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1801. Playing Golf at Midnight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... , lost her sight as a child but in many ways she could see so much more than others. Many feel that it was the story of blind Bartimaeus that inspired her to write the beloved hymn: Pass me not, O Gentle Savior, hear my humble cry. While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by. It’s a wonderful hymn, but we need to know Christ will not pass us by if we are truly seeking him. He sees our need whatever it may be. Bartimaeus was disadvantaged, but he was not defeated. He came to Jesus and Jesus ...

1802. Elvis and the King

John 18:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “I have to tell you, I am more excited stepping on these stones than I was stepping on the moon.” (5) Why was he so excited? Because Christ is King of all creation . . . the moon and the stars. I understand that in the Berlin art gallery there is a painting by the famous artist Adolph Menzel that is only partially finished. It is supposed to be a painting of King Frederick of Germany. In the painting Frederick is talking to his generals. Menzel painstakingly painted the generals first . . . they were ...

1803. What To Say When You Roll Out Of Bed

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

William G. Carter

... them when you lie down and when you rise" (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). Today I want to spend some time unpacking what it means for us to love God. We know something about loving our neighbors. We have developed the notion of loving ourselves into a fine art. But loving God comes first, as our greatest obligation and our primary goal. What does it mean? I In the passage we heard a few minutes ago, some scribe asked Jesus, "Which commandment comes first?" It was probably intended as a trick question. If Jesus picked ...

1804. Sheepish Shalom

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... version of the last judgment that appears in the gospels and the only one that comes from Jesus’ lips. Old time religion — and increasingly right-wing religion — is religion based not on faith, but on fear. Some of the greatest art in the world depicts the last judgment day in gory, fearful detail — no more spectacularly than Michelangelo’s breathtaking mural in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. With flames, distorted bodies, and anguished faces the artist shows those who are “damned” twisting ...

1805. Trusting the Other Side

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... participate — if each one of has a chance to act out the various parts of worship — then it becomes part of our bodies and our souls and not just passive entertainment for our minds. I stands for image rich. Images, metaphors, stories, visual art, banners, colors, water, bread, wine, instruments, dance, poetry, video clips are welcome. More and more worship and education is becoming a goldmine for the senses and the imagination. After all, God cannot be fully captured by words or doctrines. Jesus is a ...

1806. Trusting Authority

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... lives in Matsui. For the first time in his life he felt accepted and loved unconditionally. Matsui was baptized with his son a few weeks later and in that moment, the life of the congregation changed. When the congregation decided to have a showing of art created by church members, Matsui brought in two huge oil canvases — one of a dark, bleeding Jesus, and one of a bright, loving Jesus. Matsui, like Sam, like the centurion, and like some of us, encountered a living Christ, and he willingly and joyfully ...

1807. What Will It Take to Make You Happy?

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... are happier people. They generally have more stable relationships, and they have a greater sense of purpose for their lives. Author James W. Moore says that a friend of his once shared with him an experience that she had in an art museum in New York. She went into one special exhibit room where all the paintings were paintings of roads. There were paintings of busy modern interstate highways, big city crowded thoroughfares, attractive landscaped parkways, happy neighborhood streets, remote mountain trails ...

1808. On Welcoming the Imperfect

John 10:22-30

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... can probably find at least one person able to identify with your struggle — purely from personal experience. If you happen to be one of those folks who just does not like “organized religion,” you will love this church. This congregation has raised being “unorganized” to an art form. We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, are looking for work, or never intend to find a job. We will welcome you even if you just blew your last paycheck at the casino. We will ...

1809. The Modern Understanding

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Lester Weeks

Pastor Lester Weeks tells this story: Last November my choir director asked me if I would pick up the sheet music for "How Great Thou Art." I happened to be in a shopping center the next day, so I went in a record store and asked the clerk: "Do you carry any religious sheet music?" The clerk (she looked like a high school student) thought a moment and then said: "Some of the Christmas music might be religious."

1810. Luther the Tender Father

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Editor James S. Hewett

... prayed night and day for her recovery. "I love her very much, but, dear God, if it is Thy holy will to take her, I would gladly leave her with Thee." And he said to her: "Lena dear, my little daughter, thou wouldst love to remain here with thy father; art thou willing to go to that other Father?" "Yes, dear Father," Lena answered, "just as God wills." When she died he wept long and bitterly. As she was laid in the earth, he spoke to her as to a living soul: "Du liebes Lenichen, you will rise and shine like ...

1811. God's Mystery

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Editor James S. Hewett

... observed the power of the watermelon seed. It has the power of drawing from the ground and through itself two hundred thousand times its weight. When you can tell me how it takes this material and out of it colors an outside surface beyond the imagination of art, and then forms inside of it a white rind and within that again a red heart, thickly inlaid with black seed, each one of which is capable of drawing through itself two hundred thousand times its weight—when you can explain to me the mystery of a ...

1812. Seeking in the Light

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Helen Keller

... new baby. I would like to see the many books which have been read to me. The next day I would get up early to see the dawn. I would visit a museum to learn of man's upward progress in the making of things. I would go to an art museum to probe the human souls by studying paintings and sculpture. The third morning I would again greet the dawn, eager to discover new beauties in nature. I would spend this last day in the haunts of persons, where they work. I would stand at a busy street corner, trying ...

The art of happiness, like that of bicycling, should be learned as early as possible. The balance, the unconscious poise, the effortless adjustment, do not come naturally to those who have never known them in childhood.

Margaret Kennedy

1814. Faithful Preaching

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J. Daniel Bauman

... in the midst of the throbbing nowness of life. It also must be interesting. It is a sin to be boring. The gospel is never dull, only teachers and preachers are. This is where the preacher must stretch-he needs to develop the art of storytelling, to frame his thoughts with poignancy, to be creative in structure, and to maximize the preaching event through appropriate, enthused delivery. When a sermon is biblical, present tense and interesting, it passes the essential tests. Most other homiletical norms are ...

1815. Win a Little, Lose a Bunch

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David Barrett

Several centuries ago one of the popes, an avid patron of the arts, is said to have surveyed the vast artistic riches he had amassed and to have gloated: "No longer can the church of Jesus Christ say, 'Silver and gold have I none."' And a subordinate replied, "But then neither can she now say, 'Rise up and walk."'

1816. Luther and Myconius

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James Montgomery Borce

... note to Luther with a trembling hand. Luther received the letter and instantly sent back a reply: "I command thee in the name of God to live because I still have need of thee in the work of reforming the church .... The Lord will never let me hear that thou art dead, but will permit thee to survive me. For this I am praying, this is my will, and may my will be done, because I seek only to glorify the name of God." The words are almost shocking to us, as we live in a more sensitive and cautious day ...

1817. The Humanist's Prayer

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Editor James S. Hewett

Lyman Abbot once paraphrased the Lord's Prayer to reflect the philosophy of those without God. We might call it the Humanist's Prayer: Our brethren who art on earth, hallowed be our name. Our kingdom come, our will be done on earth, for there is no heaven. must get this day our daily bread; we neither forgive nor are forgiven. We fear not temptation, for we deliver ourselves from evil. For ours is the kingdom and the power, and there is no glory and no forever.

1818. Figuring the Profit

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Editor James S. Hewett

... in the cash register. His son said, "I don't see how you can run your business this way. How do you know what your profits are?" The businessman replied, "Son, when I got off the boat, I had only the pants I was wearing. Today your sister is an art teacher, your brother is a doctor, and you're an accountant. I have a car, a home, and a good business. Everything is paid for. So you add it all up, subtract the pants, and there's your profit.

1819. All in the Family

Acts 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... is much more important.” Men are notoriously poor communicators in the home. Perhaps that is why most of us value our mothers so much. Mothers are usually better listeners and listening is, after all, the crucial area in successful communication. Listening is an art, a ministry and sometimes a chore--as any mother of small children will tell you. Writer Bill Vamos tells about a cartoon that he once saw of a mother driving home with her four small children, the family dog, and several bags of groceries ...

1820. A Prayer to a Good, Good Father

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... did not receive what they expected. Others have prayed with the same result and it has drawn them closer to the Lord than ever. They may have had to alter their expectations, but they did not alter their faith in God. What is the difference? Is there an art—maybe even a science to prayer? “Teach us to pray.” Does that not say to you and to me that prayer is both a crucial and yet mysterious process? Now don’t expect me to answer the question this morning of why some prayers are answered and others ...

1821. Jesus' Guide to Wise Investing

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... s probably right. Most of us are quite serious when it comes to money. It is estimated that 40% of the marriages that fail are the result of conflict over finances. Colleges report that students today are forsaking the study of Liberal Arts for courses in accounting, engineering, and business. Newspapers are devoting entire sections to the subject of money. People who just a few years ago were financially illiterate are now following with interest—no pun intended—rates on Certificates of Deposit, Money ...

1822. No One Over 12 Inches Wide Need Apply

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

Pastor Jonathan Romig tells about a place he likes to go caving near his home town of Estes Park, Colorado. Someone has defined caving as the art of safely moving through a natural cave to a destination and returning to the surface without hurting yourself or the cave. Caving is also known, of course, as spelunking. Many people find caving challenging and enjoyable. However, it is definitely not for those who suffer from claustrophobia. The place Pastor ...

1823. Making Your Life Count

1 Timothy 2:5-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... feeling. Have you felt that behind your work was an unseen hand? St. Paul believed that about his life. He was but a channel through which God’s power flowed. A brawny man stood in front of a painting by the great artist John Singer Sargent in an art gallery in New York City. He kept muttering to himself, “I’ve been given a place at last. I have a place at last.” Artist Robert Henri was standing nearby. Henri was mystified at the man’s words. “Are you in this sort of work?” he asked the ...

1824. The Man of No Sorrows

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John Bishop

... from the dictionary. No poets were born. Poets, you see, are the children of pain, who learn by suffering what they teach in song. Music and painting were no longer practiced, for they, too, are enriched by the full spectrum of the human experience. The loss of these arts eventually drives the people to despair. And in their rage they turn on the man of no sorrows, the new prophet from the orient, and drive him out, turning once again to the teaching of Jesus that he who suffers most has most to give.

1825. A Mystery

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Robert C. Cochran

... make disciples, baptizing them in name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” So, let’s break down the three parts of the Trinity, and see that they are, in fact, one. Let’s start with the Father. When we pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,” we aren’t just praying to one third of the Trinity. We are praying to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit in very personal terms. The word Jesus uses in this prayer is abba, which means “papa” or ...

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