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Mark 8:31--9:1

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This sermon’s subject is one of the tough ones; in fact, the toughest: human suffering. What persuades here more than any individual characteristic is that which pervades all - compassion. After first tracing some of his own evasive, hidden, superficial, though genuine response, the preacher then moves to instances of his own and his ...

1302. A God Pleasing Savior and God Pleasing People

Malachi 1:1-5

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Daniel G. Mueller

... and unbelievers. Christians accept the fact that they can please God only through Jesus Christ. Unbelievers try to please God on their own merits. In the process, just like the Pharisees of old, they reject the purpose of God for themselves. Our Lord Jesus was subject to all the pressures to please people that we feel. People expected all kinds of things from him. They wanted him to be a miracle worker, a healer, someone to feed them, most of all a warrior king who would make their lives easy. And ...

1303. Butterflies and Jesus

Mark 9:2-13

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Daniel G. Mueller

... of times about the Lord’s birth, death, and Resurrection, but very few people ever get to know the details of the Transfiguration. Even in art, this great event gets passed over. Unlike other events in our Lord’s life which frequently become the subject of art, there are less than a handful of works of art to depict the Transfiguration. From the sixth and eighth centuries we have some mosaics that hint at it. And of the great masters, only the artist Raphael attempted to paint the Transfiguration ...

1304. A King - A Kingdom

John 18:28-40

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Warren Thomas Smith

... in modern history. Louis took the sun as his personal symbol and not only his court, but France - and, to an extent, Europe itself - revolved around him. He was taught that royal authority possessed four qualities: the king was absolute, sacred, paternal, and subject only to reason. His motto became "L’etat c’est moi." (I am the state.) Feeling that the dwelling used by his fathers was grossly inadequate, Louis built the most magnificent palace in Europe. Versailles cost the French people $100,000,000 ...

1305. The Word To The Wise

Proverbs 2:1-22

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Alton F. Wedel

... for most questions that are posed, Christ is not the answer. Common sense may be the answer. Learning gathered from the books of specialists may be the answer. Surgery or medication can often be the answer. The human brain is still the world’s most marvelous computer, subject certainly to error, but built by its Creator with a thinking mechanism that cannot be duplicated. God intended us to use it, feed it, and develop it. The Word to the Wise But the word to the wise is wisdom. The Word to the wise is ...

1306. The Acid Test of Wisdom

Proverbs 10:1-32

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Alton F. Wedel

... the sages based on practical experience and often used to educate and train the coming generation of officials in the courts of kings. The Proverbs do contain wise counsel on the art of living or of piloting one’s self through life. One writer on the subject likens them to "buoys that have been set out on the sea, by which one can determine one’s position." Page through the Proverbs. Test them. Think them through. Then live them out, and the experience of sages will assuredly become your own. It’s the ...

1307. And He Shall Reign

Jeremiah 23:1-8

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Alton F. Wedel

... doesn’t promise blessings on our schemes for self-advancement, or a winking eye at our unrighteous dealings with our fellows in exchange for pious moments here and there. He will not be used as good luck charms we carry in our pockets. He claims us as his own - his subjects and his servants who, in the obedience and quiet confidence of faith, live lives that crown him Lord of all.

1308. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

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Brett Blair

... of thing does not happen often, I must confess. I hope it will not disappoint you to hear that most of my days are spent in meetings and with budgets, and staff issues and reports and not discussing theology. Eventually the conversation came around to the subject of Easter. After all, if you take Christianity seriously, it will ultimately always lead you to Easter. “What do you think of the resurrection, he asked. I replied: I believe that it happened in reality and not just in the minds of men. What is ...

1309. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... TELEVISION) GEORGINA: (A COMMERCIAL) And when my husband came home and saw how clean the toilet bowl was ... WILHIMINA: (A GERMAN COOK) Now, vee haf to haf a nice plump shicken for ziss soup. FRANCINE: (A TALK SHOW) And I've written several books on that subject. Women just have to make a more positive vibration in the stratosphere. NONA: (AN EXCERCISE SHOW) Tuck it in. Four more. Looking good. Two more. That's it. Rest now. Shake it out. GINA: (A SOAP OPERA) Why is it, David, that every Time we kiss, your ...

1310. The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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T. A. Kantonen

... father who had seen his son accidentally killed burst into his pastor’s study, asking, "Where was God when my son was killed?" The pastor replied, "God was undoubtedly where he was when his own son was killed." God allowed his Son to be subjected to the most intense suffering, not only in his body but in his sensitive spirit. The innocent one suffers, the guilty rejoice. He suffers the venomous hate of the high priests, the coarse buffoonery of the soldiers, the cowardice of his disciples, the treachery ...

1311. The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

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T. A. Kantonen

... danger of losing his soul by denying it, he is in danger of losing his wits in trying to understand it." We are dealing here with a paradox and a mystery, and the church has always rejected easy ways of trying to solve it. I lectured once on this subject to a group of religious educators, and in the discussion that followed, one teacher said, "I have had no trouble in explaining the Trinity to my class. I use this analogy. Water comes in three forms. It is a liquid, but it may also be congealed matter, as ...

1312. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

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T. A. Kantonen

... the day of his martyrdom when he could say at last, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7). Many years ago I gave a lecture at a pastors’ conference in a theological seminary on the subject of sin and sanctification. During the discussion period, the Professor of the New Testament, one of the saintliest men I have ever known, said, "From my own experience I must say that I am not making any progress in sanctification. I only see myself more and more ...

1313. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

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T. A. Kantonen

... of the departed. Thus it leads us to think about death and about our relation to the dead. Ordinarily we are reluctant to face the fact of death. Unlike the Middle Ages, when writings on the "art of dying" were best sellers, this subject is either carefully avoided or artfully camouflaged. Through a conspiracy of silence, impending death is concealed as long as possible from the one whom it most directly concerns. And when the inevitable event takes place, the evasion continues. People no longer "die," they ...

1314. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Gregory J. Johanson

... three stages of "death, gestation, and rebirth." In this rite, the son is torn away from his mother by the men in the tribe, and she mourns his death. He is taken to a hut where, for several days, he is pledged to silence and subjected symbolically to being burned by fire, buried alive or ritually dismembered. These expressions of separation from mother, of darkness, silence and physical danger are experiences of death. The boy is told that the god or gods are killing him, and since the primitive rite is ...

1315. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Gregory J. Johanson

... . There is a well-known perception test which is often given to psychology students to illustrate field-ground Gestalt. In the two ostensibly similar cards, one can alternately perceive a twisted hag or a woman of wealth and learning. Once the subject has grasped one of these images, it frequently becomes next to impossible to see the other image, which may have been grasped by another student. Communication becomes impossible, because presuppositions get in the way. In like manner, a theologian and an ...

1316. On Loneliness

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

HENRY CLOSE’S (see biographical note preceding A New Perspective) sermon On Loneliness grew out of discussions with people in alcoholic rehabilitation programs. In it he deals with the subject of loneliness, an emotion the well-known American psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan used to say was the only motivating force in people stronger than anxiety that could move them toward facing the possibility of pain and growth. People have used many different symbols or figures of speech to express their ...

1317. Bringing the Gospel to Marriage

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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Gregory J. Johanson

... many marriages struggling for survival, there seems to be no better way than to break the agreement and separate. For the Christian, there often is no greater pain than the pain of divorce.: On one occasion when the Pharisees were testing Jesus, the subject was divorce. The question: "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" Jesus asked them what Moses’ instruction was and they replied that Moses permitted a certificate of divorce which the man could write against his wife. There was no such provision ...

1318. The Family Was God’s Idea

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Gregory J. Johanson

... a number of years, especially in the area of guilt formation and therapy. He has also engaged in considerable post-doctoral training in family therapy. The family in our day and time - ambiguous and needed, imperfect and hopeful, growing and struggling - is the subject of Edward Stein’s affirmative and open-styled sermon The Family Was God’s Idea. It was preached to the congregation of Lakeside Church in San Francisco. One night after I’d been speaking in the central valley of California, I started to ...

1319. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-15

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Brett Blair

... do you mean, give them something to eat? We have only five small loaves of bread and two fish. Those are the facts. Five and two. No more, no less. Send the five thousand people home; we can't take care of them today." Andrew, like all of us, is subject to the laws and facts that govern the world but God is not. I do not mean to say that any time we want we can call upon God and he will override natural law but what I suggest to you today is that where Jesus is present no fact ...

1320. Lord, I Want To See

Mark 10:46-52

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Brett Blair

... 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 of blindness was self-correcting, there was no hope whatsoever for a cure. The skills that were necessary were ...

1321. Lord, I Want to See - Sermon Starter

Mark 10:46-52

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Brett Blair

... 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 subjected 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 of blindness was self-correcting, there was no hope whatsoever for a cure. The skills that were necessary were ...

1322. Good News for Bad Times

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Mountain. It was once an abandoned mine. Beneath 200 feet of solid rock, vaults are built lined with steel and concrete. It is considered safer than Fort Knox. Many New York banks store their most valuable papers there. Though this may be considered safe, it is also subject to change and conquest. There is only one thing that is absolutely safe and secure. It is the Word of God. This is according to the message Isaiah has in our text. "The word of our God will stand forever." The Word is as sure and certain ...

1323. You're Going To Have A Baby!

Luke 1:26-38

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John R. Brokhoff

... see the 'No vacancy' sign?" Joseph replied, "Yes, but can't you see that my wife is expecting a baby any minute?" The innkeeper retorted, "Well, that's not my fault." Joseph responded, "Well, it's not mine, either!" Though it is a controversial subject among many, the virgin birth is an important doctrine in the church. It does not teach that the virgin birth makes Jesus sinless. It does not mean that normal sexual relations and childbirth are sinful. The church has always taught the virgin birth because ...

1324. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

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Maurice A. Fetty

... and coherence in place of disorder and chaos. Judgment is the confidence that eventually evil and good will be named and separated, that the righteous life does have meaning in the face of evil, that the caring person is in the end not subject to the mockery and ridicule of the uncaring. Judgment is the affirmation of a moral universe where the distinction between right and wrong does prevail, where sense prevails over nonsense, and where meaning triumphs over absurdity. Judgment is a constant critique of ...

1325. The Long Lonliness

Romans 13:8-14

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Maurice A. Fetty

... do they all come from? "There is nothing more alone in the universe than man," says anthropologist and humanist Loren Eiseley. "He has entered into the strange world of history, of social and intellectual change, while his brothers of the field and forest remain subject to the invisible laws of biological evolution ... Man, by contrast, is alone with the knowledge of his history until the day of his death" (The Star Thrower, p. 37). So it is, Eiseley would suggest, that we have been thrust out of the self ...

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1301. Divine Alka-Seltzer

Mark 8:31--9:1

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1302. A God Pleasing Savior and God Pleasing People

Malachi 1:1-5

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

1303. Butterflies and Jesus

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

1304. A King - A Kingdom

John 18:28-40

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

1305. The Word To The Wise

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

1306. The Acid Test of Wisdom

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

1307. And He Shall Reign

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

1308. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

1309. The Remote

John 14:5-14

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

1310. The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

1311. The Holy Trinity

John 16:5-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

1312. The Communion of Saints

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

1313. As We Remember - Memorial Day

1 Chronicles 11:10-25

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

1314. Dying to Become

2 Corinthians 5:17

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

1315. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

1316. On Loneliness

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

1317. Bringing the Gospel to Marriage

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

1318. The Family Was God’s Idea

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

1319. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Brett Blair

1320. Lord, I Want To See

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

1321. Lord, I Want to See - Sermon Starter

Mark 10:46-52

Illustration

Brett Blair

... 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 subjected 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 of blindness was self-correcting, there was no hope whatsoever for a cure. The skills that were necessary were ...

1322. Good News for Bad Times

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

1323. You're Going To Have A Baby!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

1324. Someone Greater Than a Prophet

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

1325. The Long Lonliness

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

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