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1476. SHEPHERD

Gen. 47:3; Luke 2:8

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... patriarchs were nomad-type shepherds, and, later, Moses and David were both shepherds. In the Talmud, the rabbis viewed shepherds as dishonest and uncouth because many grazed their flocks on the property of others. But we have before us the Good Shepherd, who cares for us as the shepherd cared for his sheep. We spoke before of the herdsman, and we said that he lives today very much as before in the Near East, and the same comment that we made then about those who today raise sheep and goats would hold true ...

1477. The Forbidden Anger

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of the Pharisees were standing around ready to pounce on Jesus if he healed the man, because healing was considered to be work, and that was prohibited on the Sabbath. The Bible says, "Jesus looked around at them with anger." It burned Jesus to see religious people care more about their rules than the well-being of a human being. Jesus became angry when people got hurt or God's house was desecrated. Jesus' anger was never selfish. St. Paul went so far as to commend anger. He wrote, "Be angry but do not sin ...

1478. A Personal God in an Impersonal World

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... confess our sins and claim him by faith as Savior and Lord can know his abundant life here and his eternal life on the other side of death. Jesus told us that he came "to seek and to save the lost." Jesus told a beautiful little story of a shepherd caring for 100 sheep. 99 of them were safe and secure in the sheepfold, but one was lost. That shepherd searched tirelessly until that lost sheep was found. Then he called his neighbors to rejoice with him. That's the way God is. God sent that baby Jesus into the ...

1479. A Prophet in a Panic

1 Kings 19:9-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... when we are bogged down in some difficult place, it is impossible to get free right away. But it makes a world of difference if some caring soul is willing to sit in the mud with us. Elijah's story has a happy ending. He was not alone as he had thought. God ... the nation from losing its very soul. When you are bogged down in anxiety, follow the steps God showed to Elijah: Take good care of yourself physically; meet God regularly in a quiet place; and share your life with at least one other believer. One day a ...

1480. I Love You But I Don't Like You

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... take the telephone off the hook. The first expression of love in such a situation is in choosing the right time. THE SECOND GUIDELINE: NEVER ARGUE IN PUBLIC. In Proverbs we read that “in the mouths of fools pour out folly." Foolish people just spout forth, not caring that other people hear what is a private matter. How awful are those couples who throw little darts at each other in public. He says, "Hey, thanks for inviting us over. Jane gave up cooking for Lent, ten years ago." Or, she says, "Ask John to ...

1481. Advertised Goodness

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... must take a stand publicly on behalf of righteousness. Back during the turbulent 1960s, a lady in this church gave a little black child a ride each morning to a newly integrated school since that child was being harassed by whites as he walked to school. That caring lady needed to go public with her deed. In such a situation it would be cowardly not to take a public stand for righteousness. I can think of another kind of situation when we may have to good public with our good deeds. When the publicizing of ...

1482. Our Lord's Abundant Table

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... day drew near. They had listened for hours. As many as 20,000 people, 5000 men and their families, a stadium full, sitting within a valley, were listening, trying to answer the question. It was now time for dinner and the disciples, perhaps out of care for their Master or feeling quite hungry themselves, wanted to send the people away. Then Jesus surprised his disciples, asking them to feed the crowd. There were many occasions when the disciples respond as any of us would. We have here only five loaves of ...

1483. Legends Of Christmas

Drama

Georgianna Summers

... ! He will have to be punished. Becky: Oh, goody! Do we get to steal his pants? Katie: I’ll go sneak them out of his room. [She goes out.] Becky: And this means he won’t get to kiss any of us under the mistletoe this year, either. Marcia: Who cares? Who wants to kiss him anyway? [Katie comes back in carrying a pair of patched jeans like the ones Danny is wearing.] Katie: Here are his pants. Let’s go nail them to the gate. [They go back to classroom, hiding the pants under a chair as Danny starts to ...

1484. Service Beset by "What’s the Use?"

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... ’s word to his own life: "Thou art my servant in whom I will be glorified." While Isaiah was concerned about the task of counselling and encouraging his own people, he believed that the truth of God was being expressed through his words and caring. The Westminster Shorter Catechism says: "God is Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth." And just as light requires a surface to reflect it, else it is not seen, so also God’s way and will ...

1485. Rules For Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... relationship with his people? Recently, I read a little fable about a young girl who was walking through a meadow. She saw that a beautiful butterfly had one wing impaled by a thorn. Very carefully, so as not to further damage the wing, she released the butterfly from the thorn and it began to fly away. Then, the butterfly came back and changed into a beautiful fairy princess right before the little girl. "For your kindness," the fairy told the little girl, "I will grant ...

1486. The State Of The Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... The people of the "City of Garbage" are the most despised people in all of Egypt. Into their midst came this retired nun to live among them ... to teach them and their children a better way to live ... to establish schools ... to urge the government to provide health care and better housing. This one nun has made such an impact among the peole of the "City of Garbage" that they call her Sister Emmanuel which means God with us. When we dare to try and be God’s presence in the world, we are living out what ...

1487. I Believe In Prayer

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

... were relieved. And as she sat there, an idea began to take shape in her mind. She would support her family by giving piano lessons in her home. So, by giving piano lessons to as many as eighty children a week (two of them were my children), and by carefully managing her money, she raised her two children and sent them to college. She died a couple of years ago at 94 years of age. About thirty minutes after her last piano lesson of the day, a sudden heart attack claimed her life. She was an ordinary lady ...

1488. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... the route this morning. Put the papers in the car and I will drive you." I can still remember that morning, as if it were yesterday. My father had to go to his job. It certainly wasn’t his responsibility to see that another boy’s paper route was taken care of that day. Yet, he was there because he loved me. Somehow, when I am trying to define what the love of God means for each person in this world, I think of that cold morning when my father and I threw newspapers from a ‘57 Chevrolet. He didn’t ...

1489. You Are All That Matters To God

Psalm 50:7-12

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

... and black holes and anything else that might be out there. When we think of things in this way, we might easily feel that God is just too busy to pay attention to what’s going on with you or me. The Bible says God isn’t like that. God cares so much about His world that He knows everything there is to know about it - He even knows all the birds that fly in the air! No bird, no plant, no animal is too small or too unimportant for God’s concern; He knows what is going on with each ...

1490. The Flight From Light

Isaiah 60:1-22, Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... who is there to really listen? Who can hear our deepest secrets and not think badly of us for telling them? Who is there to know us through and through - all that is good, bad and ugly about us - and love us just the same? We want to be cared for, listened to, understood and appreciated. We are searching for the intimacy of understanding, body to body and soul to soul, but when we come to the brink of real sharing and genuine communion, we back away. When we come to the brink of one searching person deeply ...

1491. Judas

Luke 22:1-6

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... every cent I had, to get rid of my guilt, but those priests wouldn’t listen. They didn’t care about me. No one cared. My life was worthless. I judged that it would have been better for me if I had never been born. But I was wrong, dead wrong. In the ... depths of remorse, I forgot that God never stops caring. Even after you have sinned very badly, his love still reaches out for you. Please don’t you ever forget that. I should have ...

1492. God’s Great Promise To Sarah!

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... in ancient times honored the graves where their revered ancestors were buried. So Sarah’s grave is also honored. A whole chapter (Genesis 23) is devoted to Sarah’s place of burial. The final resting place for Sarah, in the sacred grove of Mamre was carefully chosen. It was close to the area where Sarah had spent most of her life. In negotiating for this particular piece of land, Abraham made it clear that it was for Sarah. There is little question that Sarah was held in high esteem by her husband ...

1493. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... . Servant leadership is the stamp of those who bear his name. So our text reminds us, not only of the necessity of good organization but also the need for trustworthy, serving leaders. In all of this process of leader replacement and selection, we see God’s care and concern for the continuity of the church after the death of Jesus. This is the third truth coming through God’s word for today. I am reminded of those great words from 1 Peter: "You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation ...

1494. The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... does present a problem. Think about this: It is possible to keep negative commandments by simply doing nothing. A person might truthfully be able to say that he had not stolen, committed adultery, or murdered, but that does not mean that that individual is loving and caring. There was an ancient expression in Judaism that stated: Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you. Jesus took these words out of the negative and put them in the positive: Do unto others what you would have them do ...

1495. Peter Becomes the Rock

Drama

G. Franklin Gray

... Peter But everything seemed so final, Lord! Jesus Simon, son of John, do you love me? Peter Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus Take care of my lambs. Simon, son of John, do you love me? Peter Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus Take care of my sheep. Simon, son of John, do you love me? Peter Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you. Jesus Take care of my sheep. Peter Lord, you know we will. I denied you three times. I’ll never deny you again. Jesus Full authority in heaven and on ...

1496. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... healed, made whole. We dare not shut the windows of life, cutting off our ties to those around us. You have made us, Eternal God, to be a family-being. Here, in this gathering at worship, we are sustained. Our spirits are nourished. We pray for the abilities to care for one another. Even as the prophet of old found that "still, small voice within," so we would be hushed to listen and to respond. You do not shout at us. You only speak in ways that need our attentive hearts. We listen now. Speak to us, O God ...

1497. Francis of Assisi: a Faith for Every Day

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... another ragged piece of sackcloth. The church has always seen in the life of the poor a sign of God’s grace. The "poor of God" is one Hebraic expression for those whom God will save. Mary’s "Magnificat" (Luke 1) includes the promise that God will care for the hungry and lowly who receive his Gospel. Today, in the twentieth century, the issue of world poverty is still with us. Our present political tendency to close off help to the poor in America makes it even more important that the non-profit part of ...

1498. John Wesley: Religion of the Heart

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... 4. Avoid drunkards and busybodies 5. Examine yourself every night 6. Set aside an hour of devotion each day 7. Avoid all manner of passion After his conversion at Aldersgate, John established Sunday church schools, preached in the fields of England, and was careful never to hold his worship when the Anglican Church did. He remained an Anglican priest almost to the end of his life. He finally broke with the organized church because it refused to ordain several Methodist clergy to go to the United States ...

1499. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... we can do about it. We must wait for God to bring us peace. The poor we will always have with us, and it is God who will take care of them. We live in an evil and unjust world, sad, but true, and we must wait for God to set things right." But waiting for God is ... Christ who is coming. The Christ for whom we wait is the very one "in whom all things were created," and a selfish lack of care for the creation is no way to wait for his coming. In the early 1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement, a group ...

1500. All-Out Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... head like the others. To love your neighbor as yourself means that if you were to choose to give your heart away when you die, you would do so with no strings attached. The recipient could be a sinner on skid row or death row, for all you care. They might survive on your old heart long enough to allow God to redeem them. The comic-cartoon, "Graffiti," may have said it best. Painted in ragged letters on an old fence were the words, "Love thy neighbor. Mow thy lawn." The meaning was clear. My unkempt lawn ...

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