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1451. Can't Stay Away

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

Scott Bryte

... story. They didn't know about bacteria, antibiotics, rates of infection, or any of that. What they knew was this: Sometimes what starts out as a simple rash on the skin, can lead to some very bad things, and what starts with one person can end up affecting many more. So what did they do with that knowledge? They kept those "lepers" away is what they did. They separated them from other people, and didn't let them live with anyone or eat with anyone, or even talk with anyone, except for other lepers. A ...

1452. Advent 4

Luke 1:47-55 or Psalm 80:1-7, Micah 5:2-5a, Luke 1:39-45, Hebrews 10:5-10

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... ! Congregational Choral Response Canticle of Mary, Magnificat My soul gives glory to our God, my soul sings forth its praise; God immerses us in loveliness in many marvelous ways! Sermon Idea There are so many Bible stories about relationships and places that still affect history today, even our daily lives. John and Jesus were cousins and at least the men looked for some sort of tension between them. But neither John nor Jesus set about to compete for the greatest number of followers. Palestine and Israel ...

1453. Good Gossip

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... “whole body” again in 3:3 and 3:6 — suggesting that he is not only aware of how the tongue influences the individual, but how the teacher’s tongue shapes and direct the movement and mindset of the whole Christbody community. The words of one can affect the witness of all. To keep the powerful tongue in check requires “a bridle,” a term that both recalls 1:26 and connects this directive to James’ next illustration of the “bit” in 3:3. In 3:3-5a James uses two metaphors. Both were familiar ...

1454. James 3:1-12

James 3:1-12

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1455. Lent 5

Psalm 126:1-6, Isaiah 43:16-21, John 12:1-11, Philippians 3:4b-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... that you and he would establish a neighborly way for humankind to be in the world. We as human creatures have failed to facilitate justice and hospitality. We have feared those different from ourselves. We have accumulated our material goods without recognizing the affect on the earth and other residents. We are frightened that water, food, and health care will exceed the budgets of many people we say are your children. So our prayer is that you enable all humankind to share the available water, oil, and ...

1456. Proper 7

1 Kings 19:1-15a, Psalm 42 and 43, Isaiah 65:1-9, Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:23-29

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... be dead and of feeling abandoned, alone, fearful. When do we get to that point? What do we do when we are wishing to be dead? What role does community play in our experience of aloneness and weariness? * rest and nutritious food as responses to a depressed affect * telling our story as the freed man in Luke did as a means of wholeness Contemporary Affirmation We know God, the Creator, by many names; we believe that God, the Holy One, loves us and all creation. We know Jesus of Nazareth taught people to love ...

1457. Proper 10

Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Psalm 25:1-10; 82:1-8, Amos 7:7-17, Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 1:1-14

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... groups are being mistreated? Perhaps the plumb line measuring justice and fairness in the USA is reasonably straight. The sermon also might explore the perception of the president’s responding to the moral and ethical challenges in America that affect the whole global environment. Amos says that he does not make his public statements for pay. How does that idea bounce off moneys for preachers and politicians? Contemporary Affirmation (Unison) We know God, the Creator, by many names; we believe ...

1458. What Does the Bible Really Say about Divorce?

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... then were not as idyllic as the sitcoms portrayed them. Nevertheless, we live in an altogether different world today a world of single parent families, two income families, blended families and latchkey kids. Divorce, almost unheard of during the 1950s now affects 60% of the children in America before they reach eighteen. (2) Everyone is this room has probably been touched by divorce or a dysfunctional marital relationship in one way or another. You may have been through a divorce yourself. Or perhaps it ...

1459. Proper 16

Psalm 71:1-6, Isaiah 58:9b-14, Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 13:10-17, Hebrews 12:18-29

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... live fully, also the story of Christopher Reeves. If we are to stand straight, we must have wholesome foods for the body and for the mind. What is the role of sports, movies, television, music, visual art, and dance in providing cognitive and affective nutrition for adults and children? Does the church and its interpretation of scriptures enable women as well as men to stand up and walk their journey with the Holy? The book Eat, Pray, Love stimulates discussion about ways culture and our personal diversity ...

1460. Proper 18

Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, Jeremiah 18:1-11, Luke 14:25-35, Philemon 1-21

Bulletin Aid

Julia Ross Strope

... choices, setting aside some of the relationships and material goods that appeal to us. As the days get shorter and the dark hours more numerous, we can take an inventory of what we are building, what we “fight” for, and how our decisions affect the global village. One observation from Luke 14:34 (not included in the lectionary passage) might be that when we are growing/maturing in ways to manifest God’s love, we are like herbs, which add satisfying characteristics to the (culture’s) mixture ...

1461. The Difference a Baby Makes

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... , so I have just one present for all. Now I will go get it.” She returned with a little orphan girl and announced, “Here is your present.” This generous California mother went on to tell how the children in this family welcomed the little child with affection. She grew up as a full member of that family as their sister. Then she added, “I was that Christmas gift.” (4) She gave to this family of evacuees what she had once been given. The Bible says, “We love because God first loved us” (I John ...

1462. Thanksgiving Means Giving

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... with all his saints” (1 Thessalonians 3:13). The new start that Advent brings challenges us to transform our lives of faith and make them more conformable to that of Christ. We should use this time to root out vices that ill-affect our health — smoking, overheating, excessive drinking, or laziness. It is a time to cast out hatred, jealousy, pride, and arrogance, those things that create violence in our lives, and replace them with justice, goodness, humility, kindness, and those things that generate ...

1463. Formula for Eternal Life

1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... allow reconciliation to happen. Past hurts that we have inflicted or have been perpetrated against us weigh us down like a ball and chain. We are not able to move forward so as to further our relationships with others. The solution is simple, yet so very hard to affect: We must break the chain that holds us to the past. Jesus expressed this so powerfully when he raised his friend Lazarus from the dead: "Unbind him, and let him go" (John 11:44b). Once we are free from the past we can move forward and prepare ...

1464. The iPod Vs. The Larynx

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... taste. It is not just that we prefer the natural sound of unamplified voices over the sound of the electronically amplified voices. On the contrary, we want a worship space that reflects our understanding of the nature of the church. Congregational singing can greatly affect one's understanding of the church. In other words, there is a lot more at stake here than meets the eye. Or should I say the ear? The world has changed dramatically during my lifetime. It always seems that when it comes to technology ...

1465. Freedom Calling

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... as a whole. Closer to home, the community of our own neighborhoods and households is also in trouble. Spousal abuse, child abuse, drug addiction, homelessness, and other social ills are still very much with us, and whether or not they touch our lives personally, they affect us directly as part of the communities in which we live. If freedom is defined only as the freedom to do whatever we please, to "live and let live," there will be little improvement on any of these fronts. To address them will require ...

1466. The Assurance of Things Hoped For

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... the Godhead. Then, in the second chapter, the author works just as hard to communicate the humanity of Jesus. Jesus became lower than angels, tasted death, endured testing and suffering. Throughout the book, these two aspects of Christ's identity — exaltation and humanity — affect every argument the author makes for maintaining faith, for not drifting away. The very reflection of God's glory knows what it is like to live in our skin. When we come to chapter 11, the author recounts the history of some of ...

1467. Running with Perseverance

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... We may look at our past and see mostly times of hurt and brokenness, disappointments, rejections. Stress weighs us down. The craziness of the world weighs us down. We look out at the world and it seems as though things are not becoming any better. That can affect our faith. Arguments and disagreements in the church can weigh us down. At some point in the church, something or someone will hurt our feelings. It is hard to build our faith with all of these things weighing us down. We have trouble running with ...

1468. The Unchanging Christ in a Changing World

Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... the restaurant. Experts at communication tell us preachers that people remember the beginning of a sermon and the end of a sermon. What's in the middle kind of fuzzes out. At the end of this sermon, the preacher announces how the gospel he has proclaimed affects the way Christians should live. That is a typical pattern for some of the books of the New Testament. Most of Paul's letters follow such a structure. First Paul describes our situation, the trap of sin we are caught in. Then he announces what Christ ...

1469. Worthy of Your Call

2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... , "What do you dream that you can do for God? Expand your ministry? Increase membership? Impact more people? Build a bigger church? What do you dream that you can do for God?" It is not a question to be taken lightly or answered flippantly. For a deeper affect, Vischer let the question hang in the air for several minutes until he concluded, "When you are ready to put that dream on the altar and kill it for the sake of knowing God, then you are ready." Then you are ready. Or, in Paul's words, then ...

1470. A New Name

Isaiah 62:1-5

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... of eternal life he offered us. Prior to the name change, we were Graceless, indeed."[1] When was your name changed to Christian? Can you reflect on that day? What stands out as you remember when you received a new name? How has the new name affected your outlook? What problems has it caused? What excitement has it brought? I. A New Name Denotes A New Identity (Isaiah 62:1) My identity is the collection of the characteristics by which I am known or recognized by others. I was once known as "sinner" because ...

1471. The Radiant Life

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... and shows through the lives of those who follow him. I. The Glory Of God Is Revealed In Change Myron Augsburger tells us that the word "transfigured" stems from the word "metamorphosis." This metamorphosis occurs in the core of a person's spirit. It affects the internal change when an individual's life has been transfigured and transformed by a relationship with God. The internal and external changes occur when Christ comes to dwell in the heart by faith bringing salvation to us. We become a new creature ...

1472. The Good Works We Leave Behind

Acts 9:36-43

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... to form an uncommon sort of welcome and embrace. Have tears of sadness ever turned more quickly and completely into tears of joy? The gathered mourners, who not so long before had cried over her corpse, could now hug her person. The friends who had whispered their affection and appreciation in her ear where she had layed could now say it to her face. And then, in the midst of it all, watch the apostle leave the scene. The grateful people are loathe to let him go. They hug and thank him repeatedly. They ...

1473. God's Playful Wisdom

Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... . They can imagine radical possibilities because after all, they would explain, it is just playing. Children might be unafraid to ask: What if God doesn't exist and Jesus was just a made up story? What they are exploring is how such a truth would affect their lives. Or they might ask: What if God does exist and Jesus' commandments that you must love your enemy and forgive those who offend you are truths by which you will be judged? How would that alter life? In adult language, they are asking which ...

1474. On Loan From God

1 Kings 21:1-10 (11-14) 15-21a

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... this ancient tradition? Are we not free to see land and other parts of nature as simply things to use to benefit us? Does our faith really obligate us to consider such transactions from God's viewpoint and from the perspective of how it will affect the generations that come after us? How different our environmental debates would be if we held that perspective. Let me attempt to provide a contemporary parallel for us. Sally leases a home on Cape Cod for the summer. It is an absolutely gorgeous setting with ...

1475. When The Fruit Is Spoiled

Amos 8:1-12

Sermon

Stephen P. McCutchan

... your sense of identity? Which would make you merely storm off in a rage proclaiming that no one can stop you from doing what you want to? My guess is that we are not nearly as frightened of church decisions about us as we are about secular decisions that affect our future. We might even think that it is a silly question because we have a responsibility to feed our family and that is more directly affected by our work than our worship. We easily pray, "Give us this day our daily bread," and yet we assume ...

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