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751. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... seen before and has never seen since. This man was a master teacher, who displayed an intense power for good, and showed genuine concern for all people. Reader 2: I believe that his power was feared by some, and misunderstood by others. The distinct spiritual quality of his life made it inevitable that opposition should mount against him. Reader 1: I believe that he was put through the mockery of a trial, sentenced without justification, and hurriedly put to death in order to get him out of the way. Reader ...

752. Hope

1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Luke 4:14-21

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Do you remember the story of Pandora's Box in Greek Mythology? The lovely Pandora was sent by Zeus to be the bride of Epimetheus. One of Pandora's more endearing charms was her curiosity, but that quality nearly proved to be her undoing. One day Mercury, the messenger, sent a box to the young couple. It was meant for them to enjoy, but under no circumstances were they to open it. Well, of course, it is the old story of the forbidden fruit. Told that she could ...

753. Faith, Hope, and Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Brett Blair

... are my hope, my confidence since the days of my youth." Do you remember the story of Pandora's Box in Greek Mythology? The lovely Pandora was sent by Zeus to be the bride of Epimetheus. One of Pandora's more endearing charms was her curiosity, but that quality also proved to nearly be her undoing. One day Mercury, the messenger, sent a box to the young couple. It was meant for them to enjoy, but under no circumstances were they to open it. Well, of course, it is the old story of the forbidden fruit. Told ...

754. Encounters With Christ V: Jesus and James and John

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

James W. Moore

... , Revell, p.26) You see, ambition, in and of itself, is a good thing, a natural, normal part of our make-up. We all want to be important, we all want to be significant. We all want to do our best. So, ambition is basically a good quality. It only becomes bad when distorted or misused. When it becomes selfish or ruthless or cruel, then it becomes a monstrous, destructive tyrant. That’s what was brewing in the disciple group that day. James and John (with the help of their mother) were saying: “We’re ...

755. The Paradox of the Cross

Mark 15:33-41, Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Robert Allen

... to carry in their pockets or purse. It would be a mistake to think of this little cross as possessing magical powers, or supposedly bringing luck like a rabbit's foot or guiding us to say just the right words at just the right time. There is no magical quality or guidance in this cross. It is simply a reminder that Jesus Christ was crucified on a cross. A woman in Arkansas, Verna Thomas, wrote a little poem explaining what it means to carry a little cross around in her pocket. She wrote: I carry a cross in ...

756. When God Disappears

Acts 1:1-11

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Robert Allen

... are important. I. When Jesus Disappeared, The Disciples Knew They Were Still Linked To Him. Many people believe the greatest movie ever made was Gone With The Wind. That movie was made in 1939 and it has been recently re-released to the theaters and the quality of the picture has been enhanced with the assistance of computers. Along with the release of the movie there have been a lot of colorful stories about the lives of the actors and actresses in the "greatest movie ever made." I read a humorous story ...

757. Jesus, Mary, Gustav Mahler, Brother Martin, and the Magi

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Carl Jech

... in Changing Communities for a major denomination, expounded on that new tradition in a series of lectures in 1985 titled "Clowns, prophets, chaos: hope for the city." Listen to these samples of her way of looking anew at the Cross: "Ministry in the city requires the qualities of a clown and the plot of a comedy. We need the kind of humor that winks at our audacity in entering such a complex sociological system at all with a 2000-year-old rural paradigm about shepherds and lost sheep." Speaking of what it ...

758. Love Leads to Knowledge

Philippians 1:1-11

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Carl Hoefler

... . We have cultivated our knowledge in so many areas and have called it progress. But we have not progressed in our knowledge of the righteous life. Forgive us for limiting our love, preventing us from receiving insights you would give us. Fill our lives with the good qualities only Christ can give as we surrender ourselves to you in love. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Hymns "I Want a Principle Within" "Jesus, Thine All Victorious Love" "Lead us, O Father" "O Come, and Dwell in Me" "Take Time to Be Holy"

759. Christ Gives Us Victory Over Sin and Death

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

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Carl Hoefler

Call to Worship Pastor: The resurrection hope offers a new quality of living even in this life. People: Both sin and death would try to defeat us; but Christ gives us victory over both! Pastor: Such victory challenges us to be firm in our faith, and in our service to Christ. People: We commit ourselves to Christ, assured that life lived ...

760. God's Forgiving Love

Luke 15:11-32

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Carl Hoefler

... Pastor: God's love is the same for each of us, and we all need his forgiveness. People: May we discover God's forgiveness, and choose to be in his presence. Collect O God, whose arms are outstretched to us as a loving Father, in spite of our undesirable qualities: Help us to see where we are when we put ourselves outside of your love. In our self-centered resistance, may we return to know the joy of being loved, and forgiven. We pray through your Son, who has revealed your great love to us. Amen. Prayer of ...

761. No Temple Built by Hands

Revelation 21:1-27

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James Wilson

... Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we have allowed ourselves to think of Your Church as the buildings in which we meet, and we have forgotten that You called us to carry the Gospel of Christ into all the world. We have even judged our faithfulness by the quality of the buildings in which we worship, while the hungry and needy have gone unheard. Forgive us, O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty" "Ivory Palaces" "I'd Rather Have Jesus"

762. Christ, the Exalted One

Ephesians 2:1-10

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James Wilson

... faith and serve. We praise You, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, too often we forget that You sought us out even when we were yet sinners. So often we choose not to remember it was Your love that saved us and not our deserving qualities or nature. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to reach out to others with the same loving and accepting personal openness You so freely extended to us. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing" "Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know" "My ...

763. Citizens by Faith

Hebrews 11:1-40

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James Wilson

Call to Worship Leader: Let all who trust in Christ as their Lord and Savior come now for worship. People: In things large and small we trust Christ in all that we do in life. Leader: Faithful and true are the qualities shared by those in the Kingdom of God. People: We can believe in no other because there is only one true living God. Leader: Let our hearts be glad, for God calls us heirs in Christ our Savior. All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect Most gracious and ...

764. Windows Of Wonder

Sermon

James Angell

... may or may not involve the use of your "one big scene," but always should include some of the best of what the sermon contains. Illustrate: to make bright. Luster (buried within "illustrate"): soft reflected light, sheen, gloss, glorious or radiant quality, splendor (American Heritage Dictionary). Both definitions help explain some of the magic of preaching when a transcendent light is allowed to shine in, through, upon, and past the stuff of daily living. Windows are in all shapes and tints. They protect ...

765. Make Way For Poets Of The Heart

Sermon

James Angell

... dropped And golden heads get broken off. The private quest - the search through solitariness for immediate communion with God is as old as the Bible itself. It is a road paved with autobiographies of wonder, experimentation, and advice to those who seek that quality in their lives that Paul Tillich called "depth." He once described it as the "missing dimension" in our complex efforts to theologize our way to and through the gates of heaven. The literature of the Puritans is a large vault of social history ...

766. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

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Dr. John Thompson Peters

... parallel question John responded with "Do violence to no man. Be content. Neither accuse anyone falsely. Do your neighbor no harm." (Luke 3:14) Obviously, the people were impressed - not only with the burden of his message, but the earnestness and straightforward quality of this fearless man. People began to call him the Christ, the expected Redeemer. It is appropriate to ask, "Have we made the same mistake? Is morality our Christ? Are we baptized with ethics?" To those who set forth this proposition, John ...

767. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... people, life can be like that. As the poet put it: "It can end in a whimper, instead of a bang." The life of each one of us can be divided into two factors: the means by which we live, and the ends for which we live. And the quality of any person or any civilization is dependent upon our handling of these two factors. It is concerning this aspect of life that St. Paul unleashes some of his most vitriolic remarks as he addresses the Church in Philippi (Paraphrased to bring out Paul's point): For many live ...

768. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... . Mary Magdalene joined Jesus and friends because she wanted to and because Jesus saw no reason why she shouldn't. If Mary wanted to be with him rather than someplace else then with him was where she ought to be. Obviously, there was an unsettling quality about Jesus' relationship with people for he treated everyone he met with unusual openness and gave to each an equalizing dignity. So much so in fact, that still another of his followers, was moved to write "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither ...

769. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... Christlike life? That is the real test of authentic Christianity. We find further evidence of his presence listed in Galatians 5:22 as the "fruit of the Spirit": love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Are those qualities evident in your life? If so, then Christ lives in you! But Galatians 5:19-21 tells us the results of having self instead of Christ at the center of our lives: fornication, impurity, indecency, idolatry and sorcery, quarrels, a contentious ...

770. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... , when a local church wants to do something in the area of evangelism, they think in terms of getting a good preacher or evangelist to fill their pulpit for a week. And the crowds gather in response to the reputation of the speaker and the quality of advertising that has gone into the preparation for his coming. But it has been my experieuce that although an effective evangelist may attract overflow crowds to a particular church, it is when ordinary laypeople begin to talk about their faith in Christ that ...

771. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... as long at its reasonable to do so. George: I never heard of that. Officer: It’s new, its called the Good Samaritan Law, Let’s go. The series ends with them serving their time. The critics hated it. It was pretty bad but there was a redeeming quality to that last episode. For nine years Seinfeld's characters used, ridiculed, and made fun of everyone they met. The four of them were the Priest and the Levites of our modern world. We climb the ladder of success and FedEx gives you the world on time. This ...

772. The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... admit that this is not high on our list of virtues. What parent prays: Lord, make my child persistent. Truth is that’s one virtue Satan did not rob from our children. In adults on the other hand we often associate the characteristic with the negative quality of stubbornness. Jesus is suggesting in this story that we need to be persistent. Persistence indicates the depth of our need. If the need is great enough then we will earnestly repeat it over and over. If it is not, then why are we praying for ...

773. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

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... : "Without God we cannot; without us he will not." He seeks the human instrumentality through whom to work; we need the divine touch to accomplish anything which ultimately will matter very much. Partnership with God! It is here that all of life's good qualities are at their best, that all of life's assets are worth their most, that life's joy of achievement reaches its highest summit. Not mere pupils, but participants! Not just receivers, but givers! This understanding of who they were began to come clear ...

774. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

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... , however, refusing to give up. At last her wish was granted, and Jesus said to her, apparently with considerable excitement and deep emotion, "O woman, great is your faith!" Great indeed was the faith of this woman. It was great in its pioneering and initiating quality. It was not based on some proof of something or even any very strong evidence of anything, for Jesus was not popular or even well-known in her country. Her faith had come the hard way: her reason for believing was not that someone else ...

775. Life's Third Dimension

Matthew 20:1-16

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... birth and our death. We think somewhat, also, of course, in second dimension: many people do have a genuine concern for life's breadth - education, idealism, maturity. But what of the dimension of depth? This is imponderable almost - the realm of spirit, of soul, the inner quality of what we really are. Of this our real personhood consists. There is every evidence that it is in this dimension that we are seen by God. We may see life in length, and maybe in breadth, but God sees it also in depth. Now this ...

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