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1051. Creatures of Worth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Larry Powell

... to soar and we already have more criminals than we have places to put them, 4. economically, our two main words are still "profit" and "me." And there is another moral question which can no longer be put on the back burner. The question of what moral responsibility do we exercise related to nuclear weapons? It is no longer a question of "what if?" but of "what do we do now?" The hard facts are sobering: a. a twenty-megaton bomb contains the equivalent of twenty million tons of TNT, or five times the total ...

1052. Peter’s Second Sermon

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... to fall down between the tracks. To that the boy responds that maybe God gave him the idea to fall between the tracks. Grandpa’s response is that the boy can believe that only if the boy thinks that it was God’s idea for the boy to be on the ... moral questions are asked. I am "okay" and you are "okay" although wrong things are being done all over the place. No one is responsible. It is hard for healing to take place if there is no recognition that something is wrong. So went Peter’s second sermon. So ...

1053. The BIG Rules

Exodus 20:1-21

Children's Sermon

Mary O

... that the Ten Commandments are God’s gift to us and guide the way we should live our lives. Lesson: Good morning! Some of you have been in school or preschool for a while now. I have a question. How many rules did your teacher set for your class? (Response. Hopefully this will range quite a bit.) When I was your age, I had a few teachers who had lots of rules. I think my second grade teacher had a separate rule for every occasion. Sometimes it felt like I couldn’t turn around without breaking a rule! But ...

1054. Trumpeting the Arrival

1 Thessalonians 4:16

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Lesson: Have all of the children facing one direction as they are seated. I want to talk about kings. A long time ago, kings were very important people. Wherever they went, people gave them proper respect. How do you think the people acted when their king was near? (response) People bowed to the king. Make a bow. Can you do that? Have the children bow. And people were very quiet when the king was near. You never talked to the king unless he talked to you first. Put your index finger over your lips, and have ...

1055. Stewards of Life, Death, and Beyond

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... will. This means that, long after we are dead, we continue to be a blessing and to have a part in the ministry of our church. This is taking seriously the concept of everything we have being on loan to us for a short time from God and our responsibility to return a portion of it even at the time we die. It must be what Jesus was saying in the Sermon on the Mount: "... store up riches for yourselves in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and robbers cannot break in and steal" (Matthew 6:20). Just ...

1056. Hot Tubs and Fishing Trips

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Thomas Long

... sociologists who authored the book Habits of the Heart reported the following interview with a professional woman in her early thirties: Q: So what are you responsible for? A: I’m responsible for my acts and for what I do. Q: Does that mean you’re responsible for others, too? A: No. Q: Are you your sister’s keeper? A: No. Q: Your brother’s keeper? A: No. Q: Are you responsible for your husband? A: I’m not. He makes his own decisions. He is his own person.7 It is a worthy goal, I suppose, to want ...

1057. Advent 4

2 Samuel 7:1-17, Romans 16:1-27, Luke 1:26-38

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Paul A. Laughlin

... SPIRIT DO LIKEWISE WITH US: THAT WE MAY SAY WITH HER, "LET IT BE WITH US ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD!" Collect O God of Power and Tenderness, who choose to work through earthen vessels and frail mortals to fulfill your purposes, make us receptive to your callings and responsive to your Word; that we may become agents of your divine will and worthy bearers of the good news to humanity; in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son. Amen Prayer of Confession O God who calls, how tempting it is for us to resist your will ...

1058. THE SURPRISED

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... began the offering of the incense. It was a very important day for him. He trembled a little as he thought of his awesome responsibility. He was to speak to the Lord God on behalf of the people. And then he was to address the people who had assembled ... quite old. We were well beyond the age for child bearing and I told the angel so. It is just too late for such things. The response was clear. And I was given to understand that with God, all things are possible. With him it’s never too late! But I pressed the ...

1059. When God Almighty Speaks ... Listen!

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... stood forth, calling as at other times, "Samuel," "Samuel." And Samuel responded as Eli had instructed, "Speak Lord, for thy servant hears." The call of the Lord is an awesome thing. It has an insistence about it. Some kind of response is necessary - even if for some of us the response is to pretend to ignore it for another season. Notice that Samuel had to be called if he was to serve the Lord. There had been all the special circumstances of his birth and childhood. Hannah’s barrenness. Her faithfulness ...

1060. A Prayer of Wonder

2 Samuel 7:18-29

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?" - 2 Samuel 7:18 David was feeling good about things and it was a proud time of his life. Grateful humility, not boastful arrogance, was his response to it all. He recognized that it was God who had brought him this far. In our own prayers humility is needed. But feeling and showing humility are difficult. Our human condition moves us in the direction of thinking it’s mostly up to us. Oh, we know that ...

1061. Life After Life

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... his doctor came by to check on him, he heard him say to the nurse, "Dr. Phillips will not be with us in the morning. He cannot make it through the night." There he lay, totally aware, wanting to shake his head, "No, No!" but could make no response. That night he had a vision. He was on a hillside in the midst of an immense junkyard. There were old machines, old rotten lumber, decaying tires, old rusty cars, broken-down farm machinery. Dr. Phillips was struggling desperately to get out of this prison of junk ...

1062. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... thought about during his imprisonment, he replied, "The thought that was uppermost in my mind was whether I would be worthy of freedom when I got it." As slaves to sin we are not big enough or worthy enough to live in liberty. A slave may speak about life in responsible freedom but it does not mean anything in fact. He needs to be freed and empowered for such a life. The good news of the gospel is that this freedom and this power are ours as a gift of the Emancipator who assures us, "If the Son makes you ...

1063. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... game caused a bit of a stir in the stands. No matter which team made a hit or a run, he cheered. Finally, curiosity caught someone behind him. Leaning forward, the second man asked, “Why are you rooting for both teams? Don’t you understand this game?” By way of response the first one replied, “I live too far away to get to a ballgame like this more than once every couple of years, so I pull for both teams. That way, no matter who wins, I go home happy.” You don’t have to be a sports fan to know ...

1064. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... this is the case, then the real lesson to be learned from Pilate is that is we are to live life t’ the fullest, then we we not accept the cliché: “Its all out of my control.” We must act, and not simply react. Herod did not want to assume responsibility and he let an innocent man die. He attempted to get Caiaphas to make the decision on Jesus, then Herod, then the crowd, and, we are even told, he even went to his wife Claudia Procula, for her advice. This would not be the first time that a politician ...

1065. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... who fell among robbers. Well, of course, you could not possibly miss the point. The lawyer responds: The one who showed mercy. Now a very interesting thing has happened. A lawyer has asked a question which in effect says: “What is the outer perimeter of my responsibility? At what point am I no longer liable? Where does it cut off.” In effect he is asking: where can I quit loving? The answer that he probably wanted was: All faithful members of the Jewish faith or all members of the Jerusalem Bar. That ...

1066. Increasing Our Standard of Giving

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the patient's bed. The patient was afraid he might slip on the water if he got out of the bed, so he asked a nurse's aide to mop it up. The patient didn't know it, but the hospital policy said that small spills were the responsibility of the nurse's aides while large spills were to be mopped up by the hospital's housekeeping staff. The nurse's aide decided the spill was a large one and she called the housekeeping department. A housekeeper arrived and declared the spill a small one. An argument followed ...

1067. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... temple and those who served there, just as it is today. But another use for the money given to the Lord was for the care and sustenance of those in the society who were unable to care for themselves. The covenant community realized that it had a responsibility in this regard, and they met it through the money they brought to the Lord. In the newspaper(8) sometime back was a story that brings me up short. Judy lives on welfare in the Watts section of Los Angeles with her two sons, Michael and Tiger. Every ...

1068. Remember!

Deuteronomy 31:30--32:47

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it cannot continue to be squandered in the same way that they have been. We have begun to notice that some of the so-called advances of technology may well be in the "more harm than good" category. Good! Such an attitude is much more in keeping with the responsibility given us in creation. To be sure, there is much yet to be done, but at least, a start has been made. But that kind of intelligent management demands more of us than simply the preservation of what happens to be there. It also calls us to take ...

1069. Be Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might Get It!

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... wish for. And that applies not only to the class of 1997, but to any class to have ever come through. A while back Will Willimon, Dean of the Chapel over at Duke, got a call from a parent, an upset, VERY upset parent.(4) "I hold you personally responsible for this," he said. "Me?" Will asked. The father was hot, upset because his graduate school bound daughter had just informed him that she was going to chuck it all ("throw it all away" was the way the father described it) and go do mission work with the ...

1070. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... we know better. For what it's worth, the story of Jonah offers some perverse comfort in the realization that reluctant witness is nothing new. Perhaps we would do better if we analyzed the problem and then found some ways to do a better job and handle this BIG responsibility we mentioned a moment ago. Now, most of you are aware that I know a lot more about many more things than fishing, but even one who has spent little time with a rod & reel can see a few basics. For example, you cannot catch any fish if ...

1071. The "E" Word

John 1:35-42

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the world needs all of those it can get. I hope he has gotten things straightened out by now, not only with school, but with his understanding of evangelism. To Duffey's credit, it is not just the "E" word. It is a way of life in faithful response to the command of his Savior. But I hope someone, someday, tells Duffey about Andrew. Amen! 1. Matthew 28:19-20 2. www.gallup.com reporting on a poll taken March 17-19, 2000 3. ibid. 4. Roy Oswald, Making Your Church More Inviting, (Bethesda, MD: Alban Institute ...

1072. Created For Freedom

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... don't you think I live a little closer to the Lord?" To which Uncle George replied, "I don~t think either of you are crowding Him any." (5) We may call ourselves a Christian nation, but I don't think we're crowding God any, do you? Freedom is responsibility. "Do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh," says St. Paul. Our problem is that we look too often to the values of others for moral guidance and not to God. Allen Dixon's father is a TV repairman. Allen says that when his Dad comes home ...

1073. The Most Vexing Question In The Bible

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... know you or where you come from. Away from me all you evildoers!' " To whom is he talking? Is it the callous pagan or is it the casual believer? Exactly what is faith? How deep must be our belief? Let's deal with another question: WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE LEAST AND THE LOWEST IN OUR SOCIETY? This passage ends with one of Jesus' most famous and most problematic sayings, "Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." Again, who's he talking about? In parts of the ...

1074. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... be terrified in Christ's presence because we are imperfect, but we soon discover that in his presence we are not without value and we are not without hope. Because Christ loves us, change is possible. This is the heart of today's lesson: The proper response to the transfigured Christ is transformation. To see the transfigured Christ is to be aware not only of our inadequacies, our ugliness, but also our possibilities. As he is, so shall we one day be. The drama, The Man Born to be King, reaches its climax ...

1075. In Praise Of Goofing Off

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... a nap and go bicycling with our family and do whatever it is that helps to refresh and rekindle our minds, our bodies and our spirits. We need one day a week for goofing off. That is our religious responsibility. That is the first thing we need to see. Here is the second: GOOFING OFF IS NOT ONLY A RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, IT IS A KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL LIFE. One of the great myths in life is that the people who succeed in the world are people who forever keep their nose to the grindstone. If you believe that ...

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