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1526. Respect

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... ways. Paul’s great description hammers home through the simile of the human body that each of us is necessary for the good of the Body of Christ. None of us has all the truth. We are a mixed bag of the necessary. When each part has equal concern for each other so that all suffer if one suffers and all rejoice when one is honored, that is respect. Respect for that which is different seems to be the defining mark of Paul’s entire ministry. The gifts he identifies among the Corinthians seem almost to be ...

1527. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... let despair and lethargy prevail. He did not just sing that opening complaint psalm. He turned his despair to God: “I will stand at my watchpost and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what he will answer concerning my complaint” (2:1). Oh, how we have a mouthful to say about God sometimes, especially when we have a complaint about life! “Where is God?” we ask when life does not go our way. The author of Habakkuk had another song to sing, one that came ...

1528. Light for Beauty

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... . God has given us every reason to think about ourselves as people in whom God takes special interest and delight. That is what this Epiphany Season is all about. The Epiphany texts are selected to help us see how God reveals himself with special concern in the Person of Jesus. Everything that God did to restore ancient Israel in reclaiming them is the same way God continues to reach out to us. Epiphany is a good time for us to review how God makes special efforts to unfold in fresh and unique ways the ...

1529. The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... before, on live television. On and on we could go with a moving and poignant litany of these powerful images etched indelibly into our hearts and minds. Now, I don’t want to be overly dramatic or sensationalistic this morning, but I do think this is what we are concerned about today. I do think this is the elephant in the room right now. I do think we need to grapple with this together. I do think we need to try to bring some spiritual light to the situation. Let me admit up front that I am certainly no ...

1530. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... interpretation of Christ’s final hours ever put on film. He said that as a film it is a great movie. The actors do a wonderful job. It is an epic great film. At one point in the review Roger Ebert paused and then thoughtfully made this remark concerning the charges of anti-Semitism: “It’s not that the Jews killed Christ; it’s that mankind killed Christ. He died for OUR sins. You killed Christ. I killed Christ. If you are a Christian, if you believe this, then that’s is what we have to believe ...

1531. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

James W. Moore

... then, he looked into his father’s eyes and instead of anger or hostility, he saw there his father’s sympathy and concern; he saw there his father’s love and compassion. Then, instead of exploding into tears, the little boy suddenly burst into laughter. What ... look at Jesus we see what God is like and what God wants us to be like! Jesus shows us the love, the compassion, the concern and the empathy in the Father’s eyes... and that’s the good news of our faith. Jesus reveals that God looks at us not ...

1532. Jesus and Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Dr. Boyd E. Wagner

... without service. It’s hard not to be a bit materialistic when you are starving to death. Jesus is not calling us not the have the material – but to realize the power and the tyranny of things. Isn’t it interesting, he said, “Martha, I’m concerned about the things… the many things that are bothering you.” What is it that gets between us and God and our religious experience? So often it is the “things.” We become the victims of plenty. We start out, you know, driving an automobile and then ...

1533. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... tend to be exorbitant, but was that any call to do what he did? Whether he knew it or not, these merchants were there by the express permission of the High Priest, and indeed, some of them were the High Priest's relatives. No wonder the council was concerned. To be sure, some of my brethren were more than a little distressed. They went to Jesus to demand by what authority he had done such a thing. But the answer they came back with was very unclear. They knew of his miracles and wonderful works and they ...

1534. Work (Labor Day)

Genesis 1:1 - 2:25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... fly home did his job just as faithfully as you have done yours here during the last semester." A groan went up from the assembled students. Uh-huh. Rightly understood, the daily job is a daily offering to God.(3) Another belief of the Puritans concerned the motivation and goals of work. The rewards of work, according to the Puritans, were spiritual and moral, not simply financial. Our own John Calvin said that we know that men were created to busy themselves with labor for the common good - not simply to ...

1535. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Lord had provided, did not give to the church as they should have, we are paying the penalty today. You have heard me worry before about the line in the Lord's Prayer we recite each week, the sentence that says, "Give us this day our daily bread." What concerns me is that that same line is prayed by millions of desperately poor and hungry people around the world. Now, it is obvious that God has provided daily bread, and frankly, much more than we need. But it occurs to me that God is answering the prayer of ...

1536. Growing in Faith

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ? Truth be known, this congregation has had the reputation of being a COLD church, but that is changing FAST! Congratulations! You are a very FRIENDLY bunch, and more and more people are finding that out. Keep up the good work. 5. Members personally experience the care and concern of other members. Is that the case here? If a member of this church finds his or her life tumbling in, can that one count on you and you and you and you for support? I hope so. And 6. The congregation has an effective, formal ...

1537. A Mother's Gift

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... asking God for strength to make the world a better place, Hannah had simply sought a better place for herself in the world as it was. She smiled now as she wondered if God ever had the luxury of working with pure motives where human beings are concerned. No matter. That was God's problem. Hannah remembered that when she and Elkanah returned home to Ramah that year, nature had taken its course, and before time for the return to Shiloh for the next annual feast, she had given birth to Samuel. She missed the ...

1538. A New Look at an Old Treasure

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a shepherd's weapons offer a modicum of comfort - the writer of the psalm seems to be envisioning himself as a sheep. OK. But then there is the line that has the sheep celebrating being led in paths of righteousness. Can you imagine a sheep concerned with "righteousness?" Or, for that matter, can you envision one ruminating over its own end in "the valley of the shadow of death?" The words are indeed beautiful, but the logic seems confused. As we read further, we hear of that banquet table, the anointing ...

1539. Grace and Golf

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in the church regarding whether or not it was all right to eat meat which had previously been offered or dedicated to a pagan idol (and in first-century Corinth, almost all meat had). This had become a serious issue in the church because some were concerned that eating the meat would be offering tacit acceptance of these false gods; others said that since those so-called gods were not gods at all, go ahead and eat. Now Paul had been asked to play referee, and in this case, he makes everyone happy - he ...

1540. When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

Ecc 2:1-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... new about such thoughts. The book from which we read earlier - Ecclesiastes - is, of all the books in the Bible, uniquely concerned with this question of the meaning of life. Ecclesiastes is a small book (barely a dozen pages long in most editions) ... with whom he rubbed shoulders day-in and day-out who could have insured that his life would have meaning simply through his care and concern for them. I remember a song we sang in our high school chorus: No man is an island; No man stands alone; Each man's ...

1541. The Blame Game

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Jew; the gospels wanted to dismiss that notion. The truth, of course, is that most Jews of Jesus' day never ever heard of him and could have cared less whether he lived or died. Some knew of him and became followers. Some knew of him and became concerned, the most notable being the leaders of the Temple. They were afraid this rabble-rousing rabbi who went around talking about the "Kingdom of God" was going to rouse the wrath of the empire of Caesar, or at least Caesar's hand-picked governor, Pontius Pilate ...

1542. The Preacher Was A Bigot

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... gospel is for everyone, but we all know that the most segregated hour in America is 11:00 o'clock Sunday morning. Through the years the churches of this nation have sent the message loud and clear...NO NINEVITES WELCOME HERE! I heard a story sometime back. It concerns a little old black man who came to a lily-white southern church one Communion Sunday. The usher showed the man to a seat right down in the front, then when it came time for the distribution of the elements, he served the man just like everyone ...

1543. The "T" Word

Malachi 3:6-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... use the money to respond to needs as they were presented. That way he was never tempted to weigh between something for himself and some worthy cause, but rather simply between one cause and another. Neat idea. And good Biblical stewardship. One question that always comes up concerning tithing is do we base it on the gross or the net? Before taxes or after? The best response I have heard is this: suppose God were to change the plan for one year and, instead of asking for a tenth, were to give you an extra ...

1544. The Lord's Prayer: "Lead Us Not Into Temptation"

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... by evil, and He himself tempts no one." Nothing could be more clear than that. God does NOT tempt people into sin. "Lead us not into temptation" is the cry of the anguished heart, terrified that it might not measure up. The second linguistic concern involves the final word of the petition: EVIL. In the original Greek, we find a definite article prior to the word, making the phrase read literally, "But deliver us from THE evil." We cannot tell whether Jesus, speaking in the vocabulary of his day, meant ...

1545. The Apostle's Creed: Jesus Christ...Our Lord

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... do YOU say that I am?' Simon Peter replied, `You are the proleptic, salvific, hidden appearance of the eschatological kingdom of God.' And Jesus answered him and said, `WHAT???'" What, indeed! What about Jesus? When it comes right down to it, we know rather little, at least concerning the details of Jesus' life. Jesus left no record. He kept no diary. He wrote no book. All that we know about him is crowded in a few pages at the opening of the New Testament. You can read it through in a few hours. The story ...

1546. When Evil Wins

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... meant that Philip had married his own niece. Herodias was a deceitful and ambitious woman who saw in Antipas a ticket to power and influence. So the two of them deserted Philip and headed back to Galilee. This was OK as far as Roman law was concerned, but not Jewish law,(4) and Galilee was a Jewish land. Enter John the Baptist. Not one to mince words - he was more than content to call his wilderness congregation a pack of snakes - he thundered against this incestuous relationship: "It is not lawful for you ...

1547. No Holding Back

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... back. A letter will be going out to St. Paul members tomorrow informing you that on November 23rd, three weeks from today, we will celebrate Consecration Sunday here. Between now and then, you will be asked to prayerfully consider what God would have you do concerning the stewardship of those possessions with which you have been entrusted. You will not be asked to make any commitment to a church budget; you will simply be asked to estimate your giving for the coming year. Dr. Joe Mullin will be our preacher ...

1548. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more reasonable to me than the traditional concept. How long will it last? Again, the tradition says forever. But the tradition also said at one time that human slavery was God-ordained, and in some churches even today that women are second-class citizens. Concerning our understanding of unending Hell, it makes more sense to me to say it probably depends on the situation. Again, the punishment would fit the crime. In preparing for this message, I checked every New Testament reference to Hell to see if ANY ...

1549. The Christ of the Commonplace

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... into the story. Cleopas and David (or Cleopas and Debbie...or Connie or Jim or Jane or Bob or John), out on the road, home to Emmaus. This idea of inserting our own name into the story makes sense. They were just like us. They had the same concerns that have been common in every age - keeping body and soul together, keeping out of trouble, keeping in tune with the times, and now keeping a stiff upper lip in the face of dashed hopes and shattered dreams. Just like us. They were religious folk, just like us ...

1550. Merry XMas

John 1:1-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more than just another baby. Without that birth, we would be immeasurably worse off. Think about the world as it existed before the coming of Christ. We take for granted what only centuries of Christian influence have brought about. No longer do we concern ourselves about questions of human slavery, but it existed that night in Bethlehem. Women are no longer considered as little more than property, but they were that evening in the Judean hills. The hard labor of little children is today prohibited by law ...

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