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76. Facing Up To Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Thomas Long

... itself in tenderness and understanding. But at the height of the squall I said, "Now you listen to me! If you're my daughter you ...." If you are my daughter? If you are my daughter? Flesh of my flesh, heart of my heart, my cherished and beloved daughter. I could hardly have used words more destructive than to raise doubts about her identity. The devil picks away, then, at Jesus' sonship, at his baptismal identity. The three temptations -- to turn stones into bread, to throw himself down from the top ...

77. Too Soon, Monsieurs, Too Soon?

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... who Jesus is right at the point that the deteriorating circumstances of his life and ministry threaten to obscure his identity. The transfiguration urges us not to be misled by the pain and the rejection of the present; this Jesus is, appearances to the contrary, the cherished Son of God. But the transfiguration story is more. Because it is a way of seeing the truth about Jesus Christ, it is also a lens through which we may see the truth about ourselves and others. This story gives us what can be called the ...

78. Christ The King

Ephesians 1:15-23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... will continue until the second coming. Are we fighting on the Lord's side so as to hasten the fulfillment of the kingdom? Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46 1. Sermon Title: Estate Planning. Sermon Angle: To leave a legacy to those people and causes we cherish requires some estate planning. This parable states that God engaged in estate planning from the foundation of the world. He set out in his will those who were to inherit the kingdom (v. 34). These blessed ones embody the traits incarnated in the Shepherd-King ...

79. Easter 5

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Acts 17:1-9, 1 Peter 2:4-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... some of the local believers to the authorities. To the magistrate, they characterized the Christian missionaries as "these men who have turned the world upside down" (v. 6). How true! The truth has a way of becoming upsetting, especially when it challenges our most cherished notions. But sometimes the world needs to be turned upside down, so that it can become right side up. The gospel of Christ turned the world upside down with its notion of human dignity and the equality of all individuals as they stand ...

80. Epiphany 8

Mt 6:24-34 · 1 Cor 4:1-13 · Is 49:8-18 · Ps 131

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Russell F. Anderson

... Like a loving mother, God is attentive to the cries of his hungering and hurting children. God will never forget his children, their names are engraved on his hands. Verse 16 speaks powerfully to all those who have laid a loved one in a grave. We will carry that cherished person in our hearts as long as we live but in our heart of hearts we know that time will eventually erase the memory of that person from the face of the earth. We vainly attempt to give that person a degree of immortality by engraving a ...

81. Proper 13

Romans 8:28-39, Isaiah 55:1-13, Genesis 32:22-32, Matthew 14:13-21

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Russell F. Anderson

... power of Christ. How can one be more than a conqueror? We think that being the victor, the one who comes out at the top of the heap, is the ultimate experience. What could be more important than beating someone else or even accomplishing your cherished goal? Experiencing God's love and grace and sharing the same with others. Surpassing victory. After listing a litany of dark powers which afflict believers, Paul makes what, to some, seems like an absurd statement. He says, "No, in all these we are more than ...

82. Proper 14

Genesis 37:12-36, 1 Kings 19:9-18, Jonah 2:1-10, Matthew 14:22-36, Romans 9:1-5; 10:5-15

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Russell F. Anderson

... terrible about it afterward and sobbed to sleep. Yet the dark side of my soul had unexpectedly reared its ugly head. We cannot stand in judgment of Joseph's brothers while most of us have desired, perhaps for an instant, the destruction of one who vies for what we cherish. Old Testament: 1 Kings 19:9-18 Knowing when to throw in the towel. When does a person quit? When do you say, "Enough!"? Elijah was going to quit out of fear. That's the wrong time to throw in the towel. A person should quit when the job ...

83. In The Beginning

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... of the waters and the land and the air came forthanimals, some wild to live on their own and some tame sothat they could live with God's next creatures. "I like it!"God said. "Now let's make some helpers to protect and cherish allthe creatures I have made." But remembering His ownloneliness, God made two kinds of helpers that would be ableto live together and reproduce and love and protect andcherish His Creation. God made men and women. "It's all yours," God said. "Enjoy, appreciate,celebrate, anticipate ...

84. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... This child is as great as any of you, and perhaps greater, for unless you are childlike, you won't even get into the Kingdom!" The men around me murmured. I couldn't make out what they were saying. Jesus went on and everyone quieted down to listen again. "Cherish these little ones. Don't do anything that would harm them or cause them to sin. You do, and you 'better take a flying leap' or 'go jump in the lake' because you couldn't be doing a worse thing than bringing temptation before children. If your hand ...

85. The Peacemakers

Sermon

John A. Terry

... right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations." These are words from President Lincoln's second inaugural address, seeking to make peace after our nation's Civil War. Being the bringer and maker of peace marked Jesus from the very beginning. At his birth the ...

86. Another Kind Of Success

6-16, 2 Samuel 5:1-5

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Arthur H. Kolsti

... Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sure you will enjoy working for me as much as I have enjoyed working for you." Here is the universal fantasy. Why do stories like Treasure Island and Cinderella retain an enduring appeal to children? Here is the odd quirk. We cherish the memory of log cabin beginnings but we are not content with simplicity. It's the life styles of the rich and famous that evoke popular curiosity and adulation. A modern realtor wouldn't even classify a log cabin as a starter home. Upward mobility ...

87. Shouting At A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

William G. Carter

... pound against the boat? It is Jesus Christ. He is the One who reveals that nothing in all creation shall separate us from the love of God. Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O Thou of God to earth come down, Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.3 1. Edward Hopper, "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me," The Hymnbook (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Church, 1955), p. 336. 2. Paul Gerhardt, "Give to the Wind Thy Fears," The Presbyterian Hymnal (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox ...

88. When Trouble Comes!

Job 1:1-5

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... calamity of all. He told Job that each of his seven sons and three daughters had been killed in a hurricane while they were feasting together at the home of the eldest son. In sum, within a brief period of time, everything that Job had worked for and cherished was lost, and with the exception of his wife, he was left poverty-stricken and alone. So the question arose for Job: What would he do now that trouble had come? Everybody knew what he did when things were going well with him and trouble had not come ...

89. The Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

John A. Terry

90. How Can We Restore the Christian Home?

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... and enmity are of the evil one. Since himself is love, then true affection in the home is more likely to deepen and endure where his presence is acknowledged, honored, and made central. Where love is, God is. And the home where such a reality is cherished will be a fruitful soil for the growth of mutual love, honesty, and respect. The Christian home, however, is not an end in itself. There is a creativity in Christian love. If it is genuine, there is a continuity that goes on and on. When our children ...

91. Nathan's Wise Parable

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... David was responsible for Uriah's death. No, when Nathan holds the mirror up to David, David recognizes himself in relation to God as one who has forgotten God's holy expectation, of God's compassion. David sees that he has had slain one who was cherished, was beloved. He had "despised the word of the Lord." He had done wrong. David looks at Nathan and confesses, "Behold, I have sinned against the Lord." This section of scripture, that goes from 2 Samuel through 1 Kings 2, is called the Succession Narrative ...

92. Who Can Find A Virtuous Woman?

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... Proverbs, so that we might understand what the sages of Israel held as good, true, worthy of report. For some of us, we might agree with the characteristics in this passage. We might respond quite readily, "Yes, yes." Those are characteristics that I cherish." Others might respond, "Mmmm, interesting, but more a curiosity than anything I think about." At the very least this passage from Proverbs provides for us an occasion to consider what virtues we do value in ourselves and in others ... what virtues do ...

93. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... come. The God who came to Simeon and Anna will come to us, too, violating our expectations even as he comes to meet our deepest needs. Until He comes, like Anna and Simeon, we do what we can ... and wait. 1. Joseph Berger, "A Man Battles to Save Cherished Synagogue," The New York Times (July 21, 1986), section B, p. 3. 2. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977), pp. 435-6. 3. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in Why We Can't Wait ...

94. Proper 20

Proverbs 31:10-31, Mark 9:30-37, James 3:13-18; 4:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... out the teacher (vv. 30-32). Jesus was trying to explain to his disciples his coming passion and death but they didn't understand. They were tuning out their teacher. We tend to tune out the teacher when the lesson is unpleasant or contrary to our cherished hopes and dreams. Blind ambition (vv. 33-34). Ambition can be blind; those possessed of this malady don't see the people who love them and they don't correctly perceive the importance of things. All they see is that on which they have set their hearts ...

95. Out On A Limb

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... rather than by what we think of ourselves or what others think of us? It's a scary risk to catch a vision of what we might become with the help of grace. It's risky to let go of our comfort zones, our status quo, our familiar sins, our cherished self-images, and stand before Jesus exposed for what we are, and exposed to what we may become. I suggest to you that the encounter with the living Christ produces just that effect in us. We see ourselves in a light we never saw ourselves in before. We see that ...

96. The Importance Of Asking The Right Questions

Luke 20:27-40

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... 've all used these sorts of questions from time to time, haven't we -- the question designed not to bring us closer to the truth, but to demolish the other person's point of view so that we protect ourselves from having to change our own behavior or cherished ideas. But Jesus' opponents are the ones who are demolished by their own questions. He cuts through to the real issue -- do they really believe in God? Is their God big enough and powerful enough to raise the dead? His God is. The God of Abraham, Isaac ...

97. Made New By 180 Degrees

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... deal with people seriously ill, either yourself or others, try to honor the eloquence of God's silence. Babble if you must ... but accept every invitation to desist. If the illness is your own, go for a walk, sit in a chapel, or just hold the loved ones you most cherish. If the illness is another's, listen for the time to hold silence -- to take it to your bosom like a dove. There is a time to assault God, accuse God, but also a time to wait and leave God free ... you did not make yourself, and you cannot ...

98. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

Sermon

John C. Bush

... words of Paul, this time as they are expressed in paraphrase by J. B. Phillips: "This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience -- it looks for a way of being constructive. It is not possessive: it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. "Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage. It is not touchy. It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people. On the contrary, it is glad with all ... when truth prevails ...

99. Memory And Hope

Sermon

Deborah D. Steed

... to us still. We are not ready to discard them and yet we are loath to cling to them too closely, lest they hold us back from participating in your future. Fortunately, we can look to the Bible for help. It is the biblical word that gives us permission to cherish those memories and to use them. For as the stories of the Israelites and the early church show us, God gives us our memories as a lasting treasure. They are dear to us as well as to God, for God is active in them. But God wants us to use ...

100. Love Promises: The Eternal Dimension

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Michael L. Thompson

... themselves to God and to one another in a public way. In a few minutes they will make promises to one another and to God. And we are privileged to be here to listen in on those promises. Those promises which they will make are among the most cherished gifts they will give to each other. We, too, have brought gifts for these two special people as we wish them well. But, I would suggest that a gift which they are giving to us, as we observe their promise-sharing, is the opportunity to examine our commitments ...

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