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Jeremiah 23:9-32

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... generous, tender, and understanding. He affirms you and me - says "yes" to our feeble attempts at living and loving. He gives us hope, teaches us to trust, and fills us with courage. And then - Then like "a whirling tempest" from out of a perfectly mellow and pretty life style comes a growl of anger from God Almighty. Notice, it’s from God all mighty, and that "might" that power is what makes that anger so terrifying. What can we do with an angry God? We could, and we do, direct the anger of God away from ...

827. Abraham’s Promise Perpetuated

Romans 4:1-25

Drama

Richard F. Bansemer

... in the presence of the benefactor. Congratulations, and God bless. Person number five shall be called Pat. Your life has been constant for many years. Exciting and dangerous events will happen to you soon. You are not ready for such a change in your life-style, but very few of us ever are. Nevertheless, your calm and serene existence is ending. You have taken too much for granted. You have thought of your own needs too greatly. All of that will be changed, because your growth, your spiritual growth, is very ...

828. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

Sermon

George Bass

... and another operation was necessary. It was successful, but at thirty-seven years of age he suddenly began to evaluate his life. He said, "I realized that every day is a great day. And I realized how much of my life I had wasted." He changed his life style: "I decided there were a lot more important things than working all the time. Now I take a good deal of time off. I do my own thing, including tennis and the jogging, and family things ..." With his own cancer under control, he became a volunteer to raise ...

829. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... published an article entitled, "Do You Measure Up As a Man?" The article stated that some extensive research had been conducted on the twentieth century standards for measuring a man. The eight criteria are quite interesting: his ability to make, conserve, and amass money; the cost, style, and age of his car; how much hair he has or has not; his size and strength; the job he holds and how successful he is at it; what sports he likes; how many clubs he belongs to; and his aggressiveness and reliability. As I ...

830. How’s Your Appetite?

Matthew 5:6 · Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of dedication, shown by the businessman, would have on a life of prayer and study, of being a servant. We Christians do not even read our manual as frequently as a good businessman reads the Wall Street Journal, much less become all-absorbed in patterning our life-style after it. Jesus is saying that he wants us to be as eager and ingenious in our attempt to be his followers as is the person whose primary pursuit is to be successful in business. He wishes our appetites for truth and goodness were just this ...

831. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... - "working out my salvation" in the new nature made possible by grace. God loves us all: some "he loves with sadness" because we are denying saving grace; some "he loves with gladness" because we are responding to grace in our new and developing Christ-like life-style. There is "nothing to boast of"; the new and beautiful life is made possible by God’s accepted presence in our lives. The grace of God is over against the judgment of God. This is a universe of judgment. God made it that way. If a building ...

832. The Spiritual Fitness Demands of the New Age

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... are endangering human personality, human sanity, human life, or in any way distorting and poisoning human relationships?" It’s suggested that when my shoe rubs my foot it gets more attention than the question of how I should live. In the long run, however, a distorted life-style will hurt much more than a pinched toe. The way we have been living is now beginning to rub and blister our souls to the point where we can’t stand the misery. When we get to the point of moral awareness, there is hope. When the ...

833. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... ways ... until differences shall be transcended and hurt transmuted. "I acknowledge that the cornerstone of this community is Jesus Christ, servant and Liberator - one who said, ‘love one another, as I have loved you’ ... I confess my willingness to take upon myself the life-style of a servant. I will endeavor to grow in my availability to each person in the group and I will join in the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed. "I will seek not only to receive, but to give, not only to be loved ...

834. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... when one is seeking unity, so long as all that variation is given over to the achievement of the common goal, the adoration of the common center of all these variations. Artists, for example, may have great differences of opinion about how to paint, about styles of work, about color and texture and a host of other things they are concerned with. But their unifying theme is the love - the adoration, if you will - of good art. That is a driving compulsion with them - to bring forth the best of all possible ...

835. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... question than the everyday kinds of questions about whether one should do this or that, for that matter. One daily encounters questions about whether a given action is good or bad or whether a particular deed is right or wrong. We are concerned, however, with asking about a whole style of life, a way of living, a path to journey on in our trip through life. How does one know which path is correct? It would be a disaster to travel a lifetime on a path and then find it did not lead to where you wanted to go ...

836. The True Nature of Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the 20th century standards for measuring a man. The criteria were quite interesting and I thought that I might list them for the men here this morning just to see how they measure up. 1. His ability to make and conserve money (That lets me out already). 2. The cost, style and age of his car. 3. (This is my favorite) How much hair he has. 4. His strength and size. 5. The job he holds and how successful he is at it. 6. What sports he likes 7. How many clubs he belongs to. 8. His aggressiveness and reliability ...

837. Journey To The Cross V: Jesus and Simon Peter

Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Carter said he was amazed and overjoyed by their response. After the speech, he said to the interpreter, “That was such a wonderful response to my joke. How did you translate it to get such a laugh?” The Japanese translator (in typical Asian-style) only smiled and bowed respectfully and did not answer. Well, President Carter was determined to know how he made the joke so funny, so he continued to ask the interpreter how he had translated it. Finally, the translator said he knew the audience would ...

838. PASS THE SALT

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... God ready for remolding. You ought to be willing to pass his salt in whatever way God commands you. "Not my will, O Lord, but yours be done in my life," is the Christian’s prayer. Does your life ever bore you? If it does, then risk it! Not daredevil style. Rather, risk it in the service of the Lord of the universe. Christian! pass the salt.

839. I AM THE CHURCH

Illustration

John H. Krahn

I am the Church. Most of you associate me with steeples and stained glass windows. And in one sense, you are right. One of the ways I can be described is by my individual architectural style. I am usually constructed with the finest materials, and my cost per square foot is often quite high. I think this is appropriate because I make a visible statement to the world about the feelings of my members towards the Lord. I am a visible witness to the community. When ...

840. What Form of Church Does God Want for the Furture?

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... S. News and World Report carried a feature article entitled, "Do-It-Yourself Religion Rides a Crest." The article pointed out that millions of Americans are following preachers who spread their deformed version of the gospel through the medium of Hollywood-style television shows. Instead of giving their money to the organized churches for missions to help the poor and educate the illiterate and evangelize the lost, more and more Americans are giving to build Rex Humbard’s "Cathedral of Tomorrow" and Oral ...

841. A SERMON-DRAMA FOR EASTER

Drama

Tom Eberle

... the rock enclosure of a catacomb. They no longer gather there for secrecy, but to provide space for their growing congregation. As our eyes adjust to the darkness inside, we see the walls are covered with paintings, strange to us because of their highly symbolic style. It is growing dark and the believers are gathering for an all-night vigil to await the resurrection. We will spend the night here, waiting for the first light of dawn. [A couple enters and stands at the back of the congregation. The woman is ...

842. Holy Handicap?

2 Cor 12:9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... . Last fall, Dr. James Ravin of Toledo, Ohio, addressed the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in Chicago, and it was his contention that artists’ eye problems in many cases apparently enhanced their works and contributed to the development of their styles. For example, Rembrandt was farsighted, Van Gogh had glaucoma and Monet had cataracts. Speaking of Renoir, the French impressionist, Dr. Ravin remarked: There is a story that Renoir once tried on a pair of glasses and threw them down, saying ...

843. Are You Under Arrest?

Heb 5:11-13; 10:39

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , many of whom were under religious arrest. The ways in which people are arrested are innumerable, and for me to mention a few of them might galvanize your thinking in that area. Some people are arrested emotionally and hold, for example, to a physical style of problem solving. If you are angry, throw a chair. If your wife enrages you, hit her. If your teenage son infuriates you, slap him across the face. If your neighbor is uncooperative, threaten to rearrange his face. Children go through a stage where ...

844. What Is Your Holy Week Address?

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... spiritual address. The events of Holy Week, culminating in Easter, also provide us with a series of spiritual addresses where people choose to live. First, we have the dismal events that lead to Maundy Thursday. Those hostile to and threatened by Jesus - his style and his messages - finally gain the upper hand and their poisonousness even infects Jesus’ intimate inner circle of supporters. The mood here is one of tension. Tension had been in the air for weeks, and tension was surely present at the final ...

845. THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Drama

Marcia Miller

The story of The Good Samaritan is written in Luke 10:30-35. The full explanation of this simple play is given by The Greeter within the first speeches of the play. It was written in this style so that it would be specific and not just a rewriting of the New Testament story that is so familiar. It is not a subtle theological approach; it is direct. But in its directness it is hoped that the discoursive language does not outweigh the entertainment value. CHARACTERS THE GREETER ...

846. Can We Really Get Along?

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... biblical truth, like limiting your social circle to one race; like evaluating a school by its racial composition, like treating whites as more desirable neighbors or business partners than African Americans, like supposing that all people of any particular race like the same worship style. We must learn to think of ourselves as Christians who happen to be white or black rather than whites or blacks who happen to be Christian. An 8-year-old wrote this letter, "Dear Dr. King: Is God Black or white?" Of course ...

847. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in his book rightly asks, "Whatever became of sin?" A pastor’s wife troubled with nerves went to her doctor who told her, "Don’t think of yourself as guilty. Just consider yourself human." Now she did not have to worry about her sins. She accepted her life-style as just an expression of being human. For many, wrongdoing is not a sin, only a sickness. The point is if we of the church are as sinful as people in the world, how can we help the world to be virtuous in all its dealings? If the church ...

848. Food for Faith

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... less calories for your dog. Look at the miserable contrast: the overfilled stomachs of dogs almost touching the ground and the bloated stomachs of children suffering from malnutrition! If we had compassion on the poor and hungry, we would voluntarily change our life-styles which would call for less food in-take. Then, we could take the money saved from buying less food and give it to our church’s program to send food abroad to the destitute. One denomination within a two-year period gave eight million ...

849. Caiaphas and Pilate

Drama

Jon Joyce

... : knee-length white or tan robe. Brown sandals. No jewelry or elaborate make-up. If stage make-up is used, Antonius should be plain, a marked contrast to Pilate and Caiaphas. He may wear one big round gold earring in his left ear. Simple hair style. Sound Effects You may wish to use recorded background sounds of the night: a bit of noise from a quiet city, the wind, birds. Lighting The setting is lighted by bright lights, candles, or torches. The scene at stage right, looking out over the balcony, will ...

850. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... you cannot understand me. There are far simpler people, my disciples, who know what you will never comprehend. HEROD: You’re accusing me of being a dunce? JESUS: No, Herod, not a dunce. A hard-hearted man whose life is a web of intrigue and self-styled cleverness, all at the expense of other people around you, including your brother whose wife you have taken as mistress. HEROD: [Rising, if he is not standing at this point] Enough! We will go out there, and I will ask you questions, and you will tell ...

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