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626. Step Into The Vision

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-15

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... . Not because I think parents are doing a bad job, but because parents need as many reinforcements as possible. B. I'd like see an After-school program involving sports, education, homework help, tutoring and again, a place where we can help redefine the moral compass for children and youth. I see after school sports and recreation programs, organized to give youth and children a safe place to go after school. I see healthy snacks that supplement the diets of those kids who are less fortunate. I see a safe ...

627. I Was Hungry

Luke 16:19-31; Matt 25:31-36

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Adrian Dieleman

... , "Sorry, try again tomorrow." This was written in the 70's but I don't think things have changed all that much. The point is that those who consider themselves to be one of God's children in Christ MUST share with the needy. Those who worship God must show compassion to the hungry. This is not an option. This is a requirement from the Lord for those who are saved by grace through faith. Showing ...

628. Acquired Taste

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... school. How far apart culturally was Budapest from Scotland? How different could the world of a Hungarian Jewish child be from that of a working class Scottish woman? As far as the East is from the West? But Jane Haining’s faith thrived on this new diet. Her compassion and love for her young charges grew her faithfulness in God’s presence in her work. In one letter back to friends she wrote “We have one new little six-year-old, an orphan without a mother or a father. She is such a pathetic wee soul to ...

629. Proper 9, Pentecost 7, Ordinary Time 14

Psalm 145:8-14, Zechariah 9:9-13, Matthew 11:1-19, Romans 7:15-25a

Bulletin Aid

Amy C. Schifrin

... slow to anger and of great kindness. II: We try not to think about your anger, Lord, for when we do, we have to face our own sin. I: The Lord is loving to everyone and his compassion is over all his works. II: Everyone, Lord? Even those people that we are angry with? I: All your works praise you, O Lord, and your faithful servants bless you. II: Every act of kindness, every work of our hands which helps another is really your work. I: They make ...

630. Full Body Scans or Re-spect Spectacles

Romans 13:8-14

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Leonard Sweet

... a dark world. Christ-light reveals everything. No compulsion is dark enough, no desire is buried deep enough, no motive is masked thick enough, to escape Christ-light. Likewise, no act of love is too small, no words of forgiveness too soft, no feelings of compassion too subtle, not to caught in the gleam of Christ-light. The light of Christ lays bare everything within us. Both the good and the bad. And yet, Christ’s response to that full soul scan is not to declare judgment, pronounce doom, or laugh ...

631. Will You Dance the Metanoia with Me?

Acts 2:14-41

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Leonard Sweet

... . Anyone want to argue the fact that we have a world of woes out there? Take your choice of what is the worst: too much debt, not enough jobs, no political harmony, climate change, natural disasters, wars and rumors of more wars, the lack of love, the collapse of compassion. There is one thing everyone can agree upon: we are headed in a wrong direction. Somehow we are have gotten on the wrong track. What no one can agree upon is what the right track is. As people of faith we ask this question: How do we get ...

632. The Meals-on-Wheels Temple

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Leonard Sweet

... of the larger cities. The only bright spot in these regional disasters and personal tragedies has been the out-pouring of local community care and support. I predict that one of the greatest stories of 2011 will turn out to be this one: Love and compassion have easily overwhelmed the water-power of the Mississippi. Memphis was one of the earliest cities to weather this month’s Mississippi overflow. Did you see on the news how those flooded out by the river found refuge in the city thanks to the “rebirth ...

633. In Our Own Language

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... God a good laugh at our provincialism. God is a universal God. God is the God of the Chinese and the Congolese, of the Iraqis and the Afghans, as well as the Canadians and the Americans. God has no favorites. What God favors is justice and righteousness and compassion and love wherever those characteristics are found. What God is seeking is the day when all of the world’s people will know God’s love and God’s peace and will know themselves to be brothers and sisters in Christ. The Christian faith is a ...

634. Matthew 14:13-21

Matthew 14:13-21

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Leonard Sweet

... Jesus steps ashore. If Jesus had been anticipating some quiet time, he immediately changes his plans. The presence of the huge crowd that had hot-footed it over land to beat Jesus to his destination evokes in him great “compassion.” In Matthew’s text this compassion is expressed in a concrete, physical manner: Jesus “cured their sick.” While Mark records Jesus teaching this crowd, and Luke says that Jesus spoke to them about the kingdom of God, Matthew focuses on Jesus meeting the physical needs ...

635. Save Me, Lord

Matthew 14:22-36

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Leonard Sweet

... we can do for our children is to do everything for them. If you find yourself cutting your teenage son’s meat for him, you know somewhere along the way you went too far, “helped out” too much. Doing everything for another, even out of love and compassion, insures the other will have a gray and dreamless life. Like the over-aided moth, they will have no strength, no vibrancy, no soaring spirit in their living. In today’s gospel text Jesus shows his great love for his disciples by sending them off, by ...

636. Stronger after the Struggle

Matthew 14:22-33

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Leonard Sweet

... can do for our children is to do everything for them. If you find yourself cutting your teenage son's meat for him, you know somewhere along the way you went too far, "helped out" too much. Doing everything for another, even out of love and compassion, insures the other will have a gray and dreamless life. Like the over-aided moth, they will have no strength, no vibrancy, no soaring spirit in their living. In today's gospel text Jesus shows his great love for his disciples by sending them off, by themselves ...

637. Send Her Away!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... I pray to Mary, because she’s a woman and she understands.” Francis Hubbard is a Protestant. Inwardly she cringed at the idea of praying to Mary. Still she wanted to minister to these two women. She prayed with them, trying to emphasize God’s love and compassion. Then, after she left their bedsides, it hit her: what if they had been Protestant and had the same image of God as male, remote and uncaring but had no Mary to whom to pray? Francis Hubbard pauses and then she adds, “And then I thanked God ...

638. Skin Game

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... exchange of human fellowship. It is these very people for whom Jesus would pause, whose situation would provoke our Lord's indignation, for whom he would respond to a petition for healing by saying, "I will; be clean." It is his ministry of community and compassion that calls us from this passage in Mark. May he give us the strength and insight to join him in his work of loving those who are lost. Amen. 1. Fred Craddock, Preaching the New Common Lectionary: Year B Advent-Epiphany (Nashville: Abingdon, 1984 ...

639. Curiosity and Questions

John 3:1-7

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Kristin Borsgard Wee

... lot of interesting questions that could provide a very interesting discussion. Psalm 77 raises questions: God, where is your power? Why don't you hear me when I call out to you? Why do you have such a short memory? Where is your love and compassion? The last five chapters of Job have a list of the world's most fascinating questions. The ancient rabbis loved questions. They told wonderful stories that left you hanging at the end. No answers, just questions that make you think ... and maybe see something new ...

640. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... in him, too. The Christian faith is inclusive in ways that no other belief system or philosophy can equal. Study this faith of the Bible and you will find goodness, love, holiness, compassion, and grace that is precious beyond description. In the family of God all people are welcome and all are promised love. There is a tenderness and compassion that is uniquely Christian. But the Christian faith is also severe, or harsh in ways that only a fool would deny. Here we find it is one-armed, one-footed, and one ...

641. I Love You, Too

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... the sick and touched the untouchables. He embraced those who others turned away. He spoke on behalf of those who had no voice. He taught us to serve one another in humility and even love our enemies. He stood up to those who put following the rules above mercy and compassion. His entire life was given in love, and it didn't end there. In death he gave himself in love, as well. He went to a cross because he could only be who he was. He stretched out his arms in love for the world, and they nailed his hands ...

642. Yielding to Spiritual Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23, James 2:1-10 (11-13) 14-17

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Thomas Lentz

... in caring for one another, and as their attention turned to each other's needs they began to find their faith strengthened and renewed. Their religious practice focused more on what they were doing for others, rather than reciting what they believed. Their compassion for each other brought renewed inner strength and faith. Mother Teresa told of walking the streets of Calcutta and seeing something moving in the ditch. She had to look carefully to see that it was an emaciated man, still alive, his whole body ...

643. Heavenly Wisdom

James 3:13—4:8

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... among you?" That depends upon where you are looking for your inspiration. Who is producing the message that guides you? What composer is playing on the strings of your heart, the timbrel of your soul? Look for your friendships among positive people who value compassion more than possessions. Listen to music that fills you with peace and composure. Let your speech be filled with gratitude for what you have, not with complaints for what you lack. The good life is accomplished when you and I put ourselves into ...

644. Living in The Present

Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... about the great and mighty power that God has for you and me, he's not talking about feeble human efforts. He's talking about resurrection power — the power to transform death into life, the power to break the iron chains of addiction, the power to show compassion in the midst of hate. You have heard many sermons that exhort you to repent. They can be pretty depressing, causing you to think the worst of yourself as though you just stole something from Wal-Mart and need to make amends. But repent means to ...

645. The Light of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... Diane, was proud of her son. She knew he had a kind and loving heart. Several weeks before Christmas one year, Marty shared a secret with his mother. He had been doing extra chores and saving up his allowance in order to buy a Christmas present, a pocket compass, for his best friend, Kenny. Kenny was being raised by a single mom and life for their family was a daily struggle just to acquire the most basic of needs of food and clothing. Diane knew that Kenny’s mom was a very proud woman. Diane doubted that ...

646. Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-46

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Leonard Sweet

... of human needs — food, water, clothing, shelter, care for the sick. Even imprisonment, while it may have been a distinctive threat for Christians, was certainly a societal wide punishment. The enthroned Son of Man declares that responding with intentional compassion and concern and definitive helpful action when faced with these all too widespread human needs is required in order to receive the blessing of “my Father” (v.34). THAT “blessing” is no less than being fully received, “inheriting ...

647. It’s a New Year: Take 7 Steps Forward

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a baseball player can step-up-to-the-plate and fully expect, despite all the human variables at work, that he will successfully “swing for the bleachers,” how much more can those of us who claim to depend upon the power of an omnipotent God and the compassion of an all loving Christ not step-up-to-the-plate and claim victory in the face of great and terrible opposition? Remember: the victory is won, not when your Goliath-problems come tumbling down, but when you have enough David-faith to step up to the ...

648. 1 John 3:16-24

1 John 3:11-24

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Leonard Sweet

... human heart. 1 John is written to a community that has suffered a schism that has ripped apart what once was whole. By emphasizing the uniqueness of those still in the faith community, as those whose “love” takes the form of active care and compassion for others because of God’s love, the author gives those who remain a daily course of action they can follow. But clearly the accusations and doubts of those who departed from the community still hang heavy in the air, affecting the spiritual atmosphere ...

649. Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... and fishes Jesus was quickening what was a natural process in order to feed others. The future kingdom of God, in which all will be filled, was demonstrated through this miracle. Moreover, Jesus performed this miracle for others, because he had compassion on the people. The word compassion is reminiscent of the words used for how Moses felt about the children of Israel in the desert. In quoting from Deuteronomy 8:3 Jesus deliberately called to mind the words of Moses to the people in the wilderness ...

650. Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing

Luke 9:51-62

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Arley K. Fadness

... me kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow you." Jesus is less tolerant and insists on first things first. He keeps the main thing the main thing. One practical way to put first things first is to begin to live by the compass and not the clock. The clock represents our appointments, our commitments, schedules, goals, and activities — what we do and how we manage our time. Often we are overscheduled and time that originally was a gift has become a tyranny. The compass on the other hand ...

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