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1376. Nothing Is Impossible

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... in and protects us on the one hand and fights our battles on the other. Again, nothing is impossible with God. The theology of possibilty also comes alive in the fact that God works around the clock; a worker who never gets off. No vacation, no sick leave, not even lunch time, God just works. This obviously goes against the grain in society today. A major item of concern on the part of every worker is the question of fringe benefits. Because of escalating medical costs, one needs a job with excellent health ...

1377. Good Works Will Not Save You!

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... image for understanding our daily Monday through Saturday walk of faith. First he says that, though the world cannot see nor understand the Holy Spirit, nevertheless, the spirit will be in us (John 14:17). Next Jesus proceeds to comfort the disciples and us with these words: "I will not leave you desolate [he says]; I will come to, you. Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me; because I live, you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you (John 14:18-20 ...

1378. Mourning Turned To Joy

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... . Mother Theresa of Calcutta, India, while visiting America said that the biggest problem in the world is not physical hunger but loneliness. She said, "I see it everywhere here in America." Many people today are like detached leaves, falling from the source of life, into a pile of other detached leaves, beginning the process of shriveling up for death. What is needed is a transplantation back into the tree of life. We need to be saved. Israel needed nothing less than salvation. We need that salvation, too ...

1379. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

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

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... . He introduced himself: “My name is Bill W.” How thrilled he is as he sits back and watches the group in action. They listen to each other, care for each other and all call upon a Higher Power at work in their lives. When Wilson leaves the meeting he has confirmation once again that his idea is working. Within a context of anonymity and confidentiality people are bearing witness and giving hope to one another. Could a baseball manager be a saint, too? Tommy Lasorda has been called many names, but he ...

1380. No One Enters The Kingdom… Save With Empty Hands

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... to Christ and to this new congregation sent shivers up and down my spine. What a moving scene. For some people it was the first time that they had ever made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Lord. For other people the decision meant leaving an already established congregation with all its entitlements and striking out on an uncertain journey. Not a few agonizing decisions were made that day. The underlying issue in signing the charter was one of authority. Who was going to rule over us? We chose to ...

1381. The Road To Samaria

John 4:5-42

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... , hoping we will tell each other." That is the response. We are called to tell someone in some way, to find someone somehow and share in some way what we know. A man who lived in a big city became tired of robbers breaking into his apartment. So he started leaving a note on his door, "I may not hear the bell. I am back in the kitchen." He came home from work one day and found his apartment turned upside down. There was a note on the kitchen table, "I looked for you everywhere but could not find you." Go ...

1382. The Road To Jerusalem

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... his witnesses in today's world, for there is no private Christianity. He is calling us to be servants, for there is no sideline Christianity. He is calling us to be his church, for there is no uninvolved Christianity. That is before us today. A missionary home on leave was to spend several months speaking in churches. In order to help people understand where he was serving he decided to purchase a globe of the world. He went in a store and looked at several. The clerk showed him one which had a light on the ...

1383. Improving Your Serve

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... spotlight remembers this basic call of God to be a servant. Many of you will recall the name of Colonel James B. Irwin who was a part of the team of astronauts who made the successful moon walk. When Irwin returned, he spoke of the thrill connected with leaving this planet and seeing it shrink in size. He mentioned watching earthrise one day, and thinking how privileged he was to be a part of this unique crew. And then, as they were en route back to earth, he began to realize that the experience he had ...

1384. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... of the day, he is much like the man who jumped on his horse and rode rapidly off in all directions! Even this man's children cannot draw their father into helping settle simple disputes or make basic life choices. He does attend church every week, but he leaves quickly so as not to offend his colleagues who have 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 ...

1385. Lessons From The Mountaintop

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a move-able feast." I do not know about Paris, but the presence of God is a moveable feast. Even when we leave the mountaintop, we do not leave God behind. In fact, it is God who leads the way! 4. The Urgency Of Spiritual Mountaintops Still a fourth lesson we can discern in Moses' experiences on Mount Sinai is the urgency with which he is compelled by God to head back down the mountain with ...

1386. On Being Salty

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

John Jamison

... table was rock. The salt had lost its saltiness. It was good for nothing. Throw it away! Jesus said it is no different with us. What is the value of one who has lost his or her saltiness? What is the use of the Christian who leaves things tasting the way the world leaves them tasting? Just as light changes dark into something new, and salt changes what it touches into something new, a follower of Jesus Christ changes what it touches as well. It can't be stopped. But we try, don't we? We don't actually run ...

1387. Chosen By God

Ruth 4:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... . It makes us feel good; it makes us feel wanted, needed and valued. It makes us feel special. We learn in the beginning of the book of Ruth that she did not feel very special. Her young husband died leaving her alone and destitute. When her world suddenly turned upside down, Ruth determined to leave homeland behind and cast her future with her mother-in-law, Naomi. She was forced, for the sake of survival, to impose upon the charity of her kinsman, Boaz, who permitted her to gather leftover grain in the ...

1388. A Good Thing To Know

Luke 19:11-27

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... , as was hinted in the hearings before Augustus. So, when the story tells of a "nobleman who went to a far country to receive a kingdom," there were surely some interesting "flashbacks." Further, we can be sure that Archelaus did not leave Palestine for Rome without leaving trusted servants in charge of the kingdom. From these servants he would ask a full accounting of their management - and their loyalty - during his absence. They were being "tested" even while they "managed." That's the way life was in ...

1389. Wounded Glory

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... Easter, when Jesus was raised from the dead, He visited His friends; and on one of those visits He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." Jesus was getting ready to go to heaven to live with God, but He didn't want to leave His friends alone by themselves. He wanted to leave a part of Himself, and a part of God, with them. But how could He do that? Jesus Himself was just one person, and He could only be with those people who were lucky enough to be near Him. Only a few certain people would ...

1390. The Boy Who Ran Away

Mark 14:43-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... and Jesus seemed especially troubled that night. He spoke softly, but I could hear every word. He told the disciples that He was going to leave them and go to His Father's house in heaven. He said that the world would hate them because of Him. He washed their feet ... my body shook uncontrollably. It was a night I shall never forget. Yes, I was there. I was just a boy who wasn't supposed to leave his mother's house, but I saw it all. I appear again in the Book of Acts, and in Colossians. I'm mentioned in 2 ...

1391. The Victory Of The Cross

Sermon

Erskine White

... impossible commandments! But now our sin is on longer a barrier. Now we no longer need rely upon our own devices to bring ourselves to God, since by the grace of the cross, God has brought Himself to us. May people do not understand this, and it leaves them in great spiritual sorrow. They are tragically burdened by their sin and sorely afflicted by their suffering. If only they could accept the gift of victory which Christ won for them on the cross! If only they could turn their sin and sorrow over to Jesus ...

1392. Death Following Lung Surgery

1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Eulogy

Robert Allen

... , and we vaguely realize that death is a part of living. We are never prepared for the reality of death. It's tragic swiftness sometimes leaves us shocked. The hurt is deep and real. But, life is a gift! It is only when we see it as a gift that we ... only an old doorSet in a garden wall.On quiet hinges it gives at duskWhen the late birds call.Along the lintel are green leaves;Beyond, the light lies still;Very weary and willing feetGo over that sill.There is nothing to trouble any heart,Nothing to hurt at ...

1393. Death of a Twelve-year-old Boy

Matthew 18:1-9

Eulogy

John M. Braaten

... he is actually given life by God. In Baptism he is commissioned as a "worker with us in the Kingdom of God." We write the history of his years not in terms of his accomplishments, but in terms of his relationships. In the eyes of the world, J_ didn't leave much. He didn't have time to amass or to attain those things by which success is so often measured. But in the area of relationships, J_, in twelve short years, made a warm and wonderful impression on this weary and cynical world. His life was a powerful ...

1394. For a Man in His Sixties

Philippians 4:2-9

Eulogy

Louis M. Pratt

... the manner of his death and be thankful for the manner of his life. While we must grieve over our loss - for L. T.'s death leaves a grievous wound in the hearts of his loved ones - let us cherish what we have gained for having known him. John Henry Newman once ... he was with us he gave us many reasons for remembering him with joy. For the most part, life was good to L. T. He leaves behind a loving wife, loving children and grandchildren. No one's life has been lived in vain when this can be said. L. T. gave ...

1395. Peacemaker -- A Liturgy

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... the cross you embraced, and with the sword you told us to put away we have chosen to protect our wealth and power before the world’s suffering millions. So we pray: C: Christ, have mercy. P: Listen! Here is good news from the lips of our Lord: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.” Listen to him, for through him his Father says, “You are accepted; you are forgiven; my peace I give to you.” The Readings From Markings Reader 3: “Have mercyUpon us ...

1396. Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... the organist. He wrote: Reader 2: “With the tracker the finger feels a certain tension exactly when the tone comes; it feels the contact point. And the depressed key pushes up under the finger, in order that when the finger shows the slightest impulse to leave it, it may immediately rise with its own strength and lift the finger up with it. The strength of the keys cooperate with the will! With the tracker even the mediocre organist cannot smear. With pneumatics there is no such cooperation on the part of ...

1397. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... task of letting down skin pails to deep springs below and then filling the drinking troughs. Then the shepherds arrived and decided to use the women’s water for their own herds.15 Moses interceded on the women’s behalf and made the shepherds leave the water for the women and their flock. Without his aid, the women would have had to wait for the shepherds to water their herds, redraw more water and then give drink to their livestoc_esermonsk. Moses’ intervention saved them time and ensured them of ...

1398. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... patriarch material. This is partially due to the fact that this is a complex and somewhat confusing story. For example, how many of you can name Jacob’s adversary? Did Jacob wrestle all night with a man, an angel, God, or a combination of all of these? The text leaves all of these as possibilities. At one point there is a reference to a man and, at another, God and man. Later in the story this enemy does not have enough power to quickly defeat Jacob yet has enough power to bestow a blessing. So is he, or ...

1399. Thanksgiving

Ephesians 1:1

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the wondrous works of God." From all outward circumstances it seems as though Job has nothing at all to be thankful for yet here is God coming to him in the midst of it all and saying in effect, Job, it’s time to count your blessings. Let’s leave that story for a moment and take a look at a second. This one comes from the New Testament, the book of Ephesians. The Apostle Paul now finds himself squarely in the midst of a dingy Roman prison and facing serious charges. Things seem very bad indeed for Paul ...

1400. Recollections of Enoch, A Jewish Captive In Babylon

Isaiah 12:1-6

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... are all over; our iniquities are pardoned; we have paid - paid double, in fact - for our sin; now we can look up, be relieved, and know that, all this while, Yahweh has been keeping track of us, watching over us, and caring for us. We did not, after all, leave him behind us in Jerusalem, nor did the Babylonians destroy him when they burned the temple. Yahweh is still our merciful and caring God - that is, if we can believe the young man with the message. As for me, my heart is so hungry for the very things ...

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