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1001. Made New By 180 Degrees

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... I am waiting for, don't you?" In three days, we gathered to give thanks to God for her life that now had disappeared from us. Vicky made me see Milton, the poet, sitting in his blindness, saying, "They also serve who only sit and wait." Vicky helped me to understand that the greatest moments of life will not be in the things that we arrogantly believe we must make happen, but will be in those moments that we allow God to give us what God knows we need. I shall never forget Vicky's faith. So, we have come ...

1002. God, The Holy Spirit

Acts 2:1-13

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... 't make me no never mind. Them northerners is always gettin' into trouble. I don't pay no attention to them. (Man sits down in front.) (Field Announcer turns to Rabbi seated nearby.) Field Announcer: Rabbi, could we have a word with you? Maybe you can help us understand what this is all about. Rabbi: I'll tell you what I can. Field Announcer: Does the fact that this is a holiday in the Jewish religion have anything to do with what is going on upstairs? Rabbi: The men upstairs seem to be from Galilee. It is ...

1003. Lent 2

Luke 13:31-35

Bulletin Aid

Jack Brownlee

... master had been talking about how to receive. That if you were to receive anything you must give it: love, forgiveness, respect, understanding, even hope. All these concepts were easy to believe. Then the master began to say that money was the same and food ... don't want to start there?' " "I met the Messiah today." "Blasphemer, young man, I never want to hear you say that again. Do you understand me?" "I mean I guess he was. I don't know ... all I know is that he talked about God and loving and caring and all ...

1004. What Can I Do With Who I Am?

John 1:19-28

Sermon Aid

Clement E. Lewis

... to condemn; but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world that I have heard from him." They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize ... are you doing with who you are? What is your mission in life?" There was nothing wrong in the inquiry. It opened the way for understanding John and Jesus and their work, and it gave each of them opportunity to clarify their roles in the kingdom of God. Each of ...

1005. I Am The Bread Of Life

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to the price, not realizing that the packaging that the bread is wrapped in actually costs more than the wheat that is in the bread. All in all, you will think it a very uneventful trip, but you will be wrong. It is quite difficult for us, as Americans, to understand the importance of bread unless we turn on our TV and watch what is going on in so many parts of the world today. When there is no staff of life there is suffering and famine. A simple loaf of bread: Something, which we do not give a second ...

1006. Two Doors; One Choice

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... lad would have remained undefiled but hopelessly lost. In the parable it is clear that defilement and sin are useless categories for understanding what Jesus means by salvation. To be saved is to discover who we are and feel at home with ourselves. We are saved when we ... -discovery. Carl Jung regards the second half of life as having unique significance for the individual's self understanding. He believes we spend the formative years taking our identity cues from the world around us. Significant others ...

1007. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

Trying to See; Three Kings Who Failed and the One Who, in Failure, Succeeded (All About Shepherds, How Justice Comes and God Working Secretly With a Secret Christian). All three of the lessons we read today are straining for something beyond their ability to understand. The Gospel is at the center, and, in the Gospel, the question is how can it be that the One Most Beloved by God, the Chosen, the Anointed, the One in whom the heart of God delights, the Faithful One - how can it be that this One hangs there ...

1008. Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36 · Matthew 17:1-8 · Mark 9:2-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... be: an experience with God, fellowship with saints and hearing God's voice. Perhaps our prayers would be more effective if, like Jesus, we had the quiet and peace of a mountaintop as our place of prayer. 4. We may not be conscious of it or understand it, but many have a hunger for something more than eating, sleeping and working. We long for a perpendicular dimension to life. Our hunger for more life is expressed in our craving for drugs, alcohol and sex. These are attempts to escape the stress and trouble ...

1009. Walking The Familiar

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... home was helping a little, unnamed child cope with the severe sexual abuse he had been subjected to by his parents. How very, very sad are the reports of child abuse by parents. Some parents cover their abuse, thinking of it in religious terms! You and I understand that the routine, ordinary, humdrum activity of being a parent should be the arena in which God is at work for the good nurturing of children! Your role as a parent, a grandparent, is doing the work of God! The nurture you provide is part of the ...

1010. A Chosen Race?

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

Erskine White

... race, a holy nation, God's own people that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called you out of the darkness into His marvelous light. Let me quickly say that Peter's words about a chosen race offer no comfort to racists. I'm sure we all understand that Peter was not speaking of skin color or nationality; in fact, he was writing to Jews and many races of Gentiles together, telling them they are now united as a new race - a new Israel - a new race of people chosen by God and led from darkness to ...

1011. Is It God's Will?

Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

Erskine White

... in the face of human need. A lot of people have made sense out of suffering from Rabbi Kushner's best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People. If you've read the book, you know that Rabbi Kushner's answer is to scale down and redefine our understanding of God. He says that God can't help our suffering; God is limited in what He can do. Rabbi Kushner asks his readers: "Can you forgive and love God even when you have found that He is not perfect? Can you learn to love and forgive Him despite His ...

1012. The Faith of the Cannanite Woman

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the speed of sound may well wonder, how it can get help from a Palestine Jew who traveled on a donkey? Can Jesus even understand our problems? There is the barrier of pride. Am I willing to get beyond myself and admit that I cannot handle every situation that ... these words. I don’t think so. I think he is drawing the lines here. His ministry is not to the Gentiles. We certainly could understand it, then, if at this point the poor woman burst into tears and simply ran away. But she didn’t cry and she didn' ...

1013. When Is Justification By Faith A Heresy?

John 8:31-41

Sermon

George Johnson

... of Abraham and have never been in bondage to anyone. What do you mean we will be made free?" Those who said this to Jesus were people who had believed in him. They weren't outsiders who needed to be converted. They had taken step one. Jesus wants them to understand step 2 and step 3, as though to say, you're off to a good start but this is what discipleship is about. "If you continue in my Word." Discipleship is more than a start. It's a calling that continues. Real freedom means to continue in doing what ...

1014. Good News From A Graveyard

John 20:1-9

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... the sunset singing, "In the sweet by and by." Far from it! They were terrified. And we will need to come to an understanding of why they were afraid if we are going to plumb the depths of the resurrection and recapture the Easter ecstasy. For one ... God, or to others, or to ourselves. It means that Jesus comes back, not in condemnation, not in judgment, but in grace and peace. Do you understand that? Our Lord comes back to resurrect us so that we who are dead in our sins and don't have to live in guilt any ...

1015. Portrait Of A Powerful Servant

John 13:1-17

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... others think?" He saw the need, he rolled up his sleeves, he grabbed the basin and the towel and he went to work. In this humble but powerful way, Jesus began to transform the thinking of his disciples. But like the disciples, it is hard for us to understand because we tend to use power as a show of force, to manipulate, to get what we want. It has always been that way. Go as far back in history as you wish, and you will see the problem illustrated. You will discover the struggle between the two approaches ...

1016. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... through the week." The medicinal aspect of black preaching has been and is a key element in the psycho-spiritual healing and liberation of black people. As a parishioner once remarked, "Black preaching helps me to make sense of it all. It helps me to understand that I'm all right and that God will take care of things in the by-and-by." The healing components of black preaching cannot be negated or obviated, for healing comes in many forms: prayer, laying on of hands, humor, and pure, unadulterated prophetic ...

1017. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... goodness. How could God take someone who was penniless and make us wealthy; someone who was homeless and provide us with a many-roomed mansion in our Father's house? What a paradox! Many people find the central beliefs of the Christian faith very strange indeed. They do not understand how God could choose a savior of the world who would die by the hands of the world; and that the day of his amazing death would be Good Friday: Here was a king, born not in a palace but a pigsty, not in the big house but a ...

1018. Hang Time: A Good Friday Sermon

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... trail of blood, heartache, and heartbreak in their wake. One writer said that there is much value in having these persons around. He says they remind us how ugly and cruel the world can be and tell us that the church is not exempt from the presence of evil. I understand this point and it is well taken, but I don't need to be reminded by hammer time people how cruel life can be. I am intimately aware through my own life struggles of how tough life can be. I see it every day when I read the newspapers or ...

1019. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... 't feel; that way you won't get hurt. We pay a huge price for not talking, not trusting, and not feeling. We never develop the giving, loving side of what we might have been as human beings. And that's where much of our suffering comes from. I can understand the refusal to admit one's fears. When I grew up there were lots of messages about what you should do in order to be a real man: Join the fraternity.Play sports.Get it on with lots of girls.Be tough; fight if anybody insults you.Stand your ground ...

1020. A Problem with Angels

Luke 1:26-38

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... angel told her not to worry because soon it would all be explained. The baby she was going to bear was going to have God as his father. Mary was very confused and thought that she had a real problem. If you have ever had a problem you did not understand, then you know how Mary felt. I have a problem that I am not able to figure out and I am very concerned. What can I do? What would you do? (Let them answer.) We could do what Mary did. What do you think Mary did to solve her problem ...

1021. He Lights Up Our Life

John 1:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... many other things like these examples. John the Baptizer is like the light bulb package. He is important to all of us in helping us understand the coming of Jesus, but the most important of this package is the light bulb, and the light bulb is Jesus. John helps to get ... Jesus here but he is not Jesus. John is not light, but he came to tell us about the light so that we would better understand the light when he came. The next time you take out fresh light bulbs to use in one of your lamps, I want you to ...

1022. The Road To The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... torn in many directions? I suspect that many of us have wilderness times when we go down that road to the wilderness and find ourselves truly alone in the midst of some life-changing decision. Maybe as we look at Jesus in the wilderness we can come to better understand how we can face our own wilderness moments. Look at these things about Jesus on the road to the wilderness. I It was a time when Jesus sorted out what he would do. That was one thing he was struggling with. He knew who he was, and what he ...

1023. Forgiving the Bully

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

John Jamison

I like the first part of this story about Jesus. All those blessings, and that neat parable about the salt of the earth, and the light of the world. It makes me feel good inside. But now it gets difficult. Let me put this in terms that I can understand. The first time I ever remember hating anyone was in the third grade. The kid's name was Les. Les moved into town part way through the year and from the beginning we had trouble. On the first day, I received a note during spelling. The note read, "After ...

1024. Watching The Eyes

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... , who I love; with him I am well pleased." And the story is over. I have studied this story since seminary days, trying to understand all that it means. What about Jesus getting baptized? If baptism is for forgiveness of sins what does Jesus need it for? Some say ... to the end, anyway. My mind starts to wander back there when John first looks up and recognizes who Jesus was. That part I understand, and it haunts me. It haunts me every time I perform a baptism. When I take a child from its mother's arms and ...

1025. Three Days To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Helen Keller

... I should not be disappointed in the panorama spread out before me, for to me it would be a vision of another world. Now I begin my rounds of the city. First, I stand at a busy corner, merely looking at people, trying by sight of them to understand something of their lives. I see smiles, and I am happy. I see serious determination, and I am proud. I see suffering, and I am compassionate. I stroll down Fifth Avenue. I throw my eyes out of focus, so that I see no particular object but a seething kaleidoscope ...

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