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76. Communion Is Running No More

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

... have a hot temper which strikes at others as fierce and quick as a bolt of lightning? Then perhaps Jesus' word to you is to remove yourself from those situations which call forth your anger just long enough for you to be able to talk calmly and sensibly about the problem and find a solution. Perhaps you find that lust can rise quickly in your heart and mind? Than the Lord would tell you to be careful about the movies you see and magazines you look at. Maybe you have difficulty saying "No" to your friends ...

77. The Nativity of Our Lord

Isaiah 9:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, Titus 2:1-15, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

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... into the world to save people from sin and deliver them from death. 4. God will make our joy complete, ushering in his promised "peace plan" that will surpass the efforts of nations to establish "peace on earth" and bring in the age of peace that all sensible and caring people hope for. 5. At Christmas, Jesus was born and we really have a cause for rejoicing. A three-text sermon - "God Makes and Keeps His Promises" 1. God's promise of a Messiah-deliverer gave hope to his people. A promise always gives hope ...

78. Tuesday in Holy Week

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Bulletin Aid

... have taught us to embrace a "foolish" faith in a Christ who was lowly, gentle, despised, and finally killed by the powers and authorities of his day. Teach us at last to embrace such faith: that, in the face of all the world's "sane" values and "sensible" claims, we may still trust in your incredible love. In the spirit of Jesus we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of love, we admit that we often feel and show contempt for the very characteristics displayed by the Jesus whom we claim to serve: humility ...

79. The Syndrome

Matthew 6:25-34

Drama

The three characters in this sketch are children, but with many adult sensibilities. This piece is really a comic strip brought to life. Marsha: [Enters with Billy] How do you like my new clothes, Billy? Billy: Oh, they’re very nice, Marsha. Marsha: Very nice! What kind of compliment is that! They’re beautiful. Billy: [Cowering] They’re beautiful ... Marsha: They’re gorgeous! ...

80. Welcome to the Training Table!

Matthew 22:1-14

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... Today the "chosenness" God looks for dwells in people who have had a history and a heritage of life within the faith community. The Lord can "whip somebody into shape" as a member of his elite corps through extraordinary measures. But how much more sensible to start with those who have a grounding in the fundamentals. When a person goes to seek employment, someone will inevitably ask, "Do you have background for this task? Have you had relevant experience?" That was why God started with the faith community ...

81. Free and Faithful

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted ... - Matthew 4:1 In Huxley’s Brave New World, Savage is contending with Mustapha Mond, the world controller. Savage’s sensibility has been shaped by the Bible and Shakespeare, readings no longer allowed to the public. He complains to Mond about the antiseptic quality of life in the new society. The controller says to him: "We prefer to do things comfortably." Savage rejoins: "But I don’t want comfort. I want ...

82. Journey To The Cross III: Jesus And The Extravagant Woman

Mark 14:1-11

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James W. Moore

... which would mean sure death for the children, the elderly, the weak, and the ill and the injured… and likely death for many of the strong. The leaders of the tribe huddled up to devise a plan. The logical thing, the reasonable thing, the expedient thing, the sensible thing was to leave the weak ones behind. They were going to be killed anyway… why risk losing the strong in a futile effort to save the others? That was the rational answer but they couldn’t do it! Instead, they chose to be extravagant in ...

83. Holy Tares!

Matthew 13:24-30

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John R. Brokhoff

... are not living up to the teachings and example of Christ? The first thing we human beings think of is, "Throw out the bums!" In the parable the servants ask the farmer-owner, "Then do you want us to go and gather them?" This seems to be the natural and sensible thing to do. If there is a rotten apple in the barrel, get rid of it as fast as you can to prevent the other apples from rotting. When a school board has convincing evidence that a teacher is a Communist, it is not long before that teacher’s ...

84. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

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John R. Brokhoff

... ." This means that he realized that the value of this one jewel was worth more than all of his other pearls and all his possessions. The pearl was worth selling all in order to buy it. This is a natural response. It is the logical and sensible thing to do. This has been the universal response of Christians to finding the kingdom. When the Disciples found the pearl in Jesus, "They left everything and followed him." When Paul found Christ, he wrote, "Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing ...

85. Christians In A Warring World - 1941

Galatians 6:1-10

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Kent Moorehead

... save Democracy and end war and make the world a more decent place to live in, than the latter, for he and Congress and in fact most everybody said there was not anything else to do but to go to war. That sounded so realistic and practical and sane and sensible - then. So I went, the first one out of my town, leaving my church, my six-month old son, my mother, and my wife to look out for themselves. I went and found out that the sun does not go around the earth after all, despite appearances to the contrary ...

86. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

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Leonard Mann

... you have, nor of the world in which you live, but of the world of what you are - a world of joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, the inner world where great emotions surge and ebb like ocean tides, a world of deep awarenesses where profound sensibilities are. The Old Testament psalmist declared, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (139:14). He was. And so are you. When the psalmist said that, he wasn’t thinking of body parts, of stomach and lungs and pituitary glands, wonderful as all these are. He was ...

87. Just Common People?

Romans 12:1-8

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Louis H. Valbracht

... to bed after the 10:00 o’clock news; Into your orthopedic pad for eight hours of unconsciousness. Washing on Mondays; Ironing on Tuesdays; Bowling on Wednesdays; P.T.A. on Thursdays; Fish on Fridays; Clean out the basement on Saturdays; Pass out on Sundays (1) Good, sensible, well-ordered, down-to-earth living, isn’t it? And most of us - though we would never admit it - hate it! Life on this level isn’t BAD, it’s just BORING. It isn’t a bowl of cherries, it’s just a lukewarm, unflavored bowl of ...

88. The Path of Maturity

Drama

William Grimbol

... the world, You just expect too much ... way, way too much. You were such an idealist; I mean, You loved anybody and everybody, regardless of status or position ... regardless of role or rank ... regardless of color or religion ... regardless of sin or crime. As sensible religious folks, we claim to love these outcasts, but we are smart enough to not go near them, so we don’t get smudged or stained by their "loser" qualities, or by their flagrant flaws, or their massive mistakes. You, why You went right ...

89. Bethlehem: Capitol of the Universe

Luke 2:1-7

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... cave. But if a church had not been built at this spot, I doubt that it would still be available to us as pilgrims. And if it were, no doubt it would be owned and operated by commercial interests, who would have done much more violence to our sensibilities than the ornate church has done. I can easily imagine someone putting a turnstile there, with a neon sign overhead and a hot dog stand just to one side. Instead, there is a church; and while it is ornate beyond my personal taste, I am grateful for the ...

90. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... , at times, to provide a refuge in Egypt. There is pathos in it sometimes, and humor at others. A white man with bitter racial prejudice is stranded on the highway, and the first person to stop and offer aid is a black man. A woman with delicate sensibilities is startled to find that the person in church who most nurtures her Christian life is another woman of a far different social class. A man who has long prided himself on his taste in literature is embarrassed to discover that the hymn which most deeply ...

91. Stewards of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... of land users are merely temporary guests on farmland that must support untold future generations, and that our obligation to the future must take precedence over present needs." You see, the problem is beyond individual control. It simply must be managed by sensible national action. If it is reasonable to legislate against abuse of children and animals right now, is it not equally reasonable to legislate against abuse of soil? The Apostle Paul says to us, Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this ...

92. The Bread of Life

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... starting to smell." "Thirdly -" Mr. C was really warming to his subject now. Mrs. A was seeking to justify herself, but no opening gambit presented itself. Unchristian Shopping "Thirdly, since you married a Good Salary, your shopping has disintegrated. You used to buy sensibly and thriftily. Now your fixation is: get it packaged, instant, glamorized. Never mind the price. You once used economy cuts of meat and let the meat simmer in its juices all day. Now it’s steaks. One of the newspapers you line me ...

93. OUR LORD SMITTEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... at intervals, and in the knots were bits of sharp metal. There was nothing especially interesting in the fact that condemned criminals were scourged. It was a part of the sentence. The centurion had administered it many times, and after the first few his sensibilities had become dulled to the wild cries of terror from the victims in response to the hiss of the cords, the laughing jibes of the soldiers, and the sickening sound of tearing flesh. One after the other the condemned were beaten until their backs ...

94. A New Kind of Teaching

Mark 1:21-28

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Maurice A. Fetty

... regard to the integration of that self" (Love and Will, p. 123). The demoniac Jesus encountered in the Nazareth synagogue was possessed perhaps by a number of demons -- demons of hate, guilt, rejection, passion, revenge. As often is the case with demoniacs, the sensibilities and perceptions are greatly heightened, almost to the point of a divine madness. Consequently, upon seeing Jesus, he shrieked, "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are -- the Holy One ...

95. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... the Iraqis had before 1998? Where are the 30,000 Iraqi munitions capable of delivering chemical or biological weapons? The inspectors have thus far accounted for only 17. Iraq has not produced any. How long can the international community wait? What is a sensible midpoint between a rush to war, on one hand, and an irresponsible flirtation with disaster, on the other? Do you really believe that Saddam is using these days of February to comply with UN guidelines, or is he rushing toward the deployment of ...

96. That Carpenter Is God

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I’d have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I’m one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I’ve had my moments, and if I had it to do over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ...

97. Coping with Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34

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Robert G. Tuttle

... abyss until we topple over and are consumed by it, As one woman wrote to a friend: "I’m seriously considering having a nervous breakdown." We need not let phobias "scare us to death." Almost everybody has some kind of phobia, and behind many phobias are sensible explanations. When my wife and I started our preaching career, she had a phobia that was worrying her, and I knew nothing about it. She felt like going into a panic when she was crowded. This was a form of claustrophobia. It frightened her. She ...

98. The Shadow Ascending

John 21:15-25

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Gregory J. Johanson

... . He may bless people with benevolence and promise to help them out of any possible predicament. If someone challenges him, he will make it very clear that he is right. He is not going to admit defeat in any power struggle. He is basically not rational or sensible or responsible. He is a dependent person like we all are, behaving as if he were independent and often ignoring the rules of social conduct. He eventually gets himself into a crisis and this moves us to Act II. Act II In Act II, the alcohol which ...

99. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Mark Ellingsen

... but that faith is to precede experience. And the Word must be believed even when we feel and experience what differs from the Word.4 Luther has helped us to understand why the Bible’s business strategies seem so much in tension with our usual everyday business sensibilities. It has to do with God’s style of confounding our worldly wisdom in order to make us recognize our total dependence on him. But again we must consider how all this can be of any use to your tomorrow on the job. Recall Luther’s ...

100. In, But Not Of, The World

Jeremiah 29:1-23

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Mark Ellingsen

... into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare” (v. 7). Work for the welfare of the city in which you find yourself, and pray on behalf of that city. In one sense this does not seem like very sensible advice. It certainly must have gone against the grain of the Hebrew exiles. After all, for them the one place on earth where God had decreed them to live was Israel. The one place where God dwelt was there (in the Temple in Jerusalem). But now they were being ...

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