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726. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... from intermarriages with all kinds of other cultures –Assyrian, Babylonian, Greek, Roman. Some kept their Jewish faith –or rather their version of it. Others not. We don’t know which this man is, but we do know, his heart was purer than anyone else’s. He had compassion on the injured man. The priests and Levites thought they had it all wrapped up when it came to pious and pure Judaism. Yet in Jesus’ story, it is a mud-blood Samaritan, and not one of their pure-bloods, who helps and cares for the ...

727. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... John Wesley, groups of physicians in organizations, such as AMEN and the Gilead Institute –those whose mission is to continue Jesus’ mission of healing. We look at these people in awe, as they spend their lives in foreign places, using their medical expertise and compassion to help others, no matter what their culture or religion. But you don’t need to be a doctor or a missionary to offer people the healing presence of Jesus in their lives. All you need is the “balm of Gilead.” Jesus Himself will ...

728. Are You a Lemming or a Lassie?

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48, Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . They were beginning to consider him dangerous. And Jesus knew his time would now be limited. He needed his disciples to understand the difference between the hidden motives of the Pharisees (disguised as excessive halakah) and God’s true halakah (the way of love and compassion). Jesus told them, God’s kingdom would soon be revealed, and the “harvest time” of judgment was at hand. He knew his own life would not be long. And that it was vital for his disciples to be able to resist the urge to be ...

729. Mending Fences

Luke 16:1-15, Luke 16:16-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus is getting at. Think that perhaps YOU are the finance manager of a department in a successful corporation. You are highly trusted in your position by the CEO. In wanting to be successful in your job, somewhere along the way, you lost your sense of compassion and ethics. You wanted to make the most money for the CEO, because you want to earn that raise and that promotion coming up. But you also got to really like living high on the hog. So you have overcharged people for some of the products, refusing ...

730. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... fiery commitment rescues those in the midst of death and drowning. In the midst of it all, God stood above in the heavens casting down anointings as the seraphs swirled and danced. For there be dragons. When God sees human need, God’s love and compassion are stoked for His beloved humankind. The altars of fire are smoking, the passion of God arising. The seraphim are flying. And there be dragons . . . alight in heaven. Not the dragons of fairytales, nor the dragons of hell. Not the dragons that poison nor ...

731. Scroll Bread and Honey

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for Those Who Turn to Him (Deuteronomy 28) Psalm 19: The Lord’s Words are Sweeter Than Honey Psalm 78: Israel’s Disobedience Until David Comes to the Throne Psalm 81: The Lord Fills His Faithful with Honey from the Rock Psalm 103: The Lord’s Compassion on Those Who Keep His Covenant Psalm 105: God’s Covenant Promise to Those Who Worship Him God’s Punishment of Locusts and His Abundant Restoration (Joel 2) God Laments That Israel Will Not Return No Matter What He Does (Amos 4) God Bids Ezekiel to ...

732. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . The Lions Club and other charity organizations today are filled with men and women of character, men and women of kindness, compassion, and giving in other ways than money. They have the courage to speak out against wrongs. They have strength to lift ... courage of His Lion-like Father, as He IS the true Lion’s Son, the Lion of Judah, with the heart of authority, compassion, and forgiveness. No better perhaps use of this metaphor in fiction has been demonstrated than in C.S. Lewis fiction, The Chronicles of ...

733. Rooted and Rebooted

Psalm 126:1-6, Luke 13:31-35, 2 Samuel 15:13-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’ identity as the one who comes to “dwell” with us. See for exp., http://israelmyglory.org. Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text David Weeps on the Mount of Olives (2 Samuel 15) Jesus Laments for Jerusalem (Luke 13:31-35) Minor Text Joseph Weeps in Compassion for His Brothers (Genesis 42-45) The Book of Lamentations (for the destruction of the Temples) Psalm 11: The Lord Will Examine Psalm 12: Help Lord, for No One is Faithful Anymore Psalm 30: Weeping May Endure for a Night, but Joy Comes in the ...

734. The First Songs of Christmas

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... trip to get his or her favorite ice cream. Surprised, child recognizes this as an undeserved gift. Now, we also have a reaction to this story, don’t we? What an understanding, loving, forgiving parent we say! A parent more interested in returning love and compassion in response to the child’s clear sorrow and grief over the relational breach. In scenario one, there is no relational dynamic. In scenario two, it’s all about the relational dynamic. And it’s all about the response of the child. In both ...

735. Hold Me When I'm Angry

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carl Jech

... ourselves as being angry together with God at this suffering and injustice. Righteous indignation, he contends, is a gift from God. It is God, he says, who gives us our sense of what is fair or unfair. Our feeling of compassion for the afflicted is a reflection of the compassion God feels in response to suffering. God's anger works through us when we respond to life's unfairness with sympathy and positive action. Of course, sometimes our righteous indignation can be misguided or misplaced. It may have been ...

736. Apostles of Hope

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... when we most grieve. Today, as in the days of the first apostles, our greatest and most valuable commodity is not gold, or money, or equipment, or even a cure, but faith –in God and in ourselves, in our future and in our human propensity for compassion and sacrificial love. Jesus did not promise his disciples that things would go back to the way they were before. Bad things DID happen. Nothing was going to change that. But Jesus assured them that even better things would happen now if only they would go ...

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Dalai Lama

738. I Have Seen the Lord

John 20:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in the middle of the room and didn’t say a word. He didn’t know what to say or do, so he didn’t do anything. Kelly can look back now, as a pastor herself who has counseled countless people in similar circumstances and feel some compassion for the chaplain. But she still remembers the pain of that night and his inability to deal with it. With her emotions still somewhat raw, she says simply, “Silence was not an option.” (1) The two nights following Jesus’ crucifixion were the longest nights that ...

739. Not Gullible; But Skeptical

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... was fielding from audiences today, “. . . the questions are getting larger and larger and the soul is getting emptier and emptier . . .” (3) Ravi Zacharias understood what it is to struggle with one’s faith, and so he could deal with doubting individuals with love and compassion. I sometimes wonder if God has not deliberately placed many obstacles to faith in our world. If He meant for us to walk with utter certainty, why does He not reveal Himself more clearly? And why didn’t He give us a guidebook ...

740. Following God's Plan

1 John 5:1-6

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), making the upstanding members of Jewish society, namely the priest and Levite, the villains, and the Samaritan, the most despised population in Hebrew society as the hero, he placed the virtue of compassion over adherence to the law, and thereby insulted the Jewish ruling elite. When he readily associated with lepers, drove demons from Legion, and allowed a hemorrhaging woman to touch him, thereby making himself ritually impure and suggested that such actions were ...

741. Walking with God

Acts 2:1-21 · John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... worried when he was leaving them, because they felt lost without him, without guidance, without their sense of mission, without their compass for right and wrong, without a strategy or goal for the future and what they were called to do, and Jesus ... closed doors, but to be a traveler on the roads and byways of life with the Holy Spirit by our side, our eyes and ears and our compass in the world, so that all can be redeemed. The Holy Spirit comes to you not just for your sake but for the sake of the world ...

742. The Power of the Staff

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it’s not good for us to stay where we are in life, we also, no matter how hard we try, cannot seem to move forward into a different sort of place. We are just “stuck.” Chris Germer, the co-founder of a program called “Mindful Self-Compassion” says that when we experience difficulties in our past, when we feel alone and powerless, most of all when we are frightened to move forward, we do one of three things: we fight (devolve into self-critique or critique/mistrust of the world around us), we flee ...

743. For The Love of God is Creative

1 Corinthians 2:6-12 · Psalm 8

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... be. Jesus teaches us and models for us what it means to accept the full potential of living the affirmation that we are created in God's Image. Jesus reveals God's nature as well. And the God who is revealed in Christ Jesus is a God of love and compassion who reaches out to us and invites us back into this loving relationship. In Christ we see a God who is somewhat like the father who told his son he would send him to sleep in the attic, with only bread and water for supper, if he were disobedient one ...

744. Welcome, Joe!

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... be called God’s child, then you understand the younger son’s decision. Then Jesus says, “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.” But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him. The father who had been rejected. The father who had been shamed by his son’s actions. That father was standing at the window waiting for his son to come ...

745. Shared Promises

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... “yes” to these questions, then you are a true Elizabeth. And your church is a blessed and holy place. This season of joy, let us all strive to be an Elizabeth to someone in our lives. Let our churches be havens of hope, beacons of light, places of peace, and compasses of compassion for all who come our way. This is your gift. This is your responsibility. This is who you are. May Christ bless you and keep you.

746. You Will Always Have The Poor With You…

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... you do not have me.” He rebuts Judas, trying to get him to keep his eyes on the ball. As we move toward Jerusalem and Palm Sunday, it’s important that we come together as a people of Christ to build a community that can maintain its focus on love, compassion, and hope. It’s important that we keep our eyes on the ball. And as we keep our eyes on the prize, let us remember our call is not to agreement on issues, but to unity in Christ. Let us remember to rise above the forces that would divide us ...

747. Forgiven

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... excusing or minimizing criminal or evil acts. But instead of holding the hurt inside where it can fester, forgiveness means we channel our pain and anger into making things right. We can release those hard feelings, have compassion on ourselves, and begin to have compassion on others. Instead of looking for revenge we can reach toward justice and reconciliation. You probably didn’t expect to work that hard on Easter Sunday. But Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection means that we have forgiveness from ...

748. The Challenge Of Simplicity

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... with their views. Some people are always planning and plotting. Everything they do is a step to position themselves for some next step on their list. They may truly care about someone or something, but there are reasons. They may have hearts of compassion, but that compassion is there to help them achieve something else. This is like the loyal and devout old gentleman who hasn’t missed a Sunday service in 47 years, who gives more than his tithe, and who offers his smile and prayers freely and openly ...

749. The Greater Gift

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... people in difficult positions, in oppressed circumstances, those afflicted with illnesses or grief, or those widowed or divorced. Jesus takes the Jewish definitions of sin, repentance, and atonement and redefines them in ways that emphasize God’s action, God’s provision, God’s compassion, and God’s presence. It’s God front and center, or as you might say in Jesus’ case, his message reads:God sees you, the Messiah is here, the kingdom has come near to you!In fact: God forgives you, even though ...

750. What Fills Your Life Now?

Acts 7:55-60

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... think about the attitude and outlook that Keaton had, and to know that, hey, if this little kid can do it in spite of everything that's been going on, there's absolutely no reason why we can't.” (4) One little child battling cancer lived with faith, compassion and courage. In Keaton’s worst and most challenging time, his faith and the Holy Spirit living in him helped him to focus on helping others. And his legacy of kindness lives on after him. And finally, if we are full of the Holy Spirit, God can use ...

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