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601. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

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Thomas Long

... and the others concealed in the hand. In one round, the main character, a man named Thomas, has been dealt a very strong hand, and he decides to bet heavily. As Thomas keeps sweetening the pot and raising the stakes, all of the other players drop out one by one, intimidated by Thomas' hand, that is, all except one player, a stutterer named Fred. Curiously, Fred appears to have a poor hand; his cards showing on the table are "nondescript garbage." Astonishingly, though, he keeps up the betting pace, calling ...

602. Prayer And Compassion Fatigue

Matthew 14:13-21

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Roger G. Talbott

... offered a 12-week program in job skills, legal rights, survival as a single parent, money management and even a clothes bank so that women could dress up appropriately for job interviews. Ninety-eight percent of the women who went through the program who had dropped out of high school earned their diplomas in those 12 weeks. Within a year, most were employed or in training for a specific job or in college.1 Jesus solved the problem of human need by empowering the disciples to meet their own need -- their ...

603. The Honor Of A Limp

Genesis 32:22-32

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... he set up an inconsolable wail. His father, thinking to minimize the incident and comfort the boy, patted his head and murmured, 'Now that's all right. It really doesn't matter, son. It doesn't matter at all.' "But the child's mother, somewhat wiser in such situations, dropped to her knees on the floor, swept the boy into her arms and said, 'Oh, but it does matter. It matters a great deal.' And she wept with her son."5 Professor Muehl makes the point that God does not dismiss our lives with a pat on the ...

604. Growing No Feathers

Exodus 3:1-22

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... busy sidewalk and stopped to draw attention to the sound of a cricket. The friend, amazed, wondered how he picked up on that insignificant sound among all the sounds surrounding them. The man responded that you hear what you listen for. To illustrate his point he dropped a coin on the sidewalk. At the sound of that solitary coin everyone all around them stopped and turned in the direction of that sound.3 God drafted Moses because Moses heard the cries of the Hebrews. We are reminded by the apostle Paul that ...

605. Lent 1

Mt 4:1-11 · Rom 5:12-21 · Gen 2:7 - 3:7 · Ps 32

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Russell F. Anderson

... we look at the world with all its enormous problems, it is easy to feel insignificant. We might be tempted to speak out or act out against some problem but then refrain from doing so as we think, what can I do? I'm just a tiny drop in an endless sea. Paul argues that sin came into the world through one person but so did salvation. Outline: One person can unleash unimaginable evil (e.g. Hitler) One person can unloose boundless good (examples) Only one person brings eternal salvation (Jesus) Gospel: Matthew 4 ...

606. End times

Mt 24:1-14 · 1 Thess 3:7-13 · Jer 26:1-6 · Ps 105:1-7

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Russell F. Anderson

... in us is holy because it is unique, reaching out to the undeserving. If we practice such holy love, we will be ready for the Lord's return. Outline: 1. Some religious groups have tried to prepare for Christ's return by selling all goods and dropping out of the world. 2. Paul suggests that we will be ready if we practice holy love (vv. 12-13)| - love which accepts the unacceptable - love which gives and forgives - love which grows Gospel: Matthew 24:1-14 Sermon Title: Toppling Temples. Sermon Angle: While ...

607. The Meaning of Pentecost

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CSS

... . Sometimes the number seven combines with the preceding symbols. Seven represents the number of completion, the length of our week. In the Christian Church, this number represents the sevenfold gifts of the Spirit. These gifts of the Spirit are variously represented as seven doves, seven tongues of flame or seven drops of water.

608. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · 1 Ki 3:5-12 · Ps 105

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Russell F. Anderson

... in this venture, called Treasure Salvors, Inc., agreed to work without pay for a year or until they found treasure. Near the end of the year, he struck pay dirt, as he began to uncover a treasure trove of Spanish coins. After the supply of coins dropped off, he set out to find one of the richest vessels ever to go down in the Caribbean, the Atocha. Thousands of silver and gold coins, ingots, bronze cannons, and other treasure were found. All was not sweetness and light, however, not for very long, anyway ...

609. Proper 19

Matthew 18:21-35

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Russell F. Anderson

... rearview mirror which enables us to perceive how God's hand was active in leading us to the present moment. When we believe that God's Spirit has been working to accomplish a greater good through all the circumstances of life, then bitterness and resentment drop away. With that kind of faith, a person can steer confidently into the future. Epistle: Romans 14:1-12 1. Sermon Title: An Affair Of The Heart. Sermon Angle: The church of Paul's day was already beset by contention stemming from disparate spiritual ...

610. Proper 7

Mt 10:16-39 · Rom 5:12 – 6:11 · Jer 20:7-13 · Gen 21:8-21 · Ps 86

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Russell F. Anderson

... church and we walked home for lunch. We had just finished eating and my daughter went out to play. Shortly she rushed in: "I found Daddy's ring, I found Daddy's ring!" Apparently, my three-year-old picked it up, took it to the neighbor's and proceeded to drop it in the dirt. My eldest found it half buried. Nobody can convince me that God doesn't answer prayer. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17: "In the day of my trouble I call on you..." (v. 7). Psalm 69:1-18: "Save me ...

611. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34 · Ps 46

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Russell F. Anderson

... endeavor to be good? The answer is: We shouldn't endeavor to be righteous. If we have accepted Christ's righteousness, good and loving deeds will be the fruit of our faith. Gospel: John 8:31-36 Continuing in Christ. According to John, many of Jesus' followers dropped away, offended by the difficulty of his teaching and his demands. It is in this context that Jesus informs them: "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples ..." (v. 31). It simply isn't true that once you're Christian, always you're ...

612. Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... through the death and resurrection of Christ. To receive the kingdom, we must still listen to the mighty words and deeds of the Christ. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Old Testament: Exodus 24:12-18 1. Sermon Title: Waiting On The Lord. Sermon Angle: God could have merely dropped the tablets of his commandments from the sky into the camp of the Israelites but he didn't. It took 40 days of waiting, watching and dialogue. Moses was gone so long the people thought some ill had befallen him and they got into mischief ...

613. The Great I AM

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... the names of the men who had stones in their hands. Then Jesus looks up. He looks into the eyes of the trembling woman. He looks into the eyes of the accusers. "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone," he says. Sinners quietly drop their stones and depart. The great reversal. Conflict. Tension. But it's only the beginning. "Has no one condemned you?" Jesus says to the adulterous woman. Her bottom lip is trembling with fear. "No one," she says. "Neither do I condemn you," he replies. Submission ...

614. I Am The Teacher

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... start where I was." When she got home from her visit with her first Christians, she opened her mail and to her surprise she found a note from her friends and an article by Sam Shoemaker called, "It's Never Too Late To Begin Again." She read it and dropped to her knees. She started to pray the only prayer she had ever heard. "Our Father..." she said. Then she stopped. "If I have a heavenly Father," she thought, "then all the people of the world are my brothers and sisters." That's what it is like when Jesus ...

615. Paul, The Great Missionary

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Jerry Eckert

... that might have meaning in that kind of historical context. While Paul was not a hostage in the classic sense, he was under house arrest a number of times, thus separated from his family and friends, and from his task as ambassador for Christ. I decided to drop the hostage notion and just concentrate on the way things were for the story line. Storytelling can do that to you, give you a premise and then take it away, and still come up with something you feel is worth working on. It was not hard, once ...

616. The Merciful

Sermon

John A. Terry

... and to frustrate her efforts. She and her fellow sisters were insulted and threatened with physical violence. One day a shower of stones and bricks rained down on the women as they tried to bring the dying to their humble shelter. Eventually Mother Teresa dropped to her knees before the mob. "Kill me!" she cried in Bengali, her arms outstretched in a gesture of crucifixion. "And I'll be in heaven all the sooner." The crowd withdrew, but soon the harassment increased. Even more irrational acts of violence ...

617. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . God can be seen in every situation, if we only have the eyes to see. There is a legend about the quest for the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is the legendary cup used at the Last Supper, in which, it is reputed, that Joseph of Arimathea caught the last drop of blood which fell from Jesus' side as he died on the cross. Sir Galahad, along with other Knights of the Round Table, set out in quest of it. In the legend, they found it, but each saw it through the mirror of his own soul. To some it was ...

618. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

... God has given us. We do need to experience the peace of God within ourselves to help us understand the peace of God within the world. There is a peace that is a kind of inner tranquillity. It is like the words of John Greenleaf Whittier's hymn: Drop thy still dews of quietness,Till all our strivings cease;Take from our souls the strain and stress,And let our ordered lives confessThe beauty of thy peace. This is not the peace of tranquilizers. This is not a peace that ends with settling inner conflict. I ...

619. Doing The Right Thing

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... she said, "I have to apologize for the condition of my room. My mother made me clean it up." Teen music preferences can be aesthetic, but also are a form of rebellion. Someone claimed he was over at the high school cafeteria the other day. He said one student dropped a tray of dishes and seven couples got up to dance. That's all normal breaking away. But the fact is, unless we make some terrible mistakes, our kids will eventually return to the values of the family. You're the role model. You're the one they ...

620. Rainbow In The Sky

Genesis 9:1-17

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E. Carver McGriff

... get back to what's most important. He told of a man who had amassed great wealth and who, rather than share with his less fortunate neighbors, tore down his ordinary-sized barns, built larger ones, then settled down to bask in his wealth only to drop dead. Or we all celebrate the day Jesus appears to have lost his temper just one time, when he sent the money changers scurrying from the temple, not because they were doing necessary fund raising, but because they were charging usurious interest in the process ...

621. Rules For A Happy Life

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... who conceived the basic rules we shall consider. There are six. First: The Rule Of Common Sense. Does what you are about to do comply with your inner sense of propriety? Does it make sense or is it silly? Take, for example, the teenager who considers dropping out of school after the sophomore year. At that age it sounds good to get away from the sometimes-drudgery of school, but surely every kid has been told the chances of more than a bottom-level job are exceedingly slim without a diploma. This will ...

622. Something To Do While The World Falls Apart

Mark 13:1-31

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William G. Carter

A number of years ago, leaders in a church decided to track down the congregation's drop-outs. They combed through the membership list, put together a list of names, and sent out volunteers two-by-two to knock on doors and invite the absent members back to church. As is often the case, the volunteer visitors discovered that most of the people visited had found other ...

623. Liberating Truth

John 8:31-41

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Every episode featured the castaways of the S.S. Minnow facing a wacky new adventure. The show was an immediate hit of the 1964 season. Each week, a lot of otherwise thoughtful, intelligent television viewers tuned in to hear the Skipper say, "Gilligan, drop those coconuts!" Schwartz says only six episodes had gone on the air when a commander of the United States Coast Guard marched into his office. The commander handed over a stack of about two dozen telegrams he had received. Each telegram basically said ...

624. Learning to Live Without Jesus

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

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William G. Carter

... -looking flyer appeared on at least seven different bulletin boards. Did it announce a prayer meeting? A Bible study? An ecumenical worship service? No. It was a memo warning the employees not to let stray paper clips fall on the carpet. "The last time somebody dropped a paper clip on the floor," the memo stated, "a vacuum cleaner ran over it and broke down. We spent hundreds of dollars by needlessly repairing our vacuum cleaner." Given such a memo, and the issue that prompted it, you really begin to wonder ...

625. Water Won't Quench The Fire

Acts 2:1-13

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William G. Carter

... church has always claimed these things are not for sale. Perhaps it is a symptom of our age to think we can fill a spiritual vacuum by listening to one more tape, reading one more book, or giving our money to one more guru. A young woman told me about dropping by a health food store not long ago. I don't know why she was there; most of the foods she eats are not very healthy. But there she was, among the racks of herbal teas and natural fibers. After thumbing through some compact disks of Celtic harp music ...

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