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601. Marked For Community

Sermon

George Bass

... . We had never seen so many daffodils as on Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday; she was almost overwhelmed by flowers; the Queen Mother also received flowers from her admirers and subjects. Both occasions were joyous events, an outpouring of real love and affection by the people. But one occurrence made a real difference between the two celebrations; it happened at Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday as a television camera zoomed in on one very young couple with a baby; they were punkers with multi-colored ...

602. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... long for peace of mind, fulfillment, and a well-rounded life. We aspire, but fall short of spiritual awareness. This means: get to know him (read and reread the Gospels); live with him (talk to him in your prayers); love him (give him the edge of your affection over the things you crave for and want); and let his presence daily permeate your whole lifestyle. That is a tall order. It is a holy diet. It produces moving examples of eternal life. I heard the voice of Jesus say,"Behold, I freely giveThe living ...

603. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... the personality through whom the Word comes. Brass bands, grand orchestras, charismatic stars and majestic buildings are fine in their place as tools and agents that enable the hearing of the Word. They are not, however, the Word. This kind of emotional listening affects what we hear, and generally it is what we want to hear in the first place. For the sports-minded almost every month is a season of emotional listening, especially if it involves your favorite team. Without regard to the facts, one listens ...

604. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... what we have, we are to plant seeds of God’s grace and peace rather than seeking to destroy some perceived enemy. Even in small ways, with small beginnings, we work the work of God. And like a small mustard seed, and a pinch of yeast, the small beginning affects the whole. One of the things that impresses me a great deal about the story of the work and ministry of the apostles recorded in the Acts of the Apostles is the way they went about their labors. Peter, James, John, Paul and the others did not go ...

605. It's Performance That Counts

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... life. I have no definitive word, nor do I have a text to prove my suspicions. But my hunch is that nothing disappoints our Lord more than a church building filled with people who make great promises, but who then fail to allow those promises to affect their conduct. Now I realize that we are treading on uncomfortable ground at this point. Most of us who gather weekly in our place of worship consider ourselves to be religious people, good Christians one and all. After all, we do know all the creeds, and ...

606. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... hungry or lost. It is reaching out to touch those no one else bothers to touch. To be the church means we must be the ones who are moved to action by the feeling of another’s pain at the depths of our being. Who among us has not been affected by the stories and pictures of Mother Teresa, acting with compassion and the touch of love on behalf of those who are left to die on the streets? But how many of us, feeling the empathy for those in desperate circumstances, will reach out as does she? During the ...

607. Of Seeing and Hearing

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... any friends. I don’t care if I pass or not. After all, the teachers don’t like me.” The parents jump to her defense. “You know you really like to do this and are at your best when you do that. The teacher doesn’t want to show affection for fear the other children will be jealous.” Or, “Get a good night’s sleep; eat a good meal…” They are jolted when the girl commits suicide. “Why didn’t she tell us?” Evidently they heard her words, but they did not grasp them with understanding. As ...

608. Where Does That Leave Us?

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... at all.” But the rejections go on and the relationship is not improved. That’s a heavy load of sand in the hair to carry around for weeks at a time. 4. Did you ever get provoked at a member of the family and shut them out of your affection? To teach them a lesson? Perhaps a child? When they try to be affectionate you turn them aside and go your way. You appear too busy to be bothered. You may think “I’m really teaching that youngster a lesson she won’t forget.” Your feelings are hurt, and ...

609. Watch Out! He's Coming!

Mark 13:33

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... watch on a ship? (Let them answer.) Good, a lot of you have seen that. What does the person do who is keeping watch? (Let them answer.) That's right, he sort of stretches his neck, puts his hand over his eyes so that the sun doesn't affect them and looks in all directions. If he does see something, he lifts his binoculars up to his eyes and takes a closer look. (Pretend you are looking through binoculars, or use them if you have them.) That is called keeping watch. Christians should always be keeping watch ...

610. Why Did Jesus Have To Die?

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... all guilty of such indiscretion in our faith? If an ecumenical council were convened by the church in the next 10 years, and we threw out the idea that Christ's death was a necessary sacrificial offering for our sin, would your faith really be seriously affected? Would it not be sufficient for you simply to proclaim God's forgiving love? Be honest with yourself: What role is Christ's sacrificial death playing in your faith life? There is a history of several hundred years behind this dilemma.3 It has to do ...

611. Led By The Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... . Life is nothing but decisions. How do we make them in a Christian manner? We Christians believe that by his resurrection on Easter, Christ has given us new life (1 Peter 1:3). You have been given a new life! Now that we have that new life, how does it affect the way in which we make decisions? At least two of our Bible lessons and our psalm this Sunday of the Good Shepherd give us some idea of an answer to these questions. In observing how I and other people make decisions, I have noticed a pattern in the ...

612. The Majesty Of God's Love

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... very successful in making the Trinity a crucial aspect in the everyday life of the faithful. Seriously folks, if the Trinity doctrine were discarded next week by an ecumenical council (kind of like the council that drew up the Nicene Creed), would your faith really be affected? Would it make that much of a differnce to you in your daily Monday through Saturday life? I think that we all know the answer. And it is a tragedy, a judgment on the church, that we have not learned the lesson that the Trinity and ...

613. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... believe that we also can overcome our own trials in our own time and place. Because they did it, we can do it, too. Who are the saints who encourage us? We have called to mind stalwart witnesses out of the distant past, but do we not have saints who affect us for good in the recent past, too? Do we have saints as close to us as in our own family history? I have always been a fond admirer of the actor Jimmy Stewart. Reading an article in the newspaper I learned something about him I had not known before ...

614. Wedding: 1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Mark Pepoon

... be able to love as a human being but always looking for that certain “something,” that fulfillment, that source of eternal satisfying love. Christ’s love in us through faith in him gives and diffuses. It renews us in our minds, our wills, and our affections — and will continue on forever with its capacity to give and forgive. Now let us insert the names of you as marriage partners in the same portion of Scripture. In the place of that word “love,” we will use your names, as two Christian people ...

615. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... Peacock lived in a houseboat? It was a homemade kind of thing, and I guess looked as homemade as it was, but it floated well enough to give him a place to sleep when he could find his way to it. Somehow Uncle Peacock had to earn this woman's affections, and he came upon the perfect plan to do just that. Uncle Peacock decided he was going to untie his houseboat and float down the river to New Orleans. That sounded like the kind of thing to get a woman's attention, but you need to remember that this was ...

616. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... , but from his spirit that dwells among us, then we can allow his love and our love to join forces in loving other people. A big part of the great gospel (good news) is that we are loved by our God and by each other. Wishing to receive the affection of his subjects, Frederick the Great struck a subject with a whip one day and exclaimed: “Confound you! I want you to love me.” We sometimes act that way. But we are chosen to love. Not forced, God takes the initiative, and chooses and comes after us. “I ...

617. Teenage Death Due to Drinking and Driving

Job 3:1-26

Eulogy

Carl B. Rife

... sister, a granddaughter, a niece, a classmate, a neighbor and a friend.We come together at this time for various reasons. We come, first of all, to pay tribute, to take time to remember Tina, who has touched our lives to varying degrees. We show our respect and affection in these moments for a loving and lovable girl with a winning smile who has walked among us, and who, although now claimed by death, will continue to be a part of our minds and spirits. We also come to express our feelings to those who most ...

618. Death of a Newborn Infant

Luke 18:15-17

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... and suffering, shattered lives and scarred spirits." Dr. Brownfield's words speak to us. It was no one's fault that Jason was born with a defective heart. Because of our imperfect world even something as normal and natural as procreation is all too often adversely affected. But we are also reminded that the innocent suffer and our lives are filled with pain and sorrow and grief. We all can identify with that today. And I realize that at times like these people do not know what to say, and unfortunately we ...

619. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... sets the scene with one short verse: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph (Exodus 1:8).” Once the rulers of Egypt lost their memory of Joseph and the great things he had done for Egypt, they had little affection for the Hebrews. Indeed, they began to fear them. Ironically, they feared them because of their great numbers, which was part of God’s promise to Abraham of numerous descendants. Driven by fear, the Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews and made them work long and hard. But ...

620. Spirit Full Or Foul?

Deuteronomy 4:32-40

Sermon

Justin Tull

... . If we believe it does, then retirement is void of any real meaning and an individual is stripped of all worth as an individual. But of all our gods, the most seductive is the god of self. Worshiping self means that everything is measured primarily by how it affects us. The self is our god and we seek to revolve the world around us. But the ironic thing is that we cannot keep everything revolving around us. We do not have enough mass; we don’t have that kind of magnetism. We cannot save ourselves. And if ...

621. God's Way Of Doing Things

Ruth 3:1-18, 4:13-22

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... prays that God will make a new life for Ruth and Orpah. Things begin to happen in the story after that. Ruth goes home to Bethlehem with Naomi. She goes gleaning barley in Boaz's field, and Boaz takes a fancy to her. Ruth makes a play for Boaz's affection; the only other man with a legal claim to her property renounces it and Ruth and Boaz are married. Nowhere in the story does the narrator says that God has been at work guiding the sequence of events, but at the end of the story you realize that everything ...

622. Bound for Glory

Hebrews 13:1-25

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... do anything to help lift him back up? (response) That's right. We can lift the web. Have the child stand up when the web is lifted. Application: The Bible tells us that as Christians we are all tied together just like this web. When something happens to one, it affects us, too. There is a scripture in the book of Hebrews that says that we should always be kind to those who are sick or in trouble, because we are all part of the same body. That means that when their web goes down, ours goes down, too. That's ...

623. How Much?

Luke 23:26-43

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . You like it this much? (response) Hold your hands about two feet apart. Wow, that's a lot! You must really like pizza. Another question: How much do you like your grandma and grandpa? (response) It is hoped they will begin using their hands to convey their affections. How much? (response) This much? Hold your hands about three feet apart. If one of the children says, "I love my grandma and grandpa," then say, Oh, you love your grandma and grandpa? If they don't say love then suggest it: If you like them ...

624. Here Comes The King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

George Bass

... of Jesus- his incarnation - cannot save us from sin and death without his obedient sacrifice on the cross and his rising from the tomb. When Luther Northwestern Seminary built its student center, after the merger of Luther and Northwestern Seminaries was affected in 1982, the new institution really had three chapels, plus an old wooden church that had been moved to the campus for preservation. One chapel was in an old building, Asgaard Hall, and was, in effect, "decommissioned." The two remaining chapels ...

625. Are You the One?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... the kind of fear we’ve been talking about. Wouldn’t you be afraid if you were alone in a cold, dark, damp prison cell, not knowing what’s going to happen next, but keenly aware of the animosity your captor feels for you? How did that fear affect John the Baptist? Did he wake up in the middle of the night, drenched with perspiration, horrified by some nightmare of the fate that awaited him? Did he fear for the lives of those who followed him? What inner resources did John call upon to help him overcome ...

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