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801. Finding Our Place In All Creation

Job 38:1-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... shot or a fish hook? Who do you think you are, Job? Job was stunned with silence. He then said, “Surely I spoke of things I didn't understand, things too wonderful for me to know. My ears had heard of you, but now my eyes see you and I am in awe." C.S. Lewis ... world. IV. WE HAVE A CREATOR. You and I are God's creation. We are not gods and the quicker we discover it, the better we will understand life. I may have a point of view, you may have a point of view, but God has a view. Let God be God. How do you ...

802. and Forgiveness Come Easy When You’re Filled with The Spirit

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Our gospel lesson says that the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord Jesus (John 20:20). You and I can celebrate; his presence among you and me can make us happy! When you realize that God, that Jesus, takes the initiative in your life, then you better understand how the Pentecost message of the giving of the Holy Spirit can make a difference in your life, how forgiveness and life come easy. The Spirit is Christ's presence among us (Galatians 4:6; 1 Peter 1:11), and so forgiveness and the good works of ...

803. Religious Balkanization

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... cleansing, and in that field they themselves would be buried. But this woman knows she has nothing to plow around in order to earn healing for her daughter. She pleads for mercy: just a few crumbs from the master's table. IV. Whose Table Is It? Her understanding is more than mere perceptions about herself and what she might or might not have a right to expect; she is also defining the perspective for any reality that surrounds Jesus wherever he goes. No table belongs to those who sit at it. The table is ...

804. Not What You Expected

Hebrews 2:10-18

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John N. Brittain

... that Jesus and God will find the way. I have a problem with Christian men who won't dress up and go down and confront the drug dealers." I assume we all would agree with him. However, there is has always been the danger of allowing our understanding of Christianity to devolve to one of mere humanitarianism or moralism. (More on the "mere" part later.) Hebrews 2:10 seems to say in boldface that the incarnation has less to do with moral improvement than it does with bringing one to the end of our journey ...

805. Showing Up

Ephesians 3:1-12

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... on human hearts, as Jeremiah 31 had promised, so that God through Christ really was indwelling those individuals. It was not "as if" he was in them, he was. "... as I wrote above in a few words, a reading of which will enable you to perceive my understanding of the mystery of Christ" (Ephesians 3:3b-4). While we cannot know with 100% certainly which few words Paul had it mind, my bet goes with part of last week's reading from Ephesians: In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our ...

806. Freedom and Slavery

Romans 6:15-23

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Steven E. Albertin

... and shaped by forces and limits beyond our influence. We have been determined by our genes, by our social class, by our race, by our education, by the family in which we grew up, and even as Freud reminds us ... by our toilet training! This understanding of sin as bondage and not just as bad choices is what I have always tried to teach when I introduce people to the Ten Commandments ... and especially Luther's interpretation of them in his catechism. Over the years, in teaching confirmation classes to young ...

807. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... could explain the universe in one chapter? It would be great to have knowledge that vast. I know that I have enough problems in Bible studies trying to explain where Cain and Abel got their wives! There is much in this world that no one knows or understands. We are all somewhat like Albert Einstein’s wife. Someone once asked her if she could make sense of her husband’s theories. She replied that she understood the words, but not always the sentences. And that is the position that each of us are in, too ...

808. Eyes To See, Ears To Hear

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

James McCormick

... God of the present and future as well as a God of the past. We claim that God is here and that God is at work. Yet, most people say, “Where? Yes, I believe in God, but I have never had any personal dealings with God.” How are we to understand that? Maybe the problem is not with God’s absence or God’s silence. Maybe the problem is with our imperception, our blindness and deafness. Maybe God is here, now. Maybe God is powerfully at work all around us. But we don’t know it because we can’t see ...

809. The Great Physician

Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s wonderful,” said Campolo. “How did that happen?” “We prayed,” she said. “That night when we got home and he went to bed, he started crying. His legs hurt against the braces. Over a period of time his legs grew straighter, and the doctor said he didn’t understand it but my son was healed.” Of course Campolo was thrilled to see the power of God at work in such a way. He went to a group back home and told them this story, and most were thrilled to hear it. But one of the folks said, “I ...

810. Power!

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... scares you a bit, there is one more piece of good news I have for you about your baptism. Remember that picture at the Jordan — there is the crowd, John, Jesus, and the dove. The Holy Spirit. Do not forget the dove. Clearly, Mark wants us to understand that from this moment on, Jesus and his ministry are empowered by the living presence of the Holy Spirit. Yes, there is something powerful in baptism. This is why Sonny Dewey could baptize himself, come out of the water with a new name — the Apostle E. F ...

811. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... its facilities. She could not bring herself to write the word "toilet" so she finally settled on the term, "BC," which, to her, meant "bathroom commode." The initials baffled the campground manager who showed the letter to some of the other campers. They did not understand either until one of them suggested the woman might be referring to a Baptist church. The owner agreed and wrote this reply: Dear Madam, Thank you for your inquiry. I take pleasure in informing you that a BC is located two miles north of ...

812. When God Says, “No”

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Steven Molin

... win this game ... bring me safely home. Prayers come in all shapes and sizes and degrees of urgency, but essentially, they are all the same. "Lord, I want you to do whatever I ask." I've prayed those prayers; haven't you? And they are not bad prayers, you understand. In fact, when we pray, we are doing exactly what Jesus has invited us to do. The fatal flaw comes when we wait to see if God will answer those prayers; if God will answer those prayers. It seems to me that God always answers prayer. God always ...

813. The Leverage of Prayer

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C. H. Spurgeon

... up the vision. Therefore, if, your own and others' profiting, you desire to be "filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding," remember that prayer is your best means of study. Like Daniel, you shall understand the dream, and its interpretation, when you have sought God. You may force your way through many barriers to understanding with the leverage of prayer. Thoughts and reasonings are like the steel wedges which give a hold on truth, but prayer is the lever which forces ...

814. Believing Is Beyond Seeing

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H. Lindsell

... do you do with it?" "I do not do anything with it." "You do not believe it, do you?" "Oh, yes, I believe it." "Well, you don't accept anything you can't understand, do you?" "Yes, I certainly do. There are lots of things I do not understand, but I believe them. I do not know anything about higher mathematics, but I believe in them. I do not understand astronomy, but I believe in astronomy...A man told me a while ago he would not believe a thing he had never seen, and I asked him if he had ever seen his ...

815. Pentecost

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b, John 14:8-17, (25-27), Acts 2:1-21, Romans 8:14-17

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... sun is golden and the moon silvery. We’ve wondered if you have a beard, if you have hair, and if your ears hug your head; we wonder what makes some people kind and some cruel. These questions are not answered in ways that satisfy our curiosity, but we do understand that people of today are in a long line of humans who seek to know you and one another. With bricks and mortar, with prayers and names, with rules and ceremonies, we have tried to make sure you love us and that we please you. Each of us has a ...

816. Someone Bigger than Phil

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith by this devoted pastor! Why do we come to the throne of grace? Usually, it is “so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” That is what Christ teaches us about God’s nature and character: God is approachable; God understands and cares about us in our time of need. But there is one thing more to remember: We have access to that throne of grace only because of what Christ did for us on the cross. We did not receive God’s grace because of any merit on our part ...

817. Ambassadors of The Lord

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... down the quarterback again gave the ball to another back resulting in no gain. The coach was becoming frustrated and again yelled out onto the field, "You know the plan; give the ball to Calhoun." On third down the quarterback tried a bootleg, but achieved little. Not understanding what was going on, the coach again sent in a player and told him, "We have one last chance; the play is to give the ball to Calhoun." On fourth down the quarterback went back to pass and was sacked. With that time ran out and the ...

818. The iPod Vs. The Larynx

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... human voice and unamplified musical instruments. They wanted a space that would not just electronically amplify the voices of a few song leaders but magnify the unamplified natural acoustics of the voices of an entire congregation. My friend and I have a similar understanding of worship and church music. Therefore, it was not surprising that all three of us commented that for us church music and congregational song is not just a matter of personal taste. It is not just that we prefer the natural sound of ...

819. The Final Word

John 11:25-26; Ephesians 1:12, 18-19

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... is a sigh of relief. Before Jesus could speak, Martha's the first to break the silence with words of accusation, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died" (John 11:21). Do you hear all the questions in this accusation? "I don't understand. Help me make sense of this one, Jesus. You were two miles away. Why weren't you here? Why did my brother have to die?" At every funeral there is a Martha who is seeking answers to difficult questions. Jesus replied by reminding her that her brother ...

820. In the Potter's Hands

Jeremiah 18:1-11

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... who names this core sin for what it is: You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay? Shall the thing made say of its maker, "He did not make me"; or the thing formed say of the one who formed it, "He has no understanding"? — Isaiah 29:16 Yes, you and I turn things upside down. We believe that we ourselves are the final authority on the way we should live and how we should give. We choose to act selfishly toward others and with contempt toward God, as if to say, "He did not ...

821. Oh, By the Way…

Daniel 7:1-3, 15-18

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... people in the second century BC. This is the only time we get to read from Daniel in the whole three-year lectionary cycle, but we have a very chopped-up reading that skips eleven verses. In this truncated and disjointed form the passage is admittedly hard to understand at first. A big part of the problem — beyond skipping eleven verses! — is that we, in our day and age, simply don't really "get" apocalyptic literature, which is the form or genre of the book of Daniel. Part of the problem in ...

822. He Ascended Into Heaven

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

David O. Bales

... your prayers will make a difference. That’s Jesus coming to you in the Holy Spirit. You, then, have the same experience as did those early Christians in Jerusalem when Jesus ascends, because he’s gone only from sight. He reaches you now in ways you can understand because he’s ascended not just into heaven, but into your very life. He’s here again to bless you from the inside out with the kind of life he lived. As you follow Jesus you are amazed how often you now say, “Bye-bye” to things ...

823. What Difference Does it Make?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Tony Everett

... many churches today, there are folks who just don’t get this Christian stuff. They are physically here, all right, but still feel like they are on the outside looking in — kind of like being a spectator at a game you don’t really understand or even care about very much. Even the most devoted church members would acknowledge these feelings at times. What difference does all this Easter stuff really make in my life anyway? What difference does it make in the world? Just look around and watch television ...

824. Family Re:Union - (PG) Parental Guidance Required

Psalm 127:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... type of attitude won’t last long. If you decide as a parent that you are going to take spanking out of your toolbox then most of the time what you are left with is nagging, begging, belittling, or yelling. That is why God talks about the rod. Understand what I am talking about is most useful with toddlers and preschoolers between 18 months and 6 years of age. I am not talking about physical abuse. There are some differences. A spanking is one or two spanks to the buttocks with some kind of an object that ...

825. Lost Baggage: Flying Standby

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... that you are here. You’ve come to the right place, because properly understood, we don’t want our church to be a place where people come to be judged. We want to be a place where people come to find grace. With that said, we also need to understand what the Bible says and doesn’t say about being judgmental. We all know that God has ten commandments. There was a time when you could put those commandments up in courthouses and schools all over this country, but no more. We are living in age when America ...

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