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76. What's The Bottom Line?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

George Johnson

... harvest possible. Now the author of the story brings us into the picture. "What did I leave out," God asks. Judge, I pray you - you be the judge - what more should I have done? Did I forget anything? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? The term wild grapes in the Hebrew language means very bitter grapes, grapes that rot your teeth, grapes that make you want to vomit, just terrible tasting grapes, repulsive - not just mediocre or inferior, but bitter. Not acceptable at all. Of ...

77. Playing By A Different Set Of Rules

Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... . Some weeks later, when the weeds begin to sprout and one can’t tell which is which, the field hands make a frantic phone call to the landlord: “What are we to do? The weeds are growing rampant in the field and may cut your yield significantly.” The landlord proposes a fascinating solution: leave everything alone; let the weeds and the wheat grow together. The danger, of course, was that in pulling up the weeds, the field hands might also destroy some of the good wheat, thus lowering the harvest by ...

78. Lent

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

... be dry and it would need their tears then. Reader 2: Later Jesus hung on the cross. A soldier pierced Jesus' side. Out of Jesus' side poured blood and water in drops upon the ground. Reader 1: Blessed and sprinkled, the gardens and fields of ancient Israel yielded abundant fruit. Reader 2: Having prayed as Jesus did, Jesus was able to be faithful to God - even though that meant death upon a cross. Reader 1: For you and me today, the whole earth has been touched with the water and blood of Christ. Now it ...

79. That All-Pervasive Snake

Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

Joann Hary

... to hold fast when temptation comes. Our Matthew text tells us that when the devil tempted Jesus, he used Scripture to help fight the battle. And the second thing we gain is that through Jesus Christ we can be washed clean and set free even after we have yielded. Recall the time that the crowd was ready to stone the woman who had been caught in adultery. They brought her to Jesus saying, "This woman was caught in adultery. The Law of Moses says she must be stoned." And Jesus said to the crowd, "Let that one ...

80. Monologue: Hannah

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... was an obedient child with Eli. He did his religious duties well. One night, God talked to him. Samuel heard his voice. From that night on, Samuel grew close to the Lord. He listened to his voice, and obeyed his instructions for the rest of his life. The son I yielded to the Lord became a dedicated and powerful prophet. I did not know him as my child. I knew him as God's servant and as a prophet to bring my country closer to God. I knew that with Samuel God had heard my prayers and had answered them. As ...

81. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... that such information was highly questionable: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Nathanael was more than halfway asleep. He was certain that when the Christ came, he would not be from an obscure village like Nazareth. To Nathanael’s credit, he quickly awakened and yielded to the invitation: "Come and see." But he almost missed it. Similarly, I knew that the movie "E.T." would be a bore and that there would be nothing in it for me. Science fiction has never been an interest of mine. Tolkien’s ...

82. If Only We Would Let God Mold Us ...

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... - the person each of us is created to become - in his mind. It does not even know what is to be made of it. A vase? A pitcher? A candlestick? Only the Potter knows! Once we have learned to accept the fact that God is the Potter and we willingly yield ourselves to him, as the clay gives itself to the potter, what happens to us? It would be nice to be able to say that we have reached our goal and are ready to be fully possessed by God. The truth is that we are just now ready to begin ...

83. Mi Casa, Su Casa

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... Jesus are the abundant references to another biblical parable: Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard. Here the people of God are themselves God’s "pleasant planting," well tended, well cared for. But when the vintner looks for his vineyard to yield grapes, it yields only wild grapes, a piece of symbolism later explained in the painfully poignant verse: "And (God) looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!" In both biblical vineyards, the vintner is cheated of his fruit, the ...

84. Stop, Look, and Listen

Hebrews 10:20

Children's Sermon

Objects: paper "stop," "yield," and "railroad crossing" highway signs I'm sure one of the biggest complaints about growing up is that you can't do what ... . This means that there is a railroad ahead. He must stop, look, and listen here, too. The other sign that you and your father may see is a "slow down" kind of sign. It is a yield sign. It is yellow and shaped like a triangle. It means that if your father comes to another road and he sees this sign, he must slow down. If he sees another car coming, he must ...

85. It Isn’t Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... crops grew only for those folks who were pure in heart? Suppose forgiveness were meted out only to the perfectly contrite? (Which, as we learned last week, includes forgiving others to a fault)? What if God gave everlasting life exclusively to those who never ever yielded to the Prince of Darkness? Where would we be? In fact, God gave up trying to be "fair" with us a long, long time ago. In fact, God’s sense of "justice" would have totally obliterated everyone he made, beginning with our first parents and ...

86. Jeremiah and the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Don Yocom

... ’s image is brought; For self must be cast as the dust at His feet, Ere man is renewed and for service made meet. And pride must be broken, and self-will lost - All laid on the altar, whatever the cost; And all that is boasted of human display Must yield to God’s hand and be taken away. (Anonymous) A young man was employed in a hardware store in Fostoria, Ohio, in the years 1938 and 1939. In the winter of 1939, he felt the touch of the Potter’s Hand as he surrendered his life to God. From that ...

87. Broken and Beautiful

Luke 18:9-14, Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... our true condition and the needs of our hearts. Proud people focus on the sins of others; broken people know their own spiritual needs. Proud people need to prove they are right; broken people are willing to yield the right to be right. Proud people claim their rights with a demanding spirit; broken people yield rights with a meek spirit. Proud people desire to be served; broken people are willing to serve others. Proud people have an attitude which says, "The church is lucky to have me in it." But broken ...

88. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... of the earth? And Paul’s dramatic conversion experience on the Damascus road was so radical and extraordinary that it differs greatly from our own. But Peter, in many respects, is like us. He had yielded to Jesus; he believed in him; he trusted him; he followed him; he served him. Yet, he also yielded to temptation. He acted impulsively, and then regretted his actions. In Peter we see a strange combination of faith and doubt, strength and weakness, courage and cowardliness. I don’t know about you, but ...

89. The Resurrection of Our Lord

Isaiah 25:1-12, John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Mark 16:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... God of life and hope, who raised a son from death to life, cause in us this day a resurrection of the heart; that we who are dead within may know the reality of resurrection and the spirit of new life in our daily lives, and may yield in our works and deeds the fruits of your grace. In the name of the risen Christ we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Forgiving God, we confess our nagging preoccupation with death, despair and disease, and our reluctance to believe and trust your fulfilled promises in the ...

90. Blessed With Peace

John 14:15-31

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... water? Suddenly it dawned upon him that the shell did not panic, fight the forces of the water, and seek to forge its own path in the ocean. The shell simply yielded itself to the waters. It has accepted the storms with calmness, just as it had accepted the stillness of the depths of the water where it had its beginning. By yielding itself to the water, it survived. Suddenly the man saw himself. He had been fighting God, disobeying him, and trying to defy the spiritual forces at the heart of the universe ...

91. Blow The Trumpet In Zion

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Powell

... , the equivalent of all the bombs exploded in World War II. One such bomb would vaporize a fairly large city, disintegrate people, and create an enormous crater. Presently, the United States and the Soviet Union possess more than 50,000 nuclear weapons, with a yield of more than 13,000 megatons, already deployed and capable of creating one million Hiroshimas. The trumpet is blowing now. The alarm is sounded. "Repent!" And you hear it, don’t you? Yes, you cannot help but hear it. But does it come upon ...

92. Good News for Tenant Farmers

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Always has been. Always will be. Even when we figure it is all up to us. Janet Mathistad is a Lutheran pastor in Minot, ND. She writes, "One aspect of this text that has interested me is that even in the good soil, there was such a difference of yields. I got an insight into one answer back in 1993, when I had just married my husband, who is a farmer. That was the summer that the Mississippi River flooded, and our area of North Dakota received 13 inches of rain in June (our total average annual moisture is ...

93. Different From A Camel's Hair Sport Coat

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... not the last words. It's a pitiful fact that too many people have been force-fed the wrath of God while they were kids, and have been so turned off, that now they've walled themselves from the love of God. John Calvin was right. Fearing God must yield to loving God. John spoke about the need to repent. In the original Greek the word for repentance is "metanoia" which is not just changing one's mind, nor one's decision, nor one's direction, but is turning toward God. All of us need that repentance, for if ...

94. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... are the pure in heart," said one cynic, "for they shall inhibit the earth." Often ignored. It is said that although Napoleon III could speak four languages, he couldn't say "No" in any of them. When tempted to do wrong, he would twirl his mustache and yield to the temptation. His wife threatened to cut off his mustache unless he learned to say, "No." We have a lot of people in our society who cannot say, "No." to temptation. According to an August 1987 Newsweek magazine there was a sting operation in New ...

95. A Niche For Every Itch

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... word, that person immediately falls away. As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing. But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." This parable is known as the parable of the sower. It should be known as the parable of the soil. It says to us ...

96. On Being Picked For The "Rework"

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

King Duncan

... hymn by Adelaide Pollard in 1907, goes like this: Have Thine Own Way, Lord! Have Thine Own Way! Thou art the Potter! I am the Clay! Mold me and make me, after thy will! While I am waiting, yielded and still! Sounds like a nice prayer, a wonderful song. But let me ask you. How many of us are truly "waiting, yielded and still?" That may be so of Steve's little candy pieces, motionless as they are carried along on a conveyor belt. That may be so of an inanimate piece of clay that awaits the soft and skilled ...

97. The Patron Saint Of All Who Are The Last To Know

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... should test myself in the most profitable business in the world." So he quit farming and went into the oil business. A few years ago he died a very wealthy man. I wonder how many people in this world are held back by doubt. There comes a time when faith yields to conviction. There comes a time when we hear what Jesus said to Thomas: "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen. 1 ...

98. Birdbaths and Flagpoles

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." Now there are some things that are evident in this parable. The farmer is God. And the seed ... is the message of the Kingdom. But today I want to focus on the good soil that yields a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Because, friends, that good soil is you and me. We are those who have received the ...

99. The Divine Balance

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And Satan said, "It doesn't get any better than this." And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit," and God saw that it was good. And Satan said, "goes the neighborhood." And God said, "Let us make Man in our image . . ." And so God created Man in his own image; male and female he created them. And God looked upon Man and ...

100. Managing Your Anger

Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... wages. His egomaniacal adviser demanded top billing when the important research was published. Having done all the work, the Ph.D. candidate balked at giving his adviser top billing. The adviser wouldn't yield, so the young chemist took the two flasks of separated compounds and poured them together--yielding them useless. The phrase "all that work down the drain" was never more appropriate. (1) Have you ever felt like doing something like that? Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson paid a $1000 fine ...

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