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1626. Share Your Unique Story

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... suggest to us that we too have a unique story of our own to tell? To be sure it is the old, old story that Peter outlined to Cornelius and his household, but remember Peter personalized the story. He told the story from his own point of view. He made plain how this story made an impact on him personally. Unfortunately, some churches do not give the impression that they have a compelling story to tell. Mahatma Gandhi who spearheaded the 1947 independence movement in India lived as a young man in South Africa ...

1627. Enlarge Your Horizons

Ephesians 3:1-13

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... stands on civil rights at home or risking abuse by seeking ways to bring peace among Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Mid-east.1 How big is your world today? Are you ready to enlarge your horizons? Does Christ's coming have implications for your own world view? The apostle Paul lived in a big world and was always ready to enlarge his horizons because Christ's coming had changed the way he looked at life. In our lectionary text today from Paul's third chapter in his Letter to the Ephesians he writes of ...

1628. What's The Point?

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... God has never experienced the God who is really God."7 Jeremiah heard God. He just didn't believe in God, so he didn't believe in Jeremiah. "... I am only a boy. " I can't do that, he said. What we have here is life from two points of view: God's and ours. God sees who we are, who he made us to be, and all the possibilities in that. We see ourselves for who we are, what we've made of our lives, and all the limitations in that. Jeremiah was well aware of his limitations. He wasn ...

1629. Why A Cross?

John 19:17-27

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... could he not have lived a little longer, and perhaps trained hundreds of disciples instead of just a dozen. Why was the cross necessary, and what difference does it make in our lives today? 1. The Logical Outcome Of Jesus' Life From a historian's point of view, the cross was the only logical outcome of our Lord's life and ministry. To be sure, he could have stayed at the carpenter's bench in Nazareth. He could have refrained from attacking the hypocrisy of the priests and Pharisees. If only he had held his ...

1630. Our Helper

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... of life with their life-changing message of Christ and his love. David J. Bosch in his book, A Spirituality For The Road,1 distinguishes between what he calls the Pilgrim's Progress Model and the Jonah Model of Christian discipleship. The Pilgrim's Progress model views the world as a threat and a source of contagion from which Christians must keep themselves untainted. To be saved in Christ means to be saved from this world. The Jonah Model, on the other hand, suggests that our calling is not a flight from ...

1631. Satisfaction Gauranteed

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... mountain climber who, after years of dreaming and planning and training, climbed the great Matterhorn, that uniquely shaped mountain in southeastern Switzerland. The man and his guide finally made it to the summit, with the raging wind blowing against them. Exhilarated at the incredible view and having reached the top, the man started to stand up and take it all in. Fortunately, the guide was alert and grabbed him before he did so, screaming in his ear above the raging gale, "Stay on your knees, man, or the ...

1632. Citizenship

Philippians 3:1-11

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... theory, you know. In other words, he is not personally involved in human affairs. CHRIS: Really? Hmmm. Well, I don't think that's true. Those men were all Bible-believing Christians. Probably Baptists. TERRY: Well, that's certainly an interesting point of view. CHRIS: Still, you have to admit that America is founded on Christian principles -- separation of church and state and so on. TERRY: Is that provision supposed to be for the benefit of the believers or the non-believers? CHRIS: For the believers, of ...

1633. Let Our Kids Pray

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

Carl B. Rife

... prayer is all about. It is nothing like that intense personal prayer that we find Jesus praying in Gethsemane. Some say well, prayer even in a formal, watered-down prayer cannot hurt anyone. I say that takes away the entire meaning of prayer when it is viewed that way. What we want our kids to do is to learn how to pray the kind of prayer that Jesus prayed in Gethsemane. Not give them some official version of a prayer that gets official approval through many committees. That leads to the third thing: The ...

1634. From A Distance

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... from a distance." Now for Edward Herbert, the father of Deism, and Voltaire, both of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and Thomas Paine, an American, also in the late eighteenth century, this song could have been their theme song. You see, Deism is one of the religious views of the Enlightenment which taught that God or the Deity created the world and then left it to itself, not intervening in any way in the affairs of nature or humanity. Yes, there's a God, says Deism, but to say that is only a ...

1635. Be Wise In The Spirit

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... new ideas, even if they make us appear to be foolish in the eyes of the wisdom elite of our day. To be wise in the Spirit we need heart. Regrettably, many of us, especially ministers, tend to be so intellectual that we approach everything from the point of view of the mind. The consequence is that we are less of a person than we might be if we gave proper balance between the heart and the intellect in our daily living and ministry. A pastor had the opportunity to attend a week-long conference in San Juan ...

1636. Look, The Morning Star

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... experiment with light therapy. By providing large doses of artificial light for prescribed periods during the day astonishing results happen. Light becomes a potent force in overcoming the winter blahs. Also, on the larger world scene not a few forecasters view the close of the twentieth century in murky terms without much light. Exploding population, regional wars, lack of food supply and an increasing secularization of society make many people brood over the prospect for humankind as the twenty-first ...

1637. Week Three Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... 4:24-30 Expectations -- What Should They Be? Expectations are one of the unavoidable realities of life. Although expectations will differ from person to person and from situation to situation, everyone has certain expectations. This is true in how we view events, material things, specific situations, and especially people. If we are honest, most of the time our expectations are high, especially when it comes to results desired and the usefulness and/or effectiveness of things we need or appropriate. Our ...

1638. The Risky Business of Faith

Genesis 12:1-8

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... a world filled with joy, peace and harmony. In spite of that, God gave the human community another chance. God decided to use the problem, that is people, to solve the problem. We usually don't look at these things from the perspective of the Almighty. Our view is limited by our humanness. We think the option is whether or not we want to trust and believe in God. Actually, the issue is that God decided to trust and believe in us. In Genesis 12, God took a risk by giving people another chance. God, however ...

1639. Good Guys And Bad Guys Alike

Genesis 37:1-11, 12-36

Sermon

Steve Burt

... judged them -- good guys or bad guys -- because God made them, Jesus and Moses, good guys. If we are to love our enemies, as Christ commands, we've got to see things from the other side, even if just briefly. We've got to change our point of view, identify with a different character than usual. Look at this story of Joseph and his brothers. We usually identify with Joseph, don't we? Today let's try to understand the position of the father and the brothers. Joseph was Jacob's eleventh son, Dad's pet. Maybe ...

1640. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... by the manner in which it is delivered and the direction from which it arrives. Consider, for example, the book of Ezekiel, from which our scripture lesson for this morning is taken. I dare say, like that man in the balcony, Ezekiel, too, was viewed by many of his contemporaries as a religious eccentric, perhaps playing a few shuffles shy of a full deck. Prophetic, to be sure, but also a bit peculiar. Over the course of his ministry, he reveals one mystical vision after another in rapid succession -- some ...

1641. Veiled Glimpses of God's Glory

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... person of Jesus Christ -- not how God looks, but who God is. Or as Edmund Steimle once expressed it: in the One who dwelt among us, full of grace and truth, we see "God's afterglow."3 In the One who healed the sick and fed the hungry, we view the footprints of God. In the One who forgave sinners and befriended outcasts, we find evidence of how God acts in a broken and hurting world. Indeed, through the One who died in our stead -- taking upon weary shoulders the burden of human life at its lowest ebb -- we ...

1642. Life's Loose Threads and The Tie That Binds

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... 34:4). To be sure, it is a bittersweet moment: Moses standing there -- his vigor unabated, his sight unimpaired -- slowly surveying the landscape. With the staff firmly grasped in one hand, the other shades his eyes in order to behold the breathtaking view. While in the desert, he had actually dreamt of this scene from time to time. But now, at long last, the frayed scraps of all those fleeting visions are finally pieced together, billowing out before him like a patchwork quilt. Embroidered, here ...

1643. Recalling, Remembering, And Rejoicing

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... , and even Moses himself might not have been entirely sure. All the same, when Joshua finally approaches, it isn't hard to imagine the old leader standing there, lost in thought. For a while, the two of them survey the horizon, quietly taking in the view. One of them will complete this journey; the other will not. And I suppose little else really needs to be said. Eventually, though, I picture Joshua resting a hand on his mentor's shoulder and whispering, "The people are ready. Everyone is here, just as ...

1644. A Long Obedience In The Same Direction

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... direction of modern life, how are we to lead our lives as followers of the crucified and risen Lord, Jesus Christ? There are, as you might well imagine, a number of answers to that question. One group of Christians answers the question by withdrawing from what they view as the evils of modernity. They cling to an older and simpler style of life and shun the way of the world. While we may admire their discipline and their commitment, most of us do not embrace this vision as the only one for Twentieth century ...

1645. Sowers Of The Seed

Psalm 119:1-176, Romans 8:1-17, Genesis 25:19-34, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... 8. Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 "The Sower" Pentecost 9. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 "Thistles Among The Wheat" Pentecost 10. Matthew 13:44-52 "Treasure And Trash" The parables are all concerned with the kingdom of heaven. They present differing views of the same subject. They lend themselves well to looking at the same complex topic from different perspectives. Context of Matthew 13 In Matthew 13 we have another of the major teaching sections introduced by Matthew into the general scheme of Mark's chronology ...

1646. The King's Wedding Feast

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... A danger which many face is to try to press every detail of the parable for meaning. It is best to keep in mind that a parable has a single point generally. Question 1: Is life in the kingdom of heaven one of joy? Too often persons view religion as negative and repressive. They know about the ten commandments with "Thou shalt not." They have probably been more impressed with the woes and threats of the gospel accounts than they are with the blessings. Jesus uses the image of the wedding feast to suggest the ...

1647. Prepared Or Not?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... have no experience which they identify as an experience of the presence of God or as an encounter with Christ in their lives. The problem is to find ways to help them recognize the reality of God. Sometimes it may be an intellectual problem, such as a world view that does not allow for the existence of spiritual realities. It may also be a false conception of who God or Christ must be. It may also result from a poor, distorted or inadequate modeling by those who claim to know God in Christ Jesus. It may ...

1648. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... be afraid. -- John 14:26-27 NRSV A Shalom Community The Holy Spirit desires peace. This was true from the beginning chapter of Genesis, where the Spirit of God hovered over the formless void of the earth bringing order, light, and life to the overall view of the Bible where the scriptures' central vision is that all of creation is one. Walter Brueggemann in Living Toward a Vision declared that in the community of faith in Israel the vision is expressed in the affirmation that Abraham is father of all Israel ...

1649. Country Songs and Easter Hymns

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , and kids with Little League gloves all heard the gospel in their own language. And with a power they never imagined, the power of the Spirit of God, they walked boldly into the future proclaiming the grace of Jesus Christ. 1. See the discussion of Merton's anti-city views in Harvey Cox, The Seduction Of The Spirit (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973), p. 68. 2. "Metropolitan Diary," The New York Times, June 20, 1984. 3. Parker J. Palmer, The Company Of Strangers (New York: Crossroad, 1981), pp. 124-125.

1650. Two-and-a-Half Cheers For Hypocrites

Matthew 6:1-2, Matthew 6:5-6, Matthew 6:16

Sermon

Thomas Long

... the adoration of the crowd is all they get. "Truly I tell you," Jesus says, "they have received their reward." So Jesus does not tolerate hypocrites, and neither do we. So much for hypocrisy. Next topic ... But before we assume that Jesus fully shares our views on hypocrites, we should look again, and more closely, at what he says. To be sure, the hypocrites that Jesus takes on are people who are somehow missing the boat in their religious life, in their almsgiving, prayer and fasting, but that is not to ...

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