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126. Why Christmas?

Isaiah 8:11-22

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

... in the light of Christmas. Generosity and giving become the watch words of the season. Or consider the prevailing attitudes toward the poor and those who live in constant need. Throughout much of the year they are overlooked completely or looked upon with disgust. At Christmas a rather dramatic change takes place. The poor and the needy suddenly become the center of our benevolent thoughts. "No one should be denied the privileges and joys of a Christmas," we say. Everyone and everything takes on a new ...

127. A Chance Meeting

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... veil of death, I was a new man. Strange that I would talk so. But for the first time in my life someone sought to share my burden. "You shall be with me ..." So different from the curses and hate, the yawn of indifference, the look of disgust, the final words of sentence. In so short a time - when time no longer mattered - the Forgiving One had made life beautiful. Even Rome’s heavy hand, the childish ornaments of the priestly garb, the taunts of the crowd - these did not matter or bother. In the darkness ...

128. OUR LORD BETRAYED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... of a bitter running argument. Something about which was to inherit the place of more prominence in some future kingdom. Clearly it was a challenge to personal prestige and status; and another of the band, who did not participate in the debate, turned aside, disgust written on his face. This was Judas, son of Simon of Kerioth, and it seemed he was seeing the others clearly for the first time. After three years of initimate daily association, his companions were revealing themselves for what they really were ...

129. OUR LORD SMITTEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

... Tyroppean valley, he noted that the desert wind had started again in small, dust-chasing gusts, and the sky overhead was turning an ominous grey-black through which the sun became a molten disk, emanating heat as a cymbal crashes sound. Already the disgusting crowds were there, lining the streets, shouting their obscenities. Then, abruptly, as they began the slight ascent to the upper city, the frail one fell under the weight of the cross beam. The procession halted and the centurion watched as the victim ...

130. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... to see them lose their jobs. But why can’t they be honest and admit that the company is killing people? I thought we were a community of love. Is love just something that works when times aren’t tough? BILL CHILDS: (drops an envelope on the table with disgust) Hate mail. That’s all it is. Pure hate mail. And what bothers me the most is, I suspect it’s from a member of our congregation. EVIE CHILDS: Janice Roberts said something to me the other day that bothered me. She said, "It’s easy for you two ...

131. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... 's what we hire sheriffs for." Then another says, "You know, Sheriff, we Christians don't believe in violence." Still another says, "Sheriff, you're a brave man but it would probably have been wiser if you had not come back to town." The Sheriff turns and walks out in disgust. In the background you hear Tex Ritter singing that unforgettable theme song-"I do not know what fate awaits me; I only know I must be brave, and I must face the man who hates me, or lie a coward, a craven coward, or lie a coward in my ...

132. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... 's what we hire sheriffs for." Then another says, "You know, Sheriff, we Christians don't believe in violence." Still another says, "Sheriff, you're a brave man but it would probably have been wiser if you had not come back to town." The Sheriff turns and walks out in disgust. In the background you hear Tex Ritter singing that unforgettable theme song, "I do not know what fate awaits me; I only know I must be brave, and I must face the man who hates me, or lie a coward in my grave." In case you haven't seen ...

133. What If It Is True?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

... alive again, new and never to die. It means that the unfulfilled dreams which are bounded by time do, after all, have a future in new life. It means that, as we move through life cursing the decay and death in our bodies, we have an alternative to despair and disgust; it is hope and joy. But, oh what a risk to believe such things. What a cruel hoax if they were not true promises! Oh, Lord, if it is true, it is too good. Such things don’t happen to the likes of us. No wonder Mary struggled in her ...

134. She Knew The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Illustration

Lee Griess

... spit on the cross. They refused. The lieutenant became indignant and shouted at them that unless they spat on the cross they would be killed. Finally the elder in the group came forward, spat on the cross and left. One by one they followed, doing the same disgusting thing until only the thirteen-year-old remained. She refused to do what the others had done. "I cannot and I will not," she replied. Then she told the lieutenant the depth of her faith and said that she was willing to die for it. Remarkably the ...

135. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... up your mind: Do you want to live or do you want to die? If you don’t care, don’t eat the stuff. But if you want to live, there’s only one way: Make up your mind to eat whatever and whenever you can, never mind how disgusting. And when you have a minute, don’t blabber; read by yourself, or flop down and sleep." Dr. Bruno Bettelheim took the advice and survived to participate in post-Dachau publications - one of which I finished this week - on the value of fairy stories for children, called, The Uses ...

136. You Don't Need Jesus

John 1:19-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... was supposed to be the answer. Then we espoused the cause of civil rights. None of these ever got to the heart of the problem. At one time a congregation in Michigan held a television bonfire after the evening service. The members were so angry and disgusted with television programs that sets worth $1,400 were thrown into the fire. What did the poor helpless television sets have to do with the kind of programs that are shown? Of course, nothing was wrong with the sets. It was with the men who planned ...

137. Deformed, Disfigured, and Despised: A Marred but Magnificent Messiah

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... himself. He had the power to transform and save lives, yet he couldn’t save himself. What a paradox! What a contradiction! He would not save himself, but he would save others by dying on a cross and rising from a grave. Here was a man who rebuffed, disgusted, and even nauseated people by his very presence. Yet he would conquer the forces of evil and death by dying on a cross and rising from the grave. To add insult to injury, he would give the same power to his followers and those who believed and had ...

138. Twelve O'Clock Rock: When the Jailhouse is Rocked

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... two men can barely speak. Silas has teeth knocked out and bleeds profusely. Paul’s left eye is swollen shut and he nurses a gash on his right cheek. 5:00: A fat, stinking, jolly, greasy magistrate leaps up from his chair, shaking his head in disgust, twirling a broom straw in his mouth, sucking grape wine from a jar, and watches as the crowd now joins in on the beating. After twenty more minutes of beating, kicking, spitting, cursing, and shouting, the magistrate waves the crazy crowd off and orders Paul ...

139. Reason for the Season

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Dave Marsh

... 5 am. Dave: (sighs) Sounds about right. (holds up this doll) Did you see this new doll Isabelle wanted? It's supposed to say Mommy, Daddy, Meema, Poppa, Grandma, and Grandpa. Teri: Yeah? Dave: (he pushes a button on the back and it moos.) Teri: Lovely. Dave: Yeah (disgusted - pulling out a screwdriver) Fifty bucks and it can't even do the thing we bought it for. Junk. Gotta fix it before I can wrap it. (notices that Teri is watching the TV) What's up there? Teri: The weather. The snow has really been coming ...

140. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... get out into the aisle.’ ‘I might not get there in time.’ So,” he said, “I just grabbed hold of the back of the pew and held on for dear life, and then it was too late. The service ended.” He said, “I walked out of the church so disgusted with myself. I knew deep in my heart that God wanted me to come down and make my commitment to Christ and the church, and I had fought it off.” The man went on to describe how disappointed he was with himself, and how much he regretted letting that special ...

141. Jesus and Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

142. Look Up and Live

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Snakes. Do you like snakes? Not many do. I can think of no other creature on the face of the planet that so universally brings forth a sense of revulsion and disgust. True or not, we think of snakes as icky, slimy, nasty, and as our Old Testament lesson reminds, DANGEROUS. It seems that the children of Israel, in the midst of their wilderness wandering after the escape from slavery in Egypt, had stumbled on to a location south of the Dead ...

143. Do I Matter?

Psalm 8:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of his way to embrace the unloved and unworthy, the folks who could ask "Do I matter?" with an urgency that none of us could muster. Lepers who were not allowed to live inside the city wall were touched by Jesus, even as his disciples shrank back in disgust. The handicapped beggers by the wayside whom the world loves to ignore were not ignored by Jesus - they were healed and given new life. A woman, too shy and full of shame to approach Jesus face to face, grabbed his robe, hoping he would not notice. He ...

144. Good Medicine

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the second man the same question, "What is Easter?" The second man replies, "Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents, and celebrate the birth of Jesus." St. Peter looks at the second man, shakes his head in disgust, looks at the third man and asks, "What is Easter?" "I know what Easter is. Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus was betrayed by one of his disciples, turned over to the Romans, tried, tortured, and ...

145. The Judas Gene

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... two people or among the people of an entire nation. That is why betrayal can destroy a marriage, a family, a community, or even a church. It is why we are outraged at a man who chose to fight against his own country in Afghanistan, why we are disgusted with the executives of Enron, why we are repulsed at the repeated stories of pedophile priests. We have always been hard on Judas and all of his imitators.(5) We won't even name a dog "Judas." Could it be that the real reason we show betrayers so little ...

146. Welcoming Jesus

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... and courageous young man. But I will pick on an attitude that says it is all right, even GOOD, to HELP the "riff-raff" but that to actually stay overnight with them, receive the same help as them, be on the same level as they are, is dangerous and disgusting. Somewhere along the line, people hear the message that we are called to help, but then miss the part about Jesus identifying HIMSELF with those in need of that help. Remember Matthew 25? "Just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members ...

147. No Holding Back

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... sense of oneself doing something; in other words, heartfelt charity always involves ego gratification. "However, when we give out of obligation, when we give at a moment that every part of us is yelling NO! because of one reason or another--perhaps the beneficiary is disgusting, or it is too much money, or any of thousands of reasons we use to avoid giving charity--then we are confronting our own egos, and giving nonetheless. Why? Because we are supposed to. And what this means is that it is not us doing ...

148. Ready or Not, Here He Comes!

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... people trekked out to the desert to hear this strange man. He IS an astonishing preacher, we have to grant. Not many would start out the way he does - he stands before the assembled crowd, stares at them with a look of scarcely-disguised disgust, then bellows, "You are a bunch of SNAKES!!!" Wow. That should get a congregation's attention. The crowd is equally amazing. After this phenomenal insult, they must know that it is downhill from here, but they stay. "Vipers...the wrath to come...repentance...trees ...

149. Mark Twain's Briefcase And A Great Mental Attitude

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... how his views of life had changed. One picture expressed it beautifully. The young man, when asked to draw a picture of his body, had at first drawn a vase with an ugly, jagged crack running down the middle. This crack represented all the anger, bitterness, and disgust that had filled the young man's being after he lost his leg. He had seen himself as broken, and therefore, useless. But now the young man looked at this picture and knew that it no longer represented how he felt. He took a yellow crayon and ...

150. A Better Than Perfect Christmas

Philippians 4:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... s rejected Marys, Josephs, shepherds and Wise Men) passed a resolution: "All children who wish to be in the Christmas pageant may do so. Parts will be found for them." This was more than the long-time director could handle. She resigned in anger and disgust. According to Pastor Lindvall the pageant didn’t fall flat with the director’s resignation, but it was different. There must have been a dozen shepherds and 20 angels (a real heavenly host). There were a couple of dozen sheep. Coming from farms, the ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 126 to 150 of 411 results

126. Why Christmas?

Isaiah 8:11-22

Sermon

Theodore L. Yewey

127. A Chance Meeting

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

128. OUR LORD BETRAYED

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

129. OUR LORD SMITTEN

Sermon

E. Jerry Walker

130. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

131. Should Christians Always Oppose War?

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

132. The Whip of War

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... 's what we hire sheriffs for." Then another says, "You know, Sheriff, we Christians don't believe in violence." Still another says, "Sheriff, you're a brave man but it would probably have been wiser if you had not come back to town." The Sheriff turns and walks out in disgust. In the background you hear Tex Ritter singing that unforgettable theme song, "I do not know what fate awaits me; I only know I must be brave, and I must face the man who hates me, or lie a coward in my grave." In case you haven't seen ...

133. What If It Is True?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

134. She Knew The Good Shepherd

John 10:1-21

Illustration

Lee Griess

135. The Choice Is Always Ours

Ecclesiastes 9:1-12

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

136. You Don't Need Jesus