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1651. Since He's In Charge, We're In Luck

Psalm 33:4-5, 8-9, 13-22

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... of some that nothing is planned. Everything that happens is accidental. Two events may appear to be related in some way, but in actuality they are random happenings that we suppose are connected to each other. But in reality, they are just coincidence. Neither view seems to quite fit the world which we experience. But there is room for a viewpoint somewhere along that spectrum which suggests that order has been built into the Creation and that living creatures are given a measure of freedom as well. People ...

1652. Forgiven!

Sermon

Lee Griess

... us our debts." And still others say, "Forgive us our sins." Whatever the words, the meaning is the same. We come to God in need of forgiveness -- forgiveness for what we have done -- and the strength to forgive others. All too many Christians operate with an Old Testament view of God. For them, God is a God of judgment, a God of vengeance and wrath. As far as these Christians are concerned, Jesus need never have come. For they do not need his forgiveness, they do not need God's grace. In one of his books ...

1653. Getting Out Of Our Own Way

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... child. "You could do so much more good by finishing medical school and supporting missionaries with your tithe. You could do community service." What they are really saying is, "I've begun to picture myself as the parent of a certain kind of adult and you are changing my view of myself and of you." We get in our own way, too. Walter Wink, a Bible scholar, has said that "Satan is yesterday's will of God." When we do the will of God we feel alive; we feel like we are doing the right thing; our lives have ...

1654. Adam And Jesus See Temptation

Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25, Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... left him alone. There is no point in pursuing the testing any further. Once a person is clear on worship of God, it is almost predictable what that person will say or how he or she will react to a number of other specific questions. So what view should we take about temptation and testing? All school children know that without testing they will not be admitted or promoted to the next grade. If we are not tested, chances are we are not very alive, not very alert, not involved in the world and society around ...

1655. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... . Will it go through the goal? Hurray! She is not only a fine and bright girl now. She is going to get a big scholarship at her favorite university. Oh, yes, a ball can be seen in many ways. There is another kind of vision or viewing things that "sees" into the future. Successful Farming tells the following story in its March 1993, issue. Mr. Reeves began farming on a homestead near Garden City, Kansas, in the early 1900s. He saw the potential for a feedlot, which might well have been venturesome compared ...

1656. Brainstorms

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... In John 6:5-9, it is the little boy who is willing to share his lunch with 5,000 people, shaming the crowd into a feast of sharing. In John 12:20-23, it is the small group of Greeks, i.e., Gentiles studying Judaism with a view to conversion, who will find in Jesus the universal Messiah. Andrew's evangelistic method is simply exposing people to Jesus. Is there a better one? One Of The Twelve. The disciples/apostles are often identified, individually, as "one of the Twelve." We know little about most of them ...

1657. Responding In Anger

Job 7:11-21 · Matthew 21:12-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... anger. But that's a way to control it. Secondly, I think it's important that we make sure our anger is addressed to issues, not to people. Suppose someone does something we do not like. If we look at the situation from their perspective, maybe we would view it differently. Usually there are two sides to every issue, and seldom are they equal. There is often more wrong on one side than the other. We must not spend time accumulating a list of people on the other side of an issue whom we dislike. We are ...

1658. A Love Feast

John 13:1-17, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... to happen. Going all the way back to Greek tragedies there's a theatrical device called "dramatic irony," which means that the fact you know the ending of the story, and the characters on stage do not, adds a measure of horror, tension, or pity to the viewing of the play or movie. The very fact we know the boat will sink adds a weight of irony to everything said or done by the characters. Towards the end of the movie Titanic one of the characters, who has spent his whole life studying the disaster, makes ...

1659. More Than Sex

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... their horizons and allowed them to tap inner strength. This is the expansion, the empowerment that results when one feels the intensity of God's love in Jesus Christ: one will be friend to others, one cannot help having expanded horizons and changed views of others. Many Christians today find Saint Bernard's approach, the anagogic reading of Scripture, to be far-fetched, even ludicrous. I think Saint Bernard knew what we forget: that there is something even more passionate and powerful than the sexual love ...

1660. The Christian Journey II: The Mountain

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... and our need to exercise discipline in following Jesus, it is also a sign of God's great love and mercy. It is the place where we have "mountain-top experiences," those moments of revelation when life suddenly appears clearer, when things take their place, like the panoramic view from a mountain peak. It was on a mountain that God inexplicably spoke to Moses, revealing not just God's name, but God's will for a whole people and the role this shepherd was to play in God's plan. It was on a mountain that God ...

1661. Eighteen Years Is Long Enough

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... the truth they had received from previous generations. Many Israelites erroneously believed that because they were God's chosen people they could do no wrong, and that God would bless and preserve their nation no matter what. Many had an almost magical view of the externals of their faith and believed that as long as ritual sacrifice was taking place in the Temple the nation would be preserved regardless of the greed, selfishness, exploitation, and hypocrisy of the people. It was misplaced "conservatism" if ...

1662. "Do This In Remembrance Of Me"

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... voting for it. When one of his fellow members asked him why he had changed his mind so completely, he responded simply, "I spent the evening with Wilberforce." The force of William Wilberforce's presence and his personality was such to change the man's view and change his vote. If we could really remember Jesus, in the second sense of remember, "call to mind, experience his presence, remember who we are, remember what he stands for," his presence would change us. Let's remember Jesus' life. Let us remember ...

1663. Prayers for Epiphany

Bulletin Aid

Rolland R. Reece

... again, when we are identified as the one who failed. Then we attack and explain, attack and explain again that it is the behavior of others that is at fault. But it isn't only our failure and wrong doing we hide from ourselves. We also keep from view our true strength, goodness, and effectiveness. We resist acknowledging the good things we do and are capable of doing throughout our lives. While we don't want to be seen as proud, still we need to own up to our gifts and abilities and make them available to ...

1664. Wedding: Beginning A New Climb (for a marriage after divorce)

Ephesians 3:14-21

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... those times, check that safety line -- are you staying connected to God? For God's love is ultimately what will hold you up and hold the two of you together, especially when you grow weary. Finally, don't forget to stop now and then and take a look at the view. How sad to think of a marriage as a climb in which you plod along with only grit and determination. It is the moments of fun and inspiration that often make the difference in being able to take the next step forward. Stop and notice how far you have ...

1665. Wedding: Eternal Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... were discovering that it is easier to talk about love than to live it. It wasn't that they hated one another. They each just got so concerned about proving that their way was right that they forgot to give leeway for anyone else's point of view. They needed a reminder of what brought them together in the first place. Not their own opinions, good as they may have seemed. Not just nice feelings about each other. What brought them together was something outside themselves, and that was the love of God in Jesus ...

1666. Wedding: Leaving, Uniting, Becoming One

Genesis 2:4-25

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... was over. I realize this is a male-dominated story, but we're going to forget for the moment about who was made from whose rib and focus on that last verse, for that is the part that tells us what marriage is all about in God's view. "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one." Leaving, uniting, becoming one -- that is what getting married involves, (Bride) and (Groom). Did you realize you were doing all that? The leaving may seem not to apply. You ...

1667. Where The Halls Cross

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... of the teachers that would make this a better school?" Then I was off to the lounge to find Laura and Mr. Tiner. Laura, of course, was interested. Malcolm read a magazine while Laura and I considered what strategy we could use to help the students view adults more as humans and helpers than as antagonists. Mr. Tiner put down his magazine. "Want to know how I see the adults here?" "As a matter of fact, I was looking forward to your opinion." "The faculty and administration together make up the staff of ...

1668. Why Do People Suffer?

Mark 15:33-41

Sermon

David O. Bales

... : joy and suffering, certainty and doubt, life and death. In the end we cannot answer why people suffer; but we commend to all the God who suffered for us and with us in Jesus the Christ." At the benediction Susan left immediately. Chrissy was after her, if only to view her leaving. Chrissy gained a final glimpse of dark brown tweed as Susan glided down the last of the church steps and briskly walked around the corner. The glance was worth it. To Chrissy Susan seemed everything a Christian woman should be.

1669. Reach Beyond The Break

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... of himself without reserve for the cause of the kingdom. Our text today shows us the image of the Messiah who is called and committed to total service because he knows that whatever the present circumstances God will bring him through. This servanthood is viewed from the perspective of one on a mission from God -- sent from God to be the guide for people who have gone astray. Throughout the history of the people of Israel God comes again and again to offer reconciliation and redemption. The image of the ...

1670. Robin Hood?

Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 5:27-30, Matthew 5:21-26, Matthew 5:17-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... becomes the hunter, indeed. Didst thou sneakily track its tender trail through the rooky wood, catching it napping or didst thou warily sneaketh upon it whilst it paused, mayhap drinking its fill from a placid pool? Ah, alas much more, wouldst I be haply viewing a fine antlered specimen from the King's own herd. ROBIN: Shuteth thy overstuffed mouth, John Little, thou louty layabout! Whilst I risketh my life amongst the wild furzy wood thou resteth here safe by thy fire. JOHN: It doth thee no good, Sir ...

1671. For I Have Chosen You!

Haggai 2:20-23

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... not bounded by linear time. Eternity probably contains all moments. All time is accessible from that one point. I liken God's perspective to a film reel. If we hold the reel in our hand we can turn to any frame and see what is happening. Moreover, in our view the die is cast. We know what has and will take place. But the people in the movie still have free will. They will travel from one film cell to another, making choices, and bound to touch all the bases before coming home. In like fashion we travel from ...

1672. The Season Of Expectancy

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... events in history, until they become realities in our intellect, strength, emotions, will" (WHK). BENEDICTION Meditation "A person's biography ought really to begin, not with his/her birth, but with his/her death; it can be written only from the point of view of its end; because only from there can the whole of his/her life in its fullest and its fulfillment be seen" (Joseph Wittig) ("her" added). MUSIC POSSIBILITIES Music for Preparation: Medley of Advent hymns. Hymn of Praise: "Prepare the Way" Response ...

1673. The Season Of The Evangel: Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... News. Response "Open My Eyes That I May See" THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE GOOD NEWS Message with the Children of All Ages Give a brief history about how God called you to become a Christian. Help the children get beyond the so-called magical view, which even too many adults still carry. God is no magician, despite the Cecil B. DeMille approach to the scriptures. Response "Open My Eyes That I May See" (Why not use it twice?) Reading from the Scripture Dramatize the reading, using a reader, Philip, Nathanael ...

1674. The Season Of Renewal

John 3:1-21

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... , for whatever expectations we bring, take hold of our minds, hearts, wills.... WE RECEIVE NEW LIFE Introduction to the Act of Recognizing Our Humanity One author has suggested that one way to understand the fall of Adam and Eve, who are you and I, is to view their fall, our fall, as the continuous falling short of our human existence, with respect to our highest possibilities. God has called us to live on dead center; we choose to live on the periphery. God has called us to live in the light; we choose to ...

1675. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... reached up among the many wires, jiggled them ineffectually, then called a wrecker. But remembering what his neighbor had said, he got comfortable, and began to study all the wires and levers, which made no sense to him at first. But he said that as he logically viewed the wires, they began to make sense. He finally saw a lever which looked out of place, flipped it, and the car worked. All because he patiently took the time to do it right. Surely this applies to the Christmas season as well. One night we ...

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