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851. The Prophetic Word-- And The Living Word

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... seemed the circumstance of her appearance that it caused no feeling of any unusual occurrence."2 And then it went away and Sidney St. John replaced on the wall the picture of Elizabeth Joy. He extinguished the light of the swinging lamp, and with a sense of sweet, sweet comfort, left the room. "The grace of God has appeared ... training us ... to await our blessed hope." Tonight we Pause. Waiting, listening for the sound of the One who is coming; who bridges heaven and earth and reclaims us. Is he coming ...

852. The Politics Of The Saints

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... actions or my decisions affect the lives of other people around me? What message will I be sending? The same question applies to groups and organizations as well as to individuals. All Saints' Sunday is a good time to think about politics in this broader sense. For on All Saints', we take time to remember that Christians are not isolated individuals who live in this world alone, passing through it untouched by anyone or anything and not having any impact or effect on anyone. We are a people, a politeuma, a ...

853. The Bread That Endures

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... sustains the life of the body, so Jesus sustains the life of the spirit. To come to Jesus or to believe in him is to live life as it was meant to be lived, to know life in its richest and fullest sense. Yet so many people seem to miss out on life in that full and rich sense. Why? Possibly it's because so many have a distorted understanding of bread. If Jesus uses bread as a metaphor for the deeper dimensions of life, we have often done just the reverse. In our colloquial speech, bread does not refer to ...

854. The Mechanics Of Prayer

Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in ... the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice." Life can get that way. All doors seem to be closed to us. We see no sense in going on. All hope has been lost. We are in the cellar of our lives and cry out for light and reason to keep on going when ...

855. You Can Be Real

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... 't have to take an oath; if I am dishonest, all the oaths in the world won't change it!" What they say makes sense. Jesus agreed. Between the books of Genesis and the third epistle of John, the Bible deals with the topic of honesty and truthfulness 178 ... refuses to compromise what it means to be real, a spirit that will never follow the crowd if it's moving in a direction contrary to her sense of truth. She has learned at an early age to be honest enough to say, "I don't have to be like everyone else to have ...

856. The Social-Spiritual Side of Baptism

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

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Dennis Koch

... we do not know how to manage everything which happens to us. Friendships come and friendships go. Careers are developed, modified and ended. Children are born and raised and, before long, the nest empties. Aging modifies the body in ways which we do not appreciate. When our sense of purpose becomes unclear, change appears to be an unpredictable enemy. Help us to see that baptism changes everything! Only your Holy Spirit will enable us to manage our lives in a way which pleases you. Teach us, O Lord, to make ...

857. When Jesus Arrives Late

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37

Sermon

Thomas Long

... powerful than his sermon that day was the simple fact of the preacher's absence." "Even more powerful ... was the preacher's absence." In other words, Dr. King chose to be absent in a place where he was expected to be present because of his larger sense of mission. If he had been a politician looking for a photo opportunity, he would no doubt have shown up in the Geneva pulpit, smiling for the cameras, rather than risking his life and reputation amid the chaos of Chicago's violent streets. But given the ...

858. Advent 4

Mt 1:18-25 · Rom 1:1-7 · Isa 7:10-17 · Ps 80

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... either servant or slave. The NRSV and the NIV prefer to translate this "servant." Actually, "slave" conveys better Paul's sense of necessity and urgency in proclaiming the gospel. This identity is conferred by God through his call (v. 1). What ... church at Rome, Paul describes himself as the doulos, translated servant or slave, of Jesus Christ. It seems that "slave" would better fit Paul's sense of call. A servant is hired for wages and is free to quit at any time. A slave has no choice, receives no wages, and ...

859. Corpus Christi

Jn 6:51-58 · 1 Cor 10:16-17 · Deut 8:1-20 · Ps 116

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Russell F. Anderson

... to be received but the action of the whole people of God. For centuries, he contends, the Eucharist has been the domain of the priest, who alone has the power to transform ordinary bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. There was very little sense of the kind of participation, which the Second Lesson talks about. The author is attempting to lead us to the realization that the people of God are not merely to receive consecrated bread and wine, the body and blood of Christ; we are to be bread and ...

860. Easter 5

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Acts 17:1-9, 1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... it went straight to my head." This silly song has a serious side to it. Many people are lost. They don't remember the way to go home. In an attempt to override their anxiety, they have drunk deeply of this world's pleasures, which has further muddled their sense of direction. Someone needs to show them the way to go home. Jesus offers himself as the way, the truth and the life (v. 6). Outline: 1. We all need to be at home with others and God 2. Sin has disturbed our homing instinct 3. Jesus offers himself ...

861. Lent 1

Mt 4:1-11 · Rom 5:12-21 · Gen 2:7 - 3:7 · Ps 32

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Russell F. Anderson

... for a pot of stew or loaves of bread. Jesus was ready with the defense: "Man does not live by bread alone, but every word that comes from the mouth of God" (v. 4). The importance of knowing who you are. All sin proceeds from a deluded or perverted sense of the self. In his baptism, Jesus received affirmation of his identity as the Son of God. In all of these temptations, Satan's tactic is to engender doubt in the mind of Jesus concerning the veracity of this identity. Satan led off his assault, "If you are ...

862. The Nativity Of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Titus 2:11-14 · Isaiah 9:2-7 · Ps 96

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Russell F. Anderson

... - or post-exilic, whether it was composed by Isaiah or a later writer. There is no reason to suppose that this is other than the work of Isaiah and was probably composed to celebrate the coronation of a king. This condition of peace (understood in the Jewish sense of total well being) will not come about through political intrigue but through the action of God (v. 7). The Christian Church sees Christ as the one who will bring about this triumph of shalom. Lesson 2: Titus 2:11-14 In Jesus, the grace of God ...

863. Proper 28

Judges 4:1-24, Proverbs 31:10-31, Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, Malachi 2:1-9, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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Russell F. Anderson

... light, we should not be caught off guard. We can discern that which is good from that which is evil. Asleep to Jesus or asleep in Jesus? Sleep is used in three different senses in this passage. In verse 6, sleep is used in the spiritual sense of not being tuned into God and the Lord's ways. In verse 7, sleep is used in the ordinary sense. In verse 10, sleep is employed as a metaphor for death. It is a bad thing to be spiritually asleep because we will not be prepared for Christ's visitation. However, it is ...

864. I Am The Light Of The World

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... Gospel of John tells us that there is something about Jesus' light, that he had a quality of eternal life in him which gave light to other people. The Gospel says that that new quality of life was something that helped people see better, not in the physical sense, but in the sense that we would be able to perceive and know better what was going on in the world. "In him was life and the life was the light of all people" (John 1:4, NRSV). That means that the life which is from God comes to this dark little ...

865. The Wisemen

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... , don't risk anything, don't give up your seniority orsecurity unless you can get ahead. It is frightening to mehow they see the intellectual task. No wonder our schoolsturn out so many students with dead curiosity, with littlecreativity, with no sense of the wonder and mystery in theworld around them." "You sound almost relieved, my brother," Casparobserved. "Frightened, Caspar," he responded, "frightened. It hasbeen my only position for ten years. Right now I don't feelvery wise at all." "My co-workers ...

866. Death Shall Be No More

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... the universe hold together if we're not held accountable? Speaking for myself, a day rarely goes by but what I say or do something which, upon reflection, I know was wrong. Blanket forgiveness without remorse would be license to do wrong. What, then? Doesn't it make sense to believe that we are in a state of process, becoming what we are to be but are not yet? Maybe it will be like Oscar Wilde's story of "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray," the man who lived a totally selfish life, yet was widely acclaimed for ...

867. A Habitat For Humanity

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... biblical narratives. Today's first reading is an example. God nixes David's plan to build a house for him. In turn God promises that he will build a house for David. It will not be a house of cedar wood or stone, but a community. In the biblical sense, a house can also mean a community that shares the purpose of its progenitor. God's house is the community that shares God's purpose. The promise is made that an offspring of David will come and build a house for God. But we note that the envisioned community ...

868. When All Is Said And Done

Matthew 13:24-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... good news is that the end of all this fighting is in sight." The evidence is found in his own words, as Jesus speaks of signs that we have already seen fulfilled. Even as we wait for the end of the world, Christians are those people who have, in a sense, already seen the end of the world. We have seen it in the cross. Jesus promised, "The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from heaven." A short time after he said it, darkness came over the whole land ...

869. Learning to Live Without Jesus

John 16:5-16, John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

William G. Carter

... is to say good-bye to a hero. Those of us who belong to the church can be especially sympathetic. For, in a far more profound sense, we too have lost a loved one who has been the center of our lives, the source of our joy, the wellspring of our celebration. Each ... is gone. That is what Easter means. "He is risen," the angel said, "and he is not here." Easter faith tries to make sense of that absence. The New Testament writer who deals most with this issue is the writer of John. In the fourth Gospel, Jesus ...

870. Looking A Little Bit Crazy

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... best minds of his generation accused him of teaming up with the side of evil, Jesus responded in a way that let people decide for themselves. "Think of it this way," he said. "A kingdom divided cannot stand. A house divided cannot stand." So far so good. That makes sense. "If I'm on the side of evil," Jesus added, "then the house of evil is collapsing, because I would be working against my own house. And if I'm on the side of God, then I would naturally work against the house of evil." In other words, Jesus ...

871. A Voice Crying In The Wilderness

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... that they can't accept the status-quo like the rest of the people. Strange in that they are not willing to overlook inconsistencies and injustices as most people are willing to do. Strange in the sense that they seem overly conscientious with a keen sense of compassion and concern. There is a tendency to ignore the prophets because they make us feel uncomfortable, and by ignoring them, we hope they will go away. At times, we have taken more drastic measures, by stoning the prophets, in hopes of silencing ...

872. Resist Temptation

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... out the worst in people and caused them to lose faith. For that reason alone the wilderness could be regarded as a place to be feared. If God was there, so were the wild beasts and all sorts of demons. The wilderness was the arena where one could sense dramatically the presence of both. The wilderness was a huge set where the desert storm of the battle of the godly and the demonic could take place. That is precisely why Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the wilderness. The battle lines had to be drawn ...

873. The Sponge And Wine

Mark 14:1--15:47

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... first temptation to Adam, the son of God, was to prove himself to be like the gods by eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. But the greatest temptation came in that moment when the fate of all of humankind hung in the balance as Jesus sensed that moment when he had to enter the final judgment of God, death. It was then, Mark says, after three hours of darkness, that Jesus realized the awful abandonment of God in death. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" By faith, by trust, by surrender ...

874. No Strings Attached

John 3:16

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... give something out of the goodness of my heart, out of love for someone else, I am being generous. But I might also give out of a sense of duty, a feeling that it is something I have to do. In that case, I would be holding back, not giving completely. I would not ... if I did it only so others would see me help and think what a nice person I am, then I would be helping out of a sense of pride. I would be helping Tommy, not because he needed help, but because of what I would get out of doing it. That's a very ...

875. Lost And Found - God Finds Us

Luke 15:4

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... found and get taken to the 'lost and found' box, an item first had to be lost by someone else. And since the person who lost it didn't know it had been found, it was still lost. Then the combination of 'lost and found' at last began to make sense. "Have any of you ever gotten lost in a department store or a grocery store?" Once again, several hands go up. Acknowledging their responses with a nod, I continue. "It's a frightening experience, isn't it? I used to be afraid that I might get lost like that when ...

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