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101. Proper 13 - The Feeding of 5,000

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Aid

... As a bribe? To meet a budget? Or, freely. "Freely have we received; freely we give." Either we give unconditionally or, we might as well not give at all. One pastor printed this charge in the order of worship: Pastor: Go forth now into a world where apathy and half-heartedness are dominant. Move the world a little by your willingness to share. In the name of God the Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer. God be with you. All: And with you. Pastor: May God's grace, mercy, and strength be with you. All: And grant that ...

102. "The Return"

Drama

... Teenager Second Teenager Politician Properties At one point during the drama, all characters except the Woman and the Man will pick up large stones to hurl at the Woman. These are prominently marked with labels such as: Ingratitude, Expediency, Envy, Pride, Scorn, Apathy, Gluttony. The Return (Scene: on a park bench is seated a good-looking, modest but sexily dressed young woman. A rather ordinary-looking man enters, crosses and stops a few feet from her.) Man Beautiful evening, isn’t it? (She ignores him ...

103. Mugwumps

Luke 6:1-11

Sermon

... day had now become the scene for perfectly respectable, religious people to meet and plot destruction. What was happening? How could respectable and knowledgeable people come to this? MUGWUMPS. A classic case of Mugwumps. Mugwumps are, in effect, Public Apathy Number One. The regrettable part of Mugwumps is what they can do to prevent human gifts and human capabilities from meeting human needs. Pharisees and scribes were very knowledgeable and capable individuals - potential dynamos for meeting human needs ...

104. I WANT TO BE NOTICED

Illustration

John H. Krahn

... on your head are all numbered," the Bible says. So intimate is God’s interest in you that he keeps a personal count of every hair on your head. Everyone goes through life wanting to be noticed. Few view life as a terminal illness. Few live in perpetual apathy. Friends and fame are sought by most. Success in sports, in business, with the opposite sex is important. We want our lives to count. "He’s a great guy," is the least we want to hear about ourselves. But few lives are even second page news. Most ...

105. In the Spirit's Tether

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... ... dedicated to his service through helping, caring, giving, and sharing. Faithfully we fulfill our role as Christians by becoming the leavening influence in our society; infiltrating the darkness with our light; those places of hatred with our love; those places of apathy with our zeal; those places of moral turpitude with our intrepid conviction and those places of futility with our eternal hope. Let us pray that as we commune together we may be drawn more closely in the Spirit’s tether, and ...

106. Little Things Affect Little Minds

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... context with anxiety over insignificant matters. The biblical writers treat anxiety as a denial of God’s providence and care. The biblical writers experienced at first hand the vicious cycle of panic. Anxiety over little problems and incidents leads to apathy, to increased hatred, to isolation of the person from his fellowmen. Suspicion toward the neighbor in such times becomes acceptable in quite horrifying ways. Jesus of Nazareth was quite concerned that his followers get beyond being upset over little ...

107. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... comfort. And so is the mind that bars out ideas, for all ideas have a contribution to make. Therefore keep the windows and the doors ajar - intellectual hospitality. This leads us to fourth characteristic: a genuine tolerance. Not indifference, not neutrality, not apathy, but the recognition that we must not merely endure disagreement but we must seek those who disagree with us and encourage them. We must listen to them, study them, and do all we can to get acquainted with different points of view. My ...

108. Peter’s Second Sermon

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... . Well, the church between Easter and Pentecost was parked. Yes, the church was in the twilight zone with the pathetic people asking the pathetic question, "Lord, will you now restore the kingdom?" So they waited. But in the waiting they began to move from apathy to expectancy. Then it happened! Luke tells us it happened with a bang. Pentecost! "All of them were all filled with the Holy Spirit ..." This is why Pentecost is called the birthday of the Christian church. It also prompted Peter’s first sermon ...

109. Good News for Bad Times

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of Phantasmagoria. It was signed by the chairman of the board: "Don Giveadam (Don't Give a Damn)." A study was made of changes that have taken place in college students across the country. One of the major changes reported was a general dissatisfaction, apathy, and malice among them. They feel frustrated by the demonstrations of the '60s and now feel loneliness, anxiety, and frustration. It is a generation without hope. Is there any basis for hope for our time? To be sure, there is no hope in man, only ...

110. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... segregated hour of the week; that Black and white will live in the same neighborhoods and really get to know each other. The vision of the End and dreams of a just society go hand-in-hand. Why has it not happened? Why is there still so much injustice, apathy, selfishness, and anxiety. Why is life still so unfair? The author of Habakkuk had that question. It is our question too. Listen to the song he sang to the Hebrews. He is singing it to us in response to all our hopelessness: For there is still a vision ...

111. The Favor

John 20:1-9

Drama

Dave Marsh

Director's Notes: How is it that we allow ourselves to get caught up in other stuff that just pulls us away from the joy of our salvation? This drama shows that the most dangerous thing Satan can do to us is slowly and subtly encourage apathy and put stuff in our lives that just doesn't matter. Another unfortunate thing here is how the husband seems resigned to his wife's spiritual condition... The good thing about this drama is that it can also be used on Easter (or the week before as in this case) ...

112. The Favor (A Drama about Backsliding)

John 6:60-71

Drama

Dave Marsh

113. Paul's Prayer For Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He believed in the power of the law, and in making society a better place. But in his courtroom, Judge Mester was forced to confront the fact that, not only does evil exist in our society, but also that evil was aided every day by the indifference and apathy of people who were in a position to stop it. He began to lose faith in his career, and in people, too. But one young man changed all that. Judge Mester was trying a particularly hideous case. A thirteen-year-old girl had been beaten and gang-raped ...

114. What Would It Take?

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... other words, what is standing in the way--keeping us from saying "yes" with our whole heart, like Paul did, when we sense Jesus calling to us? We can fill in the blanks: "My social status, my material possessions, my desire for approval, my spiritual apathy, my need for control, my self-centeredness, my fear, my guilt and shame." What is it that is standing between you and a wholehearted commitment to following Jesus? For Paul there were many obstacles to overcome: the law of Moses, his family lineage, his ...

115. The Bridge Builder

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... for getting out of something you don't really want to do, remember these. Each starts out with, "I'd love to, but . . ." The man on television told me to stay tuned. I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products. I'm observing National Apathy Week. I'm being deported. 5. I've come down with a really horrible case of something or other. My Psychic Friend advised against it. None of my socks match. My chocolate-appreciation class meets that night. I have to study for a blood test. We could come ...

116. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... and stirring up trouble are just as sinful in God's eyes. We have a harder time grasping the idea that thoughts and attitudes, like lust, complaining, or envy, can also be sins. And that's where the sin of the goats comes in. They are guilty of apathy, of indifference in the face of suffering. It is not enough that we don't hate our fellow human being. We are also charged with the responsibility of actively caring for those around us. If we see somebody who is hungry, it is our responsibility to feed them ...

117. Would You Please Listen To Me?

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... or mission, unless we are ready for it. How will you prepare for this Advent season? How will you "make straight the way for the Lord?" Are there unconfessed sins, fears, prejudices, habits that are keeping you from a fruitful, committed Christian lifestyle? Is there apathy or unbelief in your life that needs to be confronted? Advent is not meant to be a warm and fuzzy season in the life of the church. It is a time that demands soul-searching and repentance and change. Author Patsy Clairmont writes that one ...

118. A Failure To Communicate

Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 2:5-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... his royal position. He faces his execution with courage and calmness. A Man for All Seasons is narrated by a character called Common Man. He represents all of us who don't have the courage of our convictions. Common Man never makes waves. Common Man chooses apathy and silence over sacrifice. There is nothing that he would die for. Common Man's last words after the execution of Sir Thomas More are, "You know, it is not hard to stay alive . . . just don't make trouble." (4) Jesus could have avoided Calvary's ...

119. Hungry For God

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... God speaks almost as loudly as does God's presence. When you have been separated from the presence of God for too long, you either stop caring about it, or you hunger for a move from God that is so earth-shaking that it leaves no room for doubt or apathy. IN THIS PASSAGE, ISAIAH IS REACTING TO THE ABSENCE OF GOD AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. You and I can appreciate that. Many of us hunger for God to show Himself in our lives. Was there ever a time when you yearned to know that God was with you? Maybe ...

120. A Father Pleased With His Son

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... will make them work harder, they deduce. If so, it will be at a great emotional cost. Listen one last time. The chronically under- achieving child is not that way because he or she has been spoiled by a parent's attentiveness. Rather that child's apathy is because his or her spirit has been broken by a feeling of unworthiness. A healthy relationship motivates, energizes, encourages. I hope you see that I am really preaching two messages today. One is in praise of Jesus for all he means to us--his humility ...

121. On Doing Beautiful Things

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and arrogant to even try to do anything about it. If one is born poor, that is the way it was mean to be. If one is born rich, too, that is the way it is meant to be. (That is good Hindu theology, but hardly Christian.) The result is apathy. There was even a verse in the hymn “All things bright and beautiful” (which our hymnal rightly omits). It goes like this: “The rich man in his castle, / the poor man at his gate; /God made them high and lowly, /and ordered their estate.” I’ll bet that wasn’t ...

122. Biblical Insights for Being a Christian Father

Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... phenomenon: "About ten years ago, I began to study several hundred young men who had dropped out of Harvard for psychiatric reasons. Three predominant items were consistently observed." 1. Marked isolation from their parents--especially the father. 2. An overwhelming apathy and lack of motivation. 3. An inability to control sexual drive and impulses. Then Dr. Nicholi adds this very significant statement. "People in my field relate this lack of self-control to the declining influence of the Father in the ...

123. Too Good to Miss

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... these are all symptoms of a deep, deep suffering of the spirit, which comes from being cut off from our Creator. Our umbilical cord between God and us, through which the true nourishment of meaning and life is intended to flow, has been stepped on by sin and apathy and glitz and misguided thinking, and many do not know what's even happening to them. In fact, what they are finding is the truth of a poster I saw once. Underneath a picture of a beautifully round earth was this caption: "Without God, it's a ...

124. Excited!

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the motions, but our heart is not really in it. We need to reclaim the fire of that first Pentecost. When the Holy Spirit came upon the followers of Christ in Jerusalem on that first Pentecost, they were totally shaken out of their complacency and apathy. Suddenly they understood their mission and they embraced it. They became a force to be reckoned with. They became a fellowship unlike any the world had known before, and they became determined above all things to raise high the banner of Christ for their ...

125. What Really Matters The Price Of The High Calling

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... pray to him for help. So we must help each other. We must give each other the forgiveness that a remote God denies us. I say to you, that you’re forgiven your husband’s death. You’re no longer to blame. I beg your forgiveness for my apathy and indifference. Do you forgive me?” Manuela says softly, “Yes.” Now that’s a poignant testimony and commentary – not alone on the state of the church in Germany in the 1920s, not alone of the vitality or lack of vitality on the part of that priest in his ...

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