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1251. What Do You See?

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Thomas Long

... to the man, crawled onto his lap, and rested his head on the man’s chest. First hesitantly, then willingly and lovingly, the man wrapped his hands around this fellow human being in need of care. When he did so, he was amazed by his own spontaneous compassion. Almost as amazed as were the other officers when he made the motion at the next meeting to sponsor the clinic. "Come and see," said Philip to Nathaniel. And what did he see? ... Well, you just have to be there. 1. Letty M. Russell, Becoming Human ...

1252. Hot Tubs and Fishing Trips

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Thomas Long

... spouses, changing careers, entering "midlife crises," trying to become "computer literate," working on new relationships, giving up alcohol, "getting into" therapy, joining prayer groups, learning to be more assertive, and making scores of other adjustments to the compass settings of their life journeys. It is easy to be cynical, of course, about such changes. Many of them are faddishly superficial, containing more conformity than conversion, the kind of chic skittering around the pampered and affluent ...

1253. An Understated Masterpiece

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Thomas Long

... . [Sam’s disappearance] is an awful thing for us, but it’s pretty mild compared to that, and this sometimes makes us feel humble.2 A family who has lost a son, but who is able, in that experience and through their faith in Jesus Christ, to have compassion on others who suffer. What is this? ... A new teaching! 1. Frank D. Gilroy, About Those Roses, and the text of The Subject Was Roses (New York: Random House, 1965), p. 209. 2. From the New York Times, January 5, 1985. The account of Sam Todd’s family ...

1254. When Nothing Can Be Done

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Thomas Long

... all hoping, an appeal to the last resort of grace. "Help her to know," she prays, "that she is more than this dress on the ironing board, helpless ..." "If you will," said the leper to Jesus, "you can heal me." And Jesus was moved with strong compassion. The One who was, and is, and ever will be the "help of the helpless" was deeply moved, and, stretching out his grace-filled hand, he touched the untouchable leper. "I will," he said. "Be clean." The sad and condemning "nothing can be done" was abolished by ...

1255. Blind Bartimaeus - Model For Healing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... she could entrust her very life to the medical and surgical teams. She entered the operating room calmly, and emerged cured. Was it not thus with Bartimaeus? He had never met Jesus. But the stories that circulated so wildly and widely spoke of a person with the compassion and skills of a great physician. He was not known to have turned anyone away. Rich and poor were alike to him, it was said. He had restored hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, health to lepers and the lame, and - to Bartamaeus - most ...

1256. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... a bare-bones budget, and had practically nothing to give in the first place. We are told that in the Hebrew code the widow had no rights of inheritance. Because of her inferior position in the community, "She evidently had only the protection which public compassion afforded her by acts of charity and justice."[5] This woman was down to practically nothing, and she gave her "practically nothing" to God, which left her with nothing at all! It’s all very mind-boggling. The widow of today can empathize with ...

1257. Noise Is Anything That Corrupts the Integrity of a Message

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... in our prayers, presence, gifts, and services. Does the integrity of his call come to us without static? He calls us to keep a faithful prayer life. Sometimes outside noises interfere with his message. We know people who are big on prayer and short on compassion. The noise is from outside. But, the noise can be from within. We have been taught that if we pray sincerely the Lord will answer. Since we feel we are sincere and our prayers do not come true, therefore, God does not exist. Finally, there ...

1258. Lent 3

Exodus 20:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... by your gracious Spirit to do your will; that all of our words and deeds may reflect our love and respect for you as well as for one another. In the name of the One who taught the law as love we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of infinite compassion, we confess that we have broken the laws of your covenant with us again and again, in both deed and thought, by both action and inaction. Try as we might, we have found that true obedience to your will is not within us. Forgive us, we pray. And grant us ...

1259. Pentecost

Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, John 15:18--16:4, John 16:5-16

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Paul A. Laughlin

... your Spirit, as though we dare you to kindle our souls. Forgive us, we pray. Set us afire; blow us away; leave us utterly speechless with the irresistible power of your life-giving spirit; then drive us into the world with your message and ministry of compassion and hope. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Theme: The promise of the Son, the pedagogy of the Spirit Exegetical Note This portion of Jesus’ "paraclete sayings" in John’s Gospel emphasizes the pedagogical task of the ...

1260. Proper 7

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 2 Samuel 5:6-16, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Mark 4:35-41

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Paul A. Laughlin

... Leader: Sisters and brothers, the salvation we have is from God, who gave us reconciliation through Christ. People: GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD, AND GIVING US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION. Leader: We are made righteous out of God’s compassion and generosity. People: WE ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF GOD’S OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS. Collect Most gracious God, who have reconciled us to yourself in Christ, help us to embrace anew your ministry of reconciliation; that, as you accepted ...

1261. Proper 22

Gn 2:4-25

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Paul A. Laughlin

... gracious gift; that we may never lose sight of the real source of our reconciliation with you and one another, but may be moved to lives of self-sacrifice by his example. In the name of Jesus, our brother, we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of compassion, we confess that we do not take to heart your gift to us in Christ or his sacrifice for us. Forgive us our ingratitude. Let us never forget the source of our salvation and sanctification, the sacrifice that was made on our behalf, or the brotherhood ...

1262. Thanksgiving Day

Joel 2:18-27, Matthew 6:25-34, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... thankful for all you have done; that, recognizing your provision and providence, we may adjust our cravings to conform more closely with what is truly necessary and desirable for "the good life" in Christ. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession God of compassion, we confess that our values and wants are out of all proportion to our needs, and that we are a greedy and consuming and wasteful people as a result. Forgive us, we pray. Lay your Spirit of truth upon our hearts, that we may know what ...

1263. "Why Belong to Church?"

John 14:15-31

Sermon

... men who need our support and weak men who need our encouragement. There are rascals and loafers who need scolding. If I say I am not good enough for membership, my humility recommends me. If I sit in the seat of the critical and scornful, inactivity and lack of compassion condemns me. Once when a neighboring minister was under fire a professor said: "It is time now for me to join his church. The cause of justice is at stake." It has been a national sport in recent years to critize the church and make it the ...

1264. The Good News of the Cross

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... ? If you have seen the play, "Green Pastures," you remember that scene in which God looks down upon the earth, with His hands clasped behind His back, and He is torn between His justice and His mercy, between His anger and His love, between His vengeance and His compassion; one moment determining to be through with man, leaving him to his own devices, and the next wanting to lift man up in His arms and hold him to His heart. How does God feel? Of course, that goes back to the deeper question, "What is God ...

1265. A WALL OF ROCK AND THE EVERYBODY GAP

Drama

William McKee Aber

... substance to what I say. As a follower of the way, I am involved in life because Jesus was involved. I do not desire to blend into the crowd, apathetic and anonymous; rather I wish to embrace life and live! I see a vision of new men filled with compassion, hope and joy - a vision of men living a life of celebrationi Certainly Christ clebrated life and he calls us to be fellow celebrants with him. I am here, on my own turf, as you put it, Wormwood, also for two reasons. I believe man is going to explore ...

1266. Sharing with Our Brothers

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... . Theirs is a wealth that does not pass away. These Macedonians helped establish for all time a distinctive badge for the Christian. Giving, sharing what you have with others, became the distinguishing mark of the Christian. The poor do not have compassion fattened out of them. They live in need and dependence. Humility, openness to the eternal, hungering and thirsting after righteousness - are nearer the poor than those who boast of their barns and consider themselves "righteous persons who have no need of ...

1267. What's Mine Is Yours

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... give to feed his sheep - and his lambs. You will find yourself then in the highest state of human existence: you will be rich toward God." Godson looked in the face of the rich farmer. There was only ice there, no flicker of reverence or compassion. The jaw of Barnes shot out. "Next, I suppose you’ll be recommending to me the bit about the early Christians having all things in common, everybody sharing with the others all that he possessed. I call that lunacy, completely against human nature. And why ...

1268. Recognizing The Hidden

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... Through the pain and fear the old man heard the bell, as did the priest and lad. The eyes of the old man and the priest met. The priest spoke again. But somehow, the cathedral bell had mellowed his voice. He knew of that fear of death, and he had compassion. "Do not fear to die, my son," he said. "Your life has been good. You worked well; you are liked. Did not even the Lord of the Manor ask for your services? Make your confession that God may forgive your sins, that you may be saved. Christ will not reject ...

1269. Identifying Light

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

William F. Dunkle

... , better described as a small time builder or contractor or, in any case, an entrepreneur of independent income in an age when nearly everybody was a hewer of wood or a drawer of water, a laborer. Yet Jesus, seeing the dirty, smelly, sick multitude had compassion on them and went about doing good. Saint Paul knew that the same identity with the generality, the commonality, of men was the only authentic ministry. Hard as it was! Total identity with Christ is not only the other test of valid ministry, but is ...

1270. OUR LORD BETRAYED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... leader’s courage? Where was all the big talk now? Why, he should have seen it years ago! That defeatism. The man never had been obsessed with the ruthless determination so necessary to a great leader. Instead, he was weakened by that sickening undertone of compassion. As they came over a rise of hill the city of Jerusalem was spread below them. Already lamps glowed in the twilight, and the leader lagged behind, and the company held up for him. When he rejoined them, Judas saw that there were tears in ...

1271. A New Kind of Teaching

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... . For religion is a personal thing. It can never become an abstract principle. It is a way of life" (The Teachings of Jesus, p. 368). Seeing his hearers as sheep without a shepherd, he gave himself to them. He communicated personally his love and compassion. III. Once again Jesus taught with authority in his kind of teaching because he had a cure for the demons, not just consolation. I realize it has not been popular to think of the reality of the demonic until recent years with movies like Rosemary ...

1272. A Dreadful Declaration

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George Bass

... that we love him, he expects us to become his disciples - without any reservations. If we call Jesus our Lord and Savior, we are to pick up his cross and carry it faithfully, telling the world the good news, and serving God and humanity with love and compassion. We dare not pick it up and then lay it down or we place our very souls in jeopardy. Oswald Hoffmann once told about a man, a father, who accidentally struck a boy with his car. A crowd quickly gathered, and the man did the same thing Malcolm ...

1273. The Shepherd Who Loved His Sheep

John 10:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... he said and the stories he told while he was alive; and we revere and study most carefully what he taught and preached. We wonder about the miracles that he performed to heal and cure people of all sorts of maladies, and we are amazed at the depth of his compassion for the poor, the hungry, and the oppressed. In all that he did and said, we see the hand of God and the voice of God operative in this world; no one has ever spoken as he spoke or has done the works of mercy and miracle that he has ...

1274. Advent: Lament, Repent

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... deserve the wrath of the Lord. Those ungodly, who daily mock God. Finally, we get fed up and ask for God to act. It used to be that pious Christians prayed every day for the conversion of Russia. Theirs were fervent prayers, motivated by a deep compassion for those who did not know Christ. But look what all that praying got us. The Red Army invades Afghanistan, Russian tanks once more crushing freedom. Flight 007 strays over Russian airspace and is blown out of the sky. Poland is forced to move against the ...

1275. Mary Ann Was Born Again

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Richard L. Eslinger

... composed of young adults like Mary Ann. Their social life centered on the drop-in center and the interminable staff meetings, rather than on singles bars and those sorts of things. In the midst of this labor, there seemed to be a spirit, an intensity, compassion about these folks. And the spirit was catching. In fact, Mary Ann had caught it. Now the rhythm of life for a drop-in center staffer almost necessarily involved joining with the rest of that church community in Sunday worship. Here, in the Sunday ...

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