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1726. A Living Witness

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... ? As the mourners gathered and testified of Tabitha's positive influence in their lives, Peter, led by the Spirit of God, acted in faith and prayed that God would restore Tabitha's life. The testimony of God's promise not only restored Tabitha's life, but brought hope to that entire community. Peter sent the crowds away and called upon the name of the Lord. While we don't know the exact words he prayed, we do know that God answered his prayer and Tabitha was raised from the dead. "Then she opened her eyes ...

1727. The Season Of The Evangel: Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... and me, no matter what form and content our sin takes. God is always ready to forgive more than we are. If left to us, we will hold grudges, and justify them, forever. If, in our thinking and behavior, we lose the hope for forgiveness for anyone, including ourself, we never had hope in the first place. Leader: O Lord, the Evangel, open our eyes, ears, mouth, People: And we shall see, hear, speak your Good News. Response "Open My Eyes That I May See" THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE GOOD NEWS Message with the ...

1728. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

John 6:25-59

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Wayne H. Keller

... Version by Clarence Jordan). Response "Lord, Have Mercy" PROCLAMATION Message with the Children of All Ages Continue the theme of grumbling. Ask the children if they ever complain about anything. What's your favorite way to complain? What do you hope will happen when you complain -- that your complaint will be stronger than the one denying your request? Probably. Compare the people's complaints with the children's complaints. Invite the children of all ages to offer thanks instead of grumbles. Dramatizing ...

1729. Welcoming Christ

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... he arrived. Standing in line impatiently, they held new pencil boxes and pads of paper. Up to the front of the line he went to the lists; first one list, then the next, then the next. Shyly retiring to the end of the line, face blotchy red with tears, he hopes no one will notice. "You new here?" a blonde-haired boy asks. He nods, wiping his sniffling nose on his sleeve. "Whose class are you in?" Heart pounding, he shrugs and hangs his head. "Didn't you look at the lists!?" "I'm not on there, my name isn't ...

1730. Designated Son Of God

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... his name. The Son Designates Others So God decided to do something new and brought the long- expected One into the world in an unexpected way. His parents were commoners and transient, and soon would be the focus of hostility. And yet he brought hope, and yet he was hope. Of course, this is but the beginning of his story. The designated Son of God comes into the world and designates others. A woman by the well is designated through forgiveness, the blind are made to see, the hungry on the hillside are fed ...

1731. Just In Time

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... Some may say, "But we have heaped prayers high to heaven. Why has God not honored us?" But to understand God thus is to miss the picture, purpose, and power of Christ. Paul suggests that some understood first the mystery and power of his will. "We who first hoped in Christ have been appointed to live for the praise of his glory." Others came next and then many, many more, until even we have heard the word of truth, the gospel of our salvation, and have believed in him. But we do not believe he will without ...

1732. Living In The Nonsense Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... over despair. We are new creatures -- radical, nonsensical people who live believing an amazing story. We are new creatures in our baptism into this Christ of the empty tomb. We are new creatures -- with love to share, with a story of hope to tell, with forgiveness to embrace our neighbor, with hands and hearts that can reach out beyond our own selfish concerns to that person who needs us. We are new creatures living in the nonsense of the resurrection. I tell you this morning -- Jesus lives! And so can ...

1733. Being A Good Doubter

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... will not believe." Is it any wonder, my friends? Who wants to be set-up twice for disappointment and hurt? Who wants to get one's hopes up again only to have them destroyed by the reality of a cruel world? Doubts? You bet! Honest doubts born of believing with all one's ... gave him his chance to touch the wounds. Can you imagine the pathos of that moment? Thomas, in that moment of reborn hope and rekindled faith, responded with the highest confession we find in John's gospel: "My Lord and my God!" The highest ...

1734. Five Thousand For Lunch In Galilee

Luke 9:10-17

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... alone in the wilderness. In response to Jesus' request for food, John's gospel says that Phillip the pessimist said it would take $40 to $50 worth of bread to feed the multitude even if he could find a place to buy it. Enterprising Andrew, with only a glimmer of hope, said, "There's a boy here with five barley loaves and two fish -- but what are they among so many?" Jesus asked them to sit down in groups of 50, and then taking the loaves and fish, he gave thanks and began to distribute the food. When it was ...

1735. Silly Love Songs

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... in the fast-paced, impersonal world in which we live. We might rightly ask, where has all the love gone? One commentator describes the modern situation as a "bureaucratic vision" of love. Instead of risking opening one's heart to another in hopes of a joy-filled relationship, the person becomes a skilled negotiator demanding and accepting conditions for his or her personal pleasure. We see evidence of this problem in the personal ads in local newspapers throughout the country. In recent years people have ...

1736. You Can Be In Heaven Or Hell

Psalm 139:1-24

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... him wherever he went and whatever he faced. That is what our faith teaches, that in moments of celebration God is near (lavishing upon us all those things that make life meaningful). And, in our moments of struggle or suffering, God is still near (providing the hope and courage to keep on keeping on when it would be far easier to give up and cave in). Sometimes we find that God even moves into the experiences that seem like hell and turns them into Paradise. "Even when the darkness falls around me, Thou ...

1737. Advent 1

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Luke 21:5-38

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John R. Brokhoff

... the thought of the Parousia, most people are filled with dread and fear. We picture the situation as one of horrible destruction, suffering, and extinction. The return of Christ means also judgment and the sending of the "goats" to hell. For Christians, however, the Parousia is something to be hoped and prayed for. How come? Look at the text. Outline: When Jesus comes at the end of time a. It will be a time of redemption v. 28. b. It will be a time of security v. 33. c. It will be a time of readiness vv. 34 ...

1738. Easter Day

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18, Acts 10:23b-48, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, Colossians 3:1-17

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John R. Brokhoff

... fact -- the fact of an empty tomb, the fact of an angel's message, the fact of the presence of the risen Christ. If it is not a fact, the Christian religion has no foundation. If the church has no resurrection to proclaim, it has no message of hope or salvation for the world. 2. Alive (v. 22). The risen Christ makes believers alive. Each person can have a resurrection of new life. Here Paul is referring to a resurrection from the dead, even as Jesus rose from the dead. But the resurrection is not limited to ...

1739. Easter 2

Acts 5:17-42, Revelation 1:4-8, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... glory and power of the ascended Christ to assure us that God is still in control of the world and thereby we have hope for the living of these years. Gospel: John 20:19-31 The risen Christ meets with the Disciples. In this gospel lesson we ... The Day: Faith In The Risen Lord Gospel: Faith without seeing Christ. Lesson 1: Faith that is fearless. Lesson 2: Faith gives hope. Today's Lessons focus on faith related to the resurrection. Faith does not require a physical appearance to believe Christ lives. (Gospel ...

1740. Easter 6

Jn 14:15-31; Acts 15:22-29, 16:6-15; Rev 21:22--22:5

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Easter 6 And Ascension 1. Is heaven in your future? (John 14:28; Luke 24:51). Need: Today we have lost the concept of heaven as a future place for Christians. In a previous generation many of our hymns were about heaven and sermons invariably referred to the hope of heaven. Today we are occupied with either the past or the present. We give little thought to the future. We are the "now" generation, we want pie on earth, not in the sky. We "eat, drink, and are merry," for there is no tomorrow. We build barns ...

1741. Pentecost As A Festival

Acts 2:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... for the Spirit and his sevenfold gifts. The Spirit brings life; he calls, enlightens and gathers believers into the church. Since the church is the product of the Spirit, Christians are grateful on Pentecost for the church as the mother of their faith. 3. Hope. Hope results from the Spirit's making all things new. Pentecost is renewal and revival day in the church. The Spirit is renewed in the faithful. Pentecost is more than an observance of a great event in the past but is a repeatable experience here ...

1742. Proper 12

Colossians 2:6-23, Hosea 1:1-2:1, Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 85:1-13

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John R. Brokhoff

... If so, according to Hosea, it can have the same consequences. Outline: a. The results of a bad marriage with God -- 1. Jezreel -- a decision to end the relationship -- vv. 4-6. 2. Laruhaman -- no pity -- v. 6. 3. Loammi -- rejection -- vv. 8-9. b. Is there no hope? -- v. 10. 1. Repentance and renewed faith. Lesson 2: Colossians 2:6-15 (16-19) If you want real life. Need: We live on earth only once, and almost everyone wants to get as much out of life as possible. A best selling non-fiction book tells about ...

1743. Proper 26

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Luke 19:1-10

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John R. Brokhoff

... -4, 11-12 1. Worthy (vv. 5, 11). With today's emphasis on human worth and dignity, we do not hear the question of our worthiness. Who is worthy to receive Holy Communion? Who is worthy to ascend into the hill of the Lord? In these verses Paul voices the hope that his people may be worthy of God's kingdom and of his call. Are we proving that we are worth the kingdom and the call to be God's people? How can anyone be worthy? The secret is in verse 11 Paul prays that God will make us worthy ...

1744. I Go To Prepare A Place For You

Matthew 25:1-13

Eulogy

Barbara G. Schmitz

... the souls of the just are in God's hand, and torment shall not touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to be dead; their departure was reckoned as defeat, and their going from us as disaster. But they are at peace, ... they have a sure hope of immortality ... For the Christian who trusts in Christ, there is more to come: Again, from the book of Wisdom: Those who have put their trust in him shall understand that he is true, and the faithful shall attend upon him in love; they are God's chosen, and ...

1745. Proper 5

Luke 7:11-17, 1 Kings 17:7-24, Psalm 146:1-10, Galatians 1:11-24

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B. David Hostetter

... praises to my God all my life long. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD their God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind ...

1746. Proper 7

Luke 8:26-39, Galatians 3:15-25, Galatians 3:26--4:7, Psalm 43:1-5, Psalm 42:1-11, 1 Kings 19:1-8

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B. David Hostetter

... I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,a multitude keeping festival. Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your cataracts; all your waves and your ...

1747. What Do You Say To A Burning Bush?

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Steve Burt

... see and feel the heat. It was my daughter growing up, yet she wasn't my child; she was a child of the world, a child of hope, the child in the Bethlehem manger with all the animals breathing their hot breath to warm her in the hay. Perhaps she'd be the one ... in life, the one who would make a difference in the world on God's behalf. In that moment, as I saw her burning brightly, I had hope that she would grow up in a world of peace, where the lion lies down with the lamb and they both get a good night's sleep ...

1748. Main Features And Coming Attractions

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... more of that kind of talk, no more of that kind of picture. He wants action, big, bold, spectacular. This vision on the mountain, with Jesus, Moses and Elijah in celestial conversation, this is more like it. No: not like it; this is it! This is what he had hoped for ever since he dropped his fisherman's nets and hitched his wagon to the rabbi's rising star. "Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" will soon become "Mine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" if only these giants of the faith ...

1749. For All The People

Luke 2:1-7

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Mark Radecke

... Christ. You are here to celebrate the nativity of your Lord. In the name of the Christ you worship and adore, I bid you welcome. Some are here because they once believed and would like to believe again. You come with the "remembrance of love and peace and shared hopes over many years now gathered into one great longing,"1 a longing to be with God, to become whole; a longing that the emptiness you now know too well might at last be filled. In the name of the Christ you long for, I bid you welcome. Some are ...

1750. The Man From Galilee II: The Transformation Of His Call

Matthew 4:18-22

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... only disciples but also apostles, servants, witnesses, and representatives. That is our calling today. That is the task at hand for us -- to be a church and to be individuals who major in discipleship. We are to be disciples, people who serve, witness, believe, hope, give, and represent Christ. William Temple, a Christian leader earlier in this century, said, "Christ wrote no book; He left in the world as His witnesses a body of men and women on whom His spirit came."3 G. Ray Jordon, Methodist preacher from ...

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