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126. Arise, O Church of God, Arise!

Sermon

... flying! 2. Attend, O Church of God, give ear! Thy King commands in accents clear: Spread the tidings of salvation. As once My Father sent Me forth So send I you through all the earth. Rise, delay not. Go and stay out. I who send you will attend you And defend you. 3. Fail not, O Church of God, to heed The world's sad cry, her anguish, need. If thou bleed not, thou canst bless not. Despise not thou the servant's place. So came thy Lord in matchless grace. Christ most holy, served the lowly. Thus he taught us ...

127. PROPER 29

Ezekiel 34:1-31, Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Bulletin Aid

... like a shepherd who loves his sheep. People: We trust in God to keep us under his protective love! Collect Gracious Father, who cares for your children like a faithful shepherd: Be near us in all our life situations; that we may be assured you are defending us against all that would bring us harm. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession We want to be led through life in safety, Father, but we allow ourselves to be misguided by all kinds of sinful detours. Forgive us when we let ourselves ...

128. No Telltale Clues

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

... he thought more clearly about the next morning. Nor was Jesus' invitation to Matthew a rarity, an event that happens only once in a million years. Jesus' call to Matthew was exactly what he came to do and exactly what his ministry was all about. When Jesus defends his actions to the Pharisees and when the evangelist writes about it for our instruction, it becomes clear that you and I are to do what Jesus did. That is to say, we Christians are all kinds of Matthews. We are all kinds of sinners and outcasts ...

129. 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

... individuals; their assumed guilt has been thrust upon them by some person, or persons, by way of gossip and rumor. No one seems to know who has started the vicious gossip, but friends, acquaintances, and various public officials have begun to step forward and defend them, condemning, at the same time, the efforts of the persons who are making the apparently unfounded charges against the trio. One of the rumors has it that drugs are hidden in new cars when they are delivered, handed over to the attorney, who ...

130. The Strength of Poverty

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... live in it. We must be careful, of course, not to mention how many poverty-stricken people never develop internal fortitude or character when we talk like this. We must be careful not to mention the high crime rate usually fostered by poverty if we want to defend it. We must pick and choose some good examples of people who have come out of poverty and "made good" so that we can hide the hundreds and thousands of people unheard of who die in misery and without self-esteem in their distress. What is happening ...

131. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... take seriously and at face value the promise of God in Christ that if we will hold to him in life and in death, sin cannot work its terror on us. Nag at us, though it will, one stronger than sin and death will always be our Defender. To have faith is to trust this Defender when sin is doing its worst in us, and thus to have life in the very jaws of death itself. Now that seems to solve the problem, does it not? How can we say it complicates the problem? A key word for what happens when God ...

132. A SERMON DRAMA FOR CHRISTMASTIDE

Drama

Tom Eberle

... this man a fairy tale! Gabriel: How do you know I’m a man? Female: I’m getting tired of this. I do my best to defend you against this character who puts you in the same league with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, and you don’t even stick up for ... moment seems to be considerably bigger than your imagination to grasp it. Female: I think I am beginning to understand. I thought I was defending you by saying that you are a man with wings and a sheet - but that just reduces you to the level of the ...

133. Perhaps Next Summer...

Acts 24:1-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... He said, ‘Wait till tomorrow,’ Till, alas, to his sorrow He died without regeneration." Well, perhaps the classic example in Scripture is the character Felix, the Governor of Caesarea, before whom Paul had to defend himself against the false charges that had been brought against him. Instead of defending himself as in a trial, the little apostle stood before the great Felix, ignoring the Governor’s position, ignoring the situation; and he preached with such fervor, conviction and eloquence that we are ...

134. Chapter VI

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... how should we handle something as holy as a life? We have to take the sanctity of life into account when we think of the defense of property, too. I am one who would defend my home against anyone who tried to take it away or destroy it. But saying that, I, and you, must ask, "How far can one go in defending things, even precious things?" At what point does killing a man become justifiable in protecting property? Last summer our local newspapers carried a news item buried on one of the back pages about a ...

135. The Centurion - Arranging Death, Announcing Life

Mark 15:33-41

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... did have a very special relationship. Not only that, but I began to feel that through Jesus, God was calling me to become his son, too. All through the time of Jesus’ trial before Pilate, all the while he had hung on the Cross, no one had said anything to defend him, other than that one thief crucified beside him. No one had offered him any comfort in his dying hour, other than that sip of bitter wine. So I had to speak. It was too late for Jesus to hear me, I thought, but I wanted someone to know how ...

136. When Things Don’t Work Out, What Then?

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... men refused to obey the king. They were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They said to the king, "Your Majesty, we will not try to defend ourselves. If the God whom we serve is able to save us from the blazing furnace and from your power, then he will. But ... know," one could say to the son, "that your father gets a person unconscious on a table, and when he is unconscious and can’t defend himself, your father cuts open his body with a sharp knife and cuts out part of it and throws it away? What do you think ...

137. If You Had Been Here

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... and Company" when an insurance firm denied his claim for damages in an accident on the grounds that it was an "act of God." So he brought suit against God and Company and named as co-defendants the churches of the city who claimed to be God’s representative. Well, the court dismissed the case as disrespectful. The defendant, you see, didn’t show up. But that’s intriguing. If you had a case against the Almighty, just whom would you sue? Let us make sure that we understand that God is not a celestial ...

138.

Drama

David E. Ullery

... - but I thought that he felt sorry for me. I have never seen a more heart-broken man. Herod: He seemed to be unafraid of death. Pilate: I could not understand him. Crucifixion is a horrible way to die, and he knew it. Yet he did nothing to defend himself. He went to his death willingly. (Sergius enters left.) Sergius: My lords! The Nazarene is dead! I myself thrust the spear into his side. His followers are now taking his body from the cross. Herod: How did he die, my good man? Sergius: I have never seen ...

139. Governor Pilate

Luke 22:66--23:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... called him a king. When I asked him if he was a king, he would not reply. I tried to get him to talk and defend himself, but he wouldn’t. He kept talking about his father in heaven. When I told the people that I was going to turn him ... not a bigger king than Caesar, but he wouldn’t say anything. I had him beaten with whips and stones, but he still would not defend himself. The leaders of the people wanted him crucified. They shouted it until my ears could hear nothing else. What was I supposed to do? ...

140. Stand Up for Jesus

John 2:12-25

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... of worship. We both ask you to take care in what you are doing and watch who you're singing about. SALLY: (RISING AND CROSSING TO PODIUM) May I say something? I'm a little confused, as I'm sure many of my friends are. I just feel we should defend our Lord, somehow. Now, I'm not a Bible scholar and I can't quote the scriptures ... I don't know. I just feel someone should say something. SMITTY: I agree. You people, won't you say something? Can't someone ...

141. Truth - How Do You Know It When You Hear It?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . The plaintiff made his case. He was very eloquent and persuasive in his reasoning. When he finished, the judge nodded in approval and said, "That's right, that's right." On hearing this, the defendant jumped up and said, "Wait a second, judge, you haven't even heard my side of the case yet." So the judge told the defendant to state his case. And he, too, was very persuasive and eloquent. When he finished, the judge said, "That's right, that's right." When the clerk of court heard this, he jumped up ...

142. The Apostles' Creed: Maker of Heaven and Earth

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the earth tilts, wobbles, and races around the sun, orbits us at about 240,000 miles, just about perfect for our well-being, controlling the tides and keeping them within livable levels. Fascinating stuff. Did that all just happen by accident? I would be hard pressed to defend such a view. On top of all that, what we have is beautiful. Halfway up a mountain road from the port of Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas is a clearing which commands a breathtaking view of the sea and the harbor. A sign ...

143. The God of the Unlikely

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it on the child's head, but the little lad snatched the crown from his head and flung it on the ground.(3) Prophetic symbolism, to be sure. But still, how unlikely a scenario! Our hero's next adventure comes when he defends a fellow countryman who is being beaten by an Egyptian taskmaster. Defend is too mild a word - Moses kills the Egyptian, then buries him in the sand. He thought that would be the end of the matter, but word got around and soon Moses was high-tailing it out of Egypt to escape prosecution ...

144. Real Religion

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... it is Israel's turn to address the court. There is no dispute about the crime or the evidence - the accused simply asks, "What must I do to set things right?" But the very phrasing of the possible remedies betrays the fact that the defendant still does not understand. Israel assumes the solution is more ritual - "With what shall I come before the LORD?" The possibilities start modestly with the only offering that might be available to a poor worshiper (bowing down), then move to the more costly sacrifice ...

145. Finding Calm In The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... went to Vietnam as a medic. "There life seemed fragile and ephemeral," Mickey says, "and, looking for something solid to hold on to I began attending services in the chapel." One night word came that an enemy was about to attack. Mickey was sent to defend the chapel. He realized that he would not have enough ammunition to fight off a whole battalion by himself. "The only thing I could do in such a hopeless situation was to pray," Mickey remembered. In that tense situation Mickey recalled a line from the ...

146. God Sometimes Changes His Mind

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... a disobedient angel who plead for God’s mercy. God said, "I shall not punish you. However, in atonement, you must bring back from earth the most precious thing in the world." The angel began the search. He found a soldier dying of wounds that he received defending his country. The angel caught the last drop of blood and brought it back. God said, "The courage of one who gives his life is precious, but not the most precious thing in the world." The angel resumed his quest. Wearily he roamed the earth until ...

147. Coming For The Right Reasons

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... us to the first thing we need to say: Many people come to Jesus for the wrong reasons. We want to know what Jesus can do for us, instead of what we can do for Jesus. There was an interesting court case in Canada sometime back. The defendant, accused of arson in setting forest fires, was brought to the headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to take a lie detector test. He was not told the room was fitted with a concealed television camera and microphone. While alone waiting for the test to begin ...

148. Strategic Kindness

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of racially divided town in Alabama in the 1930s. Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he ... decides to go ahead and defend this young man whose opportunity for a fair trial is questionable at best. The story is told through the eyes of "Scout," Atticus Finch' ...

149. Saints in Shorts

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... slap on the face is perhaps more of a blow to my ego than my body. It is not so much that my life needs to be defended as it is my pride that wants to be avenged. You and I may not live in settings where we are likely to be physically struck, but ... intentionally, what shall be my response? Egos, by their fallen nature, tend to be quite big and very sensitive. They beg, therefore, to be defended and avenged. And so my instinct when I am struck, in whatever form, is to strike back in kind. It seems that the ...

150. Achieving Peak Performance

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to me. They say that they stay away from church because the Church is filled with hypocrites. I say, well that's just the half of it. You ought to see the other half. The Church has a checkered history. There is no point in defending it. In fact, you don't need to defend it. The Church is a fallible institution. But I say, that is no reason to stay away from it. That is a reason to marvel at it. It has survived 2,000 years of mediocrity, misanthropes, miscreants and muddleheadness. And it is still around. I ...

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