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901. Stand Firm In The Time Of Trial

Luke 21:5-38

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... of those who cry out for war and revenge against our enemies, give us the courage to speak up for peace. When leaders of industry put profits above human need, and those who govern give aid to the poor and needy a low priority, do not let us remain silent. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, we know that we cannot solve all of the problems of the world, but neither can we ignore them. Bless these gifts that they may be used to strengthen the ministry of your Church as it strives ...

902. Panic Room

John 20:19-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... at his mother’s funeral. Rus was a young shoemaker when he went into hiding at his sister’s farmhouse in June 1945. He was found 32 years later after she bought a large supply of bread in a nearby village. “If I had not been discovered, I would have remained in hiding. So I am happy that this happened,” Rus told a reporter. Throughout those years Rus never left the house. He could only look down at the village in the valley. (2) He, too, was a victim of his own fears. It's amazing to look back on ...

903. Branching Out

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Michael Milton

... not only proves our love, but nurtures our love. Conclusion: Jesus The fourth and final word that describes how we experience this joy that Jesus wants is this word: Jesus The One who spoke to the disciples in their time of trial was the One who desired to remain with the disciples in a new way. In one sense, Jesus is saying, “Nothing is going to be different. I’ve been with you teaching – you’ve been asking of me and I’ve been giving to you. And I want that relationship to continue, though it is ...

904. Joy in the Journey

119:129-136

Sermon

Michael Milton

... wisdom to the simple and it protects you. Before I go on a trip, my family always comes together for a time of prayer. The reason is clear: we desire God’s holy anointing to come over us and to protect the one away as well as the ones remaining behind. As I was reading this passage and thinking about how obedience brings protection, I thought that we ought to be praying, “Lord, keep Dad from sinning. Keep his heart focused on you, and so bring him back to us whole.” How then are we kept? What power ...

905. Stick to the Knitting

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Royal David's City": ...he was little, weak, and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew; and he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness. Not aloof, not indifferent, not separated from us because of his holiness. He did not come to us, and remain apart from those people who are sinners in this world. He ate with the sinners. He invited them to be with him. He touched and embraced the unclean of this world. He was crucified with thieves, and told the one thief, "Today you will be with me ...

906. A Messianic King

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... messiah. None has measured up. But the promise here in our text is that such a messiah will come, and a description of his character is given in detail. Most importantly, the coming messiah will be given the Spirit of the Lord that will rest or remain with him permanently (v. 2). Usually in the scriptures, the Spirit is given only temporarily in order that a task may be done, but the messiah will have the Spirit as a permanent endowment, and it is that Spirit that furnishes him with all of his qualities ...

907. Dark Ugly Clouds

Isaiah 50:4-9a

Sermon

Bill Mosley

... return to be faithful after the Exile. The remnant that shall return is so important to Isaiah’s message that Isaiah named his son “Remnant.” Or failing even a small group as a faithful remnant, the suffering servant may be one true believer, who remains dedicated, who stands firm even in the face of persecution. Just one, willing to undergo punishment and death for the love of God, is enough. Christians know the servant songs are fulfilled in the coming of Jesus Christ. Today’s reading is the third ...

908. The Subject Is Salvation

Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19

Sermon

James L. Killen

... that was creaking and groaning in a storm-tossed sea and knowing that all around you, all beneath you, was chaos and darkness and non-being and death that would envelop you and put an end to you if God were not somehow keeping you afloat and enabling you to remain suspended above it all? Do you think you can't imagine that? Do you think you have never been there? Some of you can remember some time in your life when you had an experience that was like that. The truth is you have been there. Think about it ...

909. A Name Not Taken in Vain

2 Corinthians 13:11-13

Sermon

William G. Carter

... love of God becomes real to us through the grace of Jesus Christ. Love and grace are expressed through the communal presence of the Holy Spirit. Trinity is the name of the one God who lives in community, whose very essence is community. This God will never remain static, fixed, or speechless. As the Spirit glorifies the Son,2 and as the Son reveals the Father,3 the Father gives the life of eternity to the created order.4 The Christian life is life in the name of the Trinity. Christian community is where we ...

910. Always?

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Rick Brand

... their understanding of meaning. But their hope is not built on the prison surroundings, but on the cross and on the Christ who was God enduring our pain, who endured the same hatred and cruelty. The patience of hope is built on the incarnation and so it remains steadfast through all the darkness and the sorrow. Betsie dies with the affirmation on her own lips, "No pit is so deep that God is not deeper." The steadfast hope in Jesus Christ fills us with the confidence that we labor on toward the morning and ...

911. A More Perfect Union

Habakkuk 2:1-5

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... ." America doesn't have a covenant. We have a constitution. But just like that Covenant, America's constitution provides for change, with amendments and a permanent body called the Supreme Court, whose job it is to interpret the Constitution for changing times. The vision remains the same, but like the Covenant, the Constitution allows us to revise how the vision is going to be manifested in any period of our history as we continue this journey as a people toward a more perfect union. America in our time is ...

912. Called to Freedom

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... loved Katherine. At one point he wrote that he feared for his soul, because, he said, "I think I love Kate more than Christ." Luther was a man of his time. He transcended his time in some ways and achieved immortality. But in other ways, he remained mired in his age and thus dated, and even dangerous. I mentioned his teaching about the state is an anachronism. He participated in the anti-Semitism of the Middle Ages, and never transcended that. That is a shame. But God used him mightily. I believe God used ...

913. Where Do You Abide?

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... have known what that meant. They would know that it is really a prayer to Jesus, "Will you abide with us?" That is to say, will you remain with us? Will you be faithful to us? Will you be here with us? Will you stand by us and never leave us? They go into ... to believe in God, but God has chosen to love you, and that won't change. Someday, I pray, you will change. But God will remain the same. There is an act in the baptism ritual that affirms that. In the early days it was setting a seal on the forehead ...

914. Lessons for Year A Epiphany 4

Micah 6:1-8, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... : Matthew 5:1-12 The Beatitudes. The same passage is used on All Saints' Sunday, but with the emphasis on the second part of the beatitudes: comfort, mercy, etc. Today the emphasis falls on the first part: poor in spirit, meek, hungry, etc. For the remaining Sundays of the season, the Gospels consist of the fifth chapter of Matthew. According to current scholars, the Sermon on the Mount is a collection of Jesus' teachings given over a period of time. Matthew gathered and edited them. The Sermon on the Mount ...

915. True Reformation

John 8:31-36

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... not in an abstract idea or principle which might be discovered anywhere but in Jesus of Nazareth: "The Word became flesh." It is the person born of Mary, nailed to the cross, and seen alive on the third day, who is the truth in which we are told to remain. If you know this truth, if you continue in Jesus and keep your faith anchored in him, you are free. Specifically, Jesus says that you are free from sin. All the things that keep you apart from God, all the sins that keep your life from being as completely ...

916. Christmasize Your Life

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you can order is a Tall. "At Starbucks, Tall is small. Grande, which is both Italian and Spanish for large, is medium. My father is an average-sized man. He hasn't gained weight (or height, for that matter) for the past 39 years. Ergo, his size remains the same. But in the same amount of time, his T-shirt size has gone from small/medium to medium to large to extra large." (Ray Nedzek, "A Truly Outstanding Article," Utne Reader, May-June, 2002, 33.) Have you been listening to how people describe the news ...

917. I Like Brussels Sprouts, but...

Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , of course," the girl replied. "I like brussels sprouts." After the dinner, though, the mother notices that the brussels sprouts remain untouched. "I thought you liked brussels sprouts," the mother asked. "I do," answered the girl. "But not enough to actually ... turn planet Earth into an Easter Island. But not enough to actually do something about it. We don't want to kill our few remaining orca whales with acid rain, with toxic rain that brings so many dioxins and pcbs into the water that when a whale dies ...

918. Celebrity Culture

Psalm 95:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , who said he got a Styrofoam cup as a souvenir from a police officer after a 1977 show by Presley in Charlotte. Inside the cup remained a few sips of water. "When I got home, I didn't know exactly what to do with it, so I put some Saran Wrap ... rubber band around it, and placed it in the door of our deep freezer," Jones writes in his eBay posting. Jones auctioned off the remaining three tablespoons of water, now stored in a glass vial, for $455. He then came up with the idea of auctioning off a one-time ...

919. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as is every other creature. The shepherd does the searching for the lost one. But the well-being and continued security of the remaining 99 are the responsibility of the rest of the community, that is the family who has a stake in the totality of the ... out on search-and-rescue missions? Do we support them by ensuring the continued well-being and gracious care of those who remain in the flock? Can we mount confident and courageous rescue missions? Do we really want that straying, straggling, out-of-step sheep ...

920. Dolphin Drops

Isaiah 56:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to Isaiah the exterior can as easily be a eunuch as a patriarch, a foreigner as an Israelite. And no one has to worry about striking a fanciful or faked up pose – as long as the interior guide of mishpat (justice) and tzedekah (righteousness) remain straight and unshaken at the center of their being. John Moriarty is one of Ireland's leading scholars of Celtic spirituality and folklore. Moriarty tells a parable that is found in various forms in a variety of cultures. In the Celtic version a collector ...

921. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in the reality of truth and goodness and the triumph of peaceful forces in the end. Simon would have driven an early version of the Jeep Wranger, in combat colors, of course. 10. James, son of Alphaeus: used Chevy Impala No stories or descriptions remain in the gospels about James. He presided over the first Council at Jerusalem held to hear Paul's protest against requiring converts to be circumcised. He appeared to have a mixed temperament – legal, impetuous, and sanguine, yet impressed by Paul's fiery ...

922. I'm a Chunk of Coal, but I'm Gonna Be a Diamond

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... transformation of a small, unremarkable boy into a dynamic, authoritative voice of the Lord through these 4 Cs. 1) Cut Every gem has to be cut into some kind of shape: pear, oval, triangle, square, trapezoid, etc. But a stone that hasn't been cut and shaped remains just that – a stone. Have you been willing to be cut? Many years ago a phrase made the rounds: "No pain, no gain." It's a profound truth. The cuts of life – the pains, the failures, the sufferings – are all instruments that can form us into ...

923. The Miracle Molecule

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... kind of source are we giving the next generations that they may rise and thrive? Are the cupboards of our home spiritually and theologically and biblically bare? Are you filling them with good things? 3) Water is a liquid. Its essential content remains the same even though the container used to capture and carry it may change dramatically. Each generation needs a different water-pot, a culturally relevant container from which to receive the living waters from the well. The Methodist scholar Henry Bett wrote ...

924. The Monsters We Are All Afraid Of

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see. I think it shameful to stick to people as my ego clings to me. This side of the door, we will always struggle with these monstrous egoboos. Some things like human frailties and foibles remain much the same. · We'll fuss over delayed airplanes. · We'll fume when postal service slows down. · We'll foolishly ignore warning signs. · We'll forget to focus on our family. · We'll falsely feel super and superior. · We'll flippantly plan for a thousand ...

925. The Real Winning Attitude

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... seen in the outer concourses and the 19,117 fans began to chant "Leave it on. Leave it on." So they did. The President's address was put back on the scoreboard and a hush fell over the arena as the players and their coaching staffs remained on the bench and watched as the President spoke to the nation. As the Congress gave standing ovations, so the coliseum gave standing ovations. Until by the time the speech had ended, the players decided that there were more important things than playing hockey. So they ...

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