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1801. It Was the System

Mark 1: 21-28

Illustration

... who had foreclosed his farm, a act which caused his family great suffering, an evil act from his perspective, an act for which no one was responsible. It was "the system." - it was not the local banker, because, he was, after all, responsible to the home office; - it was not the home office, because the men there had a board of directors to whom they were responsible; - it was not the board of directors, because they in turn were obliged to thousands of stockholders. Buttrick's conclusion: "In our age of ...

1802. The Darkness We Create

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Mike Ripski

... Son, the Elder Son, the Loving Father. For the first three Sundays of Advent, I want to focus on each of the main characters. Each will be looked at through the lens of Advent, of our becoming aware of our human need in order to be prepared for God’s response. If we feel we have no need for God; if we have no darkness, no need for light….Then Christmas will be more about Santa Claus than about God’s becoming flesh and living among us full of grace and truth. II. Lost in the Darkness While I was in ...

1803. John 3:14-21

John 3:1-21

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... darkness. But creation-knowledge also brings recognition of what is “good.” For those who respond to the Son of God, the One who is, especially according to John’s gospel (1:9; 8:12; 9:5), the “Light of the World,” the response is entirely different. Those who “believe” will do “what is true” (v.21), a Semitism rendered as “to act faithfully.” “Acting faithfully” is here juxtaposed to doing evil deeds. Those who act faithfully, who do what is true, have no hesitation about coming ...

1804. Easter 3

Luke 24:36-49, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Acts 3:11-26

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John R. Brokhoff

... to their love and appreciation for him. Their joy is a witness to the reality of the resurrection, for it was a response to his presence. The joy of Easter, then, is not in flowers, eggs, clothing or candy, but in the presence of the ... Need: It is easy to say that God is our Father and we are his children. What does this mean or imply? What are the privileges and responsibilities of this claim? Something very important is involved in being a child of God. Outline: What it means to be a child of God – a. God ...

1805. Advent 4

2 Samuel 7:1-17, Romans 16:1-27, Luke 1:26-38

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John R. Brokhoff

... how God could save a world through one man's death. Paul speaks of the mystery that dealt with God's unifying all races in Christ. God has no favorites but through Christ all men are sought as his children. 3. Obedience (v. 26). Here is a call for human response. It seems as though God does all. He created us and cares for us. He found us in total despair in our sins and rescued us through the cross. His grace provides guidance and strength. Even our faith is a gift from him. Where does the human ...

1806. Trinity Sunday

Psalm 8:1-9, Proverbs 8:1-36, John 16:12-15, Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

B. David Hostetter

... difficulty accepting ourselves as we are. We sometimes act as if we knew as much as you do. At other times we put ourselves down as knowing nothing. You have given us a responsible place in the order of your creation, and we sometime abdicate that responsibility for the ecology. You have given us places of responsibility in the church, and we too often push it off on others. Forgive our irresponsibility and false pride, and help us find ourselves in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Declaration of Pardon Pastor ...

1807. Trinity Sunday

Matthew 28:16-20, Psalm 8:1-9, Genesis 1:1-2:3, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

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B. David Hostetter

... holiness. INVOCATION Creator of Light, Light of the World, Illumining Spirit, having seen the light in Jesus Christ, we come to worship you on the day of the week when Jesus was raised from death to life. Illumine your written word in our hearing so that our response may be genuine and dispel the darkness that remains with us; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen PRAYER OF CONFESSION God of love, Son of grace, Spirit of community, it is easier to recite the creed than to test our faith in the living ...

1808. I’M with the I AM

1 John 5:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... messages are sent out around the world. Email has become the most rapidly adopted form of communication in the history of mankind. In less than two decades, email has gone from obscurity to mainstream everyday life. Now, in our fast pace world even the rapid response of email is not fast enough for many. It does have its disadvantages. You have no way of knowing if the person you are sending email to is online at that particular moment or not. If you are sending multiple emails back and forth, you normally ...

1809. No One Left Behind

2 Kings 7:3-20

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James Merritt

... for everything else, except this one thing of sharing the good news with those who have been left behind. I want you to learn a principle today. When you make a discovery of something that can benefit others and that others need, with that discovery comes the responsibility to let others, who have not yet made the discovery, know about it, so they will not be left behind. I want you to think about three questions that these lepers had to face then that we as followers of Jesus Christ have to face today. I ...

1810. Marriage 101

Ephesians 5:22-23

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James Merritt

... more to say about marriage than I could ever put in one message. But I do believe that we find principles in this text that will lay the foundation upon which you can build a marriage that will last. In Marriage 101 Paul speaks to the two primary people responsible for a good marriage—wives and husbands. He speaks first to the wives, and he says— I. Wives Are To Fill A Sensitive Role "Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord." (v.5) I know already for a lot of women your defenses are up, the ...

1811. My Mission from God

John 17:18

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James Merritt

... who tells what they have seen, what they have heard and what has happened to them. Guess what? Nobody can be a better witness on your life than you can. Nobody can be a better witness of what God has done in your life than you can. One of the responsibilities of the church is to make sure that the people of the church have the training and tools they need to be able to carry out their mission effectively. We are going to do that. This year we are going to be sharing with you some strategies we are going ...

1812. God Where Are You? - The Problem of Evil

Genesis 3:1-6, Judges 6:13

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James Merritt

... 't decided to create you to begin with." Yet, even though God does not owe us an explanation, I will try to give you at least a partial explanation. It comes down simply to the free will of human beings. One of the things that make men and women morally responsible is freedom. We have a choice about what we do. When God created every one of us, He created us with the capacity to either choose to love Him or choose not to; to choose to follow Him or choose not to; to choose to believe in Him or choose ...

1813. The View from Michal’s Window

2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... corrective to the notion in some relationships that the other person is there to fulfill all of our so-called needs, and even, in some demanding relationships, all our whims. But Perls' lines also go too far in the direction of "I have no responsibility for how my friend, partner, coworker, spouse, relative, or anybody else is touched by what I do." Would you really want to live in relationships where the only places you intersect with others is when your individual interests happen to coincide? That does ...

1814. Stewards of Power

Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... the other person (informational power). 2. can punish the other person if he or she does not respond positively (coercion). 3. can provide rewards when a person does respond as you want (reward). 4. have the right to demand a positive response (authority). 5. are able to move others by your personality force or by psychological manipulation (charisma). 6. can expose the other person to embarrassment or other social costs (blackmail). It should be instructive to us about how many temptations are ultimately ...

1815. Bethlehem: Where Extremes Meet

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

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Gary L. Carver

... in the field and old Anna and Simeon in the temple. One of the deepest dreams of the people had come true — that we might know what God is like and that he is with us and for us. Yet, alongside this reaction of joy, there was a response of terror also, particularly in the regal palace of Herod the king. Something deep in the heart of this tyrant stirred that night, as if a threat to his security had arisen. When the Wise Men of the East appeared, his frenzy grew and expressed itself in a bloodbath ...

1816. The Freedom to Interpret

John 8:31-36

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... and truth and freedom mean never ever taking the Word for granted! Sometimes it is easy to overlook the fact that the word, "Protestant," comes from two Latin words which mean, "To be a witness." And so, our freedom in Christ calls us to witness to personal responsibility, to witness to the life-saving and life-changing power of freedom, again, not taking that freedom for granted and always bearing witness to the grace and peace of the God who fashioned us to be free in the first place. You see, there is a ...

1817. Building God’s Kingdom: The Christian Challenge

Romans 10:8-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... leave the 99 in the desert and search for the one lost sheep. Yes, we have the privilege of Jesus, the great physician, who is with us every moment and each step of our lives. The great and multiple privileges of the Christian life come with significant responsibilities as well. Baptism is our common call as Christians to live lives of holiness. We are called as well to be servants, to aid our brothers and sisters as did Christ, who came to serve, not to be served (Mark 10:45). Christianity calls us to be ...

1818. Death to Glory

Revelation 5:11-14

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... s promise to all who believe. Moving from death to glory involves every part of our life and is manifest in multiple ways. First, we can see this transition in carrying the burdens of others. As contemporary followers of Christ, we have a highly significant responsibility to be Christlike in assisting our sisters and brothers with the burdens they carry. In our various day-to-day work we generally do this very well. Whether we are teachers, nurses, engineers, city workers, or we work at home. Even if we are ...

1819. The Dream

Galatians 1:1-10

Sermon

John Jamison

... , far ahead of time? What could he say? The pastor leaned back in his chair and said, "Wow. I have absolutely no idea what that means. What an amazing story." Okay, so what would you have said? As Paul tells us in the writing today, sometimes the only response to a situation is to point to God and say no more. Sometimes, anything additional we might add is not only unnecessary, but probably just gets in the way of the truth. Sometimes all we can say is, "Wow." For the record, Fred seemed satisfied with the ...

1820. Weary in Well Doing

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Sermon

Donna Schaper

... ways all day long. We say wryly, "No good deed goes unpunished," running right into the conflict of getting weary in well doing. Biologists tell us we have two choices in most situations: We can fight or take flight or tend and befriend. The fight and flight response is most often articulated in funny hand motions — where we both beckon the person close and push them away at the same time. The animal part of most humans knows exactly what this means. We are standing at a party with a beverage in our hand ...

1821. Sowing Eternal Seeds

Isaiah 55:10-13

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... rich with life.1 Iroquois Chief, Oren Lyons, is an author and tenured professor of American studies at the State University of New York. He explains how the Iroquois make decisions, always keeping in mind the Seventh Generation yet to come. They feel it is their responsibility to ensure that their progeny, the yet unborn generations, will have a world no worse than this, and hopefully better.2 The future is in our hands. The stewardship of creation is not a new idea. It is as old as the first chapter of the ...

1822. He Will Abundantly Pardon

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... 's failings, our failings, yet the promise is not only renewed, it is extended to cover a greater number of people. What should our response be? It should be immediate. "Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake ... cannot receive this gift if you insist on clinging to the old ways. Time and again this is what God's people did, in response to the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. We are afraid to take a risk, to try something new, to stop and listen, truly ...

1823. As Seen from the Solitary Broom Tree

1 Kings 19:1-18

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Stan Purdum

... Horeb, where instead of looking for a fresh vision or renewal, the prophet promptly takes refuge in a cave. That apparently was not what God had in mind, for God comes to Elijah in the cave and says, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" The prophet's response is whiney and shows again how burned out he feels. "I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are ...

1824. Angels and Shepherds: Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul

Luke 2:1-7

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Maxie Dunnam

... the glory of God, a word from Him, a call to duty, takes precedence over all else. Look at the shepherds. When the shining glory of God was gone, when they had the time - I have an idea it was a brief time the angel had said, Luke records their response: “Let us now go even to Bethlehem, and see this thing which has come to us.” What happened to the sheep? I don’t know. I only know that the shepherds knew that they had important business to attend to in Bethlehem. So they went. And when they got there ...

1825. John 11:32-44

John 11:17-37

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... deeply felt, an internal, spiritual resonance that recognizes something is very wrong. It is important to get this right: Jesus’ “anger” is not directed at the Jews or at Mary. Rather, his anger is a response to the brokenness of the human condition. The genetic failure of faith that brought about that broken condition resulted in the tragedy of human death. The tears shed by Mary and the other mourners reveal the story of that fatal human flaw. Faithlessness and death stand before Jesus, and this ...

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