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51. The Promise Of The Spirit

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John A. Stroman

... all truth, such a journey will be one of constant challenge demanding change and flexibility. We must never lose sight that it is "the truth that sets us free" and the challenge of change is the price of freedom. There is a suspicion that certain things we have known especially in areas of unquestioned authority such as education, economics, political and military power are today suspect. A variety of scholars are calling attention to the prospect that Enlightenment modes of power and Enlightenment modes of ...

52. Since He's In Charge, We're In Luck

Psalm 33:4-5, 8-9, 13-22

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Robert G. McCreight

... among the empty coal bags of a train. He hid during the day, and then the second night as he traveled he saw the lights of a mining town in the distance. He decided to chance his luck. He knocked on a door and a tall man eyed him with suspicion -- until he gave the man his name. "Thank God you've come here," the man in the doorway said. "It is the only house in 20 miles where you would not have been handed over." What was going on in this event? Was it an accident that a young newspaperman ...

53. Sermons

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John R. Bodo

... possibility of healing did not exist; the very concept of rehabilitation was inconceivable. Nor was there any hope in the heart of a blind man, of any blind man. But the hardest thing for a man born blind was to know himself as an object of suspicion and reproach because of his blindness. The logic of the Pharisees and of their theology was airtight and inhuman. They interpreted congenital blindness as punishment for sin: if not the man's own sin, then surely the sin of one of his ancestors. The Pharisees ...

54. Pentecost: From Confusion To Communion In Christ

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... and coming from different cultures. According to one estimate, there are about 4,000 different dialects and languages spoken around the globe, over 900 in Asia alone. People speaking in different "tongues" frequently have "language barriers" between them. Misunderstandings, suspicions, and even warfare can result. One of the authors of the Book of Genesis, writing about 3,000 years ago, tried to explain this tendency for human society to break apart, this constant fracturing of our common life, with ...

55. The First Hole

Acts 2:42-47

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Robert R. Kopp

... . Though the church has been around for over 200 years, I'm its only son who became a pastor. They even have a picture of me hanging near the back door under an exit sign. Despite my mom's assurances, I've always wondered why it ended up there. That suspicion aside, Forty Fort U-P did more than any other in shaping my life and ministry. That's where I met Jesus, kissed a girl for the first time (I always liked youth group!), received a call to ministry, learned the church at its best is about loving like ...

56. The Upside Of The Practice - Performance Equation

Galatians 6:1-10

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Robert R. Kopp

... in because I've learned it's better to talk to God about some people than to talk to some people about God. Having grown up in a church that outlawed Santa, fearing the funny fat man in the red suit would detract from the reason for the season -- a suspicion that I have never shared! -- I am always amused by Nancy's Santa collection. But I'm not the proverbial church lady or guy who feels God has given her or him some kind of right to poke a nose into somebody else's private idiosyncracies. So I never asked ...

57. Easter Day

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... will you relate differently in your daily life because you came to worship today? For the courageous, you may want to use this quote by an unknown author: "Easter is the one day in the year when anyone may attend worship without incurring any suspicion that he/she is deeply committed to the Christian faith and life." Offertory Response "Rejoice, Ye Christians" Prayer of Dedication We offer this money to you, God, after we have taken out our necessities, and perhaps, a good many of our luxuries. Somehow, by ...

58. Advent 3

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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E. Carver McGriff

... people have it better in life than I do. You and I know that behind many a smiling face is a breaking heart. 2. Pray at all times. Paul surely didn't mean prayer in the conventional sense. A close look at Paul's life could lead one to the suspicion that he was much too much of an activist to spend very much time on his knees. I remember a book from the '60s with the title, Are You Running With Me, Jesus? The theme was that after a bit of prayer at the start of the day, the author ...

59. Hard Questions!

1 Kings 17:7-24

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Barbara Brokhoff

... It Pay? Does it always pay to obey God? The woman has plenty of food, the hunger needs have been met, but now real disaster strikes. She must have thought her whole world was falling apart. Her dearest possession -- her son -- sickens and dies. That raises a lot of troubling suspicions in her mind. She as much as says to Elijah, "I fed you and gave you a place to stay, but while it's true I received help for a while, the thing I feared in the first place has now happened to me. God has let me down after ...

60. Proper 25

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27, Psalm 65:1-13, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, Luke 18:9-14

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B. David Hostetter

... in God's sanctuary. Be satisfied with the goodness of this house of prayer. Prayer of Confession Great God, mighty and awesome, you are above all pettiness and unmoved by cheap bargaining. Forgive our stubborn narrowness. Our preference for people just like us, our suspicions about those alien to us, our double standards of caring for those of our own kind and those of our customs or races. Excuse our neglect of justice for those who need advocated because they are not in a position to speak for themselves ...

61. When God Asks The Unreasonable

Genesis 22:1-19

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R. Robert Cueni

... police artist's rendering of an eyewitness who saw a man running from the location of one of the fires. That drawing looked like his son, Paul. The Kellers worried, thought and prayed long and hard. They concluded that they would go to the police with their suspicions. They did so because they were afraid that if they confronted their son and he was guilty, he would run. As it turned out their son was the serial arsonist. Think about how hard that must have been for the Keller family. They loved their son ...

62. End times

Mt 24:1-14 · 1 Thess 3:7-13 · Jer 26:1-6 · Ps 105:1-7

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... because he wants to hurt or destroy us but to save us. Outline: 1. God told Jeremiah to relay all his words to the people (v. 2). - so they might realize their dire straits - so that they might repent 2. Withholding the truth usually leads to destruction, suspicion and hurt. 3. Jesus teaches that we shall know the truth which will make us free (John 8:32). (The truth of our sin and God's salvation in Christ). Lesson 2: 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 Sermon Title: Staying Alive. Sermon Angle: Paul rejoiced that the ...

63. Proper 14

Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15

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Russell F. Anderson

... a woman by the name of Marie. Marie is a sweet gal but a little on the nervous side. Marie was driving as they pulled to a stop in their driveway, so Ed could open the garage door. Had they not been a happily married couple, I might have had suspicions about what was soon to ensue. As Ed was opening the door, Marie's foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator. Ed found himself attached to the car like a giant hood ornament as the car proceeded to punch through the rear cement wall of the garage and into ...

64. Proper 24

Exodus 33:12-23, Isaiah 45:1-7, Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... peculiar people crowded the restaurant. The men sported beards, white shirts and suspenders; the women were covered with white bonnets and long dresses. They were a group of Old Mennonites. Their dress derives from religious convictions, which regard the outside world with suspicion. Some people might regard them as odd (they are something of an anachronism), yet their distinctiveness is a source of their strength. No matter where they go, they can never forget who they are as God's people and that they are ...

65. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

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E. Carver McGriff

... this saving word to others. His wife and children died, one by one, from the merciless climate. Judson was imprisoned and tortured. For many years he labored in a hostile religious environment as the Buddhist leaders looked at Judson, first with suspicion, then hostility. Any Burmese person who showed an interest in the Christian faith was dealt with harshly and instantly. Only after many years was there a grudging respect for this man who quietly turned the other cheek to all mistreatment, while treating ...

66. Choosing Your Spirituality

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Charles R. Leary

... in putting listeners on a guilt-trip for having human desires. They offer one option: repress your God-given natural desires, or let the Devil rule and take you to Hell. They have a proclivity for negatives, like disdain for the human body, suspicion of human sexuality, the belief that human beings are totally depraved, worth nothing, a nobody from the inside to the outside, and, that, because of it, God will destroy the earth. Not a single positive statement! I call that an ideology of helplessness ...

67. Jesus: The Ultimate Ordinary

John 18:28-40

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Thomas Peterson

... work in us. Across the spectrum of “ordinary,” the voice of Jesus calls, bearing witness to what I suspected all along about human life. “Ordinary” human qualities, habits, practices, and feelings hint at truth. They infer truth, human truth. Truth lingers like a suspicion that at last reveals itself. “Aha!” we exclaim. “I have seen the truth!” I am bold enough to be sure that what I proclaim as my testimony is shared by us all after all we are ultimately ordinary! The voice of Jesus weaves ...

68. Wisdom In A Proverb

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Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... the Lord pleads their cause and despoils the lives of those who despoil them. So how are we to approach a text from the sayings of Solomon, the middle section of Proverbs? We approach Proverbs carefully, with open minds but also with our eyebrows raised in suspicion, with our hearts eager but also with a grain of salt. As we search for wisdom in our experience, as we seek to discover ourselves what it means to be human, we recognize: that life is filled with contradictions, and so is Proverbs;that life is ...

69. Proper 13

Ephesians 4:1-16, 2 Samuel 12:1-31, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Church has placed conditions on his return. He must have other adults present when he ministers to children and he must continue to undergo counseling. The story illustrates the principle of forgiveness. God forgives, many other people will forgive, but a cloud of suspicion remains because trust has been put into question. The sinner can never re-create the world as it was before his transgression. Epistle: Ephesians 4:1-16 1. Sermon Title: War And Peace. Sermon Angle: Wars are either won or lost. Victory ...

70. Easter 5

John 15:1-17, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 9:19b-31, 1 John 4:7-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... , Paul gets himself in trouble by boldly preaching Christ. His enemies plot to kill him and so his disciples let him down in a basket from an opening in the city wall. Paul travels to Jerusalem, where the church greets him with suspicion. Barnabas vouches for Paul, which makes him accepted by the church. The apostle makes enemies amongst the Hellenistic Jews, who want to kill him. Fellow believers spirit him off to Tarsus, his birthplace. Meanwhile, the church continues to prosper and grow. Epistle ...

71. Epiphany

Ephesians 3:1-13, Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... to the baby as a sign that would be "spoken against" (Matthew 2:34). For the Magi, the sign of the star was a positive sign. They came to worship the new king (v. 2). Herod and other central figures in Jerusalem viewed this birth with fear and suspicion (v. 3). The birth of Christ continues to be a mixed sign; some see it as the promise of the righteous reign of God, while others view it as an acute threat to their own plans and schemes. Faith journey. The Magi traveled on a faith journey. When they ...

72. I Found It!

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... very intentional decision to turn from one's source of being. It can come from a very intentional choice to distance oneself from one's source of life. I think at times when we talk about lostness we forget that there are a variety of ways of getting lost. My suspicion is that most of us in the church get lost by one of the first ways, by nibbling our ways from the source of our life or by some accidents along the way that lead to our lostness. Although there are times when some of us do make some ...

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

John 14:5-14

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Larry Powell

... it this way, but it may have seemed so, "Are you blind, Phillip? Have I been with you for so long and you still do not recognize me? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" We have the strong suspicion that Phillip wished he had not made the request. Jesus replied that "He who hath seen me hath seen the Father." We will not dwell on that. Surely, enough has been said about the Word becoming flesh, God emptying himself in Christ, and resulting Christologies that it is ...

74. The Ascension Announces a Triumph

Acts 1:1-11

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Barbara Brokhoff

... coasters are becoming more and more popular in America; they are being built taller, and longer, and faster - and nearly every major theme and play park seems to have one. In a world that keeps us as dizzy as being on a roller coaster, or at best we have a suspicion that we are being used as a yo-yo, trying to meet the demands of all the strident voices about us. So, when a church event that has its anniversary on a certain Thursday every year - not even a Sunday - we find it a bit difficult to get too ...

75. It's A Small World After All

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the prison is poverty - which can be just as binding - or a prison of ignorance, or a prison of fear. Hold in your thought and prayer those who fear to leave their homes at night, or who view any person different from themselves as someone of suspicion. Such fears are prison bars. In this spiritual moment let us remember persons of other religious faiths. So much of the killing these days seems to be in the name of one religion against another. Christ would weep for such angry division in the human family ...

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