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1751. A Christian Example

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Eulogy

R. Blaine Detrick

... Now, just two weeks following Easter, he has gone to join her. Is it merely a coincidence that their deaths span the life of the Saviour they each served so faithfully! Let me remind you of some of the things I remember concerning Dr. _______: 1. His great sense of humor. One memory of him is that of a man who always wore a smile, was ever ready with a quick joke or story, whose personality was everlastingly happy and joyful. 2. His love of children. All the children of this church knew Dr. ______. And they ...

1752. God's Love Is Deep

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Alan R. Lindberg

... that something was happening. There was a war that was raging in her soul - her very being was being torn apart. The mind could grasp the meaning of what life is about, but there were times when it just didn't make sense any more. Then the rising tide of despair must have rolled over her. Once again we are reminded of the complexities of the human soul (psyche). To some people we can easily make a separation between body and soul, but that is not Christian thinking, but rather Greek philosophy. The ...

1753. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Robert Allen

... by the prevailing winds of public opinion. There are some issues which are not at the mercy of popular vote. There are some issues upon which we must stand firm. There are some issues which demand that we do not waver if we are to maintain any sense of moral integrity. Once I had an opportunity to sit down and visit with Sir George Thomas, former Speaker of the House of Commons in Great Britain. As we were talking, he told about being invited to speak in a Methodist Church in Georgia in 1960. On Saturday ...

1754. Selling One’s Soul

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Allen

... of selling his soul for the price of his neighbor’s vineyard. We may sell our souls and believe that no one will know. But, we know. We can’t hide anything from our conscious minds and when we violate our standards of right and wrong, the result is a sense of guilt. No one else may know about our secret actions, our secret sins, the skeleton in our closet, but we know. The guilt will eat away at us, the guilt will act as a built-in prosecuting attorney, the guilt will accumulate in our lives until it is ...

1755. Paradoxes Of The Christian Faith

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... obscure town called Bethlehem. Our scripture exemplifies this paradox - "He who finds shall lose and he who loses shall find it." The Christian faith is a strange and paradoxical faith. A paradox is something that seems illogical and inimical to common sense and customary experience. A paradox is something which seems contradictory to the usual, normative patterns of interpretation and understanding. It seems untrue but is true. For example, it is a paradox that America, the richest nation in the world, is ...

1756. Hostage Crisis

1 Kings 19:1-8

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... soul beyond the confines of reality. "I got to find a match," he whispered, half screaming. "If I don't find that match, I'm gonna kill somebody!" Finally, the match. Now the pipe and that little white ball of crack. Now he would take leave of his five senses. Now he would take refuge in that white ghost; the white witch that promised to be the answer to his deepest yearnings. Now he would do the solemn death dance and prepare himself to go as high and as far as the junk would take him. The hostage crisis ...

1757. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... . As St. Augustine wrote: "We do not come to Christ by running or walking, but by believing, not by the motion of the body, but by the will of the mind." I There are lessons here for every one of us who aspires towards a level of life where a sense of spiritual awareness holds us fast. "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger." Jesus is instructing us here, first of all, about the true nature of life. Note how the word "life" dominates these lines. And Jesus zeroed in that day upon the ...

1758. “Lucky” Is The Saddest Word

Jeremiah 20:7-18

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... fun with legal games of chance? Or do you join me in my concern that the mass marketing of this way of life of the “lucky” is seriously masking the good news of our Lord Jesus? I am convinced that we who follow Jesus need to lift up the whole sense of the care of creation and our own personal resources which we have come to know in the biblical way of faith. It is time to show that this stewardship begins with the giving of ourselves and the gifts we have been given and showing this as we reach out ...

1759. Fruit Or Twinkies?

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... is what you can give. Bill: If I add fruit to my life I don't gain as much as I can give? This doesn't make sense to me. Sarah: OK, you see, if you have fruit in your life you are better able to deal with all the garbage that comes your way ... , empty things then you don't have all that you should have. Especially when you need to really exercise. Bill: That makes sense. Sarah: Then how about some fruit? Bill: Sounds great. What should I start with? Sarah: How about this? (She hands him an apple) Bill: No ...

1760. Enter God

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... edged sword, cutting each way to produce grace with justice. While he loves me fully, nevertheless he is Lord over my life! My sense of control over the relationship fades with the presence of God in Jesus. No longer is my response one of being sweet, ... for the want of the rider the battle was lost.” It is still true. For want of a quiet, caring intimacy, a child’s primary sense of self-worth is lost. And for want of security and self-worth, the child is lost. In most churches I’ve known, members find ...

1761. The Rich Young Ruler

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... , and loved him.” But you know something, for all of his religion the law was not enough for him. There was a sense of emptiness and incompleteness about his life. Deep down inside he had the feeling that there was one more law that he ought ... life?” You see he was caught up in this game of doing things. But it had not brought him fulfillment. He still had a nagging sense that there was something that he had left undone. One base that he had not covered. The commandments--yes Lord I have done all that. ...

1762. "Something's Coming"

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... For many people, even Christmas Day brings a deep disappointment. The beautiful packages are opened, gifts are admired and then put away. Trees come down. Shepherds and angels are stored away in boxes for another year. The long-awaited day seems to pass with a sense that nothing - nothing - has really happened. In a far more profound way, God's people have always had to live with their eyes on a distant future. For people in Isaiah's time, the vision of a coming Messiah sounded wonderful. But the only ones ...

1763. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... "Yes" or "No." They found that their refusal to choose did itself constitute a choice. We cannot avoid making a decision about the basic issues of life. The ultimate questions of life have to be answered one way or the other. For instance, does life make sense or is it simply nonsense? Is life a meaningless struggle, or is it nurtured in the purpose and goodness of Almighty God? Are the love, kindness and generosity we show in our finest moments indications of the true nature of life, or are they so much ...

1764. Light For Our Darkness

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... with the eyes of faith. One of my favorite Christmas stories is about the man who hated Christmas. It was Christmas Eve, but in spite of his wife's pleas, he would not accompany her to church. The whole crazy idea of God becoming a human being made no sense to his logical mind. He stood watching the heavy snow from his picture window. He thought of the birds and wondered if they would find the seeds he had put out for them. It was snowing so hard that the seed holders were quickly covered. He turned on the ...

1765. Coming Back Down

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

John Jamison

... . It happens that way. Some here this morning have had that kind of experience. That time in your life when suddenly you knew who Jesus was, and found that everything in the world looked different now that you recognized him. Suddenly everything made sense, and the things that didn't make sense didn't matter. And you really wished you could stay right there. "Let's not go back down the mountain where all those people are wanting all that stuff. Let's stay up here and visit with Moses and Elijah, and hear a ...

1766. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Sims Robert

... give it back, it will suffocate you. At this point someone might say, “I give my love away every day. Why then am I not experiencing a deep sense of fulfillment as a person? Why do I still feel empty?” The answer is that most of us give love away in order to receive it. We ... the strength to give more freely of who you are and what you have and thank God for each occasion when you sense that you have truly given without expectation of return. Once you learn to give material things in an anonymous way you ...

1767. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock ... In the path of thy judgments, O Lord, we wait for thee (Isaiah 26:4, 8)." With the affirmations of Easter we are given new meaning and a new urgency for our lives. We are provided with a sense of direction for the faithful: "For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his (Romans 6:17)." A Prologue To Discipleship Matthew places the Beatitudes at the very beginning of Jesus' Sermon ...

1768. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... s gospel, virtually all Jesus had predicted has already been fulfilled. Yet, its value then and now is significant because: 1. It believed firmly in God's power and intent to defeat the forces of evil. Folks in our generation have little sense of direction or of destiny. If salvation is believed at all, it is considered "universal." 2. Apocalyptic writings looked seriously upon the powers of evil, seeing a fearful and significant cosmic struggle. The ancient baptismal question is basic: "Do you renounce all ...

1769. The Ten Commandments For Today

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Erskine White

... commerce matter more than the claims of God. Jesus said that the Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). This means the Sabbath is meant to help us as a day of rest, not burden us with rigid rules which defy common sense. For example, some businesses and services must certainly remain open on Sunday to cover emergency needs. Also, if the mother in the family must cook or clean on the Sabbath, the father and children should help her with this work, so that she may have a day of ...

1770. Death of a Twenty-nine-year-old Athlete

Ephesians 6:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... whom I love very much. In addition to that, my wife and I have been blessed with three lovely grandchildren. They are all, in a real sense, my flesh and bone. As I look at each of them, I see something of myself, of my wife, in them. To be sure, they are ... my many years of parish ministry, I have to confess that I do not, I cannot, know exactly how you feel today. In a sense, all human compassion is limited by experience, isn't it? Until we have actually walked where another has walked, or faced what another ...

1771. For One Who Came to Faith While Dying

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... when death does come to one whom we have known and loved, we grieve the loss. At the same time, however, there is a sense of relief, particularly for __________ since we know he had experienced a great deal of pain these past few weeks. It is hard to ... Since his death was inevitable, it is a relief to know that he hurts no more. The excruciating pain is finally gone. There is also a sense of great joy today. I will say more about that in a few moments. For now, let me assure you who remain that my prayers are ...

1772. For a Ninety-three-year-old Widow

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Eulogy

Walter A. Schmidt

... is a day of celebration and rejoicing. This is a day to celebrate ninety-three years of a rich, full life. Yes, it would have been nice if it could have been ninety-four or ninety-five years, but that is not the way Edna would look at it. "No sense of worrying about what you cannot have," as she would often say. It is one thing to be privileged to live a long life. However, the most important thing is not the number of years, but rather the quality of that life lived. Edna had the faith, the grace, the ...

1773. Bartolome’ de Las Casas Protector Of The Indians

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... 2: “I ascended this pulpit to let you know that I am the voice of Christ crying in the wilderness of this island. Hence it is meet that you listen to it with no ordinary attention, but with all the power of your souls and of your five senses. It will prove to you the strongest, the most rasping, the harshest, the most frightful voice you ever listened to. This voice tells you that all of you are now living and dying in a state of mortal sin, on account of your cruelty and tyranny over these innocent ...

1774. Called in From Off-stage

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... within himself the latent powers that were his. For many of us who feel inferior, whether among our friends or business acquaintances or classmates or among our brothers and sisters or even within the company of God's people, there is a strong message here. For those who sense a lack of courage and a lack of Christian faith there is the reminder that as God called in from off-stage a David and made him to be one who is still revered by millions of several world religions, so he can also surprise us by his ...

1775. Jerusalem: City for All Time

2 Samuel 5:1-5

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... , would express the feelings of many Christians. Moslem Arabs have the same attraction for the city. The events that have taken place in Jerusalem and their meaning for three of the great world religions make it a city for all time. We consider Jerusalem, in this sense, as a place, a prayer, and a promise. First, As a Place. It was King David who brought Jerusalem into the Jewish history books. It was an act of wisdom that had him see the great future of the place. When the Hebrews settled Palestine under ...

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