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651. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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James Angell

... it. It's where county roads have names like Ironworks Pike, where horse farms are called Calumet, Coldstream, or Spendthrift. One Derby Day the clerk of session and I placed a bet on a horse named "Divine Comedy." He ran eighth. It is tradition, affection - more varieties of beauty than the heart can remember. And for the next 12 years, Lexington became a place we still look back on with lump-in-the-throat appreciation. The sanctuary was Gothic. And to preach there, facing a great Transfiguration window on ...

652. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

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James Angell

... of this fabulous century, and reflected on what were, or are, the most notable developments of this particular moment of history. While two of his observations didn't surprise me, the third one did. The first event was the communism which has deeply affected everything else that has gone on in the Western world since 1918. The second was the new globalism that is already busy replacing national and regional economies - and general thinking - with a new world economy and point of view. Teilhard du Chardin ...

653. Confessional Services

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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G. William Genszler

... Correct us according to Thy tender mercies. Commandment: You shall not commit adultery. Minister: We will not tolerate impurities in our food or water, yet we harbor pollution in our imagination and our minds. We adulterate our personal relationships with lust without affection. We treat others as "things to be used" rather than "persons to be loved." Congregation: O God, let us be kindly affectionate with one another. Commandment: You shall note steal. Minister: O Lord, it is robbery to use Thy world, Thy ...

654. The Stewardship of Money in the Modern Church

2 Corinthians 9:11, 12

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Dr. John Thompson Peters

... and complete devotion and commitment from His followers. It is not unlike a housewife who in her need for domestic help must bring an attractive 'wench' without whose services she cannot dispense, but whom she knows may also steal away her husband's affections. History is full of incidents where the church has so given her heart away to money that she has presented a fake and untrue witness. The practice of simony, of indulgences sold, on down to modern lotteries, bingo and the many additional practices ...

655. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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Rev. Donald R. Shank

... with such phrases as "I feel like a million dollars" or "I feel like two cents;" "I'm sound as a dollar" or "phony as a 3-dollar bill." The symbolic meaning we assign to money may be on a conscious level or an unconscious level, but either way it affects our attitudes and behavior. The reason is simple: because in a sense, your money and possessions are you. It is a vital part of your personality. What a man has, and does with what he has, is a very real part of what a man is. Your money represents you ...

656. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

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Louis H. Valbracht

... I need not multiply the instances. From that old, split cosmos, split into upstairs and downstairs - how it has grown! - with the upstairs once in a while invading the downstairs, we come to our modern world, and what a change, a staggering change. It still affects the thought and life of every one of us. In our time, we have seen, for instance, changes taking place in Russia over-night. Only recently, the peasants in Russia, when they wanted a fertile field, would call the priest and have him sprinkle the ...

657. Influence of Mothers

2 Kings 4:8-37

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Many scholars have concluded that you cannot really understand John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, unless you understand his mother Susanna Wesley. She was so instrumental in his life that she inevitably affected the movement and its direction. Americans know that Abraham Lincoln led this nation through perhaps its time of greatest crisis; but who was it that made Abraham Lincoln the man that he was? I know what Lincoln thought. He said it was his mother. I would submit to you this ...

658. The Use of Power

Acts 2:1-13

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... burn and used to transport a person 350 miles. Explosions are spectacular, but controlled burns have lasting effect, staying power. The Holy Spirit works both ways. At Pentecost, he exploded on the scene; His presence was like "tongues of fire" (Acts 2:3). Thousands were affected by one burst of God's power. But He also works through the church--the institution God began to tap the Holy Spirit's power for the long haul. Through worship, fellowship, and service, Christians are provided with staying power.

659. God, The Enemy

Luke 12:1-12

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... And in a letter written just a day before his death, he demonstrated how little he understood that. He wrote that if it turned out that there was an afterlife, he would "improvise, adapt and overcome."1 As if he or any of us will have the ability to affect our environment after arrival in the world to come! Once we are at the judgment seat of God, none of us is any longer master of our fate. But I think I mostly took note of McVeigh's reference to "Invictus" because of Mrs. Johnson, my eighth-grade English ...

660. Master of My Fate; Captain of My Soul

Luke 8:26-39

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... 's not. And in a letter written just a day before his death, he demonstrated how little he understood that. He wrote that if it turned out that there was an afterlife, he would "improvise, adapt and overcome." As if he or any of us will have the ability to affect our environment after arrival in the world to come! Once we are at the judgment seat of God, none of us is any longer master of our fate. It's worth noting that when the poet Henley wrote those words, he was not thinking of setting his own standard ...

661. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

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James W. Moore

... , her resentment cut her off… not only from her sister, Mary, but also from her Lord. The same thing happened to the Elder Brother in the Prodigal Son Parable. He resented his brother… and it cut him off from the Father. That’s how resentment affects us and that is why it is so dangerous. It separates us from people… and it separates us from God! In this episode, what is Jesus saying? Simply this… beware of the dangerous attitude of resentment. It can devastate your soul! Secondly, there is the ...

662. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

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... that these good Christians have simply grown tired. We should never say to ourselves——well, I was just tired. When you are tired you are a different person. The way we talk to our children, the way we talk to our spouse can all be gravely affected by weariness. This is why the Apostle Paul encouraged his followers not to grow weary in well doing. Fatigue can be faiths greatest enemy. The road for these Christians was turning out to be longer than they thought. There was a time when they ended up every ...

663. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

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664. The Quality of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

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... the same gate our gifts to others go out, and if our giving gate is closed, so is our receiving gate. In so many ways, it is only as we open up our hearts to others that our hearts are open to God. Our capability of receiving is greatly affected by the extent to which we practice giving. If, by an unmerciful and unforgiving spirit, we have closed our hearts to others, then in some very decisive ways we have also closed them to God. And when, offering forgiveness, God comes to our door, he finds it shut. And ...

665. Mission to Unbelievers

Luke 16:19-31

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Wallace H. Kirby

... . In The Hope of Glory, John Coburn tells of Arthur Lichtenberger, former presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, serving in retirement on the faculty of Episcopal Theological Seminary in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bishop Lichtenberger was ill with Parkinson’s disease, seriously affecting his walking and his speech. One cold February day Coburn was in a low mood. He happened to see Bishop Lichtenberger, on his wife’s arm, shuffling along the icy walk. It was a refreshment of faith for John Coburn ...

666. No Little Bit

Luke 19:11-27

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... into as one for whom Christ also died and whom you value no little bit. You’re investing the gold coin of your royal name! Don’t underestimate its growth potential. It will multiply five-fold or tenfold or fifty-fold as your Christlike openness affects many who before had counted themselves as nothing. As we’ve already noted, disasters happen when people feel they’re no good. Don’t discount the value of your smile. Invest it joyfully and daringly even with people who wouldn’t expect it from you ...

667. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

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George Bass

... had every reason in the world to cry for her son, her only son; he must have been her comfort and her hope in life, but now he was dead. Why should she stop weeping for this son she loved so dearly. No one could take his place in her affections and life; no one could bring her comfort, but this man has the audacity to say to one who was presumably a stranger, "Do not weep." If a person can’t weep at the funeral of an only son, when can one weep for another and for oneself? John Kirtland ...

668. Booby Trap

Luke 10:25-37

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... plans to close eighteen of its schools, setting new school boundaries and making plans to bus children farther, a "Save Our Schools" movement suddenly sprang up. People banded together - indignantly - simply because something was about to happen that would affect them, they believed, adversely. A colleague tells how it is in his suburban neighborhood close to the seminary. For years, it had been inhabited by fine families, many of whom were university professors’ and seminary professors’ families. It ...

669. The Man, the Message, and the Mission

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

George Bass

... still asking, "Why did he have to die? Surely, there must have been an alternative to the cross. What did his death accomplish?" And then the Word and the Spirit come to us spelling out the necessity of that death to atone for our sins and affect reconciliation with God - and we begin to comprehend what the cross was all about. James S. Stewart once said, "No theory of the atonement can exhaust the meaning of the cross," and we know that we shall never fully understand what went on there that Good Friday ...

670. Counsel for Discouraged Disciples

Habakkuk 1:1-4

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... , but do the labels conceal more than they reveal? My guess is that the individuals are indeed more fragile, but possibly also more sensitive and aware, than most of us. Who can look upon the evils which surround us and not be affected? Who can be impervious, for example, to: the greed and hunger; the exploitation and poverty; the suffering and neglect; the oppression and denial of human rights; the cut-throat competition and callousness toward the unsuccessful; the crime and delinquency; the slaughter of ...

671. Let God Be God

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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... that we, too, are in danger of becoming a community ravaged by roaring lions and ravenous wolves? Let us not try to deny, then, that we have our problems with idolatry. Like all peoples in all times, we struggle with temptations to worship false gods. Clearly, we are affected as a society, and must learn to deal with the problem at the level of our life together in community. I am reminded of a question T. S. Eliot raises in one of his best known poems. "What is the meaning of this city?" he asks, seeking ...

672. If Only We Could Remember ...

Genesis 32:22-32

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Wallace H. Kirby

... first includes the engagement, the honeymoon, and the early years. The second phase is the estrangement and the break. The final stage is the reconciliation and restoration. Let’s look at these three phases and see how this Old Testament prophet’s marriage affected his theology. I. The first phase is the engagement, the honeymoon, and the initial years. Hosea, a young man, married Gomer, his beloved. She is a charming girl, in spite of her name. The first years of their marriage are happy ones. Their ...

673. Prayer

Matthew 11:1-19

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... of Bethlehem? A kid like other kids? A village carpenter? A story-teller? A miracle worker? A convincing preacher? A troublemaker? A political radical? The Messiah? A convicted criminal? The Risen Savior? All of these ... And more BUT ... Who is Jesus? And how does his history affect me? How I live? What I do? ... Where I'm going? I know who Jesus was But I don't always know who he is! Lord, forgive me for becoming so enthralled with the season The pagaentry of donkeys and angels Of shepherds and wise men ...

674. Prayer

Matthew 5:13-16

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... share Blend in with the rest. I don't want to be special Singled out, Especially if that means more responsibility! I'll take a job - For a while - If I have to, But don't expect me to be something I'm not! The "Salt of the Earth" To affect the whole church By my faith My actions The "Light of the World" An example to be held up Put on a pedestal; I don't need that kind of pressure! It's hard enough to be a good person, Without being put under a spotlight! Lord, forgive me for ...

675. Proper 7

Genesis 28:10-22

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... are always filled with mythological touches, and it is sometimes difficult to know where the historical leaves off and the yarn begins. But, as John Sanford says, "This didn't bother the ancient Hebrews because these stories were part of the fabric of their souls affecting them at the deepest level of their being. They bore an unconscious as well as a conscious meaning for the listener." (The Man Who Wrestled With God, John A. Sanford, page 4) "Once upon a time," there was a young man who cheated his older ...

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