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John R. Brokhoff

... years ago, "We believe the miracles for Christ's sake." Faith allows God in Christ to perform the miracles. By faith we allow the miracles to happen to us. Faith does not come from the miracles; miracles come from faith. In Jesus' miracles there is a variety of faith. At times no faith is expressed, but miracles happen. Peter's mother-in-law expressed no faith, but her fever was cured. During the storm at sea, the disciples gave no indication of faith, but Jesus stilled the storm for them. At other times ...

77. What About The Holy Spirit?

John 15:18--16:4

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Erskine White

... , after baptism. There is simply no way anyone can put rules and boundaries around the Holy Spirit, who is free because She is part of a soverign God. Paul makes this very clear in his famous passage from 1 Corinthians: "There are varieties of gifts," he says, "but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord" (12:4-5). One person has the gift of the wisdom, another has knowledge with which to teach and someone else has the gift of healing. (Way down at the end of Paul's list is ...

78. Advent 4

Luke 1:26-38

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Wayne B. Keller

... she didn't fully understand, she agreed. "All right then, I am at the Lord's service. I want it to be just as you have said." (Luke 1:38, Cotton Patch Version) Proclamation of the Good News Consider this:God comes to us in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons. In the beginning, we often respond, "I can't (followed by our favorite excuses)." God keeps coming until we either say "yes," or "no." If we say "no", God keeps coming, until we finally say "no" eternally. Compare our fears about saying "yes ...

79. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

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Larry Goodpaster

... land in the first place, because of what he saw when he looked at the crowd from his perch in that boat. What he saw is the same thing I see when I look out at the congregation each Sunday: a group of people who have come together for a variety of reasons. Some have been forced to come, made to rise and dress when sleep would have been preferred; some have come out of a sense of duty, perhaps even habit; others have come to display their piety and practice their faith; a few have come, no doubt, with a ...

80. Will the Real Jesus Christ Arise?

John 20:1-18

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Carl Jech

... him to go away because if he doesn't go away he cannot send the Spirit or "prepare a place for us." The departure of Jesus - our inability to hold on to him - is not unfortunate. It is the prerequisite for his continuing presence with us in a great variety of forms. Complementing the thought that we must not try to hold onto Jesus in his physical form, is this earlier observation in verses 8-9 "The other disciple, who reached the tomb first [and this, by the way is John himself] also went in, and he saw and ...

81. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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James Angell

... where county roads have names like Ironworks Pike, where horse farms are called Calumet, Coldstream, or Spendthrift. One Derby Day the clerk of session and I placed a bet on a horse named "Divine Comedy." He ran eighth. It is tradition, affection - more varieties of beauty than the heart can remember. And for the next 12 years, Lexington became a place we still look back on with lump-in-the-throat appreciation. The sanctuary was Gothic. And to preach there, facing a great Transfiguration window on a Sunday ...

82. If Only We Would Be Open To The Spirit ...

Joel 2:18-27

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Wallace H. Kirby

... to the pastor, "The service today really spoke to my needs and gave me a new beginning." The pastor answers, "That’s the spirit!" From our brief observations we can see that we use the phrase. "That’s the spirit!" in a variety of ways. This proves that it has many meanings. It can mean approval, achievement, accomplishment, or sanction, support, security. It may mean being alive, responsive, and vivacious. It often means being enthusiastic, animated, inspired. For Christians, it means the presence of ...

83. The Family Reunion

Matthew 9:35-38

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Glenn L. Borreson

... they - the one who hums J. S. Bach and the other who whistles Kenny Rogers? Yet there is a place reserved here for both people. Because Jesus calls us all, there must be a place for both. Our praise of God, our hymns and our music-making, must have enough variety that it invites and includes a diversity reflective of the kingdom of God. Oh, we will not sing or play just anything in the name of diversity, but we will remember that we all must give-and-take. We all must be able to join in the singing, and we ...

84. Reformation Sunday

John 8:31-41

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... 31-34 Romans 3:19-28 II. Suggested Hymns "God of the Ages, by Whose Hand" "All Glory Be to God on High" "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" III. Other Music Possibilities Use a variety of Luther's music; on use a version of Luther's "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" in a variety of ways, from reading the hymn, reading it responsively, choir singing it, congregation singing and humming it. Have the choir director direct the people. IV. Bulletin Cover and Symbols V. Miscellaneous Details (Assignments): Ushers Banners ...

85. On Mars Hill

Acts 17:16-34

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CSS

... different in content from the presentations he made in the synagogues or among Jewish believers. First, Paul appealed to the Athenians on the basis of their own religious prejudices. Athens was full of statues, monuments, and tablets dedicated to a wide variety of gods and an equally wide spectrum of philosophers. Using this information as a starting point, Paul noted that Athenians were "very religious," adding that among their many monuments was one dedicated "To an unknown god." This introduction to his ...

86. Journey To The Cross V: Jesus and Simon Peter

Mark 14:66-72

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James W. Moore

... Lord by being profane. Let’s start with the most obvious. I. First, Our Words Can Be Profane. Have you ever wondered why people swear? It’s an interesting question to raise. I asked several people (whose opinions I respect) about that last week… and I got a variety of answers. Some said that people curse because they don’t know any better. When I was a child, my parents used to say that to me… that it’s a sign of ignorance… and that people who curse may need a dictionary as much as they need ...

87. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

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Leonard Mann

... has told it in the context of a brightly shining star and the coming of wise men from the East. Others may very well have associated the story with other signal happenings mentioned by neither of these; for any event of importance is attended by a variety of incidental circumstances, and in telling of it, one witness will choose to relate one of the incidentals and another will relate a different one. The whole story is learned as everyone is heard. In the New Testament it is John more than any other who ...

88. The Perfect Gift

Galatians 3:26--4:7

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Bill Bouknight

... 4:04) When I was a child one of the delights of Christmas morning was my stocking with my name on it. It hung from the mantle and bulged with surprises. It was not that any single item in it was all that valuable; but its amazing variety was delightful. Usually it contained several tangerines, a box of sparklers, a few firecrackers, bubble gum, perhaps a $5 bill, caps for my cowboy pistol, and a few sticks of licorice. What ever happened to licorice? That stocking reminds me of the perfect gift of Christmas ...

89. Decisive Battles With Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11

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Robert Allen

... I am making is that temptation is a reality in life. Temptation doesn’t just come to public figures, but it comes to each of us and it comes in a variety of ways. Sometimes we are tempted sensually ... sometimes with power ... sometimes with greed ... sometimes with prestige ... sometimes with jealousy. Temptation comes in a variety of packages and there is not a one of us that is immune. We have all fought our battles with the beast called temptation. Even Jesus fought decisive battles with temptations ...

90. The Racial Gap

Psalm 53:1-6

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William McKee Aber

... . Which means that we have to try to understand the black community as well as any white can understand it (which might be "not much!") Let’s admit that no one speaks for the Negro any more than anyone speaks for the whites. For all of the variety I think one need not be particularly astute to discover there is a discernable change in form and mood in the black community - a movement to what has been called "BLACK POWER." This expression means many things but primarily, I think, it is a seeking of an ...

91. God Bless America

Psalm 33:1-22

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David E. Leininger

... their sin and heal their land."(2) America would do well to listen to that. The Psalmist says, "Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord." We are a pluralistic society with a variety of approaches to God, and despite what we hear from some quarters, we are a better society when that variety is constitutionally protected. But each of those expressions have moral standards, and we will be a better people when those shared standards are taken seriously. In his 1961 Inaugural, President Kennedy challenged us ...

92. A Story Worth Sharing

Mark 8:27-30

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David E. Leininger

... service. Where do we find the best outlet for that need? The church. Another study, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, shows that people who are members of congregations are far more likely to be generous with both time and money to a wide variety of non-profit activities. Gallup's studies indicate that almost half of church members did unpaid volunteer work in the past year compared with only a third of the unchurched population; nine out of ten church members gave money to a charity, while only ...

93. The First Easter Sermon

John 20:1-9

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King Duncan

... Jesus' friends stole his body. Why would they suffer persecution, torture, and death for something they knew wasn't true? After Jesus' death, many witnesses reported having seen him alive. These were people from a wide variety of backgrounds, and the sightings occurred in a wide variety of places, so it seems unlikely that they were mass hallucinations. Finally, there are too many people whose lives have changed radically after they became believers to doubt that Christ lives. There will always be those ...

94. How Did You Do On The Test?

1 Corinthians 10:1-13

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King Duncan

... think you are. And thus we come to our text for today. It is a simple verse. You've heard it quoted, I imagine, in a variety of ways. It's from God's faithful messenger Paul: "No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he ... way out so that you may be able to endure it." (v. 13) So simple; yet so profound. Life is a school with a variety of tests. And sooner or later everyone has to pass these tests. We're talking about the tests of failure and rejection and heartbreak ...

95. A Way Made Ready

Mark 1:1-8

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Darrick Acre

... yet? It is time for the annual excursion, when you pack the car with people on a chilly December evening, and drive around to all the neighborhoods and parks made beautiful by cities or neighborhood associations with lights, lights, and more lights, in a variety of colors and hues. There are bright reds, blues, and greens; beautiful, pastel pinks and yellows; and of course the brilliant elegance of white. As you drive along, there are elves and carolers, Santa and his reindeer, a snowman or two, and maybe a ...

96. Born Again? When?

John 3:1-21

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Donald B. Strobe

... cause us to say, “I have been born again better than you have been born again.” Each one of us is different, and our ways of experiencing the Spirit of God are different. There are, as the great psychologist William James pointed out years ago, Varieties of Religious Experience. Emerson once said that God enters into the life of every individual by a private door. There is no one “right” way of being born again just as there is no one “right” way of falling in love. In fact, the two experiences ...

97. Hissing in the Garden

Genesis 3:1-24

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Eric Ritz

... of the reasons I shared the story about this woman is because she represents all of us in God''s family. It is possible to be strong in the faith one day or night and then in a short while be tempted to waver in our faith commitment in a variety of ways. From our Old Testament lesson from Genesis 3:1-9 to the reading of our Holy Gospel lesson, we see that the power of temptation is an ever present reality in all moments of our history. It is not surprising that James, Peter, and the Apostle Paul must ...

98. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

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Robert Noblett

... No one in a congregation has a corner on the total truth. Therefore through vigorous debate and the sharing of various ideas, a collective wisdom emerges that is better than anything less. A congregation is richer because of variety. What's more, in congregational life it isn't required that everyone be interested in the same aspect of faith. There was wide press coverage of the female doctor who developed breast cancer while serving with others in a geological survey of the South Pole. Part of the coverage ...

99. The Curriculum of God’s Kingdom

Matthew 4:12-17

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Phil Thrailkill

... for the healing and recreative love of God. C.H. Spurgeon wrote of these verses: “What a mass of hideous sickness must have thrust itself under the eye of Jesus! Yet we read not that He was disgusted, but patiently waited on every case. What a singular variety of evils must have met at His feet! What sickening ulcers and putrefying sores! Yet He was ready for every new shape of the monster evil, and was victor over it in every form. Let the arrow fly from what quarter it might, He quenched its fiery ...

100. Pass the Pigweed

Exodus 17:1-7

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Bill Mosley

... has been processed a few times before it gets to our table. Even the selection of which plants we eat processes the food. Then vegetable specialists and researchers further refine the strains. We even complain about native pecan trees and go looking for other varieties to graft on, to change, to make better, bigger, more flavorful, or whatever. Outdoor survivalists know that many things we complain about today as weeds can be eaten if you have to live off the land. Even pigweed is edible, and cattails offer ...

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