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901. Only the Best

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... as does the winemaker, Leigh. After retiring from a career in special education, Leigh decided to take on a hobby, wine making. At first he bought grapes suitable for wine making. Then he fulfilled a dream by leasing land. There he planted, fertilized, and tenderly cared for his vines. After five years of maturity, Leigh had prime grapes to turn into wines. Leigh did not sell his wines for profit— but donations to World Hunger were not refused. Leigh took pride in his hobby. He used wine-tasting parties ...

902. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... the two widows from Zarapthah and Nain, know only so well, loneliness, fear, and anxiety. Fred Buechner calls our loneliness the "truth of our existence." I call it what it is — the pits! Nonetheless, Christ enables all to "arise" as we receive the power of his compassion, the tenderness of his touch, and the authority of his words. He is no weak Jesus. Jesus is no suggester. Jesus is the commander in the face of death. Songs like Psalm 30 lift us and releases us from our dark night of the soul. We are ...

903. Finish What You Start

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

... , you could see the unfinished basement below. I'll never forget our drive home that day. My father was his typical quiet self but finally he spoke. "Always finish what you start," he simply said. "Don't let that ever happen to you." Now I couldn't imagine at my tender age of ever building my own house but still I got the message and could think of other projects I might not finish. Even now, every time it doesn't look like I'm going to finish something I think of my dad and I think of that house, and ...

904. Water Into Wine

John 2:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... attests). My advice to wedding parties is to look for something to go wrong, then consider it God's good gift to keep us on our toes. Weddings can be adventures. Several years ago one went just beautifully until the very end of the ceremony. In that tender moment when bride and groom kissed, the bride's five-year-old brother, the ring bearer, let out with a"Yuk!" The congregation was on the floor laughing. As people left that afternoon, the placed glowed with everyone's grins. And in years to come, when ...

905. Is It True?

1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not only the biblical story of Jesus' restoring his friend to life after four days in the tomb but the playwright's creative imagining of his subsequent years. O'Neill has Lazarus coming out of his grave laughing — not a scornful, bitter kind of laughter, but a soft, tender, all-embracing sort of sound that seems to well up from a deep, deep joy. There is a radiance about him that makes him look younger than when he died. He has a peace and serenity about him that is palpable. As soon as Lazarus gets home ...

906. Lust

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a price to pay. The same holds true of a woman's feeling for her man. In lust we turn sex into an abstraction, an "it," a thing, that is somehow detachable from personality, and in some unique way, it is ruined. No longer is it a tender and beautiful expression of one person's commitment to another. It is simply a fact of human existence. The meaning is gone. The sharing of something unique within the bonds of marriage is no longer possible. It can be shared, but there's nothing special about it anymore ...

907. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 1:68-79, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:3-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... righteous living every day! Reader 1: Then, Zechariah has a blessing for his son: Reader 4: You, John, my child, will be a spokesperson for the Most High God. You will show others how to experience forgiveness from sin, how individuals might experience the mercy and tenderness of God. Your humility will welcome God like a bright dawn with salvation to shine from heaven on all who live in dark shadows. You, my son, John, will prepare the way for paths of peace. Reader 1: John grew up, maturing in body and ...

908. Epiphany 2

Psalm 36:5-10, Isaiah 62:1-5, John 2:1-11, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... — we pray for peace — peace now — peace tomorrow — peace within and peace external to our psyches. God — we pray for strength — strength in our decisions — strength in our bodies — strength in our souls. God — we pray for others. With unmistakable tenderness, make yourself and your grace palpable to people who seek wholeness. God — we thank you for revealing yourself in Jesus of Nazareth. We want to live as his disciples. Amen. Benediction/Charge As you leave the sanctuary, be alert for ...

909. Proper 4

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39, Psalm 96:1-13, Luke 7:1-10, Galatians 1:1-12

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... another and to value our differences. Let us celebrate our similarities and revel in the good times we share. Thank you for the women and men who maintain this building and our programs so we may have a satisfying life together. Thank you for the prayers and tenderness that hold us together. Singing Spirit — even silence has a sound as the stars and planets move about space. Our silence is full of sighs and hmmms as we consider how our time is spent. Sing to us of new ways to think; sing of sustainable ...

910. Proper 12

Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 85:1-13; 138:1-8, Hosea 1:2-10, Luke 11:1-13, Colossians 2:6-19

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... you for being with us through every day, all day and all night. In this hour, we listen carefully for your voice and we articulate what is going on with us. Be real with us, for we value your intimacy with us. Refresh us with your tenderness. Amen. Call To Confession We have been praying for divine mercy with the United States and with Israel. We believe that righteousness and peace will embrace both nations. We have been praying for personal abundance and for an end to terrorism around the globe. This ...

911. Acts of God?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... picture painted by the Psalmist when he asks, “Will the Lord cast off for ever?” And will he be favorable no more? Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promise fail forever more? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? And I said, this is my infirmity." Sometimes it seems that God has just left the planet and won’t be coming back. III So, there is a final question. Where then is God? Where is God when terrible tragedies befall us? Where was God this week ...

912. Heaven on Earth

Revelation 21:1-6

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... and come back to tell about it. Yet when we find a food that tantalizes our taste buds, we are not afraid to pretend that we know all about heaven. An exquisite piece of chocolate, a luscious slice of our favorite fruit pie, or a bite of tender steak ... what else could we possible call them? They must be ambrosia, food fit for the gods! As a pastor you often have the privilege of answering the most curious questions. There always seems to be a child who asks "Pastor, what is heaven like?" Even though ...

913. Killing What Is Already Dead

Colossians 3:1-11

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... . We have to put to death whatever in us is earthly. The passage has two lists of what to put to death. The first list, in verse 5, concerns our sexual urges. Sex is one of God's most precious gifts. Sex between a husband and wife should be tender and loving. Sex creates a bond, even down to the chemical level of our bodies. Sex sustains love. Throughout much of American society we have taken God's good gift of sex and distorted it, corrupted it. We have divorced sex from love, we have cheapened it. We have ...

914. The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... that are not visible" (11:3). Sometimes the creation can inspire us. That anything exists at all is a miracle. Looking at God's creation can give us new insight into God's power and sense of beauty. A mountain, the ocean, the stars at night, the tender fragility of a newborn bird can touch something deep inside of us, and our faith perks up. After talking briefly about Abel and Noah, he lifts up the example of Abraham. Abraham was the great patriarch who left what was familiar and comfortable to set out for ...

915. The Utmost Patience for the Foremost Sinner

1 Timothy 1:12-17

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... : our ignorance, our hurts, our fear. God heals as well as forgives. We as Christians have to marvel at what God did with Paul. Paul was angry, mean, remorseless, and the control freak of all control freaks. God turned him into the man who could write the tender, beautiful words of 1 Corinthians 13. In the words of the passage, "in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display the utmost patience" (v. 16). Where are we with our sinfulness today? Are we denying it, bottling it up? Are we only too aware of ...

916. Breaking The Cycle - God’s Answer In Forgiveness

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... the problem to Christ, that is the beginning of forgiveness and healing. Paul had it right when he wrote: Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. — Ephesians 4:31-32 (NASB) II. God Helps Us Break The Cycle Of An Unforgiving Spirit As We Acknowledge Our Need Of Forgiveness The Bible states, "Forgive as the Lord forgave you ...

917. The Radiant Life

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... Fanny Crosby wrote the words to the song, "Tell Me The Story Of Jesus." The third verse says: Tell of the cross where they nailed him writhing in anguish and pain. Tell of the grave where they laid him; tell how he liveth again. Love in that story so tender clearer than ever I see. Stay, let me weep while you whisper; love paid the ransom for me.[5] On our journey of faith each of us must come to a personal relationship with Christ. Love ... Christ ... paid the ransom for our lives. We do not come to Christ ...

918. Not Another Rerun!

Jeremiah 31:27-34

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... as the image of the concerned farmer is, when the new covenant is actually spoken of directly in verse 31 and following, the metaphor changes again. It becomes even more intimate. Now, God's self-presentation is as a suitor/parent/husband who, in the past tenderly led the people by hand out of the land of Egypt. Even though treated unfaithfully throughout the history of his people since then, God comes back again, but not just with a rerun of what didn't work before. God comes back with a new covenant ...

919. The Baptism of Jesus

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Why was Jesus baptized in the first place? He certainly did not need to repent. He had no sins that needed washing away. And the answer, of course, is that he did it as a sign of the grace of God. Some of you may have seen a movie titled Tender Mercies. In this movie, Robert Duvall plays Mac, a down‑on‑his‑luck country singer with a drinking problem. With the help of a young widow Mac turns his life around, and both Mac and the widow’s young boy, Sonny, decide to get baptized. Driving home after the ...

920. The Ultimate Mountain Top Experience

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... those six years Christ revealed himself in a vision. Dannaker said he simply transferred his vision to the marble statue. He did a magnificent job. It was said by one who was familiar with his work that his portrayal of Christ’s face “was so tender and beautiful that strong men wept as they looked upon it.” Later, Napoleon Bonaparte asked Dannaker to make a statue of Venus, the Roman Goddess of love. Dannaker refused. “A person who has seen Christ,” he said, “can never again employ his gifts in ...

921. The 5 Worst Things Christians Say After A Tragedy

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... whose Vermont church was destroyed in hurricane Irene: “I know God will be there tomorrow, because I know that wherever there is hope, there is God. And while the flood ‘was,’ God ‘is’ and God will be.” Jesus, the “new Adam,” the new tender of the garden, argues to save the barren fig tree, to give our barren lives, our fruitless existences, one more chance — the chance he offers through his own sacrifice. One more chance at repentance. One more chance for truth. One more chance for beauty ...

922. John 13:31-35

John 13:31-38

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... Jesus’ announcement of impending glorification with compassion for the failures of humanity. Only here in John’s gospel does Jesus address his disciples as “little children” (“teknia”) — suggesting that their incomprehension is due to an immaturity of faith. Jesus tenderly reminds his remaining disciples of a truth he had already imparted to a wider audience of “Jews” (that is, the “chief priests and Pharisees” at the temple) that “Where I am going you cannot come” (7:33-34). The ...

923. See Something, Say Something, Do Something, Be Something

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

924. Let Them Eat Cake

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, and the Book of Common Prayer. Not only was this chaining done to keep valuable volumes from being permanently purloined; but the practice also kept Jesus’ more radical words about the power of the poor and God’s tenderness toward bad characters out of the hands of the poor and bad characters. But Paul’s proclamation ultimately prevailed. The word of God “unchained” was to be made available to all, regardless of the cost to those who spread that word. Paul’s message ...

925. 2 Timothy 2:8-15

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

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