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76. Lent 1

Genesis 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

... of Confession Most caring and good God, we confess with deep regret that we have fallen into sin and have failed to reflect your divine image as we should. We have experienced our own temptors, lost the innocence of our individual Edens, and lived lives of misery and malice as a result. Forgive us, we pray, and grant us the grace and renewed humanity offered us in the Christ, the second Adam, in whom alone we can become new creations of goodness and truth, justice and love. In his holy name we pray. Amen

77. Wednesday in Holy Week

John 13:18-30

Bulletin Aid

... beloved Christ Exegetical note John alone among the evangelists has Satan entering Judas only after the latter has received the bread from Jesus, raising the interesting possibility that the bread was not just an indication of Judas' prior intention out of malice, but indeed a symbol of Jesus' commissioning of a trusted one as the betrayer! Still, John clearly wants to contrast that role with that of the other "beloved" disciple, for whom betrayal would have been unthinkable. Call to Worship Leader: Rejoice ...

78. A Glory Revealed as Eternal Life

John 5:16-30

Sermon

... are fools. Therefore "God gave us up" to the consequences of our rebellion. We are "free" from God, to be sure. But freedom from God only results in slavery to the tyranny of Death and all his works: not only natural or violent death, but also malice, deceit, covetousness, "double-speak," gossip, and, more recently, "dis-information" and the like. All these are the works of darkness and death; all these can and do cause death in our own bodies and souls, as well as in the people around us. When we find ...

79. What Is Your Mercy Quotient?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... realize that what we shout at life, it shouts back at us. What we give to others of ourselves, kindness or indifference, forgiveness or revenge, they will give back to us. Attitudes beget attitudes. "Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice; and be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving." "Be merciful, as your father in heaven is merciful."

80. He Bore Our Sins

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... they are bad. That God so loved the world he gave his Son to die for them that they need not perish but may have eternal life." "How will that ruin them?" asked Satan impatiently. "I’ll tell them it’s all true," the demon repeated with fiendish malice, "but I’ll tell them there is time enough to think over accepting God’s offer." A murmur of applause passed through the caverns of despair. "Go forth," said the Prince of Darkness, "You will be successful." And he went forth, and day by day, and even ...

81. DEFUSE YOUR FUSE

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... . It connotes an impulsiveness found in all of us. As impulsive as anger might be, it can be controlled. Saint Paul says to the church at Ephesus, "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice." God does not command us to achieve that which is impossible to achieve. To control our anger, we must first believe that it can be controlled and then seek God’s help in controlling it. We can control anger through the powerful presence of Jesus ...

82. Failures Need Not Be Fatal!

Mark 14:66-72

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Pilate. Jesus' face was bleeding; he had been slapped around. As the soldiers led Jesus through the courtyard, he passed Simon Peter. Their eyes met. Peter would never forget that look. There was disappointment and sorrow in it, but not an ounce of anger or malice. In fact, that glance was saturated with caring. To what can we compare that look? To the eyes of a parent who is told that his teenaged, single daughter is pregnant...to the parent whose son is charged with drug possession? What artist could ...

83. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... t know if they’re true or not. Maybe they’re only gossip, malicious, evil, sick gossip. And I certainly don’t want to be responsible for spreading that kind of gossip around. I mean, after all, the real Cain is just a simple, sweet country boy, —-with malice toward none, with liberty and justice for all. I mean, my God, I feel patriotic just standing next to you. But just the same, Cain, you really did kill your brother, didn’t you? It wasn’t anybody else; nobody else gave you the idea - you did ...

84. The Forbidden Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Mount. He is attacking a much more common variety that lurks in all our hearts. This is selfish anger. This kind of anger, says James, "worketh not the righteousness of God." Paul was referring to this emotion when he wrote, "Put off all anger, wrath, and malice." (Colossians 3:5). When I was first appointed to a church in Columbia, South Carolina, my secretary told me right away that we had a problem I had to address. An elderly lady who lived across the street walked her dog around the church shrubbery ...

85. A Mountain Of Meaning

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... idolatry to the land. Isaiah was a great prophet but he was a man of unclean lips. You can travel the pages of biblical history and find many whom God loved. But there is no finality to any of these. In Christ God’s love is complete. There is no malice, no disobedience, no sin in him. III This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to Him! There is a mountain of meaning in these words. Let’s look at the third idea: Listen to Him. I suppose that this is where most of the problems exist. Throughout history it ...

86. Cultural Revolution or Spiritual Problem?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... to ask whether they are right or wrong. Paul wrote a catalog of sin to describe Roman society nearly 2,000 years ago. What was happening back then has not changed much. Listen: Homosexuality, wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice, envy, murder, strife, deceit, gossip, slander, hatred of God, insolence, haughtiness, boastfulness, invention of evil, disobedience to parents, foolishness, faithlessness, heartlessness, ruthlessness (Romans 1:26-31). These are not cultural dilemmas. They are sin. John preached ...

87. No Room for Bitterness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... but do not sin. Women: Resolve your anger before sunset. Leader: Do not make room for the devil. Men: Give up stealing. Leader: Let only talk useful for building up come out of your mouth. Men: Put away all bitterness, wrath, wrangling, slander, and malice. People: Be kind to one another. Leader: Be tenderhearted. People: Forgive one another. All: Live in love as Christ loved us. Collect We are here, O God, because we want to lead better lives, engage in clean, right relationships, and draw one another ...

88. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... house in order, to strive intelligently and responsibly to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy, then the sacrifice will not have been in vain. Then we shall have a "new birth of freedom" and the vision which Lincoln presents in another famous address will be realized: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle ...

89. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... the prosperity of the wicked ... For they have no pains like unto ours ... The women have figures like goddesses and the men have rippling muscles and clever minds; They don’t have the tough luck others have They scoff and speak with malice They set their faces against the heavens and their mouths speak blasphemies which pollute and contaminate decent public taste ... There is a dangerous emphasis in our twentieth century about achievement, winning, and mastery. When we forget that there are other values ...

90. Be Careful How You Live

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Brett Blair

... admonitions. Here is an abbreviated version: Put off your old self. Put off falsehood. Do not let the sun go down in your anger. He who is stealing must steal no longer. No unwholesome talk. Get rid of bitterness, rage, anger, brawling, slander, and malice. There should be no hint of sexual immorality, impurity, or greed. No obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse jesting. Now, as a preacher, I have heard it said on many occasions, that the church no longer talks about sin. So let me set the record straight ...

91. Creeds or Deeds

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Brett Blair

... outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean.’” Dirty hands do not make a dirty heart. From within, Jesus said, not from without. It is greed not grime, malice not money, deceit not dust, arrogance not alcohol that makes us unclean. Water will not wash away sexual immorality. Religious rituals will not cleanse us from envy, slander, and arrogance. All these evils, Jesus said, come from inside and make a man “unclean.” III ...

92. Good News for Bad Times

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Phantasmagoria. It was signed by the chairman of the board: "Don Giveadam (Don't Give a Damn)." A study was made of changes that have taken place in college students across the country. One of the major changes reported was a general dissatisfaction, apathy, and malice among them. They feel frustrated by the demonstrations of the '60s and now feel loneliness, anxiety, and frustration. It is a generation without hope. Is there any basis for hope for our time? To be sure, there is no hope in man, only in God ...

93. The Next Step

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... are dead. He talks constantly about the need for a “make-over.” And if you are going to get a new image you’ve certainly got to strip away the old stuff you’ve gotten wrapped up in: “fornication, impurity, passion, evil, desire, greed, slander, anger, malice, and filthy language.” We can all understand that stripping away of our old ways. But what’s the next step? What are the distinctive marks of the new face? Once before, in antiquity, the Jews had faced the issue of having to put out the ...

94. With All Your Heart

Joel 2:12-17, Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... to repent when sin habituates the mind and eviscerates the heart’s desire to get right with God. God wants a heart of repentance that leads to redemption. God wants to turn us around from the ways of sin. God wants to turn us around from evil, hatred, malice, and malevolence. God wants us to turn to him in body, mind, spirit, and soul. Repentance is an expression of the soul’s and heart’s desire to turn things around for God, through God, and by God. Fourth, God wants a heart of redemption; a heart of ...

95. The View from the Mountaintop

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... out, "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief." But with Peter, James and John we glimpse the future and, with eyes of faith, see a better day. "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" Mr. Lincoln saw a better day and just one month before his death challenged his America and ours: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us 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 ...

96. A House Divided

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... tossed and buffeted by conflicting desires. We need to unite our lives around one love, one Savior, one Lord. "A house divided against itself cannot stand...." That is true. No house is big enough for cohabitation by the spirit of Christ and by a spirit of malice, of envy, of hatred and of hostility. How can Satan cast out Satan? He can't. But Christ can. 1. Dr. James Dobson, LOVE MUST BE TOUGH, (Waco: Word, 1983) p.13. 2. Spencer Marsh, EDITH THE GOOD, (New York: Harper & Row, 1977). 3. LOS ANGELES TIMES ...

97. Walk In Love

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Our second response might be to acknowledge that often when we give in to anger and bitterness, it is we ourselves whom we destroy. St. Paul writes, "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us...." On June 18, 1972, a B ...

98. God And The Irs

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... himself against the Roman government. If, on the other hand, he sided with Rome, he would alienate those listeners who despised the outsiders who ruled them. The Pharisees could not lose. Jesus could not win. Matthew tells us, however, that Jesus was "aware of their malice." He asked, why do you put me to the test, you hypocrites? Show me the money for the tax." They brought him a coin. You know the rest. It has become one of the best known object lessons in all of literature. Jesus said, "Whose likeness ...

99. I Am The Only One Left Who Cares!

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... , I always say the same thing: `The situation is normal.'" The world has always been in bad shape-ever since the species HOMO SAPIENS first appeared on the globe. Up until then, things had been pretty peaceful. But with humanity came lust and greed and resentment and malice and a host of other malevolent emotions. Our time is no better or no worse. Because people are no better or worse. This Is Not To Say That We Do Not Have Some Staggering Problems. We do. There is still the threat of nucleur war. In 1860 ...

100. A New Vantage Point

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... you believe Jesus is in charge, if you confess that he's Lord over Creation, then live as if that's the case! Live as though he matters! Live as if his perspectives were your own! Stop being chased around by the dogs of anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language! (vs. 8) Instead, let the new you come alive, the new you that wears Christ's clothing: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. (vs. 12) Put off the old man, the man of little perspectives and selfish motives. And put on the ...

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