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651. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... It's for your good that I'm going away and not talking anymore. From now on the Holy Spirit will speak through your experiences." God speaks. God still speaks. But it is in the experiences we humans have with Him. Herein lies a genuine theological concern. In a world of dim visions, blind guides, limited signs, and far less than open communication with God, how can we open ourselves to receive genuine Christian experiences? Perhaps the place to begin is with a radical reappraisal of our own lifestyles. If ...

652. Nothing Is Impossible

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... sick leave, not even lunch time, God just works. This obviously goes against the grain in society today. A major item of concern on the part of every worker is the question of fringe benefits. Because of escalating medical costs, one needs a job with excellent ... health benefits. We are living longer and so a solid retirement plan is of major concern. Then there is also the issue of pay, the question of what the salary range is and the possibility of upward mobility. The ...

653. What Happens To You When You Die?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... (sort of like the way he looked when the transfiguration occurred [Luke 9:29; Matthew 17:2]). Perhaps that is why the two men never recognized him until they were eating that meal together. Friends, this morning's gospel lesson truly provides us with some clues concerning what our resurrected bodies will be like. When we look at Jesus after his resurrection we know that we shall still have our bodies when we rise from the dead. Basically, they will still be the same. I shall look like me (though perhaps a ...

654. Captive To The Word Of God

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... church and the world."2 The church had become enslaved to its institutional traditions and its fiscal and political troubles. The Word of God, by which the church was established and for which it was called, was not at that moment the center of the church's concern. There was no readiness to hear a parish priest and university theologian who "spoke out of love and zeal for the truth and the desire to bring it to light."3 Continuing in the word of truth was not always the clear priority in the first century ...

655. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... for us: “I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father (v. 15b).” And what a marvelous difference it has made that Christ was not content with thinking things out in his mind, but shared with us what he had found concerning God, and man, and life, and salvation, and a dozen other central matters. How bare and bleak and incomprehensible life would have been had he not given us his guidance, and heaped upon us discoveries which we could not have made.”4 It’s a tremendous thing ...

656. For a Ninety-three-year-old Widow

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... was another beautiful thing about Edna. She literally lived her life for others; for her Lord, for her family, for her friends. But I am not suggesting that she was a rug that others just walked on. Not Edna. Still, her care and concern were so great that you simply wanted to reflect that care and concern back to her. When I say that I cannot be sorrowful this day, I am in no way, shape or form belittling Edna. On the contrary, I am lifting her up. This is not a day of sorrow, this is a day of celebration ...

657. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... us and to which he brought us back from the Egyptian exile so long ago. But hardest of all to deal with has been our uncertainty about Yahweh himself. Has he followed us to this strange land, or has he simply let us finally go, beyond the reach of his concern? We used to think that we could be sure of finding him nowhere if not in the temple in Jerusalem, and now, not only are we far, far from Jerusalem, but there is no longer a temple there. We know that we're being punished for unfaithfulnesses of so many ...

658. Step Eleven - Spirituality

Mt 26:36-46 · 1 Thess 5:12-22 · Ps 25:1-15

Sermon

John A. Terry

... God, sought out companionship with Peter in the hour of struggle. This should be an example to us to be willing to be with those who seek our help, and to be willing to seek others who ask us to help them face their trials. Notice also that Jesus was concerned for Peter's capacity to know God's will and have the power to do that. Jesus wanted Peter to pray for himself. It was Jesus who was to face the betrayal, the trial, the beating and death. But Jesus wanted Peter to pray for himself, so that Peter would ...

659. Step Eight - Love

Mt 7:7-14 · 2 Cor 5:16-21 · Ps 19:7-13

Sermon

John A. Terry

... hymn is also about God as the creator of the Law. The first part of the Psalm has to do with the creation of nature, the second with the Law that is redeeming God's creation. This is the on-going activity of God. Normally, our first concern about breaking the Law is the possible consequences we might receive for violating civil or criminal laws. Weekdays when I drive to church, I drive through a school zone. There are flashing lights in the school zone, but they have not worked properly since school began ...

660. Step Nine - Discipline

Mt 5:21-26 · Eph 4:25-32 · Num 5:5-10

Sermon

John A. Terry

... " It is the last part of that statement that I find remarkable. There has been a lot of talk about rehabilitating criminals to make them useful members of society. There is a lot of concern about the cost of keeping criminals in jail. We know about the anxiety it causes us when we worry about being victims of crime. But Paul's concern is about reforming the thief, turning the thief into an honest worker, not to save society money, not to calm our anxieties about having our silver or stereos stolen. Paul's ...

661. The Seven Last Words of the Church

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... t believe in resurrection, and you’re not going to convince us otherwise, so your opinion on it really doesn’t matter, but we’d really like to know what you think about it." (You already know how I feel about opinion polls.) Their question concerned a woman’s marital status in the next life (which they didn’t believe in anyway). Specifically, they wanted to know, if a woman had been married seven times to seven brothers, each of whom had preceded her in death, (this question HAD to be hypothetical ...

662. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... will become progressively more difficult as the end nears. Those who look for a heaven on earth do not get support from the words of Jesus. The Bible talks about a new heaven and a new earth, but as far as the present world is concerned, it says trouble and evil will become more and more prevalent and will affect the whole world, including believers. Among the signs that Jesus said would precede his coming are wars and rumors of wars, famines and earthquakes and disturbances affecting the heavenly bodies ...

663. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , for this is the way the Master rides. Sometimes I think we will never see him because his humility is ground to pieces by the wheels on which we run. Sometimes I think we will miss him because his ordinary way of riding is such a contrast to our concern with the ethereal, the supernatural, the other-worldly. But sometimes, sometimes I hear the slow and steady clop, clop, clop of a donkey's feet, traveling at a speed that we can keep up with even if we are walking, so that the call to follow him is always ...

664. Six Nails of the Cross VI: The Nail of Cruelty

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... who claims to submit to ultimate suffering, that he should be rejected by the very ones for whom he suffered. What we see in this man Jesus is a paradigm of what it means for us to be fully human. It sets before us a human life of concern and love that includes suffering, death and resurrection victory. The suffering and death are not ends in themselves; rather they are an embodiment of the ultimate reality of all life. This is the shape of God's presence among us; it is the form that God's dwelling among ...

665. Empty Prisons Without Walls

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

... that any attempt to put one's own sense of morality or justice above the law leads to a crumbling of the moral order from which everyone ultimately suffers. If I think my "cause" is above the law, then the government can think its cause or concern is above the law and then we have the kind of breakdown that leads to Watergate. The equally famous reference in 1 Peter to the fact that Christians should "be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution" (1 Peter 2:13), including the government ...

666. Giving Away the Store

Luke 22:7-38, John 13:1-17

Sermon

Carl Jech

... life in spite of all the reasons not to do so - that is true victory! From the Cross, Jesus looks at his beloved friend and disciple, John, and tells him to adopt his mother, Mary, as his own mother. In the midst of death, Jesus shows his concern for the continuation of life by turning his attention to his mother. What better way to affirm life than by affirming motherhood - (an obvious symbol of life)? Far from wishing that he had never been born, Jesus recognizes that it is for this very moment that he ...

667. The Ambiguity of Life, Deciding for Christ

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Carl Jech

... seem important to us - career, family, sex, money, patriotism, and the like - begin to pale in the face of eternal values, we realize that there is no substitute for religion. To go through life thinking that all these very good and important things are of ultimate concern, only to discover that they are not as important as we thought, could be compared to the feeling that people must have had at that moment on the quiz show "Let's Make A Deal" when they suddenly realized that they had chosen the wrong door ...

668. No Ignorant Brethren

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

Rev. Kenneth H. Sauer

... - WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD. That is the meaning of faith in Christ - assurance here, and victory in death! Paul is intense in his desire that the Thessalonians know this as a central item of their faith. "We would not have you ignorant brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope." The key word is not 'grieve.' Christians grieve as all other men do over the coming of death and sorrow, over tragedy and injustice, over the shortness of life. But ...

669. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... between mere morality and Christianity. One of the best ways to bring this difference into focus is in a contrast between John the Baptist and Jesus. In Luke 3:15,16, we read that: "As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered them all, 'I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire ...

670. Talk! Talk! Talk!

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... remained merely word, we wouldn't be preaching it today. But the Word was clothed in flesh. God's Word, his love, his grace, his concern for us his children, all became real for us in the person of Jesus Christ. As Christ himself reminds us:"The witness of the Holy ... as the multitude came together to hear him, what did he do first? Give them a speech? No, he fed them, showing his concern, his love for them. Our way of evangelism is sadly, so often, just the opposite. Our insistence always seems to be on saying ...

671. Seeking What Matters

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

... is highest and best, then no pearl, of whatever price, should ever be so greatly treasured as the Kingdom is. I have a question for you, for us: We who, like those two men of old, would probably go the limits to possess treasures and pearls, how are we doing concerning the Kingdom of God? How far have we gone to possess it? How far are we willing to go? How much else of what we have cherished have we given up? How much that we cherish today are we willing to give up? Are we willing to close out these ...

672. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

... day. It is the way of God to use human instrumentality to accomplish his purpose. Perhaps he could by-pass the human instrumentality and get his work done without the participation of his people, but he rarely does, if ever. A story has long been told concerning a country preacher who came upon a member of his parish working in his newly-made garden alongside the road. With an air of great piousness, the preacher said, "Brother William, you ought to be very grateful to God for all the beautiful tomatoes and ...

673. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... "the ones called out." Thus, the church of Jesus Christ is that number of persons who have been called out from wherever they were and have come to be together with him. In Matthew 18:15-20 we have some words of Jesus concerning what should happen in the church when relationships are put under tension, when one person sins against another. He talks about the healing process, about a procedure for reconciling differences, about the involvement of the whole church whenever there are problems between persons ...

674. Are There Any Questions?

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

... is known as gumbo, and the gumbo sticks and builds and balls around the feet until one’s legs become so heavy that one can hardly move. I find this a picture of the way our lives are often lived, feet glued to the gumbo, the weight of things, concerns, and interests that stall our spiritual growth. We pan for our share of the gold, pile up reserves for our security, make friends with those who can promote our cause, until the gumbo threatens to glue us to the grave. The hope-filled Word is this: "I am ...

675. Jesus and the Rascal

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... are to have the same wisdom and foresight in serving God as the "children of this world" have in serving themselves. The "children of this world" are not necessarily rascals. They are simply those whose main concern is material things. They serve their own interest above all else. They have little or no concern with spiritual things, or with other people’s welfare. With time and patience, with diligence and foresight they serve material things in their own interest! As the "children of light" whose chief ...

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