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751. Magnify Your Ministry!

Romans 11:11-24

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... responded, "there must he an easier way to make a living." Many nurses go through the motions of waiting on the sick as if theirs was only a profession. Some doctors look forward to the day when their annual income exceeds $100,000. This attitude affects young men and women interested in the ministry. Dr. Charles Allen tells of a young man who came into his office seeking a career. He asked, "What does the ministry have to offer me?" Dr. Allen replied, "You asked the wrong question. Perhaps you should ...

752. When the Church Is the Church

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... , the same word he used over and over in his marvelous "Love Chapter" to the Corinthians. Such love is love with its eyes open as well as its heart, tough-minded love as well as tender-hearted love, love which never gives up on the object of its affections, love which sees through the ugliness of sin to the beauty of the sinner. It is the sort of love with which Jesus greeted Judas as he was betrayed with a kiss, asking, "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" (Matthew 26:50 KJV). It is the kind of love which ...

753. A Liturgical Drama For Advent

Drama

Tom Eberle

... : You’re right. I wonder what happened that no one lighted them? Mother: The candle lighter is probably late this morning. O. C: Maybe they have a Jewish candle lighter this month and he came yesterday. Father: I think your Mad magazine is beginning to affect your mind. Mother: I agree with Benjamin, [younger child] it doesn’t seem right to begin worship without the candles. It’s as if nothing is going to happen. Father: Let’s light them ourselves [The family approaches the altar which has an Advent ...

754. Must We Have All the Answers?

Gn 2:9 · Deut 30:19-20 · Job 52:5

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... if any of us, after that first kiss, went home, and in an attempt to understand what had happened to us, pulled down our Random House dictionary from the shelf and read the words of definition "to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed in token of greeting, affection, reverence etc." Of course we didn’t do that (if we did, there is something wrong with us!), and I am suggesting that we shouldn’t be so quick to do it with the stories of the Old and New Testaments. A kiss is more than the coming ...

755. Dessert in the Desert

Deut 32:10-12 · Ez 37

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... wings, the Lord kept Israel from falling. The Lord alone led his people without the help of a foreign god. (Deuteronomy 32:10-12 GNB) It is in the wilderness, as the recalcitrance of the children of Israel comes into contact with the affection and strength of God, that they shape their religious thought and practice. Commenting on this, biblical scholar John Bright writes "that it was during this period that Israel received her distinctive faith and became a people can scarcely be doubted." 4 That the ...

756. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... in Rome. He told her about Jesus' teachings, about his miracles, then about his crucifixion, and then about his resurrection. Finally he informed her that he had decided to become a disciple of Jesus. In her letter of response, Diana said, "What I feared was that it might affect you. It is a beautiful story. Let it remain so. We don't have to do anything about it, do we?" Oh yes, we do, Diana. This Jesus is still marching down the streets of the world. Jesus is the unidentified king who has no crown to wear ...

757. Our Three-Faced God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... God, not even Moses. The most Moses could see was the back of God. To look at the glory of God was like looking at the sun during an eclipse: It burned out your eyes to the point of blindness. This lack of appreciating the greatness of God has affected our worship. Today the church is experiencing a crisis in worship simply because we no longer have a God worthy of worship, "worth-ship." It is when we have a God of greatness, majesty, and glory that we instinctively fall down before him in worship, awe, and ...

758. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

... card] Nonetheless, word would undoubtedly reach Rome that the carpenter was at the roots of such an uprising, and I am certain that it would not bode well for you ... PILATE: [Furious, rising glaring at CAIAPHAS] I will take care of Rome and the issues that affect Rome, priest. Keep your nose out of it and your mouth out of it, too, - if you want to live long and happily. [PILATE turns abruptly and paces. CAIAPHAS is startled by the threat, but quickly regains his composure] Let us put it this way, and ...

759. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

Drama

Jon Joyce

... the mental states of Peter and Claudia, and in showing the danger of the approaching storm. Lighting At the opening, the lighting should be bright. Rapidly, it grows darker and, later in the drama, there will be calls for lightning which may be affected by flashing the chancel or house lights or by flashing one or several floodlights. The lighting, as the sound effects, is extremely important to the dramatic effectiveness of the dialogue. A red light on the ceiling during Claudia’s speech is quite ...

760. Incalculable Riches by Bishop Roy C. Nichols

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... memory of their meeting. They said it is the task of the whole church to proclaim the whole gospel to the whole world. Most of us have come to understand the wholeness of the world. Anybody’s joy or sorrow in any part of the world affects and influences everybody’s joy and sorrow everywhere in the world. Any human being in the United States who does not understand that statement needs his television examined! We have come to understand more about the "wholeness" of the church. No longer can we say of ...

761. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... faith. We are drawn together by the invisible cords of our common commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Those who accept the Christian faith acknowledge him as Lord of all of life. And because they do, their lives are profoundly affected. This was so in the first century church. The greatest thing about the early Christians was certainly not their wealth. For the most part they were poor. They were not distinguished for their scholastic training. Most of them were unlettered. Nor were they ...

762. To Be Perfectly One

John 17:20-26

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Allan J. Weenink

... our generation there must be visible and spoken evidence of what we are and whose we are. To be perfectly one means that we believe something about the cross of Christ, we speak something about what that means and we show by what we do how it has affected us. One billion people in unison can have a fantastic influence on this globe. That, I believe, is what Christ meant when he prayed: "so that the world may know that Thou hast sent me and hast loved them, even as Thou hast loved me." That love, expressed ...

763. Virtue Won’t Hurt You

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the woman ventured outside to see what progress was being made in punishing the delinquent dog. To her dismay her husband was petting the dog that had not created the damage. When questioned by his wife, the man responded: "Sometimes you have to show affection for the one who doesn’t get into trouble." Indeed, our constant attention to the problem person has an adverse effect on behavioral patterns. So few parents ever praise other adults. Most of us are insecure people who satisfy our ego needs through ...

764. Keeping Our Promises

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... ." In our day and time there exists a tremendous need to cease over-promising. Not only does over-promising or telling people things we’re going to do that we cannot possibly do make for strained personal relations, but a low valuation on our word affects our whole life style. When young couples come in for planning their wedding ceremony, they are sometimes surprised at the many little promises they must make to each other. And, years later when the sting of a divorce is felt, many ask why. People who ...

765. The Little Miracle Before The Big One

Luke 22:47-53

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... called them into the garden to watch and pray with him. They had not prayed, but fallen asleep instead. How do you suppose Peter would have acted in this situation if he had prayed? Prayer makes you feel a lot differently about your enemies - and greatly affects how you treat them. THE MIRACLE OF MALCHUS SHOWS JESUS’ INTEREST IN SMALL PROBLEMS/PEOPLE Imagine how many things Jesus had on his mind now - just think of the pressure He has gone through the agony of the bloody-sweat in Gethsemane, he’s been ...

766. For Those in Church: Joy and Service

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Jesus spoke these words to his disciples. They are about the pillars of the church in his day - the scribes and Pharisees. Rather then spend our time today giving thunder to the scribes and Pharisees (as often happens), let us see how Jesus’ words affect the practice of our religion. Jesus says about those scribes and Pharisees: "... they preach, but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger" (Matthew ...

767. Paul: The Man and His Message

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... chiefly grounded. The Jesus of the Christian proclamation declares, "I came not to call the righteous but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). Paul’s own disciple, Luke, transmits the astounding story about a lost son, comparing God to a father who lavishes his affection upon a moral derelict whose only claim to consideration is his utter helplessness (Luke 15). In another illustration, Jesus draws a sharp contrast between a Pharisee, a devout keeper of the law, and a tax-gatherer, self-condemned before the law and ...

768. Justification and Reconciliation

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon Aid

T. A. Kantonen

... he knows is wrong (Romans 7:15 ff). This is true of all men, for they are all members of a fallen and sin-tainted race. The apostle is thus led to speak of Adam’s fall, for all mankind is one flesh with Adam and his disobedience has affected all. But he does not proceed to describe the fall as an historical event but as a diagnosis of a universal and perrennial human predicament. The key-passage is Romans 5:12: "Sin came into the world through one man and death through sin," but the apostle hastens to ...

769. Blinding Specks

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... perhaps it would be helpful for us to give some consideration to these blinding specks. Stimulants To Ego Consider, for instance, the stimulation they may provide for one’s ego. Boris Pasternak has one of his characters describing another. He says of her, "She’s a bit affected. There is something she doesn’t like about herself. That’s why she talks such a lot and why she makes herself sillier than she is. It’s as if she were in a hurry to distract your attention from her looks, before you’ve had ...

770. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... not my friend; I suppose I do not have a worse enemy living." Washington looked surprised and said, "Surely you are not pleading for your enemy?" "Yes," said the preacher. "Then," said Washington, "I will grant the pardon." The forgiving spirit of this preacher so affected the man that he was transformed into a friend.3 It does not always happen that way, but yet there is power in forgiveness. It cleanses and strengthens the one who forgives, and it also has a redemptive influence upon the one who receives ...

771. Strained Gnats

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... this "exception" by saying that the honey did not really take anything from the bee’s body, but merely passed through its body on its way from the flower to the beehive. But Orthodox scientists now admit, Mr. Sander said, that there are enzymes in the bee that affect the honey. So they were working hard to see if they could show that the honey really did not come from the bee’s body!3 If one gives enough attention to a matter of extreme insignificance, it may come to seem unusually important to one. The ...

772. Christians In A Warring World - 1941

Galatians 6:1-10

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... , it is small wonder that the public mind is so desperately confused on this vital matter. To be specific, what is the Christian way with reference to this pressing problem of war? Without wanting to be dogmatic and arbitrary, and with all kindliness and affection for those who differ with us, there are many of us who have come to hold certain convictions in this matter with such compulsive assurance, that we feel we must speak out boldly and unequivocally. We sincerely believe that the Christian way is the ...

773. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... , their hurts, their needs, and most of all their infinite value, their matchless worth in the sight of God. Then I try to love them with compassion and consecrated concern. To the degree that I cleanse my spirit with such a flood of affection for my people, I find them almost invariably-willingly receptive. Not that they always agree - they don’t. But they listen attentively, appreciatively, creatively - and whether they agree or not, they show me in a thousand ways that they want me to preach ...

774. In The Nick of Time

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... or falls on the stewardship of the people, not the surplus of the people. We pick out our gifts for friends very carefully. We certainly will not give them the same things this year we gave last year. Unavoidably the value of our gift conveys the extent of our affection. God can’t help drawing conclusions if our Christmas-shopping bill exceeds his gift. Shall our gift be a sop or a sacrifice? A son? Abraham was ready to give God what he wanted. What does God want you and me to give? This is the time of ...

775. Like Buoys In The River

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . "Whatsoever a person sows, that also shall he reap." Most of us when feeling good and thinking straight can usually figure out the right thing to do in a given situation. But it becomes more difficult when we are tired, angry, frustrated, scared, or emotionally affected. Then it is a lifesaver to have a dependable moral code already in place. As someone has said, "The decisions I make in my best moments bind me in my worst moments." One of the best decisions one can make is to follow the Ten Commandments ...

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