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76. The Promising Child

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... the Hannah story to model the accounts of the Visitation and the Presentation, would also use Samuel as the model here. Jesus had good precedent for remaining in the Temple in the person of Samuel, who had entered the service of the temple at even a more tender age than Jesus. Luke indicates that at the moment neither Mary or Joseph understood what Jesus was saying to them. We understand. We understand, because we know the rest of the story. We know how Jesus lived out his life under the Father by his life ...

77. The World Is Crowded With Gethsemanes

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... horror that occurred to Israel. “Will the Lord cast off for ever?” the Psalmist asks. “And will he be favorable no more? Is his mercy clean gone forever? Doth his promise fail forever more? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? And I said, this is my infirmity." Who do we turn to when things are unexplainably painful? God? How can we when even he seems to be absent? My friends. I am not asking this question the Bible is. The Psalmist in essence is saying that ...

78. Who Says A Good Man Is Hard To Find?

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... father or not. We don't even know his name. But there are some things we do know. FOR ONE THING, WE KNOW HE HAD A TENDER HEART. The centurion had a servant who was quite dear to him. We can speculate that the servant was an older man who had been ... , as jovial as before. (2) Will Rogers hurt on behalf of those people for whom he was performing. Real men have always had tender hearts. They hurt when those around them hurt. And if they can help, they do. This centurion was determined to help his servant. ...

79. Good News For Tough Times

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , "What's wrong? Where are you going?" He said, "I've got to resign real fast. I am Vice-President of Seven-up!" That poor father-to-be was feeling a might bit overwhelmed. I suppose many people feel that way especially during the Christmas season. They are ready to tender their resignation from it all ready to "hang it up." I wonder if you sometimes get the feeling that you've had just about all the bad news you can stand. I know that I do. There are times when bad news just seems to keep coming at us like ...

80. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... lets them off the hook? Is God like a permissive parent who cannot follow through on a punishment because his heart is too tender? What are some circumstances that might prompt such a change in the mind of the Almighty? FOR ONE THING PRAYER SEEMS TO CHANGE ... lets them off the hook? Is God like a permissive parent who cannot follow through on a punishment because his heart is too tender? What are some circumstances that might prompt such a change in the mind of the Almighty? FOR ONE THING PRAYER SEEMS TO CHANGE ...

81. From Tears To Triumph

John 20:10-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... assurance, the sadness on her face was changed to a glowing radiance, her tears were transformed into a glad testimony. Later she would tell the others with great joy, "I have seen the Lord!" On this Easter Sunday, as we comtemplate this most beautiful and tender scene by the garden tomb on that first Easter Sunday, let's consider some of the deeper reasons that Mary was weeping that dayfor her tears are universal tears, tears that the loving and tenderhearted Jesus wants to dispel even today. IN THE FIRST ...

82. Why Change Is Possible

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... GOD CHANGES INDIVIDUALS. A colleague in Portland, Oregon, recently shared in a sermon an excellent example of this activity of God. The story is about a gentleman named Bruce Kennedy. Bruce Kennedy was the CEO of a major corporation known as The Alaskan Air Group. At the tender age of 52, he is stepping down from the position. It was not because he was stepping down that my colleague noticed the story ” it as the reason why. Bruce Kennedy shared "I am leaving my post so that my wife and I can devote more ...

83. Pax Augusta, Pax Christi

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... and mighty Lord of Heaven and Earth throws in his forces, it's only a tiny, helpless baby in a cradle! That's why the Prophet Isaiah could write: Who would believe our report?! Who COULD believe our report?! A root out of dry ground, he called it. A tender plant. A helpless tiny child. We want God to storm into our world, to take our side in the battles of life, to destroy our enemies, and transform our existences! We want God to play Santa Claus: And what would YOU like this Christmas? But somehow he goes ...

84. When Did We See You?

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... pastor to remind you and to remind myself as well, who we are and what we are about. We are those who have been fed by the tender hand of the Shepherd. That is how Ezekiel puts it: For the Lord God says: I will search and find my sheep . . . I will be the ... broken limbs and heal the sick. (Ezekiel 34: 11,15,16, THE LIVING BIBLE) We are those who have experienced the Shepherd's tender love. And we cannot be happy until we share that love with someone else. There is a wonderful fable that tells of a young ...

85. Mud Below, Stars Above

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Give me two minutes alone in his cage." The owner was reluctant, but agreed. The brave man stepped into the cage and began talking to the elephant in a strange language. He walked up to him and began to stroke his trunk. The beast then wrapped his trunk tenderly around the feet of the man, lifted him up, and put him carefully back down. After a while, the man walked out of the cage and said, "He should be all right now. You see, he is an Indian elephant and understands only one language. He was merely ...

86. The Glorious Interpolation

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... pious religious leaders of His day. He said, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you!” (Matthew 21:31) How’s that for a shocker! To those who were beaten down by life, Jesus was tender and compassionate. To those who were doing the beating down, he was passionate in condemnation. Indeed, he called them a “brood of vipers”! (Cf. Matt. 3:7; Matt. 12:34; Matt. 23:33;Luke 3:7) Jesus seems to have hated the sin without hating the sinner ...

87. Who Needs a Shepherd? (I am the good shepherd)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... sheep are a constant theme in both the Old and New Testaments. No symbol seems to better represent God''s care and compassion for his people than does a Good Shepherd, who authentically provides and cares for the sheep under his care. There is no more tender--secure--loving--enabling word in the English language than that of a Good Shepherd. Today, I want to share 3 reasons why the bold claim of Jesus Christ, "I am the Good Shepherd," has brought comfort and assurance to hearts and ears in every generation ...

88. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... they done to Jesus?" Suddenly, the work of Michelangelo was no longer just a piece of art, but a reproach to the world for how it has indeed treated Christ. (1) Yes, the third word of our Lord Jesus Christ from the cross is one of the most tender yet penetrating portraits of love anywhere in the inspired word of God. We know that in the Nicene Creed, the early church fathers described the biblical mystery of Jesus Christ as that of being fully God and fully man. I affirm that. I believe that. The two words ...

89. Whose Servant Are You? (Part II)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... boy went on to explain that he had a sick brother at home. His parents couldn't look after him, and even at his tender age, this child had a great desire to serve his brother. This boy reflected the servanthood quality of Jesus Christ. We need to stop ... how well my work was done. Not that little place for me!'' And the word He spoke, it was not stern, He answered me tenderly, `Ah, little one, search that heart of thine. Art thou working for them or me? Nazareth was a little place, And so was Galilee.''" ...

90. Good News for Tough Times - Encouragment for the Soul

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to resign real fast. I am Vice-President of Seven-up!" I don''t know about you, but there are days when I am ready to tender my resignation from it all. I am ready to "hang it up." I wonder if you sometimes get the feeling that you''ve had just ... life to Christ--and let him into the muck and mire of his life. A while back George Foreman made sports history when at the tender age of 45, he won the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World. However, unknown to most of the world was the reason he fought-- ...

91. Living Lightly

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of all the land of Egypt is yours. That’s the word of the Lord for you and me. Let us pray. Come Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, with all your quickening powers. Come shed abroad a savior’s love and that will quicken ours. Amen. One of the most tender stories coming out of World War II is that of a small English girl who prayed, “God bless Mary and John, Joan and Michael, and oh God take care of yourself or we shall all be sunk.” It illustrates the freedom of little children. Eric Marshall and Stuart ...

92. A Life Hidden With Christ

Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... life of the believer. This is the reason John Wesley talked about grace impinging upon us and working in three specific ways: prevenient grace, justifying grace, sanctifying grace. Prevenient grace is the grace of God going before, pulling us, wooing us, tenderizing our hearts, seeking to open our minds and hearts, and eventually even giving us faith. Even the faith we exercise for our justification is the result of His grace. Justifying faith is our trustful-obedient response to Christ -- His life, death ...

93. Loving Close-up

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... is a weak word, for many of us -- or to be more precise, we have a weak understanding of kindness. It means for us to be gentle, accepting, understanding -- not rough or challenging, or demanding. We associate it as much with tenderness as anything else. And it is that -- it's tenderness -- but it's more -- it's the desire to bless someone with good. No wonder Philipps gave it that fresh nuance -- love looks for a way to be constructive. That means we initiate, not just respond, or react. So, kindness calls ...

94. Loving The Jesus Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... and you lashed back in anger. You passed on a rumor only to discover it was blatantly false. Words can hurt, even destroy. And words can hurt us when we have to eat them. Maybe you would like to join me in praying, "Lord, make my words sweet and tender today for I may have to eat them tomorrow." So, there you have it -- loving the Jesus way. I've said three things. One, to love the Jesus way, we must love enough to keep ourselves in perspective -- and that means we are neither anxious to impress, nor do ...

95. The Dayspring From On High

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... raised up a horn of salvation for Israel out of the house of David. And it's in that exultation of praise and thanksgiving that he speaks that marvelous word in verse 78: "through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high." Or, as the King James version has it, "through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us." "The picture that rises before us is that of a group of travelers benighted, bewildered, huddled together in the dark, afraid ...

96. God Is Like A Mother

Isaiah 66:1-24

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... about another bird -- not an eagle nor a hen -- but a pelican, a mother pelican. Have you heard the tale of the pelican The Arab's Gimmel-el-Bar That lives in the African wilderness Where birds that live lonely are. Have you heard how it cares for its tender young, How it labors and toils for their good. How it brings them water from fountains afar- - and fishes the seas for their food. How in famine it feeds them what love can devise, Blood from its bosom And in feeding them, dies. Do you get the picture ...

97. The Light Has Come

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... takes a God of might to overcome the dark evil in our world. But Jesus Christ is that Mighty God, who shines in the dark, and whose light the darkness can never extinguish. Then too our Messiah, Isaiah foretold, is an Everlasting Father, exercising the mercy, the tenderness, the love of his Father on this earth. No matter how insignificant we may be, no matter what our station and status in life, no matter whether we be rich or poor, this Messiah gathers us all into his loving arms and lavishes on us a love ...

98. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Sometimes when we pray, “Thy will be done,” it is a declaration of submission in which we confess that we do not know what is best but we want God’s will. We struggle, we wrestle, we stay in the presence of the Lord until our hearts are made tender, and we’re ready to trust God and surrender our will to Him. My favorite story about Lourdes has to do with an old priest at that famous healing center who was asked one time by a newspaper reporter to describe the most impressive miracle he’d ever seen ...

99. The God Who Must Be Pursued

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... Father is. God the Father answers prayers in ways that keep his people loyal. Only a monster would do otherwise, and God is not such. In the kindness and wisdom of a strong earthly father, we catch glimpses of God’s character. Same in the tenderness and fierce protection of an earthly mother. Both are windows into God. We may be adults before others, but before God we are always children. Not all children have such parents. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, ninth and tenth graders were asked a question: "What ...

100. No Shame

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 (29-31)

Sermon

William G. Carter

... . He could be kind and gracious. He wrote to the Philippians, to a church he loved, and he said, "I have great affection for you from all the way down in my gut." Paul could be crass. He could be tender. And he certainly could be honest. He told the truth about his former life. "I used to hunt down Christians to destroy them," he confesses, "and now I am a Christian." How can anybody explain this - except by the power of God? Paul thought he knew what he was supposed ...

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