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901. Marked At The Table

Sermon

George Bass

... Peter resisted; he knew that he should be washing his Lord’s feet. To him, it must have been an incongruous act that made about as much sense to him as the prayer of a little boy I know makes to his father. His mother takes him to Sunday church school, and she has taught him ... on his shoulder, “It will come back again. You will be an old man then, but you will see it for me.”15 Eisley sensed that he would not live long enough to see the fulfillment of his father’s prophecy; he didn’t. In one of his ...

902. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... gifts to America. It is the one thing we possess which has allowed us to sustain ourselves through the difficult times of life in America. It has been a positive contribution, not only to us but to America as a whole. It also conferred upon us a sense of positive identity and encouraged us to be the best that we can be in all things by setting standards of excellence in an environment which potentially threatens to bring out the worst in us. Black spirituality has been our greatest gift and we must do all ...

903. Like A Breath Of Fresh Air

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... new wind blowing. People are being set free, and it is like having a breath of fresh air piped into their systems. For all those new movements and experimental efforts at breathing new life into the world, there remains the staleness of fear and uncertainty and a foreboding sense of chaos even amid the winds that are blowing. What the world longs to breathe was given to the church in the breath of Christ. Pentecost may be the report of an action in the first century; but it is the hope of new action and new ...

904. Keeping In Touch… With The Lord

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... that brings to mind the words of a favorite song, “I just want to see my Savior’s face and thank him for his saving grace and hear him say well done.” To be in the presence of God lifts one to a new height of awareness and a new sense of being. Real power, then, is when the glory of God comes into the hearts of humankind and there is placed in effect the positive transfiguration of the human will. To be in the presence of God ought to automatically bring about a transfiguration in our lives so that we ...

905. God Turns Even Grief And Death Around

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... can put on white face. To her, the white face represents weakness and mortality. Whenever she puts it on, she remembers that she is a weak and grieving person. But she also knows — and this is the important thing — that God is faithful, that God has an ironic sense of humor, that God can use her weak witness to bring someone else to God through Jesus and so turn even weakness into joy. God turns weakness into joy. Did you listen to the words of Mary’s song? “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit ...

906. What Happens To You When You Die?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... with him in a resurrection like his (Romans 6:5)." We shall be united with Christ in a resurrection like his resurrection. The biblical witness is about as clear as it can get at this point. If you want to find out what happens after you die, in one sense, Christians really do not know. The Bible does not say much about what will happen to us after we die until Jesus comes again. (Sometimes it suggests that the dead go right to heaven to be with God [Revelation 7:9-14; Luke 16:22-31]. Sometimes it suggests ...

907. The Majesty Of God's Love

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... that be? Is not Jesus being a bit unrealistic? He could not intend that all of us lose our individual separateness, become one in the sense that Father, Son and Spirit are One, could he? Of course, none of us can love like God. Only his love is perfect. Only his love ... even if they went their separate ways). These children, their parents, and their three living grandparents, are one. It is in this sense that Jesus prayed that all his people, including you and me, would be one. He wants us to revel in the ...

908. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Games officially begin. The athletes participating in the Games are connected to a glorious past that goes all the way back to the first Games held in Olympia. As they engage in their contests they are keenly aware of what Robert Paul has called “a sense of being rooted in history.” The New Testament writer in the Letter to the Hebrews seems to have in mind the Olympics or some other significant athletic event when he writes the following words: Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of ...

909. The Best Offense Is A Good Defense

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... the change; it only puts us in the place where the change can occur. This is the way of disciplined grace.”2 While affirming discipline as liberation we might add a footnote of our own, namely that genuinely disciplined people also have a sense of humor and are willing to give and take. Winston Churchill once received an invitation to attend the opening performance of George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. Shaw wired him: “Am reserving two tickets for you for my premiere. Come and bring a friend ...

910. Wedding: A Special Kind of Love

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Jeffrey A. Nelson

... all things.” It is a love which is truly special. The love which brings a man and a woman to this place, to this special event, begins as a cooperative friendship, and is first and foremost a friendship. It is a relationship which is characterized by a profound sense of bonding which goes much deeper than any sort of physical attraction. It is a bond which unites two as one in faith and loyalty and love toward each other and toward the One who has brought these two together. It is a bond which draws each ...

911. A Lesson From Prayers Overheard

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... is no question about it, the Pharisee looks splendid when compared with a publican! The demon of pride comes racing in and an unwarranted sense of security reigns in regard to our relationship with God. Not a few of us believe this is the practice that fuels virtually all ... 's doing it" syndrome. Watch the eyes when one prays. To whom are we comparing ourselves? Our Pharisee friend had no sense of need when he looked sideways at the publican. He blocked the light of God by his own shadow of self-importance ...

912. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... life is absent, they feel a great void. Perhaps we have been misrepresenting Christ. The Interpreter’s Bible says: “For enter a church during a time of worship, and one finds gravity and seemliness and a feeling of reverence. But would anyone, stumbling in, sense that here are people who have made a glorious discovery, and are thrilled and joy-possessed?”1 The New Testament makes plain that those who saw Jesus in the flesh were struck almost first by a certain sunny-heartedness about him which prim ...

913. Death Following Lung Surgery

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Eulogy

Robert Allen

... from this life to a life with God. So, even though there is sorrow over the death of one that you knew, there is also a sense of relief - relief that he is no longer in pain. We know that life is a gift, a gift that we have and share for a ... the loss - the death of one we love. Even in the midst of the pain of the loss, we can look to God with a sense of gratitude ... with a sense of thanksgiving. I do not mean to say that such a perspective makes things easier. It does not lessen the pain. It does not ...

914. Death Where Divorce Has Intruded

Matthew 1:1-17

Eulogy

Arthur H. Kolsti

... to by direct blood ties. You knew him in the intimacy of the family circle as son, brother, husband, uncle, cousin. You are primary family.Others of us here represent the extended family of (brother) and (sister-in-law). We are in a special sense their brothers and sisters. Family is inescapable. When we enter this world we do so as part of a family. And what complex human communities families are! They are a crisscross of human relations and interactions. They are a composite of strength and fragility ...

915. Death Following Extended illness

Romans 8:28-39

Eulogy

Paul Hegele

... death and his faith for the future. Nothing separated him from the naturalness of going from this life to the next. If there is a sense of separation in Homer's death it is in the loss that we feel. We feel the separation from him. And so we cry and ... at length of our memories of him. And both the tears and the memories are good and they are needed. But in a very real sense even we are not totally separated from Homer. We have Saint Paul's promise that our time apart will not be permanent, that heaven will ...

916. Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... true happiness… There are things which one cannot do without Jesus. Without him one cannot attain to that higher innocence -- unless we look to him in the disappointments of life, and seek in him the strength to be childlike and small in that higher sense.” Reader 1: Schweitzer dragged his feet when it came to modern technology. He detested the automobile, but eventually realized they were necessary and a truck was purchased for the hospital. Yet no one could fail to notice his glee when one lunch hour ...

917. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... for twenty or thirty years and to have a home completely upon retirement is still with us. There is also the sense of permanence. Families tend to remain in communities longer if they own homes. That stability brings stability, also, to family and ... among them! 4. Comfort We can make one more move and take the concept of the house one further step. We can use the word in one more sense. It is a word of comfort. It comes from Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:1, 5. We know that if the earthly tent we live in is ...

918. Perfect Strangers

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Justin Tull

... an economic threat to people of a country or state. But I also know this personally: Patricia cannot be a stranger to me any longer. For her I want a good life. For her and her family I want a chance for survival. I observe her hard work. I sense her good character. I welcome her now as a friend. The motives of the Pharaoh are understandable but they are not commendable. The concern of the Egyptians for their own well-being was legitimate but not at the expense of the Hebrews. The fear of the stranger, you ...

919. Giving

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the nature of animals. Only man knows how to be a giver. Only man can know that God is pleased when we give. IV A fourth motivation it seems to me is to give not because the church bills need to be paid but because we are moved by a sense of gratitude. I have often suspected that we in the church take the wrong approach to stewardship. We send people a line item budget that details what our expenses will be for the ensuing year. It is boring and few people read it. But beyond that it perpetuates the concept ...

920. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... have wanted to tell you about all these things? Is it any wonder the heart of this old man is warm at last, and full of hope where there had been only cold guilt, empty loneliness, and bleak despair? This young man, this second Isaiah, seems to sense - Yahweh has given him the sense - of everything we have been feeling and everything we need. I've told you how we were afraid that, coming here to Babylon, we had left God behind and were lost to him. I've told you how, in spite of decent treatment once we got ...

921. Step Twelve - Responsibility

Lk 19:1-10 · Gal 6:1-10 · Is 61:1-4

Sermon

John A. Terry

... , but ended up dragging another down. In this situation you are overtaken. There are sins we fall into because we simply are not in control of our lives. So those who know the good news that will set them free do not need to load people down with a greater sense of guilt and shame. We need to help people become unburdened. "Come to me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." We do not need to give the heavy laden more burdens. Paul's words were a message to care-givers. His first ...

922. Gentiles 'R Us

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... to risk damaging our friendship by confronting me with my mistake. Loving confrontation, which is what Jesus calls his followers to practice, is never easy. Many of us would prefer to just ignore it, or not name what it is, especially in the church. Out of some sense of false humility, we would rather just keep quiet about it. It’s just easier not to get involved. But no matter how painful it may be, sooner or later we must resolve our differences in a Christ-like manner. How do we do that? By beginning ...

923. Holy Arithmetic!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... day. In our struggles, we’ve come up with a variety of concepts about God, some of which border on the ridiculous, while some may come fairly close to being accurate. Ralph Milton offers the following popular conceptions of God. Some will make more sense to you than others, depending upon your life experiences. Some, I hope, will be totally offensive. First there is God, the Commander-in-Chief. God sits "up there," in the divine HQ, directing the troops down here on earth. If the infantry gets outnumbered ...

924. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

... SHIRLEE: How utterly sentimental. This all just an emotional high. This is just feeling good about being good. There is a unique difference between that and claiming that someone is the Son of God, or that he can cure people. Now, I mean really, let's come to our senses. We do have brains. We do have logic. Are we ready to say this man ... this Jesus ... is the incarnation of God? KAREN: He could be. SHIRLEE: Not could. Not might. Not maybe. Is he? One doesn't guess about the Messiah. Is he or isn't he? If ...

925. The Men

Drama

William Grimbol

... nothing but a power-seeking rebel in sheep's clothing. REED: His message ... to me ... is one this people needs to hear ... we are out of touch with God ... we do idolize money, clothes, jewels, beauty, pleasure ... we have lost our sense of love, our sense of decency, our sense of goodness ... ARNOLD: And we have lost it because of the loss of respect for family, religion, ritual ... THE LAW ... the very Law he mocks and pays no attention to ... the very Law whose scholars he calls hypocrites. BILL: He is ...

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