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1826. The Gift That Keeps On Giving

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... and his family, her sister and her family, and a close friend and her family into membership in the church, too. She became a gift that kept on giving even as she received a gift that kept on giving. We can be that kind of a congregation, too. I hope that seeing Naaman’s story from another perspective this morning will help you as members of our congregation to give more careful thought to the persons who come to us with needs. Almost every time we can find a way to meet them through prayer, patience, and ...

1827. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... political influence on the world is the reality of our history, then that is precisely where we must look for God's voice and God's activity. The acceptance of perceived limits is in reality a part of our Christian witness as well as our hope for a more meaningful future. We all endorse certain sentiments that come our way in life. Some entertainers and coaches earn more from their endorsements than they do from practicing their professions. One of the saddest stories of scripture to me is that of Joseph ...

1828. Illusion Or Reality?

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... our limited existence. Our churches are limited. All businesses are limited. We should never labor under the illusion that they are not. Yet at the same time, if we are to remain true to our Christian calling, we must live by grace and hope. Such will demand that we somehow, in our aloneness and imperfection, find pockets of existence which enable us to live beyond some of the limitations humans place upon our social institutions. When The Public Is Not Cordially Invited Advertising can be dangerous. This ...

1829. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... our own way and accept the key to the Kingdom, the profound condition for happiness -- poor in spirit before Christ the Lord. Receive the wisdom of Christ, learn from him, explore, dig deep, invest yourself in the Beatitudes till they come clear and bright with hope, like beacons shining through the darkness that otherwise would engulf you. Receive the Lord Jesus Christ, for in him is the good news of God present for the taking. Before Christ and before his teachings we stand at the open door of the Kingdom ...

1830. A Name To Be Remembered

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... had forgotten this name to be remembered or whether he was just seeking assurance that God would help him when the going got tough. The church should answer at least this question for Moses. Because we can tell Moses: “0 God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home! Under the shadow of thy throne, still may we dwell secure; sufficient is thine arm alone, and our defense is sure.” J. H. Hertz believes, that “no words can sum up all that ...

1831. Nothing Is Impossible

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... spirit. His father was concerned sufficiently enough to seek help for the boy in a time when all help had failed. The boy was brought to the disciples of Jesus with the request for healing, but they were powerless and confused. The father did not give up hope in the quest of healing for his son. So, with an insistent spirit he saw Jesus and reported on the condition of his son with the declaration of the disciples’ inability to help. It is almost like saying that Jesus becomes, for all of us, our last ...

1832. A Very Special Name

Luke 2:21

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... what their name is called. (Hold up an empty bottle, the whistle, the book, and the plant and let the children identify them one by one.) That's very good. You all know what these things are called, Of course I hope that all of you know that you have a name, and I am sure that all of you hope that everyone knows what you are called. (See how many of the children know each other's names.) That is very good. In Jesus' time, they had a very special service in which a week-old baby was brought to the ...

1833. The Comfort Of The Scripture

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... people always have a lot to face, a lot with which to struggle, but some face it better than others. Some face it with more hope and courage. How do they do that? Some people look to the comfort of the Scripture. I have a friend who was raised on the ... dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” For us as Christians, we can have hope, not just in the resurrection of the Savior and the promise that the resurrection brings, but also in the reality that the resurrection brings ...

1834. The Good Fight

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... faith was in the one true living God, Paul can now look toward a crown of righteousness “which,” as he says, “the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.” Take hope in that! Take hope, not just for *, but for all of us who live in God and Jesus. Let Us Pray Almighty God, thank God that you are God! Because of your faithfulness, ** could live, die, and now can live again in you, and so can we. Help us to learn from the ...

1835. Wedding: Five Cs Spell Marriage

John 2:1-11

Sermon Aid

Hollis A. Miller

... it’s only for fifteen minutes at the close of the day, please share with each other something of what has gone on with you that day: your hurts and your joys, your plans and your dreams. As long as you can communicate, there will always be hope for a stronger marriage. A fourth word is conflict. It may seem strange to you that this word is included. Yet I have found that many marriages break down simply because they do not know how to handle conflict constructively. You will have conflict. No two people ...

1836. Wedding: 1 Corinthians 13

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon Aid

Mark Pepoon

... us is not the ability to love; it is telling us of love’s characteristics, its nature, its consistency, of what it is made. Some hold this to be the greatest scripture on love in the Bible; the greatest, due primarily to the fact that whereas faith and hope have the capacity to take to themselves (that is, to appropriate); love has the ability and the capacity to give and to diffuse. The nature of love is to give and give again, whether love from the other is forthcoming or not! True love is that tenacity ...

1837. Ka-Chang

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John Jamison

... poor. The Pharisees have no complaint. They care for the poor, and so long as they abide by the law, yes, they will be blessed. The common folk are quiet. They had never thought of themselves as blessed while their spirits were this broken. Maybe there was hope. There was a mumbled "Amen" from an old man in the cheap seats. "Blessed are those who mourn." Most nod their heads in agreement with this one. That's probably because most of them miss the point. Jesus wasn't just talking about those who mourned the ...

1838. At The Name Of Jesus

John 12:12-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... believed. The dead can live again! The little town of Bethany must have been inundated with the crowds of the curious and the hopeful. Hosanna! Long Live The King The dawn of the next day brought new excitement. People heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ... Woods tells the story of two women who were reacting to having heard, for the first time, of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. "Let's hope it's not true; and, if it is, let's hush it up." Living In The Kingdom To be a citizen of the kingdom of God ...

1839. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... world, consuming the wicked and giving blessing and vindication to the righteous. But when the day came, it seemed that the wicked prevailed. Chaos reigned in communities and in religious life. It was as if the whole world was coming apart and the hope of the righteous dissolving. The old spiritual hymn suggests the disintegration of all of creation: "My Lord, what a mornin', when the stars begin to fall!" The relentless and methodical manner in which the Romans destroyed the temple, leaving not one stone ...

1840. Death of a Twenty-nine-year-old Athlete

Ephesians 6:1-4

Eulogy

Palmer L. Gedde

... anyone - who claims that promise need never fear death, regardless of how or when it comes. Whether at age twenty-nine or 109. Thankfully, we can live knowing that because of Christ's death and resurrection, the sting of death has been taken away. It is my hope that you can claim that promise for yourself and for this one whom you have known and loved. Expectantly, you can look forward to that day when Christ will bring all who are his own unto himself for eternity. In that trust, in that faith, "be strong ...

1841. For a Cancer Victim

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Eulogy

James W. Robinson

... because the Lamb of God is the light. Thank God for Mary. It was God who gave us Mary. It was God whose grace saved her and made her the angel that she was. Strive for perfection in love toward God and man, as Mary did, so that you may hope to gain the eternal prize. Keep the faith, like Mary, "for by grace you have been saved through faith." (Ephesians 2:8a) God was her "comfort by day and her song in the night." No wonder she could joke about those lumps that so mysteriously appeared, and smile through ...

1842. Death in a Hang-glider Accident

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Eulogy

George Paul Mocko

... will of the God who gives life, that life is to go on. Those of you here who are young, you who are Norberth's friends, I suppose you will be made a bit older by this experience. It is to be hoped, as life goes on for you, your foolishness will be tempered somewhat without, I hope, affecting too seriously your exhuberance in living. But you will be made a bit older by this. And those of us who are older, parents especially, Horst and Isa, for you it remains over the years to be most deeply affected, most ...

1843. Lord, That I Should Receive My Sight

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Brett Blair

... as blindness is in the 20th century, however, it was so much worse in Jesus' day. Today a blind person at least has the hope of living a useful life with proper training. Some of the most skilled and creative people in our society are blind. But in ... need. He expects from us total love and total commitment. Why can't we see that? But for those of us who are blind there is hope. For Jesus came to heal the blind. It happened to Bartimaeus. It happened the disciples. It can happen to you. How do we go about it ...

1844. Peacemaker -- A Liturgy

Drama

Thomas A. Renquist

... us one,A Pentecost of peace! The Prayer of the Day: (said in unison) C: Lord, make us instruments of your peace.Where there is hatred, let us sow love;Where there is injury, pardon;Where there is discord, union.Where there is doubt, faith;Where there is despair, hope;Where there is darkness, light;Where there is sadness, joy.Grant that we may not so much seekTo be consoled, as to console;To be understood as to understand;To be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive;It is in pardoning that we ...

1845. Life Always Springs New!

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... ! The temple was gone! The Ark of the Covenant was gone and the people came to the conclusion that God left them, too! In the vision, God said to Ezekiel, "Mortal man, the people of Israel are like these bones. They say that they are dried up, without any hope and with no future." Though we may not have the same vision of dried bones, we have our own experiences in the valley of despair. We have the feeling that we are caught in a burning building and see only a flashing light that reads, "No Exit"! We have ...

1846. A House! a House! and a House!

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... dwelling place was the people he was forming through David. It was with these people; it was in and through these people, that God was to live. It had nothing to do with a place, but a people. It is on these words of God to David that the hope of the Messiah was founded. David would have a family. Oh, the blessings of family! In the case of David, one of his family, his house, his dynasty, would always rule. "Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me; your throne shall be established ...

1847. The Bread Of Life

Psalm 121:1-8

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... who blesses, and it is God who saves. That's true for all of us and for *, as well. I say that because I think there's hope in that. It's not that * wasn't a good man. Of course he was. It is instead that our goodness is a response to God's salvation ... he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die." So we do have hope, and like the psalmist, we put our trust in God. Because he knew God is faithful, the psalmist, as he left for home, could write a ...

1848. A Compassionate Friend

Eulogy

Joe Barone

... little boy who took his kite with its large ball of string outside on a windy day. The kite flew better than he could ever hope it would until finally it was up above the clouds. It was little more than a string stretching to the heavens. Then a lady came ... change that. But we can feel it - openly and honestly, both alone and with others - and we can feel it in the sure and certain hope of God's salvation. Let Us Pray Almighty God, you suffer with us, and we thank you for that. We know, Lord, that each of ...

1849. Wine from Water: The Wedding

John 2:1-11

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... and that's what brought them together. This is an encouraging word for all of us. No, we can't rise from the dead and come back to straighten things out in our families, but there is hope nevertheless. There is hope in our own homes where even our faith can't seem to hold things together sometimes. There is hope even when things seem so broken and fractured and bitter we wonder if there is any way out. We should be encouraged to see in Jesus' own family the trouble was finally worked out. The risen Christ ...

1850. Time and Timing

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

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... has become such a strong religion in the West that we cannot work very well with the idea that promises made to us, hopes held high by us, dreams which are dreamt by us are really all fulfilled when they come true in the life of our ... 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 does not give up easily, though it ...

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