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151. Real Absence

Matthew 25:1-13

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... our alternative tasks while the Lord’s parousia, his promised return, is - so to speak - "on hold"? What, specifically, might it mean for us to be prepared for his delay? Four types of things I see and share with you. The first is this: to remember and cherish the times of his presence. "God gave us memories that we might have roses in December." Greeting card theology, to be sure, but nevertheless, not without an element of truth. God has drawn near to you in the past and will do so again. Those memories ...

152. And Then The End

Matthew 24:1-35

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... , we hope mostly for what we lack."1 Precisely because we know the worst of times, we ache for and yearn for God’s Best of Times. Precisely because we know what it is to dread wars and be wearied by rumors of wars we can cherish the gospel’s vision of the peaceable kingdom. Precisely because we have experienced the horror of "nation rising against nation and kingdom against kingdom" we long for that promised day when "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore ...

153. Come, Learn Your Worth

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

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Various Authors

... feel he took me seriously. By contrast I remember a professor in graduate school who often wrote scathing comments about grammar, logic and scholarship, in half-a-dozen different colors. He called it "rainbow treatment." While I smarted under the vigor of his criticism, I cherished that professor. I knew he cared enough about me to demand my best. The communion service reminds me that God cares about me. My sins trouble him. He doesn’t wink at them, nor does he pat me patronizingly and say, "They don’t ...

154. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

Bulletin Aid

... of salvation, and ask for the courage to follow you to that holy hill, and beyond to the empty tomb. These things we pray in your Son's name. Amen. Prayer of Confession God of tender mercies, we acknowledge with shame that our customary and cherished way of life is based on a selfish desire for status and not a consistent yearning to serve one another and others in accordance with your will and Jesus' example. Forgive us, we pray, and teach us true humility and sacrificial service. Place before us always ...

155. Easter 6

1 Peter 3:8-22

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... ! Leader: For God has kept us among the living! People: GOD HAS NOT LET US SLIP OR FALL! Collect Great God, you have given us in the Church an ark in which we can ride out the floods of sin and evil that threaten our very lives. Help us to cherish this holy vessel: that, safe within the security it affords, we may help to guide it to the shores of your holy Realm. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Most Holy God, we confess that we have seen the Church that you have provided us less as ...

156. Advent 4

Matthew 1:18-25

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... for home and send you our newsletter, With tales of Nineteen Sixty-two; may 'Sixty-three be better. It's Christmas again! That wonderful time of the year. It's time to think of loved ones and friends that we hold dear. It's time to cherish one another, and express our hopes for you. And may all your dreams come true. Charge to the Congregation One pastor did this: He began, "Dionne Warwick, over the Englebert Humperdinck show many years ago, sang these words, 'Listen, world, you can't ignore me ... You ...

157. Respect: Lesson for Victorious Living

Ruth 4:1-12

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... attention to the Following: "Jesus is no more a modern existentialist than he was a Greek philosopher. He considered himself to be a faithful Jew. He was brought up to observe the Jewish Law, the Torah. Like other pious Jews of his day, he cherished that teaching as the inspired word to God." Our Lord reverenced his people’s past and, despite our latent images of him being an American, white, and even Protestant, he was most certainly a Jew. Ecumenists, who work with authority and responsiblity as their ...

158. Faith isn’t Easy - But it Works!

Genesis 12:1-8

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Barbara Brokhoff

... it was thirty years old, it was the "crownin’ glory" of the house. Her Bible that had all the names and birthdays and deaths and weddings in it was blown away. But when Mrs. Hudson totaled all the losses of her home and recalled the things she had cherished that had gone to the four winds, she just closed her eyes, clasped her hands as if in prayer, and said, "The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord." The story says that the Red Cross came and helped out, but of course ...

159. Do You Have the Great Pearl?

Matthew 13:47-52, Matthew 13:44-46

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Dennis Kastens

... the hiker or outdoorsman who, though he sees the sky filled with twinkling stars at night, can hardly compare them with the single sun that chases away all darkness and gives light and life, growth and health. A teenager doesn’t mind if you take his cherished ten-speed away and give him a Trans Am with moto mags instead. A housewife doesn’t grumble if her family moves out of a furnished apartment into a spacious home with her own furniture and belongings. So the offer which Christ gives to us in the ...

160. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... ago, Marvella Bayh, wife of an Indiana senator, passed away with cancer. Several months before she died, she said, "These years since cancer came to me have been the most rewarding, the most fulfilling, the happiest of my life. I have learned to value life, to cherish it, to put my priorities in order, and to begin my long-postponed dream of being useful in my own right!" By the power of faith in Christ, this marvelous woman, a vivacious blond and Oklahoma beauty queen, had a victory over her adversity. As ...

161. Will My Ship Sink or Float?

Romans 8:28-39

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Robert G. Tuttle

... him as an individual. This is the integrating power of faith in those who love God. There is a divine reason for all things working together The love of God keeps us in obedience to God, so that our character is no longer shaped by things that we cherished in the days of our uncommitment. St. Augustine tells of a friend who was addicted to the lust and violence of the Roman games. With great effort he had broken the addiction. But some of his former friends subtly tricked him into going. While there he was ...

162. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

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Richard Hoefler

... . "How tragic! Such a nice looking young man and he is throwing his life away in crime." The little old man felt impelled to go out and testify to the young man and point out to him what a dangerous path he was following. But he held back because the cherished faith he possessed was not enough to share with another person. Finally, however, the pressure was too great, and as the young man passed by, the little old man rushed out and told him about Jesus who had died for his sins so that he could live a good ...

163. What It Takes to Stay Christian

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

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Raymond Gibson

... junior high boys’ class. I was one of those boys, and I still have that yellowed paper which defined hard-working love in these words. Love is the touch of a hand - the trusting hand of a child, the comforting hand of a friend who is near, the cherished hand of one very dear. Love is boundless rapport - a time to be silent, a time to be heard; pleasure in being together that needs not a spoken word. Love is commitment - a total involvement of body and soul, a ready willingness to share, not only joys, but ...

164. Not For Sale at Any Price

Matthew 13:44-46

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John R. Brokhoff

... bishop put his robe around the naked body of Francis. He literally gave all to have Christ. When a person finds the kingdom of heaven, his former values and honors turn into dust before the excellency of Christ. In The Old Rugged Cross we sing this truth, "So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down." Like the merchant, we want to buy this great pearl. To get it we sell all that we have because it is worth it. This is done voluntarily. We do not sell all out of a sense of ...

165. The Unexplainable Reality

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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Allan J. Weenink

... kingdom cometh without observation," said our Lord. His spirit of power is just as real in the world as it was to those at Pentecost. They were tuned in. They were waiting. They were receptive. And it came. What of us, here gathered? What of you who cherish the name Christian? Has the power got to you? Have you tuned in? Have you let it come? But some say ... in a world of science, it doesn’t really happen like that anymore. It hardly sounds reasonable to think like that anymore. This is an enlightened ...

166. Christianity Can Be Fun

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Harold Warlick

... : it is meditation, prayer, nice thoughts, and reading "spiritual" books. Yet a world of inner peace falls somewhat short of the world we want. Who would want to live in a world of people who, however deep and rich their inner lives, did not cherish and enjoy one another? One of the saddest things to encounter for me is individuals whose religion seems like a life’s sentence to boredom. They are like someone standing outside a banquet hall watching everyone inside having a party - laughing, dancing, and ...

167. What On Earth Is God Doing? - 1940

Psalm 76:1-12

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Kent Moorehead

... have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on! Thus, though many things we have cherished are going to pieces, there is no ultimate disorder! Woe and tragedy are all about because justice reigns; because of the inevitable outworking of the law of righteousness which is as inexorable in the spiritual realm as the law of gravitation in the physical ...

168. Preaching Unpopular Truth - 1943

John 18:38

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Kent Moorehead

... crouching for a deadly, destructive leap, and he knew that leap would be the tidal wave. He also saw that his neighbors working in the low fields must be speedily gathered to his hill or swept away. Without a second thought, he set fire to his cherished rice-ricks and then furiously rang the temple bell. His neighbors thought his farm was on fire and rushed to help him, only to discover that he had deliberately started the blaze himself. They were very angry and berated him roundly, saying that he was ...

169. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

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Leonard Mann

... , the apex toward which all else had forever been aimed, and beyond which nothing of any notable quality would ever appear again. There isn’t much future in that. This man John was a different type; beyond himself he saw something else, something better, something to be cherished and looked forward to. "He who is coming after me is mightier than I," says he. It is he, not I, who will do the wonderful things the world needs to have done, he says. "His winnowing fork is in his hand," and he will put ...

170. Name Above Every Name

Luke 2:21-40

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Leonard Mann

... this name which will never let it die. As the Christ-man took the cross, an instrument of death, and turned it into the world’s most powerful symbol of victory, so has he taken this common name-word and made of it the world’s most cherished signal of hope and sign of spiritual and moral power. The Apostle Paul always rose to his highest summits of eloquence when speaking of Christ. In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul writes of "the immeasurable greatness" of the divine power which is at work within us ...

171. Much Obliged

Hebrews 12:14-29, Psalm 116:1-19

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Bill Bouknight

... God holds us accountable. One way we can show our gratitude is to dust off those vows, repent for our neglect of them, and rededicate ourselves to be faithful. Most of us have made many vows...at the altar of matrimony, for example, we pledged to love, honor, and cherish a special person, "and forsaking all other cling only unto her (or him) as long as you both shall live." Some of us have not been faithful to that vow. Many of us have stood at this altar for the baptism of our children. We promised to rear ...

172. Turn On The Lights!

Matthew 5:13-16

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Bill Bouknight

... . And yes, I am praying also for O.J. Simpson. Thirdly, I am determined that this trial and verdict will not be allowed to jeopardize our progress in race relations. The majority of Americans of all races love justice and yearn for interracial peace. Most Americans cherish the dream of Dr. King that one day all persons will be judged, not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. We must not forsake the dream. In fact, I challenge us to channel whatever moral outrage we feel into ...

173. Derailed Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36, 50:15-21

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Bill Bouknight

... out in your career, that you will not scale the heights you once thought possible? Has your spouse ever told you that he or she wants out of the marriage? Have you watched the years pass and the right mate has not appeared? And the dreams you have cherished since you were a little child playing house seem ever more elusive. Have you ever been told that you or a member of your family has a life-threatening illness that raises a huge question mark over all your dreams? Because all of us have had at least ...

174. Adultery, Cure and Prevention

Proverbs 7:1-27, John 8:1-11

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Bill Bouknight

... God. "I (give your first name) take thee (give the first name of your spouse...to be my wedded wife or husband...to have and to hold...from this day forward....for better or for worse...for richer or for poorer...in sickness and in health...to love and to cherish...till death us do part...according to God's holy ordinance...and thereto I pledge thee my faith."

175. Controlling Our Cravings

Luke 12:13-21, Exodus 20:1-21

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Bill Bouknight

... loved and nurtured for fifteen years. When the items of the house were auctioned, no one wanted the painting, so the governess was able to buy it for just a few dollars. Once she had the painting in her home, she began to clean it and polish the frame, cherishing the memories the painting evoked within her. As she took the frame apart to repair it, a paper fell out from behind the cardboard backing. It was her former employer's will. In it he stated that all of his wealth should go to the one who loved his ...

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