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851. DIPS IN DISCIPLESHIP

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John H. Krahn

... put a few dips in the way of our lives. Although God does not lead us into valleys of despair, he is even present in those valleys. As the psalmist says, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for thou art with me." Even if we abandon God; he does not abandon us. As C. S. Lewis wrote, "The gates of hell only can be locked from the inside." God is always as close to us as a whispered prayer. When he told the parable of the prodigal son, Jesus left ...

852. TONGUE POWER

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John H. Krahn

... gossiping. How often have we savored a choice piece of gossip and then shared it with someone else? "Have you heard about Jill? I saw her having lunch with her boss." Finger-pointing and fault-finding are favorite pastimes of the gossiper. The dubious art of gossip murders good character. Our second subtlety is the sin of insidious inference. While not directly accusing, inference suggests that that which appears to be pristine on the surface may not be after all. A statement like, "Can’t imagine why Beth ...

853. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... that difference and his response to it explains to some extent the strange actions of our Lord in this story. Treatment - Rude not Redemptive The average reader is shocked by the treatment this woman received from Jesus. The gentle Jesus of our Sunday school art - one who is always kind and responsive to people in their needs, suddenly is presented as a man of indifference - harsh and even rude. The idea that Jesus could and would act like a narrow-minded nationalistic Jew is understandably repulsive to us ...

854. Lost in Wonder, Love, and Praise

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... aware of God’s holiness. We recognize that God is complete, that "from him and through him and to him are all things." One of the best loved hymns is "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!" The third stanza reminds us that, "Only thou (God, that is!) art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love, and purity." To be holy is to be different, and worship helps us to understand that God is totally different from ourselves. God is absolute in power, in love, and in purity. We human beings are ...

855. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... thee well? Not for the sake of winning heaven, nor of escaping hell; Not with the hope of gaining aught, not seeking a reward; But as thyself hast loved me, O everlasting Lord; So would I love thee, dearest Lord, and in thy praise will sing; Because thou art my loving God, and my eternal king. In debt forever - not only for God’s sake, but also for the sake of others. "Owe no one anything," says Paul, "except to love one another." Ah, but that is a tall order. "One another" means Madalyn Murray O’Hair ...

856. When the Church Is the Church

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... love, love which never gives up on the object of its affections, love which sees through the ugliness of sin to the beauty of the sinner. It is the sort of love with which Jesus greeted Judas as he was betrayed with a kiss, asking, "Friend, wherefore art thou come?" (Matthew 26:50 KJV). It is the kind of love which Jesus had in his eyes when Peter denied Christ for the third time and the Scripture records that "the Lord turned and looked at Peter" (Luke 22:61). Agape love is sacrifical love, suffering ...

857. A SERMON DRAMA FOR CHRISTMASTIDE

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Tom Eberle

... I’m about to hear what it is. Gabriel: You lack insight. Female: But I have the imagination to believe in you. Male: And I have the insight to know you really aren’t at all. Gabriel: Madam, I imagine if you were to stand before a work of modern art you wouldn’t appreciate it because it doesn’t have any recognizable forms. And you, sit, probably would have told the artist to save the effort and just type out on a piece of paper what he wanted to say. The two of you were given a picture to look ...

858. Winners, Losers and the Gospel

Mt 16:25

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... that he can hear clearly the concerns of his people. A doctor learns to be a doctor not by placing his stethoscope to his own heart but by placing the stethoscope on the heart of his patient. Paradoxically, as the brick layer loses himself in the art of laying bricks, he becomes a brick layer; paradoxically, as the minister loses himself in the joys and sorrows of his people, he becomes a pastor; paradoxically, as the doctor loses sight of his own vital signs and listens instead to those of his patients, he ...

859. The Circus and My Faith

Ps 139 · Mt 22:37

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... small portion of the brain; all the rest is stagnant. The money-making faculty is alone cultivated. They are incapable of acquiring general knowledge on a broad or liberal scale. All is confined to trade, finance, law, and small, local provincial information. Art, science, literature, are nearly dead letters to them.2 What Grattan wrote of America is found often to be true of an individual’s religious life. Many do their religious dance about the fire of one religious experience, or one religious doctrine ...

860. Leah

Genesis 49:29--50:14

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... . Her handsome husband, Jacob, is well known as the son and grandson of the patriarchs. He was a thief, cheat, liar, and a charming young scoundrel. By deception he seized the birthright which belonged to his twin brother Esau. Aided by his mother’s artful trickery, he fled from his native Canaan and sought refuge in far-removed Haran, the home of his mother’s brother, Laban. Here the young filcher could escape the wrath of Esau and the curse of Isaac. An enchanting love story began when the bewitching ...

861. Mary of Nazareth

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... the spiritual journey all take? In Mary, do we not - in some measure - behold ourselves? As we make our way through the varied and beauteous seasons of the Christian year, we see Mary as she fills her historic roles: in Scripture, poetry, music, drama, and art. We see her at Christmas with the creche. We view her in paintings of the Passion and Easter. She belongs, for she is part of the gospel - the Christian story - and part of humanity. Martin Luther makes a special point regarding Mary. He stressed the ...

862. THE WITCH OF ENDOR

Drama

Marcia Miller

This is a play about necromancy, the art of communicating with the dead to predict the future. The actual story appears in 1 Samuel 28:7-25. But the period of history is not important, in that witchcraft has remained more constant than other religions throughout the ages. Costuming should be simple. The Witches should be in the ...

863. Our Three-Faced God

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." When we think of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we want to explode and shout with joyous praise: "My God, how wonderful thou art." Today we go home saying the words of Jude: "... to the only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority before all time, and now and for ever. Amen."

864. Invitation to a New Life-Style

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... drive a Mark IV Toyota than a Mark IV Continental. To have love, peace, and understanding in the family would be worth living in a $25,000 rather than a $50,000 house. In our time we find that there is no money for schools, libraries, music, and the arts but we have no difficulty raising money in terms of millions for apartment complexes and perimeter malls. If we had the quality of life as a goal, we would be glad to have less of the material things of life for those things that truly enrich life. But just ...

865. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... weeds?" The owner explained, "An enemy has done this." The enemy of God, Satan, has sown bad seed into God’s field. The Devil can and does enter the hearts of individual Christians and can enter and work in a church. Right after his famous confession, "Thou art the Christ," Peter became the spokesman of Satan when he tried to discourage Jesus from going to the cross. Jesus had to say to him, "Get behind me, Satan!" Some church members can have the devil in them and can work for him even inside the church ...

866. Herod and Jesus

Drama

Jon Joyce

... . That’s blas ... JESUS: [Interrupting] God is Father of all of us. He is Father to you as well, although I think he needs to do a little work on you. HEROD: Watch your tongue! JESUS: I have taught my followers, my friends, to pray to him, "Our Father, who art in heaven." HEROD: Hmm. That borders on blasphemy as well. God is to be known by no other name. If you’re a prophet, you ought to know that. JESUS: More than a prophet. HEROD: What do you mean, more than a prophet? JESUS: I am who I am. HEROD ...

867. Annas, Caiaphas, and Judas

Drama

Jon Joyce

... to realize that each word of the Lord’s Prayer will have deep meaning, containing both happy and now sad memories for him, from his three years’ personal association with Jesus. When he concludes, he will be standing, staring at the audience momentarily] "Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, But ...

868. This Grace In Which We Stand by Dr. Gene E. Bartlett

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... experiences which are unexpected, unmeasured, unmerited, and unearned! And those are the graces of life. How deeply some grace, as well as law, runs in life. A wild flower that blooms where it never will be seen has all the delicacy of a work of art. That’s grace. A society makes available to anyone who will receive it knowledge and rights and powers of healing, none of which were personally earned. That’s grace, too. Up in Boston there are some large new tanks for natural gas recently erected near ...

869. It Is Really Something New by Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... have been those in our families and in our churches and in our communities whom we have known who have just put him off and off and have never really done anything about him. Some of you here tonight may be putting him off. Jesus, Thou art standing outside the fast-closed door, In lowly patience waiting to pass the threshold o’er; ... O shame, thrice shame upon us, to keep Him standing there. Some mocked, some procrastinated. Thank God, some believed as a result of Paul’s sermon. Did you notice who ...

870. Miracle On Main Street by Dr. George A. Buttrick

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... suddenly had piercing sight, selfish men began to live in a new kind of love. We know because we have the New Testament with its thousand references to Christ, and not one of them in memoriam. We know because we have the Church, with all its treasures of art, "a thousand years the same," kept by God despite its dark defections. Dr. Mann has asked his six preachers to tell by some focal text why they cleave to Christ in life-faith. Well, here goes: I’ve studied the Greek Testament for well over sixty years ...

871. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... of us are bound by a loyalty and love that is greater than any one of us individually. There is a beautiful Communion anthem which describes the evolving process. Draw us in the Spirit’s tether; for when humbly in thy name, two or three are met together, Thou art in the midst of them: Alleluya! TOUCH WE NOW THY GARMENT’S HEM. As the brethren used to gather in the name of Christ to sup, then with thanks to God the Father break the bread and bless the cup, Alleluya! SO KNIT THOU OUR FRIENDSHIP UP. All our ...

872. Our Search for Intimacy - The "Father" God

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... eliminate our anxieties about death, but it will make it possible for us to live without panic. You and I know hundreds of people, but we have only a few friends. Keep those friends. In fact, deepen the friendships. Be an intimate friend yourself. There is an art to developing intimacy. Reach out and touch someone. Intersect with his life. Give of yourself. Ours is a personal God. Christ has set the example. He has touched us and commissioned us to touch others. I rejoice that you have intimate friends.

873. Forgiveness Unlimited

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... to what God has had to overlook and forgive in us. Not far from New York there is a cemetery which has inscribed upon a headstone just one word - "Forgiven." There is no name, no date of birth or death. The stone is unblemished by the sculptor’s art. There is no epitaph, no fulsome eulogy - just that one word, "Forgiven," but that is the greatest thing that can be said of any person, or written upon one’s grave, "Forgiven." We have been forgiven much more than we could possibly ever repay. For our sins ...

874. Double Citizenship

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... , we are good for it. Whatever we do, we do well; so because we live in the world, in the community, in the state, we should do our part and take our responsibilities seriously. In an invocation prayer at the United States Senate, Peter Marshall said, "Lord Jesus, Thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, hear us as we pray for the truth that shall make men free. Teach us that liberty is not only to be loved but also to be lived. Liberty is too precious a thing to be buried in books. It costs too much ...

875. Embalmed Alive

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... this brief pilgrimage in relation to the whole, In that light, life takes on new meaning, new richness. There are no declining years. Life is lived on the ascending scale. We are storing up spiritual riches. We perfect, as far as possible, the lovely art of worship. We learn to know the eternal joy of fellowship with our Eternal Father, and that association lightens and enriches our association with our fellow men. Love, joy, and deep abiding peace - these are the fruits of such a life. Oh, that we might ...

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