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101. The Lamb

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Argile Smith

... retelling his story will give us fresh inspiration to worship the Lord whose love for us compelled many believers down through the centuries to face death because of their love for him. Polycarp died in about AD 150 in the city of Smyrna. Yes, that’s a long, long time ago in a land far, far away. But the significance of that time and place lies in the obvious fact that he died just a little over a century or so after Christianity got off to a good start, thanks to Pentecost. Church historians say that ...

102. Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Ezekiel 37:15-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... fire it, so that the colors and textures become fixed. If that pottery is not fired, and you leave it lie without being used for a long period of time, it will dry out, become brittle, and it will finally break. If you drop it, it will shatter. This is in a ... in the Lord.” “For I was dead, lost, and now am found.” In Ezekiel’s time, Israel lay in exile to Babylon. A long time passed, and nothing was left of God’s holy people. But out of those desolate bones, God again created a new community, one ...

103. A Double Dose

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the prophetic undertaking. He knew what would be required. He knew that prophecy often meant standing alone, without the benefit of standing armies that march by day and night. It would mean living as a force of one for God. Elisha wanted to stay around Elijah as long as he could. He needed more time with his mentor so his spirit could rub off on him. He did not want Elijah to make the ascension until he had received the full dosage of strength needed for the fight. He needed confidence. He needed strength ...

104. The Intersection Of The Cross

Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... are people with a heart of stone, interested not in hearing and hearkening to God's will, but in manipulating, conniving, and finagling your way around it. You are cold and unmoved and hard of heart and those words describe not a living being, but a petrified fossil, long dead. That is the word that kills. But that is not the last nor the only word. Jesus speaks another, and that word makes us alive. He speaks to us this time not as moral guide or judge but as the heavenly bridegroom. As he calls each of ...

105. Prayers for the Sundays After Easter

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... the end of our prayer in spite of all the confusion? We suspect that our dilemma isn't all that crucial to you. You've long since known that we confuse ourselves and this is just another instance of it. Perhaps we need to spend this time with you as best ... 's power, without allowing it to determine our soul's journey. Money, indeed, can make possible the grand dreams of a believer's heart, as long as the believer's heart is guided by your will, dear Lord. It is your Son to whom every knee should bow. It is in ...

106. The Future Of The Church!

Matthew 11:25-30

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... I suppose I should get to my speech. It's not very interesting. Oh, well, here goes: (HE STOPS STRUMMING) "The Future of the Church!" (LONG PAUSE. HE STRUMS AGAIN) You know, I wasn't even supposed to make this speech, but Dr. Barlow, he's head of the religion department ... moving toward a great future in the Church. He now has his own church and I'm sure will do great things and have a long and profitable career. We want to be proud of you in the same way, Barnabas. You want to be successful, don't you? Of ...

107. Advent 2

2 Peter 3:1-18, Isaiah 40:1-31, Mark 1:1-8

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Russell F. Anderson

... ' unwavering faith in their team was an inspiration, he reported. Their faith was finally rewarded, which renewed his hope that his faith in the coming of the Messiah would also be rewarded. It would be all the more sweet for having had to wait so long. Sermon Title: The Late Great Planet Earth. Sermon Angle: I do not identify with the apocalyptic prognosticating of the like of Hal Lindsay. Nevertheless, the end of the world and the birth of a new cosmos is not only biblical but seems perfectly logical. If ...

108. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... what God wants them to do rather than what they would desire…. They believe in what is true rather than what they would like to be true. (p. 78) Such people as those listed above, give evidence that there is nothing higher than themselves to whom they offer submission. Long ago Christ called me to walk in his way. I found that when I do life is rich, full, and open. When I insist on my way (one way, inflexible) life comes to cross-purposes. Then I sit back and reflect: if there is only my way I will lose ...

109. What Christmas Is About

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... the corner. "Maybe" shriveled away, but "Yes" willingly put himself into the hand. The little bulb was buried in the ground through the long winter, but in the spring the bulb burst forth into a new and wondrous life. Those same choices are given to every one ... the awesome power of God that is often strongest in our lives when it appears to be the weakest. Golfer Gary Player has long been a deeply committed Christian. Playing in a tournament in Dayton, Ohio, Gary came to the 10th green. As he was walking up ...

110. Recollections of Reuben, Uncle of a Young Bethlehem Shepherd

Matthew 2:13-18

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... having to give her first birth in such circumstances, but at least it was better than it would have been out in the field with the sheep and the shepherds! The father was older and very gentle with the young mother and baby. Nathanael and the boys did not stay long, but went to the homes of their friends and woke them up to tell the story. It was not such a peculiar thing that the baby had been born in the stable, what with space in Bethlehem at such a premium, and these people obviously so poor. But it was ...

111. Reality Check

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... he was always truthful. "When you are real, you don’t mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," asked the rabbit, "or does it happen bit by bit?" "It doesn’t happen all at once," replied the Skin Horse. "You BECOME. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and you eyes don’t work so well, and you ...

112. Life's Third Dimension

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... that others got the same for working only a short, short while. To the vineyard owner they said, "You have made them equal to us." On that score those complaining workers were essentially right, only it was not the vineyard owner who made them equal; they were equal long before they ever came to the vineyard that day. They were equally persons; they were equal at the essential heart of what they were. Perhaps this was the way the vine keeper saw them - I don't know. But I do know that this is the way God ...

113. Advent 1

Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122:1-9, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 24:36-51

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... work for the benefit of the world, wonder at the patience, love, and goodness of God. God has his own good reasons for the long wait. He does indeed have a plan to save us from ourselves and to deliver us from destruction and despair, as well as the ... -bombs" in their chests. One believes that he has less than ten years to live; the other, not yet forty years of age, hopes to live long enough to see an infant child grow up. Both know that death could come at any time; they know the time and are making the most ...

114. When I Was Hungry...

Matthew 4:1-11

Drama

... the wilderness for forty days. 2: I’ve been in the wilderness for twenty years! 3: [Pause] We’ve all been in the wilderness a long time. 1: And we’re hungry. 2: The wilderness is harsh, 3: And cold and lonely; and food is hard to find. 1: There’s ... the wilderness for forty days. 2: I’ve been in the wilderness for twenty years! 3: [Pause] We’ve all been in the wilderness a long time. 1: And we’re hungry. 2: The wilderness is harsh, 3: And cold and lonely; and food is hard to find. 1: There’s ...

115. Striking Silversmiths Start Riot

Acts 19:23-41

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CSS

... on the warpath, but the Jews were again trying to stir up trouble. He was in danger not only from pagan commercial interests, but was also "in danger from his own people," as he explained to the Corinthians. Paul had been at Ephesus for two years and three months - as long a time as he had ever stayed anywhere. For all that time he had seen a constant stream of travelers from all over the world and he must have itched to get out to some of those places he had not yet visited. Perhaps now was the time to ...

116. Do Wrinkles Hurt?

Psalm 92:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... know that." Then I asked him if he could believe that Jesus was actually God in human form and that when he died on a cross long ago, it was done for us out of love. He said, "Yes, I believe that." I asked him if he could believe that this Jesus arose ... that the persistent peace of his last days here was directly related to the fact that he had already made his long-term reservations. Some people have made extensive preparations for retirement, have good insurance, and a will, but have given little thought to ...

117. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... and what looked like a horn growing out of the middle of his forehead - like a unicorn. I don’t remember how he died, or how long he lived - all I can remember is that I said over and over again, "He doesn’t have any way to cry." And sometimes I wonder ... believe that? SETH Sure I do. As much as I believe there’s always somebody around with three dollars when you need it. GRACE Only as long as I’m around. Even as my father sent me, so I send you. SETH Hey, that’s not your line, is it? GRACE No, of ...

118. Resurrection: From Chaos to Order

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... so that it would not be forgotten. He told it because it was answer to the pondering. It was an answer that shaped a faith about life. It made him comfortable as he sat by the fire, and it gave security to the young man growing up in that so long ago. And it still is a foundation stone of faith, our faith, a faith that can neither be proven, nor disproven. Stirring the burning twigs, the Ancient One began again to speak the story. It came word for word as he had received it. "In the beginning God created ...

119. Life Between Verses 4 and 5

Psalm 13:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... love him. "And every day have sorrow in my heart?" asks the mother in Harlem who has lost two sons in the never-ending drug wars. "How long will my enemy triumph over me?" asks the young Palestinian who is the third generation to be forced to live in a refugee camp despite this ... rather skip verses 1, 2, 3, and 4. "How are you?" "Fine." The expected response even when our heart's cry is "How long, O Lord," and life is going to hell in a handbasket. Not good. The other night I heard a colleague talk of former ...

120. Come Home For New Year's

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... , a teen who was adopted. Kandy had only been with her adoptive family for about a year when her birth father invited her to lunch, in the hopes of getting to know her and answer some of her questions. This man had been out of Kandy's life for a long time, due to his incarceration in prison. Kandy's parents were reluctant to let her go, because they were afraid that she might choose to go back to her birth father. But they encouraged her to go so that she might learn more about her history. They knew it was ...

121. A Scream And A Laugh

Colossians 1:1-14

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... rooting us on. You remember the hymn that we sing at least once a year -- on All Saints Day, "For All the Saints". I can't ever sing that song again without remembering that experience in Zurich. The fifth stanza goes, "And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,stills on the ear the distant triumph song,and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.Alleluia. Alleluia. It's a great image, the saints, being in the stands as it were, while we are on the field in the stadium playing the game. It's sort ...

122. Walk By Faith Not By Sight

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... pastor of the Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, tells the story of the two little black boys on a street corner fighting. An elegant white lady came by in a chauffeur-driven limousine, stopped the car, and then told them to stop fighting. The boys stopped just long enough to assess where the orders came from, and then when they saw who was giving the command, they decided they didn't have to mind her, but before they went back to slugging it out with each other, one of them said, "Her ain't talkin' to ...

123. Epiphany:The Joy of Fulfillment

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world" (John 4:42). By God's grace, we ought to be able to speak in the same way. Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of our human longing and our human need; we rejoice this Epiphany season in that grand fact. It is as if his role were written not only into the scriptures, but even into our very natures. Saint Augustine said that we human beings have a God-shaped void which only God himself can ...

124. Let Not Thy Will Roar, When Thy Power Can But Whisper

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... down to begin working on some important papers. Ironically, the general’s seatmate turned out to be a private in the US Army, and this young private was rather gregarious. He didn’t recognize General Bradley, so he said to him, “Sir, we are going to be traveling a long way together and I think it would be a good idea if just got to know one another. I am guessing that you are a banker.” Bradley, not wanting to be rude but really wanting to get back to his work, replied, “No, I am not a banker, I ...

125. Bloody Lintels — Broken Bread

Exodus 12:1-14

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... mood is somber. A mournful Negro spiritual of today captures the feelings of those early Hebrew slaves: Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove, Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove, Sometimes I feel like a moanin' dove, A long ways, long ways, long ways from home, A long ways, long ways, long ways from home. Oooo. Crushed and suffocated by the harsh demands of their Egyptian oppressors, a plaintive lament rises up to the heavens -- a great groaning from the Children of Israel to God: Sometimes I feel like a ...

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