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151. Blow The Trumpet In Zion

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Larry Powell

... in Grenada and ask, "Does this mean we are going to war?" We cannot measure how many little-boy and little-girl thoughts have been displaced by grotesque intrusions of horrible imaginings. Little bits and pieces, indeed chunks, of childhood days and youthful fancies have already been denied them because of the constant murmurings of war. And what of the weapons of war? A typical strategic warhead yields two megatons, the equivalent of two million tons of TNT, or, if you please, the equivalent of all the ...

152. Why Must We Carry A Cross?

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... our faces to the coal." We are told that there were tears in the eyes of many of those soot laden and weathered faced coal miners. They had been given a sense of their own self worth by the man at the top. Service does not always come with big fancy ribbons. And I think that it is forever true, that it is often the humble acts of service that provide us with the deepest sense of joy and the most fulfilling satisfaction. Jesus said those who are willing to lose their life for my sake shall find it. I am ...

153. What God Wants Us To Do

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Richard Patt

... , but he was raised on the third day to give each one of us a sure answer and hope about eternal life in heaven. The one sent by the Father is never a discardable Christ - some harmless, milk-toast Jesus who helplessly tolerates all our whims and fancies. The Christ sent by the Father is the one of whom the early church confessed, proclaiming "Jesus is Lord!" He is Lord of every bright and dark corner of our lives. Christ always has something to say about your life - every choice you make, every action you ...

154. Give Me Jesus!

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Richard Patt

... and the weary journey we are all taking, we only need Jesus and we only want Jesus. Restaurant cooking is okay for a while. Many of the traveling salesmen in our congregation tell me that when they are on the road for days or weeks at a time, the fancy meals in hotels and nightclubs are attractive for a while. But sooner or later most of them long for something as simple as a slice of freshly home-baked bread topped with melting butter. I suspect that most of us are simple "meat-and-potato folks." We like ...

155. Lessons From A Girl In Trouble

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... , which means, God with us" (Matthew 1:23). Jesus, our Savior, was born of a virgin. This is part of the marvelous mystery of our faith, part of the good news that Saint Paul labeled "a scandal." For many people, the virgin birth is simply too fanciful a thing to believe. It is unacceptable, some say, because it sounds too much like mythology: gods coming down from heaven to have babies with human girls. Whatever it sounds like, it is a biblical fact. Jesus, our Savior, was born of a virgin. The virgin ...

156. Work Clothes

James 2:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... mother who finally dares to leave an abusive spouse. Leader: Faith wearing work clothes lives. People: So let our faith respond to the elder who is considering suicide. All: Let us put on the work clothes of our faith. Collect We gather together wearing fancy clothes and plain ones. We assemble with pockets of indebtedness and well-paying stocks. We come together as people rich with hope and of skimpy faith to do your work in this world. Amen. Prayer of Confession Remind us to stretch beyond what is easy ...

157. True or False?

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... and people are self-absorbed and immediate gratifications are all that matter; and if religion is more about paying dues than paying attention, more about convenience than conviction, more about entertainment than eternity; and if there really is a God unimpressed by our fancy words and flashy festivals, a God unrelenting in the quest for justice and righteousness, a God willing and able to cleanse and forgive — if all of that is true (and I believe it is), then what are we doing with our lives? Why ...

158. God Knows

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... it to come out that way.” There’s some comfort in that, isn’t there? “God knows.” I don’t know. But God does. Indeed, the power of God to know all things is one of the bedrock values of Christian faith. God is all-knowing. “Omniscient” is the fancy word for it. God knows because God is God. There are things we don’t know because we are not God. We may be efficient, and we may be deficient, but we’re certainly not omniscient. Yet God is. I believe that and I trust that and I teach that ...

159. Changing Seasons, Constant Love

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... summarized the task of ministry as knowing what to say and when to say it. Words, words, words. I spend lots of time with words — reading them, writing them, speaking them. I have invested much of my life, much of myself in learning words — fancy theological words, Greek words, Hebrew words, words for prayers, words for sermons, words for weddings, words for funerals, words for classes, words for children, words for youth, words for adults. Yet in spite of all those words and all the time learning those ...

160. Make Up Your Mind!

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... who obey truly believe and those who believe truly obey.” He knew that belief and obedience go together like the two sides of a coin. One side is worthless without the other. The Bible’s God is not a by-product of momentary passions or fanciful imaginations. He is the Creator of all things good and they were called into being by his mighty power. “Popular” opinion, no matter how popular, cannot change his nature and laws. The Baal followers forgot that as, it seems, have many in our day. Elijah ...

161. If You Build It

Haggai 1:1-15

Drama

Dave Marsh

... . Johnny: Sure, whatever. (turns it off) Let’s start off simple. What kind of church is this going to be? Claire: Look. You don’t seem to understand, it’s not a church I’m building! Johnny: Ah, I see. You’re one of those fancy new contemporary churches. Okay, what do you call it? A worship center? A community cathedral? A multipurpose celebration tent? What? Claire: No, it has nothing to do with what I call it. Johnny: And what architectural style will it be? Victorian, post Modern, Art Deco ...

162. Theology in Snow

Psalm 147:1-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... buying lots of cute rattles and trinkets for that little darlin'. Do you remember what was most popular that day? Probably the wrapping paper. Forget the presents, just give me the paper. As that little beauty grew, what other things struck the fancy? Broomsticks became great stallions; the cardboard center of the toilet paper roll became Gideon's trumpet; a bent stick became a pearl-handled revolver; the box in which the new refrigerator was delivered became a mansion. Kids know how to have tremendous ...

163. Religion and Politics

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... what are they to me?" says the LORD. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats." Then God turns thumbs down on fancy religious processions - "this trampling of my courts." Forget the extra commitment offerings and the fragrant incense, the special services of worship and celebration. "I cannot bear your evil assemblies," God says. Perhaps the most radical announcement of all comes when God even rejects ...

164. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

... my birth, And just to do the work I do, He sent me down to earth. If God had wanted otherwise, I reckon He’d have made Me just a little different, of worse or better grade, And since God knows and understands all things of land and sea, I fancy that He placed me here, just where He wanted me. Sometimes I get to thinking, as my labors I review, That I should like a higher place, with greater things to do; But I come to the conclusion, when the envying is stilled, That the post to which God sent ...

165. Going Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... language, "Let anyone who has an ear HEAR!" "Follow me," says Jesus. Tag along. "Hang" with me. A simple, straight-forward invitation which we can echo. And when we DO, it makes all the difference in the world. For all the allure of fancy church buildings, the charm of the world's greatest preacher who pastors the world's friendliest congregation, they pale in comparison to the hand of the person who reaches out to their friend, neighbor, or colleague, and says, "Come with me." Statistics are overwhelming ...

166. God's Plan For Empowerment

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... water really polluted? No, the water was quite safe to drink. But the powerful force of belief soured the digestive process of those who became ill. (4) Beliefs are powerful. The central question in life is, what do you really believe? A country boy was invited to a fancy dinner. He was surrounded at the table by well-mannered aristocrats. In the course of the meal he got a large hot piece of potato in his mouth. He spit it out in the palm of his hand and put it on his plate. This shocked all that genteel ...

167. No More Pain!

John 8:31-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... of faith. His life is a study in what surrender to Christ really means. Sartre, for some reason, could not do that. Maybe it was too simple for him. I think that happens sometimes. The Christian faith is too familiar and too simple for some who fancy themselves intellectuals to be able to accept. Michael Green draws an analogy between faith and a new cake mix that was once developed by a large manufacturing company. The cake mix required only that water be added. Tests were run, surveys were made, and the ...

168. A Very Special Man

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... If he were alive today, I would picture a six-foot-six-inch, 260-pound defensive tackle who would always make the big plays and would be hard to keep out of the backfield for offensive linemen like myself." Fritz Peterson, former New York Yankee, more easily fancies Jesus in a baseball uniform: "I firmly believe that if Jesus Christ was sliding into second base, he would knock the second baseman into left field to break up the double play. Christ might not throw a spitball, but he would play hard within the ...

169. The Problem With The Big Ten

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... on a holy day. Unfortunately his holy day, Sunday, comes up once a week, just when the Raiders buckle on their equipment and go to work. Herring meditated intensely over his dilemma. He could sign up with the NFL, play ball on Sundays and fill his life with fancy cars and houses, or he could teach math for $20,000 a year and honor the Sabbath. Herring's answer was to honor the Sabbath. He announced to the NFL that if he were drafted, he wouldn't serve. (2) Two true stories ” one about a Jew, the other ...

170. Rushing And Realizing

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... enemies. Yet Isaiah cried, "Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord." That is, let us live as though the ideal were present now! (6) And that is our role today two thousand years after Christ's birth. Theologians use the fancy phrase, "realized eschatology." It means to live our lives as if Christ's kingdom were already established. It is to live with pure and loving hearts harboring no anger, no lust, no greed. It is to live with a commitment to root our injustice wherever it is ...

171. Polished Up For Christmas

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... conversation was confirmation enough for Rob. His father loved him. Suddenly, Rob wanted more than anything to show his father that he loved him, too. Christmas was only a few days away, so Rob had a little time to think. He couldn't afford to buy his parents a fancy present. But he did have an idea of something that would make his father happy: Rob would go out early and milk the cows all by himself, before his father even woke up. So that Christmas morning, Rob woke before 4 a.m. He slipped out to the ...

172. Vive La Difference

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... street before him and hold the door open for him. Dr. Criswell told him that would be great. Tony went ahead and proudly held the door open as his pastor entered the church auditorium. A few days later Tony dropped dead. Dr. Criswell said that maybe it was just wild fancy, but he believed that when he got to heaven, Tony would be there to open the door for him. He couldn't do much, but he did what he could, and he did it to the glory of God. (4) We have some talented people in this church. Some of ...

173. Designer Religion

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... on money or status? Probably not. Our communist friends in the early days of that movement tried to motivate people to produce strictly out of loyalty to society. It didn’t work. It never does. We need rewards. We need recognition. We need the fancy cars and the big houses. Nevertheless, lack of humility can be a serious matter. People do crazy things out of pride. One of the people whose reputation has been somewhat enhanced by the changes behind the former Iron Curtain is Nikita Khrushchev. Remember him ...

174. Connections In High Place

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

There is a story about professional golfer Gary Player that sounds like it could have happened to you or to me. Once in a major tournament Player tried to ricochet a ball off a stone wall. "I tried to be fancy," admitted Player. The ball hit the wall where it was intended, but instead of finishing on the green, it ricocheted back and hit Player on the cheek. The force of the blow actually knocked him out cold. "Finally, I regained my senses," says Player, "at least a portion of them. ...

175. Idle Tale Or Eternal Truth?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... former chief executive. "I'm a Methodist and I'm still asking you if you believe in God and a day of judgment and a hereafter." The ex-President confesses he is dying of cancer. "I tell you, son," he said, "I'm scared to death...I don't fancy being just a pinch of dust." The young candidate tried to console him by talking about the immortality of influencethat the good he has done will live onto which the older man responded: "I suggest you tell yourself that when you finally have to face a whole pile of ...

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