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901. Cultivating Our Garden

Isaiah 58:1-14

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. (James 2:14 -17) What Dr. Jennings, in making his strong point, overlooks, however, is that the human person is more than just a mind that makes decisions. The human person also has a heart and emotions, and our difficulty in doing what's right, as Saint Paul has said in Romans 7, is precisely the difficulty, not just in knowing what to do. It is worship which, at its best, puts us in touch with God's Holy Spirit and with each other and with God ...

902. The Christmas Cactus

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... the white moon beams. There's a long, long night of waiting Until my dreams all come true, Till the day when I'll be goin' down That long, long trail with you. I've always found this song, which I understand comes from WWI days, to be a very emotional one for me. I think it's because it deals with the deepest yearnings in everyone's heart. It speaks of seeking after comfort and joy and fulfillment in those deep parts of our being, where we are still children, and where sitting on the lap of an adult in ...

903. The Sacred Other

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... break." All of us surely shudder and shrink from the unthinkable carnage and lack of any semblance of human decency depicted in that scene from the film, so different from protecting even a bruised reed in the wind. What is so troubling is that our minds and emotions have adjusted themselves only too easily to scenes only too similar to the one in the movie. How do we find the road back to a mentality and approach to the world and our neighbors which is gentle and treats all life as precious and loved by ...

904. Week Four Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... care that is our experience of God's presence in our lives, must be shared with others. First we must give back to God the love and caring that is shown to us. The little child cannot do much when compared to the mother, but the reciprocity of feeling and emotion is present. Such must be the way we approach God. We cannot do much compared with God but we can spend time in prayer and reflection with our best friend, the Lord. After we have shown God our love, then we need to pass along that same love to ...

905. Week Of Ash Wednesday

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... Is it possible to know that which is not learned?" Meno's answer is a resounding no -- there is nothing that a human being knows that has not been learned. Socrates, however, says the answer is yes; it is a paradox. There are certain things, such as the emotions of love, that a human knows without being taught; they are innate to the human psyche. Another paradox comes from the world of numbers. If you want to get from point A to point B, and each time you move you travel exactly one-half of the remaining ...

906. Week One Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... the people of Nineveh who will condemn them. What about us -- what sign, what person or event do we need in order to change? Sociologists say that our basic social and moral values are "locked-in" by age 18. In order to change we need to experience a "significant emotional event" or S.E.E. in our lives, such as a death in the family, loss of job, divorce or some type of physical or mental incapacitation. I am not sure, however, if the sociologists promoting the need for an S.E.E. realized the power of faith ...

907. Flashing Lights

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... When They Crucified My Lord?" She said it was as if the entire audience was breathing as one person -- all consciousness of the theater and the singer disappeared. Instead, all she heard was the voice of God gently asking, "Were YOU there?" Slowly, her voice filling with emotion, she said simply, "If I had not been there that night, I probably would not be leading this worship service today." That is the kind of experience Paul had, and we can have as well, when our hearts are attuned to the voice of God. B ...

908. Brothers

Luke 15:1-7

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... again? NATHAN: It won't be like that this time. I swear ... JOSHUA: Keep your oaths for your gullible friends. I don't believe you and I never will. NATHAN: But, Josh ...! JOSHUA: No, I said! Dad's gotten used to having you gone. Don't stir up old emotions. NATHAN: But, I ... JOSHUA: There's nothing you could do to make things right. You've done too much wrong. No father could forgive all that. NATHAN: I thought he would want ... JOSHUA: You have no idea what he would want. You have no idea what's best for ...

909. Boast In The Lord

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... woman. On the first night when she left her key at the desk, Madeleine was wearing a Swedish silver cross that had been given to her by a dear friend, a gift that had precious memories attached to it. The key-lady admired the cross with great emotion. During the last night of their stay Madeleine approached the key-lady and placed her key on the desk, and alongside it set a cross wrapped in paper which she had just purchased. Madeleine said, "Peaceful night," in Russian and went to her room. Moments later ...

910. Be Wise In The Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... gave personal witness was genuine. As the skeptical pastor left the service he said to himself, "This was the highlight of the whole week. These people worshipped from the heart. And if I had had my choice, I would not have attended the service." We neglect the emotional side of our personality at great cost to our general well-being. How tragic to our own spiritual formation when we fail to realize that God's Spirit is trying to reach us not just through our minds but also through our feelings too. To be ...

911. Play The Fool

1 Corinthians 3:1-23

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... . This one cannot; but I feel much the better, and much refreshed, for having been coach as well as professor during the writing of this work."4 How much more should all Christian disciples feel the need for a balanced life between the rational and the emotional, between work and play, between seriousness and the carefree spirit! Let us not be so proud in our own wisdom that we cannot play the fool, that we cannot leave our public image and relax and be renewed and become the person that God wants us ...

912. The Oil For Squeaking People

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... your feelings. Tell it like it is. There is much to commend leveling with one another. On the other hand, there is something downright demonic in thinking that we always have to confront every problem; discuss every difference of opinion; communicate to others every single negative emotion which flitters through the mind. God did not give us life as a problem to solve. Living is intended to be a joy to experience. One of the great aids for doing that is this capacity to see the humor and to laugh about some ...

913. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... a token appointment. Like an ancient E. F. Hutton, when Deborah talked people listened! And from all accounts, she was forceful and yet fair, courageous and yet compassionate, favoring no one and yet attentive to each. Indeed, Deborah displayed so little personal emotion in rendering judgments that, every now and again, I suspect some folks might have teasingly compared her to the palm tree under which she often sat out in the Ephraim hill country. And it is from beneath this very tree that she eventually ...

914. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... Land. Sadly, Moses will not be accompanying them. By divine decree, he is to stay behind so that his words may be sent ahead. But strangely enough, though the prophet is center stage throughout, the text offers no voice for the poignant soliloquy of competing emotions which must have swirled within him. We can only guess at what he was feeling, and even Moses himself might not have been entirely sure. All the same, when Joshua finally approaches, it isn't hard to imagine the old leader standing there, lost ...

915. Sowers Of The Seed

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Genesis 25:19-34, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... ? A. The Overly Intellectual. Persons such as Nicodemus in John 3 are too prosaic. They include the bigot who has a closed mind, or the person who cannot see any truth to the spiritual realm beyond the physical and material. B. The Overly Emotional. Some people respond quickly and easily to every appeal. They quickly flit from one interest to another which moves them at the moment. C. The Defective Will. These are led by their desires. They are distracted by the pursuit of pleasures, fame, or wealth ...

916. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... is declining, the diagnosis is unchanging, and danger is impending -- it is then that the peace of Christ is prevailing and enduring. The time, the day, the moment will come when peace will become the most valuable and precious possession of life. One of the most emotional scenes on television of the earthquake in San Francisco was the picture of the man standing near the collapsed Interstate 880, pleading with the officers to allow him to go in and search for his son. He pleaded, "Let me go in and look for ...

917. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... again heeded not one dream, but two! Children and families need dreamers today, no less. And more than dreamers, people who act to bring into reality the visions God graciously grants them. People who envision and go out of their way to ensure the physical, emotional and familial safety of God's little ones. For many, that vision necessarily includes children conceived but not yet born. For others, the focus is on the already-born. Each of us and all of us collectively need to attend to the vision and act ...

918. Light In Darkness, Speech From Silence

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... us, cause us worry and anxiety and leech the joy from our lives. We know darkness in our physical lives when illness is close at hand, when we lack the basic necessities of life -- food, shelter and clothing. We know darkness in our emotional lives when we are burdened with worry, confusion, fear, grief, guilt or hopelessness; when we live with violence or addiction or both. We know darkness in our social lives when relationships fail, when the blessing of solitude gives way to the burden of loneliness ...

919. Light In Darkness, Speech From Silence

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Mark Radecke

920. The Church With Nothing

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Thomas Long

... say it out loud, of course, but the attitude hangs in the air that, sure, this is a place where God is worshipped, but if God were somehow to disappear from the scene, the church would still be a fine character-building contribution to the physical and emotional well-being of the community. John's gospel pulls the skin off of this illusion. If we want to see what becomes of the church when it is deprived of its central holy presence, look at this picture of the disciples huddled defensively in a darkened ...

921. A Faith I Could No Longer Count On

Psalm 73:1-7, 13-18

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... 't seem to matter much any more. BULLETIN MATERIAL Notes of the Psalms of Disorientation Although happiness is what we so much want, suffering and pain seem to be so much more common to many people. Deserved or not, their lives are racked with physical and emotional trauma which skews their ability to rejoice and be glad. Taunted by enemies to the point of death (42:10), like sheep blindly being led to the slaughter (44:11), the psalmist questions God's interest in his people. All too often it was difficult ...

922. Forgiven!

Sermon

Lee Griess

... . He takes the pen and ink and crosses out the name of his son, Peter van Vlaanderen, not once but many times as though to completely obliterate it from the page. Without any anger or despair (at least none that anyone sees), without any words, and without any emotion, he does away with his son. Then he turns to the captain and very calmly asks, "Is there anything more?" The captain knows this is his cue to leave and he does, offering to the mother and aunt any help he can give them. But the father turns ...

923. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... their family. They are afraid of upsetting their neighbor, alienating a friend, or committing a social faux pas. Many are even afraid when there is no reason to be afraid. Ours is a world of fearful people. Psychologist Hugh Missildine says that among the earliest emotions that every human being experiences as an infant is the feeling of fear. And that fear can be grouped into three distinct categories: a fear of falling, a fear of loud noises, and a fear of abandonment. As we grow into adults, we are able ...

924. Professor Of Paradox

Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... . We only have to be careful to keep our minds open to accidental discoveries. If our minds are full of things we have been taught to look for, like a particular kind of religious experience, or a particular kind of religious community, or a particular kind of emotional or psychological or physical cure, we won't find the kingdom. We find the kingdom by being hungry and by being open to whatever will fill that hunger. It is also necessary for the treasure to come to the surface so that the seeker may find ...

925. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... to quit saying to yourself, "This is something he'll grow out of. This is just a stage she's going through." If you think that is easy, you haven't done it, because it may mean that there is something wrong with you: your genes, your parenting, your own emotional well-being. The next limitation this mother's love had to break through was her belief that she could handle whatever was wrong herself. Sometimes it's true. A parent's love and a parent's wisdom can work a lot of miracles. All we need to do is pay ...

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