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1876. Portrait Of A Powerful Servant

John 13:1-17

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... that the eucharist is "living proof" of God’s expensive expenditure, that he did not count the cost but gave us everything he had to give. In this dynamic experience we become recipients of God’s power and grace. In the sacrament of the altar we view again the portrait painted by the Lord centuries ago in the upper room. Like the disciples before us we watch as Jesus gives unstintingly of himself, without thought as to what it cost him. Fatigue and personal pains are disregarded as Jesus stoops to serve ...

1877. Kim's Wish Come True

John 14:1-4

Eulogy

Ron Lavin

... baptized. She told me just a few short weeks ago that it was her desire to be baptized originally, because she was afraid that she would be punished for not being baptized. She also indicated that she had come to a much more positive and holistic view of Baptism through the classes. She wanted to be baptized because she knew God wanted her as a part of his family. We had considered the possibility of Kim being received at an evening service because of her physical condition. We spoke of the possibility of ...

1878. Hope In Christ

Sermon

Tom O. Miller

... to the believer, not the end of life, but the beginning of life new life - eternal life abundant life - life that is far more than we can expect on this earth. Paul in his letter to the Corinthians provides another picture of God's love. He gives us another view of the victory of God over death. Paul's confidence is really the core of the Gospel message. It is the core of our hope. The life of every Christian is to be identical to the life of Jesus. Life shall triumph over death even as Jesus, the Son ...

1879. A Conquered Enemy

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Eulogy

W. George Easson

... , change jobs, or even move from one place to another. We think of most of these changes as advancements or improvesnents, and we rejoice in new opportunities. The growth and development and advancement of children, while sometimes regarded nostalgically, is generally viewed with satisfaction. But many changes are not pleasant for us. The declining abilities of advancing age are often a burden to us, and a source of frustration. In the success oriented world of today the expectations that are placed upon us ...

1880. The Secret Of Effective Living

Proverbs 8:1-36

Sermon

Robert Allen

... he looked at himself, once he stopped waging war within himself, Jack was wise enough to realize that he was on his way to living an effective life. And what is the secret of effective living? The writer of Proverbs paints a beautiful panoramic view of wisdom being the secret of effective living. Wisdom is depicted as being the first thing God created and an essential characteristic for every man or woman if they are going to experience any joy in living. The writer of Proverbs expressed this very clearly ...

1881. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... of black preaching has been its ability to imaginatively take the things not said in the text and apply them to today's context in ways which provide new insight and meaning into the biblical text and black hearers. While traditionalists may view this as a form of isogesis or interpolation because it does not follow the conventional formulas of exegesis, it nevertheless is a legitimate hermeneutic according to Henry Mitchell and others. Important here for black audiences is that text is related to their ...

1882. African-American Spirituality: The African's Gift To America

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... without it. The gift of African-American spirituality has been 1) our ability to face, adapt to, and overcome insurmountable odds and difficulties through unswerving faith in God; 2) the ability to retain a positive self-image in a society and culture that viewed it from a deficit perspective; and 3) the ability to take potentially negative and destructive energies and turn them into positive gains for the betterment of ourselves, our people, and the nation we live in. Our success for the future will not ...

1883. Are Greatness and Christianity Compatible?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Malvolio comments: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." There is a large measure of truth in this observation, but it falls short in any discussion of greatness from the Christian point of view. True greatness is neither born in you, nor achieved by you, nor imposed upon you. It is caught, for it is the byproduct of the deeper qualities of our human nature. Our text is from a tiny, yet significant, vignette from the course of ...

1884. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... own a copy of the book, let alone know its contents. He appeared to have no knowledge of the law, for there was certainly no evidence in his life, his actions or his motives to suggest even a limited acquaintance with the book. Jesus was, in the view of the Pharisees, throwing the traditions to the wind, plowing too much new ground, and calling for an entirely new focus for a person of faith. Why, this blasphemer even forgave sins, which, as anyone could plainly read in the book, was the prerogative of God ...

1885. How’s That Again, Jesus?

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... one of the grave injustices we Westernized Christians have done to the gospel, and to such a call as this, is to water it down in order to make it more palatable. In so doing, we have lost this radical notion of living in another world, with another world view that brings us into conflict with the norms and standards of this world. How was it the Apostle Paul put it in Romans? “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” That word of Paul brings us to the other ...

1886. Endorsing The Future

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Day How do we take the best we have inherited from our past and make it our own unique experience today? As we listen to stimulating patriotic music, explode firecrackers, head to the beaches, gather in our churches, or sit on the couch to view a ballgame on television, can you and I recover the intense awareness of living in a free country? This awareness obviously seemed very real, alive, and meaningful for Americans at various periods in our past. Author William Gibson51 describes an incident which took ...

1887. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... God, therefore, who formulated the ten commandments as a means of requiring us to have order in our lives. The commandments are also designed for the purpose of evaluating our effectiveness in relating to God and neighbor. These commandments, then, are not to be viewed as a curse, but rather as a blessing. Some would argue that the commandments are primarily negative statements. But it is a plus to know what it is that you ought not be doing. A clergyman stated that instead of people seeking to find out ...

1888. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! (Psalm 51:1-2)." Coming to know the depth of our sin. Driving us to repentance. That is what Ash Wednesday is all about. But that is not the final word! Repentance is not an end in itself. It has another end in view - preparation for new life (in Christ). Again our psalm as well as our gospel says it all: "Fill me with joy and gladness; let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O ...

1889. From Inferiority To Fulfillment

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... were not resolved. He might be renamed, "Forsaken." The boy's parents put up a pretense of middle-class respectability. That complicated the problem. The parents seemed to the boy to be demanding and totally lacking in understanding of his point of view. That complicated the problem further. He felt rootless. When his best friend, also a troubled youth, committed suicide, the boy said that life was meaningless. He experienced an incapacity for real attachment. He said he wanted love, but he rejected it ...

1890. Robert Paul, You Were Right!

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

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... moment the verdict might not be clear; in fact, quite often it seems that the powers of evil are so potent that they will never be defeated. But, daily observation of events is only a limited perspective. The whole of history is needed in order to correctly view difficult times. The saints’ kingdom is not a transient one but one which is everlasting. Those people who are committed to the Most High will ultimately overcome. Now, what do the saints of the Most High have to do with us today as we pursue our ...

1891. Leaping For Joy

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... She did not take her sport seriously enough. On the other hand, perhaps it was her playful attitude toward swimming that actually made it possible for her later to become a champion swimmer. Not just major league baseball managers and Olympic swimmers view life in terms of play, but other supposedly serious-minded people do, too. For instance, Annie Dillard, the perceptive essayist and nature writer, tells of doing research on a book during a summer at Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia. Tired of reading ...

1892. The Road To The Wilderness

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... mission was to usher in the new age of God's kingdom, to claim the world for God and to offer his own life as proof of God's love. His message was about the kingdom of God, and life in this kingdom - a radical upside down view of the world - entirely different from what people thought. His method was to gather about himself a small group of disciples, train them to spread the message about the mission and to become a redemptive fellowship, his church. Jesus thought about those matters in his wilderness time ...

1893. The Illusion Of Neutrality

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... them manna from heaven, and gave them eternal laws to live by in a new land. In the light of all of God's dealings with them, the people must now decide once and for all whether to choose life or death, blessing or curse. From God's point of view, there is no neutrality. No less dramatic is that scene at Shechem when Joshua again sets before the people the choice to serve the living God, or the pagan deities of Israel's new neighbors. "And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will ...

1894. Lessons From The Mountaintop

Exodus 24:1-18, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... as a flat plain floating on a bed of water and protected from more water overhead by a dome-shaped firmament, or sky. Beyond the firmament and the water it held back was heaven and the throne of God. With that ancient three-storied view of the universe, it was only natural that mountaintops would achieve mystical significance. For both Moses receiving the Ten Commandments atop Mount Sinai and Jesus receiving the blessing of God on the Mount of Transfiguration, the experience was one that shaped not only ...

1895. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... gathered in curiosity and concern. Death was so common here, but birth - this was a whole new experience. Stumpy, a fugitive from justice on charges of bigamy, had by common consent taken charge of the little one's arrival. Shortly he allowed the miners to view the new baby, suggesting that it would be appropriate to make a contribution for the helpless orphan. So they came filing in, unconsciously taking off their hats in the presence of this miracle of new life, and putting their gifts at his side - a ...

1896. Mission Possible

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... justice has meant the loss of friendships. For others it has meant imprisonment and even death. During World War II, the small town of Le Chambon in Southern France gave the world a remarkable example of Christian justice at work. Quietly, in full view of the Vichy government, and a nearby division of Nazi storm troopers, the villagers organized to save thousands of Jewish children and adults from certain death in the gas chambers. But these brave Christians protested when anyone praised them: "How can you ...

1897. Ooo Boy!

Matthew 5:33-37, Matthew 5:31-32

Sermon

John Jamison

... ideal was worth fighting for, and that the only possible ground for divorce was unfaithfulness. If husband or wife was ever unfaithful to the other, then the other partner was free to divorce. That was the only ground. This group was respected for their idealistic views, but laughed at as unrealistic and old fashioned. The second school, that of Rabbi Hillel, focused on a passage from Deuteronomy 24 which says that a man shall divorce his wife on the grounds of unchastity, or "if she finds no favor in his ...

1898. Coming Back Down

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

John Jamison

... asks us to do. We have to make decisions down here that just never come up on the mountaintop. So, some of us decide to go back to the mountain, and stay. It is much easier. On the mountaintop we can enjoy the rush of the experience and the view, without being bothered by what goes on down below. We aren't troubled by the valley's decisions and temptations. The mountaintop is the place to be. Marriage changes. Everyday we try to look at each other with that same rosy-colored glaze on our eyes that was there ...

1899. The Call To Victory

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

Sims Robert

... but God whispers love. The world shouts doubt but God whispers faith. The world shouts defeat but God whispers victory, victory! Do not ever surrender your life to the power of darkness, despair or defeat. You are resurrection people. You have been given a different view. You no longer have to look out of the window of darkness and despair. You have been shown a new window where there is light, hope and victory. A little girl was standing at a window; it was dark and cloudy outside, tears were streaming ...

1900. The Shepherd King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Sims Robert

... approaching tornado. The tornado swept across the land and literally blew their house away leaving nothing but the cellar. Fortunately, no one was injured. When Teresa Bloomingdale looked at the scene of devastation she didn’t grieve and cry about the terrible loss. Instead, she viewed the twisted rubble for a moment and observed, “We were planning to move in a few weeks, now I don’t have to pack all those things.” She found the strength for joy even in a tragic moment. The way of the Christian life ...

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