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676. Proper 8

Romans 6:1-14, Romans 6:15-23, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Genesis 22:1-19, Matthew 10:1-42

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Russell F. Anderson

... offered to placate an angry God, but to elicit within us the willingness to give freely of ourselves and our substance. Old Testament: Jeremiah 28:5-9 True Prophets. How do you tell the real McCoy from the phony? That was the conundrum of those bearing the brunt of Jeremiah's pessimistic prophecies. They accused him of being a false prophet. The prophet comments: "I hope you're right but history is on my side." Most of the true prophets had predicted war and calamity. What made them authentic prophets was ...

677. Religious Load-Management

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... even looking at anything, to discern the problem: "Somebody pushed all the buttons at the same time," he said. "You can't push but one button at a time." Inside that complicated apparatus is a little fuse. Pump more current into that little fuse than it can bear and it goes out. The human machine has a little fuse between the ears. It's called a brain. It can handle joy, frustration, grief, love, anger, and just about everything that passes through it -- that is, one at a time. Push all the buttons at once ...

678. Learning to Live Without Jesus

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

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William G. Carter

... for the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit, to live by the Spirit who has many things to tell us that we cannot yet bear to hear. It is difficult to wait for a Spirit whom we cannot touch or see. No wonder, then, that sometimes in our impatience we ... off from all help and strength, the Spirit says, "I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). "When the Spirit of truth comes," Jesus said, "he will testify on my ...

679. He Abides In Us

John 15:1-17

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Harry N. Huxhold

... us. The Best Fruit Jesus concludes this portion of his discourse on a high note. Not only do those who thrive as branches on the Vine pass the judgment of the Vinedresser but they also glorify God. Jesus says, "My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples." Does our Lord hereby contradict everything he said in the foregoing to suggest that we are saved by good works? Hardly. However, what this does suggest to us is that those works which are the product of God's love and ...

680. Parables of Growing Seeds

Mark 4:30-34, Mark 4:26-29

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Richard A. Jensen

... and they fall away when times of trial come upon them. Still others are thorny ground people; they hear the word with joy, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke out the word. But! There are also the good soil people; they bear fruit in manifold abundance. All is not lost! What is secret will come to light. Story Three can be the telling of today's parables in context. It is recommended that you simply proclaim these parables. Don't read them, though. Have them memorized or tell them ...

681. A Dead Girl and A Sick Woman

Mark 5:21-43

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Richard A. Jensen

... to Jesus. Jesus comes. But it's too late. The girl is dead. "No," Jesus says, "she is just sleeping." Jesus says one more thing. "Do not fear, only believe." The man believes. Jesus raises the young girl from her sleep of death. The seed is sown and bears much fruit. Story Three focuses on the story in the middle of the Jairus story. Here, again, focus on the contrasting realities of fear (v. 33) and faith (v. 34). (You might also comment on how unlikely these three candidates in Mark 5 are as "good soil ...

682. How Does Religious Conduct Work?

Mark 7:31-37

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Donald Macleod

... works. Suppose then we examine Jesus at work. 1. "Looking up to heaven." (v. 34) This phrase tells us one thing in particular: Jesus was able to do what he did because he was a channel through which God's power was brought to bear upon a human situation. Living communion with God was the dynamic beneath the exceptional abilities people saw in his daily conduct. Preceding and within every crisis, it was this constant personal relationship to God that fortified him, and the necessity always to nourish it ...

683. Swansong as Themesong

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Robert Noblett

... become a confusing pluralism, it is well for us to have access to moments when we can hear again what is central for Christian people, and swansongs of faith can do that for us. They can become gathering points where we can once more get our bearings of faith. These gathering points of affirmation, hopefulness and decision inspire and direct us. Years back, I learned of a young minister named Glen Brown who had died very early in his ministry. He saw his death coming and kept a journal during those months ...

684. Read the Directions

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John R. Brokhoff

... of integrity or having a good name. Christ made many promises to the world in the New Testament. Across almost 2,000 years not one of them has failed. Joshua appreciated the faithfulness of God. In his valedictory to the Hebrew nation in the book of the Bible bearing his name, he said, “Not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised concerning you.” The integrity of the Lord with regard to all that he has promised is like the North Star in the night sky. It never varies ...

685. God’s Great Final Day

Daniel 7:1-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... is a divine person in the Scriptures. As we read the book of Daniel through the lens of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, we recognize this figure as the Son of God, even though Daniel would not have known that. The scene which Daniel describes bears a likeness to the events which must have occurred in heaven when Christ ascended to heaven after this life, death and Resurrection on earth. He was presented to the Father. It was a coronation scene. He had fought the enemy on Calvary and won the victory ...

686. Lent 5

John 12:20-36, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10

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Russell F. Anderson

... can see him in all his glory on the cross. Like a grain of wheat, Jesus would have to die so that his life might bear fruit (v. 24). Those who follow him must be willing to lose their lives for his sake. Though the thought of dying on the cross ... wrong in the world this way: "... unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (v. 24). 4. Sermon Title: Christ Is The Magnet, We Are The Steel. Sermon Angle: Jesus glories in the cross as he proclaims ...

687. Christmas Eve

Lk 2:1-20 · Isa 9:2-7 · Tit 2:11-14 · Ps 96

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Russell F. Anderson

... Note the prominence of songs of praise. Christmas remains more a song to be sung than merely a story to be told. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Lesson 1: Isaiah 9:2-7 Old but ever new. Isaiah exalts, "Unto us a child is born." Yet this child is to bear the weight of the government on his shoulders. Oddly, he is dubbed "everlasting Father" (v. 6). This newborn king comes from the same substance as the Ancient of Days. As the Nicene Creed states: "He (Christ) is Very God of Very God. Wonderful Counselor. We consider ...

688. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

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Russell F. Anderson

... . "Who goes there?" The officer spoke again, this time using a much abbreviated and less pretentious title. "We know him not," the Cardinal said again. "Who goes there?" The officer made a third attempt, depriving the emperor of all but the humblest of titles: "We bear the body of Franz-Josef, our brother, a sinner like us all!" At that, the doors swung open, and Franz-Josef was admitted. In death, we are all equal. Wealth and accomplishment cannot open the way of salvation. The door of death opens only by ...

689. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... 15). Our salvation comes as a gift of God; it is not a simply a matter of our own choice (v. 16). Christ chose us to bear fruit that does not spoil. Psalm Of The Day Psalm 98 (C) -- "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth" (v. 4). Psalm 33 ... chosen. 2. Christ tells us that we have been chosen. (Relate to baptism.) 3. We have been chosen not for privilege but for mission. (Bear fruit.) Sermon Title: How To Stay Standing Through Christ's Love. Sermon Angle: The world tries to knock us for a loop, but if ...

690. Epiphany 6

1 Corinthians 10:23--11:1, 1 Corinthians 9:1-27, Leviticus 13:1-46, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Mark 1:40-45

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Russell F. Anderson

... , faith shows us that Jesus is always willing to reach out his hand to help and heal. He may not do everything we ask in a manner that fulfills our expectations, but he is always willing to remove our uncleanness. There are many in the world who approach those who bear the name of Christ and ask: "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Are we willing to reach out Christ's hand of mercy to touch people and make them clean? The One that gets used. The U.S. West yellow pages advertises that their book is ...

691. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Lk 2:41-51 · Eph 1:3-18 · Jer 31:7-14 · Ps 147

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Russell F. Anderson

... created world. That dynamic Word not only created all things but became a human being in Jesus Christ, the foremost display of God's surpassing grace and truth. The life of God is revealed as light, which the darkness (evil) cannot snuff out. John the Baptist bears witness to the light, which reveals our sins and gives us the power to become the children of God. Gospel: Luke 2:41-51 The only story of Jesus' adolescence in the gospels. Jesus goes up to the Passover in Jerusalem with his family, friends and ...

692. If I Live To Be A Hundred

Psalm 30:4-5

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John E. Sumwalt

... and grief. And when Martha died in 1989, at the ripe old age of ninety, and his own heart beat on strong and steady, even though he knew it was broken, he had shaken a mental fist at God and demanded to know why. Why must he be left to bear the burdens of life alone? At 93, why couldn't he go home, too? That had been ten years ago. Ten years of slowly declining health, gradual loss of sight, hearing, movement and body function. Ten years of being taken here and there, regardless of his own wishes, by those ...

693. The Name Of Names

Ephesians 1:15-23

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Mark J. Molldrem

... among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power." Richard was recently afflicted with a prolonged and painful illness shortly after the death of his wife of 25 years. When asked how he was bearing up under the grief and disappointments, he replied, "It sure ain't easy. There are times when it is hard to get out of bed in the morning to start the day. But, my Lord is with me and he will give me the strength I need for each ...

694. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... act and a practical stroke, for it put the world on notice that Jesus' ministry to humanity was still very much alive through his followers. Pentecost came almost on the heels of the big fisherman's action. Nor did he let it pass without bearing his witness to the Parthians and Medes and Elamites and numerous others gathered in Jerusalem from all parts of the Mediterranean. For rising to the occasion he bore his testimony so eloquently that three thousand of their number endorsed "the apostles' teaching and ...

695. A Family Member · Salome

Mt 20:20-21 · Mk 15:40; 16:1-2

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... did not hesitate to discredit him openly. (John 7:5) Yet here was Salome committing herself to Jesus as her people's last, best hope. Watching Jesus grow up Salome had become convinced of his closeness to God. To her it was evident in both his bearing and the depth of his insights belying his years. Consequently, she had committed herself to him in her heart long before she made her resolution known, awaiting only a fitting moment to declare it. Little did she know that when that moment came it would demand ...

696. Easter 5

Acts 8:26-40, Psalm 22:1-31, 1 John 4:7-21, John 15:1-17

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B. David Hostetter

... fruit by itself. PRAYER OF THE DAY Divine Vine Tender, so prune and tie us as branches of the vine that, being rid of all unfruitfulness and directed by the commands of Christ, we may bear fruit to your glory and our joy. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of all nations, Universal Christ, Including Spirit, we praise your name and names for the love that embraces us and the ties that bind us together as a church across all lines of race and class, across the ...

697. Lent 2

Mark 8:31--9:1

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B. David Hostetter

... be counted for the good, because Jesus was given up to death for our misdeeds and raised from the dead to justify us in the sight of God. Friends, believe the Good News. In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. EXHORTATION Hear the call of Jesus to be a disciple. Bear your cross bravely and risk your life that in the end you may be saved. PRAYER OF THE DAY Christ of Cross and Crown, strengthen us in unselfishness and in faith that in this wicked and godless age, we may be faithful disciples in both word and deed ...

698. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Psalm 118:1-29, Philippians 2:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, John 2:12-25, Psalm 31:1-24, Mark 15:21-32

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B. David Hostetter

... another and in that way show that your life is like that of our humble Savior, Christ Jesus. PRAYER OF THE DAY Patient Teacher, when we are stubborn as mules, show us a docile donkey, so that when we are willing to bear the burden you place on us, we may find ourselves bearing the Christ. Amen. PRAYER OF THE DAY Crucified One, we need your humble spirit if we are to face the ridicule of the unbelieving without retaliation and accept persecution with resignation. So empty us of pride and we will be more like ...

699. Proper 25

Mark 10:46-52, Psalm 34:1-22

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B. David Hostetter

... through your strong but docile Son, Jesus of Nazareth. Amen. DECLARATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS Hear the Good News! God has received Jesus Christ as our representative bearing gifts and sacrifices for our sins. Friends, believe the Good News! In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. EXHORTATION Follow the priestly example of Jesus Christ and bear patiently with the ignorant and the erring. PRAYER OF THE DAY So that we may fittingly be called Christian, Divine Sightgiver, grant us the vision to see where ...

700. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Larry Powell

... paper well enough and have found it to be logically feasible. The difficulty arises when we come to the matter of practical application. For some reason or another, the way of Christ and the leadership of the Holy Spirit are easier to talk about than to bear witness to. Let us think specifically now about the business of the Christian as a witness, in conjunction with the witness of the Spirit. "You are my witnesses" (v. 27). Jesus was declaring that the great work of the kingdom was not something which had ...

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