed their families. Most churches engage in philanthropic work (aid to the needy, missions, and education); hence, they have their financial obligations. Even orchids, contrary to folklore, do not live on air. Churches can't live on air either. Religions, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.

502. Two Sticker Books and a Cabbage Patch Doll

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... home at the end of their first date. Emboldened by the night, he decides to try for that important first kiss. With an air of confidence, he leaned with his hand against the wall and, smiling, he said to her, “Darling, how about a goodnight kiss?” ... about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than ...

503. Proper 23

2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c, Psalm 66:1-20, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Luke 17:11-19, 2 Timothy 2:8-15

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... thank you for life’s provisions in our bank accounts, on our tables, in our entertainments, and in our services to society. With hopes of justice and goodness for all peoples, we share what we have. Amen. Intercessory Prayers Maker of Sky and Air — how we marvel when nature pleases us with beautiful moons and glorious sunsets, bountiful harvests, and comfortable temperatures! We look from space and say, “Yes, indeed, there is an intelligent design to the universe!” Help us not to fritter away clean ...

504. Proper 24

Genesis 32:22-32, Psalm 119:97-104, Jeremiah 31-27-34, Luke 18:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:14--4:5

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... histories. Help us also to be respectful and helpful neighbors. Help us also to parent our children with love and mentor them in ways that give them the tools they need to be healthy adults. God of Air and Fire —we think we are more sentient than other creatures yet we malign the soil and the air with toxic substances. We think we deserve a feather in our caps for our ingenious inventions yet people in our cities are hungry and cold; our televisions display affluence yet there are not enough jobs in our ...

505. Proper 28

Psalm 98:1-9, Isaiah 12:1-6; 65:17-25, Luke 21:5-19, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... and draw; we listen and converse! We make music and write poems; we snuggle babies and massage grandparents. Leader: Are you thankful people? People: Yes! We thank God: for the planet and we are respectful of its systems; for the sky, air, land, water, and fire; for the varieties of wholesome foods; for children and their curiosity; for the generations before us; for the freedoms our country promotes; for Jesus whose teachings give eternal life. Leader: Amen! Offertory Statement Thankful people are generous ...

506. Stargazing, Naval Gazing, and Other Waiting Games

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... then, why do you keep whacking it with that two-by-four?” wondered her pastor. “You see pastor, today I have two tons of parakeets in back. Every so often I have to whack the side and get their attention so that half of them fly in the air. After a half mile or so they start to settle down, so I whack the van again,” Barbara answered. Jesus got the apostles’ attention with many show-and-tell demonstrations from feeding and healing to dying and rising. Each time their zeal diminished and their energy ...

507. Voice in a Vacuum

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Tony Everett

... like that? Here’s a story that some of you may have heard before. It happened in a high school physics class one cold and damp March morning. Mr. Jones was explaining that a vacuum was a space in which all matter and even most of the existing air has been removed. During his lecture, Mr. Jones noticed Bob and Bill talking animatedly in the back row. “Gentlemen,” he said in a stern voice, “I’m assuming that you are in the middle of a lively debate about the properties of a vacuum instead of arguing ...

508. Great Balls of Fire!

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . The contact between the new floor and the new shopping cart’s wheels coupled with the dry, de-humidified air resulted in perfect conditions to create tremendous static electricity. Suddenly every shopper with a grocery cart was getting electrified ... become smoky and sedentary in our faith over the past year. Pentecost is a divine puff of Spirit infused fresh air that inflames our discipleship and transforms our Christian fellowship into an on-fire active followership committed to doing something, not just ...

509. Good News about Sparrows

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... hair on our heads. You think you are alone as you face your problems each day. There is One who is even closer to us than the air we breathe. He knows our needs. And He cares about us. We are God’s children, and just as we would never abandon our children, so God ... depends on this innate sense of timing. What meticulous care God exercises to guide the swallow and all the fowls of the air! But consider how much greater value we are to God than these tiny birds. The One who has so marvelously provided for ...

510. First Thing

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

James Merritt

... like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 6:28-30, ESV) He has talked about the birds of the air, the flowers of the field and boils our whole problem down to one thing – Puny Faith. Then Jesus sticks the knife in and twists it real hard. “Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the ...

511. Up Close & Personal: Drawing Near

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... Testament book. In the 4th Chapter, the author of Hebrews writes something that would have made any religious Jew literally gasp for air. We pick up with verse 14. “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, ... the Waffle House for breakfast. I don’t need to hear sausage and bacon frying in the background and seeing eggs tossed up in the air. You get the picture. Neither do I want to take her to the McDonald’s for lunch to hear somebody say, “Do you want fries ...

512. Lost Baggage: Empty Your Suitcase

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... into the sky. This is an inexpensive application for the sermon—a tank of helium is anywhere from $60 to $120. Be sure if you do this to check with your local authorities to ensure you can release balloons into the air—sometimes there are restrictions based on rules for airplanes and air hazards.] For those other offenses that can’t be overlooked, that must be confronted, I am asking you today if you are the offended person, go to the person that offended you even if you want to take someone else with ...

513. Supernatural: Taken By Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... you can see the remains of a synagogue where Jesus actually taught. The Sea of Galilee sits 628 feet below sea level. It is surrounded by mountains filled with deep ravines. Those ravines serve like huge funnels that bring cold air from those mountains into a collision with the hot air above the water. When that happens you have a storm, and those storms can arise almost immediately with less than a few minutes of warning. Imagine being right in the middle of that sea, halfway across that lake, without any ...

514. About that Salesman

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... jails in Rome. As he was there giving the prisoners his blessing, he told the men that the last time he had been in jail was to visit his brother. Can you imagine that a pope who confesses that his brother was in jail? “What a breath of fresh air!” said one commentator. “The pope, considered Christ’s vicar on earth, came from a real family and knew what it was to share the hurts and joys of all men everywhere.” (7) Many people use the excuse that the reason they are not part of the church is the ...

515. Odd Ducks in a Rubber-Ducky World

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . “Silent Spring,” published in 1962, revealed the extent to which the unregulated use of chemical pesticides was toxic to the ecosystem, decimating whole populations of wildlife, impacting air and water quality, and directly related to the rise in illnesses linked to chemical exposures in human populations. Since birds variously live in the air, water, and land, and their diets vary from eating insects, fruits, seeds, berries, worms and grubs, they were the perfect target populations to keep an eye on ...

516. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

... on the news about a bizarre tragedy involving a private jet. Aboard the jet were the pilot and one passenger. During its flight, air traffic controllers noticed that the plane was off its flight plan, and the pilot was not responding to radio calls. The plane ... spent its fuel and fell into the sea. Though the exact cause of the crash remains a mystery to this day, air safety investigators concluded that the plane must have lost cabin pressure during the flight. Deprived of oxygen, both pilot and passenger ...

517. Poem: Our Revels Now Are Ended

Eulogy

William Shakespeare

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air; And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped tow’rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.

518. Poem: Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard

Eulogy

Thomas Gray

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o’er the lea The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary ...

519. She Looked Great, But...

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

520. A Fig Tree Sprouts Leaves

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... waiting for Santa Claus, be on watch. Like a couple awaiting the birth of their first child, be on watch. Like a family waiting for the return of their soldier after receiving word that he is safe and headed home, be on watch. Robby Robins was an Air Force pilot during the first Iraq war. After his 300th mission, he was surprised to be given permission to immediately pull his crew together and fly his plane home. These young military men flew across the ocean to Massachusetts and then had a long drive to ...

521. In Christ And Christ In

Illustration

Michael P. Green

The phrase “in Christ” is a statement that describes our union with Christ. Perhaps this relationship can be illustrated by the air that is in us, and yet we are also in the air. So, too, is Christ in us and we in him.

522. Made Alive in Christ

Ephesians 2:1-10

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... : On the one side, there is the world (“the ways of this world”), Satan (“the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient”), and the flesh (“the cravings of our sinful nature”); ... but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” (Rom. 12:2). Second, it is obedience to the ruler of the kingdom of the air. The apostle already has spoken about Christ’s exaltation over such spiritual powers (1:21), and he will go on to indicate that believers, ...

523. The Day of the Lord

2 Peter 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... beyond all this to the renovation of heaven and earth (v. 13; cf. Rev. 20:11; 21:1). In making a distinction between the heavens, the elements (stoicheia), and the earth, Peter is apparently not using the term stoicheia in its sense of the four elements (fire, air, water, earth), which were considered in antiquity to be the basis of all known phenomena. The Greek word can also refer to the heavenly bodies (sun, moon, stars; as in Justin, Apology 2.5). Judaism (1 Enoch 60:12; Jubilees 2:2) and Paul (Gal. 4:3 ...

524. The Sin and Doom of Godless Men

Jude 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... and gas are formed, and suddenly discharged by their own pressure or through an earthquake. The gas explodes, carrying high into the air masses of oil, which fall back in fiery rain, and are so inextinguishable that they float afire on water.” (G. A. ... in a series of colorful and barbed metaphors. His word-pictures correspond to the four regions of the physical world: clouds in the air, trees on the earth, waves of the sea, stars in the heavens. 12 In saying that These men are blemishes (spilades) at your ...

525. Let Him Kiss Me

Song of Songs 1:1-17

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... follow. She talks first about the man, then to him. She speaks of his kisses, his love, and wine. Perfume seems to be in the air. Then suddenly the perfume is his name. Then she calls him “king” and she is again speaking about rather than to him. The celebration ... confusion about what is image and what is description (see “Themes and Images” in the introduction). Is there perfume in the air? Or is there only the sound, or the thought, of the man’s name? Perhaps there is confusion even about why ...

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