Sermon and Worship Resources

Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

Showing 1576 to 1600 of 4963 results

1576. Called to Be Saints

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... place? So let us consider the text today (and for the five Sundays yet to come, for they all flow out of this text as an address to the Corinthians) as a letter to us today and ask how we respond to the language Paul is using. My own personal response when I hear words like this - and I suspect I am not much different from the average person - is to ask just how or why God has bothered to call me into such a special position. It is rather astounding that he would even concern himself with me one way ...

1577. Issachar

Genesis 49:1-28

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... took the greatest risk of all when he gave his Son to humankind. What does it mean to be free? What is liberation? It means being free to risk failure; being able to make up one’s own mind, knowing the decision may prove costly. It means assuming responsibility for one’s actions. It means being a full human being, not a mule. It has become commonplace, "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis remain neutral." Perhaps we might add, and for those who go to sleep. 1 ...

1578. Why Did God Allow That To Happen?

John 9:1-41

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... for question one, the "why" question, it tells us that God planned for this poor man to suffer over thirty years of blindness so that he would be available as a handy subject for a miracle when Jesus came along. No loving God would do that! Jesus' response is to the second question: What good can come out of this tragedy? He said that the blind man would be a living demonstration of the power of God. And that is exactly what happened. Jesus healed him, and the story of that healing will be told throughout ...

1579. Can a Christian Go to Hell?

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... our fellowmen is that God first loves us and makes it possible for us to love each other. "We love him hecause he first loved us." Our love is a response to the love of God experienced in Christ. First there is the vertical dimension of love - love of God in response to God’s prior love. Then there is the horizontal dimension of love - love for each other as a response to our love for God. If God loves us, how can we in return love God? We love God by loving our fellow humans. Some years ago Life magazine ...

1580. It Takes Two to Preach!

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... . The responding congregation helps the preacher to be his very best. The people seem to draw the Word out of him and he often preaches beyond himself as the people seem to say, "Tell us more, preacher. Give it to us, preacher!" There should be an even greater response when the sermon is over. A sermon was meant not only to be heard and enjoyed but to be lived. The pastor delivers the sermon to the church on Sundays to be delivered to the world throughout the rest of the week. In church the people hear a ...

1581. Incalculable Riches by Bishop Roy C. Nichols

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... the Crucifixion, then you must believe in the necessity of the Resurrection. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and if this be not true, then the Church of Jesus Christ cannot be the Church, and the Christian has no reason for enthusiasm. Our response to God’s grace is the motivator of Christian faith and works. The church always comes to life when the people of God begin to rejoice again; not alone in the fact of our hope in Christ, but in the personal experience of the meaning of ...

1582. When The Cheering Stopped

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... events as Jesus comes to Jerusalem. The ones who are constantly making reference to Jesus’ Messiahship are the disenfranchised of society. On the way to the capital city a poor blind beggar cries out: “Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.” And what was the response of the crowd? They rebuked him and told him to shut up. Then Jesus makes his triumphant entry into the city and there are shouts of Hosanna, blessed be the son of David. But look who it is in the temple court that is yelling out this ...

1583. Strained Gnats

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... that they grew, and they took that requirement literally and seriously, even to the extent of tithing garden herbs grown in very small quantities. Jesus apparently believed in tithing, but he did not believe that that was the whole of one’s responsibility. He was quite critical of these people, not because of their tithing, but because of their neglect of matters he considered more important than the meticulous tithing of garden herbs. The Law said something about "justice and mercy and faith," too, and ...

1584. The Light that Shines Within

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... he feels in his stomach. I well remember the time such a man approached me on a Cincinnati street and said the usual thing: "Mister, can you spare a dime?" That was before inflation and certain other changes after which such people usually ask for dollars rather than dimes. My response to this man was: "My friend, is it a dime you really need?" In my heart I was saying to him: Is it a dime you deeply want? Will a dime solve your problem? Will it fulfill your life? It is enough? And then I said to him, "Why ...

1585. When Your Sister or Brother Stumbles

2 Corinthians 2:5-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... obligation does she have to that cheating neighbor other than to write to Ann Landers about her? It bothers me deeply that when a church member experiences a moral failure, the reaction of many other church members is to ignore him or gossip about him. Neither of these responses is fit for a Christian. I have two sisters who live in other states. If I were to receive a credible report that one of my sisters was using an illegal drug, do you think for a moment that I would ignore the matter or gossip about ...

1586. THE JOURNEY

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... you’re not going back. CAIN I have my businesses to consider. GRACE Of course. CAIN I may start back tomorrow. GRACE (Playing with the radio) Makes no difference to me. CAIN Hey, are you mad or something? (She turns away) I didn’t scare you, did I? (No response from GRACE) Some people, you know, they don’t understand. GRACE I’m all right. CAIN I mean, as far as the radio goes, I can take it or leave it. (Closing the gap between himself and GRACE) But, you see, I’m a very enthusiastic person. I get ...

1587. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... often rejects him, God at times raps us for what we do, and holds us accountable for our actions. Too often we take one another off the hook for our behavior by blaming what we do on some sort of pre-determinism. Man, therefore, is not capable of a positive response to God or his wishes for us. Since that is the case, what right does God have to line out these guides for living and expect us to live by them? What right does he have to thunder against us for failing to do what is impossible because of our ...

1588. Chapter VIII

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... who inhabit it. And that is one of the reasons God put us here in the first place. "Be fruitful and multiply," God told man after he made him (Genesis 1:28). That directive meant more than to fill the earth with babies! To be "fruitful" meant that we are responsible for providing for persons other than just ourselves. The fruit it bears is not for the tree. It is for those who pass by. God calls us to do just that as we pass through life. Those who do not do it steal life. That is why the man who ...

1589. Chapter IX

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... God, or the gods that he worshiped. This mentioning of the divine had a two-fold purpose, at least. By using his name God would be invited to watch over what was about to be said, and to check to see that the testimony was accurate. Secondly, God would be responsible in the future to punish the person who lied when he spoke his piece. Hence, in either case, woe be it to the man who twisted the truth out of shape. Yet, while the primary stage where this Commandment was set to play its part was in the law ...

1590. Parents, Tend Those Lambs!

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... FEED THOSE LAMBS. When Jesus issued this command to Simon Peter he was not thinking of the food we eat with our mouths. He was referring to the Bread of Life which he alone supplies, the spiritual food that is necessary for our souls. Parents, it is our responsibility to open the Bible to our children, to pray with them, and to introduce them to God. Of all our tasks, this one is most vital. Children spend only 1 percent of their time under the influence of the Sunday School. Only 7 percent of their time is ...

1591. Comfort in God's Love

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... , this shirt would probably make me feel really uncomfortable and I would probably look very silly if I tried to wear it. Maybe I should try to find a shirt that fits me a little better. Pull out the big sweatshirt. What do you think of this one? (response) It sure does look comfortable doesn’t it? This might be just the ticket. Pull the big sweatshirt on over your Sunday clothes. Wow! It is so warm and comfortable! I have plenty of space to move around and breathe! It feels like it was made just for ...

1592. Steadfast Love, Every Day

Hosea 6:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... Pole is pointing 23.5 degrees to the right. See how the Earth is spinning so that we turn away from the sun and then back towards it? I made a mark to show where we are. Show the mark. See how we move in and out of the light? Response. It takes just about 24 hours for the Earth to completely turn around like this. And that is why we have sunrise and sunset. Let’s see that again. Rotate the globe once. See, that’s what happens to the earth in one day! Everything on Earth is in tune ...

1593. Forgive Us Our Debts

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... not given any protection at all. What happened cut him deeply. Oh, we have our cliches. I’ll forgive, but I won’t forget. The elder son might have said something like that, but he would have gone on to add an addendum: don’t tell me it is my responsibility before God to forgive him and don’t tell me that my need for forgiveness is the same as his, because I know there is a difference. Let the record show that I am the forgiver and he is the forgiven. I have the moral high ground. I will forgive ...

1594. The State Of The Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... have dropped by 29 percent. The Presbyterian Church has experienced a 25 percent decline. Even the Southern Baptists, who have not shown much of a decline, if any, are having such inner conflict that it may be a sign of trouble for the future. The response of the church to these problems has been one of uncertainty and confusion. Like the young parents who forgot their baby, we, as a church, have forgotten something very important. We have forgotten what our mission is as the disciples of Jesus Christ in ...

1595. Religion In A Nutshell

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Robert Allen

... to come out of my illness is that I’m finally getting Bill to church." On my visits to see Mildred in the hospital, I began to talk with Bill about making a commitment to Christ and the church. At first, I thought I was wasting my time. Bill’s response to my inquiries was often anger. He couldn’t understand why Mildred, who had lived such a good life, was having to suffer. But, little by little, his attitude began to change. One day he looked at me and said, "Robert, there seems to be a lot of rules ...

1596. Pontius Pilate - Adamant, But Acquiescent

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... out for myself, didn’t I? When I told the men who accused Jesus that I found him guilty of no crime, they were relentless. They stated that he had been stirring up people all over, starting with Galilee. That gave me a chance to try to shift responsibility. Herod, tetrach of Galilee, was in Jerusalem at the time, and even though I had ultimate authority over all Palestine, I thought it both fair and good political sense, to send Jesus to Herod. I know now it did not help Jesus any. Herod and his soldiers ...

1597. Great Grace Was Upon Them!

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. (2:15-17) In the Bible there is no divorce between spirituality and social responsibility. The vertical dimension of the community of believers - that is, our prayer life, worship and study, produces a horizontal expression. This sharing is not forced, nor is it a condition of entrance into a congregation. Sharing our resources is not to be looked upon as the ...

1598. Stewards of Creation

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... the enemy to be tamed rather than the precious resource it is. Because of that, you and I can drive through the Iowa plains after a beautiful white snowfall and see the side ditches turn black with the blowing of the rich top-soil. Our responsibility is to manage for a while this marvelous creation which belongs to the creator so that it benefits all creatures on earth who depend on it for life, health, and fulfillment. We therefore have to balance all kinds of conflicting needs and relationships in order ...

1599. Stewards and Our Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:12-31, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... sisters and brothers. We have a ministry to fulfill out in the world where we live, play, work, and witness. Each must identify the gift that God has given and offer it up to the mutual well-being and upbuilding of other brothers and sisters. Stewardship is a big responsibility, isn’t it? God created humans and "put us in charge." We are also in charge of ourselves and the gifts God has given to each one of us. To use our gifts out in the world where our ministry happens is crucial. We have gifts from God ...

1600. Resurrection: From Slave to Child

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... would see Jesus, and let him impart The truth he came among us to reveal, Till in the gracious message we should feel The beating of God’s heart.* *W. J. Suckow, Christ in Poetry, edited by Thomas Curtis Clark, Association Press, New York City, 1952, p. 87. Hymn Response "We would see Jesus; lo, his star is shining" (v. 5) The Pastoral Prayer Eternal God, we are a mixed company in this place. Some of us have prayed here for many years; others of us are new - perhaps new to prayer as well as this place. We ...

Showing results