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926. The Measure of Love

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the words of Dorothy Day are probably more appropriate: "Love is indeed a harsh and dreadful thing to ask of us, of each one of us, but it really is the only way." In the movie about the life of Mahatma Gandhi, when he lies almost dead from a hunger strike to stop the killings among the Muslims and Hindus, he shares, "When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and LOVE has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible--but in the end they ...

927. Thanksgiving - The Biblical Version

1 Chronicles 16:7-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... thank God--even in the trials and heartaches--you gain God''s perspective and are drawn into closer fellowship with Him." (2) Pastor David H. C. Read tells of an experience when he was a prisoner in a German Prison Camp and experiencing the pains of hunger. It seems a German soldier at his post finished eating a sandwich and threw the crust onto the ground where the prisoners were. Pastor Read shares, "I pounced on it quick as lightning. We crouched beside a stone, and measured that crust into three exactly ...

928. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking for It?

Psalm 103:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . Tom attends a rather wealthy Presbyterian church in Nassau (right outside of Princeton). The church is full each Sunday of people who have great financial capabilities. Their church--much like our church--takes an offering every month for the cause of world hunger. They invite the worshipers to bring their gifts to the chancel. One Sunday as they got to this part of the service, an older, oddly-dressed homeless woman came forward. They knew they were taking this very offering for people like her ...

929. The Noteworthy Witness of a Widow

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... us to be the "Body of Christ at work in the world." You see, organized religion is always better than disorganized religion. I have never seen one shelter for homeless people run or sponsored by the Atheist International, or "Unbelievers United Against Hunger and Homelessness." Yes, organized religion is always better than disorganized religion. Third, let me ask a penetrating question. Can anyone present today claim they can out-give God? Let me explain! A nine-year-old boy resented having to do chores for ...

930. Placard Faith, Complex World

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , to the desire to make matters simple. When people live in a culture where chocolate is in one day and out the next, where a presidential contest ends in unsettling uncertainty and where technological change occurs at a radically accelerating rate, people hunger for that which is clearly stated and easily digestible. John's statements about Jesus appeal to those who have a reductionism bent. In effect these people say: "Look, we live in a world where there is enough uncertainty and confusion and so ...

931. Only Sex? (New)

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... There will be some of you who will feel these verses of scripture are hopelessly old-fashioned. “Flee from sexual immorality . . .” “It’s only sex,” say many people today. No big deal. It’s a physical need like hunger and thirst. It’s not important spiritually. Meanwhile unplanned pregnancies yield a staggering harvest of unwanted children and guilt-inducing abortions. Sexually-transmitted diseases run rampant among young people. AIDS claims thousands of lives. Young marriages founder when ...

932. The Healing Touch

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... Robe, the idea is carried forward that even the clothing worn by Jesus has power to heal, just as the woman in the first story believed. In his book Caring, Feeling, Touching, Sidney B. Simon, a teacher at the University of Massachusetts, speaks of a "skin hunger" felt by all, which is a deep-seated need for the touch, the feel, the concrete reality of human contact. He points out that every human being comes into the world needing to be touched, a need that persists until death. Further, being touched in ...

933. Making Compassion a Verb

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... You take your religion seriously!" Then she realized what she was saying. She and the older church members had been content simply to talk about hungry people. The kids had acted.2 Writing about another time and place, Leo Tolstoy said, "I beheld the misery, cold, hunger, humiliation of thousands of my fellow human beings ... I feel, and can never cease to feel, myself a partaker in a crime which is constantly being committed, so long as I have extra food while others have none, so long as I have two coats ...

934. To a Life Beyond

John 6:51-58, Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Is Heaven Like? Yet a fifth question: "John, when you looked through heaven's door, what did heaven look like?" John used very descriptive language in the text. God will "spread his tent over us," a mid-eastern sign of hospitality. In his pavilion we "hunger no more," "never again thirst," suffer no "scorching heat," and drink cool refreshment from the "spring of living water." John goes on to describe how in God's presence there are no more tears, no more sin, no guilt, no more unfulfillment, no broken ...

935. The Impossible Option

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... will experience on this blessed adventure of discipleship? Maybe we'll end up more like Bilbo, resident eccentric, than like some great, heroic saint. But we'll never know -- until, graced by God, we lose our hearts to our Savior and set off down the road, hearts quaking but secretly hungering to be upended and stretched and challenged and changed. And then -- well, who knows? After all, with God, nothing is impossible. Even when he's dealing with us. Amen.

936. Anxious Thanks

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung & staff

... 's kingdom and righteousness are shown when fearful, fallible people share the same forgiveness with one another that they have already received from the One who knows perfectly well what they need for daily existence. They're active when God lifts up those who hunger and thirst, who mourn, who are persecuted and who humbly endure whatever "stuff" a broken world dishes their way. God's kingdom and righteousness are present whenever we place our hope and trust in God above any and all the good "stuff" -- the ...

937. The Christian Life Defined By Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The only people I hear talking about that are the Pentecostals and some people such as that. Yet there is an astounding and disturbing proliferation of spiritual movements and religious cults in our day. I believe that this is an out__ for the deep spiritual hunger that is prevalent in our time. What happened at Jonestown a few years ago, with Jim Jones? And what continues to happen today in the growth of the Moonies and the Children of God and other cults are obvious signs of the times. Interestingly, the ...

938. East Of Eden And The City Of Beginning

Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... destined to play second fiddle. He is the representative of those who get the short end of the stick... Life is that way, isn't it? There are those who are born with silver spoons in their mouths, and there are those born for whom the cry of hunger never ceases because poverty robs them of the very sustenance of life. Cain, in his name and in the symbol, speaks volumes to us. The strong one -- the first born, the blessed, the one who has everything. Those who find themselves in that position find it easy to ...

939. The Ministry Of Making Many Rich

1 Timothy 6:11-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... he and his colleagues in ministry had gone through. Let me read that for you: “But as servants of God, we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance and afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger;...” But then he talked about how they had sought to act — their character in the midst of those circumstances. Look at verses six through eight: “By purity, knowledge, forbearance, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and ...

940. Walk In Newness Of Life

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... room out of an unused closet.Or a garden out of a pile of clay...All you ever made wasA woman out of me. Husbands, wouldn't we all like for our wives to be able to say that to us. "You did what was most important. You fed my hunger for meaning. You accepted my uniqueness. You didn't try to change me. You loved me, and I became who I was meant to be." Wow! It's not a long way from that to our scripture lesson. In the first five chapters of Romans, Paul has given us his ...

941. If Only -- In Spite Of

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure." Now these were the things that had happened to him. "If only", he might have well said. But then there was this ongoing problem -- this pain from which there seemed no relief. He called ...

942. How To Be Rich And Poor

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... -- Philippians 4: 11 and 12: Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want." Paul concluded by saying: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (vs. 13). Whatever our earthly estate, the best is yet to come. The Lord is to be trusted. His Kingdom will come, and if we trust and follow Him, we will be ...

943. Turn in an Account of Your Stewardship

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , the prisoners, the sick, the widow, the orphan - - in as much as you did it unto the least of these you did it unto me.” One thing you lack. Do you lack a gentle spirit, a heart of mercy? Do you lack a passion to be like Jesus? Do you hunger and thirst after righteousness? Is your heart broken over the things that break Jesus’ heart? Do you ever look out over our city, as Jesus looked over Jerusalem, and weep for it? If Jesus said to you, one thing you lack, what do you suppose He would focus on? In ...

944. O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... each one of us as our own god, and which affirms that in every way and every day we're getting better and better. But we can look for those signs of hope and join in making those signs more visible in the world. While starvation and hunger stalk so much of the human family, there are people who make hope by finding ways to feed them and seek solutions to the global crisis. "While diseases still bring suffering and death, doctors, nurses and research teams work diligently with hope to control it and reverse ...

945. The Discipleship Question: Do You Wish To Go Away?

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... He was. He had fed the multitude by multiplying the loaves and the fishes. And the crowd had followed Him. Jesus was rather harsh. He confronted them with the fact that they were following Him not because they realized who He was, but because their immediate hunger needs were being met. Then there was an interchange about what signs were to be given? His followers called to mind that Moses had given the Israelites in the wilderness the sign of manna. Jesus reminded them that it was not Moses who gave the ...

946. From Russia With Love

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . There was an English speaking church founded in 1962 primarily to serve our American Embassy Staff. It's attended by a lot of English speaking people, Russians as well. It is obviously a dynamic presence there in Moscow. Because of the tremendous hunger that is raging there in the city, this particular church decided to start a feeding program. And they did a very imaginative thing. Churches need to be imaginative. They did a very imaginative thing. Rather than setting up there own soup kitchen, which ...

947. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... may see two pair of deer antlers permanently interlocked. They were found in that position many years ago. Apparently the animals had been fighting fiercely, and their horns became so tangled that they could not be disengaged. As a result, both deer perished from hunger. (3) Some of the most precious relationships we have can be destroyed if someone is not willing to play the adult and turn the other cheek. UNCONTROLLED ANGER CAN DESTROY OUR RELATIONSHIPS, BUT UNRESOLVED ANGER CAN ALSO DESTROY US. I read an ...

948. What God Has Joined Together

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... 5, 2003, while on a snowmobile trip in the Boise National Forest, Suzanne and Jim became stranded in a blizzard. For the next five days, they had to rely on one another for their very survival. Trapped in the forest, fighting frostbite, hunger, and various injuries, Jim and Suzanne stopped arguing and began cooperating. Back home, their conversations were filled with insults and discouraging comments. But out in the woods, they focused on encouraging and comforting one another. By the time they were rescued ...

949. The Divine Opportunity

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... it, walked away from me. Perhaps it was only a good sales ploy, but I was impressed. That was John's style. "I have something great to offer," he seemed to say, "and you'd better grasp the opportunity now that it has come to you." Sometimes our hunger for repentance fails to achieve its goal. We need to do more than simply say, "I'm sorry." Repentance needs some means of action. I still remember an anonymous note which I found on a bulletin cover one Monday morning. "We all want to have a more victorious ...

950. Songs of the Season

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... it, but I'm sure there are some people whose low estate could be substantially changed by little more than a word of sincere interest and appreciation. And they're not necessarily people in poverty row. Most of us have no idea what loneliness and human hunger may exist in the heart of some person in our own circle of association. Even people living in physical comfort are sometimes, deep inside, convinced that they are of low degree. It is a season for singing and for giving a song to others. Elizabeth sang ...

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