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101. Get Ready, Get Set...Wait!

Matthew 24:36-51

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Johnny Dean

... for God have read the warning Jesus is giving his disciples here in Matthew’s gospel. Most often what is missing from their pronouncements of coming doom and gloom is a reminder that our concentration is not to be on the future, but on the present, on the quality of the life we are living today. Jesus doesn’t call us to a passive, do-nothing kind of waiting. Jesus says to the disciples and to us that the way we live together in the world as Kingdom people, as Advent people, is serious business and calls ...

102. On Staying Awake

Luke 12:35-48

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Wallace H. Kirby

... of us. God is what all of us are really searching for. This is the quest that provokes all searches and all dissatisfactions. We don’t even have to know that this inner uneasiness, this sense that all of life’s achievements and successes have a hollow quality about them, is a search for God. But it’s there for believer and unbeliever alike. The Biblical testimony has words for it: As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. And ...

103. The Two Fires

Luke 12:49-53

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Wallace H. Kirby

... which he speaks is of two sorts: the fire of judgment and the fire of the spirit. Unless we have taken all the vitality out of our Christian faith, we will have to allow that Christ is the fire of judgment upon us. How could it be otherwise? The quality of his life, when set over against ours, ... is to call out judgment, because our lives fall far short of his. We sometimes speak of Christ as the example of how we should live and are accused of making Christianity into a new law, a religion of good works ...

104. Is The Gospel Only For Women?

Luke 6:17-26

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... about his rights; a big person can afford to give in and take it easy on his enemies. It takes courage to be hungry for righteousness, to be pure in your motives, to work for peace, because when you do, you get persecuted. So these so-called "womanly" qualities are what require the so-called "manly" virtue of courage. Aren’t women brave too? That’s why I don’t go for these distinctions. I think they’re sexist. Both boys and girls, both men and women can take Jesus as their model and not be ashamed ...

105. The Sermon on the Level

Luke 6:17-26

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... go marching in. There is little that commends such visions to our taste. Between the values and priorities to which we are accustomed and the values and priorities of saints there is a great gulf. In our relationships with neighbors, friends, and enemies, the quality of mercy has been strained, and judgments drop, not like the gentle dew from heaven, but like devastating bombs. Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and ...

106. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

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Dean Lueking

... any questions about the everlastingness of life, the immortality of the soul, etc. He does not deliver well-turned phrases about the qualities of the human personality that are so powerful and unique that they cannot die and must survive. The attention is not upon ... sovereign Lord whom Jesus reveals is God of the living and not of the dead. (Matthew 22:31-32) It is God’s quality, not man’s, which guarantees the life of the world to come. This is the stumbling block over which unbelief trips and falls. ...

107. L’Chaim!

John 10:1-21

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Dean Lueking

... not provided now. I appeal to you to voice your protest and exercise your care for men and women who come out of our jails more hardened and more criminal than when they entered. If we mean what we say when talking about the goal of an improved quality of life, then there is no better place to apply that rhetoric to reality than in prison reform. Shame on us for our misplaced priorities, our self-serving, our ingratitude for the gift of life, our contempt for it, our neglect of it! Witness to the Abundant ...

108. Proper 18

Lk 14:25-33 · Eze 33:1-11 · Phm 1-20 · Prov 9:8-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... . It seems as though Christianity is for all who care to come. Three times in today's Gospel, Jesus frankly says, "He cannot be my disciple." Note the final, definite, categorical "cannot." You cannot be his disciple unless -. It is time the church starts thinking of quality rather than of quantity of members. Outline: You cannot be Jesus' disciple unless A. You love him more than your family - v. 26 B. You bear a cross of adversity - v. 27 C. You make him your chief treasure - v. 33 Lesson 1: Ezekiel 33:1 ...

109. Christmas 1

Lk 2:41-52 · Col 3:12-17 · 1 Sam 2:18-20, 26

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John R. Brokhoff

... the evil son-priests of Eli. Sirach 24:1-4, 8-12 God promises to restore captive Israel with prosperity and rejoicing. A call to honor earthly parents, who reflect to us the parentage of God. Colossians 3:12-17 As God's children, Christians are to possess the qualities of Christ. If Christ is born or re-born in our hearts at Christmas, on this first Sunday after Christmas it is appropriate to see what it means to have Christ in us. With Christ in us, we are new creatures. We take off the old clothes of our ...

110. A Noble Patriotism John D. Mauney, Jr.

Exodus 2:11-25

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... animalism of slavery. To free the Israelites from their bondage, it was necessary that one man should possess the culture and mental grasp required of a deliverer and lawgiver. God was working to prepare one of his noblemen for this venture requiring the unique qualities of passion and faith, and the Lord God would not call him to a mission for which he was not prepared. So Moses’ instruction in the wisdom of the Egyptians continued for many years. While he was being groomed in the Egyptian courts for ...

111. Salt and Light

Matthew 5:13-16

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... like salt which has lost its savor. Salt can lose its taste, and when it does, it is good for nothing except to be thrown out the window and trodden under the feet of those who pass by. Likewise, a follower of Jesus can lose his or her salt-like quality and be good for nothing as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Saying that salt has lost its taste is like saying, "Bob was once a disciple;" or "Mary was once a follower;" "Bob once gave flavor to life, but for some reason, he quit doing it." So, add that one ...

112. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Isaiah 58:1-14, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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... as well as directly in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The light of which Isaiah speaks is a consequence of the quality of their lives; their actions toward those who are oppressed, hungry, homeless, and poor cause the "light to break forth like the ... men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven") will have the effect of "salt" on the quality of life, will be as evident to others as a "city on a hill," and will shine as a floodlight in the world. In the middle ...

113. Pentecost 24

Mal 1:6-14, Lev 2:1-16, Mic 3:1-12, Am 5:18-27, Ru 4:1-1, 1Th 2:1-16, 4:13-5:11, Mt 23 and 25:1-13

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CSS

... health care in them. The photographs of eight physicians and one dentist, most of whom were department chairpersons, along with their credentials, were published with the names of staff doctors and dentists. Under "what we preach," Group Health's ten-point program for "quality assurance," was printed out on the rest of the page. Point #2 caught my eye; "Every physician is reviewed by fellow physicians." In effect, that was what Jesus was doing in his attack on the scribes and the Pharisees; they failed his ...

114. Sermon Opener - American Speed and Efficiency

Luke 18:1-8

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... who sat enclosed in a little cubicle. After standing in line at the teller's counter, one then went over and stood in line at the cashier's counter, and waited some more. Cashing a paycheck was a great lesson in patience each month, a quality that we Americans are notably short on. Because of our cultural preference for speed and efficiency, our gospel lesson this morning has something to say to us that each of us needs very much to hear. The themes of patient waiting, of persistence, of faithfulness ...

115. Who Has Everything?

Matthew 5:5

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... whole life. We see it in his reaction to people; those in authority as well as those of low social caste. It is movingly evident in the way he endured misunderstanding, scorn, sarcasm, derision. His attitude toward his enemies and his submission to God show this quality. His decision to live as a servant of all is indicative of his meekness. "Come to me, I am meek and lowly in heart." One of our historical favorites is ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Have you ever thought of him as a meek man? His great physical strength ...

116. Faith A New Potential for Life

Romans 4:1-25

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Robert G. Tuttle

... come a life of goodness and righteousness. So the faith was imputed to him for the righteousness that he would never have a chance in this life to actualize. His daring faith had opened for him, at the last minute, the everlasting doors of God’s mercy. The quality of his life was now good, and God accepted it. As Bishop W. T. Watkins put it in a little book, The Nature and Meaning of Christian Faith: "When a sinful man comes to Christ, though he is anything but a righteous man, his faith in the redeeming ...

117. What Are You Going to Do About Death?

Mt 10:28 · Lk 12:4

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Robert G. Tuttle

... minds off of the service of mankind. To the contrary, when we begin to glimpse the goodness, the love, the sharing of God, then our whole life is caught up in his spirit of serving others. This is where the power comes from - this is where the quality of serving originates. It is the spirit of heaven. It is the spirit of Christ. It is the spirit of Christians! We prepare for heaven by loving others; we make ready for hell by living only for ourselves. I cannot forget the old doctor in "Our Town": "Everybody ...

118. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

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John R. Brokhoff

... and we want it more than anything else in the whole world. Having the best, we are no longer interested in second best. It is like a young man who has many girl friends. One day he meets the girl of his dreams. For him she gathers up all the qualities of the other girls. This is the pearl of great price to him. Nobody needs to suggest to him that he stop seeing the other girls. Now he is not interested in being with anyone but the girl. It gets down to a matter of relative values. The merchant sells ...

119. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Mann

... future; and we do; we do it all the time. You look into the future and paint a picture on the canvas of your mind. The picture may be clear or dim, bright or dark, inviting or forbidding; or it may be a mixture of elements; but, whatever the quality of your artistry, you are making some kind of image of tomorrow. In our representation of the future, we are painters rather than photographers. We form our impressions of what we think things will be like, and we do not so much live by tomorrow’s reality as ...

120. The Beauty of a Childlike Faith

Matthew 18:1-9

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Bill Bouknight

... no longer relate to other people according to rank or power or money or prestige. They treat janitors and governors with equal dignity. They regard everybody as a VIP. Children seem to do this intuitively; adult Christians have to relearn it. There is a second quality of childrens that we Christians should emmulate. It is their ability to trust so completely. When I was sixteen years old, my little brother Joe was just four. He was my favorite little buddy and went with me lots of places. Now, my judgment ...

121. Chapter V

Exodus 20:1-21

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Frank H. Seilhamer

... embedded in them. When God selected Moses to lead the people out of Egyptian bondage, Moses at first turned down the idea as being out of the question. With one excuse after the other he told God why he was not fit for the job! He did not have the qualities of which real leaders are made. He was not believable, or able to inspire the confidence that such a task required (Genesis 4:1ff.). He was not eloquent, or as he put it, "I am slow of speech and tongue tied." "O my Lord," said Moses, as he quaked in ...

122. An Easter Dividend: The Courage To Be and To Do

Acts 4:1-22

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Donald Macleod

... merely being built that way. To risk one’s reputation for the sake of duty, "to stick to your guns" when public opinion is against you, to blaze a new trail when everyone else glides along the path of least resistance, requires a moral and spiritual quality that is gained only by moral and spiritual means. And if there is anything this generation must learn - and learn quickly - it is that the courage necessary to meet and change the world belongs to the realm of character and comes from the same sources ...

123. Feeling Down And Looking Up

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Frederick C. Edwards

... someone, he was as likely to say "your sins are forgiven" as to say "rise up and walk." Jesus had the ability to free people from whatever power, real or imagined, kept them from living full and fulfilled lives. I am convinced we have that same healing quality. In fact Jesus himself indicated to his disciples that they would do even greater things than they had seen him do. You and I encounter people every day who are downcast and have forgotten, if they ever knew, how to look up and behold the presence of ...

124. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

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Edward Chinn

... am sure," wrote Saint Paul, "that God who began the good work within you will keep right on helping you grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns" (Philippians 1:6, LB). There are four qualities to this divinely inspired greatness: humility, helpfulness, hopefulness, heroism. I First, a person is made great by being humble. When King David was a boy, he lived as a shepherd on the hills of Judea. Under the black sky, David saw the stars and realized ...

125. Will Names Never Hurt Us?

Proverbs 10:1-32

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Edward Chinn

... the results of a test done in 1973 by Herbert Harari, a psychologist at the University of California at San Diego. Eighty elementary school teachers were handed eight essays to mark. The essays, done by fifth and sixth graders, were of identical quality. There was only one variable factor: the names of the students which appeared on the essays. Four of the essays were signed with common names Michael, David, Karen, and Lisa. The other four essays were signed with unconventional names - Elmer, Hubert, Bertha ...

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