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1626. He Came Seeking Fruit

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Clement E. Lewis

... , well and good; but if not, you can cut it down." A parable is a teaching tool. The symbolism here sounds very much like God is the owner, and Jesus is the advocate, saying, "Give it another chance." God expects each of us to be accountable for the character of our lives and what they produce. Jesus was sent by God, with the purpose of providing us with a Redeemer, one who is interested in providing us a way to receive merciful judgment. Sinners, with the help of God's Son, may be helped to renewed life ...

1627. Strong Faith For Weak People

Romans 14:1--15:13

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Clement E. Lewis

... standing. We need to remember the words of Paul: "Let all be fully convinced in their own minds." Christian belief and practice is a matter of personal conviction, rather than imposed status symbols. Nothing is much worse than the wishy-washy person, who has no character norm, and whose judgment has but one criteria: "What's most popular?" The important thing is that what we believe and do to be holy unto God, and an honor unto Jesus Christ our Savior. We are all bound together as a common whole, not ...

1628. Getting the Mud Out

John 9:1-12

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Richard F. Bansemer

This whole chapter in John, Chapter 9, is devoted to this one healing miracle. The man born blind has character. He will not wilt under powerful crossfire. He knows what happened to him, and he will not be talked out of it. Jesus could have said, "I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day." He didn't. Instead he said, "We." He said, "We ...

1629. I Am The Bread Of Life

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... God intended it to be. Bread has power but in the end its power will fail. Bread can buy you land but not love; it can buy you bonds but not brotherhood; gold but not gladness; silver but not sincerity; hospitals but not health; 3 karats but not character; houses but not homes. You can trade bread for commodities but not comfort, real estate but not righteousness, hotels but not heaven. To satisfy your hunger for heaven you cannot eat the bread of earth, you must eat the bread of God. That bread is He who ...

1630. Lent 2

Mark 8:31--9:1, Mark 9:2-13

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Dennis Koch

... hear your words about saving life and losing life and our understanding of thesewords is turned upside-down. We are afraid of suffering. Take our weak faith and make it stronger than anything else in our lives. By your grace, transform our understanding of suffering into something which builds endurance, character, and hope. As Jesus put his life on the line for us, grant us the courage to live our lives for him. Amen.

1631. Receive The Holy Spirit

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Larry Powell

... of Christ? Or, are these new friends in Christ invited to stand at the chancel or in the narthex and be largely ignored by a fellowship which has only moments before assumed certain responsibilities pertaining to their spiritual life? Invitations, like personal characters, come in different sizes. Billy Sunday's music director, a Mr. Rodeheaver whose first name is not known to me, recorded the following story about a young boy who sang in his choir. The boy's name was Joey and Rodeheaver delicately ...

1632. Just Speak The Word

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Larry Powell

... heal his slave, it was in the context of authority. Hardly. We will not want to rush past the fact that what we see happening here was a radical departure from our general characterization. This particular centurion jumps out at us because he is out of character. Jesus could not help but be impressed. He was further impressed when the Jewish elders volunteered, "He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he built us a synagogue (7:4, 5)." Jesus apparently was even more impressed ...

1633. The Infinite Becomes An Infant

Matthew 1:18-25

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John R. Brokhoff

... would seem that having two birth stories together would be a duplication for both preacher and people. But, there is a difference in the accounts that remove the supposed duplication. Matthew gives the account from Joseph's viewpoint while Luke makes Mary the central character. Matthew does not give details such as the angel's visit to Mary, the census, the inn, the shepherds' visit and the angels' song. Matthew gives us the basic facts: Mary was the mother, she was impregnated by the Holy Spirit, the birth ...

1634. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... with her son about the father with whom he has become disenchanted. She tries to explain about the man she loves. "I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper. He's not the finest character that ever lived. But, he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He's not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person."8 Jesus is ...

1635. Christ the King

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

... have that achievement. The leadership problem will be solved. He is not exactly clear how. His picture of that king to come is still shrouded in fog. But fog-shrouded as Jeremiah's vision is, it still does provide us with some insights into the nature and character of this king God did send, the King on the cross, the King ascended and glorified beyond space, beyond time. Jeremiah sees that king first as a shepherd, then as the bringer of justice and finally as the direct hand of God. A beloved analogy of ...

1636. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, Crete, Arabia, Rome - and so the list goes on. Imagine their amazement! They all heard about the mighty acts of God in their own tongue. There can be no doubt that God intends everyone to know of the international character of Christianity, that the gospel is for the whole world, and that Christ is a universal Savior! You can count on it: when the Holy Spirit is present, he makes Christ known to the hearts of those who will hear. I preached at a camp ...

1637. Healing For The Past

Joshua 5:1-12

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Barbara Brokhoff

... often stabs you, your guilt consumes you, you dare not think of it at night or you'll never sleep a wink, sometimes you think it will drive you crazy - oh, how the memories of the past burn! In the play, Richard the Third, Shakespeare's character, King Richard, walks the stage and confesses, "My conscience has a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain." I doubt seriously that there is a single person reading this message, or hearing it ...

1638. Proper 13

Mt 14:13-21 · Rom 8:31-39 · Ex 12:1-14 · Ps 143

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... are hungry - Matthew 14:14 Illustration The Significance of Being Fed. A few years ago there was a Broadway play, Driving Miss Daisy, and more recently it was made into a movie which was perhaps the most popular movie of the year. There were only three characters: Daisy, her son and a black chauffeur named Hoke. When Daisy became 70 years of age, her son hired, against her will, a chauffeur because of his fears she would have an accident. Daisy put up with Hoke and treated him very coldly and formally ...

1639. Are Half-Painted Rainbows Enough?

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

James Weekley

... him he said, "Henry, Henry, why are you there?" Thoreau replied, "Mr. Emerson, why aren't you here?" Today, the magnetism of the Christ summons us to that "hereness," to keep his truth sunnyside up. As the Master Carpenter he seeks to take up shop in our character. He sees our wealth of potential. With his hands and our faith, his goodness of hope can happen. In one of his stories he draws upon the analogy of a mustard seed. It's scarcely larger than a pin head. If given proper nourishment and care, it ...

1640. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Erskine White

... puppy and a baby girl, so now may we find an answer to this larger question in a story about a former big city major named Fiorello LaGuardia. As some of you know, LaGuardia was mayor of New York during the Depression, and he was quite a character. He would ride the city fire trucks, take entire orphanages to baseball games and whenever the city newspapers went on strike, he would get on the radio and read the Sunday "funnies" to the children. At any rate, one bitter cold winter’s night in 1935, Mayor ...

1641. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Erskine White

... Finally, we turn to Jesus, through Whom we understand and interpret all of Scripture. And we see throughout the gospels that every time Jesus has dealings with women, He stands radically ahead of His time and ahead of our time, too. He judges women by their character and not by their sex. Jesus knows the simple truth that women are human, which means that they need His mercy and salvation just as much as men do. People ask why Jesus didn't have any women as disciples. Well, one commentator (Donald Bloesch ...

1642. Two Thieves

Luke 23:32-43

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Erskine White

... His way to Calvary! Of course, we know that there were three crosses on the hill that day. Jesus died with two other men, one on His right and one on His left and it’s those two men I want to talk about today. You might call them minor characters. The Bible doesn’t even tell us their names, but all four gospels agree that they were there, two thieves who died with Jesus on that hill so far away, crucified with our Lord and sharing His fate on Rome’s cruel emblem of suffering and shame. John’s gospel ...

1643. The Unity Of The Church

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Erskine White

... communists or capitalists second? Would they still be so suspicious of one another as they are today, unable to secure the peace they both evidently seek? And what about the imaginary town I just described to you? How would the whole life and character of that town change if people saw themselves as Christians first? Instead of being divided by class or creed or color, suppose those Christians suddenly became one people - patient with each other and forbearing one another in love, brought together in a new ...

1644. Count Your Blessings

1 Corinthians 1:7

Children's Sermon

Object: a picture or puppet of the "Count" from Sesame Street Good morning, boys and girls. I brought a friend to help us do something special today. (Hold up the picture or puppet.) Do you know this character? (Let them respond.) It's the Count from Sesame Street. What is the Count's favorite thing to do? (Let them respond.) That's right, he loves to count. He came with me today because we are going to count some things. Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Advent ...

1645. You Are There

Mark 1:21-28

Children's Sermon

... and a newscaster to present the news. The children will need to review the story and all think of questions that the reporters could ask all the people involved. The focus is not only on the facts of the story, but on the feelings of the characters and on seeing the story from different points of view. The children may not have had practice in acting in an ad lib style, so practice in exploring feelings and lots of suggestions from the teacher will probably be necessary depending on the ages of the ...

1646. The Faith of the Cannanite Woman

Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

Brett Blair

... wrote of a concert pianist the four words: He was a failure, you could always say: That was his opinion. But if one of the world's great musicians wrote, “He was a genius,” then you are apt to take the remark more seriously. There was a character in the Gospel who Jesus once described with four immortal words: Great is your faith (Matthew's version 15:21-28). She was a Canaanite woman who came from the country to the north of Palestine, a country hostile to the Jews. She was presumably married, she had ...

1647. Epiphany 4

Psalm 71:1-24, 1 Corinthians 14:1-25, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Jeremiah 1:1-19, Luke 4:14-30

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George Bass

... Pastor Martin's stock-in-trade. The room fell silent as his eyes took on a faraway look and he cleared his throat to call the 'mob' to attention. As he warmed to his task, Pastor Martin began to pace and then to perspire. Biblical characters came alive. Kings drove chariots and Cadillacs, warriors used swords and bazookas, merchants hawked spices and bubble gum. I wonder now if our pastor was a fan of Peter Marshall and his 'sanctified imagination.' I have some sense of the pastor's style predating that ...

1648. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

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George Bass

... , through Jesus Christ our Lord." THE READINGS Jeremiah 17:5-8 (RC, L); 17:5-10 (E, C) Scholars disagree on the authorship of this poem in Jeremiah 17, some asserting that it could be his, while others insist that it is totally out of character with his prophecies. It doesn't really matter about the authorship of this, because its affinity with the Gospel for the Day is the reason it was selected as the first reading. The passage presents two radically contrasting pictures of human beings; those who trust ...

1649. Lent 4

Luke 15:1-7, Joshua 5:1-12, Isaiah 12:1-6, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 15:11-32

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George Bass

... ends on a note of rejoicing: "Be glad you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; shout for joy, all who are true of heart." Were it used as an introit, rather than as a responsory to the first reading, it would make an incisive announcement about the "rejoicing" character of this Sunday. Psalm 34:1-6 (RC); 34:1-8 (E) - One could very well employ this psalm in "liturgical tandem" with Psalm 32, because it gives voice to the joy that the faithful know on this Sunday in Lent with specific mention of the "glory of ...

1650. Easter 6

John 14:15-31, Psalm 67:1-7, Acts 15:22-35, Joel 2:18-27, Revelation 21:1-27

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George Bass

... the concern for farms and crops for this year to a care of the Earth Sunday as long as the earth remains, for all time. The Rogate title, however, came from the three Rogation Days which follow it, which were "asking" days, penitential in character, for the faithful. However, Rogate does not exist any longer, and the Sunday is simply labeled the Sixth Sunday of Easter, which is, in numerical sequence, the Fifth Sunday after Easter. But caring and concerned Christians observe every Sunday, every day, as care ...

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