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1151. Hiltgunt Margaret Zassenhaus

Deuteronomy 31:1-8

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

One of the members of our congregation recently underwent eye surgery. When I visited her, she commented favorably on the gentleness, the compassion, and the concern of the surgeon who had performed the operation. She commented further on the number of people he helped and yet, at the same time, was never too busy to carefully explain what he would do in the course of surgery. Furthermore, the parishioner continued, every other month ...

1152. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... , slowly and angrily walks toward Jesus. Though he seethes with anger, as soon as he bends to shift the weight of the cross to himself, Jesus looks kindly at him. Simon looks for several moments into his face, and his anger is calmed; great love and compassion take its place. With a new motivation, Simon shifts the cross to his shoulders. He stands with the cross on his shoulder, looks down at Jesus, and then carries the cross out any exit that is convenient. h. The Choir sings the end refrain of "Weary ...

1153. Telling the Right Story

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

George Bass

... become his story. About a year ago, John Pekkanen published a story about Dr. Paul Adkins called simply, "Death of a Surgeon." Dr. Adkins has been called "one of the nation’s top chest surgeons" and, more importantly a man who had deep concern and compassion for his patients. John Pekkanen writes: "He understood as well as anyone the implications of smoking up to a pack and a half (of cigarettes) for close to 40 years. He had removed some 2,000 cancerous tumors of the lung in surgery." But Paul Adkins ...

1154. A Glimpse of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

George Bass

... presence. When Jesus died on the cross, the "veil of the Temple was rent from top to bottom" - and the barrier between God and his people was taken down forever. That was only the final act in his life’s drama; everything he had done in life - his teaching, his compassion and miracles of healing, his deeds of love and mercy - had said to people, "This is what God is like. In me and my life, you have clearly seen God in action." And then he did go away, as he said he would, returning to the right hand of ...

1155. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

Sermon

George Bass

... a revelation of God in Jesus Christ and not simply a figment of human imagination. That one word - Mary - suggests that God really knows all of us and honestly cares about us, as Jesus so frequently told people who listened to what he had to say or saw his compassion in action in the miracles he worked in the name of God. He knew Mary. He knows us - and that is the beginning of hope in the Easter story, isn’t it? Truly, he was crucified for our salvation and, truly, he was raised for our justification and ...

1156. A Person Approved by Christ

John 1:43-51

Sermon

George Bass

... sister did - actually lived. The missionary knew that he had seen one of those "greater things" of which Jesus spoke to Bartholomew that day when he was recruited and interviewed for discipleship with Christ. For three years, Bartholomew saw Jesus’ love and compassion in action, heard him teaching people about the love of God, and witnessed God’s power working through him to cure all kinds of illnesses and disabilities and restore people to health and wholeness. He saw Jesus reveal himself as the Son ...

1157. Call Him a Story Teller

Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

George Bass

... that constituted the bulk of his teaching and preaching ministry for those short three years. Luke spells out the details of how Jesus trained his disciples to carry on his ministry after he would be gone. And he graphically pictures Christ as one who loves people, has compassion on the sick, the poor, the hungry, and uses his power to help and heal the ailing persons who came or were brought to him. It is indeed a beautiful story that Luke wrote for Theophilus - and for all of us. The end of his Gospel ...

1158. Christ My Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... s eternal law decreed, "the soul that sins, it shall die," and his law could not be broken. So Christ, transferring all our transgressions to himself, bearing their guilt, their curse, paying the penalty, died as the world’s Sinbearer. What endless mercy, depthless compassion, heightless love! Our light is in him. It is not in the world. Instead, it shines into the world’s darkness. This we must always remember. For God never said that he would do away with the darkness while this world stands. But he ...

1159. Salvation Through His Suffering

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... you say, "How can I know for sure that the man who died on that cross is really the Son of God?" Look at his life. Look at his work. Look at his character. Look at his teaching. Look at his miracles. Look at his healing. Look at his incredible compassion. Look at Calvary! And look at the predictions of the prophets and the way Jesus fulfilled them in his life and in his death - down to the greatest detail. He came when they said he would come, died when they said he would die. He was ever at the right ...

1160. Whatever Became of Sin?

Romans 5:12-21

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... all of this we see how "honest mistakes" develop, and how, to "cover up," we claim far more for a situation than there is in it. We see even how some beauty comes out of an evil situation. Under the pressures of this court trial, the true love and compassion of the old doctor’s wife broke through and were unveiled. There are ambiguities and hidden struggle in every life; these can lead to a break with God or to a reunion with God. Maybe Jesus makes sense in letting the tares we have sown in our own lives ...

1161. The True Nature of Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... mourn there is still hope for you. It shows that you care about something that is beyond yourself. In the end it is not the mourners who are to be pitied, but rather those who do not mourn. Those who look at suffering humanity and who are not moved to compassion to the point of weeping need Christ as their savior. Then they will comprehend his teaching, “Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

1162. BIG DADDY, J.C., AND THE SPOOK

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... by her speech, and as questions were put to Mrs. O’Hair, she further attacked Christianity. As the meeting was about to break up, a tiny voice of a little college girl came from the back of the auditorium. She spoke quietly and lovingly and her voice was full of compassion. Here is what she said, "Mrs. O’Hair, I am so happy you came to speak to all of us here at our college tonight! We have listened with attention to your tirade on our beliefs. We thank you for showing all of us what an atheist is; we ...

1163. The Necessity of Moral Commitment

Gen 3:1-24 · Is 28:15

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

The way things are going today we would almost think that we have been let loose in the universe in the midst of a strange experience called life, with no maps, no roads, no guideposts, nothing that is directive, no compass, not even a north and south or an east and west. How can we know the truth about life? What did the creator have in mind? What does he now have in mind for us? What is God’s structure of life - his pattern for human relationships? What does he ...

1164. The Joy of Being a Caring Person

Mt 25:31-46 · Lk 16:19-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... There is a certain glory in caring. The cup of cold water is in the name of Jesus. It isn’t just water - the combination of hydrogen and oxygen that supplies body fluid for a short time - this water given with the love of Christ, given in love and compassion, given because the love of God is real to us - this is not just the chemical. Here we are sharing hope, comfort, grace, encouragement, eternity. Like Jesus at the well, we, by the grace of God, are the givers of the waters of life. Chaim Potok, in the ...

1165. The Forgiven and the Forgiving

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... unto a king who took an accounting of his servants, or his ministers, and he found one who owed him ten million dollars. He couldn’t pay. So the king said, "We will sell him into slavery." The man begged and pled, and promised to pay everything. The king had compassion on him and forgave him the total debt. That is the good news. Now we get to the bad news. This servant of the king then went out and saw one of his own poor servants who owed him twenty dollars. You would have thought that lust after he had ...

1166. A Thinking Person’s Thankful Prayer

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... , dozens of divorces, starving millions in Kampuchea (Cambodia), and concern about whether Russia or the United States has the greater capability for destroying the human race. Nowhere in that newspaper was there an account of an act of human kindness or Christian compassion. Before Christian love can flourish in the world, it must first be seen among Christians. The great, glaring weakness in the church of our time is that all too often Christians do not display love for one another. The pagan world was ...

1167. Holy Handicap?

2 Cor 12:9

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... Harvard psychiatrist, have the final word: Long ago an itinerant preacher drew upon His awesome healing powers, as He trekked the Middle East portion of the Roman Empire. Again and again He chose "the lame, the halt, the blind" as objects of His attention and compassion. He saw in them allies - people who, ironically, were kin to Him, all-powerful One that He was. He knew, too, that insofar as we hurt or ignore or reject those who are injured, suffering, we condemn ourselves to a far harsher exile than that ...

1168. The Circus and My Faith

Ps 139 · Mt 22:37

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... leaders, spiritual leaders, educational leaders, administrative leaders - people who see the vision and then so gripped, hoist their sails, allow them to be filled with the spirit of the Lord, and with a hand on the rudder and an eye on the compass, set off in hope and in enthusiasm! Leadership is not without its reward, either. Wrote Alvin Lindgren a few years back: The church makes its greatest impact on the persons who participate in its life and leadership. As they give themselves in witnessing ...

1169. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... fatigue in order that I might eventually know spiritual strength." The tragedy of Issachar is that in spiritual slavery one becomes a non-entity, "... neither hot nor cold." Truly meaningful experiences are missing. There is no great joy nor deep sorrow; no compassion for the weary, neither is there praise for the martyr. The sage asks the Issachars, "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?" There is no rejoicing "... with them that do rejoice ..." nor weeping "... with them that weep." Having no ...

1170. The Witch of Endor

1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... . But she is weird, an erratic and erotic gnome who keeps pornographic pictures and visits X-rated book stores. What are we to do with her? How justified are we in casting aside those who differ? What of the Christian concept of healing and reconciliation? COMPASSION Let us take a final look in the cave. As Saul collapsed, the Witch moved forward, "... let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength ..." She offered hospitality. Saul got up, moved, and sat on the bed, her ...

1171. WE ARE THE BELIEVERS: TESTIMONIES

Drama

Marcia Miller

... , yet few people were noticing me. The air about us was filled with shouts: "He’s coming!" "I can see him!" "There they are!" As I saw him walking toward us, I couldn’t take my eyes off him. He was different. He had a manly tenderness, a deep compassion about him. It was as though his whole being exploded the words, "I understand." Suddenly he was standing near the tree. He looked up at me and he said, "Zacchaeus, come down. I will dine at your house tonight." He looked up at me! That was something I ...

1172. An Unidentified King

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... , without food, just to hear his riveting words. Today no one will wait that long, except maybe for tickets to the Super Bowl or some rock concert. Jesus was a fascinating, unpredictable character. He displayed a wide range of emotions: compassion for a dying leper, exuberance over his disciples' success, a warm hospitality that callously disregarded racial and cultural boundaries, and blasts of anger at cold-hearted legalists. Jesus had inexhaustible patience with individuals but no patience at all with ...

1173. The Guy With The Donkey

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ) have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us." To the Corinthians he wrote this: "To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." Then Paul listed some of an endless list of spiritual gifts-- prophecy, teaching, giving, leadership, compassion, wisdom, and healing. What's your gift? Are you using it for his glory? When I was serving in Hartsville, South Carolina, in the 1970'S, we had a man in the church whose gift was comforting the bereaved. He would go to a home where ...

1174. Jesus Makes House Calls

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . When a member, of the family has an operation, the hospital room is usually occupied by a member of the family to express love and concern. If there is a death in the family, relatives drop everything to be on hand to comfort. This is done out of love and compassion. Since God loves us more than any human being can possibly love, God and his Son make haste to come to us in our situation. Common Needs Jesus could not wait to come to the disciples who were caught in a storm on the sea. He did not have time ...

1175. Claudia Procula, Peter, and Centurion

Drama

Jon Joyce

... yes, I was there. So were a lot of other people. I saw all that happened. CLAUDIA: Tell me about it. PETER: Pilate ... the governor ... that is, tried to release the Mast ... [The CENTURION grins triumphantly at PETER; CLAUDIA regards PETER with interest and a compassion which she cannot show in words] He tried to release the carpenter, but there were a lot of people who screamed for death for him, so the governor finally gave the crowd its choice of ... of the carpenter or Barabbas. CLAUDIA: And the people ...

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