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1901. What About the Baby?

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

Tony Everett

... again to Isaiah's list of names for the child and pay attention to how they describe how the reign of that baby will turn our lives, our darkened world, upside down. Wonderful Counselor — Here is wisdom that both listens to our heart hungers with understanding care and also shows us right and faithful paths through whatever valley of shadows that we may travel. Mighty God — Here is the power we desperately want and need from the King of kings. Here is power, but not in terms of the world's expectations ...

1902. Are We There Yet?

Acts 1:6-14

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... together — when we are willing to hear one another, to love one another, to risk and sacrifice for one another — a new age will indeed dawn upon this earth. There will be a time when the lame will walk and the blind will see, because we have cared enough to offer them health care. There will be a time when prisoners will go free, because we chose to spend more money on schools and employment than on jails and prisons! There will be a time when the oppressed will indeed be liberated, because nations will ...

1903. Living on the Edge

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Timothy J. Smith

... for guidance and strength. She believed that God would see her through the ordeal. Quite simply she said she was just doing her job — one she has carried out with boundless compassion for over 45 years. Ruby was a model of caregiving at a time when some health care providers abandoned their posts.2 God is at work in our world. Just when you are about to give up all hope, there are subtle signs that God is at work, through people like you and me who are able to accomplish God's own purposes. What glimpse ...

1904. No Partiality

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... , though, it seems people get that way anyway, and perhaps the act of extending kindness might change things, in them and us. I've been wondering what it would be like if it was just a cultural norm for people in the city to make efforts to care for the homeless who begged on the street that they traveled on most. Like: I spend the most time walking on one stretch of Monroe Street. I and other people could give sandwiches and money and jackets to the people on Monroe, knowing that elsewhere, other people ...

1905. Pentecost ... Again!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... , the Son, and the Holy Spirit," that person is not just washed with water. He is connected to the head, Christ. He becomes a member of the body of Christ, the church. Even though that baptismal candidate might be so young and so completely dependent upon the care of others, able only to soil her diapers, suckle at her mother's breast, and make unintelligible sounds, she is still a valuable body part. She is a valuable member of the body of Christ. When the waters are poured and God's name is spoken, it ...

1906. A Truly Universal Operating System

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Larry Lange

... Billius did have the advice from the apostle Paul himself, the fact that Macrosoft seemed to be causing a rift in his own church disturbed him. Maybe it would be better for him to sell Macrosoft and join the Amish or spend all the proceeds on his health care initiatives. Yet, even if he did that, Billius couldn't shake the feeling that it was all ill-gotten gain. He didn't even like XC himself, but secretly envied and owned one of the fruit computers. The rift deepened in the church. Though it didn't affect ...

1907. All in the Family

1 John 3:1-3

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... red. He slapped the boy in the face, and said, "You clumsy oaf. Leave the altar right now. Your services are no longer needed here." In Illinois, the priest responded differently. "That's okay, son. We all have an accident from time to time. You will be more careful and do better next time, I know. You will be a fine priest of God someday." The altar boy from Illinois was Fulton J. Sheen, who grew up to become a most beloved bishop in the Roman Catholic tradition. The altar boy from eastern Europe was Josip ...

1908. Luke 16:19-31

Luke 16:19-31

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... in their place. Like all sons and daughters of Abraham they have “Moses and the prophets.” In other words, they possess the scriptural demands listed throughout the books of the law and the prophets which clearly spell out the moral imperative to take care of the poor. By failing to uphold these directives, the rich man and his family have rejected the witness of Moses and all of God’s prophets. As if his reasoning is greater than “Father” Abraham, the rich man insists that if “someone goes ...

1909. We Are Blessed, Adopted and Sealed

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... are belongs to God. Because of that belief, we see ourselves as the Stewards of God's stuff. As a consequence, how we use the gifts of life, faith, talents, money, emotions, family, friends, the church, the environment, all of those things which God has placed under our care, reflects how well we are doing our job as Stewards. How we live and what we do with what God has given us is our Stewardship. When we are good Stewards then we, "who were the first to set our hope on Christ, ...live for the praise of ...

1910. Blast From The Past

John 17:1-19

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... boundaries. Those boundaries make them feel safe, protected and loved. When there are no boundaries children and teenagers don't feel wanted or loved. Not setting boundaries is equivalent to saying: "I don't care what you do," Which in their minds is the same thing as saying: "I don't care about you." Boundaries, rules and a caring hand make us feel protected and GUARDED. B. I read about a man and his daughter who visited a congregation for the first time. They really liked the church and knew some of the ...

1911. Whose Wife Will She Be?

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... rate is still 100 percent. I don’t want to come across as too morbid, today, but it is a fact which we might as well recognize. There is a cute story going around about a family that bought a pet hamster. The children promised they would take care of it. You can guess how that worked out. Mom ended up with about 90 percent of the responsibility. One evening she was thoroughly fed up with the kids’ lack of responsibility. She asked, “How many times do you think that hamster would have died if I hadn ...

1912. Beatitudes as a Song

Matthew 5:1-12

Illustration

Eugene H. Peterson

... proud owners of everything that can’t be bought. 6. “You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. 7. “You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for. 8. “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. 9. “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or ...

1913. Kissing Cousins (Father's Day)

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... how Lombardi answered, “There are a lot of coaches with good ball clubs who know the fundamentals and have plenty of discipline but still don’t win the game. Then you come to the third ingredient: If you’re going to play together as a team, you’ve got to care for one another,” said Lombardi. “You’ve got to love each other. Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: If I don’t block that man, Paul is going to get his legs broken. I have to do my job well in order ...

1914. An Invitation to Tired Souls

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... the world. He later wrote, “This one thing I know: my life was completely transformed and uplifted that night . . . when at the depth of my weakness and depression, a voice said to me: ‘If you will turn that over to Me and not worry about it, I will take care of it,’ and I replied, ‘Lord, I close the bargain right here.’” (6) Maybe you and I need to close a bargain with God. Do you have that sense of peace that Stanley Jones found in his encounter with God? So many of us are tired because of ...

1915. My Shepherd

Psalm 23:1

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... been able to live with confidence even in full view of those who would bring me down. It is as though "You prepare a [banquet] table before me in the presence of my enemies" - they are powerless to do anything about it; all they can do is watch. Your care has been lavish: "You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." All that I could ever ask and more, my shepherd provides. That is why I can look to the future with such assurance. "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life." After ...

1916. The Forgiveness Factor

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... packed to such an extent that the people who need to get to Jesus cannot. Too crowded. It is an interesting image of the church: a place so jammed with onlookers that they keep out those who desperately need to be there. But, finally, through the persistence of those who care about their friend, a way is found to bring the man to Jesus. The roof. It was regularly used as a place of rest and of quiet, and so there was an outside stairway or a ladder of some sort which ascended to it. With arms no doubt weary ...

1917. Riff-Raff

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... them like the plague, and would never have sat down to eat with them. It is no wonder Jesus got into trouble. He refused to play by society's rules. He came into the cafeteria and was willing to sit with anyone who needed him. He cared too much to be careful. Not that he would get down to the level of his companions, but simply by sitting and eating with them, would raise them to his. Suddenly, we find ourselves in church. We are about to commemorate a dinner party long ago. Jesus, himself, was the host ...

1918. God's Day Off

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... benefit, not God's. If the church insisted that it be used as such, and then actually helped folks to enjoy the day (even by something as simple as encouraging them to "come as you are" for worship), a watching world might be attracted to such a loving and caring Lord, even to the point of wanting to worship. Wouldn't that be a kick! It pains me, not only as a minister, but simply as a Christian, to see people staying away from the church in droves. It pains me to see Sunday slowly but surely become just ...

1919. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... as well — they had been praying together for ten solid days and now were enjoying an ecstatic religious experience. They were creating such a commotion that their noise began to draw a crowd. Some thought it was just a drunken party. But others listened more carefully to what was going on. And miraculously, each one hearing understood. It made no difference what their native tongue might have been. As they listened, they heard the story of what God had done in that group and was prepared to do in all who ...

1920. Being a Christian “Survivor”

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the schoolyard than selling hamburgers at McDonald's? Whose fault is it? Abominable drug dealers who pay too much, or upstanding employers who pay too little? There is a system here. Do you think it is evil to allow sick people to go without available medical treatment or nursing home care when it is needed? Certainly it is. But treatment and care cost money. Is it the meanness and greed of doctors and hospitals that keep people from treatment? Or is it the system that is not willing to pay to have this ...

1921. This Gospel Is for Our Children

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... the world where people of Scottish heritage gather to worship. Each time it is a reminder for all who worship — whether or not their ancestry is Scottish — that the covenant-making God of the Bible is the God and heavenly Father of our families and that he cares for children. In a sense, it might be said that this movement among the Scots in 1746 has a precedent in Exodus chapter 10. There God summons Moses. Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may ...

1922. Agony and Ecstasy

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Steven Molin

... . But the euphoria doesn't last forever, because Lazarus — like us — doesn't get out of this world alive. This now becomes an allegory for the larger picture of our existence; that we will die, all of us will die, but we will live again, and live forever. Because Jesus cares this much; that he chose to die so that we might live for eternity. On All Saints, each of us has loved ones to remember, and most of us would insist that they died too soon. Oh, what we'd give for one more day with a parent, or a ...

1923. I’ve Got a Home in that Kingdom

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... to God. He has gained a glimpse of home. In verses 6-9 of chapter 5, Paul speaks about this hope of home. We need to be careful how we use his words in verse 6: "While we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord." There remains in many ... our lives but also because we project so many of our longings (and our failures) onto life in heaven after death. We must take care here not to fall into the dualistic position that life here on earth is bad and insignificant compared to the wonderful and purposeful ...

1924. The Tongue Is Mightier than the Sword

James 3:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Lentz

... morning, the speech was complete, typed, and distributed to the media. When Dr. King ascended the platform, there was a great expectation among the audience as to what this noble orator would have to say. Slowly and deliberately King began to read his carefully prepared text. After a few short paragraphs, he suddenly realized the words were not adequate. Pushing the manuscript aside, King spoke from the heart, proclaiming, "I have a dream today!" What may be considered King's most noted address did not come ...

1925. Oops! I Did It Again

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... of a Happy Meal, but all of us have blurted out remarks just as clueless. Simon Peter rebuked Jesus. The truth is that Peter cared about his Master. He didn’t want him to suffer and die. But something else vexed Peter. How could the Messiah be put to ... but that I did not believe as she did. Then he told me that Jesus loved me and had died for me. As I saw your daddy carefully bandaging my foot, I saw a love that was Jesus’ love and I knew I could believe it. We got down on our knees and we prayed and ...

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