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501. I Believe In Judgment

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Robert Allen

... the story that Tom is innocent. And, it is crystal clear that the racial tensions in this small county in Alabama means that Tom Robinson will be found guilty in spite of his innocence. However, one white attorney, a man named Atticus Finch, agrees to defend Tom. In spite of the personal threats against his life and the racial hatred expressed by many whites, Atticus Finch puts together a case which proves this white girl is lying about being raped by Tom Robinson. Throughout the long trial, the blacks of ...

502. The Ultimate Christmas Gift

Psalm 85:1-13, Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Erskine White

... tried using overwhelming force, hoping to gain peace by ending war quickly, but when they inevitably inflict mass destruction upon innocent civilians as well as enemy soldiers, they find that while they have won the war, they have lost the values they were fighting to defend in the first place. All of these and many other approaches have filled the sad pages of human history, and none has produced peace on any scale for any length of time.1 God saw and knew all this down through the years, through bloody ...

503. Is There Life After Christmas?

Luke 2:21-40, Isaiah 12:1-6

Sermon

Erskine White

... inner thoughts all the time, by every action we take or fail to take. When we stop to help a stranded motorist - or drive by and ignore his need - we reveal ourselves in ways more profound than we realize. When we speak callously of the poor or stand up to defend the poor even when it is unfashionable to do so, we reveal ourselves again, along with our values and the inner thoughts of our hearts. It is even more true with Jesus. We can only choose to live for or against Him - there is no middle way. We can ...

504. We Know Jonah

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... of further violence. Nets were cut, and a couple boats were torched. The situation threatened to get totally out of hand. Some hotheads were even talking of violence against the immigrants’ families. This young man found himself in the quandary of wanting to defend his livelihood, but he was shocked and disturbed by the violence. He had never taken part, and stood well clear of the vicious talk and harrassment of the Vietnamese. He remembered that his father had been an immigrant from Portugal and had ...

505. Christian Courage

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... to share a message that people with gold needed to hear. One wonders if Peter remembered as he was preaching, these words of promise and strength by Jesus: "When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you at the very hour what you ought to say." We certainly see this promise coming true in Peter. What a change! What a transformation! Peter did not stay the way he was. A ...

506. Stewards of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... to balance all kinds of conflicting needs and relationships in order to be good caretakers. Instead, our history has been one of manipulation and domination, using selfishly the good things of the earth. These are theological, ethical, and moral questions that we must defend in justifying how we use or misuse God’s creation. We ought to be alarmed and concerned when we read in our daily newspaper about the water supply of our cities being contaminated by a "plume" of something moving toward it. It very ...

507. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... did, when he was crowned king of all Israel, was to capture the city of Jerusalem and make it his capital. This was a remarkable feat, for the mountainous region surrounding the city made it a natural fortress, considered impregnable and able to be defended by "the blind and the lame." In a daring maneuver, David attacked through the water tunnel, surprised the overconfident Jebusites, and overwhelmed them (2 Samuel 5:6-9). David’s choice of Jerusalem as his new capital was also a masterful stroke of ...

508. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... of Caiaphas, the high priest, a serving girl came up to him and inquired, "Look, you’re one of those Galileans, aren’t you?" With oaths and curses, Peter denied that he even knew who Jesus was (Matthew 26:69-75). Courageous enough to draw his sword and defend Jesus, but cowardly enough that he didn’t dare admit to a servant girl that he even knew the Master: here is a man who is a reed, wavering in the wind. Peter, the Rock But now, take another look - and you’ll scarcely realize that this is ...

509. Jesus, the Suffering Messiah

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... , a woman approached him with an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard. It was expensive stuff. It represented one year’s wages. The woman broke the jar and poured the ointment over his head. The disciples were shocked and began to reproach the woman. Jesus defended her action. "She has anointed my body for burial," he told the disciples. "And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her" (Mark 14:9). Messiah means "anointed one ...

510. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... to incite the people to armed struggle. The media did everything in their power to create popular sentiment to have him expelled from the country. But the bishop rode out the storm, stating that the persecution being inflicted upon him and the poor he defended was "the hour for decision: either with the people and Christ, or against Christ and the people. No one can serve two masters, Christ said."2 "No man can serve two masters." That is a real boatrocker. That is asking for trouble. The prophet Elijah ...

511. Who Knows?

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... faithfully living on the Word. The wall breaks apart, it falls away as though it were never there, and the vistas of God is spread out before us as we rise in the power of his current. "Who knows?" is not a flippant or sophomoric question which defends our willfulness. "Who knows?" is an affirmation of the limits by which we must live and the forever new limits which God’s Word provides us out of our faithfulness. In "Who knows?" we stay gladly where we are, glorifying and praising God for his marvelous ...

512. The Generation Gap

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... politics that make simplistic proposals such as unilateral disarmament not only risky but impossible. Nevertheless, we need to listen to them. For they care about people. And so must we, not just as individuals, but as a society. We’ve made "Christianity" too much a defender of the status quo - and too little an innovator in new ways of loving our fellow men. In the sports page a few weeks ago, after a Cleveland-Brown victory, the assistant coach was describing his team: "You have to take your hat off to ...

513. Who Needs a Shepherd These Days?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... place. And contrary to the nursery rhyme of "Little Bo-Peep" which confides and asserts, "Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their tails behind them," it is not so. A sheep can’t find the way back home by itself. Nor is a sheep prepared to defend itself. It is an easy prey for an attacking pack of other animals such as wolves. Now it doesn’t take much imagination to make the transference today, does it? Man, like a sheep, when left to his own nature, is the dumbest thing on two legs. The ...

514. The Crowd That Hated Him

Matthew 27:11-26

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... if he was the King of the Jews. Jesus told him that he, the governor, was the one that said it and did not answer any other questions. But the priests and the other leaders began to accuse Jesus of all sorts of things. Jesus did not try to defend himself but just kept quiet. Pilate wanted Jesus to speak and he told him to answer the people who were speaking against him but Jesus still remained quiet. Pilate was worried. He did not think Jesus was guilty, but he was afraid of the priests and other leaders ...

515. OUR LORD DELIVERED UP

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... officers and the doors that led to the high priests’ quarters were swung wide and guards escorted the prisoner to the open floor before the council. The prisoner stood tall and quiet. There seemed to be no fear in him, but as Nicodemus observed his defendant’s mourning clothes, his bound wrists, a lump came to his throat. And when he saw the bruises on his cheek, knowing how they must have been inflicted, he turned his eyes away, sickened. Caiaphas, in hard, even tones was addressing the room. "This man ...

516. The Final Farewell

Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

George Bass

... at this point (Luke’s version of the Ascension). "Do you mean to tell me that Jesus took off vertically, like a helicopter, while His disciples gaped and craned their necks?" Could anything be more incredible to modern man than such a picture, or harder to defend against this cynicism? The doctrine of Christ’s resurrection imposes no small strain on one’s credulity. The story of an exit like this could he the last straw! But that’s the way that Luke tells the story, not once but two times; first in ...

517. Strong Faith For Tough Times

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of it all in another way. Dream with me for a moment. If we in this world could somehow learn how to get along, just think what we could do. If we didn’t have to spend so much time, effort, energy, creativity, and money on defending ourselves from one another, just think what we could do. If all the nations of this world could learn to live together in peace without the threat of war, we could take those incredible resources and wage war on hunger, homelessness, disease, illiteracy, and drug abuse ...

518. A Christian's Duty in Time of War

Nehemiah 4:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in ancient Sodom and Gomorrah that is not rampant today in San Francisco. The Bible says that God is “a consuming fire.” (Heb. 12:29) God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Wonder why he is so patient with America. We must model and defend the Bible’s standard of sexual morality—fidelity in marriage and celibacy in singleness. Each day in America, 4000 of our most helpless little children—unborn babies---are destroyed. 96 percent of them are destroyed, not because they were conceived through rape or ...

519. Just Follow The Signs

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... Seeing his action in our life, understanding his work, but not doing anything about it, neither worshiping him nor believing in him nor rejecting him - that’s a colossal tragedy. Many people treat God just this way, however. They simply ignore him. Perhaps we could try to defend Herod and the priests by saying that they didn’t have the same chance the Wise Men had. The signs given to them were not as impressive as the sign given to the Wise Men. Maybe if they had seen a Star they would have followed it ...

520. Who Does He Think He Is?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... obey the rules the way they wanted him to, the way their tradition taught. But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such great signs?" (John 9:16). His severest critics dismissed him with, "He has a demon and he is mad!" But his defenders countered, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon; can a demon open the eyes of the blind?" (John 10:19). With each passing day, every new miracle, every godly lesson, and every loving act of mercy, opinions about the Lord became more and more definite ...

521. Questions Without Answers

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... ? God’s Turn But hurry now. Get on to chapter 38. I think God has to get a little "sick and tired," if I dare to say it that way, of our endless questions and analysis and judgments, and the way we try to justify ourselves, defend ourselves, preserve our rights, demand our day in court with him. After nearly everyone had had his say - Job’s counselors and friends and Job himself - God had his say. Whoever it was that divided scripture into chapter and verse allows three chapters for the pummeling Job ...

522. Man, Where Are You?

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... send him reeling to defeat. And we have seen the promise kept. We have seen Christ Jesus. We no longer need to hide behind the fig leaves. We can be honest. He will not despise us or reject us, guilty as we are. He forgives us. He loves us. He defends us. We are walking in the grace of God’s forgiveness. "Man, where are you?" In the midst of death, or life? Mortality, or immortality? A temporary flash across the stage, or in eternal life? "In the day you eat, you die!" That’s what he said. But we say ...

523. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Galilean is God in human form. Our judge has nail prints in his hands. An Almighty God experiencing an all too human suffering. He is none other than: your shepherd fighting for you survival in the valley, your bread sustaining you during the famine, your counselor who defends you on judgment day. He is the door, the vine, the gate, the light of the world. He is your sacrifice before God for the sins you have committed. No other can plead your case before God. No other is qualified to stand before God and ...

524. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... , to our Lord’s teaching on children. It was appropriate that when Jesus came riding into Jerusalem in the parade of palms, children lifted up their voices to praise him, for in him the children of mankind have found their best friend and defender. He to whom human nature was an open book showed a remarkably clear understanding of the mind of the child, a remarkably high appreciation of the child’s spiritual potentialities, and a remarkably deep concern that these potentialities be actualized. We recall ...

525. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the last drop of blood has been spilled before you." It was this spirit which girded the Finnish patriots when two decades later they stood up bravely in defense of their freedom against an overwhelming oppressor. Today we honor the Americans who have defended our freedom in the same spirit. The second thought from Lincoln is the acknowledgment of the price paid for our heritage. We remember those who "gave the last full measure of devotion," who "gave their lives that that nation might live." Memorial Day ...

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