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1951. Returning: Real or Ruse?

Hosea 5:1-15

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... because they had been caught? Was their repentance a result of reaping the pain and wrath their actions had brought down upon their heads, or because they deplored having injured a holy God? Was it all just a "wordy" ruse to escape judgment for their sins, and hopefully they could still live as they jolly well pleased? The aim of Israel was not really to return to the Lord, but to remove the inconvenience that God’s anger had caused them. Their concern was to "get what they could" from a rich and powerful ...

1952. A King Worth Having

Zechariah 9:9-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... ; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your captives free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double. Life demands a leader. Every person and every group of persons needs someone in charge. A country needs a king or prime minister or president. An athletic team must have a captain; an army, a general; a ship ...

1953. Your Money and Your Life

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... : "Where your treasure is, there will be your heart." To my mind, the ordering of our Lord’s words raises the possibility that feelings and thoughts do not so much determine actions as actions determine feelings and thoughts. If this is true, then there is hope for our liberation. Psychotherapists have learned that often it is easier to act your way into a new mode of feeling and thinking than it is to feel or think your way into a new mode of acting. This has led in bereavement counseling, for instance ...

1954. The Grace of Disillusionment

Matthew 26:69-75

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... Church, for example, does not live up to our expectations. Robert Frost said he had a lover’s quarrel with the world. I think many of us have a lover’s quarrel with the Church. The Church seems more human than divine. It does not live up to our hopes. In the Gospel we have a healing word for a war-racked world, but then we find we have not learned even to handle conflict in our own small circle. That is disillusioning. For some it is so disillusioning that the lover’s quarrel becomes a mean-spirited ...

1955. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... of the Keller family when Anne Sullivan arrived on March 3, 1887. Miss Sullivan had been recommended to the Kellers by the Perkins Institute in Boston, that institution in turn having been recommended by Alexander Graham Bell, whom the family had hopefully approached for help. Anne Sullivan, hardly more than a girl herself and partially handicapped, entered into the life of that desperate family. Many will remember the splendid drama, The Miracle Worker, based on the work of Anne Sullivan with Helen Keller ...

1956. Sowing to the Flesh

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit ... you will live." During the Crimean War an invading army came across some farmers engaged in spring planting. "Go ahead and sow," scoffed the invading Colonel, "Our army will do the reaping." The farmer replied, "I hope so. I’m sowing hemp." Whatever is sown will be reaped! This is true in much of life. A man rocked a boat to see if it would tip - it did. A worker stepped on a nail to see if it would go through his shoe - it did. A man ...

1957. Overcoming Self

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... a liberty, but God calls it lawlessness. We call sin infirmity, God calls it iniquity. We call sin fascination, God calls it a fatality; and though we call sin an accident, God calls it an abomination! When we see the depths of our degredation, we realize that our sole hope is in the only Righteous One who showed himself once and for all as our Savior. We see then, too, that the ground of Calvary is the only common meeting ground for sinners to meet their God. There we are all on the same level, as God says ...

1958. Facing Up to a Power Problem

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... who had recently denied Jesus, preached a sermon that must have scared himself, when he heard what he was saying: "This Christ, whom you crucified, is now at the right hand of God." And three thousand persons were added to God’s new movement of hope and love, at this moment set upon its inexorable course in history. Now the disciples, who previously had dared not move, couldn’t be stopped. They were bubbling over with the Spirit; they were radiant; they were incandescent. Through the Holy Spirit, God in ...

1959. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... ... faultless children of God in a warped and crooked generation, in which you shine like stars in a dark world" (Philippians 2:15, NEB). I want all that God can give me; I want to share what God gives me with a hungry, broken world. Thus we offer hope to others in a hopeless world; we become light to others in a dark and gloomy world; we demonstrate life in a lifeless world. It’s like a "race," it’s like a "wrestling match," says Paul in all his enthusiasm. Paul even declares: "I count all my ...

1960. The Spiritual Fitness Demands of the New Age

Romans 7:7-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... us squarely in the face and says, "Your problem is you’ve never had enough faith." We’ve gotten to the all-time low where we declare: "High moral and ethical standards don’t really exist." So we have fallen back into the drains. We don’t even admit hope. But high moral and ethical standards do exist. They exist in creation. They exist in the mind of God. They exist in the spirit of Jesus. They exist in love. They even exist deep in our own nature. That makes life exciting and worth the climb and the ...

1961. On Being Lifted Beyond Ourselves

Romans 8:18-27

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... his soul. He was surprised to hear himself speaking (or was it himself?). God can speak to us in our own words you know. Job hears himself declaring "I know that my Redeemer liveth." Out of his hopeless doubt the Spirit spoke through him, to him, words of hope and faith. It didn’t stop there. More words were born out of the depths of his despairing spirit, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust him." Something in him declared a faith he did not have until he heard himself speaking the words. His unutterable ...

1962. Tis Good To Be Here

Matthew 17:1-13

Illustration

... -crawly things. Just being in that kind of place was a frightening experience. And each member of the group, especially Bilbo Baggins, wanted to get out of that dreadful forest of darkness. As they traveled on, hoping against hope that the edge of the dangerous forest was near and not having their hopes fulfilled, one of the leaders orders Bilbo Baggins to climb the tallest tree he can find in order to have a look around and see where the dark forest ended. Reluctantly, Bilbo climbs the tree, with limbs ...

1963. In Debt Forever!

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... blessed Jesus Christ, should I not love thee well? Not for the sake of winning heaven, nor of escaping hell; Not with the hope of gaining aught, not seeking a reward; But as thyself hast loved me, O everlasting Lord; So would I love thee, dearest Lord, ... again. He is depressed and dejected. Berringer concludes by saying he went up so high that he saw beyond our existence and found no hope at all. I am not sure what Eugene Ionesco was trying to say, but I am sure I understand how Berringer felt. I am sure ...

1964. "Can Do" Christianity

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... heart, in his mind, in his deeds. This is clearly evident because one of Paul’s favorite expressions was "in Christ." It occurs dozens of times. More than anything else, Paul wanted to be a man in Christ. He told the Philippians that it was his "eager expectation and hope ... that ... always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death" (1:20). Again he told them that for Christ’s sake, "I have suffered the loss of all things in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him" (3:8-9 ...

1965. The Post Launch Slump

2 Cor 8:10-11

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... him. He wants Tom to carry away from the ashes of Camelot’s defeat the assurance that for one brief shining moment his dream was real. So young Tom becomes the bearer of a vision and to listen to that vision sung in the context of the play engendered hope, and that’s what a vision does for us. It maintains us while we persevere. Each evening from December to December Before you drift to sleep upon your cot, Think back on all the tales that you remember Of Camelot. Ask ev'ry person if he’s heard the ...

1966. Lazarus Rising

John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44

Sermon

... sees with special eyes. Mary was sure of one thing. That Jesus' love for his friend would compel him to come. This is the situation that John paints for us at Bethany. There is tension, there is fear, and there is a sense of anxiety. But, there is hope. Now the scene shifts to the far side of the Jordan River. Jesus is there for a specific reason. He had been in Jerusalem and a very dangerous situation had developed for him. The Jewish authorities had become so enraged with his words that they had risen up ...

1967. Can a Christian Go to Hell?

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... are members of a church does not guarantee entrance into heaven. When a new pastor came to town, someone said, "I certainly hope that you’re not one of these narrow-minded ministers who think that only the members of their congregation are going ... tombstone at Hard Labor Creek State Park which has this inscription: "Noell Nelson, died 1849. He was a member of the Protestant Church and we hope died a Christian." A member of a church who is not a Christian may be one who is content to say only "Lord, Lord." ...

1968. Jesus Makes House Calls

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... in a wilderness because he was afraid of Queen Jezebel. In his need of overcoming his despair, God came to him to cheer him up and send him on his way. After the resurrection, two disciples were on their way to Emmaus and were despondent because they had hoped that Jesus would have redeemed the nation. Jesus same to them and revealed himself in the breaking of bread. It means that God loves his people and when they are in trouble or need of any kind, he comes and makes a house call. Isn’t this the way ...

1969. VIP

Luke 1:39-45

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... is a lovely chair and quite unusual. Is there anyone here who has a chair that looks exactly like this one in his home? I should hope not, because this is a very special chair. Let me show you why this chair is so important. I have a beautiful ribbon that I am ... in it. [Put the ribbon on and play up the letters VIP.] That is very good, and it makes the chair even more special. I hope that you have noticed the letters that are written on the ribbon. What do they say? Do you know what the letters stand for? [Let ...

1970. Our Search for Intimacy - The "Father" God

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... belief that intimacy means you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours. Intimacy, however, involves genuine caring for the other. It is that power to love someone and receive him in the very moment that we realize how far he falls short of our hopes. There are touchy spots in everyone’s psyche. And this knowledge gives us a responsibility to respect these spots. This is a by-product of an intimate relationship. THE JOY OF TRUE INTIMACY Sometimes I think we ministers contribute to the decline of intimacy ...

1971. Unlimited Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... and that he never wanted to see her again. The doctor told her that Steve now had amnesia, that he had lost a large part of his memory, that he would even have to be taught to read again. "He’s forgotten his past, his identity," he said. "I’d hoped that seeing you would bring it all back." It did not, but when he was able to go, Laura took him home, loved him, taught him, supported him, knowing all the time that if he ever got his memory back, he might hate her and refuse to see her again ...

1972. EPISODE 3: THE THIRD WEEK IN LENT

Drama

Robert Clausen

... own good? BISHOP: It is better that one man should die than that the people, of whom we are a part, should suffer. JUDAS: If he wanted to, he could be on top of everything. That’s what we thought he was aiming at. BISHOP: And he has overthrown your hopes. He is not worth your allegiance. JUDAS: At first he was. BISHOP: But he lacks the spark of greatness. What is his future? JUDAS: I don’t know. BISHOP: I have told you. He is doomed to extinction as a troublemaker. But the church goes on. JUDAS: What if ...

1973. Getting Under Your Neighbor's Skin

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... evil, and to pray that Jesus will help us see others as he sees them. Even as we take race into account, as we must, our hope must be for a time when each person can be appreciated as an individual, a child of God, who is neither hindered nor promoted by race ... was really no x-ray down the hall to check on. That physician was able to get under Joe's skin and thereby funnel hope into his world. Please don't ever be content again to translate the fifth Beatitude as simply, "Blessed are the merciful for they ...

1974. Derailed Dreams

Genesis 37:12-36, 50:15-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... 't. But Jehovah is still God." Jehovah is still God. Even when our dreams are derailed, Jehovah is still God. Even when all roads are dead-ends, Jehovah is still God. Even where there seems to be no way, Jehovah is still God. Even when we're running out of hope, Jehovah is still God. Even when we want to give up, Jehovah is still God. Remember Joseph's simple philosophy: Never give up; use what you have; and trust that God will find a way. Some of you who are older than most of you will remember when Jack ...

1975. A Shepherd To Lead Us

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

Leadership. We all want good leadership. Good shepherds to lead us in and out of green pasture. We vote hoping to elect it, we apply for jobs hoping to work for it, and we go to school hoping to be educated by it. But we do not always find it. The trust we place in our leaders can be broken. So what are we to do? John 10 holds the answer. Look at the picture Jesus gives us here in John 10: This wonderful vivid portrait of a ...

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