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1776. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... There he stood up for the daughters of Reuel and made the shepherds back down. There he found new courage and a new sense of social justice. This was a justice based not on color or creed but on the sacred rights of the individual. What exactly ... precious commodities of today to which some people are denied access? What are some of the limited resources that must be distributed with some sense of justice? And who will ensure that the weak or the oppressed will be able to receive their share? Our state is now ...

1777. Stairways Of Heaven

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Justin Tull

... know the empty feeling that comes when we have experienced the pain without receiving the payoff. But that is as tragic as going through a domestic fight, getting all upset and never having the joy of making up! Jacob’s strategy, Jacob’s advice, makes good sense: “Don’t let go until the blessing!” I must admit that there are times when Jacob’s principle is put to the ultimate test. There are times when we are ill and we do not return to health. There are times when personal relationships end in ...

1778. Time and Timing

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... of a sports hero by one still younger, or by the process of aging; when the so-called great are, as we say, brought down to our level, the victims of alcoholism, or a dissolute life. Oh, yes, we rejoice over the death of the wicked. The more righteous we sense ourselves to be, the more fully and freely we gloat. But not God. He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Always with God there is the hope that the wicked would turn from their way and live. That the wicked would seek good and not evil. God ...

1779. Step Two - Hope

Mk 10:46-52 · 2 Cor 12:7-10 · Is 12:1-6

Sermon

John A. Terry

... on a journey was surrounded by a crowd of disciples and other learners who listened to him while he walked. That was a common way of teaching. As Jesus and the crowd passed by him, it is likely that the beggar got pushed to the side, thus increasing his sense of alienation. When Bartimaeus spoke up crying for help, the people's reaction was like parents when the kids yell while you are trying to watch the news. "Shut up. I am trying to hear this." But when Bartimaeus was ready to turn his life over to this ...

1780. Step Five - Integrity

Jn 4:16-24 · 1 Jo 1:5-10 · Is 6:1-8

Sermon

John A. Terry

... nation's future was unsure. This is the story of Isaiah's confession and his calling, not Isaiah's theory about guilt, forgiveness and calling, his personal experience. "I saw the Lord." When Isaiah had this overwhelming experience of God's presence, he also had an overwhelming sense of being unclean. The temple area in which Isaiah had his vision was about 30 feet square and 30 feet high. I mention that because in our church we need to know that the size of the revelation of God has nothing to do with the ...

1781. Why Did Jesus Do That?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... really like for you and me! I know that scholars have seen Jesus’ baptism through the ages as important to his mission and ministry in various ways. And I don’t want to pick a fight with anyone about that. But for me, it finally begins to make sense when I remember that whatever else may or may not be involved, Jesus was baptized for me. About 2000 years ago (give or take a few) a small group of Jewish people, living under the tyranny of Roman rule, began to listen to the words of an itinerant preacher ...

1782. Are You the One?

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... first glance that this was no ordinary man who had come to him for baptism. There was something different about this Jesus, something in the way he carried himself, some unexplainable something that told John that this man was special. Even from a distance, John could sense this. And when the stranger came near and John could look into those strange, compelling eyes, he knew that he was right – this was no ordinary man. This was the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world." What was it John had ...

1783. Home for Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... says, "if only in my dreams." I would be less than honest if I did not admit that, unlike most times when I step into this pulpit, there IS somewhere I would rather be tonight. But, in a very real sense, none of us are home for Christmas tonight. Because being home for Christmas, in the truest sense, would mean that we were with the One who loves us more than our imagination will allow us to understand. Fred Craddock has compared our earthly life to the nomadic experience of living in a tent. It’s just ...

1784. The Seven Last Words of the Church

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... off to make it fit. After that, I guess it just became a habit!" You see? That’s traditionalism – when we do whatever we do without knowing why we do it, but continue to do it anyway because that’s what we’ve always done! Does that make sense? Some of the people who were most vocal in their opposition to Jesus were people who were rigidly bound to tradition, determined to insure that things were done the way things had always been done in the church. Jesus had a lot of problems with those folks. He ...

1785. The Family of Judas

Drama

William Grimbol

... and the rules ... both political and religious. To me they are necessary, vital, essential ... they give life some stability, some sense of being rooted and grounded. I am not some ignorant fool who questions nothing. I have my doubts, my concerns ... life. I know to him much of it was silly ... well, not silly, but inconsequential ... however, to me, they gave my life strength, a sense of purpose and value. I just see no purpose in abandoning every tradition that gives us an awareness of who we are, what we ...

1786. The Stranger in the Manger

John 1:1-18, John 1:19-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... we think we can grasp and manage and control, taking it out of the box for a little while, then packing it away again until this time next year? Don't we hope, in the midst of all that is so blessedly familiar, that we might be invaded by a sense of wonder and mystery that is beyond our knowledge, beyond our ability to know and prove? John the Baptist's announcement is disturbing, but it is also "glad tidings of great joy." Among all that is so familiar, there is MORE so very much more that we don't know ...

1787. Fingerprints on the Chalice

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Steven Burt

... takes her back to VE Day and VJ Day, to the toasts she drank with friends that the war was over, that husbands and lovers would be returning. Most of them, at least. But even in the sharing with those whose loved ones wouldn’t return, there was a sense of God’s presence and hope. And beside her, rocking back and forth on her shins like a porch rocker, kneels a young mother, her baby asleep in her arms. He is peaceful now, this infant who, only a week earlier at his baptism, squealed and squirmed and wet ...

1788. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... Coming. But Jesus repeatedly warned that we should be ready and waiting for his return. When will that be? Does it make any sense to talk of it as being "soon"? God's Perspective When Jesus said he would return quickly, he was speaking from God's ... affect God; with God it is always the present moment. Thus what may seem to us to be a long time of waiting is in a sense already over as far as God is concerned. There is no before or after with God, no period of waiting. Everything is right now. Moreover, as ...

1789. "Oh Yeah, Thanks a Lot" -The Grateful Leper

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... plainly ... so much like the others ... yet so different. There was so much to say, but words were too small. I was dead. I was given life again. How do you talk about something like that? I lay prostrate at his feet. What could I say? But he knew. I sensed that he knew that my feelings were too big to come out. He knew. Then he spoke. "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has only this one who is a Samaritan returned to give glory to God?" I could say nothing to him. That they thought they ...

1790. I Came Back -The Risen Young Man

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... about how it feels to die or how it feels the minute after death, but I don't think that would help anyone. If, however, I can tell you about the man who reached out and touched me, you may sense that he is reaching out to touch you, too. He is. After all, you too are dead, in a certain sense. You are dead in trespasses. You need resurrection. You need life as a gift. There is no hope for you as there was no hope for me unless we are granted new life as a miracle. This man talked to ...

1791. Loving

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Larry Powell

... some injustice,unfairness, or unfortunate incident. The fact is, such persons are not content unless they are suffering about something; their egos feed on it as a kind of "self-purge" or make them feel more Christ-like or holy (or something?). In a sense, they envision themselves bearing the sins of the whole world upon their shoulders, or at least, more than their share. The persecution complex moves easily into a "martyr complex" where one's ego takes the ultimate plunge. It may be suicide to "get back ...

1792. When a Member of the Family Dies

John 11:17-37

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... s not fair. Crying at the death of a loved one does not indicate a lack of faith by any means. Our tears from our own sense of great loss. There is acute pain in the thought that one whom we love will no longer be with us. There is agony in the ... are shattered, your dreams are dashed, and your hopes are destroyed. Suddenly you find yourself asking, "What's the use in living. What's the sense in going on?" Grief can do that to you. It can be overwhelming. It can defeat you if you let it. But we Christians must ...

1793. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

... known credit card can easily get you a room, a meal, fill up your tank, or will be accepted for some of those impulse purchases. With nothing more than a small piece of plastic, and our signature, strangers will allow us to charge a variety of expenses. In that sense, the cards that we carry serve as our credentials. Think for a moment of a king. Today is the day we traditionally acknowledge Jesus as King. What kind of credentials would a person have to carry to prove that he was indeed a king? If he wore a ...

1794. Raised Voices

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Drama

Pamela Urfer

... he wants this to happen. REBECCA: (Desperately) We all do! HANNAH: Speak for yourself, Rebecca. I do not think this is a good idea. At all. And I'm sure this is none of God's doing. REBECCA: Why should you think that? HANNAH: Because it doesn't make any sense. It's a foolish, dangerous idea and it could get us all killed. REBECCA: But ...! HANNAH: God doesn't work that way. He doesn't take his people out of one bad situation just to put them into another even worse. If he truly wanted to help us, he would ...

1795. Encounter with a Stranger

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Robert Allen

... this recognition brought joy to their lives. I cannot make many promises to you. But, there is one promise of which I am absolutely positive. When you reach that point where you recognize God's love in Jesus Christ, you will be filled with an inner sense of happiness and peace. III. The Encounter With The Stranger Reminds Us That When We Experience Joy, We Want To Share It. When Cleopas and his companion recognized the risen Christ, they experienced a joy they wanted to share. They said to each other, "Wasn ...

1796. One More Thing

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Robert Allen

... gather in this sanctuary to grow in our faith. We gather in this sanctuary for fellowship with one another. We gather in this sanctuary to sense our oneness in Jesus Christ. Then, we go out into the mission field -- the world where we live and work and play. It is ... He said to his disciples and he said to each of us, "Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Can you sense God's presence with you now? Where is God? Here within! A poem says it so simply: As near as green grass to a hill, As ...

1797. When God Disappears

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Robert Allen

... the disciples felt they needed Jesus, he disappeared into the clouds. But, they also knew that they were still linked to him. They knew they were still connected to God. They knew that Jesus may have gone away physically, but he was still with them. This sense of God's presence with them gave them a great feeling of confidence and boldness. They didn't really know what the future held, but they were convinced that they still had a relationship with the one who held the future. I love that little story ...

1798. The Butterfly Rock

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Carl Jech

... risk! In 1 Corinthians 15, St. Paul sums up the Easter message by saying "We shall all be changed." True security, a true sense of rocklike permanance, comes not from hiding in a cocoon, but from learning to appreciate and celebrate life for what it is. The ... in the reality to which it points!" There is an intrinsic relationship between the symbol and the reality. In a sense, all language about God is and must be symbolic, because by definition, God transcends our understanding. (How many times have ...

1799. Giving Away the Store

Luke 22:7-38, John 13:1-17

Sermon

Carl Jech

... To the extent that we accept the concept of "eatingand drinking the body and blood of our Lord" as an appropriate symbol we have to realize that such imagery would have asked Jews to give up one of their most pious notions - the kosher taboo against eating blood. In a sense, to ask Jews to give up this taboo is like asking them to "give away the store." Here we have an example of how we may sometimes give up a pious and seemingly central belief for the sake of a higher insight and truth. The point in all of ...

1800. The Real Jesus is Channeling Grace

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Carl Jech

... to even greater disappointments, so it is absolutely vital that we focus on our attitude toward moral effort. The radical Christian emphasis on the grace of God as revealed in the name of Jesus, makes it possible for us to combine our sense of moral urgency with a sense of humor and relaxation, because we know that ultimately everything does not rest on our shoulders alone. In this lies the difference that God makes in our lives: we can do our best to follow the Golden Rule (or any other ethical guidance ...

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