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1776. Reformation Sunday

Jn 8:31-36 · Rom 3:19-28 · Jer 31:31-34 · Ps 46

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... segment. Our relationship with God is ongoing; it's a serial story. What matters to God is not what happens in the first installment of our walk with the Lord. What counts is that we grow in love as we continue in Christ. Our relationship with Christ remains healthy if we continue in his teachings (v. 31). Outline: Introduction: How do you feel when you're engrossed in an exciting story on television and are finally getting to the crux of the plot, when all of a sudden there's a station break, followed by ...

1777. Easter Day

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

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and John what has happened. These two disciples then dash to the tomb to investigate. John gets there first, peers into the grave, but does not enter until Peter steps inside the tomb another first for Peter. The disciples return to their dwelling in puzzlement. Mary remains by the grave, where she peers in and sees two angels. They ask her why she is weeping. "Because they have taken away my Lord and I don't know where they have laid him," Mary replies. Then Jesus appears, asking the same question as the ...

1778. Thanksgiving

Lk 17:11-19 · 1 Tim 2:1-4 · Phil 4:6-20 · 2 Cor 9:6-15 · Deut 8:1-18 · Ps 65

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... of their companions. They were all healed physically, but only one, spiritually. Only the Samaritan drew near to Jesus to render thanks for his cleansing. Were the others so alienated from society and God that even after their skin was restored, their souls remained leprous? Were they still outsiders, outcasts, who could not draw near to God in worship and thanksgiving? To live in sin is to be an outcast, looking at life from a distance. Sermon Title: Returning Thanks. Sermon Angle: The Samaritan, when he ...

1779. Transfiguration

2 Peter 1:12-21, Daniel 7:1-14, Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... by God to meet him on the mountain. He instructed the people to wait below. Then he and Joshua went up the mountain. The cloud of God's presence covered the mountain for six days, and finally, on the seventh day, God spoke out of the cloud. Moses remained on Mount Sinai 40 days and nights, receiving the commandments of the Lord. One would think that God could have expedited the matter more quickly, but the Lord doesn't operate on our timetable. Being God gives him the wisdom and the power to speak or not ...

1780. Christmas 1

Galatians 3:26--4:7, Galatians 3:15-25, Colossians 3:1-17, Hebrews 2:5-18, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Matthew 2:19-23, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and he is confronted with having to choose between living with his father in Boston or his mother in California. He really wants to live with Clara but he is denied this option. He settles with his mother and achieves some modicum of adjustment. The sad fact remains that here is a boy whose name is legion, who has never really had the experience of coming home. We in the church must point the way. Christ became a part of our human family to turn our hearts toward home. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day ...

1781. I Am Coming Soon

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... that I needed her forgiveness as well as she needed my forgiveness. It was the hardest thing in my life," he said, "but it was the best thing I ever did. I kept asking Jesus, the Lord, to guide me. Until that period in my life, I had tried to remain in control. It was like I was holding the push-button control panel for a television and changing stations as I willed to do so. The turning point was when I gave up control to Jesus as Lord." The three Christians bumped coffee cups and toasted the new-found ...

1782. I Am The Light Of The World

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... of the world." Actually, the blindness described in the text is two-fold: the physical blindness of the man and the spiritual blindness of the Pharisees (John 8:13-19). It is the latter about which we should most concern ourselves, since spiritual blindness remains a serious problem for many -- for people both in the church and outside the church. Jesus came to be the light of the world. That is a needed message for those who dwell in spiritual darkness. Imagine The Possibilities When Jesus Is Our Light ...

1783. Justified By Greed: Biography of a Pharisee

Micah 5:1-4, Zechariah 9:9-13, Isaiah 9:1-7, Matthew 27:45-56, Mark 15:33-41, Luke 23:44-49

Drama

Lynda Pujad

... has not. Let me tell you, I wasn't pleased at all about this carpenter's son called Jesus doing the things he was doing. It was wrong. We Pharisees have our rules and regulations concerning every facet of life. We have hundreds of rules so we can remain pure and I know them all because I am a devoted and blameless Pharisee. Undoubtedly, I am better than other people and I am glad for it. I hope you understand how important it is to be a religious Pharisee. I can't impress you enough with my importance ...

1784. The Babel Disaster -- You Are There

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... so we will understand each otherand care about each other better. That will be the new birthof religion. FA: Thank you, Pastor. This has been a great tragedy. Despite the winds, thereis still dust enough to darken this city early in theevening. The tar smell remains strong in the air and thegrim smell of crushed flesh still hovers over the ruinshere. Who is to blame? Is it man, his ego, his carelessness,his greed? Is it God, bringing judgment, or just a naturalcalamity? What can be done? All spoke one ...

1785. Paul, The Great Missionary

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... I can do more worthwhile work, then I am not sure which I should choose. I am caught from both sides. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing; but it is much more important, for your sake, that I remain alive. I am sure of this, and so I know that I will stay. I will stay on with you all, to add to your progress and joy in the faith. So when I am with you again you will have even more reason to be proud of me, in ...

1786. The Righteous

Sermon

John A. Terry

... and water were precious commodities. People would hardly find their hunger and thirst satisfied with something as abstract as "righteousness." In one manner or another, we all have hungers and thirsts we seek to satisfy. But we can seek satisfaction in ways that never remain satisfying. I once spoke with a man who owned a chemical company. He told me about chemicals he sold to beverage makers that they put in their drinks so that our thirst is never quite quenched. Remember the ad that had as its slogan ...

1787. The Pure In Heart

Sermon

John A. Terry

... student made in response, Phil said, "No words have ever meant more to me than the words my friend then uttered." The friend said, "Phil, no matter how God chooses to reveal himself to you, never be ashamed of it." The friend went into the library while Phil remained looking up at the night sky. But this time, he did not see confusion in the stars. Instead, he saw an orderly universe. And he wondered how he had been so blind. God had always been present. The universe had always had order. It was he who had ...

1788. The Persecuted

Sermon

John A. Terry

... from what we warn youth about -- peer pressure? Many of us work places where we have to show financial profit for our work. Seldom will someone say you cannot ask questions of ethics about how the money is made, but questions of Christian ethics usually remain in our mind without passing over our lips. "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account." But the threat of scorn from colleagues and reviling looks of peers hardly feels blessed ...

1789. Grampa Noah And When The Flood Came

Genesis 6:1-8:22, Genesis 9:1-17, Genesis 9:18-29

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... great flood He had brought was as violent as the very people He judged as violent. He did not want to ever be as bad as they were. Ellie: Did you ever talk to the Lord again? Josh: My folks said God promised that while the earth remains, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Peter: But only if we continue to bring offerings to God. Noah: God did an interesting thing. He not only promised regularity in nature without our having to make the burnt offerings ...

1790. The Babel Disaster - You Are There

Genesis 11:1-9

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... we will understand each other and care about each other better. That will be the new birth of religion. FA: Thank you, Pastor. This has been a great tragedy. Despite the winds, there is still dust enough to darken this city early in the evening. The tar smell remains strong in the air and the grim smell of crushed flesh still hovers over the ruins here. Who is to blame? Is it man, his ego, his carelessness, his greed? Is it God, bringing judgment, or just a natural calamity? What can be done? All spoke one ...

1791. Turning A Minus Into A Plus

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... the contrary, we get tired and weak when the conditions surrounding us wear us out. It makes us weary when we contemplate that our foreparents labored for generations for freedom, and we see that racism still exists. Hate crimes still take place. Discrimination remains with us. Young people are still full of despair because joblessness is still here and they can't see a place waiting for them when they finish school. Quite often we tend to embellish our suffering condition and become more weary because we ...

1792. Church As Redemptive Community

Acts 4:32-37

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... they would do with military prisoners. But they did place several hundred of them, mainly American and British, in a compound surrounded by barbed wire. There they were destined to live for the next several years, until the war ended. Their captors remained outside the compound, seeing only that a very minimum amount of food was provided and beyond that, leaving these people to shift for themselves. One among them, Dr. Langdon Gilkey, an educator, later wrote a popular book detailing that experience. In the ...

1793. Kindness In Action: Evangelism

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... explained that they were quite happy with the church they were attending. But the visiting couple began to intensify their efforts, virtually insisting that if their friendship was to continue they should be members of the same church. When my friends remained adamant, the other couple left rather unceremoniously. They were never again friendly, avoiding my friends whenever they met in the neighborhood. It was apparent that they wanted, in the words of one well-known preacher, "to hang my friends' religious ...

1794. Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... the universal gift of the Spirit as Peter made it plain that in fact it was God who gave the gift and that was not to be debated. Apparently, though, this all raised some serious questions among the most orthodox of the people and they asked Peter to remain with them. No doubt they wanted him to help them learn exactly what it meant to receive the gift and, one imagines, to do a bit of refereeing as well. The serious Bible student may wish to pursue the issue of these religious differences, but for us, the ...

1795. The Sadness Of God

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... just that. The culprit was brought before Shamil and, to his utter dismay, he realized she was his own mother. He felt he had no choice. If order and justice were to be maintained, he had to carry out the sentence. For three days Shamil remained in seclusion, praying for guidance. At last he ordered the sentence to be carried out. His mother was tied to a stake and the punishment begun. But after five lashes, Shamil ordered the punishment halted. He then stepped forward and ordered that he himself receive ...

1796. Rainbow In The Sky

Genesis 9:1-17

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... For a long time he was convinced there was no way these Biblical promises could be fulfilled in a situation such as this. Several years passed. There were, of course, good and bad days. Healthy-minded people do recover even from such losses as this. He remained constant in prayer, despite the lingering doubts. And now? He is happily married to a wonderful woman in a home with fine, happy children. He considers his life richly blessed, nor can he find any explanation for the richness of all that has followed ...

1797. Here Is Where It Happens

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... street-wise New York cat who managed to survive in the area around Columbus Circle. He was a veteran alley cat. One day a mouse escaped his claws and hid in a storm drain just under the curb of the sidewalk. The mouse was trembling but remained quiet, knowing the cat was probably waiting for him to exit. Suddenly the mouse heard a horrendous meow followed by an equally dreadful bark. Then there was silence. "Ha, ha," thought the mouse, "that old cat has finally had his comeuppance." After a few minutes, as ...

1798. Whom Shall I Send, and Who Will Go for Us?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... , ears but hearing not. Some may have difficulty with the word throne here. There is a disposition abroad that shies away from words like king, Lord, and master as not appropriate in this day and age. Isaiah's vision of the Lord upon a throne high and lofty remains. What he seeks to share with us here is a sense of the complete otherness of the Sovereign God. What he seeks to communicate is a sense of a transcendent order of reality. And this is precisely what has gone into eclipse in our urban culture in ...

1799. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

... ."5 Gratitude is a genuine miracle of God. Like the apostle Paul, most of us would ascribe to Jesus the saying, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).6 Good Christian people have often given themselves to selfless charity, 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 ...

1800. Bread In Our Baskets

John 6:25-59

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... , true life here, flowing with divine milk and honey. Giving out food for thousands was no big distribution problem for the Son of God, for God regularly satisfies the desires of every living thing. But, clearly, it was food that perishes. Even the twelve baskets that remained probably met the same fate the next day. What Jesus hoped for was that these people -- what Jesus hopes for -- is that all of us, in the front rows, in the safe center, on the fringes, would come to him for "the food that endures for ...

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