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1501. I'm a Chunk of Coal, but I'm Gonna Be a Diamond

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of light? A Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi once contrasted the difference between a stone and a jewel. "A stone blocks light, a jewel transmits it, shaping and coloring it but knowing that the Source of the light lies elsewhere. Arrogance is the stone-like belief that 'I' wrote this book. Humility is recognizing that 'my' ideas actually come from elsewhere." Jeremiah was clear enough for the light to shine through. Are you? 4) Color Every stone has its own unique color. One color is not better than another ...

1502. Ever Been Robbed?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... person we dismiss as hateful, unlovable, unrepentant and unredeemable – we rob God. · With every nation we declare too far away and too different from us to merit our attention and witness – we rob God. · With every man and woman we reject because their beliefs or lifestyle don't fit comfortably within our church walls – we rob God. · With every aspersion we cast at different faiths and different prayers – we rob God. "For God so loved the church..." Isn't that what it says? "For God so loved ...

1503. Who Put It There? (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... , buried under the bodies of each of her six slain children, and left for dead. She dug herself out, buried her children, bore her new child, and, soon thereafter, chose to adopt five children whose parents had been killed in the same massacre. She expressed her belief that her life had been spared so that she might care for these orphaned children after losing her own." Wheatley offers this message to us all on Mother's Day: This young African mother teaches me what it means to have a vocation to be fully ...

1504. The Uncloudy Cloud?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... 's story called The Trip to Panama (1981) by Janosch, the pseudonym of Horst Eckert, the German illustrator. It's a story about two animal friends, (Little Bear and Little Tiger) who live in a house by a river. They're reasonably happy but share a belief that somewhere else, life might be so much better. One day they find an old banana crate floating past their garden. On the side it says "Panama." Without knowing anything about the place, they decided that Panama is the land of their dreams and set off ...

1505. My Precious, My Precious

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... secret fortune, in the nooks and crannies of our lives. And like the lucky lotto ticket-holder, a 68-year-old cleaning woman from Massachusetts who recently won almost 300 million dollars, every now and again there drops a benevolent bombshell to reaffirm our belief in attic fortunes and lottery treasures. The Antiques Roadshow was originally a BBC program. In 1986, a couple from Barnstaple, Devon, dropped by the show while taking their dog for a walk. They took with them an old picture from the loft which ...

1506. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Hill Too Far Away, Stood an Old Rugged Cross. After Johnny Cash's death in 2003 at age 71, U2's Bono said, "In a garden full of weeds, Cash was the oak tree." Cash's rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" sets forth his gritty and elegant belief that spiritual freedom comes through the cross of Christ: "And the blood gave life to the branches of the tree, And the blood was the price that set the captives free, And the numbers that came through the fire and the flood, Clung to the tree and were redeemed ...

1507. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... a gnawing quiver of insecurity within any individual. It's the major social issue of today, a community problem, even a matter of public health and social policy. Social psychologist Nicholas Emler of the London School of Economics says that the "widespread belief in raising self-esteem as an all-purpose cure for social problems has created a huge market for self-help manuals and educational programs that's threatening to become the psychotherapeutic equivalent of snake oil." (Quote on p. 158 of Furedi ...

1508. Lifelong Disciples

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James McCormick

... way? Taking an interest in your community and investing yourself in organizations and movements that make it a better place? Do they see all of that, or in contrast, do they see you taking only a marginal interest in your Church, unsure of your beliefs, casual about your faith, and uneasy when you are asked questions about it? If that’s the picture your children and grandchildren get, they are probably thinking to themselves, “If it’s not important to them, then it’s not important to me.” And ...

1509. Joy Is Not The Opposite Of Faith

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Robert Beringer

... to the Christian ministry, a sad-faced woman came up to the newly-ordained pastor and said, "It's a grand thing you are doing as a young man - giving up the joys of life to serve the Lord." That woman's attitude reflects a commonly held belief that to be serious about our faith means that we expect all joy to be taken out of living. For many, Christianity appears to be a depressing faith, with unwelcome disciplines, that cramps our lifestyle and crushes our spirits. In one Doonesbury cartoon, an officer is ...

1510. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Thus Israel's royal theology is rooted in grace or election. The content of the grace is that the king, as God's messiah, will have a special relationship with God that is qualitatively different from the people at large. Psalm 72:1 reflects this belief when the king is called God's "royal son." The political and social effect of this theology is that when the king is fulfilling this special relationship as God's messiah, divine blessing and well-being are mediated to the social order. Structure. Isaiah 11 ...

1511. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... grumbling against one another. As with the positive advice to "be patient," this negative counsel, "do not grumble against one another," is related to the future, but in this instance to the promise of judgment, which was an inherent part of early Christian belief that the Lord's coming was immanent. Fourth, James refers to the prophets as patterns of the "suffering and patience" to which he has called his congregation. Significance. James's call to patience is not a mere moral appeal, as is clear from ...

1512. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... in that the future gives amplified meaning to the present. Moreover, the future hope of the life of faith in the present is not an ambiguous wish; rather, it is the clear expectation of the future revelation of the Son with the attendant belief that his revelation will itself effect the ultimate transformation of believers into complete children of God. The present status of believers as God's children, their future hope of the revelation of the Son, and their own full and final transformation has real ...

1513. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... Gospel text, the relationship of Jesus to his disciples is explored more explicitly in the context of worship by presenting a reinterpretation of the Deuteronomistic theology of naming the presence of God. This Deuteronomistic theology arose in ancient Israel out of the belief that God would be present in any place of worship where his name was called. The account of Solomon's prayer in I Kings 8 during the dedication of the Temple provides illustration of this theology. Note how frequently Solomon states ...

1514. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... a new divine couple. Acts 17:21 informs us of the legendary character of the Athenians, who "would spend their time in nothing but telling or hearing something new." After Paul's speech, vv. 32-34 report the outcomes: mockery, curiosity, and belief. Structure. Interpreters sometimes point to the "sense-parallels between this speech andI Thessalonians 1:9-10; both start with the idea of knowledge of the one true God who now demands repentance that is based on Christ's Resurrection and oriented to the ...

1515. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... to explain the Ascension in a way that we avoid when explaining the impact of the Resurrection. It helps when we "spiritualize" the Resurrection, because then we are not required to ditch the body from the pulpit, although the credal affirmation about belief "in the resurrection of the body" continues to make things awkward for us. God's seeming preoccupation with the material will not easily let us escape the implications of these events. Karl Barth suggests that what changes about Christ in the mystery ...

1516. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... ethical application. This line of interpretation (prophetic ethics against the worshipping community) is unfortunate, for nothing could be further from the interaction of prophet and community in Israel, Prophets frequently criticize the worshiping community because of their belief that sound ethical action requires revelation, which is only possible in the context of worship. Thus prophets are not rejecting worship in favor of proper ethical activity. Instead, a text like Isaiah 58:1-12 must be interpreted ...

1517. Proper 13

Psalm 17:1-15, Romans 9:1-29, Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... of a god embodied the fundamental character of that god, and thus to possess the name of a god was to have access to the power of that god. In other words, names had power not only over individuals, but also over gods. An example of this belief is evident in the Babylonian creation mythology, Enuma Elish . This mythology celebrates the creative power of Marduk, the central deity of the Babylonians, and it ends by giving a list of fifty of his names. The point of this list is twofold: one, the names embody ...

1518. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Matthew 15:21-28, Romans 11:1-10, Romans 11:25-32, Psalm 133:1-3

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... one. Paul does not ask, "Why don't all Jews believe?"; rather, he wonders, "Has God rejected his people?" Notice, Paul assumes that whatever the Jews are doing, or not doing, God is responsible. Paul assumes that God is capable of bringing the chosen people to belief, so that if they do not believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, one must wonder whether God has rejected them, not what is wrong with them. Paul rejects the conclusion that God has rejected the Jews. His evidence is that he himself, a Jew, believes ...

1519. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 15:1-21

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... the Red Sea is a story about God; it is not a story about Israel or even about Egypt. The central point of the story is that the salvific power of God is reliable and that consequently the people of God can be secure in the belief that God will indeed protect them. The reliablility of God's salvation is explored on two levels in the telling of the story, both historically and cosmologically. The confrontation between God and Pharaoh and the ultimate destruction of the Egyptian army in the sea explores the ...

1520. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Psalm 105:1-45

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... continues, however, by stating his conviction that he will be released from prison and will continue living for the sake of the Philippians. While he understands that his death would be good for himself, his continuing life would be an opportunity for service. Paul's belief that he will be released seems based on his understanding of his vocation as a calling to service, not privilege. The life we live as Christians is to be dominantly a life of service. The gift of life is not simply something to savor; it ...

1521. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

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Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

... of other believers who have died prior to the coming of Christ. The eschatology teaches us in this passage is offered pastorally as a word of assurance rather than didactically as sheer doctrine. Yet this pastoral word is based on and contains traditional beliefs, so that it is not simply consolation but consolation with doctrinal substance. It is crucial to notice that the foundation of the vision of the end laid out before the Thessalonians is the conviction that as Christ died and was raised and is ...

1522. Do You Have It

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Leonard Sweet

The epistle text for this week draws distinctions in belief and behavior that are as different as night and day, light and dark. Our lectionary reading, part of a larger discussion that begins in Ephesians 4:17 and does not conclude until 5:20, focuses on how disciples are "to walk" in this world. Both the being and the behavior ...

1523. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... whore. It will serve any master who can pay its price. But a whore was first to the empty tomb on the day of the Resurrection. Reason will serve God if given the chance; philosophy can be a work of Christian service. And Christian belief (I want to suggest) is far more a help than a hindrance to serious intellectual work. Brian Leftow, “From Jerusalem to Athens,” in Thomas V. Morris, God and the Philosophers (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 189. Are you “Saturday’s Children” or “Sunday ...

1524. Changed Lives - Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... is an effort by some Christian leaders to have schools teach a subject called, “Intelligent Design.” The rational for this is that there are some people who believe that science, as it is being taught in many schools--particularly the teaching of evolution--undermines belief in God. Teachers of Intelligent Design want equal time. They want to show that, properly understood, the evidence from science supports the idea of a divine Creator. It’s an issue that will not go away. I would like to give you a ...

1525. When Mountains Are Not Moved

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Sermon

James McCormick

... you have received it, and it will be yours.” That’s what it says. And I believe in the power of prayer. I have seen amazing things happen as a result of prayer. And yet, our experience tells us that not every mountain is moved, not even when belief is strong and prayer is earnest. So, how do we deal with that? What do we do when it seems that our fervent prayers are unanswered? Too many people answer glibly, “Well, you just didn’t have enough faith”. Yet, in Gethsemane, Jesus prayed that the cup ...

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1501. I'm a Chunk of Coal, but I'm Gonna Be a Diamond

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1502. Ever Been Robbed?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1503. Who Put It There? (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1504. The Uncloudy Cloud?

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1505. My Precious, My Precious

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1506. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1507. When Self-esteem is Snake Oil

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1508. Lifelong Disciples

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James McCormick

1509. Joy Is Not The Opposite Of Faith

Illustration

Robert Beringer

1510. Advent 2

Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 14:1--15:13, Isaiah 11:1-16, Psalm 72:1-20

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1511. Advent 3

Psalm 146:1-10, Isaiah 35:1-10, James 5:7-12, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1512. All Saints

Psalm 34:1-22, Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1513. Easter 5

John 14:5-14, John 14:1-4, 1 Peter 2:4-12, Acts 7:54--8:1a, Psalm 31:1-24

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1514. Easter 6

Psalm 66:1-20, Acts 17:16-34, 1 Peter 3:8-22, John 14:15-31

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1515. Easter 7

Jn 17:1-11 · 1 Pet 4:12-14; 5:6-11 · Ps 68 · Acts 1:6-14

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1516. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1517. Proper 13

Psalm 17:1-15, Romans 9:1-29, Matthew 14:13-21, Genesis 32:22-32

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1518. Proper 15

Genesis 45:1-28, Matthew 15:21-28, Romans 11:1-10, Romans 11:25-32, Psalm 133:1-3

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1519. Proper 19

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Matthew 18:21-35, Romans 14:1--15:13, Exodus 15:1-21

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1520. Proper 20

Exodus 16:1-36, Matthew 20:1-16, Philippians 1:12-30, Psalm 105:1-45

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

1521. Proper 27

Joshua 24:1-27, Psalm 78:1-72, 1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11, Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

Soards, Dozeman, McCabe

1522. Do You Have It

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

1523. The Bloodline of Christ

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

1524. Changed Lives - Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

1525. When Mountains Are Not Moved

Mark 11:20-25 (26)

Sermon

James McCormick

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