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726. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... appear at once. He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. So, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’ “But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’ “He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had ...

727. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and harm, as well as to sear and purify/heal. So too is the snake in the call of Moses –they can bite and burn with their poison, and they can be the power of healing (the bronze serpent on Moses’ pole), because fire is subject to God –always. All things are subject to God in the end. Whether you see the “hot ember” as coal or red-hot stone, its sacramental power is unmistaken. It is an anointing of fire, similar to that of the Pentecost when tongues of fire alighted on those who would receive the ...

728. Why Can’t I Have It All?

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and without any cost or toil? Why shouldn’t you have it all now? Why should you have to work for it, invest in it? Why shouldn’t you have what you want? You are, after all, you. And God is no better than you! Why should you be subject to God when you can be on the same level as God, enjoying the freedom that God has? The Jewish people call this “poisonous voice” lashon hara, the “evil inclination,” the curse of the tongue. It’s a voice that prompts cravings for reward without investment, the ...

Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.

Barrett Wendell

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.

John Naisbitt

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.

William James

732. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

... were Jews; many of them were Gentiles from a variety of religious backgrounds. (2) Paul needed to teach them the basics of the faith. And what could be more basic or more important than the way a Christian views death? It’s not a pleasant subject, but it is an important subject, and I hope you don’t mind if I spend a few minutes with it this morning. It’s really important that we figure this out, for others and for ourselves. Because everyone will grieve at some time in their lives. Because the way we ...

733. Public Sex

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

... sex with people you're not married to." Jesus says, ''Disciples of mine don't break promises to someone, especially promises about sex." Look up the context of Jesus' words about divorce in Mark 10. He has been talking, not about sex or marriage (two subjects of little interest to Jesus), but about discipleship (Mark 8:27-10:52), about the public cost of following him down a narrow way not taken by most ruthlessly privatized Americans. Sex is only interesting to us as a discipleship issue, as our way of ...

734. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... ). Earlier I mentioned how the ruins of Egypt inspired Percy Blythe Shelley to write the poem “Ozymandius.” But he was speaking about ancient ruins. His friend Horace Smith wrote a poem on the same subject that appeared a month later, which no one remembers. The first eight lines were about the same subject. In Egypt’s sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:— “I am great OZYMANDIAS,” saith the stone, “The King of Kings; this ...

735. Listen!

Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)

Sermon

King Duncan

... cf. Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 7:23 and Matthew I 1: 1 5).” (5) It’s easy to get stressed out or turned off by the subject of praying. Too many of us have grown up with the belief that there is a “right way” and a “wrong way” to pray. We’ve been ... the question-and-answer period, a man raised his hand and asked, “Doctor, how should I pray?” The noted expert on the subject answered, “It’s very simple. Ask God.” (6) Instead of judging yourself for your attempts at prayer, just ask God to show ...

736. Beware! Angels

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Will Willimon

... symbolical. Those of Dante are the best. Before his angels we sink in awe." -- C. S. Lewis, Introduction to The Screwtape Letters. ----------------------------------------------------------- ''....In the early 1970's, when Billy Graham decided to preach a sermon on angels, he found that little had been published on the subject in this century. The book he wrote, Angels: God's Secret Agents (Word, 1975), headed the bestseller list for months and has remained Graham's most popular volume. Several books on the ...

737. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... performs in Mark's gospel, is the act of teaching? Our first glimpse of Jesus is as a teacher with authority. Students always say, ''Don't take the course, take the teacher.'' A good teacher, they reason, teaching a bad subject is more worthwhile than a lousy teacher ruining a good subject. Remember those holy, wonderful moments when you were in school and some mysterious event was brought to your attention—say the coloring of leaves in the fall, or the flight of a bird, or the causes of the Civil War ...

738. Selling Out

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... . I seem to remember a one-word commentary that came out, “Yuck!” Since three of the four gospel writers include this story, there must have been a high value placed upon its telling. And, while demonic activity isn’t the most pleasant of subjects, casting them out certainly offers a good view of the power of the Messiah. Scripture flatly states that this man was demon-possessed. He wasn’t merely oppressed or bothered by them. He was out-and-out possessed. That’s strong language — even for ...

739. How Did I Get That Job?

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... the idea of helping people squabble over their possessions. Truth be told, Jesus didn’t seem to be all that crazy about having many possessions in the first place. I once heard someone say that Jesus spoke more about money and possessions than about any other single subject (except for hell). Frankly, I don’t know if that’s true or not. I’ve never counted. I suppose it’s like a lot of things. It depends upon how you count things and what words and phrases you interpret as being related to the ...

740. The Joy Of Being Found

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to discover he had not heard a word so absorbed was he in a letter he had received. I cut out the poem and placed it in my musical scrapbook. “At the meeting on the second day, the subject was the good shepherd. At the conclusion Moody turned to me with the question: ‘Have you a solo appropriate for this subject with which to close? I was troubled to know what to do. At this moment I seemed to hear a voice saying: ‘Sing the hymn you found on the train!’ But I thought this impossible, as no music ...

741. Rule Breakers

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... a brand-new way to look at God’s Law. Our Bible passage for this morning begins: “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” Did you hear that? “You have ...

742. Transformed

John 4:5-42

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... . What’s more, they would have most likely come together, for a chance to talk and to help each other hoist their heavy water jugs. But this woman came alone in the heat of the day, as if to avoid the other women. Perhaps she had already been the subject of their gossip and had grown weary of their sidelong glances. Even Jesus apparently knew that she had been married five times and was living with a man who was not her husband. As the woman made her way toward the well, she could see Jesus sitting by it ...

743. Brace Yourself!

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

John Jamison

... to judgment.” Everyone nodded. They had learned that concept as children. They all agreed with that one. “But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.” Can you see their faces? “What did he say?” While the odds are that none of the folks there would ever commit murder, most everyone there had brothers and sisters, and like most families that meant arguments. Was he really serious? Jesus kept going and said that anyone ...

744. Leaving an Empty Chair

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... , New Jersey for 53 years. And for many of those years, he has kept an empty chair near the front of his room. Part of the Civics curriculum includes teaching about the civil rights movement and the history of discrimination in the U.S. This is a subject close to Gill’s heart, and he wanted to ensure his students understood the pain and injustice of racism. So he told them a story from his own personal perspective. In 1956, when Gill was just nine years old, he and his friend Archie went to a friend ...

745. What Heaven Will Be Like

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... and relationship as children of God. But Jesus assures us that God has a plan to restore creation to God’s original design. The kingdom of heaven is the culmination of God’s vision for and promise to humanity. That’s why it was Jesus’ favorite subject to teach and preach about. Notice that from the creation story in the Garden of Eden to the last images of Jesus as Lord in Revelation, God always relates to God’s people through a vision and a promise. Those seem to be the two essential elements ...

746. Enemy in Disguise

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... mistake someone good for bad, if we do not that day like the message they are delivering to us. Or we could mistake someone bad for good, if they sweet talk us enough and lure us with the sense and beauty of their words. Those loyal and subject to God and scripture, those who uphold the laws and bear good “fruit” within the world can sometimes be led astray, betrayed, or duped. But they will prevail in the end. Their good fruit will prove their identity, their worth, and their ability to nourish others ...

747. A Violent Week

Mark 14:1-2 · Luke 22:14-23:56

Sermon

Will Willimon

... not young Augustus had the maturity to rule over the Empire. Augustus showed his ability to rule by having Cicero beheaded on the spot, his body left in a pool of blood. This was pax romana. Thus Jesus said to his followers, "The gentile rulers lord over their subjects, but it shall not be so with you." The Caesars of this world dominate and exploit. Jesus came emptying himself (Phil. 2:5-11). Of all the lessons of the Gospel, surely this is the most difficult to learn. On the night he was betrayed, one of ...

748. Us Against Them

Exodus 4:21

Sermon

Will Willimon

... assertion that we have our God and Pharaoh has his gods, though our God is better. But Exodus will have none of our polytheism. The Lord your God is one. Therefore reality has integrity. The world cannot be divided up among rival deities and their feuding subjects. The Lord your God is one. God is not our partisan idol. A few weeks ago we joined Jesus on his visit to his hometown synagogue in Nazareth. The people loved it when Jesus read from their scripture about the acceptable year when their God would ...

749. Hark, The Herald... What?

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not hear much preaching about angels despite the many biblical references to them. Some years ago, Billy Graham decided to do a sermon on angels and realized that he had never heard one. It prompted him to, not only preach a sermon, but write an entire book on the subject: Angels, God’s Secret Agents.1 Some years ago, when the internet was just coming into its own, I decided that the church I served should have a presence on the web to reach folks who otherwise might have no contact with us at all. It was ...

750. Walk the Talk

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The story today uses the metaphor of a vineyard, an owner, and his sons to exemplify our relationship with God. First, we are “sons.” In today’s world, we would say, “sons and daughters”: children of God. God cares for us not just as an objective creation but subjectively as God’s own beloved children. God has a unique investment in our lives and in everything we say and do. God has a deep investment in our created world, and like any good parent, God wants us to allow him to help us make it all ...

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726. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

727. Here Be Dragons

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

728. Why Can’t I Have It All?

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.

Barrett Wendell

John Naisbitt

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.

William James

732. Dealing with Grief

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Sermon

King Duncan

733. Public Sex

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

734. Going Into Labor

Mark 13:1-8

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