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826. Party in Room 210 ... Everyone Invited

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Thomas Long

... we began our travel, we end the journey resting in the Christ who is all in all. There is a woman I know who began her journey in faith because she loved to sing. To put it more bluntly, she loved to sing in front of other people, and she warmed to the lavish compliments and enthusiastic responses generated by her lovely voice. The local church choir was not exactly show business, but it was as close to that as she could come, so she sang there. The rest of the worship was of no interest to her, and she ...

827. What Do You See?

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Thomas Long

... worship becomes a "nice ceremony" full of pleasant music and sweet-sounding words rather than the arena for encountering the living God. • marriage becomes a contract between self-seeking partners, rather than a place of holy intimacy. • sex becomes the warm cuddling of mutual gratification, devoid of all mystery. • human striving toward freedom and dignity becomes "merely political," rather than a sign of God at work in the world breaking all forms of bondage. Some peer at everything, but see nothing ...

828. An Understated Masterpiece

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... their lives. Event and wisdom were bonded together that day. What is this? A new teaching! Christians are always discovering that Jesus Christ is this kind of teacher. He acts powerfully in our lives, giving us overwhelming experiences of grace and love. But warm and exciting religious experience is not the totality of Jesus’ impact on our lives. Every action of Christ brings truth, every experience of Christ forms wisdom in our hearts, every encounter carries an enduring claim upon us to live in new ways ...

829. Living in the Future Present

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... 50s quaintness abound, from soda bottles whose caps will not twist off to a service station with a platoon of crisply uniformed attendants who swarm each car to check the oil, clean the windshield, and sweep off the floor mats. For all of its warm frivolity, however, this movie does ponder one serious theme: how possessing knowledge of the future would create an awesome responsibility in the present. Before moving back into time, the boy has been warned not to attempt to alter the future in any way. Indeed ...

830. Finding the Truth That Makes Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... to the Commentary on Romans brought release to his tortured soul. He recorded his experience in his journal: "About a quarter before nine, while he (Luther) was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." History attests to the powerful,and positive impact of this ...

831. A Cup Running Over

John 11:17-37

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... and hearts.1 A prisoner with the intriguing name of Starr Daily was buried in what inmates called "the hole," another name for solitary confinement. He was being punished by prison authorities for planning a revolt. Daily shivered in the shadows and tried to warm himself by clutching the graveclothes of hate and anger. Then he began to dream. Or were they dreams? Christ himself came into his prison "tomb" and looked into his eyes. Daily said that he had never seen or felt such love before. Christ showed ...

832. Happiness Is ... the Kingship of Jesus

John 18:28-40

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... inspire his constituency. His victorious opponent seemed to have that knack. The columnist quoted a city official’s assessment of the successful contender: "When he walks into a room, it seems to light up. His gestures, his manner, his speech, his way, make people warm up to him. He makes people feel good, he makes them laugh. People like that. People want that."1 The new mayor becomes the center of attention by the sheer power of his personality. In like manner, Jesus towers over Pilate in the praetorium ...

833. Where Do Sins Go?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... new creature. Prometheus’ brother had created the animals and given them the gifts of cunning, speed, strength, claws, and shells. Finally, Prometheus decided to give to man the divine gift of fire wherewith man would be able to make tools, fashion weapons, and warm his home. Jupiter, the father of gods, however, would not allow fire to be given to man. Prometheus, therefore, stole the fire from heaven and gave it to man. In punishment for his sin, Jupiter chained Prometheus to a rock on Mount Caccasus ...

834. Christmas Gift

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... Early Christmas morning Daddy went into the rooms, bent down, and whispered into the ear of each child, "Christmas gift." I was awake instantly. Visions of delight and prospects of miracles danced in my head. I hopped out of bed, grabbed my stocking, crawled back under the warm covers, and dumped the nuts, hard candy, fruit, and a few toys into a sticky mound on the bed. So it was a mess! It was nevertheless good tidings which I could see with my eyes, feel with my hands, and taste with my tongue. Since we ...

835. All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... broader and broader scope. We go to the mountain heights where we hear him speak to us and inspire us. We walk dusty streets and heal and minister in his name, giving good news to those who know it not. We go to our Jerusalem, bearing the fickleness of warm-weather friends, and to the high court where all we have believed is challenged. And, we go to our cross - surrendering the self to Christ as we give our best for his highest that we may fulfill the highest in ourselves. We are to bring the glory of our ...

836. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Philippians 2:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... his "triumphal" entrance to Jerusalem. The aftermath of that entry, however, suggests that the contrast may be superficial. Call to Worship Leader: Hosanna to the one who comes in God’s name! People: HOSANNA TO THE MESSIAH OF GOD! Leader: May we receive him warmly and thankfully as a comforter sent from God! People: AND LET US HONOR BOTH HIM AND THE GOD WHO SENT HIM! HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! Collect Most comforting God, who have sent comforters in every generation to a people unworthy as well as unwilling ...

837. People Are Different, People Are The Same

Drama

Marge Passamaneck

... and father, Mary and Joseph, were just simple people travelling to Bethlehem. When they found there was no house where they could spend the night, they had to stay in a stable. There were horses, cows, and sheep there, but they heaped straw into a warm and comfortable bed. That night Mary gave birth to a boy - a red-faced baby just like all babies, but somehow different. TONY: Then a brightness came into the stable. Joseph looked out and saw a star shining brilliantly above the stable. SUSAN: Soon three ...

838. Where is God?

Romans 10:8, Galatians 2:20

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the outside if you are really a Christian you shall have Christ within you. That’s what Saint Paul means when He says that it is not I who live but Christ who liveth within me. So where is God for the Christian? He lives within you and what a warm feeling that must be to know that Jesus is so close that He can never be separated from you.

839. What Is God Made Of?

Acts 17:16-34

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Him, nor can you hear Him. Do you remember what it’s like when you go to school or away from home and you get lonely and wish that your mother was very near but you can’t go and find her? When you think about her you get very warm and just thinking makes you feel better all over. Well in a way that is a spirit because even though you can’t feel or see or hear or taste her you still know that she loves you and will be there when you get home. God is a spirit ...

840. Looking Ahead with Hope

John 1:43-51

Sermon

... know I’m an actor? They wouldn’t want me in your church." The young people smiled, "Yes, they’d like you to come to our church and you can sit between us." He went to the church with them, and his heart was strangely warmed. Something happened to him. He gave his heart to Christ. If you were to name the three greatest preachers in American history, you would list the name of that transformed young actor. His name was Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, Temple University Medical School, and ...

841. Which Self Are You?

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... pyramid that about 300 years before Christ one of the Toltecs - one of the 10,000 Toltecs who worked for twenty years to build that pyramid - had carried up there. Why? So they could be nearer to God to worship Him. Yes, and we basked for a day in the warm sunshine on the beaches of Acapulco. We flew black over the stately snow-capped Sierra Madre Mountains. But ask any of the nineteen young people who went with us. Ask any of the parents. Ask any of the others of that sixty. I’ve tried it. The answer was ...

842. His Risen Hand Holds Ours

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... lie and do not live according to the truth." Many so live life as the big lie - perhaps even you! Jesus Christ made his message and promise quite plain. "I came that you may have life, and have it abundantly." He came that we might live, walk and be warmed in the light of God; that we might live, God present with us. "Once you were darkness," said Paul, "but now you are light in the Lord." Man attempted to darken God’s light permanently. He seized and killed it, and rolled a stone over to darken the grave ...

843. What’s Going On in Your Orchard?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Charles L. Koester

... also, "You will know them by their fruits." Cast from the vine we will consume ourselves. In the arctic, when the long nights come and the cold grows colder, the wolves prowl, looking for food. Their hunger is a terrible thing, and anything that moves, or is warm, is their food. Hunger sharpens their sense of smell. They catch the scent of blood carried by the wind for miles around. But the eskimos understand the wolves, and they have found a way to deal with them. They melt small patches of ice, then set ...

844. Feed My Sheep

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... to face the starving of the world with immediate relief and long-term solutions. The Oriental mystic ignored the starving family next door and the neighbor with the boils across the street. Why? Because he was basking in the vision of God, he was warmed by the luminous experience of the Most High. That describes, too, so much of our contemporary religious emotionalism. The "I" gospel hymns are sung. "Will there be any stars in my crown?" Jesus sang "we" hymns. And encouragingly taught the prayer, "Give us ...

845. The Bread of Life

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... seem uninteresting. The kids sometimes put up a squawk when you start hauling left-overs out. Most often, though, you just ignore the ‘fragments,’ or forget them. Then, wham, I get them, already starting to smell." "Thirdly -" Mr. C was really warming to his subject now. Mrs. A was seeking to justify herself, but no opening gambit presented itself. Unchristian Shopping "Thirdly, since you married a Good Salary, your shopping has disintegrated. You used to buy sensibly and thriftily. Now your fixation is ...

846. THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH

Drama

Norman D. Dow

... look upon the glory of God that had passed by, and live. Dare I go on - to seek the desire of all nations? To look upon the face of God! My heart is the coward, and says to my mind, "Fear God and flee!" But my heart is also strangely warm, and faith takes my hand to lead me on. I am drawn like a moth to a flame, perhaps to certain death. Faith says to me, "Believe the good news of the gospel, and come to him - to that One who is the everlasting God, who inhabits the circle of ...

847. Believable Light

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... . But there it is, false, deceitful, cheap! Who will take it away? We are so burdened with the fear that our neighbors see us as we know ourselves to be. They do, and we know it! But hold ourselves up before Christ! It all happens. There is warm heat in his light. All that is written is sharply, clearly visible. The whole scribble and scrawl. We read it together, each his own with Christ himself. Even tears of shame cannot blur what we have written - all our evasions, all our equivocation, all our hypocrisy ...

848. Glorious Light

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... But you can’t go barefoot. Estragon - Christ did! Vladimir - Christ! What has Christ got to do with it? You’re not going to compare yourself to Christ! Estragon - All my life I’ve compared myself to him. Vladimir - But where he lived it was warm, it was dry. Estragon - Yes - and they crucified quick. This is what’s meant by letting "your light so shine before men that they may glorify your father who is in heaven." The Epiphany Star first seen over ancient Bethlehem still shines in believing hearts ...

849. OUR LORD DENIED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... empty. Slowly, drawn by an almost morbid curiosity, he drifted toward the sounds. There was a crowd there, and a bright fire of coals in the large brazier. No one seemed to notice as he slipped through the gate, knelt beside the fire, and warmed his hands. From the conversation he quickly learned that his Lord was somewhere inside the house, being questioned by Caiaphas and Annas. Those nearby were laughing about it, and he felt quite alone, a stranger among enemies. There was a noise from somewhere inside ...

850. Crowned With Victory

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... , ‘she’ll stay up for you. When we get near the house, a candle will be burning in the window.’ After a long ride I saw the candle light in the distance. I remember you were waiting for me at the door. There was a fire in the hearth, a warm supper on the stove. After supper, you took me to my room, read me a story in your arms, and heard my prayers. Then you sat in the rocker until I went to sleep. "Some day soon, dear Auntie, God will send for you to take you to a new ...

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