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501. A Grief Observed

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... it. 2. It’s okay to cry Jesus wept over the city of Jerusalem (Luke 19:41) and over his friend Lazarus (John 11:35). No doubt he wept on many other occasions also. Somehow we have gotten the idea, however, that "big boys don’t cry." That notion needs to be changed, and the Bible gives us permission to cry when we hurt. If Jesus wept often and Abraham Lincoln was seen with tears streaming down his face, and a presidential candidate (Edmund Muskie) can openly cry, why do we not allow ourselves to do so ...

502. Why Must We Carry A Cross?

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Peter has a worldly view of the Kingdom and Jesus is speaking about a heavenly kingdom. For a moment I would like you to listen to this story with new ears and see Jesus through the eyes of Peter and the rest of the disciples. Get rid of all your notions about who Jesus is. Take away from your mind Jesus as the Son of God. Strip from your memory that he died on the Cross and that he did that for your sins. Forget that Jesus ever said love your enemies or love your neighbor. Now I want you to ...

503. Your Undivided Attention, Please

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

The story has been told about a beggar (I have not the faintest notion where I might have heard it) who each day took his position just outside the gate of a very rich man’s house. The wealthy owner of the mansion, kind and sympathetic to the poor man’s problem, but sometimes on a guilt trip over what he had and others ...

504. Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... happens when we live in a purely rationalistic world, one where miracles are removed from our way of thinking. It happened to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson ranks as one of our nations greatest intellects but not many people know that he rejected the notion of miracles. When he approached the scriptures he could not tolerate those passages, which dealt with the supernatural. So what did he do? He wrote his own bible. In the Thomas Jefferson Bible you will find only the moral teachings and historical events ...

505. Caring for Each Other

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... , we must be willing to share them. Use us, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have sought to receive Your blessings, yet seldom have we really understood how important it is to share them in return. Too often we accept the notion that we deserve all the comforts and wealth the world can offer and we are not obligated to care for those in need. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to know the joy of sharing Your love daily. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "There Shall Be Showers ...

506. The Courage to Be Me

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... both partners acknowledge their full share of responsibility, both in the breakdown and in the necessary task of rebuilding. It would seem that some persons value their pride more than their welfare. One of the poorest half truths in the past decade has been the notion that "love means never having to say I’m sorry." Love really means being able to say "I am sorry." Some fear disclosing their fear. It is perhaps easier for some women to express their fear than for men, where sex-role stereotypes prevail ...

507. No Fifth Wheels in God’s Economy

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... way. We marrieds talk in glowing terms about ministering to the singles, but we avoid asking them to our homes and confine our closest friendships to married couples. Left alone, singles develop sometimes even more of a withdrawal complex, further compounding our notions of them as somewhat neurotic and irresponsible, self-serving in their interests. Is it true, this perception we have? The answer of course is that in some particular cases, yes. In others, no. It depends on the person. Some have not chosen ...

508. Jerusalem, Emmaus and the Meaning of Life

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... in Jerusalem. I began at the start of a journey. Life is described in countless ways and the symbolism of journey is one of the clearest and simplest. Perhaps that is why Luke used this symbol as a device to bring out one of his chief theological notions: namely, that the drama of salvation begins in the Holy City of Jerusalem and his gospel had to begin there and be brought to a close there. There is a Jerusalem for each of us, a beginning or perhaps a homecoming. Anthony Padavona wrote that "the greatest ...

509. Old Favorite

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... that, “contrary to popular opinion, the well-to-do in America cannot be described as generous.” The most likely to make contributions and volunteer their time were members of low-to-moderate income families, rural residents, and mid-Westerners. The Bible has notions of life and death which are very different from ours today. We think of life as the functioning of the individual organism. Death is the cessation of such function. In the Bible, life means to be significantly involved in a community of ...

510. Good News for Good Living

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... a new way of living in the world. It’s called “good news” for “good living”! Too often have we focused on the good news as good news for dying. Human dignity is the ever present appeal for a “good” death. A line from an old song sums up the notion: “I want to die easy when I die.” Death certainly gathers in its sweep all our fears and anxieties. All of us want to die easy when we die. But is not life a vital part of that ebb and flow of existence? Is not life without dignity as crucial ...

511. A Song of Promise

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... never renege on the promises which God had made. God had revealed that God’s word would never return void. There always would be some people who would respond in the affirmative to the overtures of love God had made toward the world. Zephaniah could entertain notions of how utterly severe the judgments of God would be and are, but he also could affirm the goodness of God. In the light of what Zephaniah knew and could foresee, he also could determine that the number of people who would be faithful to God ...

512. Christ in the Temple

Luke 2:41-52

Illustration

Charles H. Bayer

There is a famous oil painting called "Christ Teaching In The Temple." The painting gets it wrong. It comes from an era when religious people were still uneasy with the notion that Jesus was like the rest of us. In this picture he is standing in the midst of the elders looking very wise, obviously delivering a lecture. He is talking and pointing and they are listening. He had, no doubt, appeared to instruct them in the law, as if he ...

513. The Spirit Has Landed

Luke 3:1-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and doing something with your faith. We all have this unrealistic image that evangelism means standing around on street corners, walking up to complete strangers and asking them, “Are you saved?” Listen, pal, [said in a light hearted fashion] that’s not it. Just wipe the notion from your mind that door-to-door evangelism has any merit. It does not. Not today, if it ever did. Let me give you a good picture, a 20/20 vision of what real evangelism looks like. As a Christian you have repented of your sins ...

514. The Ten Commandments #7: No Adultery

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... married. Whew! No divorce ever? That would be wedlock with a vengeance! But what about the young girl who marries her boyfriend only to find out after the ceremony that he regularly flies into jealous rages and brutally beats her anytime he gets the notion? She divorces him to save herself from such terror, eventually marries a fine, loving man, makes a home with him, has children, is active in church and community, and they live happily ever after. Is she an adulterer? Or consider the strange innocence of ...

515. Beyond Despair

Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and skills to your best and deepest values, making sure your mind is in sync with your soul as you plot your next steps. Don't just go where you're directed or even invited, but rather where your own moral compass leads you. And don't accept others' notions of what is possible or realistic. Dare to dream things and don't be afraid to take risks...The antidote to cynicism is not optimism but action. And action is finally born out of hope. Try to remember that." "Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so ...

516. The Blame Game

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... recount a story - they were expressing a point of view. At the time the gospels were finally written (almost a half century or more after the actual events), Christians were viewed by many as merely a certain type of Jew; the gospels wanted to dismiss that notion. The truth, of course, is that most Jews of Jesus' day never ever heard of him and could have cared less whether he lived or died. Some knew of him and became followers. Some knew of him and became concerned, the most notable being the leaders ...

517. I Am Sombody!!!

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... old ways under the water in baptism, then raise them again to a better life. Neat ceremony. Wonderful symbolism. And in the hands of a dynamic personality...so forceful and impressive that some were led to think that John was the promised Messiah finally come. He debunked that notion out of hand: "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Then one day ...

518. Power

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in baptism, then raise them again to a better life. Neat ceremony. Wonderful symbolism. Sonny Dewey understood. And in the hands of a dynamic personality too...so forceful and impressive that some were led to think that John was the promised Messiah finally come. He debunked that notion out of hand: "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Then one ...

519. Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... It is hard to imagine that ten years have gone by since Martin Scorcese's film The Last Temptation of Christ was released. The furor was incredible. People were horrified that the camera would suggest that Jesus had sexual thoughts or could harbor notions of abandoning his mission or have fantasies about marrying Mary Magdelene and settling down. There were marches and demonstrations. One Sunday, as the congregation was filing out after the 11:00 o'clock service, a well-dressed young man came to the church ...

520. The "E" Word

John 1:35-42

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , all with the purpose of calling them to repentance and winning them to Christ. Now, I do not know about you, but when I was in Elementary School, if someone had called me a whoremonger or a fornicator or an adulterer, I would not have had the foggiest notion what he meant. The only passions I had were baseball and peanut butter. I did not learn about the birds and the bees until I was twelve, and even then I was not sure I believed it. At any rate, I doubt that too many Elementary school students ...

521. Long Range Planning

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... his pocket. On one should be inscribed, "I am but dust and ashes." On the other stone should be inscribed, "For my sake was the world created." And he should use each stone as he needs it. There are many forces today that are tearing away at the notion of human dignity. Some people say it started when Darwin said we were part of the animal kingdom. Others say it was when Copernicus said that the earth was not the center of the universe. And still others claim it was when Freud revealed that our actions are ...

522. Marriages That Last

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... over a concept he found in Western literature. It was the phrase, "Making love." It confused him. "What is making love?" he asked. Fulghum explained that making love was a popular euphemism for having sex. Papaderos replied that for Cretans, "making love" is a serious notion. When two families agree that a son and a daughter would suit one another, it is expected that over time the man and woman will work at becoming compatible partners in the same spirit one might work at achieving competence in a life's ...

523. Getting Ready

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

... lives need to be filled? What hills and mountains need to be leveled off in preparation for the coming of the Messiah? What changes need to be made in your life in the coming weeks? That makes us feel uncomfortable doesn't it. We have a hard time accepting the notion that we must change. Why can't God ever send someone to tell us we are doing all right? Why must we be challenged this way just two weeks before Christmas? The message of John the Baptist for us today is that we are living our lives without God ...

524. Choose Life!

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... who had tried in vain to befriend him and help him get his life in order says, “Joe died almost like he was born. He came into this world kicking and screaming and fighting and understanding nothin’! And he went out of this world fighting without the slightest notion of what he was put here for or where he was goin’.” (1) A pitiful record of another life out of control. God has given us the ability to take control of our own lives. We can choose our own destinies. Every study of great leaders has ...

525. What On Earth Is The Trinity?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... ? For most of us they are a means of dealing with the nature of God. Ninetyeight per cent of the American people, according to most polls, say that they believe in God. That can mean everything or that can mean nothing. For many people, that belief is a vague notion about "Someone in the great Somewhere" (to quote a popular religious song of some years ago). For a lot of people God is nothing more than a vast oblong blur. C.S. Lewis once wrote of a girl he knew who said that the word, God, reminded her of ...

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