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1651. Proper 9

Galatians 6:11-18, Galatians 6:1-10, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Psalm 66:1-20, Luke 10:1-24

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George Bass

... is to be praised for awesome deeds he has done, not only in the Exodus, but specifically, as the Psalm prayer suggests, in our baptism into the faith of Jesus Christ, his Son. After a rather general beginning, the psalmist becomes very personal and takes on the character of evangelical witness in the form of personal testimony: "Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for me." He is one who has repented of his sin, been cleansed and blessed by God, "who has not rejected ...

1652. Proper 11

Colossians 1:15-23, Luke 10:38-42, Genesis 18:16-33, Colossians 1:24--2:5, Psalm 15:1-5

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George Bass

... our Lord." The Psalm For The Day Psalm 15 (E, L); 15:2-5 (RC) - This psalm has been called an "entry" psalm, sung by the pilgrims as they drew near to the temple. In sharp contrast to Psalm 14, which spells out in graphic detail the character of people who are not acceptable to God, this psalm magnifies the type of pilgrim whom God receives as his own. Such a person lives a "blameless life," is honest and forthright, acts properly toward friends and neighbors, rejects wicked people and honors those who fear ...

1653. Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51, John 1:35-42

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Wayne B. Keller

... affirmation to take one risk this week to share with a friend what the Savior means to me. Charge to the Congregation Suggestion: Shakespeare said, "Assume a virtue though you have it not; for it is a fact that the dynamic power of habit can build it into your character." The approach that I use in counseling is this: "It is easier to act your way into a new way of thinking and feeling, than to think and feel your way into a new way of acting." What new action are you willing to take this week to express ...

1654. Rocky

Matthew 16:13-20

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William J. Carl

... 20 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, Simon Johnson, as he was known to his fishing buddies and his family, got a new name and his new name was Rocky. Rocky was the big one, bigger than lifelike boxers by that name: Marciano or the character Sylvester Stallone played in the movie called Rocky and all its sequels. I can just hear him calling the other disciples with a tough Philadelphia street kid accent, “Hey you’se guys, let’s go get some fish.” Rocky was aggressive, loud, bombastic, a ne’er ...

1655. Living Sacrifices

Matthew 16:21-28

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William J. Carl

... it’s just not the same. There is not a person in any congregation who has not sacrificed a hope or a dream as burnt offering on the high altar of the providence of God. But there can be a great discovery which most of the biblical characters figured out, especially old Job; and that is the disciplining touch of pain and disappointment that can positively enrich our lives even when things seem to go wrong. For God is with us no matter what painful sacrifice we experience as we deny ourselves and follow him ...

1656. Is It Too Late?

Matthew 25:14-30

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George Johnson

... what we expected them to do. At any rate, someone acted irresponsibly, and now we all face the consequences." This was, of course, just a make-believe story. There is a story just like it that is not make believe. This story has very similar dynamics and characters. It is the story told in our text this morning, the story of talents and the care and use of those talents. This story can be seen as a story of another building committee, a story of entrusting to a few the responsibility to act with integrity ...

1657. Small Church Communion

Acts 2:42-47

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Steven Burt

... , our worship service would include a song Ruthie knew by heart, and her face would take on this huge, glowing smile, and she’d really belt it out -- always louder than the congregation and in her unique, shrill, off-key voice. Ruthie was definitely a character. Thinking myself to be an innovative pastor, I decided one day to do Communion in a different, more “meaningful” way. We usually alternated between going to the rail and having it served in the pews. This time I asked folks to form a circle ...

1658. Home And Temple

Luke 2:41-52

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James Garrett

... goes to a determined ranch mother sitting in her adobe house, reading to her children by the hour, and who, with her husband, scampered up the stairways of capitol domes, their children in tow. The home has a decisive influence in the shaping of character and beliefs. However, I feel the need to add something more… humans have the ability to overcome the destructive effects of poor upbringing, provided there has been no physiological damage. For we can learn how we should behave. We all know persons who ...

1659. The Proof Is In The Fruit

Luke 6:39-49

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James Garrett

... , in real life, we do see it. It is measured and handled, for Jesus said: “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good,… for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Ah, even words, sooner or later, reveal character just as surely and naturally as the fruit announces the kind of tree bearing it. A married couple was having problems. In a counseling session the wife blurted out, “I can’t remember the last time he said, ‘I love you.’ ” His retort was, “When I ...

1660. The Pitfalls Of Practicing Piety

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

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John M. Braaten

... it poorly veiled attempts to place ourselves above others. Put-downs, criticisms, pot-shots: all are ways we practice our piety, trying to elevate ourselves by judging others. There's a certain amount of twisted pleasure to be experienced when piously practicing character assassination. It happens all the time. Do not imagine that pastors are immune from well-rehearsed religiosity. There is no greater temptation in the ministry than to be a good pastor so that people will point and say, "That's our pastor ...

1661. Our Christian I.D.

Luke 4:1-13

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John M. Braaten

... . One of the saddest conditions a person can face in life is amnesia, when one doesn't know who they are. It is frightening when one does not understand what life is about, when one can see no purpose in life. That which made Willy Lohman such a pathetic character in Arthur Miller's play, Death of a Salesman, is revealed by his son Biff after Willie committed suicide; he says that at the heart of his father's problems was that he didn't know who he was. Knowing your identity, who you are and whose you are ...

1662. Two Sayings Of Jesus: Salt Of The Earth And Light Of The Wor

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading. Characters: 2 readers - 2 men or 2 women Key: 1 = stronger voice 2 = softer voice 1: "You are the salt of the earth; 2: but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under ...

1663. Sayings Of Jesus: Jesus Comes To Fulfill The Law

Matthew 5:17-20

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading. Characters: 9 readers - a variety of folk (Speakers read from a sitting position in their usual places in the pews.) Key: 1-9 = speakers 1: "Do not think I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish but to fulfill. 2: For truly I ...

1664. Teaching About Revenge And About Loving Enemies

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture reading. Characters: 10 speakers - men and women of all ages (Speakers read from a sitting position in usual places in the pews. If voices do not carry well in your sanctuary, invite speakers to sit near the center aisle and let the minister carry a portable microphone to each in an interviewing ...

1665. Jesus Calls Matthew, Jesus Heals The Leaders Daughter, Jesus

Matthew 9:18-26, Matthew 9:9-13

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use as an anthem. Characters: 6 readers - 2 women, young man, 3 older men Key: 1 = narrator 2 = Jesus 3 and 4 = Pharisees 5 = leader of the synagogue 6 = woman who hemorrhages 1: As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, 2: " ...

1666. The Escape To Egypt And The Return From Egypt

Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use as an anthem. Characters: 4 readers - 2 older women as storytellers, 2 middle-aged men Key: 1 and 3 = storytellers 2 = angel 4 = prophet 1: Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, 2: "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee ...

1667. The Beatitudes

Matthew 5:1-12

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Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use as an anthem or before the pastoral prayer. Characters: 8 readers - 4th through 7th graders Key: From 1 to 8 with number 1 the youngest All: When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 1: "Blessed are the ...

1668. The Public Effect Of Private Living

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Robert Allen

... for all time choice. Life itself is a matter of choice and every day of our lives we are confronted with choices between good and evil. There is no aspect of life where a sense of control and purpose is more clearly demanded than in a person’s moral character. The choosing between right and wrong is vitally important in our lives. One young man told me about a vacation trip that he and his wife took to Las Vegas. One evening they had gone to see the Wayne Newton show and arrived back at their hotel at 1 ...

1669. Selling One’s Soul

1 Kings 21:1-29

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Robert Allen

... packages. For some of us it may be sexual lust. For some it may be a craving for power. For some it may be a greed for money. For some it may be an addiction to drugs or alcohol. I saw a cartoon in a magazine once with two zany characters named Frank and Ernest. In the cartoon, they are walking out of church and Ernest is saying, “I’m willing to flee temptation if I can leave a forwarding address.” This is the way many of us are when it comes to trying to maintain control of our desires. Once ...

1670. Marked At The Table

Sermon

George Bass

... was to begin,Stripped off his clothing, filled a basin with water -- And washed his disciples’ feet before their last supper; A towel…ensign of the servant,symbol of the slave doomed to a life of menial service,a kind of living death. A towel… so out of character for the Son of Man, the King of kings -- A towel…such a humble act; a step toward the cross. A towel…such a lesson -- “Not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.”14 Peter resisted; he knew that he should be washing his Lord ...

1671. Living Beyond Unhappily Ever After

Genesis 21:8-21

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... from war for their lovers unscathed and unmaimed, or the pendulums of justice swinging unhampered in the balances for the oppressed. We adults must learn to live beyond our unhappily-ever-after experiences. This is the true test of both our character and our spirituality. While our three scripture lessons spotlight the lives of three women whose endings were not happily ever after, they are relevant to men, women, boys, and girls who have struggled in the quagmires of disappointment, despair, and unhappy ...

1672. When Is It Tolerable to Be Intolerant?

Mark 9:38-50

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Donald Macleod

... 50), Jesus talks metaphorically and uses, as his idiom, salt, an element very familiar to his people because of the role it played in their whole culture and economy. The idea here is that there needs to be an intolerance of tolerance. And the character and activity of salt illustrate aptly what Jesus meant. The Christian life is not all softness, relaxation, and "me-too-ism." There must be salt in it, for salt, like fire, has a purifying function. Moreover, it brings out inherent flavor and preserves what ...

1673. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

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Donald Macleod

... great satisfaction. To those who come to him, he gives new moral and spiritual standing (Mark Rutherford spelled out another Beatitude: "Blessed are they who give us back our self-respect"); a new start when the old lifestyle led us downward and got us nowhere; a new character that shook off our self-centeredness and showed us how to use life in a new way; and a new set of promises to nourish our souls and give us reason to go on with courage toward innumerable victories. These are the answers he gives when ...

1674. Get With The Program

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Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Ambitions, organization, potential, career, budgeting Characters: Husband, wife and computer voice offstage Scene: Home office, computer on a desk Paul: Honey, Penny, Honey. Come in here. I've got to show you the new program I got for the computer and the new sound chip. This thing is so great. Man, this thing will do everything ...

1675. Born Leader

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Timothy W. Ayers

Topic: Unselfishness, head of church, leadership, ministry teams, servanthood, dictator Characters: One male and voice offstage Scene: Man at a desk Man: OK, now how should I start this speech to my ministry team? My peons. No, that won't do. (Crumbles up paper and tosses it on each mind change) How about, you little people better listen up. Nah, won' ...

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