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701. The Righteousness Of God

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Mark J. Molldrem

... knowledge of good and evil. They disobeyed. They thought they knew what was right for them. So, rather than listen to God's voice of instruction, they listened to their own voices of desire. When they saw, in the words of the Bible, "that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise," they took and ate. In direct disobedience to God's command, they followed their own hearts. When God came looking for them in the cool of the day, they ...

702. Adoption Into God's Family

1 Peter 3:8-22

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Mark J. Molldrem

... Son, God became like us in every respect. The Son gave up the glory of the Father, so that he might fully identify with the very people he wished to bring into his family. He became like us, so that we might know and understand the very Father who desires us all to be his children. Like any adoption proceedings, there is a cost to be paid. In our courts, there are human factors to be dealt with and money helps cover the debts. But between the heart of God and the hearts of men, women, and children there ...

703. I Just Need To Talk To A Real Person

John 15:1-17

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Arley K. Fadness

... the Cat and Dog Food Shelf, push the pound button and also push 6 now. If you are a satisfied customer and desire the Pharmacy, push 7 now. If you want Hardware, push 8. When you get Hardware and you want either hammers or screwdrivers, push ... before? (Dials church) Female Voice: Hello. God bless you. This is St. Martin's Community Church. If you have a push button phone and you desire Holy Communion, push 1 now. If this is an emergency, dial 911. If you would like a Baptism, Marriage, or a Funeral, push 2 ...

704. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... Nicodemus met with him was very likely John's. Scripture tells us the beloved disciple owned a home in Jerusalem (John 19:27) and undoubtedly, like Martha's and Mary's house at Bethany, it must have been available to Jesus whenever he desired its use. In addition, the exchange John reports between the two men suggests the Evangelist, while taking no part in the evening's encounter, nevertheless silently witnessed it. III The interview itself, as John recounts it, is highly revealing, not only because it ...

705. The Return Of The Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... a distance." No, instead, God our loving Father is right here among us. He is closer to us than the air we breathe. God is within us, loving us, feeling our pain, and desiring that we be made whole and happy and healthy people. Likewise, God wants us as his created children to care for one another as he cares for us. God does not desire that we live our lives detached and aloof from the pain and brokenness of other people. This is how we as disciples of Jesus should live in this new age inaugurated by the ...

706. Inner Experience (Wedding Sermon)

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Mary Lu Warstler

... and changes in each other. He teaches us that love instructs us to be kind to one another and not envy the other's talents and abilities. It is not selfish, seeking only to gratify our own needs and desires, but is self-giving, seeking to please the other and satisfy their needs and desires, while not giving up our own personhood. We seek to be understanding and thoughtful, not being quick to take offense. Love does not keep score of all the wrongs, or imagined wrongs, but seeks always to reconcile and ...

707. What Do You Expect Your Religion To Do?

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... over the inner and external forces that influence and motivate people. Phillip Brooks told a story about some savages who were given a sun dial, in order that by the casting of the sun's light and shadow on it they might know the time of day. So desirous were they to honor and keep it sacred that they built a roof over it. Sometimes people regard their religion as something to be sheltered and used only on the Sabbath. Religion must be utilized continually to be of real help in life. Ours should be an ...

708. Elements Of Devotion

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... of the faith were erected. Paul noticed an altar with its inscription, "To an unknown god," and decided to help his hearers discover what it was they really wanted: a God whom they could worship in truth and in Spirit. He explained to them that their desire to express devotion was natural, as they, like others, "would search for God and perhaps grope for him and find him -- though he indeed is not far from each one of us. For 'in him we live and move and have our being.' " Devotion means the development ...

709. When The Heart Is Right Before God

Acts 8:9-25

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Clement E. Lewis

... people. Because we are senior persons doesn't make our taking advantage of someone right. Something is only right when it is not wrong. Everything needs to stand on its own merits, rather than upon the desire of some person, or the pressure of some group. Not everything that seems desirable at a given moment may ultimately be the right thing to do. Time, understanding, and evaluation temper many things. Patience and serious consideration are needful in making correct judgments. It is much harder to undo a ...

710. A Larger Design For Living

Matthew 7:24-29

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Clement E. Lewis

... and beat against that house, and it fell -- and great was its fall!" Now when Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes. A Brief Prayer: O God, we desire that our ears, hearts, and minds shall be fully receptive to the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Add unto us the ability to think clearly, to reason well, and to make good decisions in life, not only by means of learning, but also by insight and ...

711. Like A New Batch Of Dough

1 Corinthians 5:1-13

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Clement E. Lewis

... of the things he was hearing about them, and wanted them to get rid of the sins about which he had learned, and to motivate the people of his ministry to be pure in the whole of their lives. The sanctified life is not easy, but it is desirable, and the observance of the Sacrament should help in sustaining it. Righteousness in every circumstance of our being is most needful. There is no such thing as being a little bit sinful, and Paul reminds us that "a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough." The ...

712. I Am The Bread Of Life

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , and I, have became fairly proficient in changing diapers. But more and more I discover that their needs go so much deeper than those physical needs. She wants to be loved and held. He wants to play. She has a desire for knowledge. He hungers after new experiences. In short, they desire quality of life and not mere existence. That is what Jesus Christ ultimately provides for us--quality of life--a way to get beyond ourselves and mere existence and experience life and an intensity of life that we have never ...

713. Chist is King

Revelation 1:4-8, Psalm 132:1-18, 2 Samuel 23:1-7, John 18:28-40

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B. David Hostetter

... your body I will set on your throne. (If your sons keep my covenant and my decrees that I shall teach them,their sons also, forevermore, shall sit on your throne." For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation: "This is my resting place forever; here I will reside, for I have desired it. I will abundantly bless its provisions; I will satisfy its poor with bread.Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful will shout for joy. There I will cause a horn to sprout up for David ...

714. Lent 3

Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 19:1-14, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, John 2:12-25

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B. David Hostetter

... are forgiven. EXHORTATION Be enlightened by all that God commands. Your spirit will be revived by God's law and you will find reward in the keeping of the commandments. PRAYER OF THE DAY Let our zeal for your house, Lord Jesus, be exceeded only by our desire to be pure in heart and thus enabled to see you in your ultimate glory. Amen. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God of wisdom, we praise your name. Christ of the cross, we give thanks for your loving and forgiving death for our sins. Purifying Spirit, we celebrate ...

715. Show Us The Father, and We Shall Be Satisfied

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Larry Powell

... in the presence of the very thing he was seeking, he was oblivious to the actuality. Some people have difficulty in recognizing that they have caught up to what they have been chasing, or are in the presence of the object of their desire. Such persons, in their extreme forms, are always running but never arriving, always searching but never discovering, always looking but never seeing, always measuring but the numbers are forever wrong. It would be unfair to describe Phillip and the other disciples as ...

716. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

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W. Robert McClelland

... gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57)." Christ is a seeking Savior! He does not wait for us to come to him! Dietrich Bonhoeffer speaks of this Savior as God's birthday wish come true. The Holy One's most burning desire was not to remain in heaven with the adoring angels where the latest press clippings and heavenly polls all confirmed the Sovereign's popularity. No, God's birthday wish was to be in and with the world. And, it must be noted, not a world which was sanitized ...

717. Let Us Pray!

Luke 11:1-13

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W. Robert McClelland

... that he has his foot in the door and warms to the challenge. He says, "Would you settle for 40? How about 30? Would you believe 10?" Now, I do not for a minute want to suggest that prayer is a sure-fire technique for getting the things we desire. Indeed, one of the things that infuriates me most about radio and television faith healers is that they seem to imply if we would just pray more frequently, or more sincerely, or send them a bigger check, results would be guaranteed. No! God is not a cosmic bellhop ...

718. Fasting In A Fast-food World

Joel 2:1-11

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Barbara Brokhoff

... it's true that adding to our spiritual activities is worthy, and should be encouraged; but in reality this is usually a cop-out, a nice way to avoid "holy fasting." There is something in us humans that we don't like or want to deny the self anything it desires. Andrew Murray reminded us: "We have within us a self that has its poison from Satan - from hell - and yet we cherish and nourish it. What do we not do to please self and nourish self? We make the devil within us strong. Look at your own life. What ...

719. The Conversion of Saul

Acts 9:1-19a

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Barbara Brokhoff

... the Christian faith. There were some years when my father, crippled by alcoholism and mad at God, refused to have anything to do with the church and badgered me to stay away as well. Then there were those Christians whose example of the Way left much to be desired. I shall never forget one Easter when we had no money for new clothes or new shoes, and because I needed them so badly had nothing to wear to church. My mother made me a dress from a scrap of material, probably meant for herself, and then managed ...

720. Our God Delivers!

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

Erskine White

... us to be "wise as serpents" in the world (Matthew 10:16). Being a Christian is not a call to be naive. Again, Scripture says: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can know its ways?" (Jeremiah 17:9). Will the rational, human desire to live be enough to save us? Will Russians or Americans or Iranians just decide one day to lay down their weapons in the name of survival? Any student of human nature has to say "no." Any student of history has to know that human rationality is ...

721. Wedding: The Goal of Marriage

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John M. Braaten

... total commitment showered liberally with unselfish love that you truly become one, as Jesus says, and your marriage becomes an exquisitely beautiful thing which grows more priceless as the years pass. _______ and ________, that's the hope we have for you today. We know it's your desire as well, and it's a worthy goal. May you stay close to our Lord, that he might bless you and fill you with his power and grace, that the hopes and dreams of all of us for your marriage can become a wonderful reality, now and ...

722. Baptism of the Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 45:1-17, Psalm 89:1-52, Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

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George Bass

... bless and heal people, and to teach them that the kingdom of God had come into the world in him. 4. Jesus culminated his ministry with the conquest of the cross and death and directed his disciples to take the good news to all people in the world. God desires that all of his children should be saved by Christ and his gospel. (Note: There is obviously another sermon here on the equality of all people before God. In Acts 10, God makes it clear that Christ died for all, and that there is no place for prejudice ...

723. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

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George Bass

... Lutheran lectionary appoint the last verses of the 12th chapter of 1 Corinthians to provide the setting and continuity of what is said about love in the 13th chapter of the book. Verse 31 bridges the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next: "But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a more excellent way." Paul counts love as the highest gift that God can bestow upon people; the person who loves as he or she has been loved by God in Jesus Christ possesses the most precious gift of ...

724. Lent 4

Luke 15:1-7, Joshua 5:1-12, Isaiah 12:1-6, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 15:11-32

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George Bass

... , and the Lord heard me and saved me from all my troubles." The Episcopal extension of the Psalm (vv. 7, 8) adds a note of invitation, "Taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are they who trust in him!" Psalm Prayer (Psalm 32 - LBW) "Lord God, you desired to keep from us your wrath and so did not spare your holy servant Jesus Christ, who was wounded for our sins. We are your prodigal children, but we come back to you confessing our sins. Embrace us, that we may rejoice in your mercy together with your ...

725. Proper 26

Psalm 65:1-13, Psalm 145:1-21, Psalm 32:1-11, 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Exodus 34:1-28, Isaiah 1:1-31, Luke 19:1-10

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George Bass

... and verses 15 and 16 may be the most familiar, because they are often used by Christians of all denominations in their table prayers. "The eyes of all look to thee, and thou givest them their food in due season. Thou openest thy hand, thou satisfiest the desire of every living thing." The concluding verse is always appropriate: "My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever." Psalm 65:1-8 (C) - This is a thanksgiving for an abundant crop of grain about to be ...

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