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601. Wedding: An Offer from God

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John M. Braaten

(Name) and (name), you haven't exactly had what would be called a whirlwind romance. Now all those years of courtship and months and months of preparation are being distilled into these brief but precious moments, which comprise your wedding day. What do you say to a young couple who are deeply in love but who are still largely innocent of the demands of love? What do you say to two dear young people who know the joy of a close relationship, but who have yet to deal with the frictions which the intimacy of ...

602. Easter 5

John 13:31-38, Revelation 21:1-27, Revelation 19:1-10, Acts 14:8-20, Leviticus 19:1-37, Acts 14:21-28, Psalm 145:1-21

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George Bass

THEOLOGICAL CLUE The Fourth Sunday after Easter, in the classic lectionary, carried the title of Cantate Sunday, from the introit, which began "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvelous things, alleluia (Psalm 98)." In parts of the church, it became known as Church Music Sunday, an occasion for special musical presentations, choir concerts, and the general promotion of the church music. This was not all bad, except that the singing of the "new Easter song" sometimes got lost in the ...

603. Is It Too Late? ... Continued

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

George Johnson

Today we continue the sermon started last week. Our text is the familiar story of the talents in Matthew 25. We are concentrating on the care of the earth and its environment as an example of a talent - a responsibility - that God has given us. God has entrusted to us this property to care for. We are asking what it means to be a responsible steward of creation? And what are the consequences if we bury this talent? When you listen to the tone of a person's voice you can often catch a feeling of how serious ...

604. Is It Too Late?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

George Johnson

To get his point across, a pastor once announced to his congregation: "Friends, I have some discouraging news. The building we have just completed is no longer ours to occupy. The bank is foreclosing our loan. We are being sued. It looks like we will lose everything. Beginning next month, we will not be allowed to worship in this building." The ears of the congregation perked up. "The problem," the pastor said, "is that someone acted irresponsibly. The wrong figures were given to the lending agency. On the ...

605. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

For a Sixty-two-year-old Man This sermon was delivered at the funeral of a sixty-two-year-old man, the father of a large grown family. From all appearances of knowledge of his friends, he was in a comfortable financial situation with no real debt and a very satisfactory family circumstance. After a period of depression, he committed suicide. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews says that "Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come." Thus he points to the impermanence of our life ...

606. Encounters With Christ VI: Jesus and Caiaphas

Matthew 26:57-68

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James W. Moore

Rev. James W . Moore tells a story about his six-year-old granddaughter Sarah who was visiting some friends of the family. He says: These friends are a wonderful couple who have been happily married for over 40 years. They have just moved into their dream retirement home. They love each other very much, but on this particular day when Sarah was there for her visit with our friends, they were still in the process of moving and arranging furniture. They were trying to move a large chair through a narrow ...

607. Encounters With Christ VII (Easter): Jesus & Mary Magdalene

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

Bill Bryson has written a fascinating book called… The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America. In the book, he tells of traveling to Hannibal, Missouri to visit the boyhood home of the noted author Mark Twain. He described the house as a “trim, white-washed house with green shutters… set incongruously in the middle of downtown.” It costs two dollars to visit Mark Twain’s home and to walk around the site. Bill Bryson said he found the home to be a disappointment. He expressed his disillusionment like ...

608. Monologue: A Slave, A Jailer, A Child Of God

Acts 16:16-40

Drama

Robert F. Scott

We have only a bare-bones mention of the Philippian jailer. He received Paul and Silas, beaten and bleeding; he fastened them in the painful stocks; after his conversion, he personally dressed their wounds and then fed them at his own table. What other changes grew from the jailer's new Christian faith? Let us attempt to stretch some living flesh over those bare bones. Call me Quintus, but my name doesn't matter. Most people just see me as a slave, a piece of the house furniture, nothing more. My master is ...

609. Faithfully Fixing Our Eyes Upon Jesus

Hebrews 11:1-40

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Come, let those who seek to serve Christ enter this place of worship! People: We seek to serve Christ in all we do and say as we live every day. Leader: Let our focus always be on Christ so our hearts will be filled with love. People: Only in the love of Christ can we truly serve as we are called to do. Leader: Not in our own power but in the Holy Name of Christ our Lord do we serve. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most loving and merciful God, in Your infinite wisdom ...

610. No Little Bit

Luke 19:11-27

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There comes in the mail a rectangular piece. The envelop already warns, "DO NOT FOLD OR MUTILATE." The card inside has holes. Also an eleven digit number. Also the message, "If there is any question about your account, please be sure to give this number. Do not fold or tear or staple this card. Thank you." If we tender this holey document the proper respect and remit the amount it demands, it will go to an office and glide through a machine and register our eleven digit number as being paid up. The machine ...

611. Killing A King

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

"I was treated like a king!" is a common saying when one received the best possible treatment. This is to say that a king deserves and gets the very best. A red carpet is laid out for the king to walk on, lest he dirty his feet. Only the best food is served. His clothes are made of the finest material with top class and style. A king wears genuine jewels, no artificial diamonds or costume jewelry, for a king deserves only the best. A king is given honor, respect, loyalty, obedience, and love. All of this ...

612. How Did It Come to This?

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

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Not long ago, there was a biography on television of Adolph Hitler. It showed material on Hitler’s childhood. You can’t help being drawn to that kind show. The underlying question that comes to mind is, what happened? A vile and repulsive man, to be sure, but seeing photographs of this man as an infant, as a child growing up, is somewhat disarming. It reminds us that the story did not start off bad. Lest we forget, every wasted life started off as a creation of God, planted as a unique vine among us. There ...

613. Proper 20

Lk 16:1-13 · 1 Tim 2:1-8 · Amos 8:4-7 · Hos 11:1-11

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THE LESSONS Hosea 11:1-11 Yahweh so loves his disobedient people that he cannot give them up to destruction. In one of the most moving passages in the Old Testament (Lesson 1), Israel is pictured as Yahweh's prodigal son. Hosea sees God and the nation as a loving father and his rebellious son. As a loving father Yahweh loves Israel when a child, brought him out of slavery in Egypt, and cared for him in the wilderness. He took his child in his arms, taught him to walk, and nurtured him. In spite of this, ...

614. Epiphany 2

Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-34, John 1:35-42

Bulletin Aid

First Lesson: Isaiah 49:1-7 Theme: God's love is like that of a husband for his bride Call To Worship Pastor: When Jesus was anointed to be God's Servant, he was sent not as Savior of the Jews only. People: His was a worldwide mission, that "salvation may reach to the end of the earth." Pastor: Our Lord continues his mission through his church. We are to carry his message of salvation to all parts of the world. People: We are servants of God's Servant. May we be faithful in telling our world the good news ...

615. Mi Casa, Su Casa

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Mark Radecke

The relationship between a landlord and a tenant is at best a tenuous one: the landlord is understandably concerned about the use or abuse of his property (after all, it is his house); the tenant understandably concerned about the maintenance and privacy of the place (after all, it is his home). Our friends’ younger daughter begged - no, she positively importuned - her parents for a pastel colored bedroom. They relented, and asked permission of their landlord, offering to buy the paint, provide the labor ...

616. Settling Our Differences

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Joe Pennel

On the surface "Tribute" is a motion picture about a man who is diagnosed with cancer and about his response to that disease. But at a much deeper level, "Tribute" is about a man who is not reconciled to his own son. "Tribute" is about a father and son who needed to settle their differences. Like those characters in "Tribute," one of the persistent needs of our life is to settle our differences. There are many ways that we try to settle our differences. Some of us try to settle our differences by taking ...

617. Promising Words

2 Samuel 7:18-29

Sermon

A photo album is a magic carpet ride into the realm of memory. Like leaves of October tinted with the auburn and golden hues of autumn, snapshots are colored with the rich pastels of previous events. Saturday Review editor Norman Cousins has written of his feelings about snapshots in his book, Human Options, A man (woman) comes to know himself through the pictures he takes ... in ... reviewing the hundreds of pictures I have taken ... in many parts of the world ... I learn ... the camera is more than a box ...

618. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Theme: The cleansing crucifixion Exegetical note John's account of the Last Supper differs from the Synoptics in placing it on the day before the actual Passover meal and in recounting a footwashing, an act that for the evangelist symbolically entwines two principal symbolic themes: cleansing and mutual submission. The former of these appears to refer mainly to the import of Jesus' crucifixion for the disciples, while the latter bespeaks the attitude that the disciples should display to one another. Call ...

619. Proper 9

Matthew 11:25-30

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Theme: The bearable lightness of grace Exegetical note The specific meaning of verse 28, which is often used out of context as a word of comfort at funerals, is revealed by the following verses, which refer to a "yoke." In Jesus' day, the Law was referred to as a yoke, because it was demanding and burdensome. (The Hindu tradition also called its basic spiritual discipline yoga, Sanskrit for "yoke"!) By contrast, says Jesus, his message is "easy" and his "burden is light." For it rests, not upon human ...

620. The Steadfast Power of Love

Matthew 14:13-21

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Call to Worship Leader: Sisters and brothers, ours is a God of power! People: IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN OPPOSE US? Leader: But this God of power is also a God of love! People: AND FROM THAT LOVE, NOT EVEN DEATH CAN SEPARATE US! Collect Creator God, you have demonstrated to us the miraculous power of love in the life and ministry of Jesus. Fill us now with this divine gift: that, reinforced by its tender might, we may become agents of your mercy and bearers of your grace. In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen ...

621. What Do You See?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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Barbara Brokhoff

Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. Just as many were astonished at you, so His visage was marred more than any man. And His form more than the sons of men; So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider. Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender ...

622. Being Faithful Servants

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:23-27

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

Call To Worship Leader: Come, let all who would serve the Lord gather now for worship. People: But there are some who would silence the message of God's love. Leader: Even Jesus faced those who would keep God's love from the Temple. People: Then let us walk with Christ and share God's love with all we see. Leader: For the Gospel of Christ cannot be stopped once in a believer's heart. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom You have called us to walk with Jesus and share ...

623. The Forgiven and the Forgiving

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

The miracle of Christ is that strange power that enables me to know that I have been forgiven and, therefore, by grace to possess in my own life the strange and wonderful capability of forgiving others. We want justice. No, we don’t! We want mercy. I have done things in my life that I cannot now straighten out. I need mercy. I need forgiveness. I am caught. There is no hope. I have done so much that I cannot un-do. Woe is me. I’ve had it! I can love, and care, and maybe God will love and care for me, so ...

624. John the Baptizer

Isaiah 40:1-31, Luke 1:67-80, John 1:19-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

Any great event requires preparation. Significant movements do not merely appear. There must be necessary groundwork, anticipation. The Bible sublimely illustrates the way God raised up heralds who announced the coming ministry and message of Christ. Chief among them is John the Baptizer. We seldom associate John with the birth of Jesus. This is understandable. He was but an infant himself at the time Mary and Joseph journeyed to Bethlehem. Yet, he is so much a part of the announcement and the expectation ...

625. Ghosts - 1951

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

The key idea that unlocks the haunting theme of Henrik Ibsen’s undying drama, Ghosts, is succinctly stated by Mrs. Alving when she exclaims: Ghosts! When I heard Regina and Oswald in there, I seemed to see ghosts before me. I almost think we’re all of us ghosts, Pastor Manders. It’s not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that "walks" in us. It’s all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so forth. They have no vitality, but they cling to us just the same, and we can’t get ...

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