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751. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... s grace and peace rather than seeking to destroy some perceived enemy. Even in small ways, with small beginnings, we work the work of God. And like a small mustard seed, and a pinch of yeast, the small beginning affects the whole. One of the things that impresses me a great deal about the story of the work and ministry of the apostles recorded in the Acts of the Apostles is the way they went about their labors. Peter, James, John, Paul and the others did not go around smashing idols in public view, throwing ...

752. Give Me A Break!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... Chorazin and Bethsaida, remembering the many displays of power and the miraculous events which had taken place in the lives of their citizens, he recalled that it had not made any impact at all. No one was responding and no one was repenting. Everyone seemed impressed, but not enough so to allow his Word and power to transform their lives. We know what it feels like to have everything we have been working for, planning for and investing ourselves in go for nothing. This was definitely “one of those days ...

753. Living By A Hunch

2 Kings 4:8-37

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... was trusted who took advantage of the trust? Or someone who rose to prominence and turned out to be an impostor? In our text for today, the rich woman from Shunem confronts just such a dilemma when she befriends Elisha the prophet. Our text gives us the impression that he was a mystery person to her. Yes, they quickly became good friends, but apparently Elisha didn’t talk much about what he did when he wasn’t in Shunem and apparently the woman didn’t ask him for an answer. But Elisha kept coming back ...

754. Take Care Of Each Other!

Ezekiel 33:1-20

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... Abel and as such it is one of the oldest stories in the Bible. From the very beginning, we who share the Judeo-Christian faith have learned that we are responsible for one another. This is a negative story, to be sure. Yet, all the same, it makes an early impression on our consciousness that not only are we to not do anything to hurt other persons, but as children of God we are to care for, help and watch out for one another. Even as we acknowledge that we know what God expects of us, we also recognize that ...

755. Because It Is There

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... a good idea. Harry: You know, I don't think we were really up to this. So what do we do? Sam: Let's walk back to the lodge and tell everyone we made it halfway up and were caught in a rock slide. Harry: Good idea, that ought to impress the babes. (They high-five each other as they exit) Sam: You know, we ought to throw some dirt on ourselves so we look like we were caught in a rock slide. Exit

756. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the fires of another person's experience. We cannot live off a borrowed identity. Every generation has to reclaim its important beliefs, just as each individual has to carve out his or her own faith. In this respect, as I search the scripture, I'm impressed by the urgency in the voices of angels. The Bible reports that angels are always urgent when they talk to sleepyheads. They always say, "Arise. Get going, right now." An angel appears to Joseph in a dream, when Herod was slaughtering all those infants ...

757. An Invitation

Matthew 22:1-14

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

Object: An impressive invitation. Try to plan at least part of your service, if not the whole thing, for the children that day to make this point. Good morning, boys and girls. I have a great surprise for you today. How many of you think that church is just for big people? (Let ...

758. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... we have prayed for them in a time of need. What really is our motive for reporting this to the one for whom we say we have prayed? Is our need to report on our prayer life to others related just a bit to a desire to make an impression on people and because we enjoy having a reputation for deep faith and piety? Pastors are especially vulnerable to this disease, because we want our people to believe that we care about them and that we walk with God. I have been associated with a Southern parish where certain ...

759. The Road To The Cross

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... do it? Social sin was involved. The quest for power. Matthew 21 makes that very clear. When Jesus first came to Jerusalem, he cleansed the temple of the moneychangers and proceeded to do some miracles. Apparently, a number of people, notably children, were impressed. But the chief priests and the scribes were indignant about it (Matthew 21:12-15.) Next came other verbal confrontations with the religious establishment. After a time Jesus returned to the temple to teach, and according to Matthew, at least one ...

760. Good News!

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... to God? John was on board a ship in a vicious storm in 1736. He turned to some Moravians who were calm in the storm. "Aren't you afraid?" he asked. "No," they replied, "we trust completely in the Lord." John was deeply impressed. Shortly thereafter in a small group Bible study, John heard the introduction to the book of Romans written by Martin Luther and his heart was "strangely warmed." John launched his mission of starting Bible classes throughout England. He rode across England on horseback setting ...

761. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... a trip to the Rocky Mountains. As a doctoral student in church history studying with him I had always been stimulated by his lectures and seminars. Now, I was anxious to talk with him and with his gracious and perceptive wife, Eunice, to get their impressions of the trip. Paul, a native of England, was ecstatic about the natural beauty of America, but he also was appalled by the lack of appreciation for what he called “a sense of being rooted in history.” Most American Christians live in the present ...

762. The Dreamer Within You

Joel 2:18-27, Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Your Dream First, you identify your dream, then you take precautions to hold on to your dreams, and finally, you enunciate your dream. Mary Jones is pastor of Covenant Church in a small Midwestern community. She realizes that her single congregation does not have an impressive physical plant to attract huge numbers of people. What she does have as pastor is a desire to give her congregation a unique personality. In her case she is looking for people who really want to get involved. If they do not want to ...

763. The Road To The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... kingdom of God to a locomotive, what part would you like to be?" One person said, "Brother Jones, I'd like to be the whistle and sound God's praises." Another said, "I'd like to be the wheel and just roll down the track." Sam Jones was not really impressed by any of that. But, then one man said, "Brother Jones, I'd like to be the black coal and burn for Christ's sake!" And Sam Jones replied, "Brothers and sisters, we have enough whistles and wheels in the church now. We need more coal."2 No church ever ...

764. The Road To Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

Not long ago I was driving down the interstate. I saw standing by the road a young man, not very impressive in appearance, who seemed to have all he owned in two bags. As I went by he held up a sign with one word on it: "Home." I wanted to stop and help him get home and yet because of the way things are today I did not even slow ...

765. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... of a child. For example back in 1809, Napoleon stood over much of the western world like a Colossus. From Spain to the Near East, kings and popes did his bidding or suffered the consequences. Nations and peoples trembled at the menace of his might. People were impressed with his power and acknowledged him as the world shaper of his time. No one paid any attention to the cries of newborn babies amidst the cries of battle and the clamor of war. But in the same year of 1809 there was born in a crude cabin ...

766. Light For Our Darkness

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... us have. I was cleaning out a file of old college term papers. The one which struck a chord in me was a 16-page wonder on the "Contributions Of Pope Leo The Great" which I had written in one night for a course in Medieval History. It was outwardly impressive: I had two pages of footnotes, and a long bibliography of books I had barely scanned. The fact that I got a B on that paper was a triumph of generosity over good judgment on the part of my professor. But what caught my attention was the fact that I ...

767. Ooo Boy!

Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

John Jamison

... of the line were the courtesans. They were the most highly respected of women. They were the finest dressed, finest educated, the finest companion for a man. These were the women you would take with you to a business convention and wanted to make a good impression. Take your beautiful courtesan with you and enjoy her beauty, wit and intelligence. She was there to make you happy and successful. But she was not your wife. Secondly was the concubine. She was there to live with. She was for pleasure at home and ...

768. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... folks I had been missing all morning. The road was packed. What made it most curious was that those going down the road weren't sure what they were going to see, and those coming back up the road only said things like "Wow!" and "Awesome!" which gave us the impression that whatever we were going to see was certainly going to be worth the journey. The nearer we got to the river the warmer it became. I took off one of my jackets and wrapped it around my waist, leaving my hands free for my walking stick and my ...

769. To Be Sure

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

I am always impressed with the litany-like phrases Martin Luther uses in The Small Catechism as petition by petition he explains the Lord's Prayer: To be sure, God's name is holy itself ...To be sure, the kingdom of God comes of itself, without our prayers ...To be sure, the good and ...

770. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... Friday afternoon, things were not going all that well for the "king." Though there had been moments of huge crowd support, times when a voice spoke from heaven, and hopes that the kingdom of God was dawning with power at any moment, today's lesson hardly gives that impression. It seems as if some committee chose the lesson because the word "king" is used frequently. How can one look at the cross and call it a throne? How can we see the defeat of death and proclaim it a victory? Surely there must be a better ...

771. The Spontaneous Routine

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... who do return to give thanks, those who respond with hearts of gratitude to God for his blessings, open themselves for God to do still more. "And he said to him. 'Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.' " One clearly has the impression that Luke meant more than being healed from the dreaded disease. He already had that, and there seems no implication that the healing was revoked for the other nine. There is an extraordinary "something more" here. What must it be like to be well, fully well, in ...

772. What Will He Find ... When He Comes?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... and speedily will a righteous and loving Father respond?[5] Such an answer may address with satisfaction the problem of the judge, but it does little to answer with satisfaction the suggestion that persistent prayer will bend God's will to ours, an impression affirmed and strengthened by Luke's introduction to the parable. Now there comes a new question. Has God's delay in delivering his suffering church been because the faithful have not prayed persistently enough? How shall we read, "Will he delay long ...

773. The Glorious Company

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... honest approach to the spirit of these teachings of our Lord than that of hanging them as a piece of framed needlework on the wall, or using a pleasant sentence or two on the front of a greeting card to the bereaved. Nor is this preacher much impressed with those who applaud them but never apply them. They are, finally, hard sayings! With that in mind, let us make some observations about what they are and are not, developing thereby an appreciation for their use in our time for the building up of the body ...

774. Our Living Hope

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... Caesar or not?" Again Jesus dodges their attack. "Show me a coin. Whose image is on it?" "Caesar's," they answer. "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." In spite of themselves, they were impressed! Always the issue was entrapment. Had he said that taxes ought not to be paid, he could be reported to the Roman authorities as a teacher of rebellion. If he suggested accommodation with Rome, he would lose many who longed for the vindication and restoration of ...

775. Is It Hard To Believe?

Sermon

Erskine White

... to believe this morning? Are you one of those who says today, "Lord, I believe; help Thou my unbelief?" If you are, don't think you are alone. And don't think you have doubts simply because ours is a modern, technological world. No, we are entirely too impressed with ourselves today. We imagine we are so much more sophisticated and less superstitious than people of ancient times, but the truth is: they found it just as hard to believe in the Resurrection as we find it today. All you have to do is read the ...

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