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1026. Easter 3

Luke 24:13-35

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... of it; and how do you see life now. "Believing is seeing." Proclamation of the Word Consider this: Make certain that the people understand that it is Christ's Spirit who reveals the truth; and that the truth doesn't happen by our effort. Our responsibility is to put ourselves in a position for the Spirit of God to break in upon our lives. Stewardship Challenge Try this: Suggest some barriers that keep us from seeing, and responding to, Christ in our daily lives. Ask, what's your favorite barrier? And how ...

1027. Easter 4

John 10:1-21

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... a possible outline: I. In Christ, be open to all of life. II. In Christ, know yourself as a whole person. III. In Christ, discover ways to make change, and then, do them. Stewardship Challenge Consider this: Distinguish between being responsible for, and to, others. As Christ's stewards, we are responsible to others, to love, to serve, to care, to appreciate, to affirm; we are not to do for others what they need to learn to do for themselves. Charge to the Congregation Try this: Build the charge around the ...

1028. Easter 5

John 14:1-4

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... to witness to your reconciling power, we thank you and rejoice in you for this high calling. You have called us to no easy task, though we often have tried to make it easy and painless. We see the fields white for the harvest; and the overwhelming responsibility which you have laid upon us seems to drive us into the deliberate seclusion of a hands-off policy. O God, this morning, we pray for a continuous re-awakening and renewal among your people. We pray for a new recognition of the presence of your Spirit ...

1029. Ascension Sunday

Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 24:50-53

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... , we come. Choir: Come to meet the reality of today and the vision of tomorrow. People: O Lord, we come. Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life Consider this: The essence of confession is 1. God's acceptance, and 2. our taking responsibility for our brokenness. This litany between pastor and ministers may help to direct us: Pastor: If we forget that you, O God, created the earth and all that is in it, Ministers: Forgive us, O Lord. (Choral Amen) Pastor: If through carelessness, selfishness ...

1030. Proper 6

Matthew 9:35-38

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... an accession of resources which we do not have of ourselves." (author unknown) Then, you may want to sing the West Indies version of the Lord's Prayer, arranged by Paul Abels. Have the choir sing the words of the prayer and the congregation sing the response, "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Before singing, invite the people to respond only to that part of the prayer they plan to put into practice. Message with the Children of All Ages Try this: 1. One possibility is to show pictures of the disciples, and talk about ...

1031. Proper 7

Matthew 10:1-42

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... going. What and how would we give if we believed that we are accountable for every dollar we earn and spend?" You may want to follow the offering with this prayer: "We have received the greatest gift in the world. Thank you. Grant that our response in thanks may exceed our speaking about thanks, for the sake of your world." Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: One time a Chicago teenager was asked, "What does it mean to be Christlike in the twentieth century?" Her reply, "We should dance, celebrate in the ...

1032. Proper 11

Matthew 13:24-30

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... the name of the Holy, Loving God, good morning. How has God acted in your life this past week? How did you decide to participate in this celebration today?" Ask people to respond spontaneously, or ask several people ahead of time to prepare their response. You may want to continue with this litany between pastor and ministers: Pastor: Who are you to have come here? Ministers: We are Christians, sometimes convinced, sometimes not. Pastor: What is it to be a Christian? Ministers: It is to believe in God, the ...

1033. Proper 15

Matthew 15:21-28

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... , he continued to build the invitation around this idea (taken from Frederick Speakman's book, Love is Something You Do.) Faith is something we do, not something we talk about doing. Faith is the willingness to take risks. You may want to follow with this responsive litany between pastor and ministers: Pastor: Jesus, called the Christ, has offered us a way of being fully human. Ministers: He has presented a new style of life based on love and peace and justice for all persons. Pastor: He has invited us, the ...

1034. Proper 18

Matthew 18:15-20

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... for it includes the two most biblical words: Love and Serve If we do not love, we will not serve. Ask the people how their failure to love keeps them from serving the highest cause. Perhaps two or three will respond verbally. If you want a verbal response, ask two or three in advance if people are shy about doing so on the spot. Print this statement by D. H. Lawrence: "Those who go searching for love only make manifest their lovelessness; and the loveless never find love. Only the loving find love, and they ...

1035. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

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... blessings possible starve." (source unknown) Stewardship Challenge Try this: Someone once said, "Only the well-fed get tired of hearing about hunger." Hunger doesn't go away when we take a picture of it, or after we've finished talking about it. Neither does our responsibility; we are accountable for all that we have, and all that we are. How will we respond this coming week, month, year? Charge to the Congregation Consider this: Have a soloist, or choir, sing the popular song, "He Ain't Heavy; He's My ...

1036. Sole Brother

Luke 10:25-37

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... was smaller, not as wealthy, and on the other side of town. Limited funds and lack of personnel meant more do-it-yourself kinds of detail for him. This morning, just as he was preparing to leave, there were last-minute questions about the altar flower responsibility for the coming Sunday. This wasn’t the first time it had come up, and his wife graciously agreed to get some clippings from her flower garden as she had done so often in the past. He wondered how the altar could survive without her ... she ...

1037. Gentle Touch

Isaiah 42:1-9

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ’t do, and that leaves us feeling broken. Or someone might say something mean to us, and that leaves us feeling broken. The prophet Isaiah told the people of Judah that one day God would send a Savior to them. We believe that this Savior was who? (response) That is correct. Jesus. We might expect the Savior to fix us hold up one of the sticks that the children fixed by breaking off the bad parts of our lives. But the Bible promises that if there is a bruised stick, hold up the partially broken stick ...

1038. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

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Robert G. Tuttle

... God has in mind for you. And you work out your salvation under the guidance and in the power of Christ. You move, day by day, toward fulfillment, toward completion. The possibility of this "God-life" is the gift of grace; "working it out" is my response. God inspires both the will and the deed. This grace is not to be received selfishly. In fact, grace itself produces unselfishness. Listen again to Paul in his own grasp of the richness of grace: by grace "show yourselves ... faultless children of God in a ...

1039. A SUNDAY OF THE PASSION [PALM SUNDAY] SERMON-DRAMA

Drama

Tom Eberle

... a powerful leader who could overcome all obstacles? Judas: To be candid with you, I am sure it helps. A time or two I have suggested to Jesus that he could gain more from the healings if he would be more open about them. Zebedee: What was his response to your prodding? Judas: He rejected it. He said that was distracting people from the more important issues. Zebedee: How can you call a man Messiah who will leave a group of sick people in order to go on with his speaking tour in other communities? Doesn’t ...

1040. On Being a Tenant

Matthew 21:33-46

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... ourselves and in ourselves there is no hope of finding anything but the hell of despair. I wish I could persuade the listener of that before he finds it out for himself." We certainly have a lot to learn from this story about our freedom and what a responsibility and privilege that is. And then it tells us Jesus has a certain claim on us because of the sacrifice he made for us. The parable ends with a picture of the stone. Jesus said that the stone which the builders had discarded became the most important ...

1041. Grace, Salvation, and Redemption

Romans 8:18-27, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Romans 5:1-11

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T. A. Kantonen

... scheme for our study of Paul’s basic theology of salvation by grace. First is salvation as a past event, in which the accent falls on redemption as a once-for-all divine act which has already occurred. Second is salvation as a present experience, the response of faith to God’s saving grace and the experience of "being in Christ." Third is salvation as a future hope, Paul’s eschatological outlook. To Paul salvation is a word with three tenses. "We were saved," he says in Romans 8:24. "We are being ...

1042. Salvation as Personal Experience

Romans 9:30--10:21

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T. A. Kantonen

... offers. It is in faith that the gospel finds its fruition. In this sense Paul can use faith as a synonym for the gospel, as when he speaks of "preaching the faith" (Galatians 1:23) and of "the word of faith which we preach" (Romans 10:8). When the response to the gospel is whole-hearted commitment, man is set right with God. "For man believes with his heart and so is justified" (Romans 10:10). Faith is not an accomplishment of any kind but simply taking God at his word when he offers salvation as a gift. It ...

1043. Paul Today

Acts 17:16-34

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T. A. Kantonen

... that the guilt of Adam could be inherited? How can we speak of "original sin" when psychological studies have failed to find any trace of "sin" in the original equipment with which a human being starts life? And how can an enlightened ethics hold us responsible for an act committed by one man in the down of history? In confronting these questions we must admit that they represent what Paul would call the "scandal" of the Christian message and that Brunner is right in saying that the doctrine of original sin ...

1044. Put the Cross on Top

1 John 4:7-21

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Bill Bouknight

... : we help them kneel as humble sinners before that One who loved us enough to die for us. We assist them in saying a simple yes to this Savior and welcoming him into their lives as Lord. We will not stop short of the cross. We have a responsibility to reach out to that upscale agnostic who may live beside you in Cordova. Perhaps he or she is a bank officer trying to buy the American Dream. If he has an addiction problem, you could guide him toward our 12-step programs. If his marriage is floundering, you ...

1045. MR. CAIN

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... old ball park. (He pauses, recollecting) Hey, how’d you like that tonight, how they all clapped when I said that about responsibility? JAREL (Without enthusiasm) It was wild. CAIN (He is on the speaker’s platform, with all the answers at his fingertips) Someday ... days at my place - because you just ain’t no stranger to me, you’re a BROTHER! There! That’s the way I see responsibility, when you pitch in with everybody else, and then you go the second mile by yourself if you got to. And pretty soon, if ...

1046. Freedom Can Be Frightening

Leviticus 25:8-55

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Louis H. Valbracht

... times liberty BRINGS death? Liberty - and here’s the heart of it - liberty, freedom cannot live alone. It was born a twin, a Siamese twin, if you will. One cannot live with the other. LIBERTY and LOYALTY - or, let’s put it another way, FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY - these are the twins. If one dies, they both die. Try to separate them, they both perish. LIBERTY - to be free FROM something. LOYALTY - to be mastered BY something. Too bad for the man, the nation, or the society which tries to have the one ...

1047. BELONGING TO GOD

Luke 12:22-34

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... life to use, hut it belongs to Him. He made your life and when He gave it to you He expected you to use it responsibly. All lives look the same because they were all given by God. Some people don't treat their lives very well and they are pretty beaten ... . It isn't for sale. This week while you are doing your evangelism work, telling others about Jesus, remember who owns your life and how responsible you are for seeing that it gets back to the owner in good shape. God wants you to take good care of it while you ...

1048. Our Scheduled Appointments with God

Hebrews 10:19-39

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Bill Bouknight

... in knowing how good or bad the sermon was; or whether the music was a two or a ten; or whether the congregation was friendly. All of that, though important, is not the vital issue of worship. All that really matters is if say that I encountered God and in response offered my life to him. Let me give you three quick reasons to be here in worship every weekend that it is possible. First, if you are not here, the God who saved you at Calvary will miss you. I don't want God looking around and saying, is my ...

1049. God's Design for Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

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Bill Bouknight

... are submissive to God's delegated authority, it is not degrading. It is our glory as a Christian. What does it mean for a wife to be submissive to a husband? It means first to look to him for leadership in spiritual matters. It's the husband's responsibility to see that the family gets to church, that children read their Bibles and pray, and that the family is growing spiritually. If a husband refuses to exercise that leadership, a wife may have to do it by default. But it is likely that when the children ...

1050. Home Free

Romans 5:1-11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ball, a bat, and hat. Have the base on the floor before the children arrive. Lesson: Have any of you ever played baseball. (response) Good, I need your help. I’ve been watching baseball on television and something has me confused. Pick up the bat and put on ... he’s safe on the base) You mean that as long as the runner stands on the base step up on the base he is safe? (response) Application: Keeping your foot on the base. Did you know that the Bible says that we are safe if we stand in God’s grace? Even ...

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