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1026. Life's Final Flight

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... the baggage that will fit under your seat or in the overhead compartment. The rest has to be checked and stowed in the luggage hold of the plane. This can be a real headache. You may get to your destination and have to wait and wait and wait to claim your baggage. But worse than the wait, occasionally you find your luggage has not arrived with you at all. Your luggage for heaven is handled differently. You have heard the old adages: "There are no pockets in a shroud," and "You can't take it with you." The ...

1027. When Life Seems Out Of Control

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... that what we are doing is wrong and might lead to disaster. When everything seems to be going well, it's hard to see any differently. David Loe is a perfect example of someone who thought everything was all right. David Loe grew up in Texas and claims that he has been interested in airplanes and flying since he was in junior high school. While growing up, David had models flying from his ceiling. When persons asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would always respond, a pilot. While in college ...

1028. A Homecoming To Remember

1 Kings 8:22-61

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... presence of God. When the music began she says she felt lost. The opening hymn was "Praise To The Lord, The Almighty," and she managed to sing a word or two and then stopped singing altogether. "I was being battered by tidal waves of emotion," Diane claims, so she was unable to sing. Her experience of God in worship was unlike any experience she had ever had. By the time the scripture lessons were read, Diane was hiding behind sunglasses. She was hoping no one sitting near her would notice her tears. Diane ...

1029. Epiphany 2

1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, John 2:1-11

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John R. Brokhoff

... have the Spirit means to automatically have a gift. No one is without some ability to serve. Consequently, no Christian can claim, as many church members do, that he/she has no ability to serve in any capacity. Instead of 10 percent of ... one is left out v. 7. b. Spirit gives the gift v. 11. c. These abilities are not natural endowments but gifts. If gifts no one can claim credit for them or be proud of them. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 36:5-10 "Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens ...

1030. Epiphany 7

1 Corinthians 15:35-58, 1 Samuel 26:1-25, Genesis 45:1-28, Luke 6:27-36

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John R. Brokhoff

... . Can this be love? Need: It is easy to talk about love, to sing about it, to make love. How much of this is true love? The key passage is Jesus' command, "Love your enemies." (v. 27) Then he explains what love implies and requires. As church members we claim that we love. We can test the reality and quality of that love by asking certain questions posed by the text. Outline: Can this be love? a. Love that retaliates? vv. 27-31. b. Love that seeks rewards? vv. 32-36. c. Love that judges and condemns? vv. 37 ...

1031. Proper 10

Colossians 1:1-14, Amos 7:10-17, Luke 10:25-37

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John R. Brokhoff

... building will be crooked and doomed to fall. God has a standard for his people a standard of righteousness and justice. Amos found Israel to be out of line caused by her wickedness. 2. Bethel (v. 13). The chief priest, Amaziah, told Amos to go home and preach there. He claimed that Bethel was the king's church and the temple belonged to the kingdom of Israel. Here is where he made the big mistake. It is not the king's temple, but God's. It is not the temple of the nation but of the kingdom of God. If the ...

1032. Proper 18

Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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John R. Brokhoff

... verbal communication. In the making and re-making of the vessel God spoke to Jeremiah about the fate of the nation. Communicators claim that we communicate far more by non-verbal means: posture, gestures, attitude, voice, facial expression, etc. 2. Can (v. 6). God ... v. 11 ("Amend your ways.") Epistle: Philemon 1:1-21 1. What can you expect of a Christian? (vv. 8-14). Need: If you claim to be somebody or something, if you are a member or not, society can expect certain things of you. You expect a judge to ...

1033. Proper 23

Luke 17:11-19, Jeremiah 29:1-23, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

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John R. Brokhoff

... Jews consider it was their right to be cleansed or that it was Jesus' duty to cleanse them? The great enemy of gratitude is taking our blessings for granted or thinking we deserve what we get. The Samaritan knew he was an outcast and he knew he had no claim on another Jew to help him. The question to us orthodox religious people is, "What do you do more than others?" 3. Faith (v. 19.) Jesus told the grateful leper that "your faith has made you well." If faith made him well, what healed the other nine? Were ...

1034. Proper 24

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Luke 18:1-8

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John R. Brokhoff

... praying until the prayer is answered. That answer may be "yes," "no," or "wait." Outline: To get power through persistence in prayer a. Overcome the tendency to stop praying v. 1. b. Have a petition of great concern v. 3. c. Use the strategy of continuence v. 5. d. Claim the victory v. 7. 3. How dependable are we? (18:8). Need: This gospel lesson needs to be understood in the light of the context. Jesus is speaking about his return at the end of time. (17:20-37) At the time when Luke wrote his gospel, many ...

1035. Proper 28

Lk 21:5-19 · Isa 65:17-25 · 2 Thes 3:6-13 · Ps 98

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John R. Brokhoff

... the end of the world. Since this time, there have been those in each century asking the same question, "when?" Jesus did not answer, because, as he said elsewhere, he did not know when the end would come. But he warned against false prophets or churches that claimed they were the messiah and knew the exact date of the Parousia. 2. Terrified (v. 9). Jesus says that we are not to be terrified when wars, earthquakes, famines, and pestilences come. This is quite a request he makes of us, for who can keep from ...

1036. Need Help Removing That Roadblock?

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Steve Burt

... in mind nothing more than a promise and a dream, a fuzzy idea about an inheritance that's theirs if they'll go and claim it. The inheritance might free them to be the authentic people God is calling them to be. To find out they'll have to ... assist them as they pursue God's plan for them. Some of us can be the backpacker who offered to walk with the man seeking to claim his inheritance. Others must look for hikers to walk with. Still others of us can be what I call "coin scratchers," people who find a ...

1037. Running Around The Empty Tomb

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Thomas Long

... Had war broken out somewhere? Had the local bank failed over the weekend? Had a cure for cancer been discovered? As he drew close enough to focus on the headline, he was startled to read the words, "Tidwell Claims Jesus Christ Rose From The Dead." A red flush crept up Tidwell's neck. Yes, of course, he had claimed in yesterday's sermon that Christ rose from the dead, but golly, was that headline news? What would the neighbors think? I mean, you're supposed to say that on Easter, aren't you, that Christ rose ...

1038. Loving Jesus, Hating The Church

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Thomas Long

... to affirm their devout belief. As the novelist Kingsley Amis wryly describes one of his characters, "He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic."2 Clearly, part of the reason why people are so quick to claim religious faith but not so ready to occupy a regular pew is that the church today no longer serves as the social crossroads of the community. In a pre-television land of villages and small towns, the church was not only a worship center but also a ...

1039. God Deep In The Flesh

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... that when Jesus died for our sins, God indeed acted for our salvation. The point for faith is that in Jesus' name we too can approach God as our father, as Jesus directs us in the Lord's prayer. It is important to remember that the church has never claimed that it is Jesus' maleness that is important in the incarnation; it is his humanness that is essential. In Christ, we believe, God took our human nature into the divine life. So today we need to be careful that when we speak of Father, Son and Holy Spirit ...

1040. Baptism In Three Movements

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... It isn't ordination or consecration, but baptism that makes us servants of Christ and the church."2 We too often view ministry as that which the minister does, but ministry is the work in which all baptized believers engage in response to the call and claim of God on our lives. Baptism was ordination for Jesus. It was the beginning of his ministry. In our time we ordain ministers, and sometimes elders and deacons, but we have removed from our understanding of baptism the conviction that our lives are to be ...

1041. Understanding The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

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John R. Brokhoff

... God beside whom there can be no other. Today's feminists protest against the Trinity and call for its rejection because, they claim, it perpetuates the symbolic domination of males as the true image of God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The content of ... us today. First, God is above and beyond all we can say or think. No one can put God in a corner or in a box and claim to know all there is to know about him. Paul wrote, "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his ...

1042. Advent 4

Mt 1:18-25 · Rom 1:1-7 · Isa 7:10-17 · Ps 80

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Russell F. Anderson

... of his Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas. Most of them were willing to kill and be killed in the name of their leader/messiah and we all are aware of their tragic end. Zombies have no will of their own; their will is manipulated by the one they claim as their master. There is no place for those who insist on being freaks or zombies in the kingdom of Christ. Christ seeks our obedience but it is certainly not unthinking devotion. To the contrary, he urges those who would follow him to first weigh the cost ...

1043. Corpus Christi

Jn 6:51-58 · 1 Cor 10:16-17 · Deut 8:1-20 · Ps 116

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Russell F. Anderson

... admired but broken and shared. Gospel: John 6:51-58 Wonder Bread. When I was a child, Wonder Bread was widely touted. It was supposed to help develop strong bodies eight ways. Don't ask me to name those ways. Jesus, our Lord, is the true Wonder Bread. He claims that if we eat of him, we will live forever. This tells us that faith is not something external to our being but that which we incorporate into our bodies. Christian faith cannot keep Christ at arm's length; his word and spirit must be as much a part ...

1044. Epiphany 3

Mt 4:12-23 · 1 Cor 1:10-18 · Is 9:1-4 · Amos 3:1-8 · Ps 27 · Ps 139

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Russell F. Anderson

... viewed in a much wider context than the Sunday morning sermon; all that we do as the church must make known the claims of Christ. Gospel: Matthew 4:12-23 Liberation Movement. Matthew views Jesus as the prophetic fulfillment of the liberation movement spoken ... congregational spiritual growth. The congregations that are growing spiritually and numerically possess a sense of urgency in presenting the claims of the kingdom and those individuals who are alive spiritually are those who are alert to grasp the kairos ...

1045. Lent 5

John 11:1-16, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 8:1-17, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

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Russell F. Anderson

... it is often not helpful to attribute such things to the will of God. Who are we to say? Nevertheless, we err when we view tragedy strictly from our subjective perspective. Too often, we focus only on the impact that events have on our own lives. Jesus claimed that the reason for Lazarus' illness was to glorify God (v. 4). We should also look at tragedy from God's perspective and ask: How is God being magnified? How is God making himself known to me and others through this event? Anger and death. About the ...

1046. Proper 12

Mt 13:31-33, 44-52 · Rom 8:26-39 · 1 Ki 3:5-12 · Ps 105

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Russell F. Anderson

... the man stumbled across the treasure buried in the field. It appears to be blind luck, from a human vantage point, though God's hand was certainly involved. Many of us come into the kingdom in this fashion. We haven't searched out the kingdom. We did not lay claim to it through blood, sweat and tears. It was given to us. Many of us were raised in Christian homes where we came into possession of the treasure of the kingdom of Christ at an early age. Others do not come to faith so easily. They are seekers and ...

1047. I Am The Door

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... out" through Christ and experiences for the first time in his life the fullness of his baptismal relationship with God. In baptism, God claimed him for one of his sheep, but not until later in life -- through suffering -- did John appropriate the power of his baptism to ... Mark 5:1-20) approached Jesus one day and discovered that his inner, divided nature could be healed by this man who claimed to be the door to life. How many people are like Legion -- divided, lonely, feeling no worth, striking out at people ...

1048. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... like this without our permission and without regard to our rules. We took him to private homes during the night and tried him three times. Finally, we found a legal crime of which we could accuse him, and then we sent him to Pilate the next morning. He claimed to be the Son of God, and this is blasphemy. Of course, he also was guilty of inciting riots among the people. No one could deny that. It was all neatly and conveniently done. Pilate didn't see things our way and sent him to Herod Antipas. Herod ...

1049. Any FAX, Or E-Mail From God Today?

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... overload today? A key to unraveling the dilemma of God's apparent silence in a world saturated with communication devices is to be found in linking the Old Testament story of Samuel with an assertion in the letter to the Hebrews. The writer of Hebrews makes a claim: "When in former times God spoke to our forefathers, he spoke in fragmentary and varied fashion through the prophets. But in this, the final age, God has spoken to us in the son" (1:1-2). The biblical writer insists that God speaks, that God does ...

1050. Will We Enjoy Heaven?

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... a trying situation as a new person. Fortunately, Christianity is a religion which deals with the sordid aspects of life. Christianity is something to be done. It is a task to be completed, a way of living life on earth. Christianity makes the absurd claim that individuals can live as peaceful men and women in a hate-filled world. It is a peaceful religion. Adolph Hitler, according to his chief architect, Albert Speer, often lamented that Germany had the wrong religion. Christianity's not being a religion of ...

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