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951. The Housing Problem

Luke 11:14-28

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... sign up for a place to live. And no housing is perfect. Those who want to live with their sisters in Millis have to have a community bath. But they'll tell you it's worth the sacrifice. Those who want a frat house have no washers and dryers nor air-conditioning, but they'll tell you it's worth it. If you want to live in Belk you share a suite with athletes. Then there are the neighbors to deal with. In that regard we're all alike. Until the day we die we have to deal with neighbors. Many ...

952. The Shortest Distance Is Not A Straight Line

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... . Can you imagine Paul standing in such a place and going out over the airwaves with, "I prophesy in part and I speak in part. I see the truth like a man looking through a foggy windowpane. I just don't know everything." Well, he would not be on the air very long. People want a straight line. That's the shortest distance to God, is it not? What does it take to evoke a response from God? Does it take a gallon of faith? A pound? An ounce? In the account of the healing of the centurion's servant, a ...

953. Christians Values Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Bulletin Aid

Leader: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, what you will wear. Isn’t life more important than food and clothing? Consider the birds of the air; they don’t have paychecks and banks, yet God feeds them. Youth: Life is more than designer jeans and junk food. If we live in trust of God, he will give us good gifts now and in eternity. Leader: Are you not much more valuable than they? By worry can ...

954. Special Occasions Christian Death

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Bulletin Aid

... himself shall come, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Congregation: Then we who are still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will be with the Lord forever. Even death is not a permanent wound for those who hope in the Lord. We can take encouragement from those words.

955. What Keeps Us Running

John 6:63

Children's Sermon

... and gets some gas for the car. You may even have to walk for a long way to find some. It is an awful experience. Everything else about the car is all right but it won't run. Check the tires and you will see that they have plenty of air, or the engine and you will see that it is in fine shape; but without gas the car will not run. You must have gas. Nothing else will make it run. You could pour 500 gallons of water in the gas tank and it will not budge an inch. You ...

956. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... money any more. My family and my relationships are the most important things in life." The Late Show with David Letterman, as you may well know, is produced in the heart of New York City. It was Monday the 17th before the show was back on the air and Letterman said that the only reason he was back was due to the strength of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. In his opening monologue he praised the Mayor saying: "If you've been watching and you're confused, and depressed, and irritated, and angry, and full of grief ...

957. The Collateral Damage of Our Attitudes

Luke 16:19-31

Illustration

Brett Blair

958. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

... is unfeeling, uncaring, unconcerned. Two hunters paid a high price for a bird-dog. They took him out for a field test. After an hour one said, "This dog is no good. We might as well put him to sleep." The other said, "Let’s throw him up in the air one more time. If he doesn’t fly this time, we’ll shoot him." Many people have such an attitude toward persons. We elevate things to the level of persons. We lower persons to the level of things. If we call ourselves Christians, if God has laid his hand on ...

959. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... loves Judas because he is the Christ, the Son of God, and God is love. He reassured me of that this morning. Mary: This morning? Mary Magdalene: Yes. I arose earlier than usual because I was upset and troubled. I went out into the cool morning air, thinking to watch the sunrise and perhaps be comforted by its beauty. It was quite dark however, and the heavy, black clouds swirled and sped through the troubled sky like winged chariots of death. And, then the edges of the clouds became tinged with scarlet, and ...

960. More Real Than Food

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Carl Jech

... . The poet Herb Brokering wrote a hymn in 1984 to be sung to the tune of Beethoven’s famous Ode To Joy from the Ninth Symphony, a hymn that beautifully expresses the value of each and every form of life, physical and spiritual: God of concrete, air and fishes, Pour our cup and break our bread; Multiply our deepest wishes ‘Til all want is felt and fed. Princes, paupers, royal children All in need of God’s embrace; Saints and angels feast on mercy, Earth and heaven feast on grace. Whatever its varied ...

961. Misunderstanding Jesus

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... spiritual vision. Do you and I have spiritual vision, or do we also misunderstand Jesus? T. E. Lawrence, a great scholar, was a close personal friend of Thomas Hardy, the well-known British poet. In the days when Lawrence was serving as an airman in the Royal Air Force he sometimes used to visit Hardy and his wife in his service uniform. On one occasion his visit coincided with a visit of the Mayoress of Dorchester. She was bitterly affronted that she had to submit to meeting a common airman, for she had no ...

962. Studying under the Greatest Teacher

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... , or even worse. But you see I imitated my teacher. I wanted to be like my teacher. He was my model for living. Since Dr. Hoffmann was a Buddhist I also learned how to meditate - just like him. I meditated upon the four elements: earth, water, air, and fire. I chanted mantras that I had learned in Sanskrit as I focused my eyes upon a candle and learned to control my breath for longer and longer periods. I remember like it was yesterday attending Tantric services that Dr. Hoffmann recited in Sanskrit. But ...

963. Proper 7 & Pentecost 5

Jeremiah 20:7-18, Psalm 69:1-36, Psalm 91:1-16, Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon Aid

... 't attend. It will be special for me for the usual reasons, but also for a kind of hidden agenda; my wife and I will be staying in a motel with several of our classmates, one of whom I have not seen for over thirty years. This man was the Air Force colonel who led the rescue mission that was sent to bury the missionaries who were killed in the attack by the Auca Indians in South America almost thirty years ago. I intend to ask him for his story about the Aucas and the missionaries, who gave their lives as ...

964. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

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... , The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. The trouble may not simply be in the soil; the problem may be in lack of spiritual sustenance and power, some force to keep the Word/seed growing in human hearts - "even the birds of the air." I drove past a school the other day and noticed at least two hundred Canada geese were gathered on the grounds, obviously eating something. It finally dawned on me that they were eating newly sown grass seed; a major addition was under construction and just ...

965. Proper 13 & Pentecost 11

Matthew 14:13-21, Nehemiah 9:1-37, Exodus 12:1-30, Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon Aid

... 's play; about ten years ago, the lake they were living on overflowed and we had to sandbag their home. That was a neighborhood event, and it had - despite the seriousness of the flooding (they had to replace a furnace in the basement, which was flooded), an air of fun and joy to it; we knew that the rain was over, that we had beaten the flood, and that we had saved their home from severe damage. Coffee and food appeared from everywhere, more than enough to refresh all who participated in the filling and ...

966. Proper 22 & Pentecost 20

Matthew 21:33-46, Philippians 4:2-9, Philippians 3:12-4:1, Numbers 27:12-23, Psalm 81:1-16, Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon Aid

... not realize that the nest is in a most precarious location? Why wouldn't those squirrels sense that the whole thing could be toppled to the ground by a strong wind, or even by the weight of a heavy snow storm? The nest seems to be hanging in the air, suspended almost by a thread that might snap at any minute, so that all the efforts of the squirrels would be in vain. I have to wonder - even imagine - if members of the squirrel colony hadn't warned the squirrels that built this nest that they were in danger ...

967. Three Arrows

1 Samuel 20:1-42

Sermon

... by the archer landed in front of the rock, then David knew the coast was clear and he could return to Saul’s court in safety. If, however, the arrows were shot over the rock, David was to flee for his life. The arrows flew through the spring air and arched their message of flight over the fugitive hovering behind the rock pile - David was to run for his life. He emerged from the rock, salaamed three times before Jonathan, and the two men kissed each other. Then they parted only to meet once more in the ...

968. April Showers

1 Samuel 20:1-42

Sermon

... sing silently with our choir the old chant about him who is our friend, him who conquers our fears and steadies our boat as we sail into the cruelest month of all. Can you catch the melody of Katherine Tynan on the evening breeze? All in the April evening April airs were abroad The sheep with their little lambs passed me on the road The lambs were weary and crying With a weak human cry I thought on the Lamb of God going meekly to die Up on a hilltop green Only a cross of shame Two stark crosses between All ...

969. The Farmer and the Fugitive

1 Samuel 25:1-44

Sermon

... by to see Nabal. They had been out in the fields protecting Nabal’s flocks from sheep rustlers. They were hungry; since there was no McDonald’s in the area, they wanted a simple luncheon of bread and wine. Nabal was furious. The fur hit the fan. The mild April air turned blue with his curses. He shouted out with the loud baritone, a sonic boom, "Shall I take my bread and water and meat and give it to men who are strangers? Send them away at once. My door is closed to them." Need had knocked at the door ...

970. Caring for Our World

Illustration

Bill Bouknight

Someone noted that fifty people showed up at a meeting to protest air pollution. After the meeting they got into forty-seven cars and went home. With the passing of each month, another species of life becomes extinct because of the abuse of this world by human beings. Our world is wonderful but very fragile. One expert noted that humanity owes its existence ...

971. Good Morning, Jerusalem!

Drama

... ! Samuel: (As Eric exits.) Thank you, Eric, for your comments. (Friend comes to the pulpit or other microphone.) I also have with me in the studio this morning a close friend of the rabbi from Nazareth, someone who has requested we not use his name on the air. Sir, would you tell us what you think is happening here? Friend: I agree with Eric that we Jews are hopelessly divided. But so are the Romans. And in religion and in philosophy, what does Rome have to offer? ... She borrowed her brains and her faith ...

972. Who Are Your Angels?

Luke 1:26

Children's Sermon

... Bible like Mary. God sends angels to us, too! That’s right: God sends angels - another kind of angel - to help us, to look after us, to give us guidance and direction in life. These angels who are visible to us may not have wings or fly around in the air like Gabriel, but God still sends "angels" to us just the same. Do you know who your angels are ... the people who are helping you in life? What about your parents? Don’t they love you and care for you ... won’t they stand by you no matter what? God ...

973. Some Assembly Required

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

... and plastic battle cruisers and dresses and ties are opened. And what a letdown it can be when it’s over! The tree comes down and the bright lights are put away. There are no more Advent candles in church, no more Christmas music in the air. And the hobby horse carefully put together with 4,176 pieces sits neglected because the toys that really capture your children’s interests are the small plastic cartoon figures which cost $5.95 each. But during the week after Christmas, the Christmas story has only ...

974. What Will He Find… When He Comes? - Shorter Version

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... integrity of God. We know in whom we have put our trust. Even if hope's fulfillment is delayed, we have no doubt that God is faithful. There’s the story at an airport terminal. A sea of people, hurrying and pushing. A snowstorm snarled schedules in the air and on the ground. In the midst of the terminal, by herself, there sat a little girl who could not have been more than a first grader in school, six years old, maybe seven. She sat quietly. One might have expected tears, but her big eyes never closed ...

975. Fourth of July

Galatians 3:27, 28b

Children's Sermon

... The sixth color is brown. (Draw a brown "C.") People from south of our border in lands known as Mexico, Central America, and South America came to America to be free. Other brown-skinned people came from lands known as Spain, Portugal, and Italy to breathe free air. These Americans proudly add their faith, hope, and love to other Americans'. The seventh color is ... (Draw an "A" on the board using all six colors.) No matter what color we are, no matter where we go to church, no matter how much money we have ...

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