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Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... will of God (as they understood it) in a new country. They founded a great nation. But Alvin Toffler suggests that in mapmaking in the ancient world: "There is little final relation between the original map and the country discovered." If we do not hold to the great faith, the greatness dies, and the original vision is never realized. Much of contemporary music catches the mood of despair: "The initial music being drowned out by the groaning climax of the whole business (being) flushed down the (drain)." Or ...

502. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... just what he might want of us. He gives us considerable leeway for living, a "freedom" that leaves us "on our own" far more than we sometimes feel comfortable with. How ought we to live if we are to "glorify his name"? That brings us full circle back to our original question. How do we know what God wants us to do? Without doubt, "freedom" sounds great until it must be exercised. Then of a sudden it can become a dreadful burden, for we hardly know what to do with it! What if we abuse it instead of using it ...

503. Binding Up the Fractured World

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... of God have things been kept reasonably in place. But the signs must be rioted in all of creation and seen as a warning to us that we need to set our house in order so that God’s house can again be established in the orderliness of its original creation. That is the task to which God has set himself in Christ - to reunite the whole of his creation. That is exactly how Paul describes the Christ in his letter to the Colossians: "In him (Christ) all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and ...

504. The Agony and Ecstasy of Sight

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... , but the vision we catch of human need around us. Care and concern seen and converted into action are the signs of true compassion. And that is exactly what Jesus did. He cured the blind man. He did not weep for him. He did not speculate concerning the origin of his blindness. He cured him. He gave him sight. Not Restoration, but Creation In the gospels this is the only account of a miracle where the sufferer is said to have been afflicted since birth. So far as the drama of the story is concerned, this ...

505. Magnify Your Ministry!

Romans 11:11-24

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... magnify our ministry because it is our apostolic responsibility. He said of himself, "Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles ..." An apostle is one who is sent out by the Lord Jesus to proclaim his kingdom and share the good news of God’s love. Originally, it was meant to apply only to those who had seen or accompanied Jesus during his life on earth. However, very early in the New Testament it took on a wider meaning. Paul himself never saw Jesus in the flesh, yet he himself said, "I am not at ...

506. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... believed as Yoda believed could he do great things as Yoda did. When he became a genuine imitation, Luke would he as much like Yoda as Yoda himself. His faith would he such a perfect imitation that it would be impossible to distinguish between the original and the copy. In the opening verses of his first letter to the Thessalonians, St. Paul says that the Thessalonian Christians had become Christians like that, "You became imitators of us and of the Lord," he wrote, "for you received the word in affliction ...

507. The Un-Parade

Matthew 16:21-28, Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... can teach us about the fruits of patience. Our weakness can sensitize us to the pain of other people. Our weakness can make God more visible to us. Moreover, weakness can teach us the strength in passivity and the folly in aggressiveness. On that day of the original triumphal entry, there was more strength in the weakness of Jesus than strength in the strength of the Romans and Sadducees and Pharisees. I am not advocating in time of attack that we roll over and play dead, but I am saying that in times of ...

508. A Matter of Life and Breath

John 20:19-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... and clergymen, or both, may pronounce forgiveness. For instance, do you as a member of the church feel you could tell someone that he is forgiven? Or, do you think that only an ordained clergyman may give absolution with genuine authority? Let us go back to the original, back to the text. To whom did Jesus say this? He said it to the disciples, the whole church at that time. There was no division at that time between laity and clergy. The church is the whole people of God, clerical and lay. There is no ...

509. An Invitation to a Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... invited and didn’t come were the Jewish people. They had been invited by God years ago to be his chosen family, and yet when God’s son came into the world they turned down the invitation. The result was that God invited those who had not originally been his chosen people, who never even expected an invitation into the Kingdom of God in the first place. The way the writer of Matthew saw it, the consequences of refusing this invitation were terrible. Verse 7 tells how the king sent his army against those ...

510. The Christian’s Style - 1960

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... a controversy some time ago when somebody gave two wonderful Rembrandts to the art museum in Detroit. So we all went and ooohed and ah-h-d and thought they were wonderful. Then a couple of Philistines came in and said, "Fakes." What do you mean fakes? "They are not originals." How do you know. So the press had a great time and we all took sides. Then they sent for a couple of experts. Now, an expert is just somebody from way off, you know. They got two fellows from New York, and they came and studied it and ...

511. THE OLD MAN IS WASTING

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... spare time. SETH I was only joking. JAREL I figured that. SETH I mean, that small stuff - that’s strictly for suckers. JAREL Sure, we both know that. And you’re into something a lot bigger than that - you’re selling tickets to a funeral. Well, that’s original. Cain never thought of that. SETH (Returning to the cards) Let’s just play the game. Okay? JAREL (Taking the cards from him) Wait a minute. I can smell a swindle - and I’d like to be in on it from the beginning. No more tricks, please. SETH ...

512. Chapter IX

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... accepted as fact. So, if one wants to "get" another, all he needs to do is plant a few choice words in the right places, then sit back and watch them mushroom. The word will spread, getting amplified and made more vicious in each retelling! That little jingle, "The Origin of Scandal," puts it so succinctly. Said Mrs. A. to Mrs. J. in quite a confidential way, "It seems to me that Mrs. B. takes too much something in her tea." And Mrs. J. to Mrs. K. that very night was heard to say, she grieved to touch upon ...

513. SINGER

2 Chron. 29:28; Neh. 13:10

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... great many young people try to emulate them. Woodstock has moved into our language as a new noun. We pay fantastic amounts to all types of singers - from serious opera to sex and drug oriented performers. So how far back can we go to find the origin of the singer as a professional? Way, way back! All of the ancient courts had professional singers attached - rather like press agents, since their function was to sing the praises of the king, as well as to entertain. There were also the traveling singers, who ...

514. The Ten Commandments - Part 3

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... is the way that parents have used it. It has frequently been seen as a potent weapon in the arsenal of beleaguered parents everywhere: See! God is on our side so you had better shape up. One scholar has called attention to the fact that when Moses originally read this commandment to the Hebrews, he was not addressing the children, he was addressing the adults. Therefore, it was not the intent of this commandment to get the young people to fetch water, or clean out their tent, or quite asking for use of the ...

515. The Ten Commandments - Part 4

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... this series with this thought. The Law was a gift from God just as the Messiah was a gift from God. Jesus himself said that he did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill the law. Jesus affirmed the Ten Commandments time and again by defining their original intent. He spoke in the Sermon on the Mount: You have heard that it was said to the people long ago “Do not murder,” but I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.” Sin begins not with the outer action but ...

516. Martin Luther: the Shape of Grace

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... good. The floodgates of God’s grace had not been opened this wide for the last 1,000 years. The shape of the Christian church would never be the same. Martin Luther actually "re-formed" the church into its earlier form. He called for the more original shape of Christianity in three areas: Bible, priesthood, and salvation. Luther asked that the Scriptures be placed in the hands of the people and in their language so that their lives could be shaped by it. He claimed everyone was a priest in God’s sight ...

517. You Can Depend on It

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... lift up the sentence, "In him the timeless love of God is disclosed in terms of the created order in which a human life unfolds." A whole theology of Christ is distilled in this sentence. And, as God brought order over the chaos of the waters at the original creation, so he brought order over the chaos of human life-together when the Light of the World rose from the depths. He continues to disclose the dependable order by means of which your and my life are redeemed and fulfilled. How do we know this order ...

518. Celebration As Worship

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... street. "That’s fine," said the Scout leader, "But why did it take three of you?" "Well," they explained, "she didn’t want to go." We smile at that, but many times our well-meaning acts have been performed because of our needs rather than because of the original purpose. Let Uzzah stand for good intentions gone awry. 3. Celebration as Worship And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the Lord with all their might. - 2 Samuel 6:5 In the midst of all this joy over bringing the Ark to ...

519. Return to Glory

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Richard Patt

... newspaper account was a parable about another seepage going on. I’m talking about the spiritual breakdown that has invaded our entire human society. It has caused a loss of glory among us. It calls for a widespread rehabilitation and a return to an original glory. This little Bible story before us spells out the human breakdown surrounding us on every side. It also portrays for us the resurrection power and victory of Jesus Christ, signaling a return to glory. And the story calls us, as baptized children ...

520. Then He Went Home

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... us so that our cooperation is essential to our restoration to God. Our will must turn to accept and embrace God’s will. We must turn back to God by the power of the Spirit of God. We must cooperate with the Holy Spirit. Repentance ("metanoia" in the original Greek) is an attitude of openness to change. What is it that divides a home? What is it that divides a family? What is it that divides friends? What is it that divides a nation? What is it that divides nation from nation? The answer is clear: An ...

521. Coping with Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... conversion. The subconscious, the deep total being, suddenly realizes the love, the forgiveness, the peace, the presence of a knowing, caring, competent God. And finally we are free - joyously free! This is not wishful thinking. All this is based on reality, deep reality. The origin of life is with the Creator-God. The meaning of life is in God. The destiny of life is in his adequate hands. The true values of life were built into us by the Creator, Sustainer God, who is like Christ. At center, the universe ...

522. Counting The Cost?

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... - events which have served the cause of God and ministered to the needs of humanity. Great doors swing on small hinges. There were not many present at Pentecost. Not many young men took part in the Haystack Prayer Meeting at Williams College (which originated the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions). How many watched Luther post the 95 Theses? A great revival in Wales started when, because no one else offered to witness, a little girl rose in the meeting and said she would testify. Frances ...

523. The Marriage of Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... marriage were designed for happiness, companionship, continuing creation as the man and woman came together in their children, sharing totally. Original Design is Lost But we are living in a fallen world. The innocence of Eden, where the man and woman both were naked ... and were not ashamed, is now behind us. The original design is lost. The perfection of creation with its unity and beauty is destroyed. And "holy marriage" has become the victim of ...

524. Christ and Time

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... we are confronted with the mystery of time. The familiar old year has passed away, and an unknown segment of the future, which we call the new year, has taken its place. "Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away." Where did this stream originate and where does it finally end? What is this invisible something that we call time? What is this mysterious series of hours and days and years and centuries that moves steadily on and carries us to the end of our journey whether we wish it or not ...

525. The Exalted Christ

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... of God called me and commissioned me to preach it. I am his ambassador. He makes his appeal through me. And by his manifold gifts of grace he equips every one of his people to do his part in this commission. Such was also the conviction of the original twelve. Their Lord had given them the assurance that when he had returned to the Father he would clothe them with power from on high and make them his witnesses among all nations. A new epoch in the revelation of God’s grace and truth would begin. Greater ...

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