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151. An Everyday Theology

Luke 11:1-13

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Wallace H. Kirby

... of our Lord. In the long run, however, it is not only dishonest but also destructive. II When Karl Barth, retired and in his later years, visited an American theological school, one of the students asked him, "How would you characterize your theology, Dr. Barth?" Barth thought for a moment and said that his answer was a song he learned at his mother’s knee: "Jesus loves me, this I know ..." Isn’t that great! A renowned theologian, no stranger to using all his mind as he deals with the meaning of the ...

152. Jacob’s Dream - A Dream Come True W. Dexter Moser

Genesis 27:1-40

Sermon

... of God, and this is the gate of heaven." (Genesis 28:17) Jacob could have affirmed the prophets future word: "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near and let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts." (Isaiah 55:6) So Jacob could have sat up, at Bethel rubbed his eyes once more, and turned his mind toward the magnificant dream and said, "I’m sorry, forgive me." He could have repeated a very simple blessing (one used often by our Cobb forefather, the ...

153. Bloody Hands, Troubled Soul

Mark 14:12-26

Drama

... Jesus. She was sure of it. Now, face to face, Jesus said to her, "Go in peace. Your faith has saved you." How often I have thought about that woman, who was bleeding on the inside, and yet still dared to reach for and touch Jesus. On that last day how often ... . While we were eating, Jesus told us, "One of you will betray me!" Everyone was afraid - am I the one? they all asked. I thought, "My God! Is everyone else like me? Are we all thinking the same thing?" Wouldn’t it be ironic if all of these disciples ...

154. On Mars Hill

Acts 17:16-34

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... in order that he might make a formal presentation of the "new teaching" which he represented. The Areopagus is a hill in Athens, but the word is also used to mean the central council of philosophers who judged the validity of the teachings of various schools of thought. In Paul’s case, he was invited to explain his position so that a judgment might be made as to whether his teachings were the ravings of a maniac or the doctrines of someone who had a new insight into the truth. The council at the Areopagus ...

155. The Stiller of Storms

Matthew 14:22-36

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Dennis Kastens

... fear." They were afraid of the storm and its lightning and thunder. They were afraid of the sea since they were many furlongs from land. They were afraid of the darkness since it was the fourth watch of the night. They were afraid of the ghost which they thought they saw as Jesus approached. If there is a mood that characterizes people today, it is the mood of fear. Now fear of shortages and starvation is written on the faces of two-thirds of the world’s population. Though this may not be prevalent in our ...

156. Miracle On Main Street by Dr. George A. Buttrick

John 1:1-18

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Leonard Mann

... why, if by "why" we mean some neat explanation. We don’t know; we’re not God; we’re created and human, and our sight is dim. Reinhold Niebuhr used to say that God doesn’t send evil (he doesn’t plant cancers in the brain), he allows evil. I thought at first that Niebuhr was playing with words, but I’ve changed my mind. If God wants us to love him for his own sake, what other kind of world? Not a world of obedient robots! Not a world of always sunny weather as if fabled Camelot! No, in this ...

157. Hindering Riches

Matthew 19:16-30

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Herchel H. Sheets

... you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry." No sense of dependence was indicated. He thought he was adequate in himself. But the time came when he had to die, and his treasure was then of no more value to ... which he felt because of his money. If a magazine editor wanted him to do something he did not want to do, or if a publisher thought him too demanding in the negotiation of a contract, he would say, "I have taken the trouble to earn a lot of money, one advantage ...

158. The Voices Of Christmas

Drama

Jerry Nordstrom

... I wonder if I could get my mother’s VISA card? WORKING WIFE: No, I can’t! I’m too busy! Why don’t you learn to iron your own ugly, old bowling shirt? CORPORATION MAN: (On phone) Well, yes, Mrs. Simpson, I know that’s Christmas Eve. I just thought she might. - You see it’s a family emergency, and, ah - well, I’m, I’m, I’m sorry I called your daughter, a, ah, ah, that name, but she - ah, yeah, but you see, she, ah, she ... HOMEMAKER: Tomorrow I think I’ll make a double batch of gingerbread ...

159. Is There Life After Christmas?

Luke 2:21-40, Isaiah 12:1-6

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Erskine White

... or drive by and ignore his need - we reveal ourselves in ways more profound than we realize. When we speak callously of the poor or stand up to defend the poor even when it is unfashionable to do so, we reveal ourselves again, along with our values and the inner thoughts of our hearts. It is even more true with Jesus. We can only choose to live for or against Him - there is no middle way. We can only choose to be His disciple or His detractor, and if we choose the former, we choose a set of principles and a ...

160. OUR LORD TORMENTED

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E. Jerry Walker

... ways! They would not trip him another time. Leisurely, he went back to his quarters. As he passed the door that led to the chambers of his wife, Procula, he hesitated, but already the noise of the crowd was reaching to the third floor of the fortress and he thought better of it. He bade his servants dress him in the full honors of his office and only then, did he make his way down to the praetorium and out to the archways that overlooked the wide paving of the Gabbatha parade ground. There he took his place ...

161. Academics, Fanatics, and Other Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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Maurice A. Fetty

... is interesting to note that his disciples most often called him rabbi, or teacher, or master. Learning was a part of discipleship. Many Christians have suffered tremendously on this side of the equation. What following of Jesus we have done has not been well thought-out. Once our children are confirmed, we rarely see them again. For some strange reason we have felt our educational task was complete. So we send them off to college with at best a second or third grade religious education and then wonder why ...

162. Childs of Center Point

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... treated as though I was a stranger. I can’t blame the families, who depend on EIC, for being angry about what is happening. I’m not anxious to see them lose their jobs. But why can’t they be honest and admit that the company is killing people? I thought we were a community of love. Is love just something that works when times aren’t tough? BILL CHILDS: (drops an envelope on the table with disgust) Hate mail. That’s all it is. Pure hate mail. And what bothers me the most is, I suspect it’s from a ...

163. Beneath The Cross

Matthew 21:1-11

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King Duncan

... throw his chest out. The bullets would bounce harmlessly away. But did you ever notice what happened next? Brenner said, "And then when the guy ran out of bullets, he would throw the gun at Superman. And Superman ducked." He ducked! I’ll bet you never thought about that before. Bullets bounced off of him, but when a gun was thrown at him, Superman ducked. Perhaps that amusing insight will serve to remind us that Jesus did not have to enter Jerusalem. He could have ducked his mission. But still he rode on ...

164. For Future Generations

Psalm 22:1-31

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Wayne Brouwer

... said. It was a day in his childhood when his father took him fishing. He said he learned so much from his father that day. He said he’d never forget how much those hours meant to him. Well, he told that story over and over again. And one person thought, I wonder what they talked about that day. So he got hold of the diary that Boswell’s father kept. And he checked back for the date of the fishing trip. And there was only one line written on that page: “Gone fishing today with my son; a day wasted ...

165. Responding Instead Of Reacting

Jeremiah 28:1-17

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Dr. B. Bruce Humphrey

... be better. He calls it "the power of purposeful pausing." (3) But there is a second reason for responding rather than simply reacting. WHEN WE PAUSE TO RESPOND, WE GIVE GOD A CHANCE TO SPEAK AND TO ACT. If Jeremiah had merely spoken with no time for thought, the words would have been his words and not God's. Sometimes we need to pause to listen to God. Most of us cherish the music of Handel's "Messiah," particularly at Christmas. We love the beautiful choruses and the solos. We stand together reverently as ...

166. Life From God's Perspective

John 12:12-19

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King Duncan

... she asked. "What bag?" her father replied. "You know, the one I gave you this morning." Her father answered, "I left it at the office, why?" "I want it back," Molly told him. "Why?" Dad wondered. "Those are my things in the sack, Daddy, the ones I really like ” I thought you might like to play with them, but now I want them back. You didn't lose the bag, did you, Daddy?" Tears were filling in her eyes and her father felt bad. "Oh no," he tried to comfort her, "I just forgot to bring it home," he lied. She ...

167. Focusing On The Possibilities

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... done it! (1) There's a lesson here. Be very careful when you say something can't be done. I am sure the disciples of Jesus thought he was in over his head that day when he set out to feed a multitude of 5,000 men and perhaps a greater number of ... question," he says. "How can a guy five-eight jump twenty-three and a half inches over his head? Quite honestly," says Jacobs, " I never thought of myself as being small. Height to me is just a relative thing. When I approach that bar, I think I'm six-six." (3) ...

168. It's Not About Us

Revelation 22:1-6

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King Duncan

... ." The man stared in wonder at the marvelous garments that now enrobed him. This finely dressed man strolled through his palatial mansion, plucking tidbits of fine food off the tables and popping them into his mouth. And for a while he seemed happy, but the disease haunted his thoughts, for he knew he was going to die. The twin evils of sorrow and fear were always lurking in the back of his mind. This time, God came to the man and asked him why he was still unhappy. The man had one last dream: he wanted to ...

169. Holy Tuesday

Mark 11:27-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... word of an expert. “We have all noticed that in many matters it is the word of the expert which convinces us. If ever you had a dear one very ill, and consulted a specialist, I hope you did not argue with the specialist. You didn’t say, ‘Have you thought of this? Do you think it might be that?’ You were out of your depth about these medical matters, and you took his word. Similarly, I would not argue with an astronomer as to how far one star is from another. I am out of my depth. I take his ...

170. Building a House (Mother's Day)

Luke 6:46-49

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Maxie Dunnam

... , I was going through a rather dry time in my spiritual life -- that is, in the feeling dimension of my spiritual life. This is confession time. I had come to a place in my prayer time, where it was difficult to keep my thoughts centered, and either verbalize or center my thoughts on persons and issues about whom I was concerned to bring those persons and issues into a prayerful relationship with God. I had begun a practice which is very meaningful to me. When I would be struggling with my prayer time with ...

171. Building A House

Luke 6:46-49

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Maxie Dunnam

172. Return and Be Forgiven

Isaiah 55:1-13

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

... " (v. 6). We can't just return to fellowship with our God any old time we feel like it. We can't just willfully break a commandment and then decide, "Okay, I'll find God now." We can't just glibly wrong a neighbor and comfort ourselves with the thought that nevertheless God will forgive and accept us back. No. The initiative lies always with God, and unless he draws near to us and says, "Return," we cannot go back to him. At a specific time in the sixth century B.C., God drew near to the exiled Israelites ...

173. The Problem with Promises

Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... to try it, and that God was promising him that he would be glad if he did. On the way home from church, Abe shared his thoughts with Sarah. She was a girl he had met in college. She was as smart as she was pretty. She had not grown up rich and ... that he had hoped to make. Was it time to give up on trusting God and living toward the fulfillment of a promise that everyone else thought was unrealistic? His own fortune wasn't in danger. He would come out well if he sold out. Only his dream was in jeopardy. But, if ...

174. Christianity's First Sermon

Luke 23:26-43

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Leonard Sweet

... to terms with the truth about truth, I quote from one of my precocious students at Drew Seminary, Youth Minister Mark Karris, who wrote this meditation on “Absolute Truth” in the process of his question for an answer to Pilate’s question: Oh absolute truth (Scripture) I thought you were there to comfort me, You made me feel safe and secure. You were a weapon in my hand to argue with, to oppress, to shame and to guilt. Oh the deleterious effects of truth, you have hurt others but oh how good I felt ...

175. Magnanimity: The Essential Spirit of the Christian

Philippians 4:4-7

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James W. Moore

... it was the two thousand dollars the survivors in the Astrodome had been given by FEMA the day before! The next day at church, Jim told this story to his Sunday School Class. He said that he was so moved and touched by the thoughtfulness and generosity and kindness of that young couple that he, in turn, wanted to pay it forward… he wanted to give ten times the amount of his Saturday morning breakfast to a special fund the class has which supports The Christian Community Service Center… one of the great ...

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