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Showing 1876 to 1900 of 1964 results

Faith is not a distant view but a warm embrace of Christ.

John Calvin

Forgiveness is a funny thing; it warms the heart and cools the sting.

William A. Ward

1878. Marriage Is...

Humor Illustration

Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that's too warm, beside someone who's sleeping in a room that's too cold.

1879. Dancing in the Wind

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ever more rigorous feats. Runners in particular have an entire body of literature on how to excel in this endorphin-boosting sport. I like to call their oeuvre “runners’ wisdom.” A lot of runners’ wisdom is simply common sense. Drink water before you run. Warm up and stretch. Push harder every day but don’t overdo it. Wear good shoes. Trust what your body is telling you. Let your instincts guide you. But one of the best articles I found written by Jonathan Beverly of “Runner’s World” is ...

1880. A Personal Question Deserves a Personal Answer

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Roy Howard

One warm August night and only two of us standing on our neighbor’s deck. The others had gone inside to escape the heat and eat the dessert waiting in the cool kitchen. Alone on the deck in the descending darkness of early evening my neighbor asked, “So, how did you find ...

1881. Don't Miss This

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... adult Jesus seriously. They were not the ones you’d put on a list of the movers and shakers, the ones with influence. Luke gives us shepherds — outsiders, poor people, the disenfranchised, people who probably could use a bath but don’t have access to a nice warm shower. The ordinary people who responded to Jesus knew one thing for certain. Jesus matters. The meaning of his life is the meaning of God for our own lives. It’s a life that changes lives, when people catch on to what he said and did and ...

1882. About Face!

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... the poverty they saw on Katherine’s reservation. And he was humbled by the joy and love of Katherine and her family. When he returned home, Robert couldn’t find satisfaction in his work. He worried all the time if his adopted grandmother was safe and warm and had all she needed. That summer, Robert, Anita and a handful of friends traveled back to South Dakota to build a house for Katherine. As news of their project spread on the reservation, Katherine’s family and friends showed up to help, and they ...

1883. Giving Comfort

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... that in his family growing up, meatloaf was their comfort food. Well . . . different strokes for different folks. In 1995, there was a young man in Britain who excelled in taking examinations. His name was Francis Thomason. Francis gave credit to his warm slippers when explaining how he had managed to pass so many examinations and gain a university degree. “It is important to have comfortable feet,” he said. (5) Lots of things bring comfort. Linus, in the Peanuts cartoon, had his blanket for comfort ...

1884. The Green Graduate

Humor

A young man who had been hired by the personnel department of a large supermarket chain reported to work at one of the stores. The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, handed him a broom and said, "Your first job will be to sweep out the store." "But," the young man said," I'm a college graduate." "I'm sorry," the manager said." I didn't know that. Here, give me the broom and I'll show you how."

1885. The Master Next Door

Illustration

Staff

... sounds of a violin next door. He was just about to go next door and complain when the maid came to service his room and said, "Aren't you lucky! You get to hear Jascha Heifetz play and you don't even have to buy a ticket!" The master was warming up next door to him for that evenings concert.

1886. Are You Ready to Wait?

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... words: On the roof of the Riverside Church in New York is the figure of the angel Gabriel, his horn lifted to his mouth ready to give out a mighty blast to announce the second coming of our Lord in glory. Day after day he stands ready. Warmed by the summer sun, frozen by winter sleet, year after year goes by, but there is no mighty blast, not even a tentative toot.3 “No mighty blast to announce the second coming in glory,” writes Steimle, “not even a tentative toot.” Instead, the sounds we hear ...

1887. The Gospel We Preach

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... English he said to me, “You say you’re a minister, mon. Well then, tell me: What kind of God do you believe in? What kind of gospel do you preach?” The question caught me completely off guard! I was on vacation, after all, pondering palm trees, enjoying warm ocean breezes, and sipping tropical drinks in the setting sun. Talking theology was the last thing on my mind. So the cabbie’s question came like a bolt out of the blue. What kind of God do you believe in? What kind of gospel do you preach? The ...

1888. An Encounter with Jesus

John 12:20-33

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... decided we wanted more than three dollars’ worth of God. Wilbur Reese wrote this short, tongue-in-cheek piece. “I would like to buy three dollars’ worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough of him to equal a cup of warm milk or a snooze in the sunshine. I don’t want enough of him to make me love a black man or pick beets with a migrant. I want ecstasy, not transformation. I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I want a pound of the eternal ...

1889. Be Reconciled with the Lord

2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of workmanship, even including handrails. And to the older brother’s surprise he saw his younger brother crossing the bridge with his arms outstretched. “You are quite a craftsman and brother to do this after all that was said between us.” The two brothers warmly embraced at the center of the bridge. As they turned they saw the carpenter packing up his tools. “No wait,” they said, “Don’t leave. We have other projects for you to do.” “No thanks,” said the carpenter. I must be moving along ...

1890. Gratitude

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

"…be filled with the Spirit,...always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father." I didn't care for him when we first met. He's not the sort of person that you warm up to at first. It takes time, and life, before he becomes part of you. Don't ever think that he comes naturally. You have to work at getting along with him. When we first met, I was young, very young, maybe two or three. My mother never tired, during ...

1891. Our Light

Genesis 1:1-5 · Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... -- overlooking the Grand canyon, on a beautiful day at the golf course, at the seashore. At summer camp, the last night before we headed home, we always gathered around the campfire, held hands, and sang, "Kum Ba Yah," surrounding ourselves with warm, cozy, thoughts of the eternal amidst the natural. But did we feel God? We overlooked that, beyond our campfire, the fuzzy little creatures were killing and eating one another! Nature - tooth-claw-and-nail, tornado, avalanche, flood, survival-of-the-fittest ...

1892. The Heartbeat of a Christian

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... technology to tell us what a Christian’s “cardiac signature” looks like. Our scripture lesson for this morning, from First John 3: 16-24 makes that clear. The heartbeat of the Christian is to love others with the sacrificial love of Jesus. Not a warm and fuzzy feeling. Not with good intentions or encouraging words. But with loving actions. Actions that cost us something. As verse 18 reads, “. . . let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” Talk is cheap, the writer of this ...

1893. Holy Hydration!

John 12:20-33 · Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... soil where it can nestle in and fine a home, putting down roots and drawing nourishment and more water from the soil. It helps to have sun as the plant begins to break the ground, so that photosynthesis can occur. It helps to have oxygen and a warm temperature. When nurtured in this environment, the plant will grow sure and strong. But the miracle is in that first contact, when water meets those waiting enzymes in the interior of that seed, that dormant, dry seed. Why does Jesus tell us this? Why use the ...

1894. All Wrapped Up

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... who would listen to the stories of the witnesses. And also believe. The name for burial Jewish burial clothing was “tachrichim.” At burial a man or woman would be buried immediately, so as to honor the dead. The body would first be washed with warm water, then fresh, clean white cloths, often treated as Jesus were with aloes and myrrh, would be wrapped around the body like an unseamed tunic. Often a man would also be buried with his tallit (his fringed personal tunic), but in Jesus’ case, his seamless ...

1895. The Transformative Power of God

1 John 1:1--2:2

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... with God. He was content to be by himself, and encouraged others to join him. After a few weeks, as this man’s mantra continued, the pastor decided to visit his recalcitrant parishioner. It so happened it was a cold winter evening and when he arrived he was warmly welcomed by the man who invited the pastor to take one of two seats in front of a roaring fire in the hearth. The two men spoke about all kinds of things, cautiously avoiding the whole issue of church attendance. Then, when there was a break in ...

1896. Proclaiming Death

1 Corinthians 11:26

Sermon

Will Willimon

... or "The Sacrifice of the Mass"? A table is more accessible than an altar. The table is a place of linen napkins and fine silver, of merriment and polite conversation broken only by the tinkling of knives and forks. The table is a place of good manners, warm hospitality, and a receptive and close God. The altar, on the other hand, is a mysterious place of sacrifice, of life and-death matters -- a priest in the holy of holies, knife in hand, preparing to slit the throat of some beast. The altar is enmeshed ...

1897. Loving Through Action

1 John 3:14-24

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... words without actions are hollow: “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,’ and yet do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead” (James 2:1-17). If we say we love Christ and wish to be his disciples, then we must move to ...

1898. Mary's Song

Luke 1:46-47, 52

Sermon

Will Willimon

... of a prosaic preacher inevitably fail to match the event which unfolds before us. As I recall, Easter felt a little like this, too. I once thought that Billy Graham couldn't fail after George Beverly Shea and the five-hundred voice Crusade Choir had sung. What a warm up for a sermon! Now, after being here, I know differently. A good choir, a great organ, beautiful music can sometimes say so much that there's nothing left for the preacher. I know that these boy's songs of Christmas will move you more than my ...

1899. Our Need and God's Provision

John 6:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to describe what abundance means to them. Alison, age 7, said, “Abundance is an extra bowl of ice cream and getting to stay up late and laughing a lot.” Emily, age 9, said, “Abundance means I have as many books as I want to read and lots of warm clothes for the wintertime. And it means there’s always lots of love.” Brian, age 10, said, “Abundance means we have everything we need even though we don’t have everything we want yet. It makes me feel safe.” (5) Think about Brian’s answer for a ...

1900. The Power of the Staff

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... this didn’t last forever. One day, it became time for the birds to fly the nest. This was fascinating because it appeared at first that they didn’t want to do it. Would you? Here they were in birdie heaven getting fed each day in that warm, cozy nest. It looked scary out there. They were still young and little. It was a dangerous world, unfamiliar, and full of predators. They were inexperienced. They had no idea how to gather food for themselves, dig for a worm, and most importantly, they didn’t know ...

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Showing 1876 to 1900 of 1964 results

Faith is not a distant view but a warm embrace of Christ.

John Calvin

Forgiveness is a funny thing; it warms the heart and cools the sting.

William A. Ward

1878. Marriage Is...

Humor Illustration

Marriage is when you agree to spend the rest of your life sleeping in a room that's too warm, beside someone who's sleeping in a room that's too cold.

1879. Dancing in the Wind

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

1880. A Personal Question Deserves a Personal Answer

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Roy Howard

1881. Don't Miss This

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer