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1176. Enduring

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... hand, attempting to drive by the rearview mirror is lunacy. The safe driver employs rearview minor, sideview mirror, but especially a clean, unobstructed windshield to see what is ahead. We dare not be as Lot’s wife, looking back. Look to the future. A Breath Of Fresh Air Jesus looked at the Temple and said it had to go. Why? Was he advocating destruction of a shrine? Not for a moment. He came not to destroy but to fulfill. Jesus of Nazareth was a realist. He saw that when institutions refuse to adapt, to ...

1177. Ode to Wisdom

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... as a result of our own effort, but only as God gives it and God speaks it. "Whence then comes wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?" Let this be known. "It is hid from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air." Our deepest insights cannot reach it. Abaddon, which means "destruction," and death cannot provide it, for they have only heard a rumor of it on the gossip wires of the pretense people. But "God understands the way to it, and he knows its place." Wisdom was at hand ...

1178. Super Christian II

John 6:25-59

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... Cast: Beth -- a teenager Amy -- another teenager Announcer Priest Super Christian ANNOUNCER: (ENTERS AND SPEAKS INTO MICROPHONE) Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a mighty locomotive. Able to leap tall church buildings at a single bound. Look! Up in the air! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Super Christian! Yes, Super Christian, who, disguised as a mild-mannered Sunday school teacher, wages a never-ending battle for peace, justice, and the Christian way. As our exciting adventure begins ...

1179. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... launch out on the ocean of life without compass, chart or pilot. True freedom is freedom to attain the goal of life, to achieve the purpose for which we have been created. That purpose is fellowship with God. That is why, just as a bird is free only in the air and a fish is free only in the water, man is free only in God. For "in him we live and move and have our being." Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize poet, uses this parable: "I have on my table a violin string. It is free to move in any direction ...

1180. God’s Wounded Healers

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... vulnerable for you and me. Jesus Christ nailed to the Cross is where our loneliness can connect with the love of God, whose loneliness is made visible and tangible in Jesus. There were hints of his loneliness throughout his ministry: "Foxes have holes, birds of the air have nests, but I have no place to lay my head" - no wife, no children, no friend who really understands. On the Cross Jesus knew a desolation as deep as the Grand Canyon and humanity itself. "My God, why have you forsaken me?" "Nobody knows ...

1181. The Big Snow

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... is not the enemy, for we and the snow occupy the same earth together. We view the snow as the enemy just as we disregard nature as we put more and more earth under concrete. We view snow as the enemy just as we spoil our rivers and streams, our air and our ground. We seek to make nature serve us; we forget that we are finally not above nature, but rather a part of it. We seek to live not in harmony with our surroundings, but rather to conquer them and make them slaves to us. We seek to clear ...

1182. JESUS: Liar, Lunatic, Legend, or Lord

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Brett Blair

... legend. Now some people make the mistake of saying, Jesus never existed. You can’t say that. That’s not what is meant. He did exist. Jesus the man was not a legendary figure. The story of his life and his teachings was not concocted out of thin air. Historians agree that he existed. What you have to grapple with is his life. What is meant by legend is that after his death on the cross a story developed that he was resurrected. The legend grew to include his divinity, his miracles, and his powers. These ...

1183. "Grace to You"

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... us at Advent to transcend fears that overtake us. We worship you, who reprieves us from seasons of being lost in life. We confess our need and gratitude for your love, your protection, and your gracious kindness. Through the coming of Jesus. Amen. Hymns "There's A Song In The Air" "He Came As Grace" "Now Bless The God Of Israel" "God Of Grace And God Of Glory"

1184. Advent 3: Won't You Let Him Into Your Gift-Giving?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Child. Help them discover the power of the Christian faith. Faith… it’s one of the best things you can give them. It’s one of the best things in life. II. SECOND, THERE IS THE GIFT OF HOPE. Some years ago a military airplane crashed at Sonderstrom Air Force Base in Greenland. Twenty-two people were killed. The runway and the nearby fields were strewn with bodies. It was a tragic and horrible moment. There was only one chaplain on the base at the time… and the entire burden was laid on him to bring ...

1185. You Don't Need Jesus

John 1:19-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... -face in his life at least as far as alcohol was concerned. It is at this point of repentance that new life begins both for the individual or a nation. In his book, From Under The Ruins, Solzhenitsyn says, "Only through the repentance of a multitude of people can the air and the soil of Russia be cleansed, so that a new, healthy national life can grow up." I Am A Finger It is this voice of John the Baptist that the world needs now so that it might confess its sins and repent. But, the world needs more than ...

1186. Wrinkled Wrappings

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Christ is a man – And only a man, -- I say That of all mankind I cleave to him, And to him will I cleave always. If Jesus Christ is a God – And the only God, -- swear I will follow him through heaven and hell, The earth, the sea, and the air! In His Service This devotion to Jesus as Son of God is expressed also, in service. This was true with Simeon and Anna. They served in the temple. Anna served by witnessing to Jesus as the Christ. In our text we are told that Simeon blessed God and blessed the ...

1187. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... face. He exclaimed, "Boy, give me my sins!" When a Christian is forgiven his sins, it is like being released from prison. Some years ago a man who was in the Indiana State Prison for 66 years was given his release. Upon getting out and breathing free air again, he told reporters, "I feel like I've just been born again." This is the way a true Christian feels. He lives daily the happiness of a newly released prisoner, for daily he receives the forgiveness of sins. Because of this he no longer has the fear ...

1188. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... prophets to tell it like it is when everyone in little sound bites tries to convince us it is as they promise it will be. When we have been lied to, deceived, defrauded, betrayed, and suckered into one scheme after another, prophets are a breath of fresh air, a clean windshield on the future. Thank God for prophets. And thank God for John the Baptist. But in Jesus we have someone greater than a prophet, because he not only cleanses us of corruption but revitalizes us for a new future and empowers us for a ...

1189. A Voice to be Heard

John 1:19-28

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... been nursing and hiding behind for years, afraid to confess the hatreds and hostilities we have for ministers and other church leaders, afraid to let go the defenses and excuses we've been erecting between God's church and ourselves. Yes, we're afraid of letting fresh, invigorating air into the stuffy, volatile, seething conceits of our souls, afraid God's power will put us off the throne. And yet, John's voice is the voice to be heard to prepare the way of the Lord. It's a voice that speaks up and out and ...

1190. The Inner Galaxy

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... is an inner galaxy -- the womb and the fetus growing within it -- a galaxy of endless wonder and miracle. Writer Harriet Ritchie tells the story of her family searching out a nearly deserted truckstop after the Christmas Eve midnight service for a Christmas breakfast. The air smelled of coffee, bacon, and stale cigarette smoke. A one-armed man in a baseball cap was drinking Pepsi from a bottle at the counter. Two other men sat at a table talking and eating on a lonely night. The thin, weary waitress came to ...

1191. An Elizabeth

Luke 1:39-45

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... God, who is as near to us as a baby leaping in the womb, help us to let hope uproot fear, to let joy displace fret, to let surprise invite the shaping of new plans. Amen. Hymns “My Soul Gives Glory To My God” “There’s A Song In The Air” “Mary, Woman Of The Promise”

1192. Same Question, Same Answer

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... the amount by assessing and collecting whatever tolls he could.1 If a tax collector could get away with assessing you something extra to feather his own pockets, then that’s what he did. You had no recourse but to pay. So when these tax collectors come up for air and ask, “What should we do?” John speaks so that their whole livelihood is drenched with the holiness of God. If the kingdom of God is at hand, no one can say, “I belong to God,” on a Sunday, and then act on Monday morning as if faith is ...

1193. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... our congregation was going through some turmoil. A number of people had been caught up in the charismatic movement that was going through a number of churches. They started a Sunday night praise service, sang Scripture songs, and prayed with their hands in the air. The deacon who was driving me around that day was very involved in the movement. So there we were, driving around the countryside, supposedly visiting shut-ins. We turned down an unmarked dirt road, and to a little house sitting right on the edge ...

1194. Beyond Our Sight, Within Our Hearing

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... as best he could. He said, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. Just say the word, I will pitch three tents up here — one for Moses, one for Elijah, and one for you.” But no sooner were the words out of his mouth, still hanging in the air like a cartoon balloon, when a Voice within the cloud cut him off and began to speak. As far as we know, Peter never got a chance to pitch those tents. That’s not to say, however, that the church has not filled the void throughout the centuries. The traditional ...

1195. What Are Spiritual Gifts For?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of spiritual gifts. Certainly Paul’s reminder to the Corinthians about their earlier pagan days and the emotional practices of the mystery cults interests preachers. The placement of the gift of tongues in the last position also commands a lot of “air time” in pulpits. We all want to make certain we are dealing with people who are in contact with God and not their latent childhood fears, infantile needs for parental authority, or sweaty, adolescent emotionalism. Fine. Authentic spirituality is a real ...

1196. The Power of Uninformed Decisions

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... was the man in charge. People have always looked to the clergy and the church for answers to the big questions. The Graeco-Roman world was a world that lived to debate the issue of resurrection. The Greek idea of the immortality of the soul was the very air that the culture breathed. Paul was, in the eyes of many, the man in charge of shaping the theology of the Christian religion. By his own indirect (and often direct) admission, he was the one Christ had left in charge of the ministry to the Gentiles. He ...

1197. Taking the Sting Out of Death

1 Chronicles 15:1-16:6

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... yard, just old Buster and the child. The little boy was slurping on a popsicle and Buster was sawing the limb. Now, Buster and the boy used to talk a lot. They were talking when the limb finally cracked off. As that limb cracked, another sound filled the air. It sounded like a huge buzz. Buster screamed, turned around and ran right over the child. The hornets stung the boy all over his face and upper body. The boy even later in his adult years vividly remembered what happened next: he never did cry. As soon ...

1198. Do You Know?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.’ (1:4). But they did not know me. Do you? “I fashioned a world in love, bringing forth order from chaos and light from darkness. I filled the seas and the land and the air with life. As the climax of my work, I created human beings, casting them in my own image. In my own image I made them, male and female. But they did not know me. Do you? “Seeking the best for them, I set the humans in a garden full of ...

1199. Changing Seasons, Constant Love

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... have proven to be only wishful thinking. Nothing has really changed; nothing has really improved. The time keeps moving along, but we seem stuck in the same ruts. Old routines remain, prejudices persist, dullness and anxiety continue to be constant companions. Lingering in the air is that nagging sense that things aren’t quite right, not as they could be, not as they should be. As Jeremiah says, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved” (8:20). Time has moved along, the seasons ...

1200. One-Fired Up Preacher!

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... , with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. — 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and ...

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