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951. And He Shall Reign

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... . Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possessions." The Lord reigns, he is throned in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. The world is established; it shall never be moved; thou art from everlasting. ... These are the trumpets heralding the coming of the King. This is the language of the coronation! Our Many-Splendored Lord Sometimes in this past year, while walking with the Lord (I trust you did), we claimed him as our Savior. And it’s ...

952. The Advent Hope

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... in history. In another image he compares all creation to a woman writhing and groaning in labor pains, anxious for the appearance of the new life of the future. The message of hope centers on the fulfillment of God’s redemptive purpose in Christ. In an art gallery in London hangs a familiar painting by Frederick Watts, titled "Hope." It presents a beautiful maiden seated upon a globe. She is blindfolded and in her hand she holds a harp, of which all the strings but one are broken. The blindfolded girl is ...

953. The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... ! We have made progress in many ways. We have the means for making life pleasant and comfortable, but when man’s heart remains unchanged, when selfishness, hate, and lust are enthroned, then our scientific discoveries and inventions become only tools for death. The art of flying is used to rain bombs on helpless children. Calvary exposes our hardness of heart, our need of love. As Edwin Arlington Robinson expressed it, "Ah, when shall come love’s courage to be strong! Tell me, O Lord - tell me, O Lord ...

954. Easter People

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... in the end to chuck us to rot in a hole in the ground. In the words of the poet Tennyson, "Thou wilt not leave us in the dust, Thou madest man, he knows not why. He thinks he was not made to die, And Thou hast made him, Thou art just." The righteous and loving God who put the craving for eternity into the hearts of his children does not mock our highest hope. He does not give us a tombstone when we ask for the bread of life. Just as the cross did not end the career of Jesus ...

955. The Exalted Christ

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... who has invested himself with the majesty of his creation, "Show yourself to us as the Mighty, the Radiant, the Risen! And so that we should triumph over the world with you, come to us clothed in the glory of the world." All the worlds of science and art and society have their existence and achieve their purpose only through him. There is not one thing in the entire universe which does not bear the stamp of his ownership. It is all one vast temple in which everything we see or touch must be consecrated to ...

956. The Dynamic Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... Ward Beecher said toward the end of his life, "The longer I live, the more confidence I have in those sermons where one man is the minister and one man is the congregation, where there is no question as to who is meant when the preacher says, ‘Thou art the man.’ " The apostolic church prayed, "O Lord, enable thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness" (Acts 4:29). The Word has lost none of the power it had when it was proclaimed by the apostles, the power to make the living Christ an experienced ...

957. A New Perspective

Deuteronomy 7:1-26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... many years on the staff of the Georgia Mental Health Clinic in Atlanta. His special interest in the world of intimacy is reflected in the two sermons in this volume. A New Perspective developed from an allegory he wrote for his wife Nancy. (See VOICES: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy, Summer, 1979, "A Boy and His Kite.") In it he attempts to help us understand the shift in frame of reference, or the mind’s imagination, that is involved with our being caught up in "faith" or "belief." Most of you here ...

958. The Courage to Be Me

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... sower went forth to sow. And as he went, some seed fell on the path, and some on thorny ground, and some on rocky ground, and some on good soil. Some was lost, but some brought forth grain - 30, 60, and 100 fold." Whether in science or in the arts or in human relationships - there has never been a breakthrough until someone who had the courage to fail moved beyond certainty. It takes courage to unveil feet of clay to those who admire us. But then what seems to be one failure may be the beginning of another ...

959. The Family Was God’s Idea

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... not change: the kind of love that we find in Jesus Christ, and the conception of the family that is so eminently clear in the biblical view. Jesus Christ prayed in those very familiar and perhaps most frequently quoted words in all creation, "Our Father who art in heaven." Is this an accident? Or was Jesus telling us the most important thing about our lives, about ourselves, about him and about God. This is the bottom line of life, I think. We’re not orphans. We’re children. Brothers and sisters in a ...

960. Preconceived Ideas

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... children, "who is Jesus?" do you say what others say about him? We do that sometimes. We say what parents say, what friends, professors, authors, preachers say. But the question is, “Who do you say that I am?” Finally impetuous Simon Peter shouted out “thou art the Christ the Son of the living God.” Correct! But then Jesus began telling exactly bow he would be Messiah. He would be Messiah by suffering, by being rejected, and finally by being killed. It was at this point that Simon Peter pulled Jesus ...

961. At The Root

Joel 2:18-27

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... take for granted the great things you have done. We pause on this day of thanksgiving to voice our gratitude. Be a constant reminder, O God, of the ways a thankful heart can influence the entire realm of human relationship. Amen. Hymns "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" "How Great Thou Art" "Take Up The Song"

962. Lord, I Want To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... there. Day after day. Until one day he cried out: Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me. It was perhaps his echoing cry that Fanny Crosby had in mind when she wrote the words: “Pass me not O Gentle Savior, hear my humble cry. While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by.” Jesus said: “Your faith has made you well.” What is it that we say when we comprehend something? We say: Oh, I see. This was the sight that Bartimaeus had. He physically lacked sight, but he still saw further than most. II ...

963. You Don't Need Jesus

John 1:19-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... up his sin. After his adultery with Bathsheba, he tried to cover it up by having her husband murdered while he was fighting in the front lines. He seemed to have hid it successfully except he did not hide it from God who sent Nathan to say to him, "Thou art the man." Don't we do the same? We cover our footprints. We wear gloves to prevent fingerprints. To cover one lie, we tell another and another. We appear to be good and we pose with a false veneer of piety when we are as guilty as hell underneath. But ...

964. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... , promising they would do even greater works in his name by the power of his Spirit. And it was this same Spirit which inaugurated the Church on Pentecost in Jerusalem in 30 A.D., and this same Spirit which has inspired music, art, and literature, built cathedrals, orphanages, and hospitals, and nursing homes, colleges and universities; this same Spirit which has caused the Church to grow to more than a billion strong, this same creative, surging, empowering Spirit which floods minds and hearts everywhere ...

965. The Long Lonliness

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... were. Through the agency of the Spirit, God is at work in each of our lives as an artist at work on a fresh canvas. We are a vital part of that far-off divine event toward which the whole creation moves. If our life is a grand work of art or a gigantic symphony, it will come to climax in the Second Coming, the Second Advent of the Christ. Just as the First Advent gave us assurance and hope, so the promise of the Second Advent should infuse us with confidence and a sense of purpose. True, as we get ...

966. The Inner Galaxy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... psychological make-up is not fixed. We can see visions and dream dreams. The music Mozart heard in his head is soon played by orchestras and experienced by millions. The ideas which come from above and from within are soon architectural wonders or splendid works of art. That is why Leonardo da Vinci could say, "I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have." Or why Claude Monet could say, "My life has been nothing but a failure." They always saw more than they could ...

967. Clothed With Love

Colossians 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... comeback People: With the restraint of meekness. Leader: Let us empty ourselves of intolerance People: And clothe ourselves with patience. Collect Through Jesus the Christ, we give thanks to you, O God. Through Jesus, we learn the route of love and peace. Through Christ, we learn the art of being both human and divine. Amen. Prayer Of Confession It is not only that we must bear with the frustration others bring us, O God, but we also get in our own way. Help us do a better job of living, for we want to be ...

968. Light of the World

John 1:1-18

Sermon

William G. Carter

... very painful. There was a priest in a midwestern city who wanted to help inner-city children. He wanted them to see something more than their own situations. He put them on a bus and took them to see some things of great beauty. They went to the art museum and saw paintings by the masters. They went to a symphony matinee and heard beautiful music. They went for a walk through a row of homes that were done over by a creative team of architects. That young priest showed those children the best and brightest ...

969. Beyond Our Sight, Within Our Hearing

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... pastor stood before the congregation that Sunday and apologized for the lack of information. Then he announced, “In the absence of any other reason for gathering, we will just worship the Lord.”4 1. Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Wheaton, IL: Harold Shaw Publishers, 1980) 80-1. 2. The site can be reached at http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/san/tab00mn/html 3. “On Not Meeting People’s Needs in Church,” William Willimon, Duke University Chapel, 6 July 1997. 4 ...

970. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... able and well, but compels those who are disfigured and marred like him to come unto him. Hear the words echoed in the temple that day, “Physician, heal thyself.” The first century Jesus does not resemble the beautiful, attractive Jesus depicted today in modern art. He was something other; wholly different than what we see today. He was hideous. So horrible was he that we would hide our faces from him in disbelief. The blind, lame, and lepers, the disfigured, despised, and marred came to him to receive ...

971. The Promising Child

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... often was that the one who was not strong enough for working the farm should go to the ministry. In the case of Roman Catholic and some of the German Lutheran families, this meant that the young boys were enrolled in pre-theological and liberal arts training schools at the tender age of twelve or thirteen. The difficulty of the separation from mother very often was equally traumatic for the young boys, and the good plan sometimes had to be aborted. The Faithful Mother It is not difficult to understand that ...

972. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... or what controls their thoughts and their ideas. That is especially true of what they believe in. They can have all kinds of reasons for not believing God. God wants them to have good reason to believe in God. Be Like The Father An art exhibit that has traveled the country is titled “Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman.” Mary Cassatt was an American artist who worked principally in the last century in France as an impressionist painter closely associated with Degas. In her middle years and during the last decade ...

973. Lift Up Your Heads!

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... and planting in the world. There has never been such gluttonous and varied eating and drinking as now. Wearing apparel has reached its limit in costliness. Who has ever heard of such commerce as now encircles the earth? There have arisen all kinds of art and sculpture, embroidery and engraving, the like of which has not been seen during the whole Christian era. In addition men are so delving into the mysteries of things that today a boy of twenty knows more than twenty doctors formerly knew. There is ...

974. Father Knows Best?

Luke 6:17-26

Drama

Dave Marsh

... : Of course. Trust me. Adam: (really skeptical) Ooookay. How about this one? Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Dad: Ah, now that’s a typo. It should read “Blessed are the ‘pizza makers.’ Pizza making is an ancient Hebrew art and tradition and was the main food at weddings, funerals, and when folks were raised from the dead. Adam: Well, um, thanks a lot, Dad. This was, er, very enlightening. Um, I’ve got to get ready for school now. (Hands the bible back and leaves ...

975. The Delimma II (A Drama about Prayer)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... ) Oh yes, hear my petition and supplication as Thine gracious mercy has brought unto this lowly man justification and sanctification and, yea verily, saved my from the fiery realm of Gehenna and brought me life eternal and everlasting. O ye who art omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and any other omni’s that I’m missing, bestow until me either through thine Spirit of Holiness or through thine angelic hosts of seraphim and cherubim, thine great blessings of the joyful, joys of unbridled joyfulness so ...

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