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151. How Does One Follow Jesus During The Threat Of War?

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

George Johnson

... may not be outwardly fighting, but that doesn't mean they are at peace. Law and order may bring an end to violence, but there may not be peace. Peace comes when all sides experience freedom to be whole, creative and participating in decisions that affect their destiny. Peacemaking is not obtaining my security at your expense. When I hear how people in the developing countries are suffering and will suffer even more because of the threat of war in the Middle East, I am reminded that peacemaking is far more ...

152. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... for him, and he was such a nice young man, too. We did not blame Amos for not showing up. In fact, there were quite a number of people from our community who were so scandalized by the whole affair that they refused to attend, in spite of their affection for Rachel and Eli. We were surprised, however, to meet Judah. Here was no brash young man; gone were the arrogant and flippant airs to which we had become accustomed. He appeared to be a person who was at peace with himself and there glowed from his eyes a ...

153. Through the Valley of the Shadow

Psalm 23:1-6

Eulogy

Carl B. Rife

... , knowing that eventually the forces of death will have the last word. To state this is not to be morbid, but to face life realistically. Most of our life we spend ignoring or repressing this reality and that is another reason why the death of a loved one affects us so deeply, for we are brought face to face with the forces of death that lie within us. Someone once summarized the entire history of the human race this way: they were born, they suffered, they died. There is a lot of truth in that. Life does ...

154. Fatal Subtraction

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... entire community in jeopardy by their refusal to give. Seldom do we think about how our actions impact those around us. Christians must understand that as the Body of believers we're not in this thing by ourselves but together. What one does affects all. What all do affect one. The second law of spirituality is sharing in community. If giving is the act of surrendering something of value, sharing is the act of giving something of value so as to benefit others around you. By holding back and subtracting they ...

155. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... ." And real disaster occurs when this map which serves fine in childhood is carried into the adult world. Then, if you do not bother to test that map to see if other people are truly untrustworthy, you develop and expect the worst. It is a syndrome which affects how you deal with everybody who is important in your life - your girlfriend or boyfriend, your spouse, your employers, your church, your government, and on and on. Many of us can become angry with life and quarrel with it on the basis of a map of ...

156. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... , "No, they don't." In fact, one of the grandest stages in Christianity is that moment when a person can simply but profoundly state, "Lord, I believe. That's all I need." When you are in love, your girlfriend or boyfriend starts off giving you little signs of affection. Sometimes we reach the point of craving a letter, a card, a flower, as a sign that he "loves" me. But any true love, any intimate relationship, in the long run must reach a point where you know the person is your love even if there is no ...

157. Basic Service: I Am The Resurrection and the LIfe

John 11:17-37

Eulogy

Brett Blair

... and strengthen us. Ultimately, He is all we need. 2. Not only do we have comfort, we have MEMORIES. Each of our lives is a pebble, which is tossed into the pond of life. The ripples grow ever wider affecting the entire pond. One human’s life touches another; indeed, Eva Mae’s life has affected every person’s life in this room and—I’m convinced this could be said of us all. Jerry, as we stood with friends and last night I was struck by three stories. Everyone seems to remember your childhood ...

158. Believing The Living Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... the Word. But the life is there for the taking. Perhaps you have some friend or relative for whom you have prayed for a long time. At times it seems like a hopeless cause. You pray and pray for years and nothing seems to change. The object of your affection, a son, a daughter, a wife or husband, a father or mother, just won't give in and believe in God. Instead, stunted and turned in on self, these loved ones go on living as materialists or practical atheists. They live as secular people, as if there is no ...

159. Whether We Live Or Die

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Sims Robert

... majesty, when I was but a boy I did not understand the value and worth of this gift that I gave, but now that I am a man I see, recognize and understand its value. Here before you, on my knees, I give it to you again with my love, affection, devotion and loyalty.” Most of us were baptized as children. We did not know or understand the full value of what was being given to God. Now we are older. Now we understand better this treasure of life. Let us go before God once more and say to him, “God ...

160. Death in a Hang-glider Accident

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Eulogy

George Paul Mocko

... too seriously your exhuberance in living. But you will be made a bit older by this. And those of us who are older, parents especially, Horst and Isa, for you it remains over the years to be most deeply affected, most given to deeper thoughts and more permanent pain as the years go by. To you I can only offer further words of David, those we already read in the Twenty-third Psalm. The most important part of life is not in our math or science; the most important part ...

161. The Upside-down Kingdom of God

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... note for note: Don’t worry. Be happy!" Advertising sells products based on how much happier or more satisfied we will be if we purchase a particular brand of shampoo or toothpaste or deodorant soap (although that probably affects the happiness of the people around us more than it affects us!). I remember at a former place of employment part of the annual performance review every employee was required to fill out was a question that asked, "How would you evaluate your level of personal happiness in working ...

162. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... through a prepared script. God did redeem the Cross and the grave for his purposes, exalting Jesus as Lord and Savior. Again, every movement effects the motion of something else, and in this case, God's volition in our behalf at Calvary and the Resurrection affected humankind for all time. Looking back at it now, we know that. We understand the principles but are left weak-kneed at attempting to explain the "how." God has provided us with an inherent desire to know him, with a soul to experience him, a ...

163. In Quest of a Treasure

James 1:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... paycheck. All of us deal with stress in some form or another. If not with our own, with someone else's. And it is not uncommon that their stress should become our own. This is the way we are made - made to feel, and it is unavoidable that things will affect our feelings. Stress is the risk we assume when we take up the business of being human. A great many things come upon us over which we have little or no control. Things which are, in one way or another, "done to us." Dealing with these is a delicate ...

164. Mother's Day Gifts

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... us show our mothers the depth of love, honor, and respect that we should. We know we don't, and we feel guilty about it. So on Mother's Day, we try to make up for our failure by giving MOM gifts to symbolize our true feelings of affection and appreciation. We give all sorts of gifts which range from the extravagant to the simple, from store-bought to the homemade, from fancy flowers to fattening foods. We should shower Mother with gifts, for indeed she needs to be reminded of our love and gratitude for all ...

165. Monologue: Hagar

Genesis 16:1-16

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... have imagined. I was a slave to Abraham and Sarah no longer and I have no regrets toward them. I developed a deep, overwhelming relationship with God, and with time I was able to forgive Sarah and Abraham for their unkindness. You can't imagine how much adoration and affection I have for our God. He is a God who cares, who saves when there is no hope and gives respect and life to someone who has never had a chance. My son married and had a good life. I endured much physical and emotional hardship and I was ...

166. Winning Isn't the Only Thing ... It's Irrelevant

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

Carl Jech

... too ardently. More than one writer has quoted the axiom which says that "indifference is the greatest aphrodisiac." World literature is full of stories of parents who lost the love and affection of their children by holding on too tightly, by stubbornly attempting to win the argument about their child's choice of career, lifestyle, marriage partner. The story of Romeo and Juliet, of course, is the classic example of families wanting to hold their own and win at all costs, only ...

167. Two Small Upper Rooms

John 13:1-17

Illustration

Lee Griess

... , dirty, curtainless, with stacks of articles on the table and worn manuscripts, aborted attempts wadded up in the trash can. Seated at the table a man labors over a writing, a writing that would overthrow governments, enslave millions of people, and negatively affect the course of history for a generation to come. The man: Karl Marx; his writing: Das Kapital, the handbook for the Communist revolution. But there's another upper room that also figures in the course of human history: this one located in ...

168. The Demons Within - Sermon Opener

Luke 8:26-39

Illustration

Staff

... the need for their chemical demons. Heroin, cocaine, crack, meth, call them what you will, but they are still "Legion" in the battle for human souls. Power is a demon. And it not only affects individuals, people who must have power to prove their worth, be the power guns or political influence or the power of terror, but it also affects nations. Nations seek to control and maintain without a sense for the need of justice and mercy. And when that power rises to a crescendo, we see the results in a Hitler or ...

169. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... our blessings as the people of God: "For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love." (2 Peter 1:5-7) This business about being God’s children - heirs of God with Christ - sounds great. But to be expected to live up to it is sometimes more then we bargain for. To be God’s ...

170. The Man Who Didn’t Care

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... in this story Jesus told. 1. Jesus makes it clear that there is a life beyond this world of five senses; that God rules both worlds; and that life in one world affects the other. Jesus’ teaching on heaven and the hungry recorded in Saint Matthew (25:31-46) is an underlining of this same idea. What we do in this life of five senses affects the life beyond them; not because we are making "brownie points" with God, but because each of us is becoming a certain kind of individual who belongs in a certain kind ...

171. You Can Be a Difference

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

... unprecedented attack, which destroyed all the food in the land. With the loss of food, all means of sacrifice had been lost as well. The priests were exhorted to "Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain." There was a genuine crisis, which affected all the people, not just some of them. Joel saw the calamity as a judgment of the Lord upon the people of Israel. It was "a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness." These were the manifestations of the terrible Day of ...

172. Proper 6

Lk 7:36--8:3 · Gal 2:11-21 · 1 Ki 19:1-8

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... as Elijah got in trouble with Queen Jezebel. Outline: How you can get into trouble - a. Champion the cause of God - 18:30-40 b. Eradicate the false gods of our day - 19:1 2. A Way Out of Depression (19:4-8) Need: Doctors claim that depression affects more people than any other emotional disorder. Many of us at times get discouraged and depressed. We feel we are nobodies and failures. Like Elijah we may come to the point where we no longer want to live. Depression can be experienced by the best people who ...

173. The Choice

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

... place called Caesarea Philippi, Peter made one of those crucial choices for Christ. It was a momentous day. It was a "watershed." Not only did Peter speak of a truth greater than he realized, but he also found his life taking a different turn. Our own choices affect and even change us, and it was no different for Peter. When he confessed Jesus as "the Christ, the Son of the living God," his very destiny changed. On my recent trip to the Holy Land, we made a stop at Caesarea Philippi. There is no city there ...

174. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

... we have also enslaved ourselves to them. If we could just keep this one commandment, and keep it well, the other nine would be gloriously simple. How good it is of God to let us be saved from schizophrenia by letting us cherish him, belong to him, have affection for him, worship him only, trust him, surrender to him, belong to him - and to him alone! Luther made it wonderfully simple when he said, about this One Word, "We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things." Our God is first. God is the ...

175. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:35-48

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