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701. Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 3:21-38, Acts 8:9-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... ? Does the baptizing minister realize he is a miracle-worker? Baptism was a miracle for Jesus and is still a miracle for the church today. ACCLIMATION The Situation We are in a wilderness or a desert to hear an independent, fiery preacher call people to drop their sinful ways and repent. His personal appearance was in keeping with his fire and brimstone preaching: camel's hair garment with a leather belt around his waist. He went for natural foods: locusts and wild honey. He was a living protest against the ...

702. Living Water

John 7:25-44

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Leonard H. Budd

... water just ahead. But it wasn't. Only more rock. Just a handful of water was all he wanted - all he needed. In the increasing darkness he was sure a fast flowing stream was just a few steps ahead. Jarib hurried now - only to step into a darkness that dropped 50 feet. He did not rise when he stopped falling. Nor was there any water in that dry gully miles from Jerusalem's walls. It is terrible to thirst and not have the thirst quenched! And, of course, our thirsting in this life is for more than water. You ...

703. Our Own Mountaintop Walk

Matthew 28:16-20

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Leonard H. Budd

... dying of thirst and hunger and sheer exposure. It was cruel. To the Jew it was shameful. It was meant to break every possible quality of human will, and in the end to break the physical body as that last breath was expelled, or that last drop of blood issued. The possibility of crucifixion hung over the head of every human life in that Roman world. But the reports that emerged out of the first Easter told the amazing, mind-altering story that this perfect machine of death did not end life! The Jesus ...

704. Friendship Arms or Cold Shoulders

Mark 6:1-6

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James Weekley

... ," Leo Tolstoy tells about a shoemaker whose life has been transformed by the Scriptures. One evening God calls to him. "Martin! Ah Martin! Look tomorrow on the street. I am coming." In the morning he awaits with anticipation. His concentration is interrupted by a friend who drops by after shoveling snow. He gives him a cup of tea. Later he gives a street lady some soup, a coat, and money. He still waits. Later he intercedes to settle a problem over an apple a boy stole from a proprietor. Evening comes. God ...

705. Giving Your All

Mark 12:35-40

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Erskine White

... "church." The rest of the crowd may have been "oohing" and "aahing" over them (as crowds will always gaggle and fawn over "the lifestyles of the rich and famous"), but Jesus didn't say a word. Jesus didn't speak until He saw a poor widow come forward and drop two copper coins - one penny - into the treasury. "Do you see that widow, the one who gave a penny?" He said. "She has put in more than all these proud rich people combined, because they still have a lot left over after they give their money, but she ...

706. The Nearness Of A Faraway God

Isaiah 40:12-18

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Erskine White

... of His hand,and marked off the heavens a span,enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure,and weighed the mountains in scales ...Whom did He consult for His enlightenment,and who taught Him the path of justice ...Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,and are accounted as dust on the scales; He takes up the islands like fine dust ...All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by Him as less than nothing and emptiness. Theodore Roosevelt also contemplated the "awesome wonder ...

707. How To Deal With Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

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Erskine White

... are some clues for us right here in our text from Hebrews. Paul says that Jesus "offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears." He is referring to the night Jesus was betrayed in Gethsemane, where His suffering was so deep that His sweat was like drops of blood falling down (Luke 22:44). Jesus did not deny His sorrow, or jump up and sing, "O Happy Day." Instead, He was filled with agony. He didn't avoid His suffering, He didn't cover it up and He didn't blame God for it. He contended ...

708. The President's Religion

2 Samuel 12:1-31

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Erskine White

... . He didn't enlist God in his own cause. He said instead that both sides in the Civil War read the same Bible and both sides prayed to the same God. He said that God's purpose might be to prolong the war until the nation had paid for every drop of blood shed by the slaveowner's lash. In any case, Lincoln said, "God's purposes are His own and they are "true and righteous altogether." It was not his place to speak for God and tell God which side He was on. On another occasion, Lincoln said, "I am ...

709. Physical Fitness For The Soul

James 3:1-12

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Erskine White

... it is beyond anyone's control. It is out there in the world with a power of its own. And even if no one knows whose tongue set the first spark, God holds us responsible for the damage we cause with words, just as the unknown person who carelessly drops a lighted match is ultimately responsible when a huge forest fire burns out of control. The Bible also says, in various places, that words are like a sharp razor, a sharp arrow and a sword. Words can be weapons which cut far deeper than any weapons of iron or ...

710. New Creature In Christ

2 Corinthians 5:17

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... change its way and start all over again. During the night, when all the teeth finally went to sleep the loose tooth decided that it was time to leave the other teeth and start life all over again. That's what it did. It loosened itself from the mouth and dropped out on boy's pillowcase. When morning came the grumpy tooth was gone. In its place was the tiny tip of a new tooth coming in. This tooth was a new creation. It had a great attitude. It was friendly. It was cheerful. It was a good neighbor. It shared ...

711. The Greatest Sacrifice

Hebrews 10:12

Children's Sermon

... because they are such a good friend. It may hurt to give it up, but you do it because you care about them. Sometimes you even read stories about somebody sacrificing his life so somebody else's will be saved. A fireman may go into a burning building and drop a trapped person safely out the window into the net, but then die in the flames. Sometimes that happens. That's a costly sacrifice. But the fireman does it because he cares about the person he is saving. The greatest sacrifice of all was on a cross one ...

712. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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George Bass

... Episcopal and Lutheran churches use for these Sundays. "Ordinary Time 6" and "Proper 6" cannot remind preachers and people that they are still in Epiphanytide, let alone give them any theological clues. One of the reasons that the Roman Church dropped "epiphany" for these Sundays is undoubtedly because the last Sundays of this period have replaced the "gesima" Sundays with their popular association with Lent. In some parts of the Roman Catholic church the "gesima" Sundays had all the liturgical "earmarks ...

713. Proper 16

Luke 13:22-30, Isaiah 28:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Hebrews 12:1-13

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George Bass

... die of thirst ... I had no water, no fruit juice, no liquids. It was then that I remembered that I had my own blood." Her fingers found a bit of broken glass; she sliced open her left index finger and gave it to her daughter to suckle. The drops of blood weren't enough. "Please, Mommy, some more," cried the little child. "Cut another finger." She made several cuts, squeezing her fingers to make more blood flow from them. She said, "I knew I was going to die. But I wanted my daughter to live." Both survived ...

714. 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

... is mostly "going through the liturgical motions." We offer sacrifices to God, and sometimes these are quite costly, but they gain us nothing from God, because that's not what God wants. (I must admit that I sometimes think that "sacrifice" is a word that has been dropped from most of our vocabularies and lives. It may be the last thing we want to do in this world of "get what you want while you can. Enjoy yourself." Actually, it may be our lack of making sacrifices in life that strains our relationship with ...

715. What Does It Mean To Love?

Matthew 22:34-40

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George Johnson

... their town's treatment of Jews. The secret files of that history were locked up, off limits. People remembered only what they wanted to remember. It's no different today. But the young girl persists. She doesn't quit even though everyone tells her to drop it. She marries one of her high school teachers, and continues her research into the town's history. After some time, even her own husband turns against her. She feels alone, forsaken, even hated as someone throws a fire bomb into her apartment. They call ...

716. How Does One Prepare For The Unknown?

Matthew 25:1-13

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George Johnson

... voices of prophecy ... people predicting the battle of Armageddon and the period of tribulation. For them it seems so obvious that the Bible is coming true in the drama of current events. "Lo here, Lo there," they say. This one or that one is the antichrist. Drop what you're doing and get ready for the rapture. Book sales on prophecy go sky high during such times. Who do you believe? How can you tell the false prophets from the true prophets? A Martin Luther King Jr. comes along and challenges the church ...

717. Small Church Communion

Acts 2:42-47

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Steven Burt

... , pastoral smiles and tried to prompt her in my mildest ministerial voice, saying, “The blood of Christ, Ruthie. Take, and drink.” With that, Ruthie’s eyes lit up. She looked down into the chalice, put her lips to it, and drank the whole thing! Our jaws dropped and our mouths flew wide in disbelief! But by then she was finished. There stood Ruthie Phillips -- empty chalice in her hands, a huge ear-to-ear smile on her face, and a big grape-juice mustache on her upper lip. But what’s important is what ...

718. He Preached Good News

Luke 3:1-20

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James Garrett

... Church. “The minister came along on his way to a service, and, when he saw the man, hurried into the church, afraid of becoming involved. And likewise an elder of the church came by and hurried past, as frightened as the minister. He even dropped the holly wreath he was carrying and didn’t return to pick it up. “But the neighborhood agnostic, who didn’t even believe in exchanging Christmas presents, when he heard the poor man groaning, investigated and felt sorry for him. “Bringing his car around ...

719. Jesus Said: “Try Again”

Luke 5:1-11

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James Garrett

... about a little boy for whom nothing goes right. The story opens with these words: I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this morning I tripped on the skateboard and by mistake I dropped my sweater in the sink while the water was running and I could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day… I think I’ll move to Australia. In the car pool Mrs. Gibson let Becky have a seat by the window. Audrey and ...

720. Good News From A Graveyard

John 20:1-9

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John M. Braaten

... women came early, while it was still dark, presumably to anoint Jesus' body with embalming spices. They had accepted the fact that he was dead. They resigned themselves to that; after all, we eventually all die. They were ready to pick up their lives where they had dropped them when he died. Many of you here today have learned to come to terms with grief. You have come to accept the grim reality of death. We learn to carry on. We have to. But part of the great astonishment for those initial followers was ...

721. Act III, Scene 2

John 21:1-14

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John M. Braaten

... we learned the surprise announcement, "He is not here ... He has risen!" We listened to the shouts of joy which exploded from the mouths of Jesus' followers and echoed down the streets of Jerusalem and out into the world. We saw that some doubted, but then Jesus dropped in to see his friends; he let them touch him, and he reached out to them with a blessing of peace. The Scene closed with Jesus preparing his disciples for their ministry in the world. At this point it is natural to feel that the drama is ...

722. The Public Effect Of Private Living

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Robert Allen

... prophet. Then Nathan slowly points his finger in the face of the king and says: “You are that man, David! You are that man. You have killed Uriah and taken his wife as your own…” The court was in stunned silence. You could have heard a pin drop. These charges had been rumored throughout the city. These charges had been whispered about in the palace. These charges had been gossiped about in small groups. But no one had dared to speak about these charges to the face of the king. What would David do? He ...

723. Overcoming The Blues

1 Kings 19:1-8

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Robert Allen

... when you align your life with the power and greatness of God, it is only when you realize that God is always with you, it is only when you realize that you are not alone in the midst of your problems. Only then will a ton of care and concern drop from your shoulders and you will know that you have found the real secret to overcoming the blues. Prayer: Eternal God, help us to know of your loving presence to strengthen us and guide us and sustain us, throughout all of life. In the name of Jesus Christ our ...

724. Fatal Subtraction

Acts 5:1-11

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... a good game, but all you have to do is look in the contribution column and see the number zero. I say, as I've said before, there is no excuse for anyone not giving something to the church. If a homeless man can walk into a church service and drop three pennies into the building fund offering, why can't those better off do better? We don't understand how we are blowing our blessing each day and dwarfing the Holy Spirit's effort to use us for the good of Christ. Ananias and Sapphira turned away the Holy ...

725. Soul Food

John 6:25-59

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Larry Goodpaster

... and you may have to provide your own details. But if you look closely and study hard you can make out a figure of a man, arms outstretched, legs crossed at the ankles, and head bowed to chest. He is, upon closer examination, hanging on a wooden cross, with drops of blood running down his arm, his side, and gathering in puddles at the foot of the cross. Not a pleasant sight, especially having just left the dinner table. It is not at all like that brass cross which stands on our altar, nor like that 14K-gold ...

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