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1076. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . If I had to do it over, I would. It was essential that we win that war. But that still does not make it right. I want to confess and ask forgiveness for the necessity of killing all those people." We prayed a prayer together. I was so deeply impressed by this layman who understood that just because something is necessary does not make it good or right. There is no place in Christianity for a "jihad," a holy war. We never baptize a war. Even when war is necessary, it is still a tragedy. That leads me to ...

1077. Do Children Like You?

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Richard Patt

... . In fact, later in this same chapter we read how Jesus unloaded to his disciples about the impending disaster of the cross and crucifixion. The disciples had a heart for Jesus as these mental tensions began invading his spirit. So it is all the more impressive that under the strain Jesus still had a heart - and the time - for these little children. Sometimes we claim that we can’t be bothered about anything, because we’ve got things on our mind. But when don’t we have things on our mind - something ...

1078. Cultural Revolution or Spiritual Problem?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... also preach sin. To fail to preach sin is to place an obstacle in the way of the Gospel. It’s a mistake to make light of sin. Our Lord Jesus thought it was pretty serious stuff. In fact, from some of his miracles one gets the distinct impression that he thought it was our greatest problem. Jesus always forgave sin first and then healed sickness. As bad as infirmity is, sin is far worse, because sin kills. Instead of addressing the real problem of sin, we have developed a tendency in these latter days to ...

1079. Coping When It Seems Impossible

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... burn-out" to "burn-out," and finally collapse. Christ came to change all this. And the Holy Spirit groans with us and for us "with groanings which cannot be uttered." This power to heal and enable can be put in another way: It was a naive but impressive tribute ... when Kenny Everett said about the "Peter Pan Christian," Cliff Richard, "I don’t know what he’s on, but it works!" (Derick Greeves, Expository Times) I know what Paul "was on," and it works! Behind Paul. we "look at that man on the cross and ...

1080. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... But the Pastor would not take "No!" for an answer. He said, "Jim, I am dying. You have got to come." The elder arrived. He laid hands on his pastor and prayed. His pastor was healed and soon returned to his church. The Pastor and his elder were so impressed by this experience of the presence of Christ that they shared it with the congregation. And the whole church was caught up in new life. I experienced this when I was there working with them. There was a special Spirit and a Power at work in that church ...

1081. Life After Life

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... was fortunate to know Dudley and Alice Ward. Dr. Ward headed the area of Social Concerns for the United Methodist Church at the National level. They were both outstanding individuals of unusual intelligence, training, and leadership ability. For this reason I was deeply impressed by their book, I Remain Unvanquished. Alice Ward was struck down by cancer. In the early stages of the disease, she had a death experience. She saw Christ; she wanted to stay in that other world. But Christ said (a loose quotation ...

1082. And It Came To Pass

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... mark of mortality, those fleeting things of earth. God and God’s purposes are eternal. God’s people are anchored in the everlasting. Therefore, we live in and for those qualities which endure. Why did the Puritans of Old and New England make such a lasting impression on history? Because they feared God and nothing else. It is far better to lose in a worthwhile cause then never to have tried. As the descendants of John Calvin and John Knox knew, ultimately there are no lost causes in God. If the cause is ...

1083. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... as well. Too long, as in Luther’s era, has the church been saving her own life, concerned with institutional ongoing. As youthful Martin Luther, faithful Augustinian monk, made his trip to Rome in 1510, the glories of Renaissance Florence did not impress him. He made no mention of the matchless art treasures. What the thoughtful young monk did remember was "the cleanliness, the efficiency, the courtesy, the intelligence" of the hospital nurses. Godly women were serving. He saw clean sheets on clean beds ...

1084. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... given the Prize. One of the dangers all of us face is that we will become so caught up in good causes that we lose that constant awareness of the predicament of the great masses of those underprivileged human beings. I was greatly impressed by the setting for the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. Nearby, amid beautiful lawns and gardens, were several of the great organizations of the United Nations, all established to relieve human need: hunger, poor health, poverty. It was inspiring to be ...

1085. The Father Who Wanted His Son To Succeed

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... - in this case, King David, who not only wanted Solomon, his son, to succeed him on the throne of Israel, but to prosper, too, in everything he did, whichever way he turned. This was David’s one last chance to pass his heritage along, to stamp his last impression on the kingdom he had ruled for forty years. And this is what he had to say as his last charge to Solomon, "that the Lord may establish his word which he spoke to me," the covenant that he had made with David for a throne that would endure ...

1086. I Am The One Who Jesus Loves

John 13:23

Illustration

Brett Blair

... 's astounding words about God's love for me, if I looked in the mirror and saw what God sees? Brennan Manning tells the story of an Irish priest who, on a walking tour of a rural parish, sees an old peasant kneeling by the side of the road, praying. Impressed, the priest says to the man, "You must be very close to God." The peasant looks up from his prayers, thinks a moment, and then smiles, "Yes, he's very fond of me."

1087. Success

Mark 10:17-31

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... a traditional robe Time: Now Cast: Bryan -- a wealthy young man who has made it by knowing the answers and putting them into practice Jesus (JESUS ENTERS CARRYING A COFFEE CUP) BRYAN: (ENTERS, CARRYING A COFFEE CUP AND HURRYING TO CATCH JESUS) Oh, Jesus, your speech was really impressive. I can learn a lot from guys like you, like eternal life and how to get it, and that sort of thing. You're a good teacher. JESUS: Why do you call me good? Only God is good. BRYAN: Now wait a minute. You are a good teacher ...

1088. Counting the Cost

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... the wrath of God that I have deserved? Our Lord is so serious because we are the instruments with which he works to build Christian men and women. His reputation is in our hands. When he thinks of Christians who do not behave as Christians, who give the wrong impression of his way of life, the image of a dunghill, a pile of manure, comes to his mind. But no, he says, manure is good for something, but a fake Christian is good for nothing. A salty Christian is not only an antidote for rottenness but he also ...

1089. The Exalted Christ

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... in power for us, Christ prays for us!" (Romans 8:33-34, Phillips). When the disciples standing on the hill of the Ascension had their last earthly view of their Lord, they saw him with hands uplifted to bless them. Let that be the church’s lasting impression of her exalted Head. "He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25). We the church of today are included in the intercession of the exalted High Priest ...

1090. The Priesthood of All Believers

1 Peter 2:4-12

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... contact are men like myself for whom Christ died, and their contacts with us may afford them their only insight into the gospel. Of greatest importance is to make use of this opportunity of witnessing for Christ. By word and example we must give them a true impression of Christ and of his way among his people." Only Christ can bring about that kind of attitude. Anyone can be defiant and hold fast, but one must be a Christian to see in everyone, friend ane enemy alike, a brother and a sister for whom Christ ...

1091. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom faith depends from start to finish." So close is the relation between Christ and his people that Bonhoeffer can define the church as "Christ existing in community." The New Testament bears out this definition. It is full of impressive word-pictures that portray the close relation between Christ and his people. He is the foundation, we are the temple. "For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 3:11). In him "the whole ...

1092. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... is a seeming contradiction between the title of this sermon and its text. In the text, the great Saint Paul confesses - if we may paraphrase his words: I admit I’ve encountered some "missions impossible" in my personal life! What makes such words impressive is that this admission comes from the lips of the leader God helped to lay the foundations for the early historic Christian enterprise. Here, Saint Paul, writing to one of his most pestiferous and feisty Christian communities at Corinth - who may have ...

1093. The Gifts of the Left Hand

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... sequel to the wise men we celebrated last week. Now there comes to Jesus in his adulthood another wise person, this time a woman; another person bringing an expensive gift, though her riches were measured in tears of remorse rather than trailing robes. So impressive is the story of this woman that I was tempted to title the sermon: "Not all the Wise Were Men!" The wise men brought gifts of their right hand - their obvious wealth and wisdom, their obvious respectability and self-confidence. The wise woman ...

1094. Like Trees Walking

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... assume one of the reasons for this command was to keep the man from proclaiming a miracle and attracting a crowd, proclaiming a miracle and drawing further opposition from the scribes and Pharisees. Besides that, the people of the area were beginning to be more impressed with the miraculous element of Jesus’ ministry than with the content of his teaching and Way of life. True, he did not want this man broadcasting as one tends to do when great things have happened but actually he told him to go home. I ...

1095. The Flow of Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... to pause and let it sink in. Then I do a little celebrating, for them and their movement, and for me and my rediscovery. If we are lucky, we both manage to change a bit, for the good. It’s much easier to deal in stereotypes and one-dimensional impressions than with real people who are constantly in movement. But other people can feel caught and bound, and they can also change and grow. They can do cruel things and they can act lovingly - just like me. And so I can identify with them, although we may seem ...

1096. The Three Poison Pills of Position, Prestige, and Power

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the army of Israel. Rabbis and Scholars at the time taught that the messiah when he came would be the new David, King of Israel. He would rule with a mighty sword and vanquish all of Israel’s enemies. The disciples were under the same impression. It is important to remember that most of the disciples misunderstandings about Jesus stem from this. So even though Peter recognized that Jesus was the Christ, the messiah, he did not mean a suffering messiah who dies upon a cross. He meant an earthly messiah ...

1097. The Unexpected Universe

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... we witnessed those "top gun" jet pilots take off from the enormous aircraft carriers, their afterburners blazing in dawn's early light, to perform unbelievable maneuvers, and then to land again with an aerial view of our massive naval power. It was very impressive. I myself was almost recruited! But it's an old worldview. Powerful as it is, it's a vision of an expected universe of one military power supplanting another, a universe of sometimes blatant military power, a world which easily descends into might ...

1098. The Inner Galaxy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... sermon, declaring, "I can do no more; such things have been revealed to me that all I have written seems as straw, and I now await the end of my life" (quoted in Ferris, p. 89). Some years ago a man boasted to me of his extensive travels, impressive education, and vast experience, and that as a consequence he was convinced there was nothing new under the sun. How sad, I thought. How tragic to enclose yourself in such a prison. But then again, many of us get in that mood from time to time. So then tonight ...

1099. When the Word Comes to the Wilderness

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Office Management. There is nothing that parishioners admire more in their pastors than the capacity to run a tight ship administratively ... Course 4: Image Projection. Here we would master the half-dozen well-known and easily implemented devices that create the impression that we are terrifically busy and widely sought after for counsel by influential people in the community.1 As one preacher speaking to others, Peterson is poking fun, of course, but he is also speaking a hard truth. The clergy always ...

1100. And On the Third Day...

John 2:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... According to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus Christ is not interested in maintaining stale religious customs and established patterns. Rather he is concerned with bringing us into the presence of the eternal God. If you read the Gospel of John, you get the clear impression that whatever happened in Cana can happen anywhere, at any time. With Jesus around, every day is the third day. If we have eyes to perceive them, we see minor miracles every day, significant transformations that happen in your life or mine. They ...

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