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926. Song of a King

Psalm 101:1-8

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... higher authority. In the light of this conviction, the king continues, he will select his counselors carefully. They will be trustworthy people, faithful to God and dedicated to the public good, chosen, not for their political prowess, but for their ethical and spiritual qualities (Psalm 101:6). There will be no self-serving in his court. For should any of his advisers try it he will expel them immediately. The same will go for any slanderers who might try to undermine their colleagues since he will silence ...

927. Song of a Pilgrim

Psalm 122:1-9

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... what an illustrious heritage it is! Jerusalem is the city of David, the Lord’s anointed sovereign; and, despite her occasional burden of weakling monarchs like Ahaz and Jehoachin, the glory of the great king’s touch is still upon her - thanks to successors of such quality as Joash and Josiah, whose thrones were seats of justice (Psalm 122:5). Where people are proud of their roots they have a common bond linking them one to the other. And this man who is at once poet and patriot and pilgrim will have it ...

928. L’envoi

Psalm 150:1-6

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

The poet who compiled the Book of Psalms concludes it with a paean of praise befitting the moods and aspirations of the sweet singers who preceded him. For he clearly discerns one striking fact underlying the variety of their songs, namely, that the quality of the devotional life determines the character of our years. Moreover, the psalmist further perceives that the God who accepts our veneration welcomes the homage of all. Earth, he declares, is as much the Lord’s sanctuary as heaven. Thus, he sees ...

929. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... . Finally, she was able to name three or four of the commandments and a couple of quotes from Shakespeare before giving up and sitting down. While I can sympathize with that woman and her worry about her daughter, I think it is a mistake to attribute magical qualities to the Ten Commandments. Instead, I think it is more appropriate to look at them as rules for living. The Jewish people did not need to make their own rules when they were in Egypt. They were too busy trying to survive the bondage of their ...

930. A Season Of Joy

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... me that joy is something we need to give ourselves. It is better than happiness, although happiness is important. In fact, I hope that there are many times when you are happy during the year. However, joy is something that abides. Joy is a kind of being. Joy is a quality. You know when you have joy and when you don’t. Joy is the sense of security that things are going to be all right in the long run, however painful they might be now, because of who God is. The shepherds went to the manger and found the ...

931. Create Your Own Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Robert Allen

... other words, if you follow these principles of happiness, you can create your own happiness. I want to suggest some ways that we can create our own happiness. I. You create your own happiness by refusing to allow problems to overwhelm you. One of the outstanding qualities of Jesus was that he did not attempt to paint a rosy picture of life for those who followed him. He was crystal clear as to what his followers might expect to encounter. He spoke of persecutions ... He spoke of crosses to be carried ... He ...

932. The Flight From Light

Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... today! In one way or another, we all turn and flee from the light of the very things we think we want the most. What do we want the most, you and I? What do we most desire, not in the sense of a thing to be bought but a quality which would make us whole? Think about what you really want, and then think about what you do when faced with the prospect of actually getting it. One thing we want is companionship, an end to our loneliness. In some ways, we have it with friends and loved ones, but ...

933. Whatever Happened To Sanctification?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... the basic question: "Where is the center of my life?" Maybe the center of my life is ambition and I am going to do whatever is necessary to get ahead - lie, if that is necessary. Or maybe our idol is sex and we become obsessed with quantity rather than quality and as a result become a person who loves nobody, least of all himself or herself. In the commandments, God is telling us that we don’t have to live that way. The commandments from a loving God are a description of what God can make out of our ...

934. Receiving God's Good News

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... learn about Your love. Help us, God, to seek Your word for our day and not to judge Your people. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, sometimes we have been so intent on being perfect and demanding perfection in others that we have lost the qualities of mercy, grace and love. Too often we have been quick to judge the ministries and works of others rather than listening for Your guidance in our own lives. Forgive us, O Lord, and help us to remember to keep our focus on You. In Christ we pray ...

935. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... of role or rank ... regardless of color or religion ... regardless of sin or crime. As sensible religious folks, we claim to love these outcasts, but we are smart enough to not go near them, so we don’t get smudged or stained by their "loser" qualities, or by their flagrant flaws, or their massive mistakes. You, why You went right into their midst, right into the middle of that moral squalor, and You kept on celebrating the miracles You insisted that You found in all of that bland boring mundane existence ...

936. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... case still more emphatic. Not only do we human beings need some hidden years, out of the limelight, to give ourselves opportunity to mature before attention comes to us; but after we have come to some level of achievement, we need some continuing Nazareth quality in life. That is, we need some place, some person, some setting where we are temporarily "hidden." We need to be restored, to grow within in measure enough to keep up with what is happening without. You’ve heard the "Peter Principle" - that ...

937. Out of Doors: Nature and Supernatural

Matthew 14:22-36

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... those laws of nature. We call them "miracles," and we are uncomfortable with them. Our natural, modern inclination is to think that the writers who recorded the incidents probably made a mistake, or that they stretched a rather normal event until it had extraordinary qualities. But could it be that they weren’t miracles at all? That is, could it be that Jesus simply applied some laws of nature which we haven’t yet discovered? And could it be that the reason we call these events supernatural is only ...

938. Stewards and Our Bodies

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... churches ought to provide exercise classes, instruction on diet and health practices, and see that good mental health is practiced in our homes. Health care must be available to all God’s people. And whenever in the community there is a difference in the quality of that care between the poor and the rich, the church must hold that up for change. We Christians have a lot to offer in the area of good health: • the relieving of guilt • the reduction of stress • the elimination of enemies • a strong ...

939. Resurrection: From Chaos to Order

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... the Ancient One to the little boy by the kindling fire, talked of a genesis, a beginning planned by God. Science words spoken by scholars confess that science can push back just so far; beyond that is still mystery. Professorial words found through Faith in God a quality of living that gives purpose and order. The full circle, I believe, is that all three words grow from one great word. And that one great word is the very start of the Bible’s resurrection journey. It is the tenet of faith from which the ...

940. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... . You wonder, "How did I do that?" The only answer that any honest person can give is, "I must have been given a strength beyond my own." As we look at those situations in which we ran on a strength beyond our own, we see that the distinctive quality of this strength was courage; especially the courage to love when loving was difficult and the courage to do what was right even when it would have been easier not to do it. After we were through exercising this courage we may have been very tired. We may ...

941. A Shepherd Who Became a Sovereign

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil, My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23) Magnetic Personally David had so many qualities of character that it is difficult to single out the most important. But certainly, David was attractive - in more than just a physical way. He must have been handsome, but additionally, he possessed a magnetic personality. He had a charisma that drew people to him ...

942. Mother Teresa and the Dying Poor

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... to cure disease and repair injury, but also care about relating to the patient as a person. We need to discover ways life can be lived to the fullest until death occurs. We need to explore how one decides the dilemma between quantity of life and quality of life. Mother Teresa would agree with our church that, above all, hope and meaning in life are possible, even in times of suffering and adversity. This is a truth powerfully proclaimed in the resurrection faith of our church. That is our saint for today ...

943. God So Loved the World

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... eyes to the cross of Jesus’ exaltation will live through death. Those who believe in the lifted-up Son of God will have eternal life. In John’s Gospel eternal life is not an extended quantity of life that begins at death. Eternal life, rather, is a new quality of life, a new kind of life. Those who believe in Jesus, those who believe in the One who was lifted high on the cross, receive the gift of eternal life. That is the answer to the question of Nicodemus. Nicodemus could not understand how a person ...

944. Let’s Climb a Mountain

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... a chance to enjoy one year of adulthood. She accepts key posts in the community, to help the poor with their impossible feat of lifting themselves from poverty by their own bootstraps. And she is rewarded, although she seeks no reward, for, as Shakespeare wrote, "The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes ..." B. The pure in heart lift up their eyes and behold the same cautionary ...

945. Where Do Sins Go?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... shadow of a person who had been sitting on the steps of a bank, the shadow of a soldier unbuttoning his shirt, the shadow of a painter caught in the act of dipping his brush. There are other shadows, too, which have an enduring quality. Shadows of personal influence remain permanently etched on human lives long after the persons themselves have gone. When Marc Antony climbed that pulpit in Rome to deliver Caesar’s eulogy, he spoke eloquently of those lingering shadows of consequences: "The evil that men ...

946. Where Can We Find Wisdom?

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... the solar system arose by chance. Wisdom, then, looks behind the surface appearances of things to their causes. This is the wisdom which Saint Paul had in mind when he wrote his Letter to the Christians in Rome: "Ever since God created the world, his invisible qualities, both his eternal power and his divine nature, have been clearly seen; they are perceived in the things that God has made" (Romans 1:20, TEV). When a person looks behind the surface appearances to the cause of an action, an event, or a thing ...

947. Waiting

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... spoon. We wait for forests to regrow. A forester I knew told me that the woods he managed for a large paper company were not replanted. It did not pay. Instead, they waited to see if the hillsides would grow back in yellow birch, the wood which gave the right quality to the paper they made. A lot of waiting goes into the next supply of wood. The need to wait is more subtle in the lives of people who do great things in our society. Artists take long years to do fine work and then must wait for many years ...

948. All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... ago we held a dinner in our church for which we charged double our usual price for a meal. We dressed up the menu and the hall. People responded by coming all dressed up themselves. The whole atmosphere was upbeat - a lively spirit, heightened manners, quality food, and lovely decorations. It is important for us to get all dressed up and go some place special. Every culture has its great celebrative days in which the community and its people get all dressed up. There is something basic in human nature that ...

949. The Remnant Year

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... shall dance and sing in merriment. Their mourning shall be turned into joy and sorrow into gladness. "I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness," says the Lord. Jesus’ ministry has the same quality of careful economic use of those he loves. Consider: he took the blind and gave them sight; he claimed the lame for walking; and the women in travail he brought to joyous delivery. This is the most remarkable achievement of the Christian world picture ...

950. A Streak of Common Sense

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

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Thomas D. Peterson

... little pig achieved the long-range consequence of his common sense - safety. Along the way he paid the price of the daily requirements to make it come to pass - hard work along with planning ahead. On the surface, common sense would seem to be those qualities which enable us to get the most with the least. It calls for being sharp, clever, and able to manipulate circumstances; but, on reflection, it demands that we at least ponder what might result from different choices. What are the costs of a safe house ...

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