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601. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... burned at the stake because of their love for God in Christ; they did not seek the stake, as our Lord did not seek the Cross. Polycarp, the great ancient churchman, so loved Christ that he sang hymns as the flames engulfed his body. The meaning of a gift is not determined by its substance, but by its motivation. It does not count the gain, nor even consider the cost. It just loves. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful. (verse 4) Impatience is a polite form of arrogance. At its tactful ...

602. The Nativity of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... more. Christ still finds a world that has no place for him. To be sure, there is place for business, for fun, and for government, but not for Christ. 3. Joy (v. 10). Christmas is a happy time in terms of the world's happiness: parties, drinks, banquets, gifts, and friends. This is the happiness that withers with the Christmas tree which is discarded soon after Christmas day. Joy is different from happiness. It is deeper because it is based on good news: a Savior is born to save us from our sins. It is a joy ...

603. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-6, 15-18 · Isa 61:10--62:3 · Jer 31:7-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... God - A. Sons by faith in Christ - Gospel (v. 12) B. Sons by love - Lesson 2 (v. 5) C. Sons of the Father - Lesson 1 (v. 9) Gospel: John 1:1-18 1. What's the Good Word for Today. 1:1-16. Need: Christmas is more than tinsel and gifts, mangers and angels, shepherds and inns. In Christmas we have a small instant of time and an event that took place in an obscure village. We will not appreciate its importance nor its significance unless we see it in an eternal and divine perspective. In his prologue John places ...

604. Epiphany 4

Lk 4:21-30 · 1 Cor 13:1-13 · Jer 1:4-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... mouth." Lesson 2: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 1. Life's Top Value. 13:1-13. Need: This chapter is one of the greatest in the Bible, but must be seen in the context of chapters twelve and fourteen. The love of this chapter is the best gift of the Spirit, greater than the gift of wisdom, healing, miracles, or speaking in tongues. In Galatians 5, Paul lists love as the first of the fruits of the Spirit. This love is divine, a product of God, even a part of God, for God is love. It is agape love. People need to ...

605. The Woman at the Well

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... don’t think so. She must have been fairly well put together or she would not have lasted as long as she had; but, she was extremely self-protective. In every instance she managed to put a barrier between her and a confrontation with Jesus and his gift. To evade receiving the communion he was doing his best to offer took all her skills. 4. Jesus, sensing these qualities in her, moved in closer. "Go, call your husband." She: "I have no husband." Jesus: "You are right; you have had five husbands, and he whom ...

606. Welcome to the Training Table!

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... , alternatives. Imagine dealing with a wily foe if you can’t bend or readjust as rapidly as he! We need such members on the team - folks ready with a new approach when what we’ve tried seems ineffective. Some bring a compassionate, forgiving, healing spirit. What a gift! Not all of us have sensitivity like folks like that. God knows we need them on the team. The great parade of people who come to the Table in this congregation is made up of people just like that. Many of them - maybe all of them - were ...

607. No Withdrawal

Sermon

James Bjorge

... almost seems like a make-believe world. It is sort of wonderful. But like Cinderella, we know that when the clock strikes twelve we must rush back to the real world in which we live. Next year we shall again don the smiling mask and grab the bag of gifts to play the game of Christmas once more. Well, if it only lasts about a month, it perhaps is still worth it. No one can dismiss it as just a season of sentimental slush. The problem is the withdrawal. Bills, loneliness and weariness seem to be left in the ...

608. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... children. All of us are his children, like the little song says, Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. God loves each of us because we are his children and we are precious in his sight. II. The second theme presented is the gift of God. Sometimes, as Christians, we act as though God’s presence in this world all began with the Christmas event. God has always been in the world, and God has always been the same, but we didn’t know it or understand it until he presented us with ...

609. What Do We Do Now That We’re Happy?

Isaiah 62:1-12

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Thomas D. Peterson

... the good that is at work in your life. Christmas often draws together our two sayings. It is often called the time for neurotics. No one day can bear such a heavy weight, reward such heavy investments, and fulfill totally unrealistic fantasies. We put away our gifts, pick up the wrappers, pack up the ornaments, and take off the pounds of holiday feasting. We heave a deep sigh, "Maybe next year I will reach the peak and sustain it long enough for it to sear into my soul." We are rehearsing in our lives ...

610. The Nativity

Drama

Dory Younger

... inn made from refrigerator carton with cutout for window or "door." Carton available from appliance dealer Scroll for Town Crier - rolled up legal-sized paper Large silver star mounted on silver-sprayed broomstick Shepherds’ staffs (small tree branches will do) Wrapped gifts for kings, or silver or gold-sprayed objects Drum and drumsticks NOTE: Try to have microphone for narrator, and microphone at bottom of center stage for actors. At Rise: Inn on stage near right, INNKEEPER in inn. Crib at center stage ...

611. What Do You Mean 'Born Again?'

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... that there had been many burning bushes in his life as well. He could recall his confirmation day when God seemed closer to him than at any other time in his life. He thought of the first awakening to the tender, sweet love of his wife, and the precious gift God had given him. He recalled the moment he looked through the nursery window at this first son and knew God had wrought another miracle. He thought of when he stood at his father’s graveside and felt peace as he had never known before. Yes, he had ...

612. "I Don’t Hate Any More!"

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... go to church with the neighbor who had now become a friend. Now they live in mutual helpfulness. A miracle! It was a gift of God’s Peace. Christians need to build the bridges that can restore broken human relations. They are the ones who have the ... we begin to love (not necessarily "like") difficult people. The bitterness is gone. I don’t hate any more. Now I can bring my gift and get through to God, because I have let him get through to me. We have peace (His Peace) in spite of difficult circumstances. ...

613. The Marriage of Adam and Eve

Genesis 2:4-25

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Alton F. Wedel

... ego, scarred by self-hate. To love one’s self is to be free from need for fig leaves and defenses and whatever style of cover-up we choose. Self-respect or self-esteem or self-love is the key to love for others. And the gift of marriage as a gift of love from God is precisely that - the intimate commitment of one’s self to that one person God has given us, for in fulfilling that commitment we are ourselves fulfilled. Marriage goes all wrong when it becomes that "noble fifty-fifty" proposition, or when ...

614. Real Gratitude

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... rock to me when he was 5 years old. He made it for me in Sunday School. It’s the symbol of his love. The giver, not the gift, makes it special. The second prized possession of mine that I want to tell you about today is a homemade greeting card. I have also had it for ... ,” and now he became a “giver.” That’s the way it works. When we become truly grateful to God for the gift of His love… we can’t be the same anymore! We are changed! We are turned around. We are converted, transformed. Zacchaeus ...

615. Do You Hear What I Hear?

Luke 1:46-56, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... famous temple had been razed to the ground. The people were devastated, distraught and depressed. Enter the prophet, commissioned by the God of all the universe and anointed to speak the unexpected - good news to people living in terrible times. Gift after gift the creator will lavish on these beloved people. The horrific conditions of their everyday lives will be reversed: the oppressed will hear good news, the brokenhearted will be embraced, captives and prisoners will be set free, all who mourn will ...

616. The View from Jesus' Pew

Mark 12:41-44

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David E. Leininger

... . No, God did not NEED what that widow gave, or what you and I ever give. Instead, we give to God as an expression of our relationship. We give because we need to give. Should the widow have done what she did? Give everything? She must have thought so. A gift, even a widow's two pennies, is a symbol of the giving of ourselves. Do you think Jesus was holding the lady up as a stewardship standard? The answer is both yes and no. Yes...the amount she put in was not much as anyone measures MUCH, but it reflected ...

617. A Message For Big Bird

John 11:17-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... And when we die we really die. Completely. Dead. But here is the good news ” after we are dead God can choose to give us the gift of new life and resurrect us from the dead. But it is not just a part of us that is raised, we are raised in our ... you can have your heart broken. But fortunately, that is not the end of the story. JESUS CALLED LAZARUS FROM THE TOMB AND GRANTED HIM THE GIFT OF NEW LIFE. Here is where we want to focus our attention this day. Jesus is the giver of new life. Not only new life beyond ...

618. Positive Faith

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... cause them to continue to find fault in others until the filth in their hearts has been cleansed. (5) That is what sin is: Sin is not on the outside, it is an inner condition that causes us to see life in a distorted way. When we accept God's gift--the gift of God's Spirit--freely poured out on all who will receive it, we begin to see life in a different way. We start seeing possibilities we never saw before. Our bitterness is swept away and in its place we find hope for a better life. Norman Vincent Peale ...

619. When "Well Done" Is Rare

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... before we begin to feel sorry for the one talent recipient whose possession was taken from him, let us realize that this is not a story about a vindictive God who usurps the rights of the handicapped. On the contrary, the one talent was already a fortune. The gift of one talent was a huge sum of money--enough to be shared, multiplied and sprinkled all around. The one who hid his treasure in the ground was wealthy but used his wealth for the benefit of no one. This was the reason for his condemnation. He had ...

620. Only Sex? (New)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... come apart when one partner or the other is unable or unwilling to keep his or her wedding vows. And many good people suffer with guilt from promises broken and weaknesses succumbed to. Only sex, you say! Don’t be absurd. There is no such thing. Sex is a gift from God. From the beginning, God created us male and female. Think how important that is in our lives. Do we dress the new baby in pink or blue? Shall we buy dolls or trucks? Many have tried to eliminate the old sexual stereotypes, but they die hard ...

621. Choices

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... also.” We don’t talk much about that promise, except at funerals or on Easter Sunday. But it is a critical part of our faith. Eternal life is not a reward for being good boys and girls. If it were, all of us would fall short. Eternal life is a gift that God gives us because of His love for us and because of what Christ has done in our behalf. “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.” It’s not one of Jesus’ more popular teachings. But it says to us in a stark way that a ...

622. We Who Are Many Are One Body

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... made us, and the Lord remakes us. What a challenge as we come together! Our unity is fragile, not because of Christ – His gift is complete, and totally sufficient. We must claim it and live in it for our sanctification. As Jesus looked past the demon and ... at some point we need to understand that unity is God’s will for us. Unity is a precious thing. In fact, unity is the gift that is ours through our salvation and baptism; it is our unity in Christ. That is the miracle that makes us strong. Without it ...

623. If You Look Like Your Passport Photo

Luke 9:28-36

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Mark Trotter

... a window concerning a sight. I look through it, not with it. Blake is saying the eye is just an instrument. The vision is the gift. We look through the eye, not with it. They eye won't see what it doesn't know what to look for. Every child who has ... tree, knows that. You have to know what to look for or you won't see it. The eye is just an instrument. The vision is the gift. That is the source of this biblical wisdom. You will not see what is really there if your soul is barren. You will not see what is ...

624. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... top she thanked him, and asked, "Can you tell me who is preaching here this morning?" He said, "Willsie Martin." She said, "Will you please help me back down the steps?" The old Shaker hymn put it correctly from the biblical perspective. 'Tis a gift to be simple 'Tis a gift to be free 'Tis a gift to come down To where we ought to be. Where we ought to be, according to the Bible, is to realize that we are just creatures, human beings. We are created like all the other animals in God's creation, and yet we ...

625. The Wedding Guest

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . We organize our life according to the way it is going to be some day. What this church did in the midst of all this poverty was just marvelous. They said, instead of recording the poverty and scarcity about us, let us instead look for the riches and gifts that are all about us. So they developed a new questionnaire. Of course, they asked for an inventory of skills. But it came down to three questions. The first question was, "What three things are you good enough at that you can teach somebody else to do ...

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