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826. Apples, Onions, and Cheese

Mark 7:1-23, Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” Image Exegesis: Zing! Rend your heart and not your garments.Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate,slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. (Joel 2:13) Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the Lord, dwell among the Israelites.’ ” (Numbers 35:34) Jesus is master of ...

827. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of an unfair rap. Cause road crossers are far from “chicken” about life. They are the hero’s and the martyrs of our world. Those who go the extra mile, cross the hard road, meet someone in their own space and own place in order to be the kind of compassionate, caring, loving people that we were created to be. This is Jesus’ lesson for the lawyer that day. He still teaching it to us in our day. Today, I invite you to imagine that story in your own life. Who is your injured man by the side of the road ...

828. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and forgiveness. No better perhaps use of this metaphor in fiction has been demonstrated than in C.S. Lewis fiction, The Chronicles of Narnia, in which Aslan the Lion represents God. The heart of God is the strong lion with the good, true, and beautiful, compassionate heart for forgiveness and grace. As Paul reminds us, we are the “true Israel.” All those who follow Jesus bear the sign of God upon their hearts and are protected from evil by way of God’s authority and strength (in Revelation). May the ...

829. The Prodigal

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . For he sold himself short and threw away the vast gifts that God had lavished upon him, the vast trust and honor that God marked upon him. In both of these stories, prodigals abound. We can be extravagantly careless or extravagantly compassionate, extravagantly judgmental or extravagantly merciful. Jesus also chooses mercy and lavishes it upon anyone who would realize, repent, return, and come home. Those are three “r”s that we must remember most about God’s extravagant prodigal-like grace. God’s ...

830. The Unclean Palate

Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-23a, Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... when passing them by. Sometimes, they’ll hold their children closer, or avert their eyes. And yet, he attests that these young men, who have become Christian and who have become part of Homeboy Industries’ counselors and staff, are some of the most sensitive, wonderful, compassionate, and loving young men you will ever want to meet. In our scriptures for today, Simon Peter is struggling with the early church’s mission to the gentiles. He has been trained from the time he was a young boy as a good Jew ...

831. It's Hard to Be an Atheist with Neighbors Like That

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... is plentiful but the workers are few.” What then is to be our prayer? Jesus tells us quite concisely, “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” I want you to join me in praying daily that we become a more compassionate church. Deep in our hearts we know that is what Christ wants out of us. He wants us to care enough about people to become involved in their lives. He wants us to be willing to take time to show love to young people and old folks, to the ...

832. God’s HS Smart App is Always Watching

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... them. But in the end, how they act and who they are does not depend on their biology, their heritage, their race, or their power, but only on how they intend to use it, on the tenderness of their hearts. For we learn every time that to be compassionate is strong. To be angry and forceful, ultimately weak. When Rey healed the stricken Kylo’s wound, even though he tried to kill her, she unknowingly changed and healed his heart. She expelled his darkness and allowed the good in him to prevail. All of us live ...

833. Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... and compassion. Seeing the world through Jesus’ eyes involves us giving up some of our own rights and comforts and possessions to meet the needs of others. We may feel that we don’t have enough resources to make a dent in something we feel compassionate about. But it’s amazing what can happen when Jesus gets involved. The crowd that day numbered close to ten thousand people. And Jesus told his disciples, “You give them something to eat.” The disciples answered, “We have here only five loaves of ...

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

George Washington Carver

If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?

Hasdai Ibn Shaprut

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

Leo Rosten

A revolution is coming – a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough – But a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.

Robert F. Kennedy

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

Robert Frost

839. You Feed the Hungry

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Roy Howard

... be as callous — out loud anyway — with the masses wandering across borders in the Horn of Africa. Jesus didn’t send the hungry away. He never does. Undaunted by the magnitude of the need – 5,000 people and only five loaves! — he simply did the compassionate deed with whatever he had at hand. This was the miracle of compassion that his followers were invited to repeat. Take what is at hand — a little of this and a little of that — and give it away to God’s hungry people, believing that God ...

840. The Suffering Servant

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... tradition, the “tzedakah” is a custom of giving to the poor in order to honor the dead. It is part of the duty of the next of kin, the relatives of the dead. While friends and community feel it their great mitzvah (sacred and compassionate duty) to come to support and comfort the bereaved in their grief, it is the host’s mitzvah to offer an honorary meal, and tzedakah. Although conventional, although outdoors by the sea, Jesus’ story of the feeding of 5000 men, plus women and children (probably ...

841. The Invisible Robe of Righteousness

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ashes. But the scriptures also use clothing not just as simple descriptors but also as direct descriptors for internal characteristics: “Strength and dignity are her clothing” (Proverbs 31:25). “Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience” (Colossians 3:12). “It was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”— for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints” (Revelation 19:8). “Put on the ...

842. Blessed to Be Among the Company of Mourners

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... s email did was to remind me of the truth of Jesus’ beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” In the midst of my grief, the doctor’s email was a great source of comfort to me as in his own compassionate way he ministered to the minister. Talk about the priesthood of all believers — what a wonderful example! We live in a time when religion has become a highly individualistic thing. Believing is popular, but belonging to a religious institution like the church is not. As ...

843. Too Close To The Ball

Humor

A man had been taking golf lessons. He asked the pro how he was doing. The instructor replied compassionately, "Not so bad. Your main problem is that you are too close to the ball after you swing."

844. Celebrating the Virtue of Humanity

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... in the image and likeness of God and, therefore, equal in God’s sight. Saint Paul, writing to the Christian community at Ephesus that he established during his second missionary journey, reminds these nascent followers of Jesus that they must be humble and compassionate as Jesus demonstrated mercy and humbled himself for them. Paul accurately describes the situation of how the Ephesians moved from the death of sin to a life in Christ as a result of Jesus’ great act of humility. The people had lived a ...

845. Jesus' Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... ," said Satan, ''let's see some sign of it. You're hungry after your forty-day fast? So are lots of other people who spend their whole lives without a decent meal. If you are God, make these stones into bread. After all, what could be more compassionate, more godly, than mercy upon hungry people?" Jesus responds: It is written, we shall not live by bread alone. "Feeding the hungry doesn't appeal to you? Well, I can see your point. Feed the hungry today; what good does that do tomorrow? Let's feed them ...

846. Hungering for Some Time Off

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

Sermon

King Duncan

... and strength with others. If you are hungering for love and meaning and purpose and truth, then please pray right now and give your life to Jesus. He came to show you the life that God created you for. He came to show you that a compassionate God is ready to meet your needs. 1. Faith Popcorn and Adam Hanft, Dictionary of the Future (New York: Hyperion, 2001), pp. 365-366. 2. Submitted by Julie Lynch, Ithaca, New York in “The Funniest Family Vacations Stories That You Will Sadly Relate To” Originally ...

847. Holding On

Job 1:1; Job 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... and said, “Just take it easy, Son. It’s all right. What is it you want to ask me? I want to hear, and I will just wait.” The boy blurted, “You say there is a God who loves us.” “Yes,” the world renowned scholar spoke compassionately. “Then” asked the boy, “why me?” Boy, that’s a hard question. I’m sure Job asked it many times. The room in which Muggeridge was speaking became as silent as a funeral parlor. Even Mr. Muggeridge didn’t speak at first. But after thinking through his ...

848. The Days Are Coming

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... is not a sweet virtue that everybody in the world desires. Those who take advantage of others for their own gain do not want the world to be fair and just. Those who benefit from the weakness of others do not want the world to be compassionate. Much money and power are invested in maintaining injustice. If every wage were fair, if every person were honored as a child of God, if every human being were safe from exploitation, many would lose their grip on status, self-gratification, and affluence.” (4) We ...

849. Hope Rises

Mark 9:30-37, 42

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... share them with each other! If you hear some you like and you hadn’t had them down, add them to your list! [The list will most likely include words such as loving, affectionate, hopeful, approachable, open, compassionate, kind, gracious, non-judging, accepting, forgiving, obedient, trusting, faithful, serving, risk taking, full of initiative, creative, authentic, honest, dependent, relational, honorable, respectful of authority, innocent, sweet.] Guess what? You’ve just described a child. Think about it ...

850. Faith and Freedom

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and freedom of discovering the meaning of life through faith in Christ Jesus. This passage calls us to be patient with the hurts over which we have no control. It calls us to trust God, "fear not, only believe." The tragedies and perplexities of life, when put in Christ's compassionate and healing hands, may actually become a source of healing, help and beauty. This is the Word of the Lord for this day.

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