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1126. Did You Leave the the Door Open? (I am the gate)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Our Lord wants our worship of Him to come from a loving heart. In a sense our Lord allows us to decide if we want him to be our door. Every human heart has a door that you must open from the inside. Remember that famous work of Christian art by Holman Hunt. It is commonly called "Christ Knocking At The Door." When you examine it closely, you will notice that the door has no handle on the outside. However, Jesus is knocking at that door. The artist knew that our Christian faith begins when we make a personal ...

1127. When It Is Tough to Follow Jesus: The Third Word

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... asked, "What have they done to Jesus?" The lady quickly tried to hush her young daughter, but to no avail. She repeated the question with even more fervor, "But Mother, what have they done to Jesus?" Suddenly, the work of Michelangelo was no longer just a piece of art, but a reproach to the world for how it has indeed treated Christ. (1) Yes, the third word of our Lord Jesus Christ from the cross is one of the most tender yet penetrating portraits of love anywhere in the inspired word of God. We know that ...

1128. Sealed with a Prayer: The Seventh Word

Luke 23:44-49

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the years of his youth, he rebelled against the faith in which his parents had nurtured him. Although he knew better, Zinzendorf lived a life that was not worthy of the Gospel of Christ and the Cross. One day, a family friend took him to an art gallery where a famous religious painting was being displayed. It was a graphic picture depicting the Crucifixion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, on the Cross. There was something about the picture that gripped him in a special way. He stood and studied the painting for a ...

1129. Where the Bread Loaf Is Not a Stone

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... provided nourishment on more than one occasion is the hymn, "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah." When I sing it, I am often filled with great emotions. It will be our closing word today. "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah, Pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak--but Thou art mighty. Hold me with Thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, Feed me now and forevermore Feed me now and forevermore." Amen and amen.

1130. Dealing with the "F" Words of Life

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... . One of the students asked, "Dr. Marney let us hear you say a word or two about the meaning of the resurrection." It was a fair question and an appropriate one from a future preacher to one who was already a great practitioner of the art of preaching. However the young seminary students were taken aback by Marney''s response. Dr. Marney replied, "I will not discuss that with people like you." "Why not?" the students asked. Marney said, "I do not discuss such matters with anyone under thirty years of ...

1131. The Second Commandment: What Is Your Golden Calf?

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... to an object. No object can ever take the place of God. To bow down is to ascribe worth to someone or something. When the Wise Men saw the Christ Child they bowed down and worshiped him. Now let me go down a side road here. God is not against art or symbols. As a matter of fact, we have two symbols in front of us today. They are the bread and the cup. We also have the cross, the table, this pulpit, the Bible, candles, an altar. These things aid us in our worship of God, but they are not ...

1132. Whose Servant Are You? (Part II)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... for Me.'' I answered quickly, `Oh no! not that, why no one would ever see no matter how well my work was done. Not that little place for me!'' And the word He spoke, it was not stern, He answered me tenderly, `Ah, little one, search that heart of thine. Art thou working for them or me? Nazareth was a little place, And so was Galilee.''" (2) Like the little boy said, "I wish I could be a brother like that." May we be a servant after the example of our Lord who cared enough for his disciples to wash their ...

1133. Are You Praying or Pouting? (Part IV)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... say, And lo! the wells are dry. "Then, seeing me empty, you forsake The Listener''s role, and through My dead lips breathe and into utterance wake The thoughts I never knew. "And thus you neither need reply Nor can; thus, while we seem Two talking, thou art One forever, and I No dreamer, but thy dream." Are you going to pray or pout in your Christian life? 1. Donahue, Phil, MY OWN STORY (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979), pp. 66-67. 2. Thanks to Dr. John Killinger for this story. 3. James K. Mathews, SELECTIONS ...

1134. Christianity and Conflict: Dual Citizenship (Part VII)

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... years in a home for the mentally handicapped because that was the only place she could go. Eventually, she moved out on her on. She went to high school and then to a community college, where it took her seven years to earn her Associate of Arts Degree. The time lag was not because Carolyn could not learn, but because it took so long to prepare assignments and complete tests. Next, she enrolled in a small Lutheran college to study the Bible. Again, long grueling hours of work. During her second year at ...

1135. The Power of Encouragement (Part VIII)

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... were on the deck to see the sight. When they were within speaking distance, the fishermen cried out, "Bishop, we come hurry to meet you." "What is it you want?" asked the stunned bishop. "We are so sorry. We forget lovely prayer. We say, `Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name...'' and then we forget. Please tell us prayer again." The bishop was humbled. "Go back to your homes, my friends, and when you pray say, `We are three, you are three, have mercy on us.''" (2) Those three brothers lived ...

1136. Titles, Credentials, or Resurrection Power

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the world that Jesus Christ towers over all our personal assets in our sacred pilgrimage. There is a beautiful altar piece at an old church in Germany painted in the 15th century by an artist named Gruenwald. It is a crucifixion scene--beautiful, but typical of the art of its time. There are three crosses on a hill, a dark sky, Roman soldiers, and a crowd gathered to watch. What makes the canvas unusual is a figure at the bottom--John the Baptist pointing to the center cross. He rivets the attention of the ...

1137. The Destructive Power of Dis-Unity

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of the Sequoia are interwoven together. You will never find a Sequoia tree by itself. They cannot exist in isolation--they would not be strong enough. The same principle works in the Household of Faith. Some years ago a statue was on display in a Pittsburgh Art Gallery. It was a picture of the Crucifixion which depicts Jesus Christ stretched out on the Cross. The only trouble was that he was disconnected. His arms did not join his shoulders or his head on his neck, and his legs were not hooked onto his ...

1138. Tripping the Tempter

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... culture. He was an intelligent person, a brave soldier, a powerful leader. Outwardly, his credentials would have put him in the Fortune 500, the Speaking Circuit, Who''s Who in America--but inwardly, he was a moral midget. One of his associates said to him, "Thou art able to conquer the world--but unable to resist a single temptation." We know from our Biblical heritage that this is our story as well. We are all tripped up by the tempter. Ever since that war in Heaven between God and Satan, and Satan''s ...

1139. A Rod And A Staff

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... of the believer''s earthly end and the beginning of a new and finer journey. Last week we discussed that in this fourth verse David is no longer talking about the shepherd--he is talking to the Shepherd. I said I could almost see David crying out, "THOU ART WITH ME." God is no longer simply an abstract idea but a hand that we lean forward to grasp with force and feeling. I further shared how Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, in his book STAY ALIVE ALL YOUR LIFE, relates a story about a hurricane that arose while ...

1140. Depression: When the Spirit Is Faint

Psalm 142:1-7

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... world''s evil. But then, I discovered that I had run headlong into another and even more difficult problem: what to do about all the world''s goodness if there is no God? Sunsets and symphonies, mothers, music, the laughter of children, great books, great art, great science, great persons, victories of goodness over evil, the long hard-won ascent up from the Stone Age, and all the friendly spirits that are to other souls `cups of strength in great agony''. How can we, without God, explain all that as the ...

1141. Feasting and Fasting for Lent (Part V)

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... is made of a strange chemical substance, and I have attached to this letter a series of research papers done on putty. If you read it through, you will understand the high quality and high grade of this putty. I have also attached a series of studies on the art of putting glass into windows, and the kind of training it takes to be a window-installer...." And the story goes on and on. (2) I hope you can see that Dr. Barnhouse is highlighting the fact that the man never said a word about the wonder and beauty ...

1142. Up and Running

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , but eventually a clearer picture of who we are begins to take shape and in time we feel called -- or led -- in a particular direction. Not medicine, but teaching; not a technical field, but one that more directly deals with others; not business, but the arts; not sales, but service. It can happen gradually, almost imperceptibly, or it can suddenly dawn upon us. There is about this process, though, a sense that we alone are not calling the shots; somehow we are in the grip of a force that both compels ...

1143. Easter Transportation

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... engineers, asking "how questions"; we endeavor to analyze our way to the resurrection. But if we could analyze and dissect Easter until it fit nicely into the contours of our minds, what would we in fact have? Imagine going to a world-class art museum and finding a particular painting that captures your attention. If you wished, you could spend considerable time researching that painting -- its history, purpose, the nature of the paints the artist used, its many characters, the culture that gave rise to it ...

1144. Easter for Thomas, Too

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... we say, in response to something we are told or hear about, "I can't believe it." News that comes to us can either be so good, or so bad, that for a time our powers of credulity are strained. Time is needed to process and integrate. "How Great Thou Art" is a hymn that celebrates the salvific work of Jesus and it contains a line that runs, "I scarce can take it in ..." Events can be so powerful and moving, that for a time we are in disbelief and "scarce can take it in." I commend what we can call ...

1145. Chosen

John 15:1-17

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... to bear fruit. This statement comes on the heels of Jesus' description of himself as a vine and of his disciples as branches. A healthy plant has to put down roots so that the whole plant will be sustained. Most of us are acquainted with the Japanese art of raising and styling dwarf trees called bonsai. The Japanese simply cut the tap root, and as a result, the tree must live on small surface roots only. What would otherwise become a great oak or pine remains a little tree, perhaps twelve or eighteen inches ...

1146. The Hillside and the Basket

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... God who sees the need, who is never inadequate, and who is willing to receive what we've got, add his own blessing to it, and make it enough! Rembrandt could take a two-dollar canvass, paint a picture on it, and make it a priceless masterpiece. That is art. John D. Rockefeller could take a worthless check, sign his name to it, and make it worth a million dollars. That's capital. A mechanic can take a piece of scrap metal and bend and shape it into a $500 automobile part. That is skill. Jesus Christ can take ...

1147. Is Your Love Shy?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... , "I'm sure you're an intelligent person; you understand how this vacuum cleaner with its new pulsating suction is more effective than the competitor's brand, so I won't take up your valuable time explaining to you the obvious...." This is true of the art world, as well. How many poets and playwrights nowadays get away with murder because we read their works and pretend to understand them so folks won't think we're tasteless bores? Do you remember the fable, "The Emperor's New Clothes"? The king was being ...

1148. The True Story of the Magi

Matthew 1:1-17

Sermon

John Jamison

... Earthquake SARS Mad Cow Disease East Coast Blackouts California Wild Fires Spam (20 Billion in lost productivity) Deaths Strom Thurmond Johnny Cash June Carter Cash Donald O’Conner John Ritter Bob Hope Mr. Fred Rodgers David Bloom Buddy Ebsen Buddy Hackett Art Carney Charles Bronson David Brinkley Maurice Gibb Althea Gibson Katherine Hepburn Robert Palmer Johnny Paycheck Greogory Peck Sam Phillips Barry White Warren Zevon Warren Zevon died September 7 at the age of 56, living long enough to make "The Wind ...

1149. Bedlam or Bethleham?

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... newspaper recorded the fact that on New Year's Eve a man was taken to a police station, drunk and disorderly, singing this song at the top of his voice. It was not very convincing. We are really on top of the world when we have mastered the art of self-control, when we are on top of those forces which might draw us down: our appetites, our greed, our hatreds, our anxieties, our fears. It is Christ whose power and love make us masters of ourselves -- and our circumstances. In reality it is Christ- control ...

1150. Everybody Loves a Parade!

1 Corinthians 7:1-40

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... Not to be served, but to serve. This, too, I pray, that from this day No love of ease Nor pride prevent, my good intent Not to be pleased, but to please. And if I may, I'd have this day Strength from above To set my heart -- in heavenly art Not to be loved -- but to love!1 Somehow these words remind me of that central arch over the entrance to the cathedral at Milan and the timeless words carved above it: "Only that is important which is eternal." I will carry these words with me throughout this year. My ...

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