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51. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... . In their concentration camps, there was "no light at the end of the tunnel." For all they could see and hear, Hitler’s rule would last for 1,000 years. So also the mood and attitude of the people of God living in exile; "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain." But into this mood of helplessness and hopelessness comes the stirring words of hope from the prophet (or prophets) Isaiah: Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her ...

52. Martin Luther: the Shape of Grace

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... that his protest brought about a split between Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians. He didn’t want to split the church. Rather he wanted to re-shape and re-form it keeping the unity of the body of Christ catholic. Luther would be pleased with the mood of our day. He would like the new direction in 1985 of seeking out unity of purpose and mission again. We no longer are "Catholichaters" as some have been. We recognize each other as true brothers and sisters in Christ - one in baptism. We look forward ...

53. Why Christmas?

Isaiah 8:11-22

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... They slam against us like the direct hit of a snowball square in the face. The words sting. We aren’t sure if we should be angry or laugh and throw something in return. But there is one thing that is certain, such a statement quickly shatters the mood of a season that is promoted as being the occasion for peace, joy, and good tidings. When the cynicism of Scrooge hits us, we are left with an empty hollow feeling. It is as if someone has just smashed our beautiful snowman, knocked over our newly decorated ...

54. The Lord Has Saved His People

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... person? Can you affirm with certain hope the presence of a faithful Father in a world that has apparently been orphaned? Can you look your situation in the teeth and shout your praise, "The Lord has saved his people"? The Prophetic Mood That’s the mood to which the Prophet Jeremiah spoke this ancient but contemporary word. For thirty chapters in our Bible he had spoken doom, destruction, devastation, attacking the idolatry with which the land was filled, scolding them, the people of the covenant, for ...

55. Dealing With The Pain of Rejection

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... of healing and wholeness. So when you feel rejected, here are a few simple guidelines to remember. I. FIRST OF ALL, REMEMBER THAT THE FEELING IS TEMPORARY AND GO TALK IT OUT WITH SOMEBODY. Don’t accept that somber mood as permanent. Remember that this, too, will pass. Fortunately, in some respects, our moods are changeable, like the weather. When we first came to Houston someone said to me, “Jim, if you don’t like the weather here, just wait a minute! It’ll change!” And that’s one of the first ...

56. Ultimate Thanksgiving

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the fall of the year, if they could gather in a few pumpkins, potatoes and some corn for the winter, they was in a thanking mood. "But if we can't gather in a new Buick, a new radio, a tuxedo and some government relief, why, we feel like the world is ... was very disheartened, old, tired and infirm. The doctor told him he had only a few months to live. One evening in a dejected mood he started to thumb through his Bible and it fell open to one of his favorite passages. As he read and reread those familiar ...

57. Son of Thunder, Son of God

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... MEN, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1959, p.29) You see, the only time that John appears by himself, he seems to be acting in a mood of such embarrassing intolerance that Jesus had to rebuke him! He said, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, ... down the one who has put us down. There is a story about a middle-aged woman who was in a bookstore. She was in a foul mood and was taking it out on one of the clerks. She accused him of never stocking the books she wanted to read and always being out ...

58. Looks Like We're in for Stormy Weather

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... spaced out. A calm person in this generation just does not grasp the situation at hand. How do you stay calm when the phone rings at the wrong time, the checkbook balance is low, the kids are not happy at school, the boss is in one of his angry moods, the car won''t start? How do you stay calm when promotions don''t come, family quarrels break out, the body develops aches and pains, world peace deteriorates, or a neighbor is abusive? Sometimes it is all too much for us. We cry out in desperation "When will ...

59. Paths of Righteousness

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." As we look at the fourth verse today, do you notice that there is a subtle shift in the mood of this great writing? Like a piece of music with several movements the Psalm changes in mood and movement with this verse. There is a very deep seriousness about verse four. We are no longer talking about green pastures, still waters or paths of righteousness in which to walk. We are now speaking of eerie valleys and ...

60. Singing in the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... we are getting seasick. The pains of despair and loneliness are pounding us mercilessly. How do you stay calm when the phone rings at the wrong time, the checkbook balance is low, the kids are not happy at school, the boss is in one of his angry moods, the car won''t start? How do you stay calm when promotions don''t come, family quarrels break out, the body develops aches and pains, world terrorism is increasing, and the neighbor is abusive? Sometimes it is all too much for us. We cry out in desperation ...

61. Stop the Offerings!

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... ? The great Leslie Weatherhead wrote a book the year I was born, 1945, called The Meaning of the Cross. In that book he wrote this paragraph which speaks so stirringly about the power of God's action in Jesus through the cross and resurrection: In some moods -- the mood, for example, in which I find myself on each Good Friday morning -- one feels it almost a sacrilege to argue and to discuss. One desires then only to bow in adoration before the mystery of a love whose depths no one can sound and the range ...

62. A Song, A Dance, A Savior

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... restore his people. It is Jeremiah the prophet who will bring to those exiles a message of hope. For forty long years he has foretold of doom and destruction which has earned him the nickname, "Old death and destruction." With the beginning of chapter 30, the mood of the prophet shifts, and he begins to write of a gracious God who has not forgotten his people, but who will bring comfort in the form of deliverance from exile and restoration of their homeland. Chapters 30 through 32 are often called "The Book ...

63. The Golden Calf

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... ordered the taskmasters to require the Hebrew slaves to make just as many bricks as before, but without giving them straw (Exodus 5). They had to gather straw and make bricks. Pharaoh lied about letting them go. None of this put them in much of a trusting mood. Even after they escaped from Egypt and crossed the Sea of Reeds, things had been far from easy. They had been hungry and thirsty (Exodus 16-17). They had fought nip and tuck battles (Exodus 17). They had questioned whether the Lord was really in this ...

64. Easter 2

John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23, 1 Peter 1:1-12, Acts 2:14-41, Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... the crowd) on Pentecost. Verse 41 rounds off the speech scene by providing a conclusion; and vv. 42-47 summarize the situation among the believers in Jerusalem in the earliest days. The lessons from Acts 2 do not include verses 14b -21, but it is impossible to understand the mood and tone of the parts of Peter's speech (vv. 22-32 and 36-41) and the subsequent report about the community's life (vv. 42-47) without viewing these parts of Acts 2 in relation to vv. 14b -21. In these verses, Peter addresses the ...

65. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Baptismal Sermon (1:3-4:11) ends and a more direct address begins with I Peter 4:12, which then continues through 5:11. This demarcation may be accurate if we observe that the unit begins with the address "Beloved." In any case, there is a shift in mood, and the topic of suffering becomes a more immediate challenge. If I Peter has underscored anything for us during this Easter season, it is that the life of Christian faith in the Kingdom of God is not a party. There is a real conflict in this world between ...

66. Trinity Sunday

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Matthew 28:16-20, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... mountain in Galilee with the risen Jesus. Structure. Verses 16-17 open the scene and locate the disciples in time, place, and mood. Verses 18-20 are a pronouncement by Jesus in three evolving parts: a declaration of Jesus' authority (18b), a commissioning of the ... and recall this phenomenon. His candor may help us use this powerful story in our own preaching, for the mood in congregations today is usually not different from the disposition Matthew attributes to the disciples—genuine reverence is laced ...

67. No-fault Religion

2 Corinthians 5:6-10 (11-13), 14-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... the power of re-creation. "If any person is in Christ, he is a new creation, a new being," says Paul (2 Corinthians 5:17). Very often when people are in a pessimistic mood they will ask. "Do you think it is possible for people to change?" And from time to time when we are weary and perhaps in a pessimistic, cynical mood ourselves, we ask the very same question, "Is it possible for people to change?" To be sure, over the years we have developed a mild skepticism toward those who say with their mouths ...

68. Sadness in the Heart of God

Matthew 20:1-16

Illustration

John Claypool

... into their home. He had hardly sat down, however, when his neighbor got up and said, "God has indeed been gracious to our little community. I had twin sons born last night. Thanks be to God." On hearing that, the farmer went home in an utterly different mood than the one in which he came. Instead of being joyful once again he was filled with the canker of jealousy. This time, however, his envy did not abate. Late that evening, he made his third request of God: "Please, gouge out my right eye." No sooner ...

69. Mazing Grace or Amazing Grace

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , we were enraged - and demanded justice. But if any of us were to die tonight, which would we want to prevail - God's mercy or God's justice? Are you having a good day or a bad day? We cannot consciously "butter up" God or get God in a "good mood" before we are called to judgment. We cannot pick the most likely day or time to die when we may appear most favorably in God's eyes. If God is truly a God of perfect justice, then divine judgment is unswayable and unswervable by all time and circumstance. That ...

70. The Most Stubborn Man in the Bible

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... confessed that he had displeased his God by seeking to flee from His presence. “What shall we do with you?” the sailors asked, for the storm was growing ever more fierce. “Throw me overboard,” Jonah declared, “then the sea will calm down.” The sailors were in no mood to quibble, so they threw him over the side of the ship into the raging sea. And the Bible tells us that the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of that fish for three days and three nights. I ...

71. Advent 1

Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... and unexpected. There is no place here for speculation when the time of the return will be. It is an exhortation to be ready whenever he comes. Since no one knows the time, it is necessary for the faithful to look for him every day. The mood of Advent is not speculation but joyful anticipation of the parousia. THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS Gospel: Mark 13:24-37 1. Only (v. 32). Throughout church history, individuals and sects claimed to know the exact time of Jesus' return. They seem to know the precise day and ...

72. Never Give Up On God

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... in our daily lives, we must pray. Now there are three verbs in this verse: "Ask," "Seek," and "Knock." These verbs are in the imperative mood. These are commands. Prayer is not a request, it is a requirement. Now if prayer is a command, then not to pray is a sin ... who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." Now not only are these verses in the imperative mood, but they are in the present tense. As I told you before, in the Greek language that denotes continuous action. What Jesus really said ...

73. To Live Is to Choose

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the choices we make. Indecision is poisonous to the person. Decision making is perilous but life is life by the choices we make. I saw it in a cartoon not long ago. Two men were sitting at a bar. Obviously, in a philosophical mood and it seems to me that most people get in a philosophical moods when they go to bars. One of then said to the other. “I think I’ve found my place in life.” “Third stool from the end. That’s it. That’s it!” Whether we are tilted by our tilted cocktail glasses, turned ...

74. The Gospel of Marah

Exodus 15:22-27

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , rather than depend upon the Lord. That overall picture brings us to our particular focus. What a dramatic seesaw of prevailing moods. The first 21 verses of this chapter contains two songs - the Song of Moses and the Song of Miriam. The Hebrews ... a marvelous picture of the joy and praise, the halleluiah of God and exuberant celebration of his mighty presence in their life. But, that mood of celebration and joy will change. Three days away from one of the mightiest acts of God, at the Red Sea, they come in ...

75. A Career in The Kingdom

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... by the religious leaders of his day to give credentials for his growing public prominence, he would not comply. It was not because Jesus had no credentials to offer, but because those who were asking for such documents were themselves in no mood to become either disciples or pilgrims. They did not want to submit to religious authorities other than those they believed were already theirs to manipulate. This had become obvious in their interaction with John the Baptist, as Jesus reminded them. Although this ...

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