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1026. Where's The Treasure?

Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Thomas Long

... left to her. She places her hand over her little girl's eyes so, at least, she will not have to see the horror which faces her. When people see this picture in the museum, they do not move quickly or easily to the next one. You can feel their emotion, almost hear their cries, "O God, don't let that be all there is. Somewhere, somehow, set things right." Luke's word to us this day is that God hears those prayers, and that it is into just such situations of hopelessness and helplessness that the power of God ...

1027. Proper 8

Mark 5:21-43

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... with" or "shying away from" someone? What about not wanting to have anything to do with someone who is different? Think about the isolation, our projections of our own uneasy feelings, and our pre-judging. We sometimes avoid getting close to others emotionally as well as physically. Daughter: In both stories, "daughter" is used. The little girl was identified as the daughter of Jairus, a synagogue leader. Later, when the messenger returned, he spoke of the child as the daughter. The child was defined by ...

1028. The Day Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-21 · Jn 15:26-27; 16:4-15; 20:19-23 · Eze 37:1-14 · 1 Cor 12:4-13 · Ps 104

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... O my people" (v. 12). Outline: 1. Ezekiel came to see that God was full of grace and that he would raise up the Jews. 2. God's Word was fulfilled and the Jews went back home to a new life. 3. God's Spirit can raise us from our emotional and spiritual graves. 4. God's Spirit raises us from our physical graves, through Christ. Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 Sermon Title: Baptized With The Spirit And Fire. Sermon Angle: John the Baptist predicted that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire (Matthew 3:11 ...

1029. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... with great gusto! His worship of God was no exception. David and those with him celebrated the Lord's presence (symbolized in the ark) "with all his might." David's worship was not perfunctory but wholehearted. Like the charismatics of today, he wasn't afraid to get emotional about his relationship with God, nor was he embarrassed to worship the Lord with his body as he danced before the ark. We could learn a thing or two from the shepherd king. Getting angry with God (vv. 6-7). David got angry with God for ...

1030. Proper 14

Ephesians 4:17--5:21, 2 Samuel 18:1-18, John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... death: "May the enemies of my lord the king.... be like that young man" (v. 32). Epistle: Ephesians 4:25--5:2 Anger is no sin (v. 26). Paul says, "Be angry but do not sin," which indicates that he doesn't think anger is a sin. Anger is an emotion which certain events can spark in our heart. Anger only becomes a sin when we permit it to burn out of control or let it smolder over a long period of time. "Do not let the sun go down on your anger" is good advice. If our anger dissipates quickly ...

1031. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Bulletin Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... nacham. One of the meanings of this word is "sigh" or "breathe strongly." How our sins must make God sigh! A person usually sighs when bored, grieved, angered or under pressure. A sigh serves as a pause that allows a person to get control of his emotions. Giving pause allows a person to alter or change his response in a more creative direction. God's sigh (repentance) breathes new life into our broken relationship with the Ground Of Our Being. What makes God sigh? Our sins. When we sigh (pause to reconsider ...

1032. Easter 6

John 15:18--16:4, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... world? He was the "Man for others." We're still basically living for ourselves. Jesus is telling us through John's gospel to "just do it!" Don't wait around for a warm fuzzy feeling, don't tarry till your neighbor shapes up. Just do it! Love is not an emotion. Rather love is that which we do after we say yes to God. One might reason, I can't do it! I can't love that person or that group of people; I'm too weak! However, we find that when we attempt to "just do it" God gives us ...

1033. Easter 7

John 17:6-19, Acts 1:12-26, 1 John 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... as of September 6, 1995. A downpour of praise for the stalwart player seemed to go on and on but nobody went running for cover. When he took off his jersey and cap and presented it to his wife and two small children, the torrent of emotion gushed precipitously. He returned to the dugout but the crowd would not abate the revelry, and so a couple of his teammates pushed him out of the dugout to parade around the periphery of the field bowing, waving, acknowledging, and shaking hands with fans and coaches ...

1034. Epiphany 7

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4, Isaiah 43:14-28, Mark 2:1-12

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... obtaining access to God. All of us need to be carried into Christ's presence at one time or the other. Perhaps as an infant we were carried in the arms of our parents to the baptismal font to obtain Christ's saving grace. Our family carried us physically, emotionally and spiritually for a long time until we were able to stand on our own two feet. During periods of duress, we continue to be carried along by the prayers and concern of our care givers, who take pains to bring us into the very presence of the ...

1035. Proper 19

James 3:1-12, Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... Church's creed is based upon a denial and reversal of orthodox Christianity. What LaVey terms the Christian Church's seven deadly sins: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust and sloth, are to be fully indulged, as they lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification. LaVey's beliefs are a combination of Machiavellian social ethics, hedonism, and simple narcissism as the highest good. He states: Hate your enemies with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on the cheek, SMASH him on the other!...Life ...

1036. Proper 23

Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Mark 10:17-31, Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... dejected because he wanted to possess this world's treasure and the treasure of the kingdom as well. He desired to have his cake and eat it too, one might say. No one but God is good (v. 18). The rich man fell at Jesus' feet in a gush of emotion and exclaimed: "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus poured cold water on the man's enthusiasm by saying: "No one is good but God alone." Why didn't Jesus accept this tribute? He was good, wasn't he? No, Jesus didn't come into the ...

1037. Proper 26

Hebrews 9:11-28, Ruth 1:1-22, Mark 12:28-34

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... empowers a person to take risks. Love that sticks (v. 14). "Orpah kissed her mother-in-law but Ruth clung to her." Both women truly loved Naomi; the thought of severing the relationship pulled at their heart strings. Ruth's love was superior because it transcended emotion, it was a total commitment of herself to the older woman. It was truly a love that stuck. Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-14 Priest of the past and present (v. 11). This verse is translated by some authorities: "Christ came as the high priest of the ...

1038. Christ is Risen and Brings Salvation

Luke 24:44-53

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... on the cross and then receive the salvation You offered us in return. We praise You, O Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, too often we have read in the Scriptures of the crucifixion and the resurrection and we have not felt the emotions and the life drama that was present during that first Easter season. And too often, Lord, the modern world of media has numbed our senses to the pain and agony You bore for our sins. Forgive us, Lord, and restore our senses. In Christ we pray. Amen ...

1039. If I Live To Be A Hundred

Psalm 30:4-5

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... blessed them with six healthy children who had survived well into old age. The death and destruction he had seen in the trenches during "the war to end all wars" was etched in his memory for all time, and yet he had survived it, both physically and emotionally. But when his grandson, young Samuel Wilks Duncan III, had been killed in Vietnam at the tender age of nineteen, it had taken much prayer and effort to overcome his sense of anger and grief. And when Martha died in 1989, at the ripe old age of ninety ...

1040. The Ultimate Mystery

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Lee Griess

... of those at the foot of the cross is his mother, Mary. What must be going through her mind? Perhaps only a parent who has lost a child to death can truly know. Perhaps only those who have experienced the death of a loved one can truly describe the emotions. Is she thinking of the angels singing and the shepherds at his birth? You know, it's not very far from Bethlehem to Calvary. The distance is really not more than five miles. You could walk it in a couple hours, probably less time than it took for it ...

1041. Forgiven!

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Lee Griess

... . He takes the pen and ink and crosses out the name of his son, Peter van Vlaanderen, not once but many times as though to completely obliterate it from the page. Without any anger or despair (at least none that anyone sees), without any words, and without any emotion, he does away with his son. Then he turns to the captain and very calmly asks, "Is there anything more?" The captain knows this is his cue to leave and he does, offering to the mother and aunt any help he can give them. But the father turns ...

1042. Second Sunday In Advent

Sermon

David M. Oliver

... for his entire life. The man's condition of blindness was used to make clear that Jesus was the light and that his light was not just figurative but literal. Jesus had power to bring light to those in physical darkness as well as those in spiritual and emotional darkness. At first, everyone was in awe. They could hardly believe that the man before them was the one born blind. No one had ever been healed of a condition such as this (see John 9:32). The fellow was then brought to the religious authorities who ...

1043. A Monolgue from Peter

Mark 8:27-30

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... Him on the beach one post-resurrection day while we were fishing -- and He fried fish for us, He did -- He sat down and had breakfast with us on the beach -- that I fully responded to my call. I confess that each time He came to us, I had mixed emotions.I loved Him, but I had failed Him -- I who had boldly proclaimed that though everyone else might desert Him -- He could depend on me! That very night, however, I denied that I ever knew Him.On the beach -- He met us where we were -- not where we ought to ...

1044. It's Hell, I Say: Herod Speaks

Matthew 2:1-12

Drama

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... my wives, she was my favorite, but she too was a Hasmonean. In time, I suspected her loyalty. I also had reason to think she might have had an adulterous relationship with my Uncle Joseph. It seemed reasonable to execute him as well. I was not one to let my emotions get in the way of my duty. You've heard that Augustus Caesar is quoted as having said, "I would sooner be Herod's pig, than his son." That's easy for him to say, sitting in his ivory tower in Rome. He sent me here to clean up this ...

1045. The Son Makes Us Free

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... of sickness, and the language it uses, betrays its underlying assumptions about the roots and wellsprings of human behavior, and particularly of destructive behavior. We behave badly, not because we are sinners in need of God's grace, but because we're emotionally disturbed or mentally unbalanced. So the modern pastor, rather than being a specialist in the art of helping the people of God progress through the various stages of spiritual growth into "... maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ ...

1046. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... challenged to make good on his resolution. To the consternation of the Pharisees Jesus' popularity had continued to grow. In fact, there was common talk that he was the King the Jews had been so long anticipating. (Mark 15:12) The very idea was freighted with emotion and might all too easily launch a messianic movement spawning an insurrection. Let Caesar get wind of it and his legions would pounce on Israel like eagles swooping up prey from a plain. (John 11:48) Here was a situation that must be curbed at ...

1047. A Mother · A Canaanite Woman

Mt 15:21-28 · Mk 7:24-30

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... seeking a respite. (Matthew 15:21) Quite understandably he did not want to do anything that might attract attention to his whereabouts lest his enemies track him down and put a violent end to his mission. As a result of all this Jesus was emotionally drained, as his disciples apparently realized. For knowing how each of his mighty works depleted his strength, (cf. Mark 5:30) and familiar with the stress under which he was laboring, they urged him to send the woman away. (Matthew 15:23) The woman refused ...

1048. Living In The Resurrection Age

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... found something else in his visit to Russia in the midst of chaos and financial hardship. An attractive young woman who was in charge of cultural affairs summed up the new attitude in Russia toward Christianity. This Russian woman said softly but with great emotion: "We have all been raised on one religion: atheism. We were trained to believe in the material world, and not in God. In fact, those who believed in God were frightened. A stone wall separated these people from the rest." Then she said, "Suddenly ...

1049. Counting The Cost - Sacrifice

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... age is also more difficult in many ways. Men or women in their 40s and 50s generally have a lower energy level, so taking the kids to Little League, attending PTA meetings and so forth tires parents much more. Indeed, there are tremendous physical, emotional, and financial costs to raising children. Before having them, a couple should count the cost. There are just too many lonely and neglected and deprived children out there with parents who have not done so. In the scripture lesson, Jesus makes his point ...

1050. Surprised By Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... -- who can tell -- perhaps in my name!"5 My friends in Christ, have you ever experienced the "miracle of empty hands?" Have you ever felt inadequate and unsure of yourself as you have tried to help someone who was hurting, someone who was in deep emotional pain? It happens to pastors quite often. We utter stumbling words and prayers that we do not feel are fitting or adequate for the situation. We feel awkward and think that we are bothering a person who needs his rest. And yet that parishioner will later ...

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