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1301. Why Prophets Get Under Our Skin

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... layoffs in our corporations because of downsizing or because of corporate moves to less developed but more economic countries don't like it. But like it or not, these prophets get under our skin because they have a universal mission and an all-encompassing compassion which reaches beyond our ethnic group or business or union or nation. They know that in the long run economic reform must take place to enable the masses of poverty-stricken peoples of the world to share in the earth's fabulous wealth. There ...

1302. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... to love, even to be vulnerable. Grant that the demons of both terror and tyranny might be exorcised from our spirits so that we might be at one with you and one another and know the peace that passes all understanding. Look with favor and compassion upon our strife-torn world. Bring new openness to the fractious parties in the former Yugoslavia, that a just peace might be negotiated. Let the ancient hostilities of the Near East subside into peaceful co- existence. Grant a just peace in Russia, in Northern ...

1303. The Star Thrower

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... us from the compulsion always to demand from you and others and never to give. Enlarge our souls so at least to embrace anew those nearest and dearest. Father of us all, speak in fatherly tones to the recalcitrant and wayward. Grant your tender compassion to those who mourn and your healing power to those ill in hospitals struggling with the powers of disease. And we pray for those in all sorts and conditions -- for all children lost and alone, for families fractured by divorce or alienated by present ...

1304. Refueling

Titus 2:1-15

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... . God has come in human form to strengthen and to save us. People: Let us sing in the strength of our Savior’s birth. Let us sing now of Christmas. Collect Through your kindness, O God, we also can reveal tenderness. Through your grace, we also can show compassion. Through your generosity, we also can give. Because of the birth of Christ. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Holy Creator, who sends your son to us at the right time, give to us the will and the desire to change our lives in the ways we need to change ...

1305. A Little Robe

1 Samuel 2:12-26, 1 Samuel 1:21-28, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... will know later what this teaches a child. So be of good courage, you who are a parent, for being a parent is a holy trust. Collect We have come to worship God who keeps on hoping. We rejoice in God who encourages us to believe the way of compassion will endure. In the name of Christ. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Sometimes being a parent is hard, God. Sometimes it seems impossible to do what is best or to say the right thing. Sometimes we have not enough time or not enough energy. Keep us in your special care ...

1306. Clothed With Love

Colossians 3:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call To Worship Leader: Let us throw off the harsh response People: And clothe ourselves with compassion. Leader: Let us be rid of hostility People: And clothe ourselves with kindness. Leader: Let us abandon haughtiness People: And clothe ourselves with humility. Leader: Let us temper the curt comeback People: With the restraint of meekness. Leader: Let us empty ourselves of intolerance People: And clothe ourselves with patience. ...

1307. Getting It Together

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... be useful to God or anybody else. First, you have to find the wrong in yourself before turning the spotlight on anybody else. You have to face what you spend your whole life avoiding about yourself. Only then, says Long, can you move from self-righteousness to compassion. The good news is that those who deal with their own blindspots can be helpful to others.4 But it means taking a good, long, honest look at yourself. A number of years ago, novelist Frederick Buechner dared to tell the story of a day in his ...

1308. The Future Shapes the Present

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... choirs and the ministers as they come again to cheer us through another season and supply what is lacking in our faith. We will preach of justice when there is no justice. We will talk of love when all around us there is hate. We will lift up compassion when ugliness is our ever-present reality. We will stage pageants of shepherds, stars, and wisemen, recalling, perhaps, scenes from life like it never was in order to see our life as it really is. We will do this in joy and overflowing love, not to celebrate ...

1309. The Next Step

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... and say, “I want you to know I hate no person”? That’s the next step: a higher motivation for life than self-denial and vengeance. Put out the harmful, the superstitious, and the false. They do not work. Take the next step. Put on the virtues of kindness, forgiveness, compassion, humility, gentleness, and patience. And over all these virtues put on love which binds them together. 1. As quoted by Thomas Conley, Northside Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, September 21, 1986.

1310. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... (Jeremiah 32:2). Life as the Hebrews had known it, was not the same. They felt themselves to be witnessing the decline of their civilization, almost the end of the world. And we sometimes lament about the state of American society — its moral compass, declining standards, and selfishness. We “ain’t seen nothing” compared to what the Hebrews in Jeremiah’s day were experiencing. It was hardly a time to trust the market or to make investments. Judah was a sinking ship. Our Bible lesson tells us ...

1311. When Life Gets Hard, Christian, Rebel!

Lamentations 1:1-22

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... long ago approved of what you do” (9:7). In Lamentations it is sung that: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end.... — 3:22 For the Lord will not reject forever. Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone. — 3:31-33 In our Second Lesson (2 Timothy 1:8-10), Paul likewise claims that he could only endure his imprisonment for the Gospel because he could rely ...

1312. In, But Not Of, The World

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... the world. When you recognize that you do not have a real stake in the things of the world except to see it as an opportunity to love God by loving his creatures and the things he has made, you will not be able to stop showering love and compassion on the world and its creatures. You will do all that for the glory of God. Being in the world, engaging in activities that can help the world, is a fulfilling, liberating, spiritual experience that will make God more real in your life. Christians, get out of here ...

1313. Reproached Rolled Away

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... wounds of life can be healed, and that life, however fragile, can give wholeness. The great writer Elie Wiesel speaks well to the hope that compels the victims to claim victory over the victimizers. That hope is rooted in an irrepressible desire to maintain compassion and humanity in face of hatred and dehumanization and to maintain human dignity and integrity in the face of the forces of annihilation and despair. Many of the Hebrews left Egypt with Moses because they no longer wanted to live as victims but ...

1314. When God Does A New Thing

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... in wastelands where they waste away in body, mind, soul, and spirit. Their souls are arid. Their hearts have been dried out by the problems of society and living in general. Their minds have not been restored by the fresh waters of God’s love, compassion, and mercy. They sit in their dry corners, parched offices, and barren boardrooms. They cower in their fallow and squalid places never understanding that God has made streams in the wasteland. If they would only look up and go to those fresh water places ...

1315. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... comes to us with a message of love and redemption! We pay tribute today to this Messiah — this most unlikely to succeed; this man of sorrows acquainted with grief; this one who had no beauty in which to behold him, but who had more love, power, compassion, and strength than any man who has walked this earth. We pay tribute to him as a marred man without the earthly amenities, but also as a magnificent man with all heavenly power and authority. We pay tribute to him as one who was despised and rejected ...

1316. He Commanded Us to Preach

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... apostles preached in the days of old. God give us the strength to preach the gospel unfettered and unfazed by the constraints and impediments that hinder the word from reaching present and future generations! God give us strength to preach the word with fire, compassion, joy, and praise. That God commanded us to preach a gospel of truth, love, reconciliation and forgiveness, and freedom and liberation is a task that we should forever cherish. God commanded us to preach! Let us do it in ways that will bring ...

1317. Blind Man's Bluff

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... as he had eyes he could survey the land, take note of the hideouts of the frightened followers, and have command of his prey as an eagle in flight. Stern eyes. Haughty eyes. Patronizing and condescending eyes. Disdainful eyes. Eyes with no mercy and compassion. Eyes that had no tears nor tenderness; cold, relenting, bloodthirsty eyes were the eyes of Saul. As a man who relied heavily on his eyes to plan and execute his premeditated murder of Christians, he would now be without the very sight that enabled ...

1318. The Hospitable Servant: A Woman Named Lydia

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... responded to Christ. She reached out to her family and brought them to Christ and extended hospitality to Christ and his followers. What we need in the world today are true servants who love the Lord and love God’s people. Servants who will show joy and compassion. Servants who will help those in need and will respond with heart and soul to the Good News of Christ. It is not enough to keep the message to ourselves. It is not enough to confess and profess Christ. The true servant shares his or her faith ...

1319. Light for Beauty

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... is a special effort to help us feel along with Mr. Lincoln the thoughts of his heart and mind as he aspired to the presidency. Mr. Lincoln had an earnest desire to be of special service to the nation he knew was in deep trouble. One senses the compassion he had for all the people. He also recognized that the people could survive only as one nation. No one knew better than he that not everyone would agree with his purpose and will in leading the people. He also knew the terrible price that would have to ...

1320. What's Not to Love (A Drama about Humility)

Matthew 23:1-39

Drama

Dave Marsh

... , the voting committee at Soap Opera Digest decided to create a new category: Best Humanitarian Entertainer. This award recognizes the one actor or actress who exemplified the virtues that we all hold so dear, outside of the set. Virtues such as compassion, courage, kindness, and goodness. All the things that the soaps you know and love are all about. The four nominees are. Jessie: Trent Lockwood – One Life to Live Jennifer Kelly – All My Children Brett Thurston – Bold and the Beautiful Janet Mills ...

1321. Good News

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... message of restoration. He stood on the steps of the temple in Jerusalem and told them there was hope. There would be a year of Jubilee. There would come a time when God would forgive. Listen to Isaiah’s words in chapter 14: “The Lord will have compassion on Israel; once again he will choose his people and settle them in their land. And the house of Israel will possess the nations.” Don’t forget this my friends: God is a Holy God and he must punish his rebellious people but he will afterwards redeem ...

1322. The Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

James W. Moore

... know that we have to have laws. I’m not criticizing that police officer. He was simply doing his duty as he saw it. I’m simply saying that there are times when human need must transcend the law. There are times when love and understanding and compassion must supercede the law. I’m glad that Jesus was a child of Grace and a servant of Love, rather than a slave of Law. Sometime blinded by the law, we miss the love. II. SECOND, SOMETIMES BLINDED BY COMMON PRACTICE WE MISS THE COMMON SENSE. The Pharisees ...

1323. His Triumphal Entry

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , the two of them embraced each other, and Carter said, "Welcome home, Mr. President! Welcome home!" Commenting on that, Newsweek magazine asserted, "If there was a turning point in Nixon's long ordeal in the wilderness, it was that moment and that gesture of love and compassion." The turning point for us is Palm Sunday. It is our moment of triumph. It was a triumph because God Jesus decided to ignore our miserable state and act on our behalf. He chose to ignore the crowds version of Palm Sunday and go with ...

1324. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , our purpose on this earth is not simply to attain personal happiness. We are to enhance life, to make this earth a better place to live. We either fulfill that purpose or we are useless to the Kingdom of God. Either we bear the fruits of love, compassion, and mercy, or we wither away. Here, to, was a message for Israel and the New Israel, which is the church. We must not simply outwardly be religious like the branches of a tree that produce leaves and look fruitful. We must act religious. We must produce ...

1325. Neighbors Who Never Met

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... it so much we don t even give it a second thought any more. It’s not our badness that will send us to hell friends; it’s our lack of goodness. It is how we close the curtains on those who represent suffering humanity. Maybe we do suffer from compassion fatigue as some have suggested. I don’t know. But I do know that this story is saying to us that in the end we will be judged from the viewpoint of love. I will tell you something wise that makes me uncomfortable about this story. The church is in ...

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