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651. The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... had been scared and upset.) Only when the disciples had word of the Risen Lord or saw him themselves did they believe and were ready to take up his ministry of the new life he had given them. Why was there so much initial confusion and lack of understanding among Jesus' followers until they actually met the Risen Lord? The failure of Mary and the disciples to get things right has something to do with our own failure to take the joyful message of Easter to heart and to live that way every day of our lives ...

652. Good Works Will Not Save You!

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it like for you to share in that relationship? It is beautiful, is it not? You have shared so deeply in the life of the person you love, he or she shares so fully in your life, that it is almost impossible to think of yourself without that partner. You understand the experience to which I refer at this point, do you not? I think of how it is with Betsey and me. When the family is engaged in some new activity or way of doing business, sometimes you forget whose idea it was originally. In my own work, I come ...

653. Previews Of Coming Attractions

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... One and only One who did no wrong. Jesus knows who we are as sinners because he comes to where we sin. No place is too dirty, too ugly, too unrighteous for this Righteous One to enter. Jesus knows our every weakness; thus he loves us into understanding our need to change. Reconstruction of our personalities takes place through the love of the Righteous One. A story is told about a woman shopping in a drug store in a large eastern city. She noticed a small boy taking jars from the counter and playing with ...

654. What Is God Like?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... , Is auctioned cheap to the thoughtless crowd, Much like the old violin. A "mess of pottage," a glass of wine; A game - and he travels on. He's "going" once and "going" twice, He's "going" and "almost gone." But the Master comes, and the foolish crowd Never can quite understand The worth of a soul, and the change that's wrought By the touch of the Master's hand. As we finish another year and prepare to enter into a new one, many of our lives need that touch of the Master's hand. The God about whom Isaiah ...

655. For One Who Came to Faith While Dying

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... only know me as I allow myself to be known to you. If that is so, and it is, we are faced with a rather interesting problem. You might think you know me while in fact you do not know me at all. Indeed, you could have a totally wrong understanding of who I am due to the fact that you have based your conclusion on partial, or even bad, information. Have you ever had someone make the following comment to you? "Now that I have gotten to know you, you are entirely different than I thought." The same thing can ...

656. For a Thirty-three-year-old Cancer Victim

Matthew 13:24-30

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... didn't have this possibility five years ago. I've got to live through this." And he did. He did it with a larger consciousness than just his own ability to get home where he so badly wanted to be with his wife and children. He wanted to contribute some understanding of this disease to help those who would come after him. And he did. He and Kathy got all out of this imperfect situation there was to get. No one can do more. 2. Secondly, Charlie made a promise. He promised that since he was going to get beyond ...

657. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... a temple there. We know that we're being punished for unfaithfulnesses of so many kinds. What we do not know is whether the punishment will ever end. We do not know if Yahweh hears our cries, our prayers. We do not know if Yahweh sees our tears or understands our broken hearts. "Can we really sing the Lord's song in a strange land?" That is the question we have asked ourselves over and over again. We have sung, we have prayed, we have worshiped, we have kept up the traditions as best we could. Few of us ...

658. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... his wife, decided to take a huge leap of faith. They gave away all the money they had and started Habitat for Humanity. He gave everything away and now often has former President Jimmy Carter working with Habitat for Humanity. When life is in crisis, it is important to understand the crisis from the perspective of faith. Crises come to everyone. We think our job is to manage the crisis. "I am unsatisfied with my job. I do not want to do it any more. I will quit and find the job I can manage." We call on ...

659. Step Three - Faith

Mt 8:5-13 · Heb 11:1-7 · Is 55:6-9

Sermon

John A. Terry

... God is getting further and further away. But is it God who has moved away from us, or are we moving away from God? It takes faith to seek and to turn your life over to God. It is that faith which the writer of Hebrews addresses. There are some understandings of faith that are inadequate. For some, faith gets conceived of in terms of what is rational versus what is irrational. If it is not rational, then it must be a matter of faith. If it is rational, it is not a matter of faith. For others, faith means ...

660. Just Who Do You Think You Are?

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of compassion. It reminds me of the story of the church member who stopped by to visit his pastor on a hot summer afternoon and found the minister drinking a cold beer on the patio. He was shocked, and he said so. The pastor replied that he couldn’t understand what the problem was. "Jesus drank wine, you know," he said in his defense. "Yes, I know," the church member responded, "and I’ve been ashamed of him ever since." We tend to forget that, while Jesus is the Son of God, he was also fully human. To ...

661. The Meaning of Life

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... what I was doing and that I was safe but I kept my mouth shut. When he handed me the ticket he said, I want you to understand that I am doing this for your protection. I told him I understood, thanked him, and got in the car. Hannah had managed to get out ... need in order to hear his call and follow. This brings us to the second part of his prayer. In order that we might understand the meaning of life… 2. He Prays That We Might Know God. Moses, when he brought down the ten commandments form Mount Sinai, he ...

662. The Flame, The Wind, And The Walk

Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Marion Fairman

... age and in every generation - Leader: (Trying to make his point) Yes, to certain people picked out - Man: What do you mean "picked out"? Leader: A king or a prophet - chosen to speak for God. Woman: A special message - for a special occasion! Man: (Understanding) But Jesus promised "another" available to all who believe - Leader: Rank has nothing to do with it - Woman: Race has nothing to do with it - Leader: Religious ceremony has nothing to do with it! (Pause) The Holy Spirit came and still comes in power ...

663. The Shouting of the Crowd

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... things, what's holding you up? Why don't you get on with it?You declare that you trust God. Let's see him come and save you.If you are so great and powerful, why don't you come down off that cross? With God's help, knowing he understands, we can handle our failures, but when society ridicules us because of our failures, we almost break. Jesus almost broke. Even on the cross he asked, "Why? Why does this have to happen? Why do I feel so forsaken?" Jesus told his followers at the very beginning of his ...

664. Mary Of Nazareth

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20, Ephesians 1:15-23

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... were poor and I had very little for the baby. I don't know why God chose me to have the Messiah since we had so little and could give so little to the child. I felt overwhelmed with honor having the baby Jesus, but it was not easy to understand how God thinks or why he does things. Perhaps that is not for us to know, either. We put the baby in the manger where he would be safe so we could both rest. Soon afterwards, local Bethlehem shepherds came looking for us. They were ecstatic about us and the ...

665. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed

John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Drama

Raymond I. Keffer

... loves me and keeps my word, my Father and I will love him and We will come to him and abide in him.' I didn't understand the full meaning of these words until Pentecost. I knew then I had to carry His gospel to the world so that our triune God, Father ... was arrested for treason and crucified on a cross. I deemed it an honor to die as my Master had died; the Romans could not understand my peace. I died before them not begging for mercy, but praying for their souls. Jesus' love had conquered me so that I could ...

666. Throw Your Heart at the Sky

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Carl Jech

... multi-dimensional Jesus. It should no longer bother us to read an article like the one that appeared recently in a major church journal reporting on a "Jesus Seminar" at which New Testament scholars voted on the authenticity of sayings attributed to Jesus. We understand that the purpose of such a seminar is not to question the authority of the Bible, but to keep us aware of the distinction between the historical person of Jesus and the images or interpretations of Jesus created by the authors and editors of ...

667. The Other Prodigal Son

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Brett Blair

... special friends. So they threw a question to him. Why do you always associate with these sinful people? Jesus responded by telling three stories—there was a lost coin, there was a lost sheep, there was a lost boy. Now, these good religious people could understand who Jesus was talking about when he told these stories. Obviously, he was talking about all of those sinful people he had been associating with. But then Jesus put the clincher on—he said but there is someone else in the story. And that someone ...

668. Whatever He Says - Do It!

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... the time schedule, if you want to call that a miracle. But those of us who have had to adjust our thinking in time - for instance, in travel time from twenty-five miles an hour to 25,000 miles an hour - there shouldn't be any difficulty in understanding that time schedules are fairly easy to change. To point out the mistake, we must point out the fact that Jesus never performed a miracle, unless it was involved with the response of other people to him. The miracle was not what happened to the water. It was ...

669. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... knew she was non-Jewish, and this didn't matter either. She was a human person with a troubled heart, a need - and she believed, and this was enough. Now, as then, with Jesus there are no "outsiders." And with us there shouldn't be either. We need to understand, as someone has said, that "our brothers and sisters are not CHOSEN by us; they are GIVEN to us." Within some limits, we may choose our friends, but never our brothers and sisters. They are ours, not by reason of what either we or they have done, but ...

670. Let God Be God

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

... , their souls are restless until they find rest in God. Humans are, then, spiritualizing beings. They look for essences in what they experience and perceive, and invent symbols to represent these essences. It was inevitable, therefore, that they would come to an understanding of the great, all-embracing spirit in whom rested the coherence and logic that made all other reality make sense. The grand summary of this climactic development is found in the first verse of the Gospel according to John. "In the ...

671. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Exodus 10:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon Aid

... . Peter and John race to the tomb to check out her story. Easter is a time of excitement and eagerness to see and know. It is not an everyday occurrence to have a dead man walk out of a tomb. It is fantastic; could it be true? 3. Lack of Understanding. For Mary Magdalene the empty tomb meant only that Jesus' body was stolen. Peter saw the empty tomb and grave clothes, but he did not put two and two together that Jesus was raised from the dead. He failed to ...

672. Proper 14

Lk 12:32-48 · Gen 15:1-6 · Jer 18:1-11 · Heb 11:1-3, 8-19

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... life? Does faith have any practical help for your life? Our text tells us what faith can do for a life. Outline: What faith can do for you A. Faith gives assurance of spiritual realities - v. 1 B. Faith gains God's approval - v. 2 C. Faith enables you to understand God - v. 3 3. Live by Faith. 11:8-16. Need: The need for this sermon is in the fact that faith is often only an intellectual matter: what or in whom to believe. Faith is very practical. It is meant for daily living. Conceive of life as a journey ...

673. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... Lord and the mission and ministry of his church. Surprised and saddened and a little guilty for not being a better witness to the liberating power of the gospel myself. It means so much to me - is so much a part of my identity and self-understanding - that I have a hard time comprehending half-hearted, lukewarm responses to the good news. Somehow soccer leagues and band practice, clubs and every weekend at the lake seem poor excuses and pale by comparison. Not that any of those things is bad. They’re all ...

674. Let Christ Speak The Word

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

... the great hope and promise of our faith. The great Japanese Christian, Toyohiko Kagawa, tells how a Christian missionary helped him to understand the love of God. One time when Reverend Kagawa was spending a sick period alone during his days as a student, the ... friends in Christ, God in Christ is indeed all about us. He need only speak the word and we may be healed. What we need to understand is that as Christians, as members of the body of Christ, we are the ones who carry the love of God to those who are in ...

675. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... a little. It disturbs me, but not much. And, after he realizes what I've done for him, what I've forced him to do, he'll understand. And he can do it! He can do anything. He's God. There's no end, no limit to his powers. Ha ha! Look out Rome. Your ... God they will always be there. As Peter, I can be like a Rock, but too often I am Simon, and more like sand. And yet, you understand, Jesus, and somehow you continue to love me. Stay with me, Lord, and let me always be a fisher of men for your kingdom. Help me to ...

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