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1201. How to Profit from Prophets

Luke 1:67-80

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Maurice A. Fetty

... in fame and power, position and wealth, recognition and success. Yet, the whole world knows wealthy people who are miserable, famous people who are hopeless drug addicts, and powerful people, like a Saddam Hussein, who are sadistic and brutal beyond belief. Where might we look for salvation? To the medical and psychological worlds, of course. Without question we have been healed with surgery and drugs and medical technology and psychological insights and counseling. Who can deny the helpfulness of therapy ...

1202. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

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Maurice A. Fetty

... , can we do so in face of a vital and resurgent Islam in the world? In his recent, brilliant discussion of Islam, Dr. Charles Ryerson of Princeton reminded us that Moslems claim Abraham as their spiritual progenitor as do Jews and Christians. They share a common belief in one God, albeit by the name of Allah, and affirm many of the same moral values and ethical commands. But then Dr. Ryerson went on to the central question. What do Moslems, who comprise about one sixth of the world's population, think about ...

1203. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

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Maurice A. Fetty

... to the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem. But even more intriguing are the expectations of a coming Messiah suggested by sources outside Judaism. Roman historian Suetonius, in his Life of Vespasian, says, "There had spread all over the Orient an old and established belief, that it was fated at that time for men coming from Judea to rule the world." Tacitus, the historian, writes, "There was a firm persuasion ... that at this very time the East was to grow powerful and rulers coming from Judea were to ...

1204. This Is He

John 1:1-18

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... who God is, you are not the only one. If you try to define God but do not know anything for certain, you are not alone. If you wish that once and for all you could dispense with questioning and leap into faith, you join all in the moment before belief. People: Jesus is the one who brings the mystery of God to us. Jesus is he who bridges the stretch between the unknown and the known. Jesus is God’s way of bringing our creator near. All: Come, let us worship God who is in our world. Collect You brought ...

1205. The Next Step

Colossians 3:1-17

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Harold Warlick

... been rendered useless by the Babylonians. She had stripped away that old stuff as emblems of her faith. In her vulnerable and exposed state she had settled on two new badges of identification: circumcision and the Sabbath. And it had worked. Put out your old beliefs, put aside the Babylonian gods, and put on the new clothes of circumcision and observance of the Sabbath. It had worked and worked well. Now, here are some new Christians in Colossae. Paul is not only telling them to “put out” their old gods ...

1206. What Are Spiritual Gifts For?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

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Harold Warlick

... just how primitive was the organizational structure of the early church. They had no statements of faith. Paul is writing to a people who have nothing but a story that was transmitted orally and evidence of how his life was changed by God through belief in that story. All the sacred Christian traditions and places are way over in Palestine. Consequently his writings are a theology in process. We have something in common with the early Corinthians. We have never seen Jesus and have never known anyone who has ...

1207. A Fresh Start

Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

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Mark Ellingsen

... in 1 Corinthians 12:13. The Spirit has been poured out on all of us, the old and the young, male and female. Joel says that that must mean the End has come (2:28-29). We are in the End Times! Believe it, friends. (The technical term for this belief is “realized eschatology.”) What does this mean for us in our daily lives, trying to cope with all the dead ends we and our society face? Being in the End Times as we are, you and I have the fresh start that we need! The old has passed away, and ...

1208. God Knows

Isaiah 5:1-7

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John W. Wurster

... religion is just about rules and regulations, then this passage has to make you think twice about that. If you believe that God is some kind of super-puppeteer, who pulls each string and effects our every move, then this passage has to call that belief into question. If you understand God to be an unmoved taskmaster without feeling or concern or interest, then this passage has to make you reevaluate that. Here is a vulnerable God. A God who loves what God has made, who is invested in creation. God longs ...

1209. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... fire from heaven. Dietrich Bonhoeffer became a World War II Christian martyr for refusing to join other church “leaders” in turning a blind-eye to Nazi terrorism. He said, “Only those who obey truly believe and those who believe truly obey.” He knew that belief and obedience go together like the two sides of a coin. One side is worthless without the other. The Bible’s God is not a by-product of momentary passions or fanciful imaginations. He is the Creator of all things good and they were called ...

1210. The Second Touch for the Out of Touch

1 Kings 19:1-18

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... is the only right way!” Have you ever been persuaded of that? Yet, notice that he ran away. If he was so certain he was right, why did he leave? I’ll tell you why: it was because he was depressed and his words and true belief (which were betrayed by his actions) were conflicted against each other. That weariness that leads to deep depression often reveals itself in a martyr complex. “So if you think you are standing, watch out that you do not fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12). “My friends, if anyone ...

1211. When God Does A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... in spiritual wastelands where people have become so tainted and corrupt by the horrors and illusions of this age that they have lost all hope in God ever changing the present human condition. They resign themselves to eternal pessimism and have lost all belief in things ever getting better. They are permanent residents of spiritual wastelands. They are so steeped in the spiritual quagmires of the past that they cannot see God doing a new thing today. They live in wastelands where they waste away in body ...

1212. Obeying God Rather Than Men

Acts 5:17-42

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... God and man, but a time may come when we must choose between them. Will we side with those who want us to give up the fundamental tenets and power of our faith? Will we side with men when it means persecuting and destroying others in the name of religious belief? Will we side with men or God when it comes to doing what is right, moral, and just? Are we willing to stand for the truth, die for the truth, and do what God has called us to do, or will we sit in sniveling silence? Will we compromise and ...

1213. You Shall Receive Power

Acts 1:1-11

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... comes upon you, the power of God will come upon you. You will have the power to preach and teach boldly in the name of Jesus, to stand up to power and principalities, to be Christ’s witnesses in a world that assaults and persecutes you for your beliefs. When the Holy Ghost comes, you will receive a power you never thought you had. You will have a holy boldness, a joy, a fervor, a zeal that the world didn’t give and cannot take away. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, stuff happens, things change ...

1214. Days of Promise

Jeremiah 33:1-26

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... . The prophet envisions God saying, “I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.” For a prophet, it was inconceivable that God would not fulfill a promise God had made. The Hebrew prophets emphasized the Hebrew belief that any promise God made was as good as fulfilled. One could safely trust any promise of God as being fulfilled right now. Because God had demonstrated God’s faithfulness over and over again, one never had to question whether the promise would come ...

1215. The Child of Promise

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... . Sagan’s work, The Demon Haunted World, was a final bequest to us to warn against the superstitions, myths, and fables about the creation which haunt people. Dr. Sagan believed that science is the candle to offer light to put out the darkness created by false beliefs. We can be grateful for that. Luther would say that we should be thankful for all the scientists who help us to understand better the world in which we live. Luther would add we should bask in the light those learned people shine on us the ...

1216. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

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Harry N. Huxhold

... , its views on marriage, and its birth control methods. At the same time Stark ventures to say, as few sociologists are inclined to do, that the Christian believers were able to cope with problems and disasters by virtue of their faith. The belief system of the Christian adherents was vastly superior to anything the pagan religions and cults offered through the multitude of gods they had fashioned in their idolatrous practices. The Prophet Jeremiah claimed the same for the Hebrew faith in his day. He ...

1217. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... night, he denied his Lord three times. The next day, Good Friday, Jesus was nailed to a cross and Simon Peter was devastated, shattered, defeated, and brokenhearted. But then came Easter and Simon Peter was at one and the same time thrilled beyond belief, excited, and gratified over Christ’s resurrection and yet confused and perplexed about his own future. Peter returns to Galilee with his friends. Several days pass and nothing has happened. Here is where our scripture of the morning, John 21, picks up ...

1218. You Do Have A Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James W. Moore

Some years ago, when Leonard Griffith was pastor of the famous City Temple in London, he wrote a fascinating book entitled Barriers to Christian Belief. In that book he dealt with some problems that have over the years been real obstacles and stumbling blocks for people in their faith pilgrimage… specific problems that hinder people, that burden people, that disturb people… and keep them away from the Christian faith. One of the barriers he listed ...

1219. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

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David E. Leininger

... , that the Lord comes to US before we ever come to him. In his grace, his Spirit moves upon our hearts and extends the invitation. But it is equally true that the invitation has never been to just continue SITTING there. You see, Christianity is more than a system of beliefs; it is an active faith, a faith that will be willing to get up out of its chair and on its feet, a faith that will be responsive to the needs of the world and the righteous imperatives of the God of all creation. Why do you think such a ...

1220. The Apostles' Creed: Maker of Heaven and Earth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... were the choices for people of faith. Darwin struck a nerve, of course. Church folk went apoplectic as they heard this "attack" on the Bible. The most famous of the attempts to hold back the tide of science that was threatening to overwhelm traditional belief was the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. National attention was focused on the little town of Dayton, Tennessee as young John Scopes, a 24-year-old high school general science teacher and part-time football coach, was charged with violating state law by ...

1221. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... plane on which you will fly home did his job just as faithfully as you have done yours here during the last semester." A groan went up from the assembled students. Uh-huh. Rightly understood, the daily job is a daily offering to God.(3) Another belief of the Puritans concerned the motivation and goals of work. The rewards of work, according to the Puritans, were spiritual and moral, not simply financial. Our own John Calvin said that we know that men were created to busy themselves with labor for the common ...

1222. The Last Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."(2) Abraham Lincoln, despite being caught up in the midst of the most disastrous war this nation has ever experienced, and despite fighting his own private war with depression, was well-known for his belief in that prescription. He had a great sense of humor. There was a story that circulated around Washington during those years concerning him and Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. Two pious Quaker ladies were discussing the relative merits and ...

1223. But God...

Genesis 50:15-21

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David E. Leininger

... One more "BUT GOD" story. A story about providence, about the unseen, but majestic hand of the Almighty working history when we thought it was all up to us. To be sure, the story of Jesus, the cross and the tomb, say very loudly, despite our belief in God's providence, that everything that happens is not good. Not at all. Horrible things happen - babies die, mothers get cancer, parents abuse children; we have Baghdad, Kabul, Chechnya, Auschwitz. Everyday's news has a story. But our faith has the REST of the ...

1224. God Cares About Justice!

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

The Gallup organization regularly conducts polls to determine the religious beliefs and practices of modern Americans. Despite new attitudes about morality, fluctuations in church membership, higher levels of education, and so on, there have been remarkably few changes in responses in recent years. The polls generally show that about 95% of us believe in a God of some sort. People may ...

1225. The Ten Commandments #3: God's Name

Exodus 20:1-21

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David E. Leininger

... that involved the over-and-over repetition of the name of their god in an almost magical incantation. The one doing the chanting would, in some mysterious way, be drawing some of that god's power down to him- or herself. It was all a part of that ancient belief that if you knew someone's name, whatever power that one might have over you might somehow be diminished and turned over to you. The name of the god was used like we might use "Abra-Cadabra," for magic, and God says do not do that. Whether we realize ...

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