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126. Accepting The Call

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Sandra Hefter Herrma

... 't intend for us to try to win people by haranguing them. A quiet word of witness, a statement of how our faith in Jesus affects our lives, will plant a seed that will grow up later to bear fruit in the life of that person. A harsh word, a judgmental ... we need to pay attention not just in times when we are aware we are witnessing, because we never know when what we say or do affects others, nor what the outcome will be. There's a story told that a couple of recovered alcoholics were called to try to talk to a ...

127. When All You've Known is the Wulitzer

Illustration

John Killinger

... Yamaha! This is a metaphorical picture of where most people find themselves today. Familiar guidelines have given way to unfamiliar ones. Nothing seems to be what it was. The great cultural shift occurring in the world at large seriously affects the thinking of people in the most guarded citadels of faith and learning. Eventually it must overpower even the strongholds of conservatism and fundamentalism. Once the astronomers' telescopes were refined enough to discern what was really happening in the heavens ...

128. You Belong

John 11:17-37

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... to one of the people in this picture. What effect do you think that would have upon the other people in the family? ... (They would be sad.) You see, we sometimes forget that we belong to a family and what happens to us affects the other people in our family. Also, what we do within the family affects everyone else. For example: if you like to live in a nice, clean house, and you see a piece of paper on the floor, that you did not drop, what should you do? ... (If you want a clean house, and you are part ...

129. Week Five Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... that we can to assure that we maintain our contracts for home, car or work position. If we do not, the consequences are drastic and many times swift: loss of home, car or job. We are less prone to forget a contract when it physically affects us, especially in something so basic today as housing, work or transportation. What about our contract with God -- how are we doing on this essential, but sometimes less maintained relationship? Whether we knew it or not, a contract was initiated for us, drawn up one ...

130. Prepared Or Not?

Matthew 25:1-13

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William E. Keeney

... occasion for special demands without ill effects. 4. The Unexpected. History is full of surprises. We may see cause and effect in retrospect. It is hard to see the effects of many things in prospect, especially in complex relationships where many factors affect the outcome. One of the most indeterminate factors is the freedom of human responses. The consequences of Jesus' death and resurrection are easier to see with hindsight. How and when the kingdom may break into history in powerful ways in the future ...

131. Christ the King

Psalm 100:1-5, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 25:31-46

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William E. Keeney

... message of Jesus is clear. Actions display the true character of persons. How they behave has consequences in the formation of personality. It is their personality that endures and has permanence. Continued ignoring of the needs of others has a corroding affect that eventually leaves persons alienated and alone. Callousness to the needs of others burns away the spirit and the light within a person. The consequences are not arbitrary. They are the inevitable outcome of habitual action. Precis of the Parable ...

132. Holy Love and Herod's Love

Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... . "Jealous" is a word also used to describe God: "Behold, I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God"; a God who will not tolerate any rivals, any competitors for his people's allegiance and affection. But there the similarities end, and the styles change radically. From all accounts, Herod does not so much love his people as he is consumed by a passionate need to be loved by them. God, on the other hand, first loves his people, and seeks thereby to prime our pumps ...

133. A New Command

Sermon

Lee Griess

... , dirty, curtainless, with stacks of articles on the table and worn manuscripts, aborted attempts wadded up in the trash can. Seated at the table a man labors over a writing, a writing that would overthrow governments, enslave millions of people, and negatively affect the course of history for a generation to come. The man: Karl Marx; his writing: Das Kapital, the handbook for the Communist revolution. But there's another upper room that also figures in the course of human history: this one located in ...

134. Ancient Christian References To Feetwashing

1 Corinthians 11:17-34, John 13:1-17

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Brett Blair

... For "when He had taken a towel, He girded Himself. Afterward He puts water into a basin; and as we were sitting at home, He came and washed the feet of us all, and wiped them with the towel." By doing this He demonstrated to us His Kindness and brotherly affection that so we also might do the same to one another. If, therefore, our Lord and Master so humbled himself, how can you, the laborers of the truth and administrators of piety, be ashamed to do the same to such of the brethren as are weak and infirm ...

135. Wedding: Gift Of God (for a couple with a baby)

1 John 4:7-21

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Derl G. Keefer

... . As you nurture your love for one another, you are giving your child a tremendous gift also. For he/she will learn his/her first lessons about love as he/she watches your relationship. Your honesty, openness, and affection toward each other -- or the lack of them -- will be a powerful example for him/her. As you shower him/her with love, don't forget to keep showering love on each other too. It will add to his/her sense of security, and it will be an important way ...

136. Yes, It Becomes Unclean

Haggai 2:11-17

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... all. The laws of health begin to make sense. We are still a pilgrim people, bound together in the body of Christ, as we journey towards the kingdom. One body. The Law reminds us there are no "victimless" crimes, that our own personal pollution infects and affects everyone around us. We are one in the spirit, one in the Lord, and we need to take stoc_esermonsk of the four walls of our own temple. As the poet John Donne wrote many centuries ago in his seventeenth Meditation, "No man is an island, entire ...

137. Advent 3

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 65:17-25, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28

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E. Carver McGriff

... from God whose mission was to prepare the people for Jesus' ministry. The scholar may find pleasure, even enlightenment, in pursuing the study of John the Baptist. However, as preachers we can be pretty sure our listeners are much more interested in the Gospel as it affects their lives. With that thought in mind, we can see three facets to John which commend themselves to us as well. One is John's honesty. After all, that was a real world in which he lived, and there must surely have been some temptation to ...

138. Moving At The Speed Of Light: In Corinth Or Cana?

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... or public festivals. And while writing to encourage the saints at Corinth and to instruct them, Paul was also concerned about the values and lifestyles that these new Christians saw all around them in its pagan city. How would the values of the surrounding society affect the values of those within the church? Paul's key symbol in response is the body: the body of Jesus Christ, the church as the body of Christ, and the individual's body. "Paul's concern with the body expresses his concern with the religious ...

139. Making A Difference

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... make in the lives of our family if we would find something to praise them for at the start of every day. Most definitely we would improve the self-esteem of our children and spouse. The worthy wife sets the example and is praised. Her efforts positively affect the entire family. Perhaps the greatest reward any parent can hope for is when a child becomes an adult and embarks on the path that leads to abundant life. All those years of showing love and concern will have paid off, when you can see it reflected ...

140. Epiphany 5

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

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Russell F. Anderson

... , they raise Christmas trees. Here is a community dedicated to the proposition that their purpose is to provide life and light in the midst of certain death. They are willing to love even though they will surely lose the objects of their affection. It's not a big program that is going to affect millions; it is a tiny lamp that barely penetrates the darkness, but it is a light. It is a witness to others that they too can light up the corners of their world and the light will spread and intensify. Maybe that ...

141. Runaway Lives

2 Samuel 18:1-18

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... him to the now dead mouse, a hawk comes sailing over the pond, swoops down, and seizes the mouse with the frog dangling from its leg. In one fell swoop, he has both meat and fish for dinner. Runaway-ness has that quality about it. It swoops down and affects not just the one, but often the many. A Modest Hero But there is in this story a modest hero. I say modest because he is as realistic as he is idealistic. But I say hero because he gives evidence of resisting forces which are sweeping everyone else along ...

142. Leading as Loving

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... he had only four coins left. Feeling obligated, he spent the last four on a dinner for his father’s ten closest friends. When the meal was over, the old men said to each other, “This is the only child who treats us with kindness. Let us return his affection.” The next day each of the ten sent two cattle and a small purse of money to the youngest son. Some of the old men provided assistance in breeding the cattle. Soon he had a huge herd. Others of the ten offered advice on investments. And it was not ...

143. Adam’s Prime Rib

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... weeks later the other swan died, having eaten nothing in that period and having simply pined away. If one swan dies in a male/female pair, usually the other dies soon after. If God made male and female swans to be bonded by such affection and loyalty, just think what intense love and loyalty are possible when God binds a man and woman together in marriage! A denominational statement on marriage reads, “Christian faith affirms marriage as a covenant of fidelity a dynamic, lifelong commitment of one man and ...

144. Epiphany 7

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4, Isaiah 43:14-28, Mark 2:1-12

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Russell F. Anderson

... the man's sickness resulted from sin and if the man was healed, as they could all see, then Jesus must have affected the forgiveness of sins. This conclusion would be unacceptable to the religious leaders but it left them in a quandary. The ... before. Isaiah refers to the new act of redemption which the Lord was going to accomplish. Let us be alert to the new things God is affecting around us and through us. Outline: 1. God was about to do a new act of creation and redemption with his captive ones. The people ...

145. Proper 21

Mark 9:38-41, Esther 7:1-10, Esther 9:18-32, James 5:13-20, Mark 9:42-50

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Russell F. Anderson

... 't swamp the lifeboat of one of my disciples." Those whose careless and reckless actions inundate those disciples who do not know how to swim well in the sea of life will be judged severely. Outline: 1. If you've gone fishing, you probably have been adversely affected by some other boat's wake. 2. Wakes are the nautical equivalent of stumbling blocks. 3. Life is a "no wake" zone, so we don't upset someone else's lifeboat. 4. We must carefully consider our effect on those who find themselves in our wake. 3 ...

146. Proper 25

Hebrews 7:11-28, Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Mark 10:46-52

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Russell F. Anderson

... for our lives and the lives of others. Don't let Jesus pass you by without receiving this gift of new life. One of the Hebrew words for mercy, racham, is related to the word for womb. It has the connotation of the mother's affection for a child or a sibling's affection for his brothers and sisters. When Bartimaeus asked Jesus to have mercy on him, he was requesting the Lord to take him into his family and accept him as his dear child. 2. Sermon Title: The Poor Are People Too. Sermon Angle: In many of ...

147. A New Command

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Lee Griess

148. The TV Revolution

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... be as effective as a movie theater which tries to draw crowds with jerky old black-and-white silent movies in this age of wide-screen, brilliant colors, Dolby sound and computer-produced graphics. The concern of this book is: How has television affected the way people listen to and apprehend the spoken word, and how should we preachers respond? From Orality To Print Ancient societies were oral. Without alphabets the only means of communicating words was to speak person to person. History and culture were ...

149. The Key To Confident Living

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Erskine White

... them with some blows and leaves them a little weaker each time. Their confidence drains away until suddenly, they are just hanging on in life and going through the motions, a mere shell of what they might have been. Countless lives are truly affected by a lack of confidence and affected for the worse! Think of all the people who are abused or taken advantage of every day because they lack the confidence to stop it. They think that somehow they deserve what they are getting, so they make no effort to change ...

150. Wedding: One from Two

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John M. Braaten

... for you and with you is truly wonderful; it increases your joy. Similarly, when we are disappointed and sadness envelops us, it is good to have someone, someone who cares for us above all others, who will embrace us and give us the assurance of their affection and faithfulness. To have someone stand by you, when a marathon hurt pays a visit, is a great gift. So it is, ________ and _________, your lives are now so intertwined that you two are one. Whatever happens to one, the repercussions will be felt by ...

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