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1751. He Shepherds Us!

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... sheepfold at night and lies down at the entrance of the sheepfold to serve as the very door for the sheepfold itself. All of us have some impression of the Good Shepherd imprinted on our hearts and minds. Commonly, officials have completely different views of the offices to which they are elected. The variety is a result most often from the different perceptions the officials have of themselves. People also have had and have confessed different conceptions and pictures of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some see him ...

1752. Jesus Transfigured

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... because Jesus was claiming that he would be able to defeat the worst enemy of all, death. But there absolutely were no indications at all that these three disciples understood them or remembered when Jesus was crucified that he had promised to rise from the dead. Our View We cannot be too hard on the disciples for not getting the full import of what had taken place before them and how Jesus had instructed them. If we had been there we would have reacted the same way. Probably most of us would not have been ...

1753. Clean House

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... the Body of Christ. The Church is the Body of Christ. Thus it was true that the people did destroy the Body of Christ, but he was raised to new life in three days, and we are now part of that Body. The boast that Jesus made that day in view of the promises of God and in perfect trust that God would complete them in him are now fulfilled in us. What was also important to the evangelist was the sacramental character of the church. When our Lord talked about the temple of his body replacing the Temple at ...

1754. Hate Evil

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... in the world that one does not have to advance much of an argument to show that people are capable of great evil. Broadcasts of atrocities have been so horrendous at times that they had to be cut because they had been so offensive to public viewing. As a daily log on human behavior, the newspaper gives us case history after case history of the evil deeds of people. Those are the obvious and glaring forms of evil deeds. However, that is not all that is meant here. The evangelist explains his understanding ...

1755. Easter 7

John 17:6-19, John 17:1-5

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Lord, Receive This Company Crown Him With Many Crowns O Christ, Our Hope Hail Thee, Festival Day A Hymn Of Glory Let Us Sing! Up Through Endless Ranks Of Angels Prayer for Easter 7 Keep us alert, Lord, for the world around us does not always hold akind view toward people of faith. Obstacles are placed in the way of promotion. Games are played. Tricks are used. Life is not always fair. So, keep us alert, Lord! There are those who want to knock us down when wetake a stand for you. By your grace, enable us ...

1756. Proper 27

Matthew 23:1-39

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Are The Lord's Rise, My Soul, To Watch And Pray Lord Of Light Prayer for Proper 27, Pentecost 25, or OT 32 God of our salvation, we know that the time will come when the waiting will be over and your kingdom will come into full view. Those who have neglected to respond to your invitation will be caught unprepared. Neither last-minute appeals nor hasty promises will make any difference. The doors will be shut. Entrance impossible. Your invitation is before us now. It would be foolish to lean upon others in ...

1757. Crumbs

Matthew 15:21-28

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... indicate with nods that they do, so I begin asking what these pets might be. As luck would have it, every single one of the children present has a cat. Being particularly fond of cats myself, this would normally not be a problem. But this morning, in view of the lectionary text, we obviously needed to talk about dogs. "Do any of you have a friend who has a dog?" Several children indicate they do. "Are these dogs allowed to come in the house?" Again, the response is affirmative. "Well, if one of these dogs ...

1758. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

... power struggles and are given back great strength. Moses, who stood alone before all the power of Pharaoh and led an entire people to freedom, was described as being meek (Numbers 12:3). To his contemporaries, Jesus was never accused of being a wimp. He was viewed as a troublemaker, and that is why he was crucified. Yet, he referred to himself as meek. "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. For I am meek" (Matthew 11:29 KJV). Consider these descriptions of the meek: "People ... who instinctively react with ...

1759. The Merciful

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

John A. Terry

... change the tire of a woman traveling with her little children. This is the beatitude of the givers, of the charitable. This refers to those who have such an attitude of compassion toward others that they want to share gladly all that they have. It does not view the needy as beggars to whom we give just a little bit, but brothers and sisters with whom we share all. This understanding of charity or mercy led some of the early Christians to a state of voluntary poverty in which "all the believers were together ...

1760. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... not doing anything for that blind man or anyone else, for that matter. Rabbi: That's not entirely true. You help me and you help around the house. Daughter: For a price. That's how I earn my spending money. Rabbi: I know. I didn't mean to restrict my view of your helpfulness to stuff we pay you for. You've worked down at the synagogue. You've helped some of the kids at school. Daughter: Thanks for trying, but I don't help that much. That's why Jesus impressed me that day. We all have the power to ...

1761. Peter's Confession, Christ's Prediction

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... healings of blind men: Mark 8:22-26; 10:46-52. Jesus Christ has come to open our eyes! The disciples, however, have eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear. Tell the story of the three "passion/resurrection" predictions this time from the point of view of the blindness of the disciples. They hear but they do not understand. They hear Jesus speak of cross and they return to glory again and again. The key glory verses are: Mark 9:5; 9:33-37; 10:35-45. Glory thinking is a fundamental hallmark of much ...

1762. John the Baptist Beheaded

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... Baptist. John the Baptist's story ends here with his burial by his disciples (6:29). When Jesus died there were no disciples to be found. He had to be buried by a stranger! In Mary Ann Tolbert's reading of the typology of the Parable of the Sower she views Herod as an example of seed sown among the thorns. Herod and the ruler who comes to Jesus to find out what he must do to inherit eternal life (Mark 10:17-31, appointed for Pentecost 22) are her chief examples in Mark's story of hearers who are like ...

1763. The Servant of All's Second Prediction

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:33-37

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... must be last of all and servant of all" (Mark 9:35). Jesus goes on to say to them that the kingdom of God is about welcoming children. In ancient culture, children had no status. They were subject to the authority of their fathers, viewed as little more than property. Membership within the community of the faithful will involve giving status to those who have none ... Hospitality, a major aspect of life in the ancient world, is to be extended to the most unlikely, thus challenging traditional notions of ...

1764. How Can We Restore the Christian Home?

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... own; tragedies occur with such shocking impact that forces many parents to face each other wonderingly and ask, "What did we do wrong?"; our daily newspapers give us pause when we read (cite either facts or some statistics from one's local situation). In view of all these negative and distressing facts, how very much beside the mark seems to be the question: "How can we restore the Christian home?" The prior question, however, is "Do we want to?" Not the strictly puritanical and patriarchal home of the New ...

1765. Choosing Your Spirituality

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... way. That’s what is common!”3 How true it is! This is a delicate and entangling issue. Many don’t seem to give any validity to religious pluralism. They even condemn their sisters and brothers within the Christian faith who hold different views and/or practice different styles than they. And, to them, non-Christian religious adherents are pagans and eternally lost. Jesus did not condemn people because they held a different religious loyalty or belief. To him all people are creatures of God. You and ...

1766. Bread of Another Kind (Bread of Life II)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... when compared with Matthew, Mark and Luke. In those three Gospels Jesus made no claims for himself. As a matter of fact, he took great pains that people should not know who he was until they saw it for themselves. St. John gives us an entirely different view. In John’s Gospel Jesus makes at least six enormous claims for himself: I am: the Bread of Life; the Light of the World; the Good Shepherd; the Resurrection and the Life; the Way, the Truth and the Life; and Before Abraham I Was. Consider this. By ...

1767. Bread of the Eucharist (Bread of Life IV)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... that will make you feel your are atheistic if you do not believe the Bible literally. Actually, when you think about it, the literal approach is a safety technique. The hardliners of a literalistic approach insulate and protect themselves from differing points of view and from new knowledge. It is no secret that many of these zealots have a major problem dealing with religious pluralism. To them there is only “one way.” Their literalism becomes a way of luring people to that “one way” and sending ...

1768. Would That God. . .

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... to see himself as another saw him. However, in this instance the other was Jesus, and that made all the difference. Through the eyes of Jesus, the man was privileged to see himself in the best possible light, the light of infinite worth in which Jesus views us all. Bartimaeus cried out for mercy. Rebuked by the disciples, he cried out the more. Finally, Jesus told those around him to call the man. “Take heart; rise, he is calling you.” Springing up, Bartimaeus ran to Jesus. “What do you want me to do ...

1769. When Matters Hang in the Balance

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... she was a beloved friend of our family, too. We talked and wondered and prayed and fretted, and then we heard that ominous code over the loudspeaker summoning all available medical personnel to the cardiac unit. Was it Grammy? We wondered. When the family physician came into view, we knew the answer to our question. It was Grammy, and for a time we continued to be upset people. There is no getting around the fact that life will at times hang in the balance for us. Just like David, we will reject food, pray ...

1770. OK, God You Win!

Job 42:1-6

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... entomologist, Jean Henri Fabre, at the age of eighty-seven, wrote a ten-volume work on insects. Someone asked him if he as a scientist and scholar could still believe in God. He positively replied, “I don’t believe in God I see him!” One can get even a better view of God in Jesus. He is the Son of God and reflects the nature of his Father. Once he told Philip, “He who has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9) In Jesus we see the truth of the Father. In the Cross we see the love of ...

1771. Wisdom In A Proverb

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... are moments of almost slapstick humor in Proverbs and there are moments of holiness and it's important to understand which is which. So I suggest that we approach Proverbs one at a time: dwell on one proverb, consider it, think about it, expand it in your view, relate it to your experience, to those who you know, argue with the proverb, find its loophole, probe it to see if there is truth or wisdom to be found. For instance, let's consider "those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with ...

1772. God As Wisdom

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... bill, and keep this family from financial ruin." Disciplining an obstreperous child, wanting to slam doors, kick and scream back, (bad behavior is contagious, have you ever noticed that?) I took a deep breath and called on God to give me understanding and wisdom, the long view. Saying good-bye to a treasured colleague of many years, standing by his moving van, I asked God for the right words to sum up 11 years together, wisdom in a sentence or a moment. Then as the tears began to stream down my cheeks, I ...

1773. Path To A New Life

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... to begin living in a different world. Even as he talked with him about "new birth," he must have been looking at the fine robes that Nicodemus wore. He certainly knew of the social and political power that Nicodemus could wield. From a distant view, Nicodemus was a man of the world who had everything he could want! But Nicodemus obviously didn't feel that way. And those feelings are not limited to ancient history. There are many persons of wealth, standing, power, education, good looks, who can see ...

1774. Tough Faith In Tough Times

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Larry R. Kalajainen

... God to act on behalf of those who cry out to him. If a corrupt and unjust judge will render justice because the plaintiff is so persistent, how much more is God, who loves us and is concerned about us, willing to answer us when we call to him? In view of the parable's insistence that God will bring justice and bring it speedily, what then are we to make of our sense that God seems to be taking his own sweet time about fulfilling his promises to make things right? The parable suggests a two-fold answer: In ...

1775. When In Rome

Mark 6:7-13

Children's Sermon

... , and magazines about other peoples and customs. Try contacting your local travel club for information on regional cultures and customs, or write to foreign embassies or the United Nations for information on various nations from their own points of view. Be certain that you stress the sameness of people rather than their differences, and remember to present the differences which do exist as interesting variations rather than frightening unknowns. Remind your children that when Jesus sent his disciples out ...

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