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Showing 1776 to 1800 of 1964 results

1776. The Three Bs

Luke 3:1-22, Psalm 29

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... may blast us instead of bless us — if you ever have thought that God is a God of law more than God of love, Luke 3:22 alleviates that confusion. The voice of God speaks once again. But unlike the megaphone voice of Psalm 29 this voice is warm and welcoming. “You are my Son, the Beloved One; with you I am well pleased.” To the man in the mud, this Son who has become a servant, God speaks. Even before Jesus has done anything noteworthy or worthwhile God praises him. God affirms that Jesus is precious ...

1777. Is God Invited?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... grace in our lives. I remember paying a visit to Tom and Opal Ward — 89 and 91 respectively — living with their daughter and her husband. When I arrived Tom was curled up in bed snuggled into his blanket like a little boy content, warm, and cozy. Remembering his feisty, peripatetic, sometimes overwhelming presence just ten years ago, I was somewhat startled. But I was also touched by this new, diminutive Tom. We no longer could converse about philosophy or theology like we used to — about the cosmic ...

1778. Trusting the Other Side

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... the world and that is an appropriate response in my mind. Maya was a poet, a prophet, a celebrity, and a grand dame. She was also a lifelong follower of Jesus. Raised in Stamps, Arkansas, by her grandmother, Maya spent much of her childhood within the warm embrace of a small African Methodist Episcopal Church — at least six hours each Sunday according to her own writing. In the last half of her life, she lived in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and was a steadfast member of a black Baptist Church. And yet ...

1779. Holy Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... . He goes on to remind us that the summum bonum of the Christian life is very different. It is to glorify God and to enjoy God forever — and sometimes that means entering and embracing a world full of suffering. In other words, happiness is not a warm puppy — it is not about feeling good but about being good. Blessedness is not about the “good life.” It is about a life that is good. The Hebrew writers have given us a very simple image this morning to understand the tension between “happiness” as ...

1780. God’s Absurd Answer

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... us to: “love our enemies, do good to those who hate us... pray for those who abuse us... be merciful as our Father in heaven is merciful.” My friends, let us remember what “love” means in the New Testament. It does not mean affection, respect, or a warm, fuzzy feeling. No, in the gospel of Jesus Christ, love — agape — is a moral choice. It is an act of the will. It is the resolute and gut-based decision to will and wish the best for the other no matter what. Love is the decision to find ...

1781. The Ascension Day Experience

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... then says, “While he was blessing them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven” (v. 51). For a moment, consider the impact Jesus’ ascension had on his followers. In the blink of an eye, Jesus was gone and they were left with only a warm breeze blowing across the hilltop. Keep in mind these followers already knew what it was like to lose Jesus. They had been there on the day of his crucifixion. They had felt their self-confidence drain from their lives and leach into the soil around them ...

1782. Good Advice for Anyone

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Editor James S. Hewett

... just what to do for it. Go back to your stateroom and drink lots of orange juice. Take two aspirins. Cover yourself with all the blankets you can find. Sweat the cold out. I know just what I'm talking about. I'm Billie Burke from Hollywood." The man smiled warmly and introduced himself in return. He said, "Thanks. I'm Dr. Mayo of the Mayo Clinic."

1783. If You Want to See the Angels

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Editor James S. Hewett

... look and said, "My daughter died a month ago. Her shoes and coat are in the closet there." Dr. Mitchell went to the closet and opened the door. There hung the very coat worn by the little girl who had been at his front door. The coat was warm and dry and could not possibly have been out in the snowy night. Have you ever seen an angel? John G. Faron believes he has. While he was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands, hostile natives surrounded his mission headquarters one night, intent on burning the ...

1784. Symbols of the Greater Gift

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Andrew Wyermann

... playing engineer with the biggest Lionel train ever made. It was so magnificent, so unexpected, so wonderful! Some fifty years later, I still have the train set and cherish it as much as any material gift I ever received from my parents. The train is a warm reminder of the greater gift my parents gave me. This gift has nothing to do with any material advantages, or even with any piece of sage advice. Unconditional love was their gift. I never doubted their care for me, and from such grace sprang my own ...

1785. The Spirit of Giving

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Editor James S. Hewett

... into the jar. Two days before Christmas, they had enough to buy new gloves and a Christmas card. Christmas Eve found them on Harry's doorstep singing carols. When he opened the door, they presented him with the gloves wrapped in pretty paper, the card and a pumpkin pie still warm from the oven. With trembling hands, he tore the paper from the gloves, and then to their astonishment, he held them to his face and wept.

1786. Ounce of Prevention

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Editor James S. Hewett

... the midst of this frustrating job a thought came to Sensei. It would be better to put a fence at the top of the precipice than an ambulance at the foot. And with that thought a vision was born—a vision of a home for unwanted girls—a home warmed by love and bright with God's grace, a home where little girls, once destined for brothels and disease, could be brought up in happiness to lead full and useful Christian lives. And so, for many years Sensei turned to the work of endeavoring to keep young girls ...

1787. The Church's Mission--A Parable

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Philip Anderson

... then. My sister leaned over the crib, and very carefully and tenderly lifted the child, and held it next to herself. At first the child screamed all the more, as if its innocent nature had come to be suspicious of every touch. But as she held it securely and warmly, the baby slowly began to quiet down. And finally, in spite of wounds and hurts and past experience, it felt the need to cry no more. The baby remains in my memory as a living symbol of the choice we face in the mission of the church. Are we ...

1788. Birth and Death

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Editor James S. Hewett

It seems to me that a good analogy for death is birth. The child, before birth, must certainly feel secure and safe. The environment, however limited, is warm and comfortable. The unborn infant knows what to count on in its existence. Birth must seem like death to the child, being thrust in such a traumatic way out of the comfortable and known. We would say to the child, if it were possible, that it is all a part ...

1789. Easter Crown

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Editor James S. Hewett

... 's head in pomp and ceremony, but in the hollow mockery of ridicule and blasphemy. It is a crown of thorns. The amazing thing is that it belonged to me. I deserved to wear that crown. I deserved to feel the thrust of the thorns. I deserved to feel the warm trickle of blood upon my brow. I deserved the pain. He took my crown of thorns—but without compensation. He offers to me instead His crown of life, the crown that fadeth not away.

1790. The Snowball Effect

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Editor James S. Hewett

"How can I ever repay you?" asked a person of a friend who had done him a great favor. "I shall forever be indebted to you for your kindness." "Not necessarily," answered the friend. "If you really want to repay me, keep your eye open for somebody who needs help as badly as you did, and help him. If you are willing to do this, I shall be fully repaid for I shall enjoy the warm feeling chat someday—through you—I shall have helped a fellow I didn't even know."

1791. Reasons to Avoid Church

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... , "Do you have any reasons?" He said, "Yes, I have three good reasons. First, the congregation is cold. Second, no one likes me. And third, I just don't want to go." The wife replied, wisely, "Well, honey, I have three reasons why you should go. First, the congregation is warm. Second, there are a few people there who like you. And third, you're the pastor! So get dressed!"

1792. Anticipating the Worst

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Editor James S. Hewett

... lug wrench. The light from a farmhouse could be seen dimly up the road. He set out on foot through the driving rain. Surely the farmer would have a lug wrench he could borrow, he thought. Of course, it was late at night; the farmer would be asleep in his warm, dry bed. Maybe he wouldn’t answer the door. And even if he did, he'd be angry at being awakened in the middle of the night. The salesman, picking his way blindly in the dark, stumbled on. By now his shoes and clothing were soaked. Even if the farmer ...

1793. An Absolute Cure for Boredom

Philippians 3:7-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... the boredom of long days in the bullpen. Moe was a specialist at imitating voices. He was so good at it, that he was known to call opposing bullpens and in a voice sounding just like the opposing manager, order pitchers on the opposing team to warm up. He was also known for changing the numbers on hotel room doors, causing all kinds of problems, and ordering takeout food from Hong Kong in the names of opposing players. His meanest trick was putting snakes in shortstop Luis Aparicio’s pants pocket before ...

1794. A Glorious Fixture

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Editor James S. Hewett

... of the heart. I prayed, Jesus, help me! Woodenly, mechanically I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me and I experienced an incredible thing. The current started in my shoulder, raced down into my arms and sprang into our clutched hands. Then this warm reconciliation seemed to flood my whole being, bringing tears to my eyes. 'I forgive you, brother,' I cried with my whole heart. For a long moment we grasped each other's hands, the former guard, the former prisoner. I have never known the love of ...

1795. Special Sale Price

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Editor James S. Hewett

... us? We'd kind of like to, you know, give 'em to Mickey ourselves. He’d like it better that way." The florist fixed the spray of flowers and accepted the eighteen cents gravely and watched the youngsters trudge out of the store. And he felt within his heart the warm glow of the presence of God, for he had remembered anew the meaning of the words of Jesus: "Even as you have done it unto one of these little ones, you have done it unto me."

1796. Love or Infatuation?

Illustration

Ann Landers

... and pieces about your beloved that you would just as soon not examine too closely. It might spoil the dream. Love is quiet understanding and the mature acceptance of imperfection. It is real. It gives you strength and grows beyond you—to bolster your beloved. You are warmed by his presence, even when he is away. Miles do not separate you. You want him nearer. But near or far, you know he is yours and you can wait. Infatuation says, "We must get married right away. I can't risk losing him." Love says, "Be ...

1797. Basic Vision

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John Powell

If I think of you as a friend and collaborator, my emotions on meeting you will be warm and positive. If I see you as an enemy and competitor, my emotions will be just the opposite. You will remember the little verse: Two men looked out from prison bars. One saw mud, one saw stars. In the pursuit of the fullness of human life, everything depends on this ...

1798. A Thoughtless Word

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Editor James S. Hewett

... boy sharply on the cheek and in a gruff voice shouted: "Leave the altar and don't come back!" That boy became Tito, the Communist leader. In the cathedral of a large city an altar boy serving the bishop at Sunday Mass accidentally dropped the cruet of wine. With a warm twinkle in his eyes the bishop gently whispered: "Someday you will be a priest." That boy grew up to become Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Oh, the power of words, be they written or spoken!

1799. A Prayer to a Good, Good Father

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... ? Why do we have to ask for our daily bread every day?” Her older brother, wiser and eager to set her straight, weighed in before the dad could answer. “You don’t think we want stale bread, do you?” he said. (5) For those of us who love warm, fresh bread, I believe that young man is on to something. What I believe Jesus was saying to his disciples was that we should pray that our daily needs are met. That is a reminder of our dependence on God. Of course, most of us have difficulty distinguishing ...

1800. Where's the Magic?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” That’s a little heavy, still. “What is seen was not made out of what was visible.” But the writer is just getting warmed up. He’s taking us back to that time when God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. Then, turning to the first chapters of the Bible, he begins with Abel and shows how Abel’s offering to God was more acceptable than Cain’s because ...

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1776. The Three Bs

Luke 3:1-22, Psalm 29

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

1777. Is God Invited?

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

1778. Trusting the Other Side

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

1779. Holy Happiness

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

1780. God’s Absurd Answer

Luke 6:27-38

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

1781. The Ascension Day Experience

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

1782. Good Advice for Anyone

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1783. If You Want to See the Angels

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1784. Symbols of the Greater Gift

Illustration

Andrew Wyermann

1785. The Spirit of Giving

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1786. Ounce of Prevention

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1787. The Church's Mission--A Parable

Illustration

Philip Anderson

1788. Birth and Death

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1789. Easter Crown

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1790. The Snowball Effect

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1791. Reasons to Avoid Church

Humor Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1792. Anticipating the Worst

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1793. An Absolute Cure for Boredom

Philippians 3:7-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

1794. A Glorious Fixture

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1795. Special Sale Price

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1796. Love or Infatuation?

Illustration

Ann Landers

1797. Basic Vision

Illustration

John Powell

1798. A Thoughtless Word

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

1799. A Prayer to a Good, Good Father

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

1800. Where's the Magic?

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-12

Sermon

King Duncan

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