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1501. The Reins of Power

2 Samuel 5:1-5

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... when we misbehave? Or shall we permit him to guide and teach us so that we may grow into the maturity and self-control God seeks in us? Let’s take a moment to ponder the nature of spiritual energy and power. We know it in the experiences of love and prayer. We see a hint of it in various forms of social organization. When the role of kings was invented, as for example, at the time when Saul and David were crowned, group life took on a cohesiveness and strength that it had not had before. Individuals were ...

1502. Born Naked With A Cross

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... money to invite us to their homes for dinner. This means we can never be satisfied with doing the ordinary things of life. To be a Christian is not keeping up with those around us in the world. To be like Christ is to bear a cross for others. To love when others hate, to give when others save, to hold steady when others go to pieces, to wait for God while others lose patience, to hold fast to the truth when others adopt worldly ideas - that is the life style of a true Christian. The Christian way is the way ...

1503. The Passion of Our Lord

2 Corinthians 5:21

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... crucifixion: in His agony in the Garden, in His scourging at the pillar, in His crowning with thorns, in His carrying the cross to Calvary, in His crucifixion and death. As we more deeply realize this, what God went through in His love for us, we will hopefully realize more deeply the love that God has for us, for you and for me. Let us begin: His agony in the Garden The physical Passion of Our Lord begins in the Garden of Gethsemane, the place called the Mount of Olives. St. Luke, a physician, the writer ...

1504. The Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-5

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Kendall McCabe

... out the thunderbolts and zaps the bad guys and makes a place in the stars for the good guys. We enjoy reading that concept of God into the Old Testament, so we speak of the Old Testament God as a God of wrath and contrast that with the loving God of the New Testament. We enshrine the idea in our hymnody: His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is his path on the wings of the storm. We like a macho, fierce God, scourging our enemies and showing mercy upon the thousands who agree with ...

1505. Proper 6

Matthew 9:35-38

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... over life and death. So, let's worship as if he were the Victor!" You may want to follow with this printed litany: Pastor: Praise to the Lord of Giving and Receiving. Ministers: We praise God's name; we need God's power; we accept God's love; we share God's truth. Pastor: I invite us to open our heart and mind and will. Ministers: We open ourselves to the Lord of life. Act of Recognizing our Humanness and Receiving New Life Suggestion: Introduce the confession with these words, to confess our sins means ...

1506. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

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Robert G. Tuttle

... , but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of me." Again, "Forgetting what is behind, reaching out for that which lies ahead ..." We have been so accustomed to the old life (selfishness, blindness), we will have to get used to the power and glory, love and caring of this new life, by grace. It is said when you go on a safari, you look and seek, but you cannot see the game. The guide points it out to you. One man in India admitted that it took him two years before he could see the ...

1507. A Reason For All To Be Thankful

Romans 8:28-39

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Bill Bouknight

... what the odds are against us, no matter how sad our past has been, no matter how many battles we may have lost, God and we will win in the end. And even the heartbreaks that are spread somewhat randomly along our pathways will be transformed by a loving God to serve useful purposes. The toughest challenge I have ever had as a pastor was in ministering to a beautiful young wife and mother who was slowly dying of Lou Gehrig's disease. Jill's mind remained sharp and perceptive even as her body wasted away with ...

1508. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

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Louis H. Valbracht

... death, other things infinitely more valuable than they have lost. But we cannot visualize them in that way, and we suffer - we suffer from this limitation. Just so, we suffer when we lose someone who is dear to us, not because of lack of faith that our loved ones live on. We weep because we are forced to live on without them in the physical relationship, the familiar companionship that we prized so highly. Very early in my ministry I learned my lesson. I tried to tell a young man who had tragically lost his ...

1509. God's Design for Marriage

Ephesians 5:22-33

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Bill Bouknight

... for the Church and for the rest of humanity. Using the language of the battlefield, if someone has to dive on a live grenade for the sake of the family, that's the husband's role. A bright young wife told me some time ago, "If my husband loves me as Christ loves the church, if he cherishes me, puts my happiness above his own, and is willing to sacrifice unselfishly for me, I’ll be more than happy to take all the leadership he wants to hand out." THAT BRINGS US TO THE SECOND ADMONITION IN THIS TEXT: "WIVES ...

1510. Concern

John 19:17-27

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Burton F. Blair

... care for her himself. John, his cousin, was given this responsibility. John was to take care of Mary. He was to guard and protect her - and take her to his own home to live. He was now Mary’s son, and now, Mary was John’s mother. They are to love and care for each other. Evidently, by this time in life, Mary was a widow, and when a father in a Jewish family is dead, it becomes the responsibility of the eldest son to provide for the mother. In these words, Jesus fulfilled his duty to his mother. Jesus ...

1511. William Booth and His Hallelujah Army

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Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... they said they believed at church and how they lived and treated each other at home. It is easy to give "mixed signals" to those with whom we share our home. And yet, all the attributes we admire in Jesus on Sunday we ought to practice on Monday: kindness, love of enemy, concern for the poor, sharing with others, gentleness and patience with the other person. I was moved to tears when I read these words: "Daughter Evangeline once said of her mom and dad, ‘My parents did not have to say a word to me about ...

1512. THE NEIGHBORHOOD GAP

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William McKee Aber

... as the woman who thinks that clean windows will cause others to think she’s great is equally mistaken. People really want to be loved. Listen to them when they say it in a variety of ways. Listening won’t solve the problem but it might be a start. III ... say, "As a matter of emotion I dislike that man, but I will do good to him because as a matter of Christian principle, I love him." It’s great to feel a warmth toward people, and if we took Christ seriously, we would probably feel warmth a great deal more ...

1513. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

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King Duncan

... I could only call out to him. I could recite the Shema to him. `The Lord our God is one God . . . ˜ Then he would know that I love the Law even as he does. Then he would know that I am worthy of his help. "What~s he doing? He's looking the other way, too. ... shows us the plight of humanity broken and bleeding in a ditch and in the person of the Good Samaritan, Jesus shows us self-giving love, AND WE ARE REMINDED THAT ONCE UPON A TIME WE LAY BY THE ROAD. Here is where grace enters the picture. All of us know ...

1514. The Things In Mary's Heart

Isaiah 9:1-7

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King Duncan

... evidently a faith-filled man. Mary had that same intensity of faith. It makes a real difference when mother and father have faith in one another and in God. Yes we are on a safe ground to suppose that one of the things Mary kept in her heart was the love and appreciation for Joseph. Don't you imagine that another thing that Mary kept in her heart that night was the mystery of the birth of her child. You and I are impressed by the star over the stable and the singing of the angels. But neither of these is ...

1515. Where Is Your Heart?

Luke 12:22-34

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King Duncan

... a moral obligation to do everything we can do to strengthen families. Most of us will do our part. Our hearts are with our families. SOME OF US WILL SAY IT IS WITH OUR COUNTRY. And that, too, is good. We recognize that our country is not perfect. Still, we love our country. Some of us have had family members and friends who have died for our country. So when the flag is passing by or the national anthem is sung, we place our hand on our heart, for our heart is with this land. We cherish the freedom and the ...

1516. All My Children

John 1:1-18

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Frank Lyman

... as to offer an identifying sign. That sign was the Holy Spirit resting upon Jesus as God's voice spoke the words every child should hear from his Dad, "This is my beloved Child, with whom I am well-pleased." If more kids could hear unconditional love from their dads, like Jesus heard from his Dad, then many of our social ills would surely decrease. Dr. John Trent tells of a childhood friend who came from a tough home environment. Roger's father was an alcoholic. His erratic behavior while drinking kept the ...

1517. Any Friendly Bears Out There?

Matthew 22:34-40

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King Duncan

... . Actually, scientists tell us that in the very earliest days of human history, when people still lived in caves, they learned to tame dogs for protection. There was one thing the dogs could give them besides love. Dogs have a very highly developed sense of smell. They could smell wild animals approaching and give their owners warning. I have a drawing of a nose here. I am not much of an artist. Noses come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, don't they? But regardless of ...

1518. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:31-38

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King Duncan

... 't. We should be able to, though. You know how? The Bible says that we can know who is a Christian by his or her love. Christians try to love others like Jesus loves us. In fact, the Bible says that we love because Jesus first loved us. Did you know that love is something you catch? Just like a cold. You can't love unless someone first loves you. For most of us, we learned to love, first of all, from our parents--as they held us in their arms when we were tiny babies. And we are so thankful for our mothers ...

1519. In A Time Of War

Exodus 20:1-21

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King Duncan

... . . . for us. God's heart goes out to all who suffer. That, of course, is what the cross is all about. You want to know how much God's heart breaks at the sight of human suffering? Go to Calvary. See his body broken, his blood shed. If someone you love is in harm's way this day, rest assured that God is more concerned about him or her than you are. In our epistle today, St. Paul called it the foolishness of God. He writes in the eighteenth verse of the first chapter of I Corinthians: "For the message about ...

1520. A Way Made Ready

Mark 1:1-8

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Darrick Acre

... The presence of God bombards our lives, sweeping over us like waves in the ocean. “Amen?” The Scriptures give us image upon image of the Lord as the One who comes. Coming to humanity is a reflection of the very nature of God. His nature is love, and love comes, love gives, love can’t do anything else. God is constantly coming to us. Our hope, that makes all the shadows in our lives and the world lose their bite, is that He comes; has come, is coming, and will come again; Advent. Now, you see John the ...

1521. What’s the Good Word?

John 1:1-18

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Donald B. Strobe

... The little girl confidently replied, “They will when I get through!” Well, when Jesus Christ got through, we did not know what God looks like, but rather what God is like...which is much more important. Jesus told us, and, even more importantly, showed us, that God is Love. “What God was, the Word was...” and is. Because of Jesus, we know what God is like. The Good News of the Gospel is not so much that Jesus is like God, but rather that God is like Jesus. In a famous old cathedral in Rome they tell ...

1522. Who Counted the Fish?

John 21:1-14, John 21:15-25

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Donald B. Strobe

... -old boy to his mother while he was on vacation in Switzerland. He wrote this: “Dear Mom, yesterday the instructor took eight of us to the slopes to teach us to ski. I was not very good at it, so I broke a leg. Thank goodness, it wasn’t mine! Love, Billy.” Now, that mother had only a limited insight into what actually happened on the ski slopes of Switzerland that day. And you and I have only a limited insight into what happened on the shore of the Sea of Galilee that day. But one thing we know. Jesus ...

1523. The Chicken or the Egg

Mark 1:1-8

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Donald B. Strobe

... and my mind in neutral, and rattling them off unthinkingly. When I read Pastor Kenney’s words, I began to wonder about them: Just how truly and how earnestly must one repent before one can feel worthy enough to approach the Communion Table? And just how much love and charity toward my neighbors am I supposed to have? Can such things be measured or quantified? And doesn’t it say that we are to draw near with faith? Is that faith to be in our own righteousness, or in the gracious invitation of God? Peraps ...

1524. The Danger Of Straying From Home (Father's Day)

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Maxie Dunnam

... named George comes back from the war to his wife, Maggie, only to tell her that he wants to leave her for another woman. Maggie replies that she has a few words for him: "I did not marry you because you were perfect. I did not marry you because I loved you. I married you because you gave me a promise...That promise made up for your faults. And the promise I gave you made up for mine. Two imperfect people got married, and it was the promise that made our marriage...And when our children were growing up, it ...

1525. The Problem with Signs

John 6:25-59

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King Duncan

... his trust in God was firm. Ashe knew that regardless of the outcome, God would remain with him in his ordeal. (2) What an amazing testimony of faith. Could you do that? Is your faith that strong? You see, many, if not most of us, are insecure about God's love. If things are going our way, if the children are healthy, if the house payment is made, if things are going well on the job--then yes, God is with us. But let sickness come, or financial adversity, or an attack of the blues for any reason, and then we ...

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