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1401. There Is No Condemnation

Romans 8:18-27

Eulogy

Deborah D. Steed

Suicide During Lent On behalf of the ____________ family, I want to thank you for being here today to remember ____________ and give thanks to God for his life. Death draws us together within a web of common, sometimes conflicting, feelings. Your presence and support are vital to this family and will be for some time to come. Let us pray: Gracious God, gather us together under the banner of your Word. Pierce our darkness with your light. In the name of Christ our Lord. Amen. Yesterday, after the 11 a.m. ...

1402. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

For a Sixty-two-year-old Man This sermon was delivered at the funeral of a sixty-two-year-old man, the father of a large grown family. From all appearances of knowledge of his friends, he was in a comfortable financial situation with no real debt and a very satisfactory family circumstance. After a period of depression, he committed suicide. The writer of the letter to the Hebrews says that "Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come." Thus he points to the impermanence of our life ...

1403. One Flock, One Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

One of the vital signs of an alive Christ with us here is whether this live body out of the grave is seeking unity, oneness with other members and other denominations and other families of God. Because our Lord prayed for it, because it was so evident during his earthly ministry, and because it is the very heart of the gospel, we know a vital sign of an alive Christ is an aggressive seeking after unity. It is the very nature of an alive group of his disciples. Let’s check the vital sign in our own church. ...

1404. Encounters With Christ II: Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

Some years ago, The Archbishop of Canterbury was rushing to catch a train in London. In his haste, he accidentally jumped on the wrong passenger car and found himself on a car full of inmates from a mental hospital. They were all dressed in mental hospital clothing. Just as the train pulled out of the station, an orderly came in and began to count the inmates, “1-2-3-4…”… when suddenly he saw this distinguished looking gentleman there wearing a business suit and a clerical collar and he said: “Who are you ...

1405. The Impossibility of Neutrality

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Robert Allen

This last week I spent the better part of three days involved in interviews with the Board of Ministry. It was our responsibility to interview men and women in the United Methodist Church. Those being interviewed ranged from their mid-twenties up to a woman who was 68 years old and will be ordained as a deacon at annual conference. During the interviews, we examined the theological beliefs of the candidates. We listened to tapes of their sermons. We asked a lot of personal questions about their lives; ...

1406. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

1407. Faith-Filled Living

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come; but woe to him by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin. Take heed to yourselves; if your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him; and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, and says, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." The apostles said to the Lord, " ...

1408. The Abiding Presence

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

The young woman preacher found herself in something of the same situation that Moses was in when he was the intermediary between God and the Israelites. A woman, whose husband had recently died, asked her, "Will our loved ones remember us after they die and are with Jesus?" She answered, "I don’t know." She had not faced that question, that part of the Easter mystery before. But she could - and did - say, "I don’t know if the dead will remember us, but I do know that our Lord remembers us." And she added, ...

1409. Round Trip to Bethlehem

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

This story has the stuff in it for creating a modern day television soap opera. It mirrors life as it was, and is right now in this world, at its worst and at its best. The Book of Ruth begins with a refugee problem. Elimelech, a native of Bethlehem, leaves home with his wife and two sons to seek refuge in Moab (of all places); it was here Moses was buried. As a result of his sin Moses got into real trouble with God and was not allowed to enter the Promised Land. The move from Bethlehem to Moab was nothing ...

1410. HAVING A REALLY GOOD FIGHT

Illustration

John H. Krahn

I believe it was the Mills Brothers who made popular the song, "You Always Hurt the One You Love." Fighting is one of the realities of married life. Unfortunately, most of us do not handle it well. Fighting is a negative way of communicating some very strong feelings. If we accept the premise that the point of all communication is to get closer to each other, then we might seek more constructive and positive ways of communicating our strong feelings rather than destructive fighting. Although space doesn’t ...

1411. Chapter IX

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

"You will not lie about your neighbor" Exodus 20:16 The eighth Commandment consists of only five words in the Hebrew. But despite its brevity, don’t be fooled into thinking that it is unimportant. It speaks to the heart of a fundamental human problem. Its intention is to prevent one man from destroying another with his tongue. In all probability, the original purpose of this guide for living was to assure truth in the law courts. Even today before a witness takes his place before the bench he usually must ...

1412. Simon Peter: Strong Stone or Crumbling Clay?

Luke 22:54-62

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

Were you there? Were you singing that song again? Were you wondering, when you heard my name, how I could do what I did on that dreadful night when I denied vehemently that I even knew Jesus? Oh yes, I was there, all right, and it still pains me to think about it. My name is Simon, the son of John. Most of you may know me better by another name - Peter. That’s what Jesus himself called me when my brother Andrew brought me to Jesus for the first time. Do you know that the name Peter means "stone," or "piece ...

1413. Resurrection: From Sin to a Second Chance

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

The afternoon sun was waning as the shepherd boy, David, led his sheep down the well-worn path that led from the green pastures to the pool of still water where his flock would quench their thirst before heading back to the fold. He glanced back at the flock following him; then stopped and looked more closely. Where was Ayin, his big ram? One of the lambs was gone, too. The shepherd boy shaded his eyes against the late afternoon sun. In the distance he saw the big ram lumbering down the hill along a ...

1414. Trinity

Isaiah 6:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, John 3:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

First Lesson: Isaiah 6:1-8 Theme: God’s cleansing call, our valid vocation Exegetical Note The vision and call of Isaiah recounted here is a study in the gracious action of God: though by his own admission the candidate is sinful and unworthy, God first forgives and cleanses him and then issues the call; Isaiah, initially overwhelmed with his own unworthiness before God’s holiness, is thus free to accept the validity of his vocation with eager self-confidence. Call to Worship Leader: Holy, holy, holy is ...

1415. Hope for Hurting Hearts

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

"...Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Sure does sound like Christmas, doesn't it? I wish everyone could feel it. But the war in Afghanistan goes on. Families that lost loved ones on September 11th are preparing for a holiday that, a year ago, they could have never imagined. There is a certain dissonance to the season. Trips to malls and stores with the sacred Muzak in the air singing of "Joy to the World" or "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" mock the harsh realities ...

1416. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

A story came across the Internet recently. Whether it is true or not is unknown. It is allegedly a report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies on global organized crime. According to this report, FBI agents conducted a raid of a psychiatric hospital in San Diego that was under investigation for medical insurance fraud. After hours of reviewing thousands of medical records, the dozens of agents had worked up quite an appetite. The agent in charge of the investigation called a nearby pizza ...

1417. The Real Tragedy Of The Tv Evangelists

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

King Duncan

A few months ago Pat Robertson got extremely upset when a reporter referred to him as a "former TV evangelist." In Robertson's camp this was considered slander. A cynic said recently in QUOTE magazine, "Parents used to worry if they caught their children playing doctor. Now they worry if they're playing evangelist." It has been 60 years since Sinclair Lewis wrote his fiery indictment of the traveling evangelist. His spiritual predecessor of Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart was named Elmer Gantry. In this ...

1418. Life From God's Perspective

John 12:12-19

Sermon

King Duncan

Robert Fulghum remembers the time when his seven-year-old daughter Molly enjoyed packing lunches for herself, her brothers, and her father. Each bag got a share of sandwiches, apples, milk money, and sometimes a note or a treat. One morning Molly handed her father two bags as he was about to leave for the office. One was a regular lunch sack, the other one was sealed with duct tape, staples and paper clips. He asked his daughter, "Why two bags?" "Just some stuff ” take it with you," she said. He stuffed ...

1419. An Unlikely Witness

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

A young pastor was telling his congregation how bad women are. He stated that a lot of the trouble in the world was due to women. He went on and on about women and the problems they cause. After the message the pastor was greeting the people as they left church. An older husky woman came up to the pastor and, as she was shaking his hand, she squeezed it quite unmercifully. He cried out, "That hurts." She asked him, "What was the telephone number of the Garden of Eden?" He said, "I don't know." She ...

1420. The Good Son

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

Frank Lyman

Kevin, that irascible scamp of the Home Alone movies, is one of Hollywood's beloved characters. As portrayed by Macaulay Culkin, he is mischievous, playful, innovative and just as cute as could be! But what really made Kevin such a fine character was how he taught us the value of family. We learned that even if we're not always that crazy about the folks we live with, when we're separated from them, it's terrible. In both of the HOME ALONE movies, when Kevin was reunited with his family and ran into the ...

1421. The Other Woman

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

King Duncan

In the letters of Paul to the Romans and the Galatians, as well as in Hebrews we read about the faith of the Old Testament patriarch Abraham. Abraham heard God's call to leave his father's house and to begin a new people and he obeyed. In doing so he earned himself a lofty place in the history of the Judeo-Christian faith. But there ought to be an equal place for Sarah, his wife. After all, think what he put her through. Ur was a wealthy city, full of ancient society's "movers and shakers." Abraham--or ...

1422. Nightline

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

The famous United Methodist Bishop of California named Gerald Kennedy once sent a pastoral letter to all the churches and pastors under his care. He told the story of seeing a very poorly dressed woman and her young daughter looking into one of the beautiful department store windows in the downtown area of a large city. In it was the manger scene, but here Mary was dressed as the Queen of Heaven with rich diamonds and other jewels in her dazzling crown. The little girl gazed for a while, and then turned to ...

1423. The Longest Table in the World

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

Dr. D. James Kennedy, Senior Minister of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, recently shared: "At a recent national convention, sociologists came to an interesting conclusion that I think you will find fascinating. They said most of the problems, the troubles, the anxieties and the turmoil that plague our society today are due to...to what? Now, this is not an assembly of Christians; these are secular sociologists meeting in national convention, and they said most of the turmoil, troubles, ...

1424. Lighten Up

Matthew 5:13-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

I have selected the hymn you have just sung to bring back memories of Sunday School. Imagine this image: a little girl in a white Sunday School dress, in a church pageant, holding a little candle, singing, "This Little Light of Mine." That is the image that most of us, I imagine, have in mind when we think of this hymn, "This Little Light of Mine." It is so sentimental, and cute, even. Which is the danger of using diminutives like "little,"...."This Little Light of Mine." It is like "dear" or "sweet." It ...

1425. In Life Nothing Works but the Impossible

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

EXEGESIS of Matthew 1:18-25 Matthew begins his gospel by taking special care to establish Jesus’ historical and theological identity. The first seventeen verses enumerate the genealogy of Jesus “the Messiah” and establishes Joseph’s lineage as a descendant of the royal house of David. Yet this information also problematizes the narrative, for Matthew also reveals that Jesus’ conception was a miraculous work of the Holy Spirit. Mary, a betrothed young woman, remained a virgin until Jesus’ birth. In today’s ...

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