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1376. Same Question, Same Answer

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... so generous with one another that “there was not a needy person among them” (Acts 4:34). The name of that group of people was the church. If somebody is serious about standing in the promised kingdom of Christ, the best evidence is found in that person’s ability to share what he or she has. God has no room in the kingdom for a Scrooge or a skinflint, because God himself is not a cheapskate. God gives us Jesus; the very least we can do is share our sweaters and our casseroles with one another. Draw ...

1377. Two Blessings for an Unwed Mother

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , did not expect it, or did not know what to do with it. And the baby came anyway. There were days — you know there had to be days — when she wondered why she ever said, “Yes,” to an angel. There must have been days when she doubted her own ability as a mother. And there were painful moments when “a sword would pierce her soul.” Yet she hung on, because she believed. That is helpful for me. When I have my doubts, I hang on too, if only because Mary once believed on my behalf. Even when we smugly ...

1378. The Future Shapes the Present

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of information.” We are able to find joy, even in our present darkness, precisely because we believe in the promise of a coming dawn in which the weaknesses and tribulations of this world can be seen for what they really are and are not! This ability of the future to shape the present connects us intimately and eternally with the anxious Thessalonians. Let’s be honest. Are not their questions our questions as we approach this Christmas season? Reflect on what lies ahead of us. We will sing of peace in ...

1379. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... God’s Command and Will.6 Our work, Luther says, is a mask that God uses to give us his blessing. If we have earned any wealth by our work, if you are “comfortable,” it is not you who earned it. Not really. God gave us these successes and the ability to achieve them as unmerited gifts.7 Do you get the implications of this for the importance of your work? If God uses your work as a “mask” for giving you the goods of life, then God uses your work and the work of others to give other people the ...

1380. A Vision of Freedom

Isaiah 65:17-25

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Freedom is such a lovely word, a compelling image. What is freedom? How would you define it? What does it mean to you? Webster’s New World Dictionary defines freedom as being exempt from control or from arbitrary restrictions. Freedom is said to be the ability to choose or determine one’s own actions. That was the sort of freedom, escape from foreign intrusion, which the Hebrews sought when our First Lesson was written. There is a lot of debate among Old Testament scholars about the circumstances of its ...

1381. Why Earthly Powers Need No Longer Enslave

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... that earthly power is relative, will not ultimately prevail, need not lead to political inertia. Let Martin Luther King, Jr., have a final word on that. In his final SCLC Presidential Address he wrote: Now power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose ... There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly ... Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.12 Put the earthly ...

1382. God Knows

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

John W. Wurster

It’s a phrase meant to underscore the limits of our knowledge. We use it to describe our lack of understanding. It’s a way of admitting that we just don’t know everything. Having reached the end of our abilities to comprehend, we roll our eyes heavenward and say with varying measures of exasperation, confusion, and befuddlement, “God knows.” “God knows why that happened.” “God knows what I was thinking.” “God knows why she did that.” I suppose in some way it’s a statement of ...

1383. There Could Be, Couldn't There?

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... so much, provided so much for them? Forgetting about God when God had brought them into a plentiful land (2:7), a place and a life full of potential and possibility and goodness? Forgetting about God when God had blessed them beyond measure, giving them abilities and talents, comforts and luxuries, peace and prosperity — things nobody deserves, things nobody can earn. They had been given so much and yet they strayed so far from the one who had blessed them so. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? You would think ...

1384. The Promising Child

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... story of Hannah has been repeated in the lives of outstanding figures in history who would pay tribute to the mothers who bequeathed their faith to them. John Wesley’s mother was dubbed the “Mother of Method-ism,” because of her noted faith and executive abilities which she passed on to her sons John and Charles. Probably one of the best known mothers in America is Abraham Lincoln’s mother, because of his famous tribute to her, “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” However ...

1385. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... that Christian people have the authority to exercise spiritual control over the things and forces which detract from the promise of what the Christian faith can be. In an interview about the nature of his books, he remarked how Christians have lost the ability to think seriously about the problems they face. He was concerned especially about the encroachment of popular culture into the life of the church. He is greatly distressed by the fact that we have raised an entire generation of what he described as ...

1386. The Spirit Has Landed

Luke 3:1-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... it. This young man did. So the job is his." For centuries the Spirit has been ticking out God’s message “This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Every woman, every man’s entire livelihood, indeed his very life, depends upon his ability to discern the meaning of these words. And here’s the question: Do you have the spiritual discernment to understand them? When the world one day comes to end and we sit at the Judgment seat of Christ, it will matter, your response to this message. It ...

1387. Swoosh

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Drama

Dave Marsh

... he’s a great guy but he’s far from perfect! I mean, he’s ranked 4th on the ATP. Jim: Fourth? Sarah: Yeah. In fact, Pete Sampras just passed him. Jim: Oh. Sarah: Look Jim, it’s okay to like these guys or look up to them for their abilities but if you really want to imitate someone, I think you need to look a little higher. Jim: You mean like Mike? (Jordan if you didn't catch the joke :) Sarah: Um, no. Higher. Jim: (thinks and then realizes she's talking about Christ) Ahhh... Gotcha. Sarah: (hands him ...

1388. Sticky Situations (A Drama about Lordship)

Drama

Dave Marsh

... taking them off her clothes) Dave: Okay, here we go… (As Dave reads these, Tina says ‘check’ and takes a Post-it off.) 1. Job (check) 2. Diet (check) 3. Finances (check) 4. Personal time (check) 5. Marriage (check) 6. Car (check) 7. Artistic ability (check) 8. Past (check) 9. Present (check) 10. Future (check) 11. Pride (check) 12. Kids (check) 13. Relationship with dad… Tina: Che…. (looks around) Wait a minute. That’s not on the list. Dave: I know. (long pause) Tina: (drops the Post-it’s ...

1389. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... close look at the special qualities we see in Bartimaeus. They jump out of the story dramatically… his persistence, his boldness, his determination, his trust, his sensitivity to the uniqueness of the moment; his unwillingness to give-in to fear of embarrassment, his ability to seize an opportunity. Or, we could point out that in this great story we have the good news of our faith summed up in three points: our need, God’s action, our response. Our need… we, like Bartimaeus, are blind. God’s action ...

1390. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross?

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . It is a now very long time since we were in the Garden. Sin has wrecked humanity. It is difficult to imagine what man was like in the Garden of Eden by viewing him as he is now. Imagine if you knew nothing of aircrafts and mankind’s ability of flight. Now imagine that you came upon the wreckage of an aircraft and you along with many others tried to reconstruct the original version of the aircraft. If we knew nothing of flying, we would hardly suspect that this pile of rubbish had once soared above the ...

1391. A Happy Ending

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Modred has started a rebellion and Arthur has just found out about the affair between Lancelot and Guinevere. All seems loss and Arthur needs Merlin now more than ever. He needs his confidant. But Merlin is now dead. Now Arthur will be tested. Not by battle but by the ability to make decisions on his own. His answer man is no longer there. Now we find out what he is really made of. In desperation Arthur cries out: "O Merlin, where are you now when I need you the most? Having to think is such a blight." It ...

1392. Shaping People's Lives Through Forgiveness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Brett Blair

... was Ronald Reagan. Putting political preferences aside for just a moment I think all of us would have to agree that on at least a few crucial issues Reagan got it right. He looked into the future and steered us correctly. What is it that gives some people the ability to look at a situation and rightly sized it up? It seems to be a kind of gift doesn’t it? This is one of the qualities that separate the great men from the ordinary. In our story this morning (in Luke 7) certain insights are being expressed ...

1393. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

James W. Moore

... are going to set a problem right, we have to get ourselves set right first. Some time ago, a young lawyer came to see his pastor. He was down in the dumps, at his wit’s end. He said: “Everything’s gone wrong. I have lost confidence in my professional ability... my wife has left me. I can’t get along with my children. I’m cut off from my parents and my in-laws. I’m having conflicts with my co-workers. I’ve been drinking heavily. Everybody has left me... and I don’t blame them. I’ve been ...

1394. Three Small Steps in Our Journey of Faith

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... out his hand to her, asking for her forgiveness. For a moment, says Corrie, she hesitated, recalling his cruelty to her sister and those around her. Then, knowing God's warning to forgive or we cannot be forgiven (Mark 1 1:26) and yet still not feeling the ability to lift her hand towards him, she prayed silently: "Jesus help me!...I can lift my hand. I can do that much. You supply the feeling" (p. 55). And as she woodenly thrust out her hand the current: of God's healing warmth flowed through her and out ...

1395. The Last Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... after his wife, Harriet, was diagnosed with breast cancer and they could not find adequate psychological support services for the family. Benjamin's theory was that there is a greater relationship than we have ever known between our outlook and our ability to heal ourselves. That physical health is extremely dependent upon mental health has been established for centuries. More than 2,000 years ago, the famous Greek physician Galen was called in to tend the wife of a Roman aristocrat. Her own doctor ...

1396. The Ten Commandments #5: Honoring Parents

Exodus 20:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... they call it. We are born into families, cared for by family until we can begin to take care of ourselves. We share the same roof, the same table, even the same faith. Nothing unusual there. It is expected...despite the differences of individual personalities, interests and abilities that are gathered into the family unit, it is a unit. The basic building block of society. The joy I have in living with my wife and children I would not have were it not for the institution of the family, and now that David is ...

1397. Remembering the Good Old Days

Numbers 14:1-10a

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... simply choose to forget So it's the laughter we will remember Whenever we remember... The way we were... The way we were...(3) Of course, as we know, there are times when memory SHOULD be selective. One psychology professor has said, "The greatest ability of the mind is remembering; but the second greatest is forgetting." Old failures, old hurts, old injuries do little for us if they are remembered so vividly that they paralyze or cast a cloud over future action. The psychiatrist Alfred Adler used to tell ...

1398. Blessed Be The Title That Binds

Deuteronomy 14:22-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Estimate of Giving cards right now and, as the music plays softly, prayerfully indicate on them what you hope to do for the Lord through this church in the coming year, understanding that this is simply an estimate that will be met as God gives you the ability. If you would prefer to have the amount you indicate transferred by automatic bank draft, simply write BANK DRAFT on the card and our staff will contact you to set up the mechanics. The tradition in this church is for those who are prepared to do so ...

1399. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:1-12, 3:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... We could certainly use statesmen with the wisdom of Solomon these days. There are so many seemingly insoluble problems out there. That would be challenge enough, but some of our recent experience beggars the imagination. We went to war to preserve the world's ability to prevent war. We ignored the United Nations in order to make clear to Saddam Hussein that the United Nations cannot be ignored. We are in the process of destroying the weapons of mass destruction that we found but they are located in Anniston ...

1400. A New Look at an Old Treasure

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in Sunday School or at the knee of parents or grandparents. It is one of the first Bible passages we learn, and, as often as we hear it funerals, it is among the last words said over us when we die. A wonderful affirmation of our faith in God's ability to protect. "The Lord is my shepherd..." There is an old story out there of the man who, in the midst of a disastrous flood, took refuge on the roof of his water-filled home. With the unconquerable faith of the 23rd Psalm, he prayed that God might rescue him ...

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