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1026. You Can Go Home Again!

Jeremiah 3:6-4:4

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... for a time the threat of impending conflict with lightness and brightness and visions of a beautiful world to come. Nations from all over the world came - the large ones and the small ones. The tiny eastern European nation of Lithuania had an impressive pavillion at the fair where one could see the typical life and culture of that beautiful country. Americans of Lithuanian descent wore their native costumes and did typical national dances. During the fair a production team was making a motion picture to be ...

1027. A Prophet Like Me

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... that window could be viewed. Walking by closer to the window one could read quotations from several internationally known people on the theme of peace - Pope John XXIII, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dag Hammarskjold, among them. It was an impressive and attractive display, and the students and their teacher were pleased. Besides, they had given this wealthy corporation a stunning Christmas window at bargain basement cost. But they were not prepared for what followed. People walking by were disturbed. There ...

1028. Wade In The Water

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... him some magical curative potion. But if that was his expectation he was to be disappointed. The biblical story paints an interesting picture of Naaman wheeling up to Elisha’s house in a cloud of dust with chariots and horses and soldiers. It must have been an impressive sight - at least to anyone but Elisha. Now imagine this! General Naaman, used to commanding people to come and go, or even to lay down their lives in battle, didn’t even get to see the prophet. Elisha didn’t even come out of his house ...

1029. Whatever Happened To Sanctification?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... following a materialistic lifestyle far removed from the example of Christ. Yet this kind of gracious living seemed to enhance their popularity. Only when some of them got caught violating the sixth commandment, did some of their adoring public turn on them. One gets the impression that people are not immoral even though they lie, steal, covet or cheat their neighbor, as long as they abstain from illicit sex. For Christians, sex is a gift from God. Sex is a part of God’s created order. The fact that women ...

1030. The Church Reaches Out!

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... know from the book of Acts that this mark upon the world was made not because the Christians were numerically superior or that they were so popular and successful. They were neither. They were just a handful of ordinary, average folk who were anything but impressive. Yet, because they were with and under "that word made flesh" - they were different. They had been with Jesus. It was that difference, that change in their attitude and being that made the impact. That Word is now with us. The time is here for ...

1031. The Ten Commandments - Part 3

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... with disease and the break down of the family as the consequences. Writes Bishop Ruben Job: “One of the tragedies of our society is the notion that happiness can be found in infidelity and promiscuity. To watch any television show is to be impressed by our society’s fascination with unfaithfulness. We denounce the crime rate and laugh at infidelity.” Only those who seek to please God will care about this commandment. That is precisely why so many violate it. They care only to please themselves. The ...

1032. Terminally Distracted Or Decisively Prepared

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Joseph M. Freeman

... speaking, unconcerned about his/her spiritual growth needs, growing only professionally serves to crowd out and will eventually choke the spiritual side and quality of his/her life. Attending only to all the tasks and duties, as well-meaning and as productive and impressive as they may be, serves the devil's motive very well: the task-committed person is continually distracted from attending to a matter that abides: Will your spiritual side grow as you live your earthly life? If this person does not, at ...

1033. Egypt: Unlikely Refuge

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... young Joshua, who would someday be his successor. Instead, God gave Moses the crucial advice he needed through his father-in-law. Some of you will think that it’s miracle enough that God could use any sort of father-in-law, but this instance was especially impressive, for Moses’ father-in-law was a pagan - or at best, a new convert. God chose to provide Moses with refuge in an unlikely place; not in divine revelation, nor through a seasoned saint, but through a half-pagan father-in-law.3 So often in my ...

1034. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... with God and man."3 Jesus was growing. The people in the village saw it. It was not simply a matter of a mark on the doorpost - one inch taller than six months ago - but those indefinable marks of the spirit, so difficult to measure yet so impressive and essential. Yet when I speak of Jesus growing during those Nazareth years, I confess that it’s easier to think about the years from two to sixteen or eighteen than it is the years between twenty and thirty. Mind you, not that people don’t grow between ...

1035. Out of Doors: Nature and Supernatural

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... conviction": "Christianity," he said, "is an out-of-doors religion." From Jesus’ birth in a cave to his crucifixion on a hill outside Jerusalem, all of its important events - with perhaps two or three exceptions - took place in the out-of-doors. Van Dyke was so impressed that when he returned to America and wrote the story of his travels, he titled the book, Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land. My own experiences in the land of the Bible have confirmed this feeling. I have not felt the nearness of God so much ...

1036. Stewards and the Hungry

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Often less developed countries sell cash crops abroad to generate income for further development. They then can purchase expensive manufactured goods from other countries, making it very expensive to feed their own people. Brazil is a good example. They have made impressive agricultural growth in the last few years, but during that same period of time the nutritional level of their people has gone down. As poverty and hunger increase, so do riots and revolutions. Rob Cogswell writes in the Christian Century ...

1037. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... before Elijah, but with the miraculous strength from the Lord Elijah outran the king’s chariot. Elijah would be standing in front of Ahab’s house to show the king that he could not escape God. THE STORY OF ELIJAH’S CONTEST with the prophets of Baal impresses me deeply everytime I hear it. Yet I admit that I cannot readily identify with it. Calling down fire from heaven is out of my line. On the other hand, I can identify with Elijah the runner. Elijah is always on the move. Elijah is always running ...

1038. A Man Who Laughed at God

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

The Bible begins, as we all know, with the beginning - the story of creation, of God’s making his universe. But following the impressive story of the creation of the world, and then the majestic story of the creation of man (God "breathed into his nostrils, and man became a living soul"), sin was introduced into God’s beautiful world. The man, whom he had created, disobeyed and fell into sin; the image of ...

1039. A Man Whose Dreams Came True

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... you to know ahead of time, that you may plan and be prepared. You ought to appoint a responsible person to serve as the administrator of all crops. If you save wisely during the years of plenty, there will be enough when the time of famine comes." The impressed Pharaoh replied, "Joseph, you will be that man." So Joseph was promoted and became second only to the Pharaoh in power. A royal seal was placed around his neck and a royal ring upon his finger. He became, we might say, the prime minister of the whole ...

1040. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... t we tell you to stop?" And Peter, standing before the Council, under threat of his life, said, "We ought to obey God rather than men" - an eternal proclamation, as true today as it was then (Acts 5:29). The people of the city of Jerusalem were so impressed with the power of this man that they brought their sick and afflicted ... laid them along the streets and alleys ... just hoping that as Peter passed by, his shadow might touch the sick and bring healing (Acts 5:15; see Isaiah 32:2). This may have been ...

1041. John Wesley: Religion of the Heart

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Wesley met the Moravians. Peter Boehler and a fellow by the name of Spangenburg profoundly influenced Wesley’s spiritual development. They had an inner experience of the Christian faith about which he knew nothing so far. On the voyage across the Atlantic he was greatly impressed at how these Moravians had no fear of death in a storm at sea. The Church of England saw him as a failure, too. He was banned from preaching in its churches and had to take to the fields and public halls for his congregations ...

1042. Shepherds and Bathrobes

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Thomas Long

... than the glory of God, and human language and action simply cannot scale those heights. To try to do so risks vanity at best, idolatry at worst. I once attended the annual Christmas show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, and an impressive show it was. After entertaining presentations of seasonal chestnuts, like Dicken’s "A Christmas Carol," the review moved to its finale, a recreation of the nativity itself. In command of a stage the size of a city block and with the virtually unlimited resources ...

1043. Party in Room 210 ... Everyone Invited

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Thomas Long

... up an otherwise dull weekend, or discovered that the sanctuary could be entered on the arm of an attractive member of the opposite sex. "These ways seem ... to have at least one thing in common," states Muehl. "They are not nearly as dramatic and intellectually impressive as people feel a genuine religious experience ought to be."1 One of the reasons which prompts Muehl to complain is his own experience of call. He was trained as an attorney and discovered, in the law school’s moot court, that he was an ...

1044. Goodness Is Not Good Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... a long day at work. And, like a child, the words came tumbling out of his mouth. "Good Teacher," he exclaimed, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" In his sincerity, the young man knelt when he asked the question. Jesus was greatly impressed by the young man’s attitude and bearing. He was a person without guile. Unlike some Pharisees and Saduccees whom he had encountered, no sinister motive lurked behind this man’s query. There was no intent to entrap. Before answering his question directly, Jesus ...

1045. Blind Bartimaeus - Model For Healing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... me where to sign." The woman was a believer. She knew the meaning of faith. She applied it to her situation. She knew that the hospital where she was confined was respected nationwide for its success in treating her type of ailment. She was impressed by testimonies to the skills of the entire staff, from patients recuperating in her room. All that she observed and heard gave substance to her hope for recovery. As she awaited the unsettling unseen and unknown - few of life’s experiences exceed the bleak ...

1046. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... up with the widow to deposit coins in the temple treasury. The rich among them gave generously, too. Theirs - like the widow’s - was voluntary giving. But there was something about the woman that lifted her beyond all comparison with the rest. Jesus was so impressed by the distinction that he called it to the attention of his disciples, who were standing nearby. That distinction has already been alluded to, but let Jesus point out the difference in his own words: "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has ...

1047. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... , like an approaching mountain storm. Their air of inevitability nearly makes us cringe and cower and run for cover. I. Jesus speaks of the inevitability of change. It seemed to his disciples that the temple at Jerusalem would endure forever. There was an impressive air of permanency about it. It had been erected on a massive platform, supported by piers of sturdy stones, some of which, according to the ancient historian, Josephus, were forty feet long and twelve feet high by eighteen feet wide. It was ...

1048. Happiness Is ... the Kingship of Jesus

John 18:28-40

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... . Jesus could easily have taken that route, for Pilate was the kingpin of the local Roman operation, and in a position to call the shots as to whether Jesus lived or died. But, oddly, the scene in the praetorium leaves us with the distinct impression that Jesus, not Pilate, was in control of the "trial." He dominates the scene. In May, 1986, a mayoral election was held in a large American city. The incumbent was resoundingly defeated in a stunning upset, after sixteen years in office. A newspaper columnist ...

1049. Is Your Religion Second-Hand?

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... Christ. They had heard about him from an infamous woman of their village. That woman had gone to the well in Sychar at noon to draw water. For her to go to the well in the heat of the day was unusual for an Eastern woman. Christ made such an impression on this woman that she hurried back to the village and said to the people, "Come and see a man who has told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?" (John 4:29). Those people of the village Sychar welcomed new religious insights. Because of their ...

1050. All Dressed Up and No Place To Go

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... will remember that was the decade in which youth began dressing in the sloppiest possible way. Hundreds of young people were attracted to the charm of this man and joined his many projects. We were present at the program featuring the chorus. I was so impressed with the number of youth who filed onto the risers that I counted them - roughly two hundred. Some spark in this teacher ignited a latent sense of beauty and style in them. One year he produced an extravaganza operetta. The show called for a ballroom ...

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