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51. Obedience Is An Ugly Word!

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... to him. Finally, tired of the intrusion on his concentration, dad said, "Janie, I wish you'd be quiet! I'm trying to think." Mother didn't say a word in return, for she really was sorry to have bothered him. But with her next breath, without malice or intent, she broke into singing, for that's what she did most of the time anyway. Somehow it was hilariously appropriate that she inadvertently chose the lines from the hymn, "Redeemed," which says, "I think of my blessed Redeemer, I think of him all the day ...

52. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... - "that you may be made a new lump, as you are really unleavened." In the second place, the Corinthians are reminded that Christ, "our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed." And, third, they are invited to "celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." Then, Paul is saying, God can do something with you (us) and make new creatures out of the old. 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (L); 15:19-26 (C) The Lutheran and Common lectionaries ...

53. When is Patriotism An Idol?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

George Johnson

... to see if he will say it. Let's bring out the implication of his teachings. Then they will accuse him of being unpatriotic." Their question was both cunning and clever. "Tell us, is it ..." Jesus Answers Without Answering Verse 18 shows that Jesus was aware of their malice. He knew the game they were playing, and he tells it like it is. "Why put me to the test you hypocrites?" I know what you are doing, and I'm not playing your game. So he proceeds not to answer their question. That's important to observe ...

54. Refuse To Be A Victim

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

James Garrett

... at the gentle Nazarene. Oppressed by hate, he responded with grace. He didn’t fight and he didn’t give up the cause either. He simply changed the pattern. He met opposition with quiet confidence. He responded to power with peace. And he overcame malice with a gentle touch and a genuinely caring attitude. “But Jesus, didn’t they take your life?” “No, no one took my life. I gave my life. I gave my life.” All human behavior is a matter of selected alternatives. “Selected alternatives”… We ...

55. The Question About Paying Taxes

Matthew 22:15-22

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... , and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality. 3: Tell us, then, what you think. 4: Is it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, 5: or not?" 1: But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, 6: "Why are you putting me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax." 1: And they brought him a denarius. Then he said to them, 6: "Whose head is this, and whose title?" 1: They answered, 2, 3, 4, 5: "The emperor's ...

56. Get Ready, Get Set...Wait!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... we preparing our hearts and spirits to receive again the coming the coming of the Christ child into the world? Or are we preparing for yet another month-long shopping spree that some have called "economic first-degree murder" – willfully and with malice aforethought murdering our bank accounts? Or maybe we’re getting ready for the seven to ten pounds the average American will gain during the season (Lord, please let me be an underachiever this year!)? Or are we preparing for the suicidal traffic jams ...

57. Hope

1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:14-21

Illustration

... could not do it, it became the thing that she desired to do the most. So one day she pried it open and peeked inside. Suddenly out flew swarms of insects that began attacking them. Both lovers were stung with the poison of suspicion, hatred, fear and malice. Now the once happy couple began to argue. Epimetheus became bitter and Pandora wept with a broken heart. But in the midst of the quarreling, they heard a tiny voice cry out: Let me out, to sooth your pain. Fearfully they opened the box again, and this ...

58. Faith, Hope, and Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

59. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Robert Allen

... and reading the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address which gives you goosebumps. One line in the Second Inaugural reminds you what a caring and compassionate man Lincoln was. He was speaking about the coming end of the War and he said: "With malice toward none; With charity for all." Lincoln put this idea into practice on the day that news arrived in Washington that the war was over. A crowd gathered at the White House and a military band was playing some festive music. Lincoln stood on ...

60. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... name was Saul, had dedicated his life to the persecution and the actual killing of Christians in an all-out effort to destroy the church. Paul was on his way to Damascus, one of the oldest cities an the world. His heart was motivated by malice, and his mind was dead-set on murder. Paul was convinced that he was commissioned by God to destroy all the fool-hearted followers of the "Mad Messiah" - that pretentious peasant - that son of a village carpenter - that common "nobody" - who had made the blasphemous ...

61. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... man outside the Church can stand for the same things a Christian does, there is no use his joining the Church. We Christians must testify that we have something that cannot be had anywhere else. This must not be done with arrogance, with pride or with malice, but it must be done with boldness and conviction. To do this we must absolutely understand the real nature of Christianity." Too often Christianity is thought of as a little bit of morality. Some men think that as long as they don't lie, don't drink ...

62. Our Actions Reveal Who We Are

Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11

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Brett Blair

... as our heavenly King. But Jesus did not look out among the branches and see the faithful. He looked out among the palms and saw what he had seen for the last three years. A people whose understanding was dim and whose hearts were filled with malice and vengeance toward Rome. Their voices shouted Hosanna but their hearts beat with a bloody desire for war. Is it any wonder that they crucified him? No. Not with the disappointment they must have felt when he was arrested and his kingdom movement came to an ...

63. Love Does Not Compound Guilt

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Robert Allen

... and reading the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address which gives you goose bumps. One line in the Second Inaugural reminds you what a caring and compassionate man Lincoln was. He was speaking about the coming end of the War and he said: "With malice toward none; With charity for all." Lincoln put this idea into practice on the day that news arrived in Washington that the war was over. A crowd gathered at the White House and a military band was playing some festive music. Lincoln stood on the ...

64. I Voted for God

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... a lot about the Christian life being no guarantee of specific dispensation, but many of us can’t quite seem to accept the idea. The Christian life does not protect us from our own incompetence, our own sin and our own foolishness. It does not protect us from the malice and evil in other people, nor from ill health and death. There is much seeming injustice in the world. Sometimes we are its victims, and we want to know why. I vote for Jesus. Where is my patronage? Many of us can’t seem to shake the idea ...

65. Prayer

Matthew 13:24-30

Bulletin Aid

... - I expect - People to forgive me To make allowances Not to judge me too harshly. Yet I don't give others the same privileges! "I want what I want when I want it!" Instead of faulty memory, I see deliberate slights. Instead of mistakes, I see malice. Instead of charity, I respond in anger In judgment! Lord, forgive me my double standards - Expecting forgiveness Giving judgment. And teach me patience With myself And especially with others, As I wait expectantly for your Kingdom And for Jesus, my Lord. Amen

66. PROPER 13

Lk 12:13-21 · Col 3:1-11 · Ecc 1:2; 2:18-26 · 2 Ki 13:14-20a

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... means to have worthy goals, ideals, and beautiful dreams of what is excellent. Think noble thoughts. Seek the finest and the best. 2. Put (vv. 8-10). This three-letter word is often used in this pericope. We are to "put" away from us various sins such as anger, malice, and foul talk. We are to "put" off the old Adam, the sinful self that delights in vices. On the positive side, we are to "put" on the new nature which we have been given by God for Jesus' sake. Paul calls upon us to do something about our ...

67. Lent 4

Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 · 1 Cor 1:18-31 · 2 Cor 5:17-21 · Isa 12:1-6 · Jos 5:9-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Spiritually creation continues also. To be in Christ is to effect a new creation. A person baptized in Christ with repentance and faith has a new existence. He/she is not the same person essentially. He/she has changed. His/her old self was one of hatred, malice, and sin. Now he/she lives for God and possesses the spirit of love and goodness. As God is the creator of the physical universe, he also creates new people through Christ. 3. Himself (v. 19). God was in Christ reconciling the world to "himself." It ...

68. Responsive Reading for Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-13

Bulletin Aid

... we try to live our faith is an evidence of your power; that we persevere in our belief is your marvelous doing. Assistant: We are conscious that every generation might be the last one to be your church, O God. People: The fact that corruption, envy, malice, pride, greed, and so many more sins have not destroyed your church is a miracle; that your church lives on, even when divided, is evidence of your love: that your people continue in spite of the derision of the world is your wondrous activity among us ...

69. The Things That Are God’s

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... Jesus in a controversy over Roman taxes, the heat would be off them. Somewhere they learned that the best defense is a good offense. But Jesus’ answer did what was characteristic of his responses to loaded questions. He carefully avoided being victimized by their malice and, at once, challenged them to a new faith-understanding. "Show me the money for the tax," he said. And they brought him the coin of the realm. "Whose image and inscription do you see on the coin?" Well, of course everybody knew it ...

70. The Necessity Of Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... it, Peter apparently grasped the greatness of forgiveness. Following Christ's death, Peter wrote a letter to Christians in the northern part of Asia Minor. We know it as the Book of First Peter. Peter began the second chapter with these words: "... strip away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander ... for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord (1 Peter 2:1, 3)." What an incredible power forgiveness turns loose. It is an expansive spirit. A person who has done his or her best ...

71. The Christian Life Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Bulletin Aid

... you are still angry. Men: Make us angry towards sin, not the sinner. Leader: Do not let unwholesome talk come out of your mouths. Speak only what is helpful for encouraging others according to their needs. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, hatred and malice. Women: Make our mouths clean vessels, holding the pure words of truth and wisdom. Cleanse our hearts that our mouths may remain clean. Leader: Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another just like in Christ God forgave you. All: Make ...

72. A Hissing Hot Coal

1 Samuel 18:1-30

Sermon

... is deadly, silent, and universal. Like glaucoma, it destroys our eyesight. Like Topsy it just grows. Like crabgrass it insults him who leads us into green pastures. It is a feeling most of us will not even admit to having stored away in some Swiss account of malice in the soul’s bank. There are telltale signs that it is alive and well in us. I am an envier. I am a confessed clergybird who flies in a flock of prima donna pulpiteers. Together we shall briefly explore how to spot envy on our radar screens ...

73. Cameos of Conscience

1 Samuel 22:1-5

Sermon

... priests of Israel. He smells conspiracy against him in the land. "So the religious bigwigs are with David?" "So the ministerial association has passed a resolution against me?" The Jekyll of goodness in Saul’s being has given up the ghost. The Mr. Hyde of malice and murder has arisen like a tidal wave, beating with fury against a helpless city. The king’s storm troopers disturbed the peace of Nob. Ahimelech and eighty-four priests were brought before the king as he sat in judgment under a sacred tree ...

74. The Singer and the Siren

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

... a legendary beauty. David had a torrid affair with Bathsheba, who learned to her dismay, that she was heavy with child. Deceitful David was no longer the guileless shepherd lad. He became a cowardly lion fearful of the discovery of his adultery. With malice in his heart, and murder in his hastily sketched blueprint of brutality, he lured Uriah home with an order. David reasoned that Uriah would have sex with Bathsheba and the populace would reason that it was Uriah who had fathered the unborn child. David ...

75. The Prodigal Prince

2 Samuel 14:1-33

Sermon

... weary head was laid upon the palace pillow at night. The exile was ended. Absalom returned to his father’s kingdom. A father’s love was stronger than a king’s justice. Absalom would live. David had himself been guilty of murder. He had with malice aforethought plotted the death of Uriah the Hittite to win Bathsheba as his most prized paramour. David the murderer forgave Absalom who also lived by the sword. The great American author Thomas Wolfe titled one of his novels You Can’t Go Home Again, but ...

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Showing 51 to 75 of 225 results

51. Obedience Is An Ugly Word!

Acts 5:17-42

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

52. Easter Sunday

John 20:1-9, Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 51:1-16, Exodus 15:1-21, Colossians 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 5:1-13, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 24:1-12

Sermon Aid

George Bass

53. When is Patriotism An Idol?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

George Johnson

54. Refuse To Be A Victim

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

James Garrett

55. The Question About Paying Taxes

Matthew 22:15-22

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

56. Get Ready, Get Set...Wait!

Matthew 24:36-51

Sermon

Johnny Dean

57. Hope

1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:14-21

Illustration

58. Faith, Hope, and Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

59. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Robert Allen

60. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

61. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

62. Our Actions Reveal Who We Are

Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair

63. Love Does Not Compound Guilt

John 21:1-14

Illustration

Robert Allen

... and reading the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address which gives you goose bumps. One line in the Second Inaugural reminds you what a caring and compassionate man Lincoln was. He was speaking about the coming end of the War and he said: "With malice toward none; With charity for all." Lincoln put this idea into practice on the day that news arrived in Washington that the war was over. A crowd gathered at the White House and a military band was playing some festive music. Lincoln stood on the ...

64. I Voted for God

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

65. Prayer

Matthew 13:24-30

Bulletin Aid

66. PROPER 13

Lk 12:13-21 · Col 3:1-11 · Ecc 1:2; 2:18-26 · 2 Ki 13:14-20a

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

67. Lent 4