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676. OUR LORD SMITTEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... were bits of sharp metal. There was nothing especially interesting in the fact that condemned criminals were scourged. It was a part of the sentence. The centurion had administered it many times, and after the first few his sensibilities had become dulled to the wild cries of terror from the victims in response to the hiss of the cords, the laughing jibes of the soldiers, and the sickening sound of tearing flesh. One after the other the condemned were beaten until their backs and legs and arms were striped ...

677. OUR LORD RISEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... Lord. The sun, a disk of gold, was edging over the eastern hills as they neared the sheer rock wall below the Place of the Skull. In the sky above a vulture wheeled silently on the soft morning breeze and Mary paused to pick a handful of wild flowers. Salome waited patiently, gazing at the sharp abutment which shielded the place where the tomb had been hewn out of the rock hillside. Her expression was troubled and she said, "The stone. We forgot the stone." "What stone?" Mary asked. "The one they rolled in ...

678. HERE O MY LORD, I SEE THEE FACE TO FACE

John 6:1-15

Sermon Aid

John W. Rilling

... of secret meeting when she suddenly found her way barred by a guard who asked her, suspiciously, "And where do you think you’re going so early this fine mornin?" She dared not say openly that she was on her way to the kirk in the heather, and so with wildly beating heart, answered evasively, "Ah kind sir," she said, "if you please, word has come that my elder brither has died, and I’m on my way to my Father’s House, to learn what he has left to me in his last will and testament." The guard stood aside ...

679. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... forgave his sins and in his Resurrection gave peace to those who live with him. Saint Augustine, the great saint of the church, said, "Our hearts are restless until they rest in thee." He spoke from the depths of a deep spiritual experience. As a wild rebellious youth, he deserted God, religion, and faith. The emptiness of his life threatened his very existence. In despair he prayed, "Oh God, forgive me of all my sin - but not yet." And back he went to spend his youthful passions in immorality. Again the ...

680. Reinforced With Joy

John 15:1-17

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O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... would think that God must be dead." That act of his wife shocked him from his mood of depression to a mood of renewed confidence. It was Jesus’ knowledge that God was not dead that sustained his joy in the Upper Room. While men’s evil hearts and wild emotions were soon to destroy his earthly life, he knew that God was still in control. God would stand by him and bring his soul safely home through the storms of physical life. "Believe in God," Jesus told his disciples. Believe that you are not alone in ...

681. Academics, Fanatics, and Other Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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Maurice A. Fetty

... today let us consider at least two types which must be held in balance -- academics and fanatics. I. Let's consider fanatics first. It must be admitted that the word "fanatic" does not have a popular ring to it. It conjures images of wild-eyed, frenzied commitment to a cause, no questions asked. It suggests unswerving devotion, unquestioning allegiance, and fierce loyalty. No alternatives are considered. For the fanatic, his way is the one, right way. And when joined to the word "religious," the notion of ...

682. Out of the Wilderness Comes New Life

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

George Bass

... the first six months of his life. He gingerly stepped off our back step into the first snow of a Minnesota winter. He took a few tentative steps in the snow and then, suddenly, he discovered that he was not on a leash this time. He began to run wildly, in circles, and he dashed around the large, fenced-in backyard, leaping into the air, twisting and turning in a glorious dance of freedom and joy. He was meant to have this kind of life - free from ropes and leashes, free from people who would not let him run ...

683. When Ten Equals Two

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Larry Powell

... at Huxley and said, "I wonder if the learned gentleman in the front of me is willing to be regarded as the descendant of a monkey?" With that, he sat down, his lack of respect for either Darwin or Huxley apparent. There was wild applause. Then, there went up the cry, "Huxley, Huxley!" The Society wished to hear Huxley’s reply. Huxley sat silently, unwilling to be so obviously manipulated. Finally, Wilberforce, thinking he had rendered Huxley speechless by the power of his eloquence, himself confidently ...

684. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Larry Powell

... Zebedee, John the brother of James, Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanean. The name of Judas has been written elsewhere. We do not know the names of the sunshine patriots who had waved palm branches wildly on Sunday, nor of those who stood on the front lines along the street, nor the "many" who spread their garments on the road (Mark 11:8), nor "those who went before and those who followed crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes ...

685. Paul of Tarsus

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... ’re running everything. You’d think the Lord could have seen that when he picked Paul. PROTAGONIST: I think he did. That’s why he gave him that painful physical ailment. To keep things in perspective. Without it, Paul would have been like a wild horse with no harness. As things turned out, he channeled all that untamed energy in the right direction. ANTAGONIST: And on top of everything, the guy was practically a killer. Egging on that crowd that killed Stephen, the deacon. I mean, he was pathological ...

686. Luther of Wittenberg

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... of worship and church life? A growth in Christian education, with books like the Catechism? Luther’s keeping quiet would have given us such things as those? ANTAGONIST: (Shrugging uncomfortably) Well...? LECTOR: Dear Karl - I feel as though I may be going crazy. Germany is wild with religious confusion, and here I am, locked up in a castle on a hilltop in the middle of a forest. Never in my life - not even in the Erfurt monastery - has time crawled so slowly for me. There is so much to be doing, and ...

687. Bonhoeffer of Berlin

Acts 5:17-42

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... mother decided to send you off to the countryside to live on your cousin’s farm. The slums of Berlin are really no place for a young teenager to be running loose without a father in the house in these troubled times. Especially with Adolf Hitler’s wild gangs. I was distressed to hear you tell me that you’ve decided to join the Hitler Youth organization. I understand what you mean by saying that everybody else in your school had already joined and you felt the pressure was too strong to fight against ...

688. Heaven on Earth

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard Patt

... the sea to make a new home on this continent, the leaders of England never thought America would amount to much. After all, Britain was the center of the truly civilized world. Authentic culture and economic success derived from that historic isle. America? She was a wild wilderness, too remote, too vast ever to be tamed. Britain was the true heaven on earth. But thank God, you can’t always judge a book by its cover. Over the past two centuries, America has become another kind of heaven on earth. She has ...

689. Let Us Cross To The Other Side

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

The sea - the turbulent, unpredictable, wild, stormy sea. Our story begins with Jesus, standing on the edge of the Sea of Galilee, saying to the apostles, "Let us cross to the other side." As they crossed, the wind began to blow, the waves began to rise, and Jesus began to sleep. Have you ever been in ...

690. The Healing Community

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... her anonymity, not seeking Christian fellowship, not asking for her faith to be strengthened, just wanting to touch the hem of his robe. Magic. Superstition. Even a beginning confirmation student could tell her that this approach just doesn’t work with God. It is wild heresy. "Jesus, straighten up her theology. Jesus, ignore her or give her a lecture, or better yet, make her an example of how people ought not to approach God," we think. The woman is worse than those who say, "Jesus is a great teacher ...

691. Cultural Revolution or Spiritual Problem?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... would run away first, John or all the rest of us? The way the scriptures decribe him, it sounds as if he would have been very hard to get along with. The man could never have come to your home for dinner, for instance, because he ate only locusts and wild honey. Most of you ladies don’t know how to fix locusts, I don’t think. He never drank any alcohol so he would have been no good at a cocktail party. He was loud and probably obnoxious. He looked like a "weirdo," going around in a coat of camel ...

692. The Best Advertising of All

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... the word out about Jesus. He appeared in the wilderness, preaching, preparing the way of the Lord, calling people to repent for the Kingdom of God was at hand. John dressed so conspicuously in a coat of camel’s hair and ate such weird food - locusts and wild honey - that he was a visual aid all by himself. But the people came, and they listened, and many believed when he pointed at Jesus and announced, "Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world." After John was arrested, our Lord Jesus ...

693. A Good God and the Problem of Suffering

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... in "Pippa Passes": "God’s in his heaven, And all’s right With his world." No! All is not right within the world. I know better. Anybody knows better. Death, suffering, cancer, tragedy, fighting, violence, nuclear threat, earthquakes, tornadoes, nature gone wild, neglected children, broken homes, torture, alcohol, drugs, and a thousand other things. Does it make sense? On the surface, not much! Almost anything can happen to almost anybody almost anytime! Even to good people it can happen - to me, to you ...

694. Coping When It Seems Impossible

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... in a universe that has purpose and direction, and without faith in a God who loves us and is able to see us through. Russia is spiritually sensitive. Russia is spiritually starved. The next great Spiritual Awakening can happen in Russia and may run like wild fire. Not only could this feed and satisfy individual hungers, it could heal dangerous world tensions (if it were also matched by a genuine spiritual awakening in the West). Recently I read a statement which I believe is a glimpse of basic truth. It ...

695. The Reality Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

... immediately and painfully into the shocked numbness of deep grief. Strangely, one of his very first feelings were those of guilt. He had remembered how some months before at a family picnic he was showing off with a baseball. At one point he got careless and threw wildly; it hit his dad in the hand and broke his thumb. The young boy felt horrible. He said to himself, “What a terrible son I am! I have caused my dad great pain.” It seemed that was all he could remember after his fathers death—the pain ...

696. Calming Of The Tempest

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Brett Blair

... pose the gravest danger. It is the terrible corruption that can exist within us which can overwhelm us. The furious storm outside may be overwhelming but what is going on inside can pose the greater threat to our lives. Our only hope lies in conquering that wild enemy. Unfortunately storms that rage within us cannot be cured by ourselves. It takes the power of God's love, as revealed in Jesus Christ. He is our only hope of stilling the tempest that can harm our souls and cripple our lives. That’s what ...

697. Fear

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to. SAM: I'm still the guy I was when she married me. Well, maybe that's the problem. RENA: And he didn't want me to change either. SAM: I haven't changed. That's the problem. BILL: (ENTERS) I wonder where everyone is? RENA: And the kids are wild. I can't do anything with them. SAM: What worries me is the kids. What will happen to them? TIFF: (ENTERS) Mom? Dad? I wonder where ... RENA: I worry about them so much. I know this is stressful for them both, but I can't do anything about it. SAM ...

698. Christmas Every Day

John 1:1-18

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the destructive power of evil within himself. The solution does not lie in developing man’s natural capacities but in implanting God’s life into man’s life. One of the most delicious and valuable of fruits, the peach, was once in its wild state used only as a source of poison in which Iranian tribesmen dipped their arrows to slay their enemies. But through a patient process of grafting and cultivating the poisons have disappeared and a wholesome fruit has emerged. The lasting significance of Christmas ...

699. A New Perspective

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... right there in the airplane too. The plane would swoop down and bank to one side, and you could feel all the sensations right in your own body. In one of these movies, they mounted the camera on the front of a car and some lunatic went driving wildly down a treacherous mountain road. When he went careening around a curve, everybody in the theater would gasp and grab hold of the arms of their seats. It was easy to give yourself to this new frame of reference. Sometimes it can even happen with a cloud. You ...

700. Preconceived Ideas

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ," in walks Lucy. She immediately goes into a panic and starts running around and yelling to the other children: "The world is coming to an end. They just announced it on television." Her panic quickly spreads as we see all the peanuts kids as they go wildly screaming about. Finally in the last square we see all of the children huddled on top of Snoopy's doghouse waiting for the end of the world. And Charlie Brown finally speaks up with a puzzled voice: I thought that Elijah was supposed to come back ...

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