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1826. Beyond Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

... I still believe: that, sometimes, to change one's mind can be an act of courage. In a parable of Jesus there was a man who changed his mind. A son of the vineyard owner, Jesus tells us. You and I could imagine him to be a teen-age son, feeling a bit rebellious and having reached his limit taking orders from "the old man." After all he probably had his own plans for his day. Now his father messes up his plans for a day at the beach (or whatever teen-agers did in first-century Palestine) by sending him ...

1827. Harnessed Power

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Richard L. Thulin

... the gentlest movement of air rather than a hurricane. It takes special care to even notice it. Maybe we cannot be blamed for feeling a bit disappointed at the way John tells it. The story of Pentecost after all is a story of power. It records the moment ... task may be an easy one for us to overlook. Indeed, it may be a connection that we wish did not exist. In so many ways we feel powerless. There is so much we would like to change. There are so many places where we would like our voices to be heard and our ...

1828. Parking Lots and Traffic Jams

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Richard L. Thulin

... stopped my car at a red light just behind a pickup truck. The sticker was on the back of the truck. Its background was chartreuse in color and the message was printed in bright yellow letters. It said: "REACH UP FOR JESUS." I was surprised by my sudden feeling of elation. It was much like the day when I was a boy and overheard my father talking to a fellow worker. My father was not a minister but I heard him tell his co-worker about the Lord he worshiped and about the great difference such commitment had ...

1829. Soap Opera Silence

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

... as followers of Jesus. We enter situations in the public arena where order turns to chaos and some word is needed. But the word we have to offer in that arena is considered irrelevant and unhelpful. The word we have to bring is treated with indifference. We are made to feel in one way or another that the best thing we can do is step aside and be quiet. In such a situation our fear is not that we will be beaten or put in jail. Our fear, rather, is of personal ridicule. We fear being laughed at for our claim ...

1830. R.S.V.P.

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

... one thing, I have always to remember and be humbled by the fact that my own record of commitment is not exactly stellar. There have been times when I was turned off by what I perceived to be a cowardly church, a sleeping giant; other times when I was feeling my oats and decided I could go it alone, if not without God, then at least without his cumbersome and gawky bride, the church. And each time, someone or something has brought me up short and returned me to the fold. As a result, I suppose I’ve become ...

1831. Talents and Trust

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

... Your security is in me and not in your frantic attempts to avoid risks and steer clear of failure. Look at my Son on the cross: a miserable failure by the standards of this world. But the final victory belongs to him. He is lifted up to set you free. Feel the breath of my Spirit breathe you into life. Take hold of the life I give you and live." When I consider the breadth and depth of your talents and skills, gifts and abilities; when I see them displayed in your homes and shared in the church and community ...

1832. Who is Greatest Among You ...

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

... for excellence. Few people succeed without a fairly strong motivation to be foremost in their field. That’s the positive side. The negative side has to do with the absence of compassion and the undue pride that can go along with ambition. We can feel sorry for losers, but we prefer to associate with winners. Nothing pleases a student body more than a crucial victory by their team culminating in the chant, "We’re number one; we’re number one!" We look for and expect the recognition and reward that ...

1833. In Defense of the One-Talent Servant

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

... disgrace. So I guess you could say, I tried to play it safe. Defense: (speaking to the Judge) You see, your Honor, what pressure the defendant was under. In this topsy-turvy world, the defendant experienced the same fear that so many in this courtroom are feeling this very moment. One-Talent: Being afraid is not against the law. I didn’t hurt anybody, your Honor. I didn’t cheat or embezzle. It’s no crime to fall short of another person’s expectations. What difference would my one talent have made in ...

1834. For Those On The Outside

Luke 8:40-56

Sermon

... we can admit to ourselves that we are not complete, that we are not all self-sufficient, if we can open ourselves up just a little - then God can find our true soul which is buried in stone. If we seek Christ in even a small way, then we will feel the chisel and mallet of the Lord God beginning to set us free, so that we may be healed of our afflictions and thus made whole and happy and free. This anonymous woman came to Jesus seeking a magical cure, but she came away understanding the mystery of faith, the ...

1835. Living Life The Easy Way

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... to cry, "Give me a successful venture in this activity, so I can realize my dream." The modern American in a higher, more advanced society would stand, with head down, fighting life, and beg God, "Money, please. Help me find the solutions to the American dream. I feel like the American cripple. Give me the house, the family, the job, the life of my dreams." And the great God Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, said, "Look at me. Gaze on me. Look up. Silver and gold I cannot give or guarantee. But I am ...

1836. Repairing Your Broken Dreams

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... bond them together with love for God, then the sum total of that life, the grand design of that person's history will be good. As such, it is indeed possible to believe in the sun when it is not shining, to believe in love when you cannot directly feel it, and to believe in God when God is silent for a period. Even if the world crucifies you, the design of God's universe and your life with it will ultimately triumph. The dream will triumph even if it is not immediately evident. Sometimes it is important for ...

1837. Wheels Instead Of Walls

Ezekiel 1:1-28

Sermon

Harold Warlick

Rachel Dunn, the director of the Central High School Show Choir is a distant cousin of mine. Cousin Rachel is also in charge of the Warlick family reunion each summer. Reunions are a lot of fun. They can also be quite awkward. One feels especially awkward attending the reunion of a family to which one did not belong but simply married into. The same holds true for high school and college reunions. Most of you will marry someone who did not attend your high school Many of you will marry someone who did not ...

1838. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

... to eat and drink if we want to be able to walk, think, or do almost anything. If we don't eat or drink then we will die. There is another kind of food that we need to live forever. This food is not something that we can taste or feel, like the bread and water that I gave to you a few minutes ago. This food is different. It is more important than the kind that we have at home every day. This kind of food is called faith. Can you say the word faith? (Let them say "faith.") It ...

1839. The Master Has Come - And Is Calling For You

John 11:38-44

Sermon

... he wants us to become - the people God designed us to be, the children of God. We are all eligible for that, no matter how we feel, live, or look. Early one morning a lady heard the garbage man outside her door. She ran to the door, and said, "Am I too late ... a claim on our living. John Baillie wrote, "My earliest memories have a definitely religious atmosphere. I cannot recall a time when I did not feel in some dim way that I was not my own to do with as I pleased, but was claimed by a higher power which had ...

1840. Responding to What We Hear and See

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Joe Pennel

... lonely that we cry at night. But, when we come to Elizabeth Duncan's English class and when we come here for these dinners, we feel warm and strong." In her face and in her words, I saw the face and heard the words of the One who is to come. ... you the way you were. Why couldn't you leave us alone? We wanted you to show up when we wanted you to make us feel good. We wanted a pretty church for weddings and baptisms and funerals. We wanted the cute Easter bunny hopping around the lawn. We thought religion ...

1841. Away with the Stable

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

... mother." (Matthew 2:11) If we experience the birth of Christ on Christmas Eve, it will not be in the guest rooms of our lives, but right in the middle of it all. We will experience his birth right in the midst of people who love each other. We will feel his birth not in the kataluma, but in the pain of the world where his influence still says, "be reconciled to God." (2 Corinthians 5:20) We will see his yearning to be born again in the Middle East where his voice still cries out for peace and good will ...

1842. Getting Back To Work

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Brett Blair

... get down in to the trenches of our jobs. I think all of us understand the implications if we do not return wholeheartedly to our daily task. Recession has been looming on the horizon for some time. But getting back to work in times of tragedy feels like a selfish thing to do so we have all been wondering what we can do to help. We have been told our greatest contribution is returning to our normal routine. Perhaps we can rediscover something during these anxious times, something misplaced by this current ...

1843. The Effect of Leprosy

Luke 17:11-19

Illustration

Brett Blair

... nothing. You've lost your sense of touch. You carry the pan unaware of the damage it is doing to your hand. As you set the pan down and remove your hand several layers of your skin are left around the handle. But you feel nothing. Philip Yancey in his great book, Where Is God When It Hurts, tells the story of NBA basketball player Bob Gross. He insisted on playing in a key game despite a badly injured ankle. Knowing that Gross was an important part of the game, the team doctor injected Marcaine, ...

1844. Born One Of Us

Drama

... ) Bible stories, of course! Mother: (Dryly) Of course. (She walks behind chair, puts her hand on Miriam's hair. She sighs) Believe it or not, Miriam, I was young once. (Leans over and kisses Miriam's cheek. Then, as if embarrassed by her display of feeling, she speaks briskly) Now then, enough of that. Look out the window. See if your brother is coming. Miriam: (Draws back imagined drape, looks out imagined window, stage right) Oh, Mother look. Look how bright it is. There must be a full moon tonight. (Big ...

1845. January 1

Lk 2:15-21 · Php 2:5-11 · Num 6:22-27 · Ps 67

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... ! People: FOR GOD JUDGES THEIR PEOPLE WITH EQUITY! Leader: Let all the peoples yield praise to God! People: FOR GOD, OUR GOD, HAS BLESSED US! Collect Holy God, you have let the power and glory of your name be known by all the world's people. Now let us feel its presence and grace as well: that, moved by both your majesty and your mercy, we may realize and reflect your divine work and will in our lives, and may bear and share with others the name above every name, in which we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession ...

1846. Ash Wednesday

Matthew 6:1-4

Bulletin Aid

... kind of contrition that will prepare us for the grace you offer in the Christ. In his name we pray. Amen Prayer of Confession Gracious God, we acknowledge and confess now with public words the sin and iniquity that we feel most profoundly in the privacy of our spirits, and that we feel powerless to overcome. We have made valiant attempts to change our ways, but often simply to appear religious or righteous to those around us. Forgive us, we pray, and enable us to repent in the privacy of our inner selves ...

1847. Proper 13 - The Feeding of 5,000

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Aid

... : Speak to us, Lord, and we will hear what you have to say; we will act on what you show to us. Acts of Confession One pastor used this prayer (you may want to revise it for your particular situation): "O God, we come with mixed feelings today. Some may feel sad because of a marriage going nowhere and fearful of making a change; or with fears of rejection, disapproval, or criticism by those closest to us, or lonely because a loved one died recently, or angry because we see the stupidity of the arms race, or ...

1848. Three Secrets of A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Brett Blair

... for expressing my thoughts. You will need to know that there are some men who follow me around undermining my work. Still, I feel sure I can bring vitality to your church. If you can use me, I should be pleased to be considered." The committee was ... to lose your faith in the bad times, but it is just as easy to lose faith in the good times. In bad times you feel deserted, in good times you feel as if you don’t need God. So the bottom line is: have we remained constant through the good and the bad, feast and ...

1849. Do It For the Joy of It!

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

... of God. God tells us that when we accept his love, we have more than enough of everything already. We can actually afford to give to others without asking anything in return: We end up rich, not poor. We need, of course, to know how God’s grace feels before we can launch out and share in God’s own gracious style. Sometimes it takes time, perhaps a lot of time. Sometimes we need first to learn that we are worth something to ourselves, that we can think well of ourselves, that we can love ourselves the ...

1850. He treated me with dignity

Matthew 11:1-19

Illustration

William B. Kincaid, III

... and began a lengthy lecture on the subject. Peterson decided after a couple of meetings that it was his pastor who had a problem with sex, so he began to look elsewhere for someone with whom he could talk about the things he was experiencing and feeling. Then Peterson talked with a man who was considered a saint in his home congregation. This man decided that they should study and discuss Ephesians together, but as it turns out there was no discussion to it. The man simply used Peterson as an audience and ...

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