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1951. Are Half-Painted Rainbows Enough?

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

James Weekley

... to illustrate the workings of God's Spirit. More than that he wanted to demonstrate how his power within our seedling talents could be transformed into major miracles. We have that power now. We have that gift ... now. When Jesus said that he would remain with us always, he included our gifts and talents in that category. Jesus will never abandon us. We should never abandon our dreams, either. If he has confidence in us, then why can't we have confidence in "us"? The difference between mediocrity. and ...

1952. The Love Of Evil

Psalm 52:1-9

Sermon

Erskine White

... then they haul out their heaviest ammunition. They deliberately say things they know will hurt the other, even as they know they will be hurt themselves. They torture each other, and why does it go on? Why does this vicious cycle of attack and retaliation remain unbroken? Because one or both people in that relationship don't want it to stop! "Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you love lying more than speaking the truth." In a perverse way, people in that relationship prefer pain to gain. Reconciliation is ...

1953. Redemption Near And Dear

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Erskine White

... to come. We give thanks to God for knowing that we have everything to gain and nothing to fear, because we know our redemption is near and dear. Amen Pastoral Prayer O Lord God, who is more generous with Your love than we can expect or deserve, help us to remain faithful when we are beset by the trials and tribulations of life. Do not let us get so discouraged that we fail to see the light at the end of the night. Do not let us get so preoccupied with our problems that we fail to count our blessings as ...

1954. Faith To The Finish

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Isaiah 14:24-27

Sermon

Erskine White

... knew two men who were put into the same nursing home at the same time. Both hated being there and both were filled with anger at this decision imposed on them against their will, but both needed more help than they could possibly get at home. One man remained angry and soon went downhill. He withdrew into himself until he couldn't do anything for himself. If there ever was a chance he could return home, it was gone now. The other man eventually decided to make the best of it. He began talking with the other ...

1955. A Woman's Place

Genesis 2:4-25

Sermon

Erskine White

... Testament and I begin with Paul, whom chauvinists love and feminists hate because once again, they are more alike than they realize. They both agree that Paul puts women rigidly in a subordinate place. You may recall that famous verse in 1 Corinthians where Paul tells women to remain silent in church (14:34). But in the same letter, he implies that women can pray or prophesy in church if they do it right (11:5, 13). In 1 Timothy, Paul says that he permits no women to have authority over a man (2:12), yet in ...

1956. A Chosen Race?

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

Sermon

Erskine White

... Do other people define what I believe? And if certain well-known fundamentalists are intolerant of others in the name of their so-called "true way," does that reflect badly on Jesus Christ - or on those certain well-known fundamentalists? Jesus' way is Jesus' way and Jesus will remain the way to God regardless of what you or I or anyone else may think or say or do. I said before that I was both angry and depressed by this discussion of John's gospel and later, I tried to figure out the depression part of my ...

1957. Do You Believe In Peace? - Memorial Day

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Erskine White

... say that peace has come to those troubled homes. It's the same with nations. In Lebanon and the West Bank in Israel rebellions are followed by ceasefires, but there is never any peace in the Middle East because fundamental issues of land and justice remain unresolved. There is no peace between the East and West even as alliances change and world tensions ebb and flow. If I said that what we are talking about this morning is not just the absence of open conflict, but the presence of love and understanding ...

1958. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... people, like Herod or Stalin, or it may simply be the larger condition of war and suffering, the general brutality of exploitation and empire which holds the world in its grip. However you want to think of it, it was part of the first Christmas and it remains with us even now. Call it Herod’s rage. I think of other Christmases and how the spirit of Herod has lived on in more recent times, in our own nation’s history.1 On Christmas Eve in 1776, George Washington and his men were crossing the Delaware ...

1959. Come The Judgment Day

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Erskine White

... will say that there is certainly a judgment over all of us, and there is also God's grace. Neither one cancels out the other. We must live with the two in faithful tension and live with the mystery, through this world and into the next. Of course, we always remain free to choose how we will live our lives today. Unlike what Solomon Blatt did in 1941, we can choose to do what is right and overcome evil with good wherever we can. We can be children of God as God has made us to be. We can be comforted ...

1960. Blind Beggars All

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Erskine White

... the time Jesus and John the Baptist walked its streets. Think of it! Here in America, we were all excited a few years ago about our nation's bicentennial, our two hundredth birthday. Jericho was already 8,000 years old by the time of Jesus Christ. It remains today the oldest continually-inhabited city in the world. Jericho was built by the Canaanites as a fortified city, but in 1250 B.C., Joshua came and captured it for Israel. If you remember the story (and the words of the old Negro spiritual), Joshus's ...

1961. The President's Religion

2 Samuel 12:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... . President, you are the man! But you are not the only man. Every president since George Washington has claimed God for our side, every president, that is except one. There was one president in all our history who consistently spoke of God in a way which remained faithful to the spirit of Holy Scripture. Six score years ago, this president stood on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C, ready to give his second inaugural address. As he stood there, he looked out at a crowd of people utterly weary from ...

1962. Together In Christ

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Erskine White

... grew more dim until finally, it went out. The solitary ember was gone, but the fire kept on blazing. Suddenly, the man understood the preacher's point. The religion of "God and me" is not enough. It may be popular, but it is not Biblical. Real Christianity remains what it has always been: a religion of "God and we." The secular vision is wrong. We are not meant to be in this society as "a thousand points of light" - each of us separate by ourselves, flickering precariously in the night. A thousand points of ...

1963. The Key To Confident Living

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Erskine White

... you can never die. Amen. Pastoral Prayer Precious Lord, we pray today for strength and grace through the challenges and blessings of this life. Teach us as a people to look up our faith to Thee. Teach us to find our strength and confident hope in You, that we may remain firm in Your ways all the days of our lives. And we give thanks today, 0 God, for the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., a prophet and preacher, and servant of the Lord Most High. We give thanks that You choose a man in our own lifetime to put ...

1964. Wedding: One Husband's Counsel

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... that we forget ourselves, step outside ourselves, and identify with the cares and problems of our mate. It is within the arena of sympathy and compassion that love grows deeper and more lovely than any newlyweds can possibly imagine. Another point of Peter's counsel is to remain humble. Sad is the marriage when one or both of the spouses think they could have done better or feel they got the raw end of the marriage. It can happen. It is very easy to take our mate for granted, to forget virtues, and to ...

1965. Wedding: The Foundation of Faithfulness

Sermon Aid

John M. Braaten

... became obvious that the ship was going down, Mr. Straus tried everything he could think of to persuade his wife to leave the sinking ship and join the other women and children in the lifeboats. But, to his words, Mrs. Straus replied, "Isidor, you and I will remain together. I will be faithful to you, even if it means death." And so it happened. They died together, faithful unto death. It's a moving story of love and devotion. But that's the way it is. Love and faithfulness go hand-in-hand, creating beauty ...

1966. Forgive One Another

Ephesians 4:26, 27

Children's Sermon

... arguing. She said that she was going into her house. She would never play with her friend again. The other girl said the exact same thing. Both girls went home mad. Has anything like this happened between you and any of your friends? (Let them answer.) The girls remained angry with each other for the rest of the day. By bedtime, both girls felt a little sorry about the argument. Just before bedtime, one of the girls asked her parents if she could go next door for a minute. She went to her friend's house ...

1967. I Can See God

Matthew 5:8, John 11:40

Children's Sermon

... 'd like to be able to see is how God works, or where God is, or what God looks like. Some people would probably give a lot of money to be able to see God close up for themselves. But God keeps himself hidden from us. He wants that to remain a mystery until we die. Still, there is one way in which God has given us some "spiritual binoculars" so that we can see God now. God says to us, "Trust and believe in what I tell you in the Bible. Live your life as members of my family. If ...

1968. Baptism of the Lord

Acts 10:23b-48, Isaiah 61:1-11, Isaiah 42:1-9, Psalm 45:1-17, Psalm 89:1-52, Luke 3:1-20, Luke 3:21-38

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... , for the First Sunday after the Epiphany. It should also be noted that the churches want the full story of Jesus' baptism to be told, hence the three versions of it in the synoptic gospels are read in their respective cycles; the first and second readings remain the same from year/cycle to year/cycle. Why have the churches given such prominence to Jesus' baptism, especially if he were sinless and not at all in need of baptism? Part of the answer is in the rediscovery of baptism and the realization that God ...

1969. Epiphany 6

Luke 6:17-26, Psalm 1:1-6, Jeremiah 16:1--17:18, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... resurrection would be utterly wrong, and he would simply be another well-meaning, but totally misinformed, religious leader. The cross, as atonement for the sins of humanity, loses its ultimate meaning and its salvific content without the resurrection - and people remain unforgiven sinners; "resurrection-less faith" is futile and tragic. So Paul argues for Christ's resurrection and the resurrection of the dead of those whose sin has been forgiven in the death and resurrection of Christ and in their baptism ...

1970. Advent 2

Malachi 3:1-4, Luke 3:1-20, Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... John's basic work is concerned. But the preaching pastor will realize that Isaiah's prophecy, "and all flesh shall see the salvation of God," has not yet been accomplished; the good news must still be preached all over the earth, but it remains that it will only be with Jesus' second coming that God's salvation will be perceived by everyone in Jesus Christ. The future eschatology of the First Sunday in Advent provides the backdrop for the homiletical exercise demanded the readings for this day, particularly ...

1971. Easter 2

John 20:19-23, Acts 5:12-16, Acts 5:17-42, Job 42:1-6, Revelation 1:4-8, Revelation 1:9-20, John 20:24-31, Psalm 149:1-9

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... to answer their question, they probably told him the rest of the story: "If you had been here with us, you would have seen Jesus for yourself." Ten of the 11, who were told the good news by Mary, "I have seen the Lord (in the garden)," remained doubters until they had seen Jesus for themselves. No one could believe that such a thing - a dead man rise from the grave after three days in the tomb? - despite the miracles Jesus performed in raising Lazarus and a couple of other people from the dead. So who ...

1972. Easter 4

John 10:22-42, Acts 13:13-52, Numbers 27:12-23, Revelation 7:9-17

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George Bass

... Michelangelo, and had no trouble finding the church - at least, we were let off where we could see an old church building. I knew it wasn't Santa Costanza, because it wasn't round; it turned out to be the church of St. Agnes, built to house the remains of the young girl who was tortured where "her church" stands facing Bernini's great fountain in the center of Piazza Navona in Rome; she was then executed. To get to that church, one descends a long flight of stairs, which has plastered walls in which relics ...

1973. Ascension

Acts 1:1-11, Psalm 110:1-7, Ephesians 1:15-23, Luke 24:36-49, Luke 24:50-53, 2 Kings 2:1-18

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George Bass

... rubric allows), but it is vitally important that people understand it as the completion of Easter, the Resurrection of Our Lord. Technically, the Seventh Sunday of Easter ought to be changed to the Sunday after the Ascension; the Sundays preceding the ascension would remain "of Easter" Sundays. All of the propers - prayers for the day, psalmody, and readings are the same for all three years/cycles of the lectionary, with the exception of the alternate first reading of The Book Of Common Prayer (2 Kings 2:1 ...

1974. Proper 5

Luke 7:11-17, 1 Kings 17:7-24, Galatians 1:11-24

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George Bass

... Miracle." Raising a dead person and, thereby, robbing the grave, is the ultimate miracle that might be performed on human beings. The problem, of course, is brain damage and the deterioration of body tissues. That seemingly insurmountable obstacle may forever remain, despite the futuristic episode in "Star Trek," in which an officer, who had been blasted by Mr. Spock's ray/laser gun, was brought back to life. The attending physician said something like this, "This drug should repair the brain damage ...

1975. Proper 9

Galatians 6:11-18, Galatians 6:1-10, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Psalm 66:1-20, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... , where it is preached, toward Jerusalem, where God made good on his promise of "Peace on earth, among people of good will" in Jesus Christ. Jesus had to die to establish that peace. 3. There would be no peace, no lasting and God-ordained peace, if Jesus had remained in the grave, but he rose from death on the third day. The resurrection of the Lord is the guarantee of restoration and God's everlasting peace. 4. To "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem" is to pray for the peace of the world in Jesus Christ. He ...

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