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1326. Safe With The Shepherd

John 10:22-42

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... Jesus, the Son of God, knew about him, and loved him. When you are weak and vulnerable it is good to know that someone so powerful comes to you personally, so that you might have the security and joy of knowing that, come what may, you will be cared for and provided for because you belong to Jesus. Today I invite you to listen to the call of the Good Shepherd, to accept his invitation to let him be your God. He comes declaring his love and promising to be your God forever. Eternal power he offers through ...

1327. The Greatest Wonder Of All!

John 14:5-14

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... t need fancy words, just a willing heart. We don’t need a lot of theology, we need to let those who share our home know we care about them for Jesus’ sake. A loving spirit can do more for the kingdom of God than barbed preaching. For those of you old enough to ... I made a call on Agnes. She said, in her typical staccato way, "I want to be baptized. We weren’t even members and you cared for us, and your members gave us a fine funeral. They were so nice even though I didn’t belong. I want to find out ...

1328. There Is a Season

Romans 8:28-39

Eulogy

Mark P. Zacher

... . There was time to be a wife, a beloved wife of ____________. A time to build a life together. A time to be a husband and a wife for forty-three years. There was time to be a mother; a loving, caring mother to ___________ and to ___________ and to ___________ and to ____________. A time to be loving and to care and to teach; a time to be a mother. There was time to be a grandmother, full of energy and love and life. There was a time to be a friend, loyal and concerned. As our lesson stated, "For everything ...

1329. Marked At The Cross

Sermon

George Bass

... children, her career and more. The knot of men, us included, moved straight past the elevators without slowing down. ‘We can’t do this,’ said an aide to another. ‘It’s the only plane today.’ ” But they did, and when they got to the intensive care unit, Jesse Jackson “pulled on the door handle. He had never hesitated or slowed down. My brother said, ‘We can’t go in with all these people.’ ‘Just my son,’ said Jackson. He entered and swept past the nurse’s station to Ronnie’s bed ...

1330. On the Art Of Listening To Sermons

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... rebel against the definitive word of the experts who say that there is no way the team will win, in order to dream glorious dreams of championship trophies. The Living Bible paraphrases Proverbs 18:2 in an unusual way, but it gets to the point: “a rebel doesn’t care about the facts; all he wants to do is yell.” Emotional listening is like a seed that finds itself on rocky soil, a bit of top soil where it can sprout quickly. But since there is no root it soon wilts in the midst of the reality of the ...

1331. It's Performance That Counts

Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... nature of the injustice, I suspect the injured one did not rise and walk the next day. So it is with God’s love, for God’s extravagant love knows no limits, seeks no boundaries to contain it. Neither should ours. We are called to love our neighbors, to care for and tend to their needs as if we were minding our own. In our world “neighbor” no longer means the one who is down the street or around the corner or who happens to live in the same community. Our world has become one giant neighborhood, a ...

1332. Find Your Way Home

Hosea 4:1-19

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... when you don’t even know where you are lost? That was Terry’s dilemma. It had been over two-and-a-half years since he had been in church. God seemed so far away now that he wasn’t even in the picture. God care about him? Huh, fat chance! If God really did care, he would have never let him suffer like he had. Hosea echoes the words that God had said to his faithless people, “I will abandon my people until… they come looking for me. Perhaps in their suffering they will try to find me.” Where do ...

1333. The Answering Machine

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... All America Realty. Ms. Shelley, starting July 1st, your rent is going up another $75. We're sorry for this inconvenience but the price of caring for the facility continues to grow and we need to pass some of those expenses on to you. Thank you. beep Message 3: Doris, this ... having a bad time of it? Message 4: (Continues) Let's just say, I've been watching and I wanted to let you know I care. Bye. Girl walks over and picks up the Bible. She opens the book to the bookmark and starts to read Psalm 23 (or the ...

1334. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... cruel and unjust world. He called such people "fools" and was harder on them than on sinners. "Fool, get real, this night your soul is required of you. Fool, get real, you did not visit the sick, visit the prisoner, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, take care of the widowed." "Fool, get real," he said over and over again. Lest we pick on religion, look at other modern-day illusions. Science can become an illusion. "Technology will save us" is the cry. It can save us from this cruel and unjust world. We can ...

1335. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... simple. One, two, three, four. Now that I have told you how to do it, you go and do it! It's simple and no limits are involved." In short, when you are involved in the religious enterprise in any way that puts you in the limelight, you better be careful there isn't a ditch waiting for you just around the corner. The words of Paul to the Romans would translate this way in the modern vernacular. "You call yourself a Christian. You think you've got it made because you've got Jesus. And not only that, but you ...

1336. Of Seeing and Hearing

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... long, long, long walk?” “I heard you, but you like to walk.” The man had evidently heard -- but not well enough to understand. A child complains to her parents, “I don’t want to do this; I can’t do that. I haven’t got any friends. I don’t care if I pass or not. After all, the teachers don’t like me.” The parents jump to her defense. “You know you really like to do this and are at your best when you do that. The teacher doesn’t want to show affection for fear the other children will ...

1337. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... on of hands by episcopal prelates. One is authenticated as a proclaimer of the word when God says yes and ordains. Substitutes are not acceptable in God’s divine plan of salvation for the world. It is as if God only wants first round draft choices. Great care and much prayer are employed in the selection process. An excellent example of the selection process for a servant of the Lord is found in 1 Samuel 16: The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king ...

1338. Keeping In Touch… With The Lord

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... of a man who had been charged with a crime and after due process of law was found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The day of his execution came and the request of a final meal had been made and received. After being carefully strapped in the electric chair, the chaplain, in the presence of all of the appropriate dignitaries who had come to watch him die, approached the condemned man and inquired of his very last request before death. Slowly, the condemned man said, “There is one thing I ...

1339. Focus Your Faith

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... not seem too good. It really matters what you believe, or should I say in whom you believe. It matters. It is not enough merely to say that you believe in God, because you might not really know who God is at all if you are not careful. Think about it: Is this not precisely what the Christian faith is proclaiming? We do not call ourselves "Godians" - people who merely believe in God. We are not "Godians." No, we are called by another name. We have been called Christians - "Christ-ians." That is, the world ...

1340. Trusting In The Lord

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Barth echoes Jeremiah: "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord." At a more practical level, John was a materialist. He had caught the spirit of his time which was "Take care of number one." He believed what authors and lecturers in the 1970s were telling him about self-fulfillment. "If you can't take care of yourself first, nobody will take care of you," he said. He was successful in business, rich and owned so many things (later he called them "adult toys"), that he could not keep track of them. He was ...

1341. Wedding: Five Cs Spell Marriage

John 2:1-11

Sermon Aid

Hollis A. Miller

... ? Remember that your hope for this marriage is built on Christ and that all other ground is sinking and, i.e., it goes for nothing. The second word is caring. By this I really mean love and compassion and kindness. The motto for the Hallmark card people is, “When you care enough to send the very best.” Well, we have a Hallmark God, one who “cared enough to send the very best.” And that very best was his own Son, Jesus. Strive to emulate his love, his compassion, and his kindness of spirit, which he ...

1342. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... no use for the church. Once there was an issue that threatened to divide his congregation, but this fellow kept his feet firmly planted in both camps. The man is a moral acrobat! In all of life's major choices, he straddles the fence, believing in nothing, caring for nothing, loving nothing, and remaining alive, only because he has nothing worth dying for in his empty life. Our modern society has made a kind of virtue out of openness and neutrality, but how sad it is to meet someone who lives with this form ...

1343. What Christmas Is About

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... But when Jesus called God, "Father," Jesus was describing a very personal, intimate relationship with a parent whose love is personal and whose care is constant. Christmas was God's way of showing the world how much God loves, and how far the love of God will ... accepting the cruelty of her critical neighbors and her husband's cruelty. When he came home drunk, she would put him to bed, care for him and continue her efforts to get him some help. One day a newcomer to the neighborhood asked this woman why she ...

1344. Ka-Chang

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... a moment to meet the rest of the players. That little group on the right, standing off, kind of by themselves, are the Pharisees. They are an interesting group. They agree with a lot of what they have heard Jesus say. They believe in a resurrection from the dead, and caring for the poor, and that God can, and does, heal. However, uppermost in their minds is protecting the law. The key to all those other good things is to obey the laws of Moses, and the oral laws set forth by your rabbi. Keep your eye on the ...

1345. The Signs Of Salvation

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... double the value if the goods were taken in robbery, but only the value of the goods plus a penalty of 20 percent if the confession was voluntary. In either case, Zacchaeus went far beyond the law. In his gifts to the poor, his vision and caring were extended. In the offer of restitution, his sense of justice was affirmed. Clearly, salvation had come to that house that day! Though Isaiah's reference to the "robe of righteousness" is properly applied to the servant about whom Isaiah speaks, it is correct to ...

1346. The Ten Commandments For Today

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Erskine White

... words. Welcome to the human race, and welcome to the good feelings of knowing why Jesus calls you especially blessed today: "Blessed are the poor in spirit [who know their need for God], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3). If you heard this sermon carefully, you will surely agree that as people and as a nation, we all fall short of these commandments. As people and as a nation, we would do far better to repent and change our ways, which is God's message to us during this season of Lent. May ...

1347. The Boy Who Ran Away

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... feet and told them to be servants to others as He was a servant to them (cf. John 13-17). Jesus spoke for a long time, carefully and earnestly. He was like a teacher before a final exam - it was as if He wanted to teach them everything He could before it ... A few minutes later, Judas came running down the stairs and bolted out the door. I thought it was odd that he hadn't been more careful before going out into the street, but he looked like a mad man. His face was full of pain and rage. Later that evening, I ...

1348. The Benefits of Christianity for Nonbelievers

2 Samuel 6:1-23

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... some who suggest that he came from Gath-rimmon, a Levitical city of Dan, and that he was, therefore, a Levite. The writer is of the conclusion that he is named as a Levite in a later tradition, to comply with the ceremonial laws regarding who could care for the Ark. The reader must come to his own conclusion. That conclusion would determine whether the basic premise of the theme is proper. Coming from the city of Gath of the Philistines may have made the assignment given by the Hebrew king that much more ...

1349. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... are part of God’s family. We all should have access to the watering hole. We all have needs that generate compassion. A hymn in our new United Methodist hymnal points us in the right direction. It offers the posture of a servant and the compassion of a caring follower of Christ. Will you hear it again and afresh? Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you, Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet. Master who acts as a slave to them. Jesu ...

1350. A Father's Desire

Luke 13:31-35

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... just once but over and over because you were their baby. Your mom and dad still feel that way about you. Application: There is someone else who feels that way about you. Someone who wants to gather you in his arms and hold you and tell you how much he cares. Do you know who that is? (response) Your Father in heaven. Did you know that? That your Father in heaven loves you so much? As long as you live, remember that! Whether you're a baby, a little girl or a little boy, a mom or a dad, a grandma ...

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