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101. Make Scriptural Hope Your Own

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... read literature with a "southern accent" Clarence Jordan's delightful Cotton Patch version of the New Testament might be just right for you. As I observe children and youth use their amazing knowledge of electronics, computer skills and fascination with video games, I wonder what would happen if that knowledge, skill and fascination were applied to Bible study. I believe that if our young people really became hooked on the Bible they would help us see things in the scriptures that we had never seen before ...

102. Don't Be Stupid

Jeremiah 4:5-31

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Richard L. Sheffield

... doesn't do God's image any good for him to go around calling people "stupid children" (Jeremiah 4:22). Yet, Jeremiah tells us, God said of his people in Israel "... My people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good" (Jeremiah 4:22, NRSV) In his attempt to get our attention, the call of God to you and me is: Hey stupid! A childish taunt you'd expect on a school yard; not what you'd expect from God ...

103. Be Charitable In Your Judgment

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

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Richard Hasler

... learned that all the books that he had written meant nothing to the mentally disabled because they could not read. Having taught at Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard likewise did not impress them because they had not gone to any school. His knowledge and skills were irrelevant among his new friends. He had to rely on his naked self "open for affirmations and rejections, hugs and punches, smiles and tears, all dependent simply on how I was perceived at the moment."3 Such a personal experience would convince all ...

104. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

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Mark Radecke

... thousand years that lay between King David in Old Testament times and King Herod, no king of Israel wanted to be loved by his people more than Herod the Great. It was a consuming passion for him. He played the political game withh consummate skill. Althougha member of the royal family by birth, Herod ruled at the pleasure of the Roman emperor, and his story includes intrigues with Anthony and Cleopatra and friendship with Octavius who later was called Caesar Augustus. Herod's task was to balance the needs ...

105. The Peace That Jesus Gives

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Lee Griess

... to an apartment that houses a family of ten -- a grandmother, her two daughters and their seven children. Anyone who has climbed those stairs and shared in the experiences of that family this past year has made an ascent to hell. Unemployed, with few or no job skills, the family subsists on welfare payments and the meager wages one daughter brings home from work at a fast-food restaurant. Often the heat does not work and there is no hot water. Many days there is no food, for alcohol and drugs often eat up ...

106. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... remember, even though living in darkness. The question may be unrealistic. If there is an answer, I do not know it. But this I do know: it must be hard, brutally hard, to be blind, even in this age of Braille and radio and records and talking books and special skills to be learned and a large measure of self-esteem to be had for the effort. It is brutally hard to be blind even today, but in Jesus' time it was infinitely harder. For one thing, there was nothing to do for a blind man except to beg. The blind ...

107. Gifts of Lent V: A Soldier Gives His Wine

Matthew 27:45-56

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... drafted from the jails or the streets, enjoyed killing and watching someone suffer. But not me or the other centurions I knew. Integrity, loyalty, courage, duty -- these were the qualities of my peers. And yet I inflicted my share of suffering. It was as much my skill in battle that earned me the name Longinus, "the lance," as it was my piercing the side of Jesus. At the time, whether it was right or wrong to command the death squad was not my concern. Whether I enjoyed or abhorred the job was likewise ...

108. The Man From Galilee III: The Touch Of His Hand

Matthew 8:14-17

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... in the heat of the sun. With the passing of time the hands of the artist became skilled, while the hands of the laborer became scarred. One night the artist saw his friend sitting by a window praying. And he decided to paint those hands which had been ... sacrificed so his skill could be perfected. Today we call them "The Praying Hands." Hands turned down to the sod and turned up to God have now become ...

109. Here Is Where It Happens

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... . We need the vocabulary of this world. We need also the words of the Spirit that warm the heart, inform the conscience, and enlighten the mind. We need the teaching that makes us smart. We need the Word from beyond that makes us wise. We need the skills that help us set up ledgers and accounts. We need also our faith tradition that calls us to be accountable. We need to know more than computer jargon and be familiar with more than the internet. What about the eternity network? Didn't Peter sense this in ...

110. A Moment Of Decision

Mark 1:9-13

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John A. Stroman

... family business and ran the carpenter shop in Nazareth. There is some thought that he was a skilled craftsman like his father. One New Testament scholar has suggested that there might have been a sign over his carpenter shop which read, "My Yoke is Easy ... ," indicating that his yokes were so skillfully crafted that they fit perfectly over the shoulders of the oxen, causing no chafing and making heavy burdens light. John came preaching ...

111. Loving God with Our Whole Being

Mark 12:28-34

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... the Spirit") "When Christ Was Lifted from the Earth" "Where Charity and Love Dwell" * "With All My Heart" * "Your Love, O God, Has Called Us Here" Reading the Scripture If your congregation is fortunate enough to have someone with the skill to do chanting, then ask this person to use his or her skills to chant the beautiful words in this gospel lesson. One of the most vivid human experiences of love is that time when two people are about to be married. Choose such a couple to read the gospel lesson. Their ...

112. Giving with Open Hands

Mark 12:41-44

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Thomas Peterson

... that there was nothing of the giver in them. Or, they could have been so calculating in their giving “How do I look now, God?” “How do I look now, Chief Priest?” “How do I look now, congregation?” that the hands were really closed. Trying skillfully to compute their generosity in terms of the payoff, they sat back smugly downgrading the widow as she came forward. The widow, having nothing to win or nothing to lose was fully exposed, totally open in herself as in her giving. All she had was laid ...

113. Winners Losers

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... its possibilities. Do not give way to fanciful daydreams, but invest yourself in that word by daily practice, putting one foot ahead of the other until you experience the meanings of Jesus’ word (now your word) and develop skills for profiting from its power. Such continuing is a fundamental skill for growth and winning. From there you determine that you will to be a Disciple. “Follow me, for I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Learn by disciplined living. “Accept as a basic principle of your ...

114. Learning The Basics

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... , "I assure you that whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." She told me that her little five-year-old children come to kindergarten in September totally unfocused and undisciplined. They come not really able to receive anything because their listening skills and their ability to follow directions are as yet undeveloped and untrained. They lack proper self-discipline. My friend gave me one example, of many she could have given me, of how the young students' listening ...

115. The Dream For Wisdom

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... For the ancients, the heart is the center of the self and the soul. The heart is the place of thinking and feeling. The heart is the place for discipline and will. Solomon's request implies the desire for a reason that understands, a heart with the skill to listen, the ability to judge, an instinct for integrity. And it pleases the Lord that Solomon has asked it. The Lord grants what Solomon asks and adds to it. The Hebrew word for wisdom - hokmah - distinguishes wisdom in three ways, all three of which are ...

116. The Pageant

Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7

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Jerry Eckert

... Horicon was nothing like Faith Church, Milwaukee. There was talent galore, except, it appeared, in theatrical skills. Only one person in the church was active in a community theater and no one seemed ... and went to the male relative to whom to pay the betrothal price for her. She probably shouldn't have cost that much. But Joseph was a carpenter, a skilled craftsman, one worthy of his hire who earned well. I can imagine an uncle or cousin, with whom Mary lived and acted as servant, naming a very high price. ...

117. The TV Revolution

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... written essays of sound theology and logic which were read before the congregation. Good preachers spent a lot of time writing their sermons. Even when preachers don't write them out in full, they are prepared mentally as essays. In this new age of communication skill in reading and writing is as indispensable as ever. Good preachers still write their sermons out. But as a form of oral communication, simply reading a well-crafted essay doesn't work in the pulpit anymore. Maybe it never did work as well as ...

118. “You Did That for Me!”

Mark 8:31--9:1

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Thomas Peterson

... we deserve the gift. Accepting the gift innocently makes us feel as if we are beholden or subservient. Often, to save face, we say “Oh, that means nothing to her; she’s got millions.” Or we misinterpret the motive. “He’s always been jealous of my skills, so this is his way of showing me up.” We can even become defensive. “What are you trying to do to me?” Irritation can enter our hearts. Sometimes we begin mounting an attack against our benefactor. “This’ll show him. He shouldn’t have ...

119. The Best Offense Is A Good Defense

Zephaniah 3:1-20

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to an indoor setting but these efforts proved to be unsatisfactory, too. Finally, he decided, if possible, to invent an entirely new game. He had in mind a game less violent than the ones he was accustomed to playing, one that would require team spirit and new skills. He drew up a simple set of 13 rules which he posted on the bulletin board. Then, to the astonishment of his students, he proceeded to nail two peach baskets at either end of the Springfield gym. He had his players, nine on either side, dressed ...

120. Are You Asking The Right Questions?

Zechariah 7:1-14

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... that he would return to his own first love. Eventually Durer’s attractive wood carvings did sell, and it was time for his friend to resume work as an artist. However, the manual labor had so stiffened his hands that no longer was he able to exhibit the skill he once possessed. One day as Durer returned home earlier than expected he discovered his friend praying quietly with folded hands. He was well aware that he could not give his friend back the use of his hands, but he did want to do something to repay ...

121. Lord, That I Should Receive My Sight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... as if tomorrow you were stricken blind.' As bad as blindness is in the 20th century, however, it was so much worse in Jesus' day. Today a blind person at least has the hope of living a useful life with proper training. Some of the most skilled and creative people in our society are blind. But in first century Palestine blindness meant that you would be subject to abject poverty. You would be reduced to begging for a living. You lived at the mercy and the generosity of others. Unless your particular kind ...

122. Some Assembly Required

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... nuts and bolts and safety hooks and God only knows what else! The manufacturer had thoughtfully provided me with 4,175 parts to put together. In case you don’t know by now, I am somewhat lacking in mechanical skills. I have great difficulty finding wrenches and screwdrivers that fit my hand. My skills are in the areas of ministry and computers, not mechanical engineering. I knew I was in for a long night. SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED. Yeah, right! If you have never had the pleasure of putting a toy like that ...

123. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... spiritual lives in order. Are we sure? The writer of Ecclesiastes remarked long ago, "Again I saw under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the man of skill; but TIME and chance happen to them all." (9:11-12) The difference, my friend, is what you make of it. HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON Laocoon is the name of the priest of Apollo who vainly sought to warn the Trojans about the Greeks at Troy. Suspecting treachery ...

124. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... tell-tale bit of information is that military manuals, formerly written on the eleventh grade level, are being re-written on the fifth-grade level. There is much more, but surely we get the picture. Moreover, we are all aware now that general reading skills are deplorable. I attribute that to the convenience of watching TV instead of reading, "speed-reading courses" which go for the thought instead of digesting the power of each word, social schedules which cause us to grab information on the run in capsule ...

125. The Ultimate Question

Isaiah 42:1-9

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... me in the shortest time possible, so I can retire and do what I really want to do." "And what is it that you want to do?" "Oh, I don't know. Travel, go fishing, take it easy." The means? Intelligence, a brilliant mind, education on the highest level, modern skills. All of a compilation of science of the centuries before, that was the means. And the end? Go fishing, take it easy! Beloved, we can't do it! We can't do it! When someone says that the dominant interest of our day is not religion but science, he ...

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