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1226. In The Shade Of An Awning

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... out of the desert. Then the Roman legions forged a march through our town, and in their superior ways stole and looted and raped and then went on. But now I have gained my place - an inn on the very edge of the highway, causing even great caravans to stop for refreshment - and to see the wares that come from all parts of this world. Mine is the central inn - at the crossroads. It is a meeting place. They say, "Meet us at the inn of Tarus." That is my Roman name, although I am Jewish. "Tarus" helps business ...

1227. The Very Nearness Of Holy Week

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... of Holy Week. There were the crowds - nameless people, people in a group. They were the ones who shouted "Hosanna" and a few days later shouted "Crucify." Earlier in the week the scribes and Pharisees could not stop Jesus because they feared the crowds. Later in the week Pilate could not stop the Crucifixion because of the crowds. There was Judas - disappointed and so he struck back, disillusioned and so he sought to get even. There were the other disciples - they were put under pressure, and they ran. But ...

1228. Extended Light

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... ourselves up in worldly temporal affairs and slowly suffocate our immortal souls. Time has only one sure value for Christians. Even though "time has grown short" as Saint Paul believed, it has one essential function. Time "times us," as with a stop-watch. It measures us. It accurately evaluates progression or regression. Massey Shepherd in his book Liturgy and Education says, "The mission and message of Jesus were not concerned with the future viewed as ongoing history, but with the future as the fulfilling ...

1229. Glorious Light

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... tunnelled mountain railway, and at times we wondered about the wisdom of our journey. We rumbled through the darkness, stopping twice to look through observation windows, built into the side of the mountain. It gave us a respite, and also enabled us to adjust our breathing ... to the rarer heights. Then we stopped at the summit. Going out into the fresh mountain air, we held our breath, the view was awe inspiring, from the Black ...

1230. OUR LORD DENIED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... Just hours ago. Or was it a lifetime? He had hoped for so much. The Kingdom of God on earth, the Master had said. And he, Peter, had been ready for it, equal to it. Nothing would have stood in his way. Thunder, lightning, or earthquake could not have stopped him. He would hove walked across mountain or sea ... Yes. Once he even had attempted that. The picture of it came vividly to his mind. How the little boat was tossed about by the storm and they were trying desperately to make their way to the shore, and ...

1231. OUR LORD DELIVERED UP

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... he dressed and left his home that he had neglected to pull a mantle over his shoulders. But tonight, he reasoned in fleeting snatches of thought, that badge of office would be of little consequence. He approached one of the small groups and their conversation stopped abruptly as all eyes turned on him. He slashed through the amenities, offering no greeting, asking sharply, "Where do they have him?" The men exchanged glances, as if each were taking his cue from another, then one said, "He is at the palace of ...

1232. OUR LORD RISEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... bright chirping calls of sparrows and swallows. A rabbit darted into their path, paused, then bounded into a thorn thicket under the gnarled olive trees, looking like a bouncing tuft of whiteness in the shadows. Mary’s long gown caught on a thorn bush, and she stopped, pulling it free with brisk impatience, so it tore, and tears spilled unbidden down her face as she thought how the spiny branches of the thorn bush had been plaited into a crown and pressed down, pressed down hard over the brow of her Lord ...

1233. Commanded By Example

John 13:31-38

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... coming to church about three years ago, and boy, has she changed! She won’t have anything to do with anybody any more. We think it is because she inherited some money. Those who have stopped over to the house say she’s always lounging around in very expensive, flimsy negligees, wearing expensive perfume, with a glass of liquor always in reach. She watches television continually, and what’s worse - once a week when her husband is at work, a strange man with out-of-state ...

1234. Getting Ready

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... us. I have often wondered why so few recognized the baby Jesus for who he was—the long awaited Messiah. Perhaps it is the same reason why so few recognize him today. In order to identify the child, we must first make a stop at the Jordan River and be baptized. We must repent of our sins. We must stop our ways and see the ways of God. God saw a world drowning in sin, a world that was in need of a Savior. How could the people be saved? What would make them turn their backs on sin? The story is ...

1235. UR Fair IC

Mark 2:18-22

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... just have to respond. SCRIBE: I see. FAIRISEE: Good. SCRIBE: I see. FAIRISEE: That's fair. SCRIBE: What is? FAIRISEE: Will you give the proper response? SCRIBE: Oh, sorry. I guess I was thinking. FAIRISEE: Well, stop it. Thinking is dangerous and often a waste of Time. That's fair. SCRIBE: Why? FAIRISEE: Stop talking and start responding. SCRIBE: I see. FAIRISEE: Now, that's better. That's the correct response. SCRIBE: I see. FAIRISEE: Good. Now, let's get back to the accused. Jesus only fasts once a year ...

1236. In The Heavenly Places

Ephesians 2:1-10

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... let God see you sweat. WILY: Are you nuts? This is a big deal, the biggest deal. I want to make sure I get in. BOOT: I don't know but I've heard it said, to get up here you gotta be dead. WILY: (TO BOOT) Stop it! (TO DICK) Make him stop it! BOOT: What's wrong? WILY: Your singing. It makes me nervous. BOOT: Nervous, about what? WILY: About getting into heaven, of course. Aren't you nervous? BOOT: Not really. WILY: It really makes me nervous when people talk about death. BOOT: Why? WILY: Why? Just because ...

1237. Behold! Chariots of Fire!

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... acts to free a little band of slaves in Egypt and leads them to freedom across the sea. After the forty years of wandering in the wilderness, the tribes of Israel come to the Jordan and the Ark is carried out to the middle of the Jordan, stopped, and turned back, and the people cross on dry ground. Much, much later, John the Baptizer appears. at this Jordan, inviting Israel to be baptized for repentance. And Jesus comes before John, is baptized in the Jordan, and there is a voice from heaven: "This is my ...

1238. Everyone Does It!

Psalm 27:14

Children's Sermon

Shirley Jennings

... my hand. When we have to wait the minutes seem to go by slowly, don’t they! Maybe sometimes we’ve had to wait to eat even though we were very hungry. We’ve had to wait because the food wasn’t cooked yet. Sometimes we wait for someone to stop talking, so we can say something that’s important to us. Another time we wait is when we want a drink at a water fountain, but someone else is getting a drink first. Can you think of any times when you’ve waited for something? (Let them answer.) Sometimes we ...

1239. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... His close friend and biographer, Eberhard Bethge, said this about Bonhoeffer's decision to try to kill Hitler: "A Christian should not kill…But there are times you are responsible for human beings around you, and you have to think about all means to stop that man who is killing." (5) FIFTH, THANKFULLY, CHURCH TRADITION ASSISTS US IN MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WAR. ST. AUGUSTINE'S GUIDELINES FOR A JUST WAR ARE STILL HELPFUL. Let's look at those guidelines. First, a legitimate authority must declare the war. In ...

1240. It’s not what you know, but who you know!

John 1:19-28

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... my early years of college thinking how "cool" I was because I thought there was no God. "In their wisdom, they become fools ..." is how Saint Paul described it (Romans 1:22). Fools say there is no God (Psalm 53:1). The solution is not to stop gaining knowledge, nor to stop learning, but rather to learn in the context of knowing God most of all. "Add to your faith virtue," Saint Peter wrote, "and to virtue add knowledge" - the knowledge of God (2 Peter 1:5). "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom ...

1241. Spiritual Blindness

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... of an old brownstone house was the cricket. Said the first man, (a biologist), "Do you want to know what most people are listening for?" With that he drew a silver dollar from his pocket, dropped it with a resounding ring on the sidewalk. A dozen people immediately stopped and started looking around. We hear, as a rule, what we want to hear. We see, usually, what we want to see. We go, in most cases, exactly where we want to go. Again, the blind poetess Fanny Crosby: O Thou to whom, without reserve, My all ...

1242. Counting The Cost?

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... telegram. He reduced it to one word: OTHERS! On his deathbed, the General gave instructions to his son Bramwell: Remember the homeless men, remember the homeless women, remember the homeless children. To each request, Bramwell answered, "Yes, General." Emily Dickinson said: If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.4 Small Beginnings It was a bitterly cold ...

1243. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... God’s gratuitous compassion; reward." It is love extended, not out of necessity, but given through the desire to help. No thanks are expected. I shall never forget the man who stopped and helped me get my car battery jumped. We were miles from Cheyenne, and the vastness of Wyoming was becoming increasingly vast. He did not need to stop. Clara Barton was not required to establish the American Red Cross. Elizabeth of Hungary actually violated a law when she took bread to the poor. Purity of heart is the key ...

1244. How To Give Away Your Faith

Mark 1:40-45

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... are a fool. GOOBER: I am? JONK: Why, yes. Of course you are. You are a fool. Isn't that great? GOOBER: Great? JONK: Great! Isn't that great? You are a fool. GOOBER: Will you stop saying that. You're my friend. JONK: Of course I am. And I'm the only one who'll tell you. You are a fool. GOOBER: Will you stop saying that? JONK: No. It's good news. I didn't make you look like a fool. You are a fool. GOOBER: That's just great. I'm a fool. JONK: Glad to hear you admit ...

1245. On A Picnic

Mark 7:1-23

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... of my great love by means of a love poem that I have created which was inspired by God. MANDI: Toddy, my sweet pea, could we stop in this lovely glen and partake of the food which we have been carrying for a mile or more? TODD: Yes, of course, if you so ... in this place that I will recite my love poem inspired by the Creator of this paradise. MANDI: I do so wish to stop here, my precious jewel, the sapphire of my desire. (RELEASING HER LOAD) Whew! TODD: Then we will disencumber ourselves of this paraphernalia ...

1246. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... fought to a standstill you may still stand your ground. One of the contemporary translations puts it: "Never forget that the power is yours to stand and to keep still." It is a good thing to know that when you have done all you can do, just stop; do no more; let the matter rest where it is. For there is nothing further that can be accomplished from initiating any motions that are superfluous or destructive. When the picture is clear in your view, cease your nervous and feverish efforts to do more than you ...

1247. The Shadow Ascending

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... have what it takes to take care of himself. The Victims who are trying to be helpful likewise have to deal with their own feelings of not liking to be "the bad guy," and to realize that in reality the thing they can do to help the most is to stop protecting and covering up for the alcoholic. The Provoker/Patsy wives have the even harder jobs of realizing that they are becoming part of the whole sickness by agreeing to live with it. No matter what society might say, the thing the wife needs to do the most to ...

1248. The Family Was God’s Idea

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... realized that I was lost. I drove for quite awhile, looked for lights to ask information; they were all out; all the farmers had gone to bed. The service stations had closed down, so I kept driving in the wrong direction. Finally, I realized I was lost, and I stopped my car, got out, looked up and found the north star. I realized how much I was lost, turned around, went in the opposite direction from my highway and got home. I think there is a parable in that experience. And it is that for the family in our ...

1249. The Man Who Couldn't Hear

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... t really mean. But the damage had been done.] We have to start listening to one another. Husbands and wives need to start listening. Parents and children have to start hearing. Church members have to start hearing each other. It’s not always easy but when we stop trying we stop being a family. Jesus placed his hands on this man's ears and spoke: Ephathatha--be opened. And today we need to allow the Holy Spirit to place his hands on our ears and speak the words be opened. Then and only then will we be able ...

1250. You Don't Need Jesus

John 1:19-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... lotteries and many people play the lottery. The U.S. has 22,520,000 marijuana users so a movement continues to push for the legalization of the smoking of marijuana. At one time a convention of youth in California called for the legalizing of prostitution. If we can't stop a sin, we shrug our shoulders, accept it as a fact of life, and make it acceptable by legalizing it. If we do not accept sin as a way of life, we deny it. We actually claim that we do nothing wrong. When a public figure was having trouble ...

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