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751. The Reckoning

Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... a very remote area, the true story going on here is about the faith (or doubt) of Jesus’ disciples. Let’s listen to this story for a moment once again: Jesus was trying initially to get some time alone. But people followed him, and he ended up having compassion on them. So, he spent a long time with them, teaching them and healing their sick. When evening came, “the disciples came to [Jesus] and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away, so that they may go into ...

752. How a Baby Changed the World

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ; the notion that every child bore God’s image helped fuel the move for universal literacy . . . Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones’ mind.” Next the notion of Compassion. “Jesus’ compassion for the poor and the sick led to institutions for lepers. These institutions were the beginning of modern-day hospitals.” Then there’s the virtue of Humility. Did you know that before Jesus came into the world, humility wasn’t ...

753. God's Plan for a New Year

Galatians 4:4-7

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... and me. If you and I lived the way Christ intends for us to live—if we lived out on a daily basis the love, compassion and charity that are part and parcel of this special season—the world would be changed. The world is waiting for the people of God ... your heart? Do you have his love for all people? Do you have his joy, his patience, his faithfulness, his peace, his compassion? Then you are part of the solution rather than part of the problem for turning this world around. Recently I read an interesting ...

754. The Glory of God

Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... answers! Across the narrow lines of our petty religion, our puny notions of what can and can't be, our standards of good and right thunders this great, glorious God saying, (Romans 9:5) “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.'' I don't run the world the way you would if you were God. I run it according to my own great, expansive, inclusive, elusive, love. You see, says Paul, we're just going to have to let God be God, even if God leaves us with bigger ...

755. Many Rooms

John 14:1-14, 18-19, 25-27

Eulogy

George Reed

... of separation and sorrow. It is not unlike our time today. We have gathered to care for and support one another in our time of grieving. We feel the separation that death brings and we are looking for a word of comfort. Jesus had compassion on his disciples that day and he has compassion on us today. The words he spoke to John and Peter and the rest he now speaks to us. “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” Oh, how our troubled hearts yearn to be comforted. We seek some word of consolation but how can ...

756. Processing Grief

Lamentations 3:1-66

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... 28–30 once more picture the afflicted person in order to set the stage for verses 31–33. Despite the perception that the Lord brought on the affliction, faith affirms that it is not really in God’s nature to afflict. More than that, his compassion and his unfailing love override whenever God does afflict. The poet is responding to an age-old problem: how can one reconcile belief in a God of goodness and power with the reality of suffering? Verses 34–36 are further assertions of confidence by a ...

757. Badger or Bonobo?

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... groups and families. While many species of the animal kingdom have struggled to maintain dominance, the bonobo curiously seems to be becoming more and more domesticated all on their own. Somehow, they have realized that they will thrive better and more abundantly through compassion and kindness rather than dominance and aggression.[5] If only humans could follow suit. Whether in our homes, our communities, our churches, or in our nation, the more we cultivate among ourselves Jesus’ vision of collaboration ...

758. Living Through Hard Times

2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... means to be siblings who are faithful to God, but rather than judge (except in cases of self- righteousness), Jesus loved. Jesus healed. Jesus wept over the pain people felt and acted to create. Jesus forgave, even from the cross. Reconciliation is hard. Compassion is sometimes hard. Kindness is sometimes hard. Patience is sometimes hard. Love is sometimes hard. But love is not just what we feel. Love is a commandment, a calling, and a requirement of Jesus’ followers. This Lenten season, let us reflect on ...

759. A New Creation in Hope

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... do not behave in the ways God calls us to behave ― when we are angry, spiteful, and filled with prejudice and selfishness. We are loved in any case. Yet, if we want to be a part of the reordering, the new creation, we must choose to act with mercy, compassion, kindness, and love as a means of thanking God for the wonder of our birth, our life, our blessings. We must act as one who follows Jesus, not to earn our way into God’s family, but in thankfulness for our eternal inclusion in God’s family. It is ...

760. God Soaked

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... from this: the idea that some sins are unredeemable, that some sins on our “sin scale” are simply too far off the charts –whether sins of others or sins of our own. Jesus in no uncertain terms tell us an emphatic NO! Jesus, full of love, grace, compassion, and care for all people –even those steeped in the sins of judging and bias—can be and will be redeemed by God, the moment they understand what they’ve done and stand humbly before God. Lent is a time in which we “soak” ourselves in God ...

761. Motives Matter

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... likely struggled at other times as well, when challenged by Peter, likely in prayer, and certainly in the Garden of Gethsemane. One of his great gifts to humanity we see in his ability to overcome even his survival motivations in favor of empathy, compassion, sacrifice for the greater good, love, and devotion to God’s master plan to redeem and heal humanity –a “salvation of salience” in the human creature so to speak. Jesus spends some of his last time on earth training his disciples for evangelism ...

762. The Rhythm of Your Heart

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... your soul leap with joy when you sense God’s presence around you? Does your spirit resonate with the voice of the Holy Spirit of Christ within you? If you know where your treasure lies, your deeds will always follow. Your goals, your inclinations, your empathy and compassion for others will flow from your heart like the blissful sound of the angels. And God’s voice will resonate in your spirit for all to hear! So, lift your voices and sing people of God! Let the music of God’s presence wash over you ...

763. Calculated Christianity

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... me cannot be my disciple” he was asking them, and us, to do the impossible and perhaps that is exactly the point. It is exactly the point because calculated Christianity is not about our grit or our smarts. It is about surrendering to God’s will, power, grace, compassion, mercy, and love. Discipleship is not about what we can attain, it is about what God in Christ does for us and through us and sometimes despite us. It is about knowing that we will try and try and try until we know we can’t do it ...

764. Eternally Yours

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... or your neighbor, you value differently. Now, it was easy enough for the Pharisees to understand their value of a sheep. For them, a flock of sheep represented a commodity, money. If one of them wandered off, of course, they would go after it, not however out of compassion but out of fear of losing an asset. If they lost a coin and that coin represented a significant value, they would search high and low for it. That much seemed clear. Why then did it become so hard for them to make the leap from sheep and ...

765. Suffering And Service

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... had always been a person who understood God as a giver of rules. She recognized herself as a person who was good at following the rules. But God surprised her. In the midst of feeling so unlovable and so unworthy, she discovered a God of love and compassion. She was changed, not so much by what she learned about God intellectually but by what she felt in her heart. For the first time, she experienced the crucifixion and resurrection as her own story. Grateful for God's love, the young woman began to think ...

766. Transforming Love

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... guided by a philosophy that is self-centered? It is a philosophy that says: "Give me what is mine! I deserve it and I want it and I will not be denied even for the sake of others!" Where is the consideration for others? Where is the compassion and the tenderness? A minister went through a difficult experience with his family several years ago. He had two sons and his wife was pregnant. They had had some problem pregnancies before so they knew that they needed to wait until a certain stage in the pregnancy ...

767. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... 's passage, Peter put the mourners out and he said, "Tabitha, cumi," meaning, "Tabitha, arise." There is only a one-letter difference in the two accounts. We, too, would do well to pattern our ministry after that of Jesus. This means we must learn to respond in compassion to those who are grieving and in need. We must learn to draw the power and the authority of our ministry from God. We must act in confidence, trusting in the direction, the purpose, and the power of God. Instead of focusing on what we can ...

768. Holy Wisdom From On High!

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... exemplified. It is perhaps his "holy Wisdom from on high" which resulted in the incarnation. Humans need human contact, and we could never understand nor know God until God was enfleshed and came among us. He walked as a man among us that we might know the loving compassion of the heart of God which felt for each of us in our need. The true story is told of a woman named Mamie who made frequent trips to the branch post office. One day she confronted a long line of people who were waiting for service from ...

769. Naaman Is My Name!

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... of Naaman inhabits us all. We have become a nation of syncretists. We take a little of this religion and a little of that and make our own "brand." So we try to meld together from Christianity the philosophy of Jesus with his teaching on love and compassion. From Eastern religions we borrow ideas related to the thought that each person can be his/her own god. This is where the New Age movement gets much of its impetus. Then we take a bit from something else and finally have our "mix-and-match" combination ...

770. Unusual, To Say The Least!

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... chance of their returning to him. They had been warned over and over; again and again they had been exhorted to repent. No matter what kind of punishment he sent to them now, they would deserve it. They had sinned beyond all the limits of Divine compassion -- but, unbelievably, his great promise came to them, "If you repent ... I'll restore the kingdom, the house of David will rule once more over Israel and you will feast on wine and fruit in the promised land." There is always more mercy in God than there ...

771. From The Redemption Of A King To A King Of Redemption

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... story he angrily demanded to know what man had done such a thing. Whereupon Nathan said to the king, "You are the man" (v. 7). But as we remember the occasion of King David's most notable sin and conviction, we also remember the occasion of his compassion, repentance, and redemption! In response to his conviction, he did not have Nathan beheaded. Nor did he order a cover-up. Instead he fell on his knees and cried out to God, his redeemer: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according ...

772. How to Rise above Discouragement

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... support at least for the time being. That's drama enough -- a large crowd of caring people -- but now there is more. Jesus approaches, apparently coming from Capernaum where he just healed the Roman Centurion's slave. He saw the widowed, desolate mother, had compassion for her, thinking perhaps of his own mother reputedly widowed at an early age. "Do not weep," he told her. Her tears for her son no doubt now intermingling with the endless salty tears shed for her husband. And in the continuing drama risking ...

773. A Tale Of Two Cities

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... Word demands. The offices of priest and prophet need not be diametrically opposed. Those who are called and anointed of God can maintain their temples and still bring a word of hope and transformation for a suffering people. It is only by such conviction, power, compassion, and resolve that the people of God can be won back to God and souls can be saved for the coming time. The authority by which they both think and speak should be an authority that emanates from God and should be preserved without comprise ...

774. Proper 12

Psalm 85:1-13, Colossians 2:6-23, Hosea 1:1-2:1, Luke 11:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... it in the mystery of God's action which we cannot fully grasp in our limited human understanding. God's purposes are hidden from our sight in such situations. Jesus concludes by saying that persistent praying results in the gift of the Holy Spirit. God of compassion and mercy provides the presence of the Holy Spirit to enable us to accept the trials of life even when we do not fully know all the answers to why a world has in it disappointment, suffering, and death. 2. Praying for Wants or Needs? Prayer ...

775. Proper 17

Psalm 81:1-16, Hebrews 13:1-25, Jeremiah 2:1-3:5, Luke 14:1-14

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... a life that is transparent enough to stand scrutiny. A. A Life of Integrity. Confession of faith and performance of deeds should be closely enough related that they confirm each other. B. A Living Witness. If a picture is worth a thousand words, acts of love and compassion may pass the test better than ten thousand words. C. Standing with Jesus. A life standing with Jesus need not be ashamed regardless of the world's view of it. 2. Places of Honor. (v. 7) Where do Christians find the places of honor? A. The ...

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