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701. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... do what was considered impossible. He deliberately proposed to transform the world, not by might, or by power, but by God’s spirit of invincible love. With all his heart, soul, mind, and strength, he sought first the Kingdom of God. Christianity, then, is never to be thought of as something you must forego, but rather as something you may go for. That is the emphasis of Jesus, and it must be ours if we are to be completely captivated by it. "The Kingdom of Heaven," he says, "is like unto treasure hid in a ...

702. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... is required of you; and those things you have prepared, whose will they be?" God didn’t exactly mince words with this fellow. He really put it on the line for him. And right there in a few split seconds that farmer learned something which he hadn’t thought much about before, if at all. He had looked ahead, and he had felt very secure with the bountiful harvest which had been his. He believed himself to be all fixed for as far as he could see. But with shocking suddenness he discovered that he hadn’t ...

703. The Time of Our Visitation

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... forgiveness and peace and freedom and hope and salvation and life. And he is knocking at our door and waiting for us to open it. He is looking at us, and waiting for us to turn and look at him. The time of our visitation is now. Look thoughtfully and reverently at the career of Jesus on planet Earth, and you will see a dramatic confirmation of this. We have here a drama in three acts; and the first is that birth at Bethlehem. It was attended by certain uncommon circumstances; there were those who said the ...

704. A Faith for the Uncharted Way

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... bend of the river or beyond the next hilltop. We had our road map to guide us and to alert us to what lay ahead; but they had neither road map nor road. They always stood at the edge of the unknown, at the borderline of the unexplored. And I thought of life, our life, yours and mine. Like pilgrims and pioneers, we, too, always are standing at the edge of the unknown. No scout has gone into the future and returned to tell us what is out there. We must move into it not knowing. It hasn’t been charted ...

705. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... gospel is a piece of good news which makes a mighty difference, powerful, dynamic. Let me tell you a story, a very personal one, if I may. One year just before Easter I was burdened with work, weighed down with responsibility, beset with difficulty - or so I thought. I was bone weary and mentally tired. In this condition I went one day alone into a room to preview a motion picture film on the resurrecton of Jesus. Sitting there in the dark, I watched the familiar episodes of the drama unfold. But I was only ...

706. Pilgrim Living in a Vagabond World

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... get up and go. When we do, we may be surprised how the water will open and how much easier is the crossing than we thought it would be. Someone has said that a mountain never looks as high from anywhere as it does from the bottom. I’m saying: Act ... majestic creature realized that he was free to fly. He stood around as though he were still tethered. As I read that story I thought: If I were a Rocky Mountain eagle, no matter what the circumstances or what I was tethered to, I would occasionally try my wings ...

707. He Came to His Senses

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... because we belong to the family of God and to the family of man (the father’s household). The good news is hilarious! The father received his wandering son in an hilarious way, when you think about it. The son received back all that he thought he had forsaken when he wandered into a far country. Henry Wheeler Shaw wrote, "Love looks through a telescope; envy through a microscope." The father’s telescopic vision gave him a perspective of love on the son. The elder brother’s envy was microscopic vision ...

708. An Identity Crisis

Sermon

James Bjorge

... and brought them to the barn hoping that the other birds would hear their chirping and follow. But they didn’t. So he thought of using the Hansel and Gretel trick of placing bread crumbs on the path to the barn. Certainly the hungry little birds would ... that they scattered in every direction and were thoroughly scared. Finally in a state of exhaustion he sat down on the barn step and thought: "If only I could talk to them. Let them know I wanted to help them and save them from the cold winter storm. But ...

709. SALLY JANE

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... do that? CAON Yes. He believes - he’s CONVINCED that I’m capable of it. JAREL Oh, God. (Going to him, touching his forehead gently) It’s still there, isn’t it? I didn’t notice. CAIN People who know me well seem to get used to it. JAREL I thought it would be a sort of family reunion. A little sadness when he dies. But then we’d all sit around and eat and drink together - and read the will. But there isn’t any. And everything’s turned out so damn depressing. This is one time we didn’t ...

710. Chapter IV

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... Job 5:24). I always smile when I read that verse because it seems so quaint and, on the surface, so remote from my experience. I don’t own a tent, and the only sheepfolds I have ever seen were in Palestine, and they belonged to Arabs. But the thought that made the author of Job write that passage down, while couched in terms that are not part of my everyday experience, does "jab" my consciousness to make me "remember" that what I have, and am, ultimately are tied up with God and his involvement in my life ...

711. Chapter X

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... by himself. "I knew that night that fulfillment could never be found in things! Happiness comes when one is able to appreciate the people and possessions he has around him. It’s all a matter of how deep, not how much or how many!" As I listened to him I thought of how many people would give their eye teeth to trade places with him, not knowing what his life was really like. If only they could be where he was! Most people assumed that he had to be in "heaven" because of what he owned! And it has been like ...

712. Decisive Battles With Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Allen

... he said, "Bishop I just don’t know if I can take the vow to become a priest." Bishop Sheen smiled and asked, "What’s the problem?" The young man said, "Bishop, I just don’t know if I can take the vow of celibacy and become a priest. I thought seminary would free me from the fantasies and lust which come into my heart and mind. But, now I am close to ordination as a priest in the church and those desires that used to tempt me are still tempting." Again, Bishop Sheen smiled and said, "Well, I have been ...

713. Religion In A Nutshell

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Robert Allen

... in brief? I could recite one of the creeds, like The Apostles’ Creed, and say this is what we believe. As a matter of fact, the early creeds came into existence because people were trying to give a short statement of what was important in religion. However, I thought the creeds might be a little too much for Bill to digest and understand. So, I said, "Bill, you have asked a very good question. It is a question that people have asked for centuries. In fact, it was a question that was put to Jesus. So, the ...

714. Barabbas - People’s Choice or Chance of Providence?

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... lousy, stinking hole that they called a prison. I didn’t think that there was any chance that I would ever get out of there alive. The Romans had been after me for some time. Once they got their hands on me and threw me down into that dungeon, I thought for sure that my days were numbered. Those stone walls were mighty thick, and the guards kept a close watch on me. They liked to taunt me, too. "Hey, Barabbas," they used to say, "Son of the Father! How does it feel to be trapped like a rat?" "Son of ...

715. We Do Not Have To Stay The Way We Are!

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... , Philip?" (John 14:9). So Jesus responded to Philip’s question about wanting to know and sense the presence of God. It is a good question for all of us as we once again make our Lenten journey to Easter. How would you answer if asked to share your thoughts about God? What thoughts come to mind when we think about God? Do we take the time to think about God? Do we believe there is a God? Are we more confident this year than last, that there is a God who knows and is concerned about us? Does our belief in ...

716. What Is Caesar's and What Is God's?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Brett Blair

... moment about the ironies here: We know, because we live on this side of the resurrection, that Jesus was God. They thought he was demonic, an agent of Satan. We know that Jesus is the King of kings. They thought he wanted to be the King of Israel. We know that he was the Son of God. They thought he was simply Joseph and Mary's son. We know that Jesus has influenced the world for 2000 years. They thought his influence would end at the cross. It's a fascinating story. We look at the Pharisees and we shake our ...

717. Resurrection: From Sin to a Second Chance

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... lamb he had to kill and in fury raising the rod over the big ram’s head; then catching himself at the last moment with the thought that Ayin didn’t know what he was doing. And I see the shepherd boy taking the big ram by the horn and leading him back ... sin cause in our lives. We bring to you the problem of shame. We have learned to be ashamed of what we have done, and said and thought. We are even ashamed of things that have been done to us. Like Adam and Eve, we try to hide our shame. We try to cover ...

718. What’s In It For Me?

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... the kind of Messiah you have expected. I’m a Messiah who will suffer many things. I will be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes. I will be killed and after three days I will rise again." "But that can’t be true," Peter thought to himself. "That’s not what happens to God’s Messiah." And Peter began to rebuke Jesus, if you can believe it. Peter and Jesus had totally different views of what a Messiah should be. Peter would tell Jesus a thing or two. But Jesus would not let that ...

719. Doubting Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... and proof for their faith. On the first Sunday after Easter Thomas was with the ten. Once again Jesus appeared to them. "Peace be with you," he said. Immediately he turned to Thomas. Doubting Thomas stood still to the gaze of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus knew his thoughts. Jesus knew his doubts. How will Jesus deal with this doubter? That is a crucial question for all doubters. Jesus spoke to Thomas. "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side; do not be faithless but ...

720. The Tragedy of the Unprepared Life

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... toward it. They can encourage us. They can pray for us. They can, bring us up in the way we should go, but in the end, we must embrace it ourselves. No one can do that for us. The five foolish maidens in this story were foolish because they thought that they could rely upon the resources of others to get them through. What they discovered was that there are some things in life, that cannot be borrowed. II Secondly, I think that the parable suggests that there are some things that cannot be put off until the ...

721. Christmas Carols · Away in a Manger

Luke 2:1-20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... powerful, and Luther did not think that God had to be big and rough to care for him. The child was just a baby, and Luther thought about how God showed us how much he cared for us through the birth of a baby, Jesus. Jesus came to us as a baby, born ... ’t that be wonderful? Just imagine how you would feel to stand beside the manger crib and sing a song to Jesus. That’s what Luther thought. He looked at his child and began to write the words that you and I are going to sing today about the baby Jesus. We will ...

722. "The Sawdust and the Circus"

Numbers 27:12-23

Sermon

... really stopped me. "Oh," this person said, "going to talk about the circus, huh? What’s so theological about that?" I had thought that the "sawdust trail" was an expression that was so much of a cliche that everyone knew just what it meant - but ... to save" life - not that it doesn’t have this function, but I think we’ve gotten a few too many wrong notions about salvation. It’s thought of by many of us, I fear, as a literal escape from the flames of hell and not very much more. The real purpose of the ...

723. Encountering The Family Man

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... ; I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill." I remember the crowd’s reaction to that. "Who does he think he is?" I thought it, too. "Who is he to stand before us and talk of abolishing the whole written tradition of our people?" But as his teaching ... been the question to prompt that answer. He said, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye; with never a thought to the great plank in your own?" I know now that he was a carpenter. I suppose I should have guessed from what he said then ...

724. Recognizing The Hidden

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... recognized, but at that moment the Resurrection of Christ took place. Also, this is an account of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. To be a student in 1961 was to study in a time of rapidly expanding knowledge. It was an exciting time. So thought Michael Williams III. Mike was just about to enter college, and he had chosen his place of study with great care. He knew what Oak Tech offered, and he knew his own abilities. He was positive the two belonged together. Mike was going to be a scientist ...

725. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... liturgy of the church I was declared a minister of the Church of Jesus Christ. The laying-on of hands, the hands which were placed upon my head, has been traced back, generation by generation, to the early church of the first century. As I pondered these thoughts, it occurred to me that the one thing most people have sought as I have met with them in all circumstances through these 31 years is peace, inward peace. I have been truly grateful to God that during my busy and unusual ministry he has given me ...

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