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1126. The Good Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

George Reed

... midst of all these memories we sense in the background the presence of Jesus. Whether we were aware of it or not, he was there in our midst. In our sorrow, too, he is with us. His love and presence are always here. He cares for us as a shepherd tenderly cares for the sheep. He is watching over them, holding the little lamb that is scared after being lost, singing songs to comfort them in the stormy night. He is here among us today as we grieve. He sits with us, walks with us, cries with us, and laughs with ...

1127. Come and Rest

Matthew 5:3-10 · Matthew 11:28-30

Eulogy

George Reed

... passage from on old Jewish prayer book, “Though the longing within us seems more than we can bear, we know that our grief is according to our blessing. The sorrow of separation is the inevitable price of days and years of precious love; tears are the tender tribute of yearning affection for those who have passed away but cannot be forgotten.” Mourning is not something to avoid but to accept as the price of having someone to love. As we enter into our grief, shed our tears, and remember the life of our ...

1128. Jesus Walks With Us

Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

George Reed

... . Perhaps at some time, if not today then later in our grieving, our eyes may be opened and we might catch a glimpse of Jesus who is here with us. He has come to share our sorrow, to walk with us in our grief, and to hold is in the tender love of our God. So let us remember [NAME] and know that we are sharing these memories not only with each other but with the one who loves us more than we can know. [NAME] was.... [Personal Reflections] Jesus is here among us and will continue to be with us ...

1129. God's Fullness Within Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Eulogy

George Reed

... the love that will hold us and bind up our wounds. It is the love that will help our hearts to heal. And they will heal. It will take time and it will not always be easy. And the hurt will not go away completely. We will always have a tender spot in our hearts for [NAME] and for what he/she meant to us. But as God’s healing Spirit works in our hearts our wounds will become like the wounds of the Christ. They did not go away but they became glorious. Over time, with the healing love of ...

1130. The Christian Mother

John 15:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Army library and found a book to read. As he worked his way through the book he became very impressed-not with the content of the book but with the notes penciled in the margins-the feminine handwriting showed insight and understanding as well as a bit of tenderness. He flipped to the front of the book and found the name of the book's previous owner-a Miss Hollis Maynell. Blanchard did some research and found her address way up in New York. He wrote her a letter. The following day he was shipped overseas ...

1131. Soul Testing Kits

John 15:1-8

Sermon

Mary Austin

... Some of us find God in silence ...or in the beauty of hiking or camping ...or in the still, quiet moments of the morning. Others of us hear God clearly through other people or see God’s energy when people work together on projects. Others of us see the tenderness of God as we teach Sunday school, serve meals, or sit next to a small person and read a book. Still others know that the voice of God sounds through music. We change over time, too. Our branches grow and we need different things. We have the same ...

1132. The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:2-35

Teach the Text

Ronald W. Pierce

... what God has revealed to us in the light. Drawing from earlier passages in Daniel can be helpful in doing this. Second, we should keep in mind that persistent sin results in serious consequences. Because of this, we should not take lightly God’s tender mercies or his warnings of discipline. 3. Perspective on earthly rulers. It is sometimes tempting to put too much stock in political or personal power. God’s kingdom is eternal, while the kingdoms of this earth will die with their rulers. The brief ...

1133. David's Mighty Men

2 Samuel 23:8-39

Teach the Text

... practice of discipline in the congregation begins in the smallest circles. Where defection from God’s word imperils the family fellowship and with it the whole congregation, the word of admonition and rebuke must be ventured. Nothing can be more cruel than the tenderness that consigns another to his sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe rebuke that calls a brother back from the path of sin. It is a ministry of mercy; an ultimate offer of genuine fellowship when we allow nothing but God ...

1134. Steadfast Change

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Thomas C. Willadsen

... ever. In, fact, I would say that Christ’s death on the cross changed God. On the cross, God felt the physical pain and the horror of abandonment and the power of God’s love for humanity, for all of creation, was clearly revealed and more tenderly offered. God changed at the crucifixion. That profound change is still effective. In fact, one sign of the completion of that change is that while the priests were described as standing, Christ was seated at God’s right hand, not needing to rush into service ...

1135. Whose Fault Is It?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... climax of the story, Don’s wife bore them a daughter, the one spot of grace in her father’s otherwise troubled existence. After Don’s wife took her own life, Don and little Carol forged a new life of grace together. But then, at the tender age of ten, Carol was diagnosed with leukemia. Treatments failed and Don desperately gave God another chance. Don went back to church and prayed for Carol, wasting away in the hospital. Don begged God to heal her, and to touch her life with relief and restoration ...

1136. In the Mirror

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... melted away in a muddy mess. And we were shocked at what we have become, who we thought we were, and what we really are. And then… and then… and then came the strangest turn of all. Because the last gaze Jesus gave us, was to look into the powerful, tender, compassionate, gracious, loving eyes of our father ― our Father in heaven. We are reflected there too, aren’t we? We see ourselves in the mirrors of his eyes. And we are loved.

1137. Creation Reborn

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... as they now stood with Jesus in the local cemetery. He challenged the keepers of the place, demanding that they roll back the stone covering the carved cavern where Lazarus’ body had been laid, allowing the maggots to do their work. The cemetery tenders shook their heads. “You don’t want to do that,” they replied. “He stinks!” But Jesus repeated his request with demanding authority and the workers shrugged. When the grave yawned, it burped death’s stench. Only Jesus did not cringe and retreat ...

1138. For Someone of Distinction

Matthew 5:13-16 · 2 Timothy 4:1-2, 6-8

Eulogy

Richard E. Zajac

... who was a ballplayer with some unfinished business to attend to with his son. They begin playing baseball and eventually an endless line of cars can be seen streaming towards the ballpark to fill its seats and view the games they longed to see. It’s a warm and tender story and it sounds crazy if you haven’t seen it, but I believe it captures in a metaphorical way the life of John Buerk. Many years ago, John Buerk heard a voice say: “If you build it, they will come!” But in John’s case, it wasn’t ...

1139. God Is Like...a Lamb

Exodus 12:3-8 · Luke 22:7-20

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... speaking to a lamb frolicking in the meadow. Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? And then Blake answered the question he asked of the lamb and made a connection between the lamb in the pasture and the one whom Christians call the Lamb ...

1140. God Is Like...

Isaiah 40:18-31 · John 1:1-14

Sermon

Kenneth L. Gibble

... come and go, as our lives progress from youth to elderhood, your undiminished love remains firm, steadfast, unshaken. You are the Truth of faith’s firm foundation. O Healer of all brokenness, all ills of body, mind and heart. Your love and grace penetrate our pain, tenderly invites us to see the suffering of others, to extend a hand of kindness and compassion. Names, images, metaphors for God. Some of them may be helpful for you, some of them not, but all of them inadequate to express all that God is. So ...

1141. Where's the One?

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Jill J. Duffield

... a home at some point. I tried to get closer to him, called to him, cajoled him, but he was afraid and the closer I got the faster he went in the opposite direction. I kept walking and saw him later hanging around the divinity school dorm, when a young, tender-hearted seminary student came out waving a slice of last night’s pizza just close enough to get the untrusting pup’s attention. Even so, I could not get that darn dog out of my head. He made me sad in that global sense of nothing is right with the ...

1142. Eternally Yours

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that “secret sauce,” that secret ingredient that no one else can duplicate. And it makes all the difference! That’s what it means to be a Jesus’ kind of disciple, a Jesus’ kind of human being. You have a kind of “salty” compassion, vulnerability, tenderness, and kindness that sets you apart from the rest and allows you to “see” differently. To “see” authentic value. Ever know an antique dealer like that – who can see through the dust and grime on an old lamp and see a thousand dollar ...

1143. Don't Sell Your Inheritance for Cabbage Soup

Genesis 25:19-34

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Paul, the greatest missionary of the Christian era, once remarked that God doesn't always use the wisest, strongest and most moral people to bring his message. Instead God uses the foolish, the weak and the lowly -- just to prove a point (1 Corinthians 1:27-29). That truth certainly holds when it comes to those chosen by God as the patriarchs of ancient Israel. Consider our scripture lesson for this morning which concerns the brothers Jacob and Esau, children of Isaac. With very little reading between the ...

1144. Empowered By A Vision

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

If your mother taught you to say only nice things about other people, Jacob will push you to the outer limits of your imagination. This younger of the twins born to Isaac and Rebekah has few redeeming qualities. He takes advantage of every available weakness in others. The older twin, Esau, must have had the common sense of a fence post. On two different occasions, Jacob cheats him of his birthright. Jacob's father Isaac was old, blind and on his death bed when Jacob exploits the situation to benefit ...

1145. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

The scripture lesson for this morning trips its way through the sixth, seventh and eighth chapters of the book of Genesis. This includes most of the account of Noah and the Great Flood. For reasons you might or might not consider obvious, this part of the Bible generates considerable debate. From time to time, the controversy spills into the public arena. In February 1993, CBS had a two-hour prime time program titled, The Incredible Discovery Of Noah's Ark. The program, hosted by Darren McGavin, featured ...

1146. The Risky Business of Faith

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Sometime between 1900 and 1500 years before the birth of Christ, a nomadic family, living on the socio-economic fringe of Mesopotamia and headed by a fellow named Abraham migrated from the fertile crescent of the Tigris-Euphrates River valley south through Palestine, eventually settling in the region of the Negeb desert. From one perspective, it was rather unspectacular. As Christians, however, we consider this one of history's most pivotal events. We believe that through a call issued to Abraham and his ...

1147. The Oil For Squeaking People

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Let me remind you of two biblical narratives which concern the announcement of unexpected births. In each case, the husband and wife are beyond the age when pregnancy is expected -- yet the Lord tells them that a son will be born to them. In the New Testament book of Luke, we are informed of how an old priest named Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth, were to become parents of the fellow we know as John the Baptist. Zechariah was at work in the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem when an angel appeared to him. ...

1148. When Life Doesn't Go According To Plan

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

The letter came from a college senior working as a student counselor in a dormitory at a distant university. "Dear Mom," she began. "During my growing up years, few things irritated me as much as your attempts to quiet my righteous indignation by telling me that life is not fair. I swore I would never say that to my children. However, in my work with distressed college students, I find myself telling them the same thing. I still rail at life's inherent injustices, but I have learned I had best accept that ...

1149. An Arranged Wedding, But An Intentional Marriage

Genesis 24:1-67

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Can anyone doubt the troubled state of marriage? Across the nation, we average one divorce decree for every two marriage licenses. In some parts of the country, as many divorce as marry each year. In spite of this high divorce rate, people do not give up marrying. In fact, a higher percentage of people marry today than a century ago. It seems this problem can, at least in part, be traced to the high demands we make on marriage. Particularly, we have tremendously high emotional expectations. Our ancestors ...

1150. The Essence of Spirituality

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

Our scripture for today comes from the first words of the first book of the Bible. We probably best know it as the seven-day account of creation. By way of orientation, let us remember that this is Holy Writ and not an article from The Journal Of The American Academy Of Science. As such it embodies a statement of our faith. While science has its place in our lives, this is not it. Frankly, science has a very narrow boundary on what it accepts as truth. It can describe the facts very well, but seldom, if ...

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