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601. Proper 20

Philippians 1:12-30, Jonah 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13, Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... Laborers in the Vineyard. In this parable, Jesus makes a strong statement about the grace and mercy of God. Workers are hired as day laborers at the crack of dawn and at various intervals throughout the day, the last laborers are being hired an hour before quitting time. When those who were hired last are paid the denarius, the customary daily wage for a laborer, those hired at the beginning of the day think they will be paid more, since they worked longer. They grumble when they too are paid the same wage ...

602. Proper 21

Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Exodus 17:1-7, Ezekiel 18:1-32, Philippians 2:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... , to make him defend some action that he has taken which doesn't seem fair. C.S. Lewis wrote a book that deals with these thorny issues titled God On The Dock. However, it's one thing to consider these issues from a detached philosophical perspective and quite another to have to struggle with them in our personal experience. When Lewis' wife of only months died, he had to struggle with the gut feeling that her death was unjust. As he struggled with these issues, his faith attained a new maturity. God is not ...

603. Proper 5

Genesis 12:1-8, Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1-6, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:1-25

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Russell F. Anderson

... font of blessing for others Lesson 1: Hosea 5:15--6:6 Sermon Title: Levels Of Loyalty. Sermon Angle: God's love and loyalty is as dependable and life-giving as the spring rains, according to Hosea (v. 3). The loyalty of God's people for their Lord is quite another thing; ephemeral as the morning dew on a summer's day (v. 4). The loyalty and faithfulness of God and that of his people are on two entirely different levels. We can always count on God's faithfulness, but can God count on our loyalty to him? God ...

604. Christmas 1

Galatians 3:26--4:7, Galatians 3:15-25, Colossians 3:1-17, Hebrews 2:5-18, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

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Russell F. Anderson

... really states that each child of God has a guardian angel, though many of us like to think that we do. If so, it is quite clear that these spirits cannot or will not save us from all suffering or even an untimely death. Maybe their function is not to shield ... some time. Verse 23 states that Joseph made his home in Nazareth. Since Joseph was a carpenter, we could interpret that verse quite literally. In our society, women are generally the ones who are given the title of homemaker. Yet, the truth of the matter ...

605. Christmas 2

Mt 2:13-23 · Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-14 · Jer 31:7-14 · Is 61:10--62:3 · Ps 147

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Russell F. Anderson

606. I Am Coming Soon

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... with young Sara, Jim had inquired about her mother and father. "They are still together," Sara said. "They had a 'rocky year' when I was seven, but they got through it. They will be at the rehearsal dinner. You can ask them what happened." It was quite a reunion when the pastor and the Schmidts met again. After the rehearsal dinner they went over for a cup of coffee at a nearby restaurant. "What happened twelve years ago?" Jim asked. "Can you tell me?" Ida Mae responded first. "The affair with Pastor Joe ...

607. On Sacrificing Others

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... him. He keeps his word. Evenwhen those outlaw kings went into negotiations with him, hewas fair and he hasn't ever gone back on what he promised.If he weren't such a nice old man, I'd be nervous, becausemen of such integrity can be quite unyielding. Again, forgive my digression. I write to tell you ofsomething really strange that happened this past week. Early Sunday morning, Abraham, his son Isaac who isabout seven now, and two young men from his camp stoppedhere. Abraham asked me to look in on Sarah while ...

608. God, The Son

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... your doubts. You can't live with your bad acts. You don't stop long enough to think what good you are supposed to be doing. Quit running scared. Do all the good you can. Cut out the bad stuff. Keep on messing around and you'll fall apart. The whole country will ... , his actions, and his attitudes to be right on target. Once in a while, I'd get discouraged and be ready to quit. But I always remembered his respect for my efforts, despite my problems, my mistakes, and my weaknesses. I always felt that God ...

609. The Man Born Blind

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... 's conversion experience on the road to Damascus, but several years after Pentecost and the development of the church in Jerusalem. John 9 Daughter: Dad, have you got a minute? Rabbi: Of course, come on in. Daughter: We need to talk. Rabbi: Saul's gone, right? Daughter: Dad, quit trying to read my mind. Rabbi: What else would a lovely sixteen-year-old like you talk about? Daughter: Oh, Dad! Rabbi: I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. Start where you want. Daughter: Well, Dad, I'm sorry Saul is gone. And I'm glad ...

610. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... over for a meal so I can have some adult company. It was so funny. One time, I had the retired Rabbi over. He never married and had not been around children, very small children, for a very long, long time. As we were eating, Birdie's little face turned quite a bright red-purple color for a few moments, smiled, and then had that "who, me?" look on her face. I was downwind. As I grabbed my innocent-looking child and left the table for a minute with her, I apologized from the other room, and got back to the ...

611. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

... the horrors of the battles of London. As the newspaper columnist said, he had cause to want revenge. Yet when asked what he thought should be done to the Germans, he said simply, "Treat them like brothers, but take away their guns." 3 Our choices have been stated quite plainly that we can have peace or we can have revenge, but we cannot have both. For those who choose the way of making peace, Jesus offers this blessing. "Happy are those who help others to live together; they will be known to be doing God's ...

612. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . We often overlook this factor in our visible attempts to catch a glimpse of Jesus. In television, movies, paintings, in legends and stories about him, and in children's books about the boy Jesus, quite often the divine side is visible and the human side acts as a drapery around the divine core. The human part somehow never seems quite real. But that is not the Christ of Scripture. When he sits beside a well, a tired traveler, asking for a drink of water, he is not pretending. He is not faking the human ...

613. A Little Book Of Comfort

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the same tribute to wellness and recovery. All we can do is live our lives believing in that same promise of a new creation. The image of a promised land after this earthly life is over is hardly a Christian phenomenon. Some religions have been quite specific about the nature and location of this future home. Geronimo, the great American Indian, wrote of a home in the American West that the god Usen had created for each Apache. The religion of Islam depicts heaven as a marvelous garden filled with wonderful ...

614. On Not Being First

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... our way as a by-product of faithful and diligent attention to the work we have chosen to do, it is to be accepted modestly. If they do not, the truth is that a higher measure is at work with us, one which sees "success" in quite different terms anyway. The Seattle Times recently printed a story about two little boys named Francisco and Fernando Soto. They're aged four and eight. They were playing by a swimming pool at the Carlton Place apartments in Bellevue, Washington, when little Francisco fell into nine ...

615. A Habitat For Humanity

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... . The bequest had one stipulation. To receive possession of the house they had to live in it harmoniously and purposefully. That's quite a stipulation. Living together in harmony is no easy task in any house large or small. The testator in Fitzgerald's proposed ... the latter part of the last century and the early part of this one, a pattern of people flight appeared. We didn't quite know how to relate to these folk with different languages and customs. It was difficult to understand a person's ambition to own ...

616. Stand Tall

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... our own God-given resources and strengths, like the six-foot individual who drowns in five feet of water. Many times the answers and solutions we seek are within us. We compound the problem when we look for difficult or complex solutions, when what is needed is often quite simple and within our grasp. There are times in our lives when we need to stand on our own God-given two feet. God has given us the ability and knowledge to help solve our dilemmas. God gives us the strength we need when we need it as ...

617. Jesus Transfigured

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... theologians alone, but that he belongs to the world. None of this is to say that we can make Jesus what we want Jesus to be. Quite the opposite. It is to say that the Christ is adequate for all our needs and that Jesus transcends culture in such a way that ... the transfiguration of our Lord. In that momentous event we learn how and why Jesus belongs to the centuries. The Event We are not quite sure when this took place, though Mark tells us it was "after six days." That probably is a reference to a time after ...

618. Clean House

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... new shape and meaning to the worship life of the people of God. In this very early story John is able to set the stage for all that is to follow in explaining the sacramental character of the worship life of the church. Therefore it is quite striking when Jesus shouts as he confronts those selling the little doves for sacrifice, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" Jesus had come to replace the sacrificial system of the Hebrew covenant, by making the once-for-all ...

619. On Sacrificing Others - Dramatic Monologue

Genesis 22:1-19

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... . He keeps his word. Even when those outlaw kings went into negotiations with him, he was fair and he hasn't ever gone back on what he promised. If he weren't such a nice old man, I'd be nervous, because men of such integrity can be quite unyielding. Again, forgive my digression. I write to tell you of something really strange that happened this past week. Early Sunday morning, Abraham, his son Isaac who is about seven now, and two young men from his camp stopped here. Abraham asked me to look in on Sarah ...

620. The Treasure Of Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... what I found?" "A dime?" one child asks. I shake my head negatively. "A quarter?" another suggests. "Yes," I answer, "in fact, not one, but TWO quarters!" I hold up two quarters. "I was very surprised to find money just lying there in the grass. It was quite an unexpected treasure. Then last Monday, I saw something shiny on the bottom of the swimming pool at the YMCA. Guess what it was?" "Another quarter!" nearly all of the children respond together. "No, not a quarter -- but a nickel. I had to dive all the ...

621. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... instructions to hold it up by hanging onto the rubber band attached to the handle. By now the rest of the children have become quite intrigued. Addressing the young man holding the basket, I say, "Adam, we're going to put some things into the basket. I don't ... in to represent the time we take to care for our animals," I suggest, as my actions follow my words. "This basket is getting quite full, isn't it?" I ask the children. They agree. "And it's getting heavy, too!" Adam offers. "Yes, I suspect it is, Adam ...

622. What's Inside

1 Corinthians 1:28-31

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... reason I've brought all of this up today is because of the scripture which was read right before you came up here. It was from one of Saint Paul's letters to the church at Corinth. Paul wrote to these folks and told them to quit arguing with one another -- to quit boasting to each other about who had baptized them. "You see, some of the Corinthians were saying, 'I was baptized by Apollo, and that is a LOT better than being baptized by anyone else.' Others were saying, 'I was baptized by Peter and you weren ...

623. "Remember Me!"

Luke 24:13-35

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... encouraging word, or in some other way show our love, we are remembering Jesus. That's what I'd like you to think about this week. And the next time a friend leaves or a pet dies and you feel afraid, lost, alone, or hurt, maybe you won't feel quite so alone or quite so lost because each of you has a very special friend who is with you always. His name is Jesus. All you need to do is remember ..."

624. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

... the horrors of the battles of London. As the newspaper columnist said, he had cause to want revenge. Yet when asked what he thought should be done to the Germans, he said simply, "Treat them like brothers, but take away their guns."(3) Our choices have been stated quite plainly that we can have peace or we can have revenge, but we cannot have both. For those who choose the way of making peace, Jesus offers this blessing. "Happy are those who help others to live together; they will be known to be doing God's ...

625. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

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601. Proper 20

Philippians 1:12-30, Jonah 4:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13, Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16

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Russell F. Anderson

602. Proper 21

Matthew 21:23-27, Matthew 21:28-32, Exodus 17:1-7, Ezekiel 18:1-32, Philippians 2:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

603. Proper 5

Genesis 12:1-8, Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1-6, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:1-25

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Russell F. Anderson

604. Christmas 1

Galatians 3:26--4:7, Galatians 3:15-25, Colossians 3:1-17, Hebrews 2:5-18, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

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Russell F. Anderson

605. Christmas 2

Mt 2:13-23 · Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-14 · Jer 31:7-14 · Is 61:10--62:3 · Ps 147

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

606. I Am Coming Soon

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

607. On Sacrificing Others

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

608. God, The Son

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

609. The Man Born Blind

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

610. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

611. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

612. The Warrior And The Shepherd Are One!

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

613. A Little Book Of Comfort

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

614. On Not Being First

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

615. A Habitat For Humanity

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

616. Stand Tall

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

617. Jesus Transfigured

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

618. Clean House

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

619. On Sacrificing Others - Dramatic Monologue

Genesis 22:1-19

Drama

Jerry Eckert

620. The Treasure Of Christmas

Matthew 2:1-12

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

621. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

622. What's Inside

1 Corinthians 1:28-31

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

623. "Remember Me!"

Luke 24:13-35

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

624. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

... the horrors of the battles of London. As the newspaper columnist said, he had cause to want revenge. Yet when asked what he thought should be done to the Germans, he said simply, "Treat them like brothers, but take away their guns."(3) Our choices have been stated quite plainly that we can have peace or we can have revenge, but we cannot have both. For those who choose the way of making peace, Jesus offers this blessing. "Happy are those who help others to live together; they will be known to be doing God's ...

625. God, The Son

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

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