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1651. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... a parent; to say nothing of what it means to love someone of a different color or culture. To be human is to be prejudiced. Some people may have better reason to be prejudiced than others. In order to understand Jesus' remark about food for the children going to the dogs, we have to understand how fiercely he felt about his mission to the Jewish people. The Jews were a minority group. They had been kicked around for centuries by other nations who were bigger and richer. In some ways, Jesus was like Malcolm ...

1652. Yearning For A Loyal Friend

Job 6:14-30 · Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... interested in what I say and showing interest in what I do. Thank you for believing in me, helping me to believe in myself. Thank you for telling me when I was wrong and praising me when I do right. Thank you for trying to understand me and helping me understand myself. Most of all, Mr. Adams, thank you for being you." Any healing in life comes through warm, accepting concern. Whenever someone accepts us as we are, then we begin to accept ourselves. Ideally, this is what the church is for. It is supposed to ...

1653. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... be, the x-rays are messed up, the diagnosis is wrong. The second stage is anger: resentment, why me and not an older person, my family wants me out of the way. Is it sinful for a dying person to experience anger? The answer to that question may help us understand that sin is involved in where we direct our anger, and what we do with it. But anger, in itself, is not a sin. If it were, how would we handle the scriptures that tell us that our Savior, on occasions, became angry? We are in a series of sermons ...

1654. Something New, Something Old

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... much as that it is the past and we are called to live now. What you are is much more important that what you were; and what God is calling you to become is the most important of all. (2) Because we live in the now, our understanding of ourselves, others, and God must constantly be maturing. Charles H. Duell was Director of the U. S. Patent Office when he declared in 1899 that, "Everything that can be invented has been invented." President Grover Cleveland was stating what many felt was self-evident when he ...

1655. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... as Christians in Jesus' familiar encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. You will remember how in that story the woman, who had come as women in so much of the world still do, to perform the odious task of drawing the day's water, had understandable difficulty comprehending what Jesus was getting at. "... those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life" (John 4:14). "What in the ...

1656. Blessed Hunger And Thirst

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... or) his newfound righteousness and to glory in (Christ) alone ... Such a one, whom God now calls a "saint"... is to experience such an ongoing filling not with wine ... but with the Spirit ... (She or) he is to be filled with the peace of God that passeth all understanding.... (Arthur W. Pink, The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer, Baker Books, p. 35) How blessed you and I are, every month, to be able to come to the Lord's Table to be set right with God and each other! How blessed you and I are to confess ...

1657. Pentecost: From Confusion To Communion In Christ

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... once pointed out that sin is what a scientist might call a "centrifugal force." You probably know what a centrifuge is. It's one of those instruments that can be used in a laboratory to separate a compound liquid into its various components. As I understand it, the technician puts the liquid into the centrifuge and turns it on. As it spins really fast, the liquid breaks down into heavier and lighter parts which separate out in the test tubes. Like a centrifuge, our sins are constantly spinning us away from ...

1658. Take Some Lessons

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... my ball with increasing obnoxiousness, I promptly shanked it into the woods. I finished six over on the last three holes! Understanding golf etiquette, nobody said a word as I butchered the once promising round and related to Dick Schaap's quip: "Golf ... lottery -- but nothing happened. He became impatient. The next night when he knelt to pray, he was angry. He said to the Lord, "I can't understand why I haven't won the lottery yet. I've prayed every night for six months for it. I am a good person. I love my ...

1659. Equipped To Play

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, You said that once I decided to follow You, You'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you saw only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you." Chances ...

1660. Life Beside The Falls

Ezekiel 47:1-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... was my place to bring up the subject, "Millie, we're going to Robbie's football game. We'll be leaving around seven; be home after nine." "I'll go with you." Thus it went for four years. Only when asked did Millie complain, "It's a game I neither understand nor enjoy." But every home game she slowly made her way into the stands. For two seasons she was able to make it with a cane, then she had to use a walker, and finally, in Robbie's senior year she was confined to a wheelchair; but she went without ...

1661. God's Gift Is For All

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... it seems, is more than just unclean food. This vision confronts Peter and us with an upsetting reality regarding our relationship with people unlike us. Peter's proclamation, "I truly understand that God shows no partiality" (10:34), is a stark reversal of his cultural and religious orientation. That God does not play favorites is important to understanding this text in relationship to Jews and Gentiles, but it also is an important reality for those of us who think we are somehow and in some way superior to ...

1662. Dealing with AIDS

Matthew 5:17-20, Matthew 5:21-26

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... or ten years from now. We just have to hope for the best. Mary: The best? There is no best now. Not now. Never again. Why, Eric? Why? Eric: Mary, please. I'm sorry. Please try to understand. Mary: AIDS! Eric: I don't have AIDS! Mary: As far as I'm concerned, you've got it. Eric: Mary, you don't understand. Mary: I understand very well. You've got AIDS and you know it. I've probably got it too, I just don't know about it yet. Eric: I wish it had never happened. All those ... I just didn't ...

1663. The Inmate

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

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... : Do you mean that you never hit back when you're hit? That isn't natural. STINDER: It's what Jesus said to do, though. He said, "Whoever hits you on your cheek offer him the other also." I try to live by what Jesus said. GUARD: Yes, Stinder, I understand, but do you see that it is hurting your record? STINDER: I know that, Sir, but I have to do what Jesus tells me. GUARD: Can't you avoid these attacks? STINDER: Can you watch the inmates all the time, Sir? GUARD: No, we can't. STINDER: Well, then, there ...

1664. The Bible Study

Matthew 10:1-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... using now -- "faith" -- what exactly does that mean? REGGIE: Faith is belief, trusting, putting your trust in Jesus. BILL: Yes, I understand. But, "belief," "trust." It's a thing you think. It's in your mind, isn't it? REGGIE: Yes, it is. When ... man who snubs me before women or men, I would never snub before my Father who is in heaven." WENDY: Very good. I can understand that. BILL: Me, too. I think that says it all. BRUCE: Nice study, Reggie. Very worthwhile. ILKA: Yes, you did very well, Reggie. MAGGIE: What ...

1665. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 10:17-31

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... happiness in our society is tied up in owning and having things) of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself" (Victor Hugo). The rich young man had no idea how to understand the belief that Christianity begins, first and foremost, with an act of receiving. MUSIC POSSIBILITIES Music for Preparation "Supplication" Response to the Pardon "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind." (See Proper 8.) Response to the Proclamation "A New Creature" Hymn of ...

1666. Gifts of Lent IV: Simon Gives His Strength

Mark 15:1-15

Drama

Donald Neidigk

... of myself for not wanting to carry the cross beam. He would die in my place, carrying my burden of sin that I might have life, and I had resented performing one small act of kindness. Yet even this sin Jesus carried to the cross. As I came to understand what Jesus did for me, the guilt I felt gave way to a heart full of joy and thankfulness bursting to be expressed. How could I thank him? The disciples helped me learn how. I met with them often after Jesus' death and resurrection. From them I learned that ...

1667. A Matter Of Trust

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... You see, he will bring a new ethic, a new way of doing things to a world enamored with, mired down in, the old ways. He will say, "turn the other cheek," "go the second mile," "give good when you get evil." All the Herods of history will not understand him or what he teaches. Wherever he is followed he will befuddle the powers and the principalities. They may try to use his followers, to enlist them in the cause of blood, but he will always elude them. His message comes to us in the quiet inner voices which ...

1668. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Jerusalem: What Word Would You

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... it free to let it work as it will in our own lives and in the lives of those who hear. So, tell the Story as you see it unfolding in the special people all around us. Unfolding even in ourselves and we will be amazed -- they will hear and understand. 1. Carolyn Davidson, WORD-A-HOLIC QUIZ BOOK, www.intex.net/faxes/awfta.htm Quiz answers: 1: b, 2: c, 3: c, 4: c, 5: b, 6: c. 2. David Sisler, "What Would You Say to an Alien?" The Augusta Chronicle, March 4,1995. 3. Stanley Hauerwas and William H ...

1669. Being A Good Doubter

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... away the gnawing doubts. We want hard evidence, something we can cling to. Yet, faith always comes as a challenge, as venture, as risk and as such, can't ever be totally captured for all times and all places in one moment. Even God and our feeble attempts to understand him, eludes us because every time we try to point to where he is, he moves on. Thus, the decision to believe is one that entails risk. We are those who "have not seen and yet have believed." We are those who live our lives in the midst of ...

1670. Life Insurance Available -- Free, But Not Cheap

John 10:22-42

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... or they see us fighting over whether we like the pastor or not. Maybe we haven't lived the story we tell -- we talk of love, and live in unlove; we talk of trust and live in quiet solitude; we talk of unity and live in division. But I can understand this. We are all sinners and our fellowship will reflect that from time to time. We must work at this forgiveness and grace stuff. No, my problem is not with those out there for whom the gospel, the good news, is unclear. My problem is with those who have heard ...

1671. Reflections On the Sacred Head

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... us to stay sorrowful, because we know the story doesn't end here. We know what's ahead -- a real victory, a real joy. But don't you see? This is part of our problem. We want to jump there and avoid this scene before us. We don't really understand why this has to be. We don't want to think about crosses and sacrifice and atonement for sin because ... because maybe we will have to carry one sometime; maybe God will call us to sacrifice; maybe to follow Jesus means this. How pale thou art with anguish, With ...

1672. Epiphany 6

Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 6:17-26, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... v. 17. c. No forgiveness v. 17. d. No eternal life v. 18. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 1 "Their delight is in the law of the Lord." (v. 2a) Prayer Of The Day: "Lord God, mercifully receive the prayers of your people. Help us to see and understand the things we ought to do and give us grace and power to do them." Hymn Of The Day: "O Jesus Christ, May Grateful Hymns Be Rising" Theme Of The Day: Take Your Choice Gospel A choice between blessings and woes. Lesson 1 A choice to trust or not to ...

1673. Epiphany 8

Luke 6:37-42, Isaiah 55:1-13, Jeremiah 7:1-29, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, Luke 6:46-49

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the fullness of life. As God sends the rain to bless the world, he sends out his Word to bring good to his people. Outline: What God's Word does for us. a. Joy -- v. 12a. The joy of salvation. b. Peace -- v. 12b. The peace of God that passes understanding. c. Goodness -- v. 13. Not thorns or briers but cypress and myrtle. Lesson 1: Jeremiah 7:1-7 (8-15) What do you mean by what you do? Need: It is one thing to talk about doing. It is another to "do" without sincerely meaning what we say or pretend ...

1674. Proper 10

Colossians 1:1-14, Amos 7:10-17, Luke 10:25-37

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... this parable Jesus teaches us a. Who our neighbor is v. 30. The neighbor is one standing in need of help. It does not matter if he is Jew or Gentile, in the house next door or in Rhodesia, black or white, Christian or Communist. According to this understanding of a neighbor, the church has an obligation out of love to be concerned about social problems and to take social action. b. How to be a good neighbor vv. 33-37. A good neighbor is one who has compassion for hurt people. He expresses this compassion by ...

1675. Proper 24

Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... and our service for the victory of your monarchy. Amen. Psalm 119:97-104 Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day long. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your decrees are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. I do not turn away from your ordinances, for you have taught me. How sweet are your words to ...

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