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1826. Moving Words

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... willing to risk themselves in moving to change the conditions. Well, it’s now time to move out. We have had our weekly briefing session, our visit with the Master. Whether through the music or the spoken word; whether in silence or in the sounds of faith, we have been touched, stirred and challenged. We’ve received words for our moving into the days ahead: Imitate the teacher, spread the Word and acknowledge Christ. Let’s move.

1827. This Life Is Yours To Live!

Ezekiel 18:1-32

Sermon

Keith Hammer

... the world, but when you think of what the alternatives are, you and I who know and love Jesus as our Lord know it is the best life. When you look in a mirror, you see there the person who holds the solutions to the problems you and those you touch face in life -- you, not as God, not as one lone superperson, but as God’s child whom with his Spirit in you can love, forgive, care, show mercy and share joy! May God empower you to be a part of the solutions to the problems of your life and ...

1828. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... more so than values. But adults ought to know better and should redraw that map to deal with the reality of the adult world. If not, we'll always get the glove right but get life wrong and place on ourselves perceived limitations that may not exist. We lose touch with reality when we do not redraw our maps for living on the basis of new information. One of the constant themes in the New Testament is that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life, and that in Him we become new creatures following a new map ...

1829. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... mercy is to create conditions in which forgiveness and understanding may come to others and eventually come back to us; that to do justice is to serve the cause of peace, for happiness can flourish only when fairness prevails; and, finally, that when all else fails to touch the depth of human longing, we must keep the faith and suffer for the cause of Christ as a redeeming agent, a servant in God’s work, a co-creator of the Kingdom of God. If I am convinced that life will eventually teach each of us ...

1830. Where Does That Leave Us?

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... but it causes friction among the group. A sure case of having to wear sand in the hair indefinitely. 6. Laying the blame on others. “Yes, I may have done that, but if only you had...” The “if only you had” burdens people with a guilt they cannot touch, and leaves you with the upper hand. For sure, another wears a grungy hair-do. 7. Failing to do the little thing you can because you are unable to do the big deal you fantasize you should be doing. A brother refused to visit his sister in the hospital ...

1831. Revealed Glory

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... . And yet, the glory of the Lord was revealed as the people looked toward the desert. The very place we seek to avoid was indeed the place where the glory of the Lord was revealed. God appeared in the cloud. Too high for humankind to reach or touch and yet within the realm of visibility the people saw the glory. The people saw the glory, the willingness of God to engage in human situations, just to keep his promise. The integrity of God is beyond question. Think of the experience of Isaiah as he describes ...

1832. Saved By Grace

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land… (2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV).” God just wants a meaningful relationship with the people. The message is clear, keep in touch. Prayer gives recognition of the existence of God. It is the avenue by which God becomes accessible to every individual. Each person, regardless of his or her social status in life can come to God in prayer. God is made available to all individuals at every ...

1833. "Hosanna!"

Matthew 21:9

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... shout. Let's practice it just once. Say, "Hosanna!" and tap your glass. Now we must watch. Isn't this exciting? Just think we are standing on the street where Jesus is going to pass us by. We will be able to see him, listen to him, and maybe even touch him if we can get close enough. I think I see the crowd coming. Yes, there is someone running towards us to tell us that Jesus is not far behind. There he is. I see him. Don't forget. Shout "Hosanna!" (Let the children shout and tap their glasses.) Wasn ...

1834. A Recipe for You

John 17:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... about his disciples. In praying to his heavenly Father he spoke about how he had given to the disciples the same words that the Father had given to him. In other words, Jesus passed it on also just like my grandmothers passed on the recipe. Jesus was in touch with the Father and he listened to all that the Father said and gave those teachings of love to men like Peter and Andrew, John and Matthew. These disciples and all of the other followers of Jesus learned the things that God wanted them to learn. Jesus ...

1835. God Works Through Opposites

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... salvation under damnation, heaven under hell ... And universally our every assertion of anything good is hidden under the denial of it, so that faith may have its place in God, who is a negative essence and goodness and wisdom and righteousness, who cannot be touched except by the negation of all our affirmations." God can only be known through negations - through opposites. Why does he operate that way? Why does God operate in a hidden way by means of contrasts and negations? Martin Luther told us why in ...

1836. What Happens When We Can't Believe It?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

All three of our Bible lessons for today touch on themes that cannot help but direct our attention to last Sunday's celebration of the festival of Easter. (The Roman Catholic lectionary's first lesson [Acts 2:42-47] reminds us of the Easter festival, as its reference to the community shared among the early Christians is reminiscent of ...

1837. The Temptations Of Christ And Our Temptations

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... that Christ gives. We have been better prepared for the blessing of Easter. Of course, there is also a real comfort in the realization that Jesus has struggled with the same temptations we face. It makes God and Jesus a little more real, a little more in touch with us and our weaknesses. It makes it easier to relate to our God as a friend, because he has been there with us. Yet the nagging question remains: How can these temptations that Jesus has shared with us be overcome? Granted, he has conquered them ...

1838. We Must Be Blind!

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Of course, he paid the price. The Pharisees cast him out of the local synagogue. This man whom Jesus healed certainly demonstrated an appropriate gratitude to Jesus, a true faith, did he not? In his faith he teaches us something about ourselves. Like him, we have all been touched by the good news of Jesus Christ. In a way it has healed us from our blindness, has it not? This is Paul's point in our epistle lesson for today (Ephesians 5:8-14). We are not in darkness; we are not spiritually blind anymore. We ...

1839. Competition In The Kingdom?

Matthew 20:17-19

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... in his ascent to the top."2 Is this not the dynamic that lies behind the interactions that the disciples had with each other on the day that the mother of James and John tried to get them a special place in the kingdom? Our gospel lesson gets us in touch with one of the core social dynamics and problems of our day. Do you not find your life illumined by the story? How often are you striving to get to the top of your company, to find a place in your community or circle, over someone else by means of ...

1840. Vision For Mission

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... and hearing the Word of God about the noises of a materialistic world. The call of Isaiah includes voices as well as vision. Voices Angelic voices and the voice of the Lord are heard by the prophet. The angels said, "Behold, this (hot coal) has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away, and your sin forgiven." Voices of forgiveness precede the voice of commission. God gives us something before he expects us to do something. The gift of renewal precedes responsibility for Isaiah and us. God never asks us ...

1841. Trusting In The Lord

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... was trying to wake up the people of his day to the reality of God. They were asleep to the reality of God; filled with illusions about themselves and religion. They accused Jeremiah of being a dreamer, but they were the ones who were out of touch with reality. Jeremiah said that they were cursed because they trusted in human potential and neglected the potential of the living Lord. Jeremiah was a God-driven man who spoke fearlessly about the moral laxity and social ills of the nation and warned of disasters ...

1842. Faithful To The Lord

Genesis 32:22-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... his purpose (Romans 8:28)." "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed (2 Corinthians4:8-9)." Charles Swindoll puts it like this: Nothing touches me that has not passed through the hands of my heavenly Father. Nothing. Everything lendure is designed to prepare me for serving others more effectively. Everything. Faithfulness to the Lord means having this higher perspective. Faithfulness also means being ...

1843. Believing The Living Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Michigan and became a part of the watering system of Chicago. Some of it was put into a bowl and used for Harry's baptism on June 14. It thus became holy water, sacramental water. That water has now returned to the heavens from which it came, having touched a human being in a sacramental way. Harry was 75 years old when he almost died of a stroke in 1988. At this writing, he is still bedridden. But things are different now. Harry is baptized. He belongs to God. He is getting prepared for the final chapter ...

1844. Good News!

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

From your childhood, think of some good news which came to you suddenly. Maybe it was the announcement of a new baby in the family, or a new puppy. Maybe it was the announcement of a vacation or your first trip to Disneyland. Get in touch with the feeling of good news. That's especially helpful when there is so much bad news around. We certainly hear enough bad news these days. Newspapers, television, and radio bombard us daily with news like: "Pam Am Jet Down;" "258 People Killed;" "Bomb Suspected;" "1 , ...

1845. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

Daniel 7:1-14, Daniel 7:15-28

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... , cheerleader.”2 We all need someone who will help us feel good about ourselves. Fortunately, God has a way of sending that select person to us at the right time. Ira Progoff through his intensive journal workshops has taught people how to get in touch with their past by using a journal. He makes much of what he calls “stepping stones” -- significant points of movement along the path of life. He explains: “We go back into the past by means of the stepping stones in order to reconnect ourselves ...

1846. The Road To The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... Prayer: Our Father, greater than all our thoughts of thee, whose great hands have reached out beyond the limits of a limitless universe to become a part of our own experience through the coming of thy Son into the world, and who lives within us even now, so touch our hearts and minds in this moment that we would know thee and be able to worship thee. In this season of Lent as we begin to think of our Lord Jesus turning his face toward Jerusalem, help us to prepare ourselves to journey with him along those ...

1847. The Road To Nazareth

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... us that we would be a light which shines in the darkness even as our Lord Jesus was the light of the world and calls us to be the light in a world threatened by darkness. Be near our sick. Comfort those who mourn. Guide those who lose their way. Touch those who despair. And we will give thee honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 1. Dunnam, Maxie, Jesus' Claims - Our Promises, The Upper Room, Nashville, Tennessee, 1985, p. 55.

1848. Wedding: Be a Happy Family

Sermon Aid

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... , ideas and dreams. Express appreciation freely. Build one another up. Never let a day go by without saying “I love you.” Say it not only in words, but with a wink in public when no one is looking, a squeeze of the hand, or a loving touch as you are hurrying about the house. A happy marriage never develops by accident. It is cultivated from the day you are married until the day that God calls one of you to his eternal home. Work as diligently and persistently for “togetherness” as you have during ...

1849. Wedding: A Marriage Made in Heaven

Isaiah 54:1-17, John 17:20-26

Sermon Aid

Craig Erickson

... a sacred gift — of God. c. Christian faith challenges us to put Christ at the center of all of our relationships, and most especially our marriages. Putting Christ at the center of a marriage changes the chemistry entirely. Persons who are touched by God’s grace themselves become gracious. A marriage needs a whole bushel full of grace. d. The Christian faith and life in the church teach patterns of openness, caring, and forgiving. These are qualities which, quite obviously, marriages need to survive ...

1850. Wedding: Once Upon a Time is Today

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon Aid

Glenn L. Borreson

... that happiness was not tied to any one place but to finding their place. And the place they had selected to begin their life together they would make their own. They would live in it and they would love it. To it they would give their own creative touch. And it would not be just any place but their place, because God had so ordained it. For their God hallowed all places, especially those where a man and a woman live together in love. They had discovered, too — this man and this woman — that bigness was ...

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