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901. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... families. As a result of his work, all bomb survivors became eligible for free medical treatment. Rev. Tanimoto also created a Peace Foundation. In that Foundation's museum a little girl named Sadako placed two cranes made of folded paper. It was her belief that if a person who was ill made these little paper cranes, the person would get better. Well, Rev. Tanimoto died and little Sadako also died, after ten years of horrible suffering.17 Two people who loved their enemies, whose righteousness was greater ...

902. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... underscores qualities of daily life familiar to all of us: gentleness, helpfulness, serving, caring, and encouraging. In fact in some way he seems to hold these qualities to be more pertinent to human growth than belonging to the right group, holding proper theological beliefs, and an exact cataloguing of experience. He calls us to be alive, causing life to blossom wherever we may be. These daily qualities, though highly prized by Jesus and readily desirable by us all, seem hard to acquire. How do we get ...

903. Our Dwelling Place In All Generations

Psalm 90:1-17

Eulogy

Joe Barone

A Scriptural Sermon For A Person With Little Discernible Religious Belief One thing I always try to do is make my funeral sermon fit the person whom I’ve come to bury. I’ve had people say to me, “I want you to do my funeral, but I’m not a religious person. I don’t want you to put me ...

904. The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Or, as in our gospel lesson for today, Jesus' followers fail to understand (John 20:9), react apathetically (John 20:10), or despair (John 20:11). It is only when Jesus' followers experience the Risen Lord, only in the appearance tradition stories, is the certainty of belief in the resurrection (without fear) assured (John 20:16ff; Matthew 28:9-10; Luke 24:13ff). That is the way the Bible reads. Do you see the point? That is why Peter, the beloved disciple, and Mary Magdalene did not at first react to the ...

905. A Mother's Pride And Joy

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... commemorate the victory on a place called Ebenezer ("the Stone of Help"). Samuel became the greatest of the judges of Israel. As a man, Samuel was the last of the judges. The judges ruled the tribes of Israel through strong personality, moral stature and the belief that they could discern the will of God. The judges rallied the primitive tribes of Israel and helped them etherge as one people. Samuel's dedication inspired the people. As an old man, Samuel saw his own sons, Joel and Abijah, who were judges in ...

906. Wedding: A Marriage Made in Heaven

Isaiah 54:1-17, John 17:20-26

Sermon Aid

Craig Erickson

... we really are — warts and all. How healthy it is to be free to say to your husband or wife: “It’s my fault; I’m sorry. Will you forgive me?” b. Christian faith proclaims the dignity of each and every person as a child of God. Such a belief forms the basis for the respect that is essential to marriage. The persons to whom we are married are not someone that we own, nor are they something that we have earned, nor most assuredly are they something that we deserve. They are a gift — a sacred gift ...

907. Rejoice In The Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... the Christian ministry, a sad-faced woman came up to the newly-ordained pastor and said, "It's a grand thing you are doing as a young man - giving up the joys of life to serve the Lord." That woman's attitude reflects a commonly held belief that to be serious about our faith means that we expect all joy to be taken out of living. For many, Christianity appears to be a depressing faith, with unwelcome disciplines, that cramps our lifestyle and crushes our spirits. In a recent Doonesbury cartoon, an officer ...

908. Ooo Boy!

Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

John Jamison

... Where do they hear of Abraham and Isaac? At the family table. The foundations of the family, and of the kingdom itself, were being threatened with destruction. Into that Jesus walks to the side of a hill one sunny morning. As he talks and explains his beliefs and understandings, he says, "You have heard it said that whoever divorces his wife let him give her a certificate of divorce and it is done. But I say to you, that whoever, anyone, who divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unchastity, makes her ...

909. The True Story of The Magi (Old Title: Just The Facts)

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... . Apparently, he wasn't sure how long it had been either. One thing we do know about the time is that it was explosive. Every nation in that part of the world was on edge. In historical writings from all over the Orient, we read that nations shared the belief that it was fated that a tremendous new king was about to arrive, one that would rule the entire world. From throughout the Roman Empire, into Armenia, as far away as Persia, the people waited for the king's arrival. It is in Persia that we find our ...

910. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... of a gallows. And how do we understand the prediction of international wars, earthquakes, famines and the fireworks of the cosmos? This is a style of writing popular among the Hebrews from the days of the exile and into the first century. There was the belief that the world of this "age" was evil and unredeemable. As the next "age" of righteousness breaks in with God's intervention, the powers of evil will rage until they are finally defeated and the righteous of God are vindicated. There were, of course ...

911. Can A Nation Repent?

2 Chronicles 34:14-33

Sermon

Erskine White

... nation felt that God was on its side. In the midst of all this turmoil, people sought comfort by looking to the past. There was a feeling in many nations that if people could just get back to the "old time religion," and the values and beliefs of yesterday, the problems of today would go away. (Does that sound familiar to anyone today?) If you remember the hype and emotion of our own recent program to restore the Statue of Liberty, perhaps you can appreciate how our ancient forebears felt. In Egypt, they ...

912. The Victory Of The Cross

Sermon

Erskine White

... . They were sure the Rpome was the power and thre glory forever. They didn't realize that their world was dying even as Jesus died, and a new world was being born - a world in which Rome and all the Romes to come would some day pass away. The guiding beliefs of the Roman Empire are not unfamiliar to us today - love and justice do not count int he world, only force and power. Might makes right and self-interest is supreme. The strong attack the weak and the rich abuse the poor. So it is in a world racing ...

913. Checking The Vital Signs

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... or thirsty or cold and we gave help, we were actually ministering to him. So being an alive Christ means being very concerned about people -- whether they are a prisoner, an alcoholic, someone suffering injustice because of color or age or creed or sex or political beliefs. In the Scripture today our Lord asks, in verse 42, to receive a piece of cooked fish, and he ate it in their presence. He later claimed that when we fed someone who was hungry, we were actually doing the same as those disciples were when ...

914. When Thomas Doubted

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... we have handled with our own hands, what we have proved in our own experience, not simply an unthinking acquiescence in what others say, which may be all very well as a beginning, but something that has happened to us -- only then does our belief grow vital. Yet Christ tells us here that there is a bigger faith even than that, a faith that can dispense with tangible proofs and visible evidence, that believes heroically even when there is no obvious and immediate confirmation, building unafraid and confident ...

915. Death of a Nineteen-year-old

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... and followed God's commandments would, it was believed, live to a ripe old age, never encountering problems that were not rather easily handled. They would prosper, and they would see all their children grow to adulthood. The book of Job was written to refute this belief. Its theme is the possibility of finding God amid the whirlwind of despair, anxiety and desolation. It was a time such as now, when we are grieving over the loss of this young man, just when life was beginning to unfold for him. The book ...

916. Death of a Newborn Infant

Luke 18:15-17

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... fellowship. The communion of saints, the body of believers reaches out to you to be with you, to stand with you, to pray for you, to cry with you, that we may together express our hope in a risen savior. At Jason's emergency baptism we together expressed our belief in "the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sin and the resurrection to life everlasting." Death for a child of God is not the end of our existence, and this is not the end for Jason. We know that there is prepared a home for Jason and all of ...

917. For a Man in His Sixties

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... of love. It is for times like this that God created the church. We need to rally around the family with all the love we can muster. Suffering is never so great as when we are alone. The mere presence of others can be gratifying. A basic belief of Christianity is that we are never alone. We are bound together and to God with ties not even death can sever. We are not isolated individuals, who only happen to live in proximity to one another. In Christ we become a supportive community, so that even death ...

918. Ludwig Nommensen Missionary To The Bataks

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... four a choir. The little congregation of 20 Bataks in New York City supports this saying.” Bibliography Nellie DeWaard, Pioneer in Sumatra, London: China Inland Mission, 1962. Paul B. Pedersen, Batak Blood and Protestant Soul, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Win. Berdinans, 1970. Ph. Lumban Tobig, The Structure of the Toba-Batak Belief in the High God, Translated by C. A. Eijken and J. Twigt, Amsterdam: Jacob Van Campen, 1956.

919. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... believed there was a blessing somewhere in his struggle. He wrestled even in the midst of his fear. He dared to ask for that which he did not deserve. He endured and received a new identity and a new direction. Saint Paul would endorse Jacob’s belief that there is blessing in every struggle. But Paul’s affirmation would be based not only on the human struggle, but also on Paul’s experience of the risen Christ. Paul believed that every traumatic struggle in life had a blessing. For Paul, that blessing ...

920. You Shall Know They Are Mothers By Their Love

John 13:31-38

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

Exegetical Aim: A person's beliefs and who he/she is, is evident by one's actions. Key verses: 34-35. This may be used for Mother's Day also. Props: A clock (big face with second hand), a stuffed animal (dog), and a photo of one of the children's moms. Lesson: Good morning! (response) ...

921. The Time Is Coming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... new covenant in the blood of the Son of God. Jeremiah could not possibly have dreamed all that he dreamt. But there is a sobering note. Some careful students of the New Testament say that the later writings in the New Testament begin to reflect a belief in the ineffectiveness of God's forgiveness, this freedom spoken of so vividly in the Epistle to the Galatians. It is subtle, to be sure, but hints of added rules and regulations begin to appear. Paul saw and tasted and preached this magnificence, but he had ...

922. Dealing with the Devil

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of some spiritual anguish, some dark night of the soul, whenever the human spirit trembles in frightened denial of the goodness and mercy of an everlasting God, it’s a sure sign that the spirit of evil has been poking and prodding and challenging our belief in God’s existence and faithfulness. God’s mercy and grace are proved through faith and faith alone. The devil doesn’t understand that, and wants to be sure that we don’t understand it either. Finally, on a very high mountain, the Devil shows ...

923. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... are verified, this is a turning point in human history, suggesting that life exists throughout this magnificent universe." Understandably, the religious community was not in one accord in their response to this historic discovery. One conservative minister said, "My beliefs about creation come from Genesis. If it’s not in the Bible, I don’t believe it’s true." A minister of another denomination said, "This neither challenges nor changes our understanding of God’s creation. Scripture doesn’t ...

924. The Pop Quiz

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... !" The archaeologist commented, "What a wonder of nature this is!" And the cowboy said, "Can you imagine trying to find a lost steer in there?" People see things differently. The Messianic hope of those in the Jewish community who held such a belief was that the Chosen One would reestablish the supremacy of Israel among the great nations of the world. The assumption was that this would be accomplished in a violent and vengeful manner, with the forceful overthrow and total destruction of the current ruling ...

925. Life on the Roller Coaster

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... in the church, "Are you following Jesus?" Not when I made my confession of faith and was baptized, not when I interviewed with the Commission on Ministry concerning my application for ordination, not even in the ordination service itself. Always the questions had dealt with belief. "Do you BELIEVE that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the living God?" "Do you BELIEVE that you have been called by God to the ministry of the church?" "Do you BELIEVE the Bible is the inspired Word of God?" "Do you BELIEVE in ...

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