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576. Faith and Freedom

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... can bet he didn't want any interruption. As they moved through the crowd, a woman, a woman desperate for healing moved toward Jesus. Her self esteem was so low, her sense of who she was was so poor that she didn't want to bother Jesus at all. She thought to herself, "If I could only touch the hem of his robe." And why was she so desperate? For all intents and purposes she was an outcast, she was unclean in the eyes of Jewish law. For 12 years she has suffered from a non-stop menstrual cycle. The scripture ...

577. Revolutionary Rules For Living

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... be of any use. Keep paying attention to the source, and God will either take you round (it) or remove it…Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty, but rather on God!" (Quoted in Jan Karon, Patches of Godlight) Here are some practical thoughts for patience in the midst of opposition. In our weakest moments we should turn to the Holy Spirit to give us strength and enduring power (Romans 8:24-30). In our obstacles of life put faith into practice and seek God’s direction through his word for ...

578. The Joy Of Being Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... their lives over to God… There are more details to this story, but they aren’t important to share at the moment. What I do want to share though is why I am writing this to you. I just wanted to let you know Jesus is active in cyberspace. Thought that you could appreciate that! (Yes what I am saying is that this all took place by way of computer.) If you are interested and the Spirit moves you, I am open to further discussion. Do you suppose that one day the church might support mission work out there ...

579. The Inverting Promise

1 Corinthians 1:27-29 · Genesis 25:21-34

Sermon

Will Willimon

... born son gets it all. Second born gets leftovers. Neat. Clean. Orderly. It was a secure, stable "Ozzie and Harriet" world where father knows best, Mom is a bit mushy in the head but at least she's at home in the kitchen, and older brother David is thoughtful and stable while little brother Ricky is unpredictable but that's 0.1(. since David is going to inherit it all in the end anyway. Fixed at birth.·Fate determined in utero by the color of your skin, or your gender, or your parent's economic level, the ...

580. Ambassadors For Christ

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... disappointment. I have an idea that some of us may have stood quietly, staring out that window, trying to understand what had happened. I have stood there. There have been times when I have been faced with experiences in the church that seemed so far from what I thought the church was when I first came to it. There have been times in my own personal faith when I felt and experienced things that seemed so far from what I felt and experienced in those first days of my faith. I have stood at the window trying ...

581. Standing Firm

Philippians 3:17-4:1

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... look at me and said, “You’ve decided to do this, haven’t you?” I could only nod my head yes. I would explore it, I thought. That Sunday after worship, a young woman, new to the church, asked if I knew of a small house for sale. Her mother was moving to the ... enough to allow God to do the work in my life, I was able to identify a clearer path ahead. I stopped focusing on what I thought I needed in my earthly life and instead began to focus on what God wanted for me, for my life. I know my call is true ...

582. Learning Our Role

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... other person said, “And you will want to be more careful about the people you spend your time with, now that you are one of us.” “Now that you are one of us.” The words bounced around inside the young man’s mind. As he tried to sort out his thoughts, a third person took his hand. “Now that you are one of us, of course you will come to the golf outing this Saturday. It is an invitation-only thing, but now that you are one of us, we look forward to seeing you there.” As the day passed, wherever ...

583. Holy Wisdom From On High!

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... a chalk dot on the blackboard." The rest of the class seemed relieved that the obvious had been stated, and no one else had anything to say. "I'm surprised at you," the teacher told the class. "I did the same exercise yesterday with a group of kindergartners and they thought of 50 different things the chalk mark could be: an owl's eye, a cigar butt, the top of a telephone pole, a star, a pebble, a squashed bug, a rotten egg, a bird's eye, and so on." The older students had learned how to find a right answer ...

584. A Fish Story

Luke 5:1-11

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... you a carpenter, too? PETER: No, sir, we're fishermen. JOASH: Aha! Then if you were all fishermen, why in the world would you fish during the day? You knew you wouldn't catch any fish. PETER: Well, you're right about that. That's what I thought, too. Why waste our time, I thought. JOASH: Why didn't you say something? PETER: I did. I said, "Master, we have worked hard all night, but because you say to do it I will let the nets down." JOASH: Just because he said so, you would do it? PETER: I sure did. You ...

585. It's OK To Stir Up God

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Richard Patt

... you and me. We have a Father who will not let us go! He will not let us down! In the eighth chapter of the book of Romans, Saint Paul verbalizes this wonder: "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Paul crowns this thought later in the chapter in the triumphant question: "If God is for us, who is against us?" The promise of prayer is that you can pray, you are invited to pray, you are encouraged, if need be, to storm the gates of heaven with your prayers. After all, God ...

586. Lent 3

Luke 13:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Psalm 63:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... have the ability to act by choice. They do not always simply react according to natural laws. They then become responsible for consequences of their acts. Jesus' understanding is that God seeks to relate to persons who make right choices. The parable shows that Jesus thought God was very patient and forgiving. The owner of the garden was willing to wait three years for the tree to become productive. That was plenty of time. In the same way God waits and expects people to be productive. When the tree does ...

587. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... of where we stand before God. It also raises the question of where we stand in the corporate worshipping body and where we stand in the larger community. Do we stand before God aware of our dependency, our need, and our failures in sin and mistaken actions and thoughts? Do we stand as superior to others in the worshipping body? Or do we stand with them, so identified that we take part in their sin and failures? Do we stand with them so ready to share their suffering and pain that we feel it as much as ...

588. Buying Swamp Land For God

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Robert P. Hines

... of God, a word of judgment, against the northern kingdom of Israel? Peter, Andrew, James, and John gave up their lives as fishermen in order to follow Jesus, a decision that changed their lives in the most dramatic manner. I'm sure there were some who thought these people were crazy for doing these things. They would have asked questions like these: "Why does Abraham want to leave town and go to some unknown place?" "Why would Moses put his liberty and life in jeopardy by going back to Egypt?" "Why would ...

589. Too Good To Be True

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... true! As you can see, the two stories in this sermon are similar in many ways. Both Jim's parents and God loved their children. They offered them forgiveness. As a result, Jim and Israel became new people. A new agreement, a new covenant, was created. Who would have thought that love could have such a power to change people? It was amazing! It was too good to be true! Yes, that is exactly correct. It was too good to be true. After the new agreement went into effect Jim did okay for a while, but then he was ...

590. How Costly Grace? Or Does Spelling Count?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... the most humble, for we know of the greatness and the mystery of God Almighty. It is we who should know the words of scripture from Isaiah 55:8 and 9: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher then your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Humility before God is the beginning of faith, and opens our hearts and minds up to search for how we may need to change in our thinking and our acting regarding ...

591. The Witness Of Pilate

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... He suggested, why did Helet me sentence Jesus to death? I grew frustrated as we spoke ofthings like truth and the fact that Jesus thought He was a kingof another world. It was this statement of being a king which was repeated bythe Jews as a just reason for ... Jesus hang. O'er His head a sign was placed. "The King of the Jews," it did read; They said it was in bad taste "He thought He was the King," they said, "We have no king but Caesar." "What I've written I will not change," Pilate spoke by God's pleasure ...

592. Veiled Glimpses of God's Glory

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... parade into the banquet hall without so much as an RSVP. To be blunt, it's difficult to accept that the Almighty's love has no bottom line; that the sun rises on both good and evil, and the rain falls on just and unjust alike. Whoever wrote Ecclesiastes thought it added up to divine indifference. Jesus said not to bother with the arithmetic: if it could be calculated, it wouldn't be grace. You can point all you like, he told Nicodemus, but you'll never take the wind home as a souvenir or a good luck charm ...

593. Who Lives In You?

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Lee Griess

... reads the human heart. God knows who lives in our house. There is a story of a burly, old lineman from a professional football team who thought that he knew all the tricks so he could stay out late and party on road trips despite the team's curfew. Over the years ... commitment will follow. But we must allow Christ in! We must allow the love of God to rule our lives, direct our thoughts, and guide our actions. In his autobiography, Dr. A.J. Cronin tells of a neighboring family called the Adamses. Mr. Adams was ...

594. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... had not seen. It ill behooved them to be impatient with Thomas. An Apostle Of Jesus Christ But Jesus was not impatient. Jesus had not forgotten that Thomas had been the only one who wanted to go with him to the side of Lazarus, not because he thought that all would be well but because he knew that nothing would be well. Nor had Jesus rebuffed Thomas for questioning him about his destiny. Instead, he had responded with one of the greatest summaries of Christian faith: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life ...

595. Jesus, The Servant

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... do you think about the election? Do you think it will snow?" Here I was sitting with a great anthropologist while he told me the secrets of his night. Nor did I have to be rude and ask him to stop while I gathered together my own thoughts and feelings on the matter. Closing the book, it was my turn to speak, and imagine, a marvelously imaginative, brillant writer fell silent, listening! Of course we can so engage all print, but essays, because they are short, honest, and relevant, are honed to a fine edge ...

596. Prayers for Family Days

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... direction. You are the source that supplies us with the good life. Your love for each of us is full -- without measure -- regardless of our family setting. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. How unrelenting, Holy Spirit, is your call to serve your kingdom. We thought with the approach of old age that we had fulfilled your call and would, therefore, be free of it. We aren't. It hasn't come back in exactly the same make-up as before. It is wearing a different hat, but as soon as the introductions were ...

597. The Half Pencil Doctor

1 John 3:11-24

Sermon

David O. Bales

... were friends, though not the closest when we were young. We went to church together. In those days kids of all ages were in the same class, not like kids in church today, imprisoned apart by age. One Monday on our way home from school I asked him what he thought of all the church stuff, the Bible and miracles and that. He said, yes, he believed Jesus had come back to life and he trusted that God loved him. He said, 'I've decided to be a medical missionary.' It was because of Les that I believed in God, and ...

598. Take A Second Look

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... led Saul to Damascus. Why all the way to Damascus? Perhaps Saul was after the "followers of the way" who had escaped persecution in Jerusalem, perhaps Saul was out to make a point that would increase his status back in Rome, perhaps Saul thought that vigorous persecution of the "followers of the way" would prevent the spread of Christianity, or perhaps Saul felt that persecuting Christians would lead to unity among the factions of Judaism by providing them with a common enemy. One thing is certain, Damascus ...

599. Membership Has Its Privileges

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... ' freedom: I must commit suicide to save face. Sadly, persons choosing death over life dominate our headlines. Why? -- because they are held hostage to a bondage that is worse than defeat: hopelessness. "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here" (16:28). How many times have we thought that we had the upper hand only to discover that we came out losers? There is an expression that goes: If you dig one ditch, you better dig two; for the ditch you dig for me, may just end up being for you. The girl who was in ...

600. The Ugly Duckling

Drama

Karren Boehr

... . They're great. Is it a deal? (She extends her hand) WOMAN: (Smiling for the first time) Okay ... thanks. I'll leave my name and phone number at the desk. (She slowly gathers things and walks off stage) LINDA: I can't believe it! Lord, I almost blew it! I thought Ann was the one You wanted me to share with, and ... Oh, wow! You sure showed me what is in my heart. To think I ignored Jo because she wasn't dressed right. I was even angry because she had the nerve to listen in on our conversation. How could ...

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