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76. So You Want To Go To Bethlehem, Do You?

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... any of the writers of the gospels how to get to Bethlehem, I think we might be surprised by their answer. "So you want to go to Bethlehem, do you? Tell you what to do: go on out to the desert, outside of the relatively safe confines of Jerusalem. Keep going till you get to the Jordan River. You’ll know it when you see it. It’s the only river around these parts. You’ll find a man there – strange looking old coot – standing knee-deep in the water, just baptizing folks left and right, as fast as he ...

77. Coping When It Seems Impossible

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... works! Behind Paul. we "look at that man on the cross and realize that behind the universe there is not a God who destroys the world but rather One who comes into it to reach out and try to make us healthy, to save us, to give us hope to keep going, who helps calm the storms and floods of our lives" (Dr. Henry Sawatzky). There is infinite comfort in a verse by Ernesto Cardenal: When the siren wails the last warning You will be with me. You will be my refuge My strength and deep shelter. It is strength to ...

78. No Appeal

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... higher court, and if I must, I'll appeal it beyond that!" With those words, he would reduce his friends and neighbors to silence. There is something of that man in every one of us. There is the idea among us that, when life seems decided against us, we can keep going on to a yet higher court until finally we get our own way. Or at least we would surely like that; and perhaps we toy with the idea we would do it, too, if it didn't require so much time and money. Sometimes we even find ourselves complaining to ...

79. So You Want to go to Bethlehem, Do You?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Johnny Dean

80. Why Fear Growing Old?

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... gray hairs" - and then, "The City of God!" Through joys and through sorrows, through afflictions and through peace, in youth and in mature years, we find life’s fulfillment in God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And Christ says: "Go, go, keep going in life’s compassionate involvement - and I will be with you always, even to the end." John Haynes Holmes adds his touch of vision: Thou wilt not lose nor leave us, Thy love endureth still; Patient and calm and changeless Abides Thy holy will ...

81. A Bad Temperament Can Kill You

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... and he began to focus his attention on the big picture. He went down to the Jordan. Can't you just see and hear him dipping himself a few times: "Embarrassing. Boring. This is humiliating. Crummy, little, muddy river. I'm just as leprous as I ever was." "Keep going. Keep dipping," yelled the servants. Finally he came up the seventh time after he had taken the final plunge. He looked and his flesh was as smooth as the flesh of a little child. It's a great story of healing, isn't it? We can resonate with ...

82. When Losing Your Baggage Is a Good Thing

Hebrews 12:1-2

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the land, the languages, the customs and the culture incredibly well. All of that put together gives him keen insights into the teachings of Jesus and the truth of the Bible. On top of all that, he never gets tired. He is like the Energizer Bunny… he just keeps going and going and going. That pretty much summarizes the daily schedule we had in those ten days in the Holy Land. We kept going and going and going and it was a wonderful once-in-a-lifetime experience. But when we got on the plane to come home ...

83. Forgiveness Forever

Matthew 18:21-35

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... which Jesus spoke of "the kingdom of heaven"? Well, do you remember a couple of them? I can't help but think that the kingdom of heaven is a forgiving place. It's full of God's forgiveness of you and me, so full, in fact, that it seems to keep going without number. Yes, I know that some folks use it as a "cheap grace" to keep on sinning, but God seems to be willing to take that chance. God just seems to know that his forgiveness must be forever so that our sins and hurts are not eternal. I want ...

84. The Joyful Provider

John 2:1-11

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... We grumble, we get angry at small things, we eat too much, we drink too much, we drive too fast. We are uneasy. We are restless. We are empty. Empty leaves us feeling separated from God, unable to cope, confused about priorities and generally exhausted. We can’t keep going on empty. Sooner or later something has got to happen. I guess the question is, have we the faith of Mary to give our emptiness to the Lord? His mother said to the servant, “Do whatever he tells you to do." Have we that kind of faith ...

85. Where Is Your Pebble?

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... knew and others knew she had a heart of gold. Miss Fuss was severely handicapped by arthritis one of the most thoroughly afflicted people you can imagine from this dread and painful disease. Her wrists and her knees and ankles were all swollen up. She could barely keep going, but she would not quit. Every Sunday morning when the doors of her church opened, there was Miss Fuss. She had to have a cane to get around; someone had to help her climb the church steps, but she said to herself and to others, “If I ...

86. Seeing with Eyes Closed

Exodus 34:1-28, Exodus 34:29-35, John 1:1-18, Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... it a jolt, a shock. A new direction. You are essentially rewiring it to grow differently and more fruitfully. You cut it down and back, so it can continue to grow up and outward. Pruning is a form of “creative disruption.” Without it, that tree will just keep going in a non-fruitful way. Restoration only happens after one current is disrupted by a more dominant current. The old must die, so that the renewed can live! For us to see God and the role God wills for our lives, we must first be made aware of ...

87. The Magic Ingredient

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... to doubt and fear. They were certain that God was with them and that God would see them through. They embodied St. Paul’s words—their “present sufferings were not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” How else could they keep going if they did not have that hope? Years ago, a husband, wife, and their grown son emigrated from Sicily to southern Illinois. There both father and son found work in a coal mine. But then tragedy struck. There was an explosion in the mine. The father ...

88. God’s Armor

Ephesians 6:10-20

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Leonard Sweet

... big difference between striving just not to die, and doing all you can to live a life of purpose and meaning. There are freeways, and factories, and families full of people who are just trying not to die. These people keep going to work, keep going on. But they don’t know why. Weekends and vacations become blurry, frantic “festivals” — parties devoted to trying to celebrate something other than the mere survival of another week, another season, another year. For Christians who feel the (enlightening ...

89. For The Love of God is Giving

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... as possible. The noisy Temple would grow quiet because they could hear the sound of that money bouncing and jingling into the offering. It was like hearing the sound of a Pachinko Machine or a Slot Machine paying off. Everybody turns to listen. And when it keeps going off, they all come over to see who the lucky person is. The noise which the rich and the Pharisees made while giving their offering drowned out the sound of their gift. However, the noise of the widow's humble gift of two small coins, drowned ...

90. Grace in the Midst of the Crush of Time

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... down the treacherous Congo River, with its canyons, gorges, and cannibals. His trip took 999 days and was filled with unimaginable hardships. One night proved to be so fraught with difficulties and doubts that Stanley realized he had to make a choice -- either to keep going forward into the unknown, or to head back toward security. That night he approached his friend and helper Frank Pocock. "Now, Frank, my son, sit down. I am about to have a long and serious chat with you. Life and death -- yours and mine ...

91. Jesus' Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... the heavens over Lockerbie. There's your sign. Yes, God is with us. No, God has gone. Nothing crude like manna from heaven. Just a sign is all we ask. I know someone right now who has been dealt such a blow by life that he says he can't keep going without some sign that God is not against him. Can you blame him? Remember, we're not speaking selfishly here. It's not just for our sake that we would like God to do something, to take a stronger hand in the world, to show a sign. It's for ...

92. A Trick Resurrection

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... ’ ‘ He spoke a little louder, “It was Friday and Mary was cryin’ her eyes out. The disciples were runnin’ in every direction, like sheep without a shepherd. But that was Friday and Sunday’s comin.’“ Some of the men we’re yelling, “Keep going. Keep going.” The preacher kept going. He picked up the volume still more and shouted, “It was Friday. The cynics were lookin’ at the world sayin’ “As things have been they shall be.” You can’t change anything in this world; you can’t ...

93. How Much Should We Pack?

Matthew 9:35-10:8, (9-23)

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . They have no budget, no leadership hierarchy, and no facility to call their own. The agenda is to tell their own stories, acknowledge where they made mistakes, share how they try to straighten out their lives, and to talk about how they pursue the courage to keep going. “Isn’t that what church was meant to be?” Buechner asks: “Sinners Anonymous.”11 “I send you without a bag or sandals or purse,” said Jesus, for God’s work is best done with words. At the bottom of it all, we need no steeple ...

94. Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... bring instantaneous healing, but it does create a space where healing might happen. A lack of mourning leaves the doors closed to healing and hope. Jesus may have been saying, "Blessed are you who have not given up yet, who continue to live with pain, who keep going even though you miss your loved one more than you can say. Blessed are you who are willing to walk through grief and not around it, for you will be comforted in your honesty." Still another reason to mourn, especially in those losses which can ...

95. The Nativity Of Our Lord

Luke 2:1-20 · Titus 2:11-14 · Isaiah 9:2-7 · Ps 96

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... battery advertisements with the little pink rabbit beating a drum in a parade; all the other participants run out of juice but as the commentator says of the Energizer bunny, "It just keeps going and going and going." God gave his Son and the Son gave himself for the sins of the world (v. 14). This is the gift that just keeps going and going and going as it is received and shared countless times down through the centuries. As a delightful Christmas song puts it: The gift goes on, the gift goes on and ...

96. Running for Jesus

Romans 5:3-4

Children's Sermon

... fast so that we get a lot of work out of everyone. (Don't let them quit when they first start to tire, because we want to talk about how we must endure the pain of our suffering to produce some hope.) Let's keep going. Even if we feel tired, it is important that we keep going because we are going to prove something to each other in a few minutes. (Continue to prod them along with their running, and pushups.) All right, that's enough. I think all of you have worked pretty hard this morning. What did we learn ...

97. Which Jesus? This Jesus!

Acts 17:1-9

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... us in the "Hug of Heaven!" When "This Jesus" Is With Us, It Means Rest Everybody gets tired. We live such hectic, busy, frenetic lives. Demands are made upon us mentally, physically, and emotionally. Spouses make demands on each other, our work insists we keep going no matter how tired we are, and children make unending and unbelievable claims upon our energies. Did you hear of the four couples who decided to rent a summer house for two months? Each couple would take a two-week vacation at the summer ...

98. Clouds and Son-Shine

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... Or, to use the suggestion of the title of this sermon, when the clouds of life darken our existence, we can be sure the Son-shine will again break through the clouds and warm our lives with God’s grace. The problem is, though, how to keep going while the clouds hang over our heads. How do we maintain ourselves in the dark moments while waiting with faith that the Son-shine will break through the clouds? The Epiphany lessons we have before us this morning suggest a further breakdown of this basic question ...

99. The Cost of Commitment

Genesis 22:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

What is the longest distance you have ever walked? Try to picture that journey in your mind. What mental and physical reserves were required for you to keep going when you wanted to quit? More importantly, how did you feel when you finally stopped? Most of us are fortunate to have some form of transportation, whether it’s a bicycle, car, bus or Uber to take us where we want to go. Long journeys no longer require much effort ...

100. Sometimes, You Gotta Get Your Feet Wet First

Joshua 3:1-4:24

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Robert S. Crilley

... me, we regard faith as something we encounter here and there, instead of something we can experience here and now. Not long ago, for example, one of my parishioners remarked that she was having a difficult time and somehow "needed to find the faith to keep going." I understood what she meant, of course. But what struck me about her statement is that she spoke of faith as a possession -- that is, something she needed to find -- rather than a process. Faith, though, is never something we grasp, it's something ...

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