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1726. The Taught Can

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... 't minimize your good works. So Abraham did more? So Abraham, the father of the faithful, seems to have done better than we of little faith? When he saw the three men standing by his tent pitched by the oak of Mamre, he ran to them and begged them to stay with him and rest. He had Sarah make flour cakes and served them with curds and milk and roast veal (Genesis 18:1-8). And you don't even look at the panhandler you pass by on a street downtown, and you teach your teenage drivers not to pick up ...

1727. Can You See Where We're Going

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

William G. Carter

... advertisements for the same church? Both advertisements are true of one congregation I know. The difference between the ads lies in what they claim to see. Is the church of Jesus called to sit at the high places in stained glass glory? Or is it our business to stay on the road to the cross? The truth is people see only what they want to see. The Gospel of Mark provides plenty of evidence to substantiate this truth. For all of Jesus' incredible deeds in that book, his own disciples never see that he has come ...

1728. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... , and remained reticent to welcome any gift. As a result, churches are full of people who are experts at giving. They spend hours with needy children. They volunteer to serve on a hundred different committees. They sign up for payroll deductions for United Way. They stay awake until 2:00 a.m. to listen to somebody with a broken heart. They always have time for everybody and everything. They give constantly. Yet if you observe such people in a rare quiet moment, you may notice they know a lot about giving ...

1729. A Tale Of Two Cities

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... of the magi. He said: Now the Wise Men had the faith to follow the word of the Prophet Micah. They were not offended that the king was not born in Jerusalem. They left the Temple and went to the cow stall. If I had been there, I would have stayed in the Temple and said: "God dwells here and if the Child is to be found anywhere in the world, it will be where all the priests are gathered and God is served." We may profit from the example of those heathen, who took no offense when directed from Jerusalem ...

1730. Arise! Shine! For Your Light Has Come

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... and its temple. They were going to restore Israel to greatness; but many did not want to return. They had made a life for themselves. Those who did return found opposition from without and within, from the neighboring nations and from the Jews who had stayed behind in Jerusalem at the time of the exile. The result was that the rebuilding was painfully slow, there was constant quarreling, and the results were pitiful. The only thing worse than dashed hopes is to have those hopes dashed again. That is what ...

1731. Living By The Calendar Instead Of The Clock (New Year's)

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... down," said the abbot. "Whatever for?" asked the pilgrim. "So we can see the sun rise at dawn," said the abbot. My church will be called to build in three places this next year, and we will succeed in doing that. However, we must make sure that all our building stays out of the path of the sun that shines on the face of one born in a manger, born to set us free! May God give us courage to remove anything from our lives that will keep us from seeing the face of the child of Bethlehem who leads us ...

1732. Flatliners

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... when all of the traditional roles have been flattened out. We don't know which end is up most of the time. What can we say of traditional roles? I was told, "Just be a good boy, go off to college, and you'll have a career that you'll stay with the rest of your life." That turned out not to be the case for most of the persons in my generation. They have had at least three careers. Somebody said, "This generation will have twelve." I felt that we owed it to our children to send them to college ...

1733. Love Your Enemies--It Will Drive Them Crazy

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

Richard A. Wing

... faith tradition would have more influence on the daily activities of its people. The second was Sir Isaac Newton. His influence would have to do with our worldview and how we see things differently in the world. But the third was Jesus, and we need to stay with this fact for just a moment. Right under the paragraph that talked about Jesus, it lifted up the text that is in front of us today: "Love your enemies"; "Turn the other cheek." And the people who put the book together said that anyplace you ...

1734. Reach For The Light

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Tony Everett

... towards the chancel, following an acolyte carrying one large lighted candle, which is placed in its stand in front of the congregation. In dialogue the leader and worshipers proclaim, "Jesus Christ is the Light of the World, the Light which no darkness can overcome. Stay with us, Lord, for it is evening and the day is almost over. Let your light scatter the darkness and illumine your Church." Candles of those gathered are lighted from the larger flame. "Arise, shine; for your Light has come, and the Glory ...

1735. Named And Claimed

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Tony Everett

... added Father. The new pastor said, "Yes, remember, Virginia, Jesus is right here in your bedroom." Suddenly another blinding flash of lightning and deafening blast of thunder rattled the windows. Virginia, pointing a finger directly at the pastor, said through clenched teeth, "You stay up here in my bedroom with Jesus. I'm going downstairs to my grandmother's lap!" And off she ran. You see, baptism is something like Grandmother's lap. In the midst of the rejections and raging storms of life, baptism reminds ...

1736. Dabar Adonai

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Tony Everett

... was the word of the Lord, in Hebrew Dabar Adonai. It was not a call to solve a complex math problem that Jeremiah resisted. It was a call to be a prophet to nations in great political, military, and religious turmoil (v. 4). It was not a call to stay in the classroom. It was a call to "go wherever I send you and speak whatever I command you" (v. 7). The Lord did not ask Jeremiah to perform a relatively easy task based on a previous homework assignment. The Lord asked Jeremiah to shatter the complacency of ...

1737. How Long Will You Limp? (Because God Is Tired Of The Bull)

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... sacrifice as genuine means of atoning for our sins of omission and commission. There once was a man who had a terrible car accident and recuperated in the hospital for five months with a broken back, a fractured skull, and two broken legs. All during his stay he promised God that if God made him well he would go to church and become a faithful Christian. His prayers amounted to appeasing and bribing God. The man never set foot inside a church after his convalescence. While in the hospital he thought if he ...

1738. A Tale Of Two Cities

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... did not want Amos to rock the boat. The prophet was an embarrassment to his administration. The people were listening and hearing the words of the prophet, and this was a threat to the status quo. Amaziah wanted to maintain things as they were. He wanted to stay in his comfort zone. His job was to see that discomfort or anxiety did not unsettle the king, and Amos' words were particularly annoying. Amos wanted to transform the status quo and he would do this at the request of God, who commanded him to speak ...

1739. Lord, Send The Wind

Jeremiah 4:5-31

Sermon

James McLemore

... No water, no electricity, no heat; the room was lit by candlelight. Envelopes filled with bills were piled on the table and on the floor. Husband and wife sat in the same room, but they were not together. Neither one wanted to leave; neither one wanted to stay. Money problems, family problems, and employment problems had heated up an already hot relationship. The man looked up from the Holy Bible open on the table before him and reached his hand across the table to grab her hand. With a tear in his eye, he ...

1740. Is This The Season To Seek Salvation

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James McLemore

... seek salvation? Who is going to be left down in Hell, if we all don't seek salvation? Is this the season to seek salvation? Maybe winter is too cold. Nobody wants to go to church in winter. Maybe spring is too wet. Too much rain, we need to stay inside. Maybe summer is too hot. And we have to enjoy ourselves sometime. Maybe the fall is too busy with baseball and football. Maybe, maybe ... The harvest is past, and summer is ended, and we are not saved. The only place to seek salvation is here; the only time ...

1741. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... his face. He had reached into one of his trouser pockets and pulled out a crumpled-up wad of papers. He thought they were scrap to be discarded. It was the two tickets he had absentmindedly jammed into his pocket. He was relieved not to have to stay in Israel! 4. On Our Guard and Alert - for What? The Toledo Blade (24 September 1994, p. 11) reported a study by sociologist Robert Wuthnow published under the title God and Mammon in America (The Free Press). He is reported to say, "We live in a materialistic ...

1742. Lent 3

Luke 13:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Psalm 63:1-11, Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... a system that the reformers, educators, and evangelists bring about. They seek to replace the present structures and systems and bring a new order into being. Jesus worked at all of these methods. He only rejected evil as a way to do it. He tried to stay within Judaism. He taught people. He called people to repentance and a new life. He sought to replace the corrupt society with the kingdom of God. He only rejected domination and violence as methods he would use. Persons may be called to work primarily as ...

1743. Proper 6

Luke 7:36-50, Galatians 2:11-21, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Psalm 5:1-12

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... news? A. Grace Offered B. Gratitude as Response C. Ailments Healed D. Resources Shared 5. The Role of Women. The unsung supporters of Jesus' ministry. A. As Living Witnesses. They were walking examples of the power of Christ. B. Courageous Companions. Note how the women stay at the cross and go to the tomb when the twelve betrayed and fled. C. Forgiven and Giving. They shared their resources. CONTACT Points of Contact 1. With Whom Identify? Three sets of three may be noted in the pericope. The first is the ...

1744. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... is serving the family contrary to the common good? Is it more important to provide well for the family in terms of food, clothing, housing, education, and health care at the expense of absence from children during their formative years? Should a family stay in a deteriorating urban center to witness and minister to needs or should families flee to the security and comfort of the suburbs? Should a church move when the racial composition of a community changes and few traditional members of the church now ...

1745. Proper 19

Psalm 14:1-7, 1 Timothy 1:12-20, Jeremiah 4:5-31, Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... fellow in trying to trace the owner. He got the cameras back and sent a gift to the maid who recovered them. He told the story to a group of friends. Now he has six cameras! 3. We were in the process of moving to a new city. We stayed temporarily in an apartment. A friend came to greet us. When he opened the door, our dog took off running and streaked out of sight. Immediately everyone dropped everything and went searching over several blocks. Finally when we were about to give up, we spotted him and called ...

1746. Proper 22

Luke 17:1-10, 2 Timothy 1:1-2:13, Lamentations 1:1-22, Psalm 137:1-9

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William E. Keeney

... slaves usually were those who sold themselves into slavery, known as bondslaves. They had a debt they could not pay. According to Old Testament law Hebrew slaves were to be granted freedom after six years. If they did not accept freedom, they stayed in slavery for life. Thus, some persons could be born into slavery as part of a household. While slaves were inferiors, slavery was restricted by certain conditions that respected their humanity. 4. "Plowing or Tending Sheep." (v. 7) Agricultural slavery was not ...

1747. Proper 24

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

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William E. Keeney

... wives were detained at a prison in the Rosenstrasse in Berlin. About 6000 wives gathered the next day before the prison. The police tried to chase them away. They regrouped and marched toward the prison, calling to their husbands. Despite orders to stay away from the windows, many showed themselves. The wives clamored for their release. The Nazis finally were scared by the size of the demonstration, even though the Gestapo headquarters was nearby and a machine gun could easily have killed the women. Instead ...

1748. Tempted By Good

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... bread. The struggle lasted for 40 days. Now the number 40 in the Bible is not just a digit. It is a symbol that something important was happening. The rains fell on Noah for 40 days. The nation of Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. Elijah stayed on the mountain with God for 40 days. Luke is saying here that something important was happening with Jesus. This was the time he was finding his mission in God's eyes, and deciding on his course of action. That's when these three temptations came to ...

1749. Sow's Ears And Silk Purses

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... the dangerous game of pretending it isn't so. Likewise, those who are tempted to use religion as a way to rally our kind of people against some national enemy, so that we can go off and kill them with the cross of Jesus going on before, ought to stay away from religion altogether. It is far too potent to let them use it for their own purposes. This story was remembered and recorded not to say something about wine, but to say something about Jesus. It is Jesus who has come to take the ordinary, the flat, the ...

1750. On Golf, Swimming, Gardening and Lent?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... that Jones threw away not one but two manuscripts, the second of which was 596 pages long, because he had made a bad beginning of it. Well, that is almost incomprehensible. But Jones had learned, what all of us can learn from his example, that none of us has to stay with a bad beginning. None of us has to live with a bad shot. None of us has to be content with the mistakes of the past, and any guilt that may tie us to them. We have an advocate, a gardener if you will, who will free us from ...

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