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126. The Foolish Farmer

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

... What are goods and industry if the thread that makes them meaningful is missing? Goods, goods, goods, - pumping, working - to have at last just goods that are never used to make the wedding garment that fits us for the bridegroom’s chamber. Goods - grasping, envying, coveting goods - will leave us at last with full hands and an empty soul. The farmer said, "My goods." God said, "Your soul." He said, "Soul, thou has much goods," and God said, "You fool!" 4. He left eternity out of his plans. He said, "For ...

127. Proper 18 & Pentecost 16

Ezekiel 33:1-20, Psalm 119:1-176, Psalm 95:1-11, Psalm 115:1-18, Exodus 19:1-25, Romans 13:1-7, Romans 13:8-14, Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 18:15-20

Bulletin Aid

... theme of the reading changes, at that point, from emphasis upon obedience to the law of the land to the attitudes and actions of people who claim to be Christians. Paul declares that all of the commandments of God - against adultery, murder, stealing, and coveting - are summed up in a single commandment: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Leviticus 19:18) He says, "Love is the one thing that cannot hurt your neighbor; that is why it is the explanation of every one of the commandments." Romans 12 ...

128. A Ewe Turn

2 Samuel 12:1-31

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... lamb was allowed to eat at the family table and even sleep in the family sleeping chamber. There was a rich man. He had so many sheep that they looked like marshmallows as they frolicked across the sunkissed fields of spring. The rich man was a covetous rogue. One day a wayfarer stopped by to visit him. The prince decided to rob the pauper. He pilfered the ewe lamb and turned the wooly creature into Iambchops for his guest. David’s heart growled with silent revulsion at the wickedness of the rich man ...

129. A Glory Revealed as Eternal Life

John 5:16-30

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... . Therefore "God gave us up" to the consequences of our rebellion. We are "free" from God, to be sure. But freedom from God only results in slavery to the tyranny of Death and all his works: not only natural or violent death, but also malice, deceit, covetousness, "double-speak," gossip, and, more recently, "dis-information" and the like. All these are the works of darkness and death; all these can and do cause death in our own bodies and souls, as well as in the people around us. When we find ourselves ...

130. Sinners Anonymous

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... not the preferred way of life for a Christian. Imagine finding a congregation like that and announcing this from a pulpit in our day! Imagine a minister preaching as Paul did before the Ephesians in Chapter 5: But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. (Ephesians 5:3-4) Or imagine a clergyman being as plain-spoken about sin as Paul ...

131. The Stiller of Storms

Matthew 14:22-36

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Dennis Kastens

... sin, the most persistent is that of selfishness and greed: the little child crying for another child’s toy; the school boy cheating in an examination; the grown man seeking greater possessions and honors than those about him; the mother coveting special privileges for her children; one nation seeking dominance over another nation. Such examples illustrate the pervading and perennial power of this subtle sin of selfishness. The multitudes in Jesus’ day, seeking a king who would provide bread for them ...

132. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

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Carroll Gunkel

... service beyond the requirements of duty. As Dooley left his temporary assignment in Viet Nam to return to the United States, he had two goals before him: 1. To write a book about his experiences in Viet Nam, and 2. To assume a coveted residency in orthopedic surgery at the prestigious Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. In the course of achieving the first of his goals, he was led to abandon the second. As Dooley wrote his memoirs, he relived the suffering of "a great people distressed" - distressed ...

133. A Person Approved by Christ

John 1:43-51

Sermon

George Bass

... affirms Jesus’ estimate of Bartholomew’s mind-set and character. He was open to the most exciting possibility of all for a Jew - the coming of the long-awaited Messiah! Jesus knew what he was doing when he interviewed Bartholomew for one of the coveted places among the Twelve. Bartholomew must have said exactly what Jesus wanted to hear and find in a recruit for ministry. "Building a Team" is the title of a chapter in Tracy Kidder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Soul of a New Machine. Kidder ...

134. The Call to Obedience

Luke 22:42 · Romans 1:17 · John 15:10

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Robert G. Tuttle

... their highest expression. All this is not new. For a long time men have heard the voice of God in such great principles of life as: "Thou shall not kill; Thou shall not commit adultery; Thou shall not steal; Thou shall not bear false witness; Thou shall not covet." And then the Word continues to speak clearly: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." It isn’t that we are ignorant of these things. We just ...

135. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... wound his fatherly heart. We will not commit adultery, not because we are worried about our reputations in the community, but because we love God too much to ever cause him to question the wedding vows we made to him and our mates. We will not covet because such behavior is unworthy of those who are children of a loving Father. Our obedience to God’s commandments becomes part of our eternal debt of love, not an infernal fear of punishment. Thus, Augustine was led to say in a moment of joyful inspiration ...

136. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

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Warren Thomas Smith

... ." "Paul Tillich will write for us." Rollin Walker of Ohio Wesleyan delighted in saying, "Amos cried, ‘The lion hath roared ... who can but prophesy?’ Many modern clergymen preach as though ‘The kitten hath mewed ... who can but utter pious platitudes?’ " We covet the spiritual power of Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena, yet we are unwilling to undergo rigorous discipline, those holy habits which are the essence of spiritual growth. We maintain we want vitality in the church, but we refuse to ...

137. Converting the Converted

Matthew 10:1-42

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John R. Brokhoff

... saying something. It is by your daily life. It is a silent type of witness. People, unknown to you, watch you from day to day. They see something in you they do not possess. It is your sweet attitude. They see in you a quality of life they covet for themselves. They notice how you are unselfish, always putting others first. Your kindness and unselfishness speak to them in Christ. They want to be like you. Some day they may ask you what makes you tick, what is the secret of your radiance. Your good example ...

138. Christianity Can Be Fun

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... or Law, and had 613 rules to go by. They had rules to cover everything. They even had rules for breaking rules. For example, a woman was forbidden to look into a mirror on the Sabbath for fear that she might see a grey hair and covet. Even today legalists with their heavy rules abound plentifully. Roman Catholics use natural moral laws as their absolute guide, while Protestants have taken the Bible and made it a legal guide or yoke about their necks. Jesus encountered this problem in his travels one day and ...

139. The Evangelism Of Emphasis - 1946

Matthew 5:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... Jesus recognized how easily and how fatally man is seduced by his lust for things; how money becomes such an obsession that character itself is sold for a price, and social well-being is reduced to the sad state of corruption. So he hated covetousness as a mother hates the disease despoiling her children; and like the Good Physician that he was, he not only diagnosed our ills correctly, but taught us the cures as well. "You are mistaken in your emphasis," he says, "on things, possessions, money, power ...

140. Here Comes Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

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James Bjorge

... knew this full well. Burton Hotvedt has said, "I feel deeply that we Americans are slowly but surely leaving the Ten Commandments out of our personal life. We bear false witness without batting an eye, we subtly have other gods, and we covet another’s belongings internationally, nationally and individually. We act as though we regard the Ten Commandments merely as ten good suggestions rather than ten commandments." Thus we have diluted God’s demands for man. Since we have not pointed up the absolutes ...

141. Let the Son Shine in

1 John 1:5--2:14

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... sin. To solve our problem we must become much more personal and speak of sin in concrete. We walk in the light when we are willing to say in all candor, "I am a cheat, I am a liar, I am a scandal-monger, I am jealous, I do covet what my neighbor has." Confession is more than something that’s good for the soul. More than what the psychologist calls catharsis, a freeing of the mind of those things that burden us. Confession is the door by which we enter the real world. Confession is not muttering, "Well ...

142. The Forbidden Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... with this problem. The Sermon on the Mount is God's ideal plan toward which we should never stop striving. Our inability to live this ideal means that all people stand before God on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. Because we do not measure up to these ideal standards, we have nowhere to turn but the safety net of absolute grace. Any Christian who takes the Sermon on the Mount seriously is driven to his knees, crying out, "Lord, be merciful to me for ...

143. Restoring Our Sense of Priorities

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... not the Sabbath day profane; Honor thy father and mother, too; And see that thou no murder do; From vile adultery keep thou clean; And steal not, though thy state be mean; Bear no false witness - shun that blot; What is thy neighbor’s covet not. Between these two extremes, where are we today? In our American world of modern government, business dealings, and social matters, do the Ten Commandments figure any more? Few church members can even recite them at the drop of a hat. Most teenagers would scarcely ...

144. Song of a Poet Laureate

Psalm 2:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... Lord is calling both king and country to confront the world in the sure knowledge that he encounters it with them. A Solemn Warning The Psalmist has heard the divine call and seizes on his monarch’s coronation to respond to it. He warns the rulers covetously eying Jerusalem to take a second look at what they are plotting. Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. (Psalm 2:10) Rash actions on their part, he declares, can lead only to their self-destruction; for glory thus gained ...

145. Song of a Prophet

Psalm 46:1-11

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Gordon Pratt Baker

... their love. Be still, and know that I am God. I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth! (Psalm 46:10) "Drop your hatreds," the psalmist represents the Lord as saying to the antagonistic and rebellious. "Restrain yourself," the Almighty urges the covetous. "Put yourselves in my hands that you may share the best of life with one another and with me," he appeals. None, the poet-prophet declares, can be still before God without knowing the intimacy of God’s presence. And to know that is to ...

146. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... when it says, "You shall not steal." The ninth commandment demands that we live by truth when it declares, "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." And the tenth commandment warns of the peril of greed when it states, "You shall not covet." These commandments make sense because they clearly spell out how we are to relate to people. We are challenged to learn to love other people. In fact, Jesus put it very clearly when he said, "... love your neighbor as yourself." This is a revolutionary ...

147. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... a look at your sense of values. Think of the words of Jesus, the same words which he spoke to me and the other disciples. "Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth. Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." I can remember those words now, but I did not follow them. Do you? Do you think that you are his faithful disciples because you go to church and rattle off a few prayers ...

148. Whatever Happened To Sanctification?

Exodus 20:1-21

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... . Yet this kind of gracious living seemed to enhance their popularity. Only when some of them got caught violating the sixth commandment, did some of their adoring public turn on them. One gets the impression that people are not immoral even though they lie, steal, covet or cheat their neighbor, as long as they abstain from illicit sex. For Christians, sex is a gift from God. Sex is a part of God’s created order. The fact that women and men are sexually attracted to each other makes life richer, more ...

149. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

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Durwood L. Buchheim

... . Though he heard about "the imperishable treasure that thieves cannot take or moths and rust cannot destroy," yet the desire for more money grew. Though he saw signs and wonders that Jesus did and was a living witness to his unselfish love, the sin of covetousness would not be arrested. The sin grew. That is probably why he could gripe and complain about waste when Mary anointed Jesus with the expensive perfume; why he could go secretly to the palace of the high priest and offer his services in the now ...

150. The BIG Rules

Exodus 20:1-21

Children's Sermon

Mary O

... means you should respect and love your mom and dad. Sixth, you shall not murder. Seventh, you shall not commit adultery. Eighth, you shall not steal. Ninth, you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. This means you should not lie. Tenth, you shall not covet your neighbor. This one means that you should not get jealous over what other people have. If someone has a really great toy, you should not get jealous over the toy. Instead, you should be happy your friend has such a great toy. These are ...

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