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901. Is There Hope for the Hapless Wedding Guest?

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... Fall, comes gently walking in the garden, not with the flaming sword of judgment but with the plaintive cry of a wounded lover, “Adam, Eve, where art thou?” Who not only graciously forgives before they even ask, but himself clothes their nakedness. This king bears no relationship to the father whose heart so yearns for his lost son that he is out at the crack of dawn scanning the distant horizon; who when he sees that wastrel yet miles from home flies down the mountain, runs across the plains, scoops ...

902. The Eureka Experience

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... a likely vein of gold, they'd shout, "Eureka! I've found it." Eureka refers to a wonderful surprise, an unexpected blessing. In that wonderful children's series called Winnie the Pooh, we find Pooh Bear, the little fellow who loves to eat so much, and his pal Piglet walking along in the cool of the evening. Piglet looks up at Pooh Bear and he says to him, "When you wake up in the morning, what's the first thing you say to yourself? And Pooh replies, "What's for breakfast? What's the first thing you say ...

903. Tomorrow Doesn't Always Come

James 4:1-12

Sermon

Edward Inabinet

... had gone insane. The stock speculator also had gone broke in a foreign land. The president of the stock exchange had spent time in Sing-Sing prison. The member of the president''s cabinet had also been released from prison so that he might go home and die. That bear of Wall Street had committed suicide. The man who had the greatest monopoly in the world under his control also took his life. And the president of the bank was the third suicide. Not a one of them had anything to be proud of in life. They had ...

904. Jesus, Our Hope

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... our way, every trouble or trial, every sin or heartache; for it all, He is the answer. There is no other. Not the multitude of self-help books and programs, but Jesus; HE is the answer. He is the answer, for He is the only One truly able to bear the title “Lord.” Jesus is Lord. Jesus is the answer to every heartache and hardship we face. He is our hope. And this is Christmas! The scriptures declare, “The people living in darkness, have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of ...

905. Grace Is Not a Blue-eyed Blond

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the relationship is restored. In a legal context, forgiveness may be costly to the person making restitution. In a relational context, forgiveness is likely to be costly to both parties. The injured party who forgives must bear the hurt, pain, anger, and resentment which comes from the injury received. The guilty party must bear the pain of knowing that one has injured someone who loves them, and recognizes that he or she doesn’t have a “leg to stand on,” as we say...and yet is loved, anyway. That is ...

906. Some Said It Thundered

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the universe and found a hidden power there, a small hint of other powers that would utterly destroy us if we were not guarded from their light. The veil between the seen and the unseen, between the world that we can stand and live in and the world we cannot bear is every thing, but it is there and there’s mercy as well as majesty in the mystery of (God’s) kindness.” The Biblical God is a hidden God. And there is mercy as well as majesty in that hiddenness, for how could we stand to look directly at ...

907. When Compassion Overcomes Irritation

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... , Thou art there!” But what he meant was that he needed time away - not from God Himself, of course, but from the godly trappings that go with the job of being a minister. Killinger writes: “Sometimes being a minister is almost more than I can bear, because it tends to limit one to religious associations and to being around piety all the time. You sort of get ‘altar burn,’ if you know what I mean. Everything in life becomes restricted to religious consciousness, and there is a stained-glass pallor ...

908. Sleeping through a Revolution

Mark 14:32-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... We do not necessarily want them to talk to us or we talk to them. But we want them to be there. And in this, Jesus was intensely human. He wanted His closest friends by His side as He struggled with His forthcoming ordeal. Sorrow is somehow easier to bear when there is more than one pair of shoulders to share it. Jesus wanted His closest friends with Him. But they let Him down. While Jesus wept, the disciples slept. They could not stay awake to save their souls. I’ve had occasions like that, haven’t you ...

909. The Lord's Prayer: A Surplus of Meaning

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... in John 17:1-26. However, for our work and witness, we will use the traditional title for the words found in Matthew 6:9-13 today and for the rest of this sermon series. An old preacher story is told about a "cleric" in South Dakota who went bear hunting in the Black Hills early one November morning. About 4:30 in the afternoon he knew he had to get back to the car before darkness covered the landscape. Unfortunately, he forgot to mark his trail and he got hopelessly lost. In desperation, he fired a shot ...

910. Honestly, Are You Worried about Tomorrow?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... --not to live the future that has not yet arrived. George MacDonald expresses this thought with great clarity: "No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow''s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourself so. If you find yourself so loaded, at least remember this: It is your own doing, not God''s. He begs you to leave the future to him, and mind the present." Or as Jesus said to the disciples: So do not be anxious about tomorrow ...

911. The Taming of the Tongue

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... but wisely spoken words can heal." To which support group does your tongue belong? Second, the tongue reveals whether it is connected to the spirit or to the sewer. I believe James indicates this in verse 12 when he writes, "Can a fig tree bear olives--or a grape vine bear figs?" Perhaps what we say on the outside is always determined by what is on the inside. I recently read about four physicians who were quarreling about which part of the body was most important for life. They could not reach a consensus ...

912. Depression: When the Spirit Is Faint

Psalm 142:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... have a special time set apart in each worship service for silent individual prayers of confession. We simply need time to talk to God. "What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry Everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry Everything to God in prayer! (4) SECOND, SIMPLY ASK GOD TO DELIVER YOU FROM THIS BONDAGE. Don''t run--unless you run into the loving arms of God. Simply declare, "God ...

913. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part III)

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... -note". We hear vividly the call to repentance but we neglect that another chance or another year was given for the tree to bear fruit worthy of our Lord. The fascinating insight that I received this week is that we are left hanging. We are never told ... I hope you will. O Holy Spirit! work in us mightily, for in thee is our fruit found." (4) May this Lenten season find us bearing good fruit for our Lord by being a servant rather than a status seeker. Let us focus all our thoughts on Heaven rather than Hell ...

914. Good Friday: The First Word

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... on it as well. The Gospel of Saint Matthew announces his entrance into human history with the words found in Chapter 1:21, "She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." The Gospel of Saint Mark declares, "For ... our race, His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now The throne of grace. Five bleeding wounds he bears, received on Calvary, They pour effectual prayers; They strongly plead for me: "Forgive him, O forgive," they cry, "Forgive him ...

915. Heart Transplant

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... ? Was it a man or a woman? Was he or she white, black, Asian, something else? Was the person Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist? What did the person do for a living, what hopes and sorrows did he or she bear? How did the person live, and how did he or she die? What does it mean that you bear a living portion of another person's body there within your chest? What does it mean that you live only because another person died, and allowed a part of his or her own body to be given to a stranger ...

916. Congratulations, You've Made the Team

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... not synchronize. Contrast this with Arthur Gossip who informs us that Principal John Cairns once wrote to his teacher, Sir William Hamilton, "I do not know what life or lives may lie before me. But this I know, that to the end of the last of them, I shall bear your salutary mark upon me." I'm quite certain it did. Perhaps this is also what Rudyard Kipling meant when he wrote of the inspiration he found whenever he thought of his mother. If I were hanged on the highest hill, I know whose love would follow me ...

917. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, 'Abba! Father!' it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God." The Holy Spirit whispers to us, "Don't lose heart. You belong to God ... call, in other words, is to keep changing. God's grace is an invitation to grow into the likeness of the One whose name we bear. As Paul puts it in verse 12, "So then, brothers and sisters, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh ...

918. Sweet-Smelling Fragrance

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . This sweetness, this shape, is God's grand presentation. As such, belonging to God's church is not a mere walking down to become a member of an institution; not placing a signature on a commitment card.1 It is becoming part of a special arrangement which bears the mark of its designer. Like many today, the members of the early church had a genuine desire to be part of an institution that would help them be recognized by their neighbors as good people. Yet morals are difficult to learn and adopt. As Robin ...

919. The Lions Are Shackled

John 18:1-19:42

Sermon

King Duncan

... I’m asking you here today to refrain from all crime.” We may question this pastor’s judgment, but it was a rather dramatic way to get his point across. In a related story, a man in Brazil hiked the width of that large country bearing a heavy wooden cross on his back. This was to express his feelings of thanksgiving following his fiancee’s miraculous recovery from a paralyzing illness. During his absence his fiancee married another man. (1) Long before C. S. Lewis published his popular children’s ...

920. How to Recognize a Prophet

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... of Jesus whose ministry was reminiscent of that of the prophets, notably Elijah and Elisha. In our rush to remind people that Jesus is the promised Messiah, we ignore the rich tradition of the prophet in Israel. The prophet was God's spokesperson and brought to bear, by word and deed, the Word of God to the life of the people. Some of the contemporaries of Jesus taught that the age of prophecy had closed, but the crowds around Jesus announced that God had reopened it. "A great prophet has arisen among us ...

921. A Guiding Presence

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to bring our wills into harmony with God’s will. That makes it essential for prayer and scripture to be merged because scripture is God’s primary vehicle of revelation. How often is prayer distorted, even by Christians? As an effort to bring God’s power to bear upon the accomplishment of our will, we take our cue from the likes of Earl Nightingale and Norman Vincent Peale, rather than the witness of scripture. We decide what is right and good, then we beseech God to bring it about, or at least help us ...

922. The Secret: Christ In You

Colossians 1:24--2:5

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ...hold fast, stay with him." Now Wheelis' advice can be adapted to the Christian faith, and especially to us clergy. There are religious side shows being offered with enticing attractions. All around us -- and it will always be the case -- are the religious versions of dancing bears, strip-teases, and peepshows. These would divert our attention. They are the side shows. They come and they go. And then there is the main show. What is it. What is the main show that needs to be played out under the Big Top of ...

923. Singing The Lord's Song In A Strange Land (ii)

Psalm 137:1-9

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to implant the pre-embryos in her uterus in an attempt to have children. Her husband doesn't understand why she wants to bear children in a failed marriage. He said he would never have consented to the fertilization procedure had he known he would file for ... to implant the pre-embryos in her uterus in an attempt to have children. Her husband doesn't understand why she wants to bear children in a failed marriage. He said he would never have consented to the fertilization procedure had he known he would file for ...

924. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... would drive that distance. She must have been about seventy years old. I was so moved that I hugged her. I gave her a great big bear hug. You would have thought I had given a glass of water to a person dying of thirst or a $1,000 to a penniless beggar. ... hugged, if I don't get love, I become less than human. If we know we are loved -- and hugging helps us to know -- we can bear anything, but if we have not love, we become less than human. With that truth in mind, I want to make two specific points. One, as ...

925. God Does The Unexpected

Luke 1:26-38

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Maxie Dunnam

... Lord with great surprise and fear. Certainly Mary is surprised -- but before she can express any fear -- the Lord says to her, "Don't be afraid, for you have found favor with God." Then comes that miraculous word -- Mary is going to conceive, and she's going to bear a son, and she's going to call his name Jesus. You can understand the response of Mary -- "How can this be, since I don't have a husband." The angel answers her -- and Luke records it almost matter of factly: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you ...

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