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1451. No Longer Afraid

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... boss wants you in his office right now!" rarely do we anticipate a bonus or a pat on the back. Instead, the first thought that crosses our minds usually is a question: "What did I do this time?" People tend naturally to feel guilty. Whether we have ... " (Matthew 5:48). We know we can’t be perfect; we can’t be what God wants us to be and, because of it, the thought of speaking to him or seeing him is frightening. Even some people who say they are Christian are still frightened enough about God that they ...

1452. Who Does He Think He Is?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (John 10:9, 10, 11). "I am the Resurrection and the Life; whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die" (John 11:25). Jesus clearly thought that he was the Messiah, the Christ, true God. "I and the Father are one," he said (John 10:30). The people - believers and unbelievers alike - got this message very clearly. Saint John tells us of three separate attempts on the life of our Lord before his ...

1453. Why Fear Growing Old?

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... feeling of peace and protection. Later we packed up and resumed our journey. Both of us were unusually quiet. Then I revealed to my friend my strange experience. He was shocked, and said to me. "I had the same vivid experience. But I didn’t tell you. I thought you might not understand." Neither of us forgot this experience. It was real. Someone was there. Who? My mother who was in heaven? My father, who was probably praying for us early in the morning? Or a sense of the presence of God, who is always with ...

1454. Not Far From the Kingdom

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... bringing his son. The circuit rider pressed for a verdict. The chief rose again, came forward, saying, "I gave my blanket, my pony, my son. Now, I give myself." He was "not far from the kingdom of God." 1. See Warren Thomas Smith, Augustine. His Life and Thought (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1980), p. 47. 2. The Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. (London: Wesleyan Methodist Book-Room, [1849] n.d.), 1:90-95. 3. The Book of Hymns, number 528. 4. Nehemiah Curnock, ed. The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, A ...

1455. Counting The Cost?

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... with me. I was overfatigued! I sat visiting with one of my members in Piedmont Hospital. As we talked, I felt my own pulse, and thought, "If I must drop, this hospital is as good a spot as any." After prayer with that member I got in my car and wearily ... the gift nor the lady! A number of years ago I gave up the idea of completing everything for Christmas. Like you, I thought the ideal Christmas Eve would be the snug feeling, "I’ve done everything for everyone." But would this not mean a carefully restricted ...

1456. Twenty-First Century Reformation

John 8:31-41

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... life. It just might be that we have here the secret to real liberation, and we had better not keep it a secret as we contemplate entering a new century. Redemption Of The Church The modern church has become a hot house, nurturing tender plants. Time, thought, and energy of the church are spent, not in going out to save a broken, dying world, but in smoothing ruffled feathers. A minister continually faces the offended: "Please call on the Browns; they are miffed." "Do go by and see the Jones; they say their ...

1457. Called to Be Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... a death in the community, this lady sent the family a huge platter of fried chicken. On one occasion I learned of a very stressful situation which had arisen in her life. "You should have called me," I said. "I started to," she replied, "but then I thought about how busy you are, and I said to myself, ‘This is something I must work out myself.’ " My response: "You are a remarkably mature Christian." Francis of Assisi prayed, not for God to hold his hand, but for strength that he might hold someone else ...

1458. Home Economy

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... realize that there was famine in the land, that he was doing this poor widow in? The Promise Go for it, Elijah must have thought, for God has promised. And he acted on the promise. He had just come from the brook Cherith where the Lord had sent the ... we can go from where we are through death itself to know that his good will has never failed. When I have banished that old outdated thought, of course, then I am in trouble. Or when I plainly wish to do no more than hand out doles to beggars so that my compassion ...

1459. How To Give Away Your Faith

Mark 1:40-45

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... . I was getting along fine without you. JONK: You were? GOOBER: I was. I was witnessing my faith. JONK: Oh, that's what you were trying to do. GOOBER: (TURNING TOWARD JONK) I wasn't trying ... JONK: (TURNING TOWARD GOOBER) That's what I thought. GOOBER: What's what you thought? JONK: That's what I thought. You weren't trying. GOOBER: I didn't mean that. JONK: I always say what I mean. Maybe you should too. GOOBER: You just made me look like a fool. That's all I know. JONK: That's all you know? GOOBER: You ...

1460. Jarius' Daughter

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Jairus. He is wealthy, has power, a leader of the community. He’s got it all. And he is willing to give it all up for his baby. Nothing will jerk you into a proper perspective faster than a family crisis. All of those problems that you thought that you had can quickly pale in significance. Think you don’t have enough money? Let one of your children’s lives be threatened by some illness and you will forget your financial portfolio. Think that your marriage doesn’t have the pizzazz it once did? Then ...

1461. Christ and Time

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... time is nothing objective, nothing that you can see or hear or smell or touch, not even visualize. It is only the way we think. Just as acid turns blue litmus paper red, so human thought turns everything temporal. We cannot think of anything that exists without presupposing that it exists at some time. Apart from our thought there is no such thing as time. The French philosopher Henri Bergson takes quite an opposite view. Time to him is the very stuff of reality. It bites into things and changes things. As ...

1462. The Gospel for Labor Day

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... rendered a full return. I want no wages that I have not earned. If I work for any man or any company or any institution, I will render a full, ample, generous service. If I work for the city or the state or the nation, I will give my best thought, my best effort, my most conscientious and efficient endeavor. If I can give a little more than I get every time, in that shall be my happiness. The great commonwealth of human society shall not be a loser through me." This is the spirit that has built our country ...

1463. God’s Wounded Healers

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... else in me that day - some frustration, some emotional power, or whatever - because all of a sudden as I was talking with her and angry with her, I slapped her face. I was appalled at what I had done! She burst into tears and ran upstairs to her room. I thought to myself, "I’ve really blown it. She’s tough and strong, and she’ll hold that against me for weeks, and she’s got a right to." So I moped around for a few minutes and then went upstairs and knocked on the door of her room, expecting it ...

1464. The Struggle of Faith

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... answer to prayer. Then it was that the story began to take a rather distorted turn. Without anyone really meaning to be judgmental or to cast aspersion on anyone else, there arose the notion that if only one had ample faith, a seagull would come. And I thought of the hundreds of young fliers with whom I had been associated who had gone off to the Pacific, had been shot down, and were never seen again. I found myself resisting with every fiber of my being the notion that somehow these were persons who had ...

1465. Creeds or Deeds

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Brett Blair

... Queen Victoria who was at a diplomatic reception in London. The guest of honor was an African chieftain. All went well during the meal, until, at the end, finger bowls were served. The guest of honor had never seen a British finger bowl, and no one had thought to brief him before hand about its purpose. So he took the finger bowl in his two hands, lifted it to his mouth, and drank its contents--down to the very last drop! For an instant there was breathless silence among the British upper crust and then ...

1466. The Three Poison Pills of Position, Prestige, and Power

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... right and the other at your left when you come into your glory. George Bernard Shaw, the famous author, was once asked in what generation he would have preferred to live. The witty Irishman replied: "The age of Napoleon, because then there was only one man who thought he was Napoleon." What James and John are asking for is nothing less than the power to command the army of Israel. Rabbis and Scholars at the time taught that the messiah when he came would be the new David, King of Israel. He would rule with ...

1467. Praying for a Whole New World

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

William G. Carter

... coming on. On the precipice of his fiftieth birthday, he announced to his wife, “I feel the need to make a serious change in my life. I can’t decide if I want a sports car or an affair.” His wise wife is a marriage and family therapist. She thought for a minute and said, “I recommend the sports car. In the long run, it will be cheaper.” So he bought the car. Sometimes we can make changes that help us cope with the turmoil in our lives. We can buy something or do something, and gain enough time ...

1468. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... with the Holy Spirit.” Again, nothing happened. So the old man tried one more time, to no avail. Finally the man who had brought me there spoke up and said, “Well, maybe Bill already has the Holy Spirit, and we didn’t know about it.” This was a new thought for our host, who stepped back and shook his head. Then I was helped to my feet, ushered out the door, and taken home. Until this moment, I have never told anybody that story. Frankly I don’t know what to make of it. It was a strange experience ...

1469. Today

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... statement. He transformed hope into an assignment. He claimed the beautiful poetry of Isaiah as his job description. But the question remains: Is today the day? Is this day really the day? Jesus said, “I have come to preach good news to the poor.” Well, that is a noble thought, but what about us? The poor don’t live on our streets. They don’t move in our circles of friends. Even if they did, what kind of good news would we say to them? It is far easier to feed them from a distance, and send a few ...

1470. When the Sermon Turns Sour

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

William G. Carter

... new. We give the text a quick glance, maybe sneak a peek at a commentary or two just to make sure that what we have always thought that text was about is what it is about, and then stew about how to say the same old thing in some sparkling way.2 The ... have heard about Clarence Jordan, founder of Koinonia Farm in Georgia. He started a peanut farm and tried to run it the same way he thought Jesus would run it. He believed in a good wage for an honest day’s work. He believed in taking care of the land and ...

1471. Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen

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

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the chart. Now, my next question is, ‘Where should we put you on the chart? You don’t want to be above Mother Teresa, do you?” The man replied, “If Mother Teresa is not good enough to get into heaven, I guess I’m in worse shape than I thought.” Then Bill Hybel drew a cross right across the middle of the chart. Underneath that cross he wrote these words from I John 2:2: “But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the atoning sacrifice for ...

1472. Would You Take The Crown Without The Cross?

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ." Then the sheriff asked, "What two days of the week start with the letter 'T'?" "Today & tomorrow." Replied the applicant. The sheriff was again surprised over the answer, one that he had never thought of himself. "Now, listen carefully, who killed Abraham Lincoln?", asked the sheriff. The job seeker seemed a little surprised, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don't know." The sheriff replied, "Well, why don't you go home and work on that one for a while?" The applicant left ...

1473. All I Want for Christmas is a Savior

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

James W. Moore

... to the little boy that the prayer would never end. Then one Sunday, the little boy’s parents invited the minister home for Sunday lunch... and would you believe it, his mom asked the minister to pray the prayer of thanksgiving before the meal. “Oh, no,” thought the little boy, “We will never get to eat. Fm starving and he will pray forever.” But to his surprise, the minister’s prayer was brief and to the point. The minister prayer, “Oh Lord, bless this home. Bless this food, and use us in your ...

1474. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... until… until I saw that young man standing there by the pool, waiting for me. I’ll never forget the look on his face. The commitment, the urgency, the passion, the gratitude, the relief, the determination, the intensity, the resolve in his face. It was incredible! And I thought to myself as I greeted him, “I don’t know what the letter of the law of the church says about this, but I do know one thing: I know what Jesus would do”… and that’s what I did. I met him where he was and baptized ...

1475. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

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