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826. The Power of a Single Life

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... me. Some are funny: “Here lies my wife, here let her lie, now she’s at peace and so am I.” Some are sad: “Here lies the body of a man who died; nobody mourned, nobody cried, how he lived, how he fared, nobody knows, nobody cared.” Some are tender: “Gracie Allen and George Burns Together Again.” Some are instructive: “My dear friends, as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I, as I am now, you soon must be, prepare yourselves to follow me.” On every tombstone there is a birth date and a ...

827. The Power of a Personal Commitment

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... still hear the cry of the needy? I need to change that. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something I can do. Softly and tenderly, Jesus is calling. Will we rise up and follow?

828. The Power to Belong

Acts 4:32-35

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

At the tender age of 11, I stood before a crippled preacher in a tiny country church, professed my faith in Jesus Christ and became a full member of that congregation. My devout mother doubted I was old enough to know what I was doing. A few skeptics seemed sure I was not ...

829. The Compassionate Christ

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... global community where the picture of a starving child in Ethiopia is conveniently streamed into our living rooms, and pleas for help are portrayed in our television screens before they are communicated to neighborhood rescue squads, what are normal people to do? Keep your heart tender and your prayers current. In the desert, Abbas and Ammas expressed their compassion for a hurting world by retreating to the desert to pray. Could that be a lesson for us? When we have done all we can do, let us trust God to ...

830. Why Am I a Christian?

Mark 1:4-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... children believers. People ask me how I became a minister. Jokingly I reply, “If you were pinned against a hot, tin roof on a sultry, summer day with the awful smell of tobacco consuming you every breath, you would get a calling to something too." At the tender age of 17, I declared myself a candidate for the ministry. Thirty-eight years later, I discovered from a former pastor that my mother made a deal with God about my vocation when I was only five. I did not choose the ministry; the ministry chose me ...

831. Ruth: The Problem of Grief

Ruth 1:1-8, 16-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of presence in a world that is unpredictable. Commitment is a chance we take, a vow we make, because humans are not made to be butterflies fluttering here and there in search of the sweetest nectar. Or, as is said of a horse and a jockey in that tender movie, Sea Biscuit, “You don't throw a whole life away just because it's banged up a bit." The world only functions on commitment. Whither thou goest I will go. We could use that kind of promise in families, in churches, among friends, and even among ...

832. The Power to Do Good

Acts 10:34-38, 44-48

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... harsh world, draw your breath in pain and tell my story.' Fred asked, “What is your story, Dad?" Once more he took a pencil and wrote on the tissue box. ‘Tell them I was wrong!"' Life can make us tough. Will you let the Holy Spirit make you tender? III. FOR GOODNESS SAKE, ALERT YOUR CONCERN. What gets under you skin? What irritates you in the night? What are the wrongs of the world that you have the power to make right? It is a humbling experience to stand in this pulpit Sunday after Sunday. Sometimes I ...

833. Reaching Up—Reaching Out

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... teaching is one of the most quoted and misunderstood scriptures in the New Testament. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." That's what I'd like us to think about today. I. HOW IS YOUR HEART? Is it warm or cold, tough or tender, touchable or troubled? The Bible is as concerned about the condition of your heart-the seat of your emotions, the center of your being- as your cardiologist is concerned about the heart muscle in your body. So the Bible says: 1. "Love God with all your heart ...

834. Join

Acts 11:19-26

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... He had no plans to open a bakery chain of free bread in Galilee. From that time, many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him. Myth #2: NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE A COMMITMENT ANYYMORE. We are a society of option tenders. Thirty years ago, a movement started in America developing church for those who “disliked church." Doing careful research they discovered certain people didn't like attending church where people asked your name, wanted your money, and exposed you to boring music. So, a whole ...

835. By Faith

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... through fiery trials, thy pathways shall lie, My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply; The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. The refining process includes heating up and cooling down. The flames make us tender so we can bend without breaking, be shaped without shattering. And the cooling teaches us the fine art of waiting until we are strong enough to live into our new reason for being. May the Refiner's fire become our desire. III. OUR FAITH FILLS US ...

836. The Resurrection and Life

John 11:32-44

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... in the land of the living on their way to the land of the dying. We are dwelling in the land of the dying on our way to the land of the living. Jesus Christ is the Resurrection and the Life. To cry it aloud when life is kind and tender and smiling and the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming is one thing. Even more important is to affirm it when the day is dark, gloom is thick, the grave is deep and the disease is deadly. To cry it then not weakly, but triumphantly, Jesus Christ, the ...

837. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... him with a crown of thorns, Red were his wounds and deep, For those were crude and cruel days, And human flesh was cheap. When Jesus came to They simply passed him by They never hurt a hair of him, They only let him die; For men had grown more tender, They would not give him pain, They only just passed down the street, And left him in the rain. Still Jesus cried, Forgive them for they know not what they do, And still it rained the wintry rain That drenched him through and through. The crowds went home And ...

838. Sisters

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... s efforts. But this was an important time in Jesus’ ministry. He knew something that Martha did not. He knew his time with them was short. There wouldn’t be many more opportunities for them to be together. And so, with love in his eyes and a tender smile on his lips, Jesus said to Martha, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” I believe Jesus was saying to Martha, “Martha ...

839. Your Life Is Required of You in the Hymns

Luke 12:13-21

Illustration

Richard Patt

... draw near ... delay not, delay not, the hour is at hand." The Advent hymns breathe the urgency too: "Prepare the royal highway; the King of kings is near! Let every hill and valley a level road appear!" Or how about the old Gospel hymn: Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, passing for you and for me. There are spiritual urgencies concerning our salvation that we need to tend to! Harry Emerson Fosdick stated the urgency long ago in a ...

840. Sickness Rearranges Priorities

Luke 13:10-17

Illustration

Brett Blair

... by involving him in a variety of sports. He soon showed an aptitude as an athlete and by the age of 13 his skills were confirmed when he won the Iron Kids Triathlon—a combination of swimming, biking and running. Three years later at the tender age of 16 he became a professional triathlon athlete. When most children were trying to compete at their local high schools, and entering armature competitions, Linda's boy was making money as an athlete. He worked hard and sometimes his training would take him to ...

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

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , he comes in a warm friendly manner. That's what the offer of peace is all about. Luther goes on to add that with this example Christ presents his heart, who he is and what kind of heart he bears to us. Christ treats his disciples and us so tenderly, not reproaching anyone for unbelief and sin. Instead he comforts, strengthens, and lifts them, and us, up. This was done for our good and comfort.5 Isn't this a comforting word? You and I can be confident, certain of a loving God, because he keeps coming back ...

842. Religious Balkanization

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... texts that say otherwise. Think of his camaraderie with the Samaritan woman in John 4. Samaritans were even more despised by the Jews than were folks from this woman's background, and Jesus showed no aversion to that woman at all. Or remember Jesus' tenderness with the Roman Centurion (Luke 7) whose servant was dying. Jesus praised the man for his faith, and treated him as a colleague and friend. II. A Teaching Moment So Jesus' initial conversation with this woman is unlikely to have arisen from deep ethnic ...

843. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... man. In fact, it seemed often that when he spat out his few words, they sprayed righteousness from his thin lips. He walked with upright dignity, and no one could find a fault in him. Except, maybe, that few found him warm or tender. But then, one does not become as righteous at Fouke by blurring the edges of rigorous spirituality through relational compromises. Fouke was married to Hilda, and they lived a rigid life of regular hours and faithful church attendance. Fouke carried his Bible prominently ...

844. Why Is God Unfair?

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... . "Our Lord has promised to reward our good deeds," she replied. "If my tally is correct, I now have 1,374 jewels in my crown in heaven." Suddenly, wrote Thielicke, he saw her through new eyes. The person he had admired for her inner beauty, tender care, and sacrificial service became in an instant a greedy religious ogre, choosing to locate herself in spots where more heavenly goods could be looted from her unsuspecting prey. It made him sick. So it should. We only have to remember another story of Jesus ...

845. A Career in The Kingdom

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... hymn-writer, Margaret Clarkson, identified when she penned Grace Grows Best in Winter (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984). More than that, they also found that the turning point leading out of the dark night of the soul was, for each of them, always a moment of repentance. After some tender moments of further sharing, the bishop got up to leave. At the door, said L'Engle, he stopped for a moment and then turned round to face her. "Madeline," he said to her, "I don't know how to say this, but have a bad day!" He ...

846. What Did The Turkey Say? (Or Contentious Communities)

Isaiah 58:3-9a (9b-12)

Sermon

Tony Everett

... . Jerusalem was a defeated city. Its temple destroyed; its walls crumbled. The exiles had lost all hope of returning. Perhaps many of them remembered that Isaiah also declared God's promise of deliverance, a new exodus. "Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God, speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid ..." (Isaiah 40:1-2). They would return home at last! Thanks be to God! Praise the Lord! Just like Moses led the people from Egyptian bondage, so ...

847. Sleeping through the Alarm

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... all at once with God's love and God's grace. It's what you might call a package deal. And if we can find the courage to tell the truth to ourselves about who we are and what it is we are truly doing, then we might find the tender taste of God's mercy as we turn in our hearts to healing and hope; as we stand up for what we know to be good and right. We might experience a new birth and a new beginning, as church and nation, if we open our eyes and our hearts ...

848. Can These Bones Live?

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... too far to find the wasteland in our lives, where the bones lay in piles all around, and they are very dry indeed. Is there a friendship or intimate relationship that has been harshly ended? Does memory find a quarrel unresolved? Do the bones of a once-tender love lay bleaching in the sun? Is there a failure that restlessly sits in the memory? A failure of integrity? A lapse of judgment? A reckless indiscretion? A stupid mistake? What must the piles of bones look like in the wastelands of our lives? Each of ...

849. The Ladder from Our House

Genesis 28:10-19a

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... to deal with people at their worst: those who were drunk and threatening, those who stole, parents who beat their children, spouses who attacked one another, kids in crime and so forth. All of this made him even harder in his spirit. He viewed compassion and tenderness and love as signs of weakness. He became a tough, cold-hearted man. He drank a great deal, but the alcohol did not assuage the terrible turmoil in his inner man and he contemplated suicide. He could find no ladder out of the pit of despair ...

850. The Heifer that Will Change the World!

Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32

Sermon

Larry Lange

... and the Packers, than the real Messiah.) Then, after seven years, the real Messiah will show up, pulverize the third temple, skewer all the antichrist's followers, bind the antichrist, and toss him in the bottomless pit burning with sulfurous fire for 1,000 years (or until tender). After all that, the real Messiah will conduct judgment day to see who gets to enjoy his 1,000-year reign of peace. Rabbi Chaim Richman's take on the third temple is an utterly different one. You can read about it in his book, The ...

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