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801. Holy Week

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... . Good FridayIsaiah 52:13--53:12Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9John 18:1--19:42 Why Does The World Suffer? Why does the world suffer? Why do pain, problems and suffering exist in such abundance? We all believe that God is all good, all love, full of compassion and all powerful. This is how we define God. We believe this to be true. Thus, the question bears repeating, why does our world suffer? Why do wars exist and people die in innocence? Why do people in positions of public trust commit acts that cause others not ...

802. Biography Of A Changed Person

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... of letting the Living Christ rearrange the priorities of their lives. Zacchaeus was ready to let Christ be the very center of his life. He was ready to let Christ send him back out into the world to continue our Lord's ministry of justice and compassion. Religion for Zacchaeus would never be just another department in his life. His faith was now central to his whole being. Author Charlie Shedd gives us a wonderful example of this truth from his own family life. Charlie's daughter had a science project to do ...

803. Time Out

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... there was no separation between personal piety and social action. He was equally concerned about the misery of human beings and the glory of God! The times alone with God gave him the resolve to turn belief into behavior and words into deeds of compassion and justice. We can see that same resolve in the life of John Wesley, the great Methodist preacher. A biography of Wesley gives this description of his very busy but fruitful life: Wesley always arose at four in the morning, preached whenever possible at ...

804. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... I am approaching this story in a very personal way, but our second thoughts happen to be a very personal matter. After years of preaching about the Good Samaritan, I suddenly have gained a whole new appreciation for this one who stopped, and was moved by compassion for the wounded traveler. Perhaps he had seen those popular roadsigns that say, "Commit A Random Act Of Kindness." But he too must have paused, just as the Levite did, wondering if this whole scene was nothing but a clever trap. The Samaritan may ...

805. Traveling Forgotten Mountains

Isaiah 49:8-26

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... , and that, too, left wounds in his palms and feet and side. Yet out of such trust in God's faithfulness came our salvation. Remember Isaiah's words in chapter 49, the fifteenth and sixteenth verses? He said, "Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion for the child of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands ..." One of the ways students in school remind themselves of the assignment for the coming week is to write it on ...

806. Setting Things Right

Luke 10:25-37

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... person. When a child refuses to clean up a mess because he or she did not cause it. When they make a mistake and a parent has to fix something. Scriptural Background: "But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds ..." (Luke 10:33, 34).

807. The Fourth Meal

Sermon

Robert F. Scott

... Fourth Meal Leader: God of all wisdom, we thank you that you call us to yourself. People: God of all mercy, we thank you that you invite us to bring to you our prayers. Leader: God of all knowledge, our lives are always open before you. People: God of compassion, open our eyes, that we may see our inward needs. Leader: We come as people who want to know you and serve you. People: We come as those who do not always clearly hear your voice. Leader: Often we are bogged down in daily cares, too busy to listen ...

808. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... simply decides to dispense with the angry rhetoric, concluding that to preach doom-and-gloom under the current conditions would only add insult to injury. Whatever the reason, his message suddenly moves from Yahweh's condemnation of the people to Yahweh's compassion for them. If you will, rather than predictions of rebuke, Ezekiel starts to sound the promise of restoration. Take chapter 34 for example. It opens with words of judgment: "Thus says the Lord: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding ...

809. Sometimes, You Gotta Get Your Feet Wet First

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... Christians." There was a long pause. And finally the old missionary answered, "Yes, but I am." You see, part of faith is practicing what we profess despite the costs ... sharing the love we've been shown regardless of the risks ... extending to others the compassion we ourselves have experienced, even when there is no certainty of the outcome. As Christians, we may not know what the future holds, but we do know who holds the future. And that knowledge gives us the courage to take the first step, trusting ...

810. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... , "for it is Yahweh who has brought you to this place." Such, I suppose, could be said for each of us as well. Okay then, it's time to make the crossing and continue on with the journey. There are people here who need your concern and compassion. There's a community out there which needs to be nourished by the good news of the gospels. There's a world in need of your prayers and the promise of our Savior Jesus Christ. So carry on ... live simply, love generously, speak truthfully, serve faithfully, pray ...

811. Emmanuel: An Advent Dayenu

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... and love for us apart from any consideration of our naughtiness or niceness. In the ministry of one believer to another, not only speaking words of comfort, but himself or herself embodying comfort, bringing Christ to another in his or her own ministry of caring and compassion. In all these things, we know God as Emmanuel, God with us. If you are here this morning because you are seeking God, you have come to the right place. For here the wine is poured and here the bread is broken. Here the word is heard ...

812. Prepared Or Not?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... better choices in life than those who have lesser intelligence. A person with only marginal intelligence can show love to others and engage in a life of service. The response to the grace of forgiveness and empowerment to live in love, peace, joy, compassion, generosity and other such values can be received by anyone. The wisdom to be prepared to act according to the spirit of Christ is more to be valued than great feats of intelligence without these characteristics. Points to Ponder 1. Absent Lord. This ...

813. The Way, The Truth, And The Life Style

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Thomas Long

... young intern had a life, not a life style, a life that sent him to situations he could not fix and to pour out his all for people he could not heal. Tears and grief would never be his life style choices; but a vocation of healing and tearful compassion will lead him to the place of peace. "I am the way," said Jesus, "the truth and the life." 1. Robert Bellah et al., Habits Of The Heart. 2. Herb Gardner, A Thousand Clowns, p. 86. 3. Lewis Thomas, The Youngest Science: Notes Of A Medicine Watcher (New York ...

814. Behold The Man Who Takes Away Sin

John 1:29-34

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... them, made them no longer just sinners, but sinners who became saints. There was a power in the friendship they shared with Jesus. That power made them want to be like him. He took the sin away from them and replaced it with forgiveness, love, compassion, mercy, and commitment, so much so that one day those who followed him even bore his name and were called "Christians." Jesus had told them, "Be imitators of me." They became like him. That is a transforming friendship we still need today. The way of ...

815. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... 's plan. Asker: "So that" might give reasons, but are the reasons rationalizations? I have a hard time justifying any suffering. Disciple: We all do. As I accompany Jesus, I have seen suffering. Whether or not the suffering eases, sufferers experiencing compassion also gain a sense of peace or acceptance. That enables them to live as fully as possible. Instead of being wholly consumed by their suffering, they finally somehow begin to live beyond themselves. Asker: In this story, "so that" occurs three times ...

816. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... the most: the scholar or scientist who will pursue truth wherever it may lead; the citizen of the world who accepts all human beings as sisters and brothers in utter disregard of national, racial, or class labels; the true "humanist" whose curiosity and compassion encompass everything human, but who also hungers and thirsts for meaning beyond this brittle life.... Have you lost a twin -- someone in whose death half of you seems dead? Are you afraid of death -- for someone you love, or for yourself? Are you ...

817. Standing On The Shore

John 20:1-18 · Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... , for through the story and his words we are given -- Christ! The promise of the gospel is God's victory over death and the mission of the church is to bring life where there is death, freedom where there is oppression, love where there is hate, compassion where there is apathy, and hope where there is despair. Do you remember the movie Dead Poets' Society? In it the English teacher in a private boys' school attempted to open their hearts and eyes to feel and think and experience for themselves. He lost his ...

818. "Unless A Grain Of Wheat ..."

John 12:20-33

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... , as well, and meet it as a friend, opening a door into a new morning that she herself had made possible by her own deep change of attitude toward the force that works in every human heart, transforming the spirit. She who lives her life with compassion and creativity finds it. As a youth Thor Heyerdahl, the famous sea adventurer, was afraid of water. He could not swim. Yet here he was, dipping the paddle of his canoe into the rapidly flowing river with his two friends. Suddenly he felt the canoe capsize ...

819. Jesus, The Servant

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... so that when the artist returned to the studio in the morning, he was shocked at what he found. Drops of moisture had formed on the model an illusion of bleeding or weeping. The head had drooped. The facial expression had been transformed into one of compassion. And the arms had dropped into a posture of welcome. It had become a wounded Christ-figure. The artist stared at the figure, agonizing over the time wasted and the need to begin all over again. Then, meaning came to him. He began to see that this ...

820. I Saw The Risen Christ Last Week -- And It Wasn't Even Easter

John 20:10-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... pictures we have seen, we have no idea of the physical appearance of Jesus. The disciples were not concerned with faces. Details were not important to them. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John did know some things. They knew when Jesus had been with them he had compassion for the poor, healed the sick, made the guilty feel clean and worthy, made the lonely feel needed and important, made the rejected feel accepted, and made the proud feel humble. You see, to his disciples, Jesus was more than a fact. Jesus was an ...

821. Yearning For A Loyal Friend

Job 6:14-30 · Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... , thank you for being you." Any healing in life comes through warm, accepting concern. Whenever someone accepts us as we are, then we begin to accept ourselves. Ideally, this is what the church is for. It is supposed to be a fellowship filled with compassion and the understanding love of Jesus. How we witness and relate to one another in the church is as important as how we witness and relate to the world. If the church were such an accepting fellowship, then miracles of transformation would happen. Let ...

822. Hailing The King Of Chaos

Job 12:13-22· Matthew 27:32-44

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... nearer than we think, not creating chaos, but helping us through the chaos which we sometimes create ourselves, or into which we are thrown by circumstances. God is here in all the striving to bring light out of darkness. God is in every deed of compassion, every act of mercy, every kindness we have ever shown, every measure of forgiveness we have managed. God is in our social concerns, in every hospital, every court of law, every human service. God is in the United Nations where faulty people, filled with ...

823. The Christian Journey I: The Path

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... are searching anywhere for meaning in life, calling psychic hotlines and falling for every new television guru. But within Judaism at that time and place there was a high level of expectation that God would work in some new way to show God's love and compassion as God had in the days of the patriarchs and prophets. John the Baptist in particular had prepared the way for Jesus, announcing that God was working in a particular way to reach out to humankind one more time. Furthermore, we know from John's Gospel ...

824. Come As You Are

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... greedy and dishonest. Jesus offered the living water of eternal life to the Samaritan woman at the well: a woman Jesus knew to have had a checkered past and who was currently "living in sin" (John 4:7-30, RSV). Jesus offered forgiveness and understanding and compassion to the woman caught in adultery. He even defended her at risk to himself against her attackers (John 8:1-11, RSV). Jesus offered the "Good Thief" paradise as he hung on the cross (Luke 23:43, RSV). Does that mean that Jesus was a "moral ...

825. Prayers for Memorial Day, Election, Thanksgiving

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... difficult for us, we pray for our enemies. They too will twist in pain and die ignominiously upon the earth's crust. How we yearn for peace, the reunion of families, and the resumption of tasks that are designed to meet human needs in the ways of compassion and gentleness. Take our words, as faulty as they may be, and transform them through the power of the Holy Spirit that they may serve your purposes among all humankind. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen. Sometimes, O Sovereign God, when we look ...

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