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76. An Encounter With Two Old Friends

Luke 18:9-14

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... , worked hard on the landscape of his property, and was a faithful member of his church. And several years ago when summoned for an audit of 1040, while I went through the jitters, entertained the vision of a hard-nosed auditor, and felt the anger and disgust of having to dig up old records, I found another gentleman of the IRS to be congenial and completely human, tolerant of my ill-kept records, kind and even humorous. So I prefer to use the better term "publican" instead of tax collector, even though the ...

77. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

Sermon

... such things." The power brokers, wheelers-and-dealers, and dowager ladies lost no time in informing him that he did not know what he was talking about; that no such calamity and disgrace as he predicted could ever take place. Eventually, in frustration and disgust, Micah concluded that "if a man should go about and utter wind and lies saying, ‘I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,’ he would be the preacher for this people." Doubtless one could find many preachers today with similar sentiments ...

78. Life's Greatest Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

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... come here today with heads bent low, hoping - just hoping against hope - that maybe the heavenly Father will overlook our past? This past week and this past day? But surprise! As we come into the Lord's house this morning, we don't even discern one little sigh of disgust from the Father. Who can believe it - instead there is a grand Feast waiting for us at his altar! As with the prodigal son, the Father doesn't even ask us where we've been. He is just setting before us this Meal of forgiveness. By now our ...

79. If Only We Would Confess ...

Ezekiel 18:1-32

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Wallace H. Kirby

... gives him as security ... refuses to do evil and gives an honest decision in any dispute." (18:5-8, TEV) He then points out that the man who robs and kills, seduces other men’s wives, cheats the poor, worships idols, and such other disgusting things does not live a good life and is responsible for his doom. Ezekiel, as God’s spokesman, tried to help his people understand that every individual should fulfill within himself or herself the covenant requirements. He could have spoken in general terms ...

80. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... was a man with the dropsy in the gathering. They watched to see if he would break the sabbath by healing the man. At the same time Jesus was watching them to see how they took their places at the dinner table. It was so noticeable and it must have disgusted Jesus to the point that he took the occasion to tell them a parable about humility. 2. Place (vv. 8-10). Apparently there were no place cards as is usually done at a formal dinner. People had to find a place at the tables(s). Where should one sit? It ...

81. Lent 4

Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 · 1 Cor 1:18-31 · 2 Cor 5:17-21 · Isa 12:1-6 · Jos 5:9-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... be reconciled: God or the world? - vv. 19, 20 B. Is a reconciliation possible? vv. 18, 21 C. Who effects the reconciliation today? v. 20 2. Do You Want to be a New Person? 5:17. Need: There are many who do not like themselves as they are. They are disgusted with their failures, selfishness, and excesses. They yearn to be different, to be lovable, and to be a loving person who gets joy out of life. Here is good news for those who want to be new people. Outline: How to become a new person - A. Be in Christ ...

82. Beyond Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

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... limit taking orders from "the old man." After all he probably had his own plans for his day. Now his father messes up his plans for a day at the beach (or whatever teen-agers did in first-century Palestine) by sending him off to pick grapes. Really disgusted with his old man, the kid says, "Forget it!" Sounds to me like he even got a bit sassy! Oh, yes, he was "shootin' straight," saying exactly what he thought. A bit later, however, he starts thinking about what he's done, about his father, about the crop ...

83. Good Friday

Matthew 27:45-56

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... upon this word is that scholars consider it to be the most authentic of the seven words Jesus is supposed to have said before he died. A sermon on Matthew 27:47 - "The Darkest Moment in the Life of Jesus." The whole business was revolting and disgusting; Jesus was "framed" for blasphemy by his enemies and doomed to death by a cowardly politician, who wanted nothing more than to keep the peace in Jerusalem during the Passover. The worst moment for Jesus came when he felt that God was not with him in ...

84. First Encounters

1 Samuel 16:14-23

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... of Jerusalem. It was a meeting which the old King would never forget. A meeting which would introduce the country bumpkin shepherd to the world of court intrigue and the unsavoury pastime of jockeying for power. Once, on a lecture tour of America, Oscar Wilde became so disgusted with a reporter who plagued his every step that he retorted, "I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll make an exception." Saul never forgot David’s face. Even when he tried to kill him with a spear, and even when his KGB ...

85. Epiphany 5

Matthew 5:13-16

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... , and it wasn't enough. Finally, God sent the son who became light of the world, and who calls us to be lights in the world. So, Gimme a light - Christ-light. Proclamation of the Word Consider this: Redefine obscenity. Webster defines obscenity as "foul, disgusting, offensive to chastity, or to modesty; lewd." Invite the people to think of obscenity as our rejection of our calling to live as salt and light, as doing or saying anything which denies, or failing to say anything which affirms our reconciled and ...

86. Don't Jump?

Luke 16:19-31

Drama

... can jump; I’m going to jump. Please leave me alone so I can get to it! 2: But there are reasons to live - there must be! 1: [Hard] Do YOU have any? 2: [Stunned; turns away from 1 in shock] 1: [Looks down at 2 with a mixture of disgust and compassion, shakes head sadly, climbs down off the ledge and walks quietly away] 2: [Turns back to 1, beginning to speak. Doesn’t see 1 and imagines the worst. Panics for a moment, but then becomes calm, or numb. Climbs onto the ledge, turns, looks down, and prepares ...

87. O COME YE!

Drama

... do. Decides to give it one more good try. Shouts] O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL! 2: [Enters; a little, unkempt, bedraggled person; very small and somewhat repulsive to look at. Moves to and stands next to the first person, looking up and smiling.] 1: [Looks down at 2 with utter disgust and contempt. Snorts, turns and walks out, obviously snubbing 2] 2: [Taken aback at this; somewhat angered. Watches 1 leave and shouts] I’M FAITHFUL - THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH???

88. A DRAMA OF LOST WORDS

Drama

... 2.] Woman 2: Don’t give me that. That stuff meant nothing to you. Nothing. Man 2: Don’t tell me what I meant or didn’t mean. It may be hard to believe, but everything I told you then was true. I meant every word of it! Woman 2: [Disgusted] Words. [Person brightens] Man 2: What else? Woman 2: Yes, what else? There never was anything else. Man 2: What else do you want. I told you how much I meant it. Woman 2: If you meant it so much, why wasn’t there a little action to back up ...

89. NO HELP WANTED

Drama

... dependent on the men. She simply puts up with all that happens around her (though the men would like these things to happen to her) until she no longer can stand it. Her leaving is not in confusion or despair; it is an act of disgust and independence. The men, of course, do not understand this. Woman: [Standing on a sidewalk, holding a small overnight case. She seems to be doing nothing but standing.] Man 1: [Enters. He is very unsure of himself, yet very paternalistic, "fussy," and has a heavy Southern ...

90. "Gone Fishing!"

Luke 5:1-11

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Bill Bouknight

... the boy to be a lawyer. He said, "Henry, you can’t preach. We don’t need another one-horse Methodist preacher dragging a woman and children around the country at the point of starvation." Henry replied, "But Tom, the Lord has called me to preach." In disgust Tom replied, "Well, the Lord must be hard up for material." (3) Henry Clay Morrison went on in the pwer of God to become a great spiritual leader of America. The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you. When ...

91. Paul’s Midnight Ride

Acts 22:30--23:11

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... whitewashed wall," a term similar to the one Jesus had used in referring to the Pharisees as "whitewashed sepulchers," clean on the outside but rotten and decaying within. With that for a beginning, we can imagine the Roman tribune flinging up his hands in disgust. These Jews were always quarreling and brawling! One word led to another. As the session developed into a shouting match, Paul concluded that nothing helpful to him was likely to result from a continuation of the meeting. He cried out that he was ...

92. Sinners Anonymous

Matthew 9:9-13

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Dennis Kastens

... union. They lump haters and harlots together. Gossips walk arm-in-arm alongside murderers. Proud, stuffy church people are happy in the company of idolaters. Jealous people are linked with sorcerers. People who are envious are right in with drunkards and carousers. Disgusting, isn’t it? No room here for forming a separate organization for "my kind of sinner." The great hobby of trying to classify sins is only another way of avoiding our own sins. Now I suppose frail human judgment will always classify ...

93. God Is Not Yet Finished With You

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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John R. Brokhoff

... good as the Father originally created him. Kurt Vonnegut, a leading contemporary author, tells of attending the University of Chicago after World War II. He was a student in the Department of Anthropology. At that time, it was taught that nobody was bad or disgusting. Shortly before his father died, he remarked to Kurt, "You know, you never wrote a story with a villain in it." Kurt explained, "That was one of the things I learned in college after the war." The truth of the matter is that, since Adam ...

94. What’s God Going to Do With You?

Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1--7:16

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John R. Brokhoff

... of life. Someone complained, "The only trouble with my life is that it is so daily." When you get up in the morning, do you exclaim, "Oh God, not another day!" Many of us have become pessimistic and cynical about life and the world. We are disgusted with politicians. We claim it does not matter what party is elected, for the first thing politicians do is raise their salaries while cutting the budget in social services. The economy is in bad shape. Nuclear war seems to be inevitable. The man on the street ...

95. Christ My Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Dennis Kastens

... is not dark; it is light, bright, dazzling. Yes, that is the way it starts, but it ends with the night of despair. It promises gleam but produces gloom. It lures us with lust, illicit love, and brimful life; but it finally yields disgust, delusion, death. David can testify to that. If offers us the enticement of money and applause, but it leaves us poor, deceived, forsaken. Judas learned that. It holds before us glamour and popularity, but it substitutes tears and terror. Peter knew that. Today, virtually ...

96. "I Don’t Want to Be Perfect - Or Do I?"

Matthew 13:1-23

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Robert G. Tuttle

... valley of a meaningless and empty life. It strikes us when we feel that our separation is deeper than usual because we feel we have violated another life, a life which we have loved or from which we were estranged. It strikes us when our disgust for our own being, our indifference, our weakness, our hostility, and our lack of direction and composure have become intolerable to us. It strikes us when, year after year the longed for perfection of life does not appear, when old compulsions reign within us as ...

97. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... . When Yoda tries to teach Luke to raise his spaceship from a swamp through the force of will power, Luke fails. Yoda then levitates the spaceship up out of the swamp by thought alone! Luke watches in amazement, saying, "I don’t believe it!" Yoda replies in disgust, "That is why you fail." Yoda’s point is that Luke Skywalker could not expect to become a Jedi knight until he believed like a Jedi knight. Luke’s faith had to be a genuine imitation of Yoda’s faith. Only when he believed as Yoda believed ...

98. Leah

Genesis 49:29--50:14

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Warren Thomas Smith

... Esau, but when she learned about his character she wept so continuously that her eyelashes fell out. Conversely, Rachel grew more beautiful at the thought of marriage to Jacob. Leah’s name betokens her plight, for it means to tire or to be disgusted, to grieve, to loathe or make weary. She was the older girl, rapidly approaching spinsterhood. Leah is not beautiful; she never was. Unattractive in physical appearance, she also has little personal charm. Lacking so much, this poor woman faces a loveless life ...

99. MIRIAM’S BABY BROTHER

Drama

Marcia Miller

... Examining the cradle very carefully.] This cradle hasn’t been used recently. I can tell. Come on, let's go. SOLDIER #2: You don’t know of any baby boys in the neighborhood, do you? [THE TWO SOLDIERS exit quickly. MIRIAM stomps her feet at them in disgust.] MOTHER: That was a close one. [MIRIAM looks out the door as MOTHER looks in on the baby.] MIRIAM: I don’t understand. Why should the Pharoah want all the boy babies killed? MOTHER: Oh, child, I wish I could explain it. Nobody really knows why. The ...

100. Can a Christian Go to Hell?

Matthew 7:15-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... and said the price was $20.95. The sale was completed and the spectators wondered what Bible verse he would now say as he rang up the price. With much dignity, the church leader quoted, "He was a stranger and I took him in." Can you not imagine the disgust on the part of the other men toward the merchant’s church and religion? They probably said in their hearts: They’re praising God on Sunday. They’ll be all right on Monday. It’s just a little habit they acquired. Some time ago I had a black student ...

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