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601. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · Gen 29:15-28 · Ps 105:1-11, 45b

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... the real meaning of life. 3. Paying the Price. Note that neither the man who bought the field nor the merchant had any hesitation or showed any regrets in having to pay the price to acquire the treasure and the pearl. Some Christians give the impression that they have made a great sacrifice in becoming Christian. They have given up "worldly pleasures" which have no enduring value. It is life in the kingdom that gives real pleasure and satisfaction. It is not fleeting and momentary but deep and lasting, if ...

602. Two-and-a-Half Cheers For Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6, Matthew 6:16

Sermon

Thomas Long

... the divine parent they have at home, lost sight of the God who sees in secret, who cherishes in the divine heart, who graciously rewards beyond measure. Therefore, they are condemned to parade around in front of the only audience they have left to impress -- other people. Jesus' harsh reprimand of hypocrisy, then, is intended to reclaim, not to destroy. Indeed, Jesus' scolding words are but white caps on a sea of providence. Underneath the reproach is the promise that God desires to draw near in mercy and ...

603. The Church With Nothing

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Thomas Long

Check out the church ads on the religion page of the Saturday edition of most big city newspapers and you find some impressive sounding places of worship. There, with sleek graphics and Madison Avenue phrases, a few select churches boast of their assets -- their choirs, their friendliness, their powerful preaching, their singles ministries, their ample parking, their family life centers, their sensitive child care, and their compassionate spirit. Some churches, it seems, have ...

604. Knowing The Voice

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . When the audience gathered and were handed their programs, some were amused to note that the part of the tightfisted Ebenezer Scrooge was being played by the chairman of the church board, a gentle man of quite un-Scrooge-like generosity. They were impressed, though, by the skill and energy he brought to his part. He growled his way through the opening scenes, ringing out every "Bah! Humbug!" with miserly ill will. He shivered with fright and dreadful self-recognition as he was encountered by the series ...

605. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... everyone could hear the secret she had been hiding from everyone: "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon." This woman comes to Jesus with a problem. Her daughter needs healing. This is not unusual. The gospel gives the impression that people came to Jesus all day long with similar problems, but Matthew says, "[Jesus] did not answer her at all." If you have ever finally gotten up the courage to ask someone for help, you can imagine how devastating this must have been to ...

606. Wanting To Be Seen

Matthew 6:5-6

Sermon

David Belgum

... , I quickly realized that I needed to be a salesman. Whenever I spoke before a group, it was also mentioned that I was from the Department of Pastoral Services at University Hospital. If I did a good job and made, excuse me, a good "impression," that helped the reputation and visibility of the Department of Pastoral Services. Our staff was made up of clergy who had changed roles quite drastically. Whereas formerly, as parish pastors, they had been conspicuous in the community, up front by the altar and in ...

607. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... commanded them, "Tell no one the vision....' " What Then Is A Vision? Some would say that if something is a vision that means it just plain is not true. It did not really happen. It was an illusion (something that deceives by producing a false impression). The fact of the matter is that there are many kinds of vision. The most elemental vision is physical. "I see a round, red ball six inches in diameter, period." Nothing more and nothing less. As the famous Detective Friday said, "Just give me the facts ...

608. Seeing The Unseeing

John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34, John 9:1-12

Sermon

David Belgum

... who had contributed to this healing at the ancient pool. This pool of water was fed by a remarkable combination of channel and tunnel dug 150 feet deep through solid rock and stretching 1,800 feet from its spring source. We were amazed and impressed to learn that the tunnelers from France and England met exactly on target when completing the passageway under the English Channel, but they had the latest technology. The ancient diggers also began at both ends of this Jerusalem tunnel and also met exactly, as ...

609. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... about all the work. In the major political parties, the figure is two percent or less. But across the board, church people take on more volunteer work, both church and community work, than do their unchurched fellow-citizens. The record of service is impressive, but the cry, "Help! I am snowed under!" resounds with disturbing frequency in Christian homes and in the offices of pastors and other counseling professionals. So there is something a little worrisome about our good works. There seems to be a flight ...

610. Brainstorms

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... un-credentialed surgeon, or architect, or watch repairman. But God often makes spectacular use of uncredentialed people, much to their own surprise and bewilderment. God called Moses who stuttered; Amos who was surely illiterate; Saul of Tarsus, who qualified impressively as persecutor of the "Jesus sect" but hardly as their advocate and leader. And what credentials, beyond his alleged Davidic lineage, did Jesus have for the office of universal Messiah? Promises. Micah's mother had been saving 1,100 pieces ...

611. More Than Sex

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... every year. It is a hot-rod show that takes up just about all the hotel space in the area and is usually the same weekend that freshmen move into UE. While I am not personally involved in restoring old hot-rods, it is impressive to see the time, energy, and money -- the passion -- that persons invest in this activity. Sometimes whole families are involved in fixing them up, cleaning them out, refinishing the bodies, and restoring these vehicles to mint condition -- in some cases better than mint. As ...

612. The Assumption Of Discipline

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

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John N. Brittain

... the concert hall they had built. They ended up -- at least the way Mom told the story -- in worse shape than her family. A student I am currently supervising has been researching church-related aid to the poor in Evansville and has impressively documented what I hope we all know: that the vast majority of persons in this community who are receiving aid -- whether government or private -- are not the stereotypical welfare cheats of political rhetoric. Most are white and either elderly, disabled, or working ...

613. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... numerically or in outreach to the area, offering real spiritual nurture or challenge. It was because, my friend said, "the members of that church don't think they need anything." In fact, they may have been dying of thirst. The rock may be beautiful and the flint impressively hard, but they do not provide the water we need. "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord ... who turns the rock into a pool of water ..." (Psalm 114:7-8). The pool of water is also a symbol of the response of the Samaritan woman ...

614. "Do This In Remembrance Of Me"

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... commissioning the statue series in his own honor until he died in the 1970s at age 92. The series ended with Davis as an old man with a long beard, missing his left hand, which he lost in an accident. The Davis memorial is large, impressive, and expensive, and draws visitors to Hiawatha, Kansas. It is also, because of its weight, slowly sinking into the ground, perhaps someday to disappear. It has also become the target of vandalism. Davis sought to be remembered. And he is remembered -- sometimes as an ...

615. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... got so angry because we had regained the weight we had lost in the last several weeks. Then we snapped at a family member when we didn't even know what was being discussed. Then we spent fifty dollars for a shower gift -- to make a good impression on someone at work -- at the same time bypassing an opportunity to give to the Salvation Army. It was a string of little things that became monumental. We try to change, Lord ... often. It's so discouraging that all our efforts at self-improvement have so little ...

616. Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... was struggling with a decision regarding her employment with a large photocopying company. Although she frequently expressed her displeasure and lack of fulfillment with the company, she wondered what God was leading her to do. During this same period of time God was really impressing upon her a need to share her gifts in the area of teaching with her local church. She was a very gifted Bible study teacher and God really wanted her to develop her skills in the area of Christian education. It wasn't long ...

617. The Ugly Duckling

Drama

Karren Boehr

... one depressed lump about six months ago, afraid of my own shadow. My husband had just been killed in an accident, and my mother thought a health club membership would help me out of my depression. I don't believe either you or Linda were exactly impressed. ANN: Okay. It was right after Christmas ... (Acts embarrassed as she remembers) I can't believe it! You look so different. What happened? Was it the exercise bike, or the running track. Whatever it was, I could sure use it. WOMAN: It was even simpler than ...

618. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 7:24-30

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... ) from (name the healing). P: We rejoice in the God who brings healing to a broken world. M: We are glad to receive healing, and to be healers. Response "Holy Spirit, Lord of Love" Prayer of Adoration Focus on God the Healer. Avoid giving the impression that all healing is physical, and that it is only for the faithful who "pray hard, or harder." Hymn of Adoration "God Created Heaven and Earth" ACTS OF CONFESSION Introduction to the Act of Confession What blocks you from receiving God's healing? (One minute ...

619. Gifts of Lent III: A Family Gives Their Home

Luke 22:7-38

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... away to the home of our relative Barnabas. With his family and our household we had more than the ten people the law required. After the prayers and Psalms were chanted, all the ancient words recited and the meal eaten, Mother and Barnabas talked. It seems he too was impressed with Jesus. In fact, both said they were inclined to believe in him as the Messiah. "That's why I offered him my room," Mother told Barnabas. "I know it's dangerous, but if he is the Son of God, how could I refuse him?" "You did well ...

620. Moving At The Speed Of Light

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... a thorn in the flesh in his words, "to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations ..." (2 Corinthians 12:7). Some have suggested that this may have been epilepsy, malaria, or an eye affliction; the Bible does not specify. But the impression is clear this courier of the Light found no easy road. No Easy Road This has remained the case -- the courier of the Light finds no easy road. Consider the monk, concerned over the practices of his sixteenth century Church; he wrote a list of concerns ...

621. Moving At The Speed Of Light: At The Jordan

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... , sometimes stoning resembled more of a lynching. In any form, this was punishment up close and personal for the offender and for the ones casting the stones. It did not bring instantaneous death, but was painful, brutal, and required sustained effort. It made an impression on those casting the stones and on the community. What was in the minds of the Pharisee/executioners as they brought the woman to Jesus? Her crime would be used as a convenience to embarrass the teacher. Was their rage toward her offense ...

622. At The Right Place At The Right Time

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... that the rich man was generous by the invitation to dinner, but actually there was a coldness in the rich man's heart who would steal and cook someone's pet. The rich man not only stole a precious possession, but he deliberately created the false impression of generosity in the process. David, unsure why Nathan told him this story, was caught by its drama and emotion. The parable had a profound effect on David. He was outraged at the callousness of the crime; he was appalled by the whole thing. The parable ...

623. When Life Seems Out Of Control

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... in the fast lane." David attended all-night parties and bought himself "expensive clothes, antique cars, a waterfront house and a sailboat." David recalls bragging to his older sister, "This is the life." He was surprised at his sister's reaction. She was not impressed. "Is that what life is about?" she asked him in disgust. "David, you need to get your life right with Jesus," she counseled. Later when David told his friends about his conversation with his sister, they all shared a good laugh together. Then ...

624. A Homecoming To Remember

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... away from God was a form of adolescent rebellion. After all, Don explains, he was raised in a Christian home and attended Sunday School. It was while Don was away at college that he began to have questions. A psychology professor greatly impressed Don with his knowledge and self-confidence about human behavior. The professor was also a religious skeptic who made frequent scathing comments about the Christian faith in his lectures. Don continued to struggle with the growing conflict in him between his faith ...

625. Christ the King

Colossians 1:1-14, Jeremiah 23:1-8, Luke 23:26-43

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... his kingdom. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Luke 23:33-43 1. Skull (v. 33). In Latin the word for "skull" is calvaria. From that we get "Calvary." Visitors to the Holy Land are taken to the site of the crucifixion. It is a rounded hill giving the impression of a skull. It is appropriately named because a skull symbolizes death. 2. Sour wine (v. 36). Sour wine was carried by the executioners to give to the crucified a sedative to ease the pain. Jesus refused this drink. He wanted to face the dreadful pains ...

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