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Showing 1951 to 1975 of 4770 results

1951. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Angell

... has deeply affected everything else that has gone on in the Western world since 1918. The second was the new globalism that is already busy replacing national and regional economies - and general thinking - with a new world economy and point of view. Teilhard du Chardin, it appears, was right from an evolutionary standpoint. There is evidence that after eons of diversification, Life now seems to be on a course of convergence and reunification. A simple one-celled beginning that became a complex multiverse ...

1952. The Lion Who Learned About God

Dan 6:21-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... a friend of mine called Rehoboam, the lion? It's really about a man called Daniel and the problems that he had with rules. Maybe you know the story as it is told in the Bible, but I wonder if you ever heard it from the lion's point of view, You see, Rehoboam had been captured and put into a den with several other lions. It was a disgusting place for any respecting lion to be since he had to be cooped up in a small hole under the floor. Rehoboam thought of how wonderful it had been when he ...

1953. Confessional Services

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

G. William Genszler

... to the Lord's Table. St. John instructs that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and will forgive us all of our iniquities. Martin Luther, in the Catechism, suggests that we examine our lives in the light of the Ten Commandments. In view of the instructions listed above we will use the following confessional service, following the outline suggested by the Ten Commandments. Minister: In the Name of the Father, Sand of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Congregation: Amen. Minister: Let us pray. Almighty God ...

1954. Don't Just Stand There! - Get Involved!

Luke 3:1-20, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Dr. John Thompson Peters

... the real nature of Christianity." Too often Christianity is thought of as a little bit of morality. Some men think that as long as they don't lie, don't drink, and abstain from many of life's pleasures, they are good Christians. But such a view of Christianity is totally inadequate. If this is all, wherein does Christianity transcend the pagan philosophies? There is an urgent need to draw the distinction between mere morality and Christianity. One of the best ways to bring this difference into focus is in a ...

1955. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

Sermon

Rev. Donald R. Shank

... important in our lives? What is the symbol out of which we operate? The goal that directs our lives?' II. This brings us to part two, DOLLAR SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND YOUR FAITH. We want to relate dollar signs and life symbols to our personal faith, with a view to determining how we can break the hold wealth has over us - how can we break the idolatry of it? One way is to face realistically the battle in our lives. Jesus said it's like trying to worship two gods - the eternal ultimate and the temporary monetary ...

1956. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... who is the Truth. Sometimes we are so concerned about trying to convert people to our way of life that, we neglect to point them to the Lord who is the Life. In such instances we are majoring on time minors and witnessing more to our own particular point of view than we are to Christ. There are some people whom I doubt I will ever see eye-to-eye with theologically or philosophically. But that doesn't mean that I am free to discredit them as non-Christians. If Christ can use me, I know that he can use them ...

1957. When The Cheering Stopped

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Brett Blair

... on this morning. Why did the cheering stop? I One reason why the cheering stopped is that Jesus began to talk more and more about commitment. During the last week of Jesus' life a very interesting scene occurred, and even more significantly, it occurred in full view of the people. A rich young ruler came enthusiastically running to Jesus. You are all familiar with the dialogue that took place. Jesus says: Go and sell all that you have and give it to the poor and then come follow me. The masses were stunned ...

1958. Romanticizing the Cross

John 13:1-17

Illustration

When we view the cross I think that somehow we must learn to see our complicity in it. We cannot dismiss this as an act by self-righteous Jews and brutal Romans. We must somehow understand the horrible fact that Satan sometimes uses religious people to accomplish his means. We distort things and ...

1959. The Role of the Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... needed, and that God expects something of them. Fathers, you will have a powerful impact upon your family if you connect in three crucial areas. I. First, the role of the father is to connect with God. It has long been observed that our children get their view of God from their fathers. They way a father treats his child, speaks to his child, disciplines his child plays a major role in the formation of that child’s understanding of God. If the father is overly critical then that child grows to see God as ...

1960. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... the dangerous attitude of resentment. It can devastate your soul! Secondly, there is the dangerous attitude of... II. NARROWNESS… Martha is done in by her narrow perspective. Martha thinks her way is the only way… and she wants to force her way on Mary! Martha’s view has become so narrow that she can’t see any other way to receive the Master, but her way. She is blind to the miracle of “uniqueness.” She forgets that we are all different, that we are individuals and that each of us has a unique ...

1961. Building Barns, Postponing Life

Luke 12:13-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... 9:53, then we see time only in the context of the immediate moment, and not in the larger context of time. And friends, it is absolutely lethal for Christians to see time only as “right now.’ That is how the world looks at time. The Christian should learn to view time as moving toward something. How many people have I known who spent all of their life preparing to live? It may be good to save our money for a rainy day, but it is perilous to save our life for a rainy day. Why? Because time might just run ...

1962. The Importance of Believing

Matthew 16:13-20

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... conform to our confessions, there is a profound relationship between what we believe and what we do. And, tragically, erroneous beliefs can produce disastrous consequences; believing in the worn things can propel us in wrong directions. For example, if we have only a biological view of human life, we believe ourselves to be animals and nothing more, if we have no belief in soul or spirit or moral quality, then we are strongly inclined to act like the animals we believe we are. If we believe other people are ...

1963. The Quality of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

... of us know very well the truth of this; we know it by the experience; we have at sometime felt the sting of fiery darts, the burning fury of a wrong that has been done. But we are Christians -. or we are trying to be. And in the Christian view of life, there are various ways of bringing good out of evil, of making ill fortune serve us well, of bringing victory out of defeat, of making stepping-stones from stumbling-blocks, of using barriers as ladder-rungs by which to climb, of bringing good out of a bad ...

1964. An Everyday Theology

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... houses play down the findings of a century of biblical criticism so that their materials do not offend the prevailing mood. The ordination of a bishop in the Church of England is met with furor because he holds a "non-bodily view" of the resurrection. Creationists, mistakenly thinking they are defending the faith, hold state legislatures hostage to their twisting of science and Scripture. Media Christianity is at best a bundle of bland and inoffensive platitudes, a package of uncritical theologizing that ...

1965. On Having "The Right Stuff"

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of Alfred North Whitehead, Whitehead tells how his personal and intellectual world came apart when the system of Newtonian physics proved inadequate to new research and experimentation. It was a time of great anguish and crisis for Whitehead. Anytime our world-view crumbles, it is a shattering experience. But we know that out of Whitehead’s shambles came a new philosophic vision of the universe that has proved more satisfying and useful than the one that crumbled. Life’s personal sufferings, hurts ...

1966. Museum or Mission?

Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of the right or the left. Nor are Ideologists credited with having everyday usefulness. Perhaps not. My guess is that neither Michael Harrington nor William Buckley, Jr., could tune up my car. But I would define ideology as an inescapable outlook from which we view ourselves and the world. It comes as standard human equipment, and none of us is without some sort of ideology. It gives order to the way we understand life and it weights our interpretation of facts and experiences. Like the chap who discovered ...

1967. Do I Give Up Praying Too Soon?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... man undergoing surgery, who bounced out of bed in a flash. That’s why we need the company of believers to encourage us and sometimes to correct us and always to take us to the top of the hill so that, like Moses, we can take in the larger view. We also need the company of believers to remind us of God’s promises and his larger plans. In the assembly of worship and in our other contacts with the communion of saints, we’re reminded of instances like that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. He prayed ...

1968. The Freedom To Be Wrong

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

... ’re free to be wrong. Since Christ died for their sins, they may say to their offspring, "We’re sorry; we made a mistake." Does that diminish respect? There are some tortuous problems that parents and young people may need to work out. They have their own points of view. The parents who live forgiven are free to say, "We don’t have all the answers. We’re not even sure we’re right. But because we love you and because of what we do know and because of what we’re afraid may happen, here’s what we ...

1969. To Be Somebody

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

... and that’s why we are somebody! We really are. Whether we solder the same connection on one piece after another, hour by hour, or make beds in a hotel day after day, or sweep floors or drive trucks or repair machinery - our status doesn’t come from the window view in our office or the carpet on the floor, but from the Lord who invites himself to our house and thereby gives us dignity undreamed of. Lord, if you could find Zaccheus and help him find himself, then you can help us be somebody too.

1970. Tomb for Sale

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

George Bass

... can offer perspective on those who experience it, and those who think about it." There is no way of knowing how long the young man lived after Jesus raised him from the dead, but he must have looked at life and death from a different point of view than before. Perhaps he lived long enough to bury his mother, but both of them would have faced her death differently than before Christ came along. And God has placed us alongside them through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, "the first-fruits of those who have ...

1971. Time to Get Ready

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

... predicted, in a column (AP): "That big earthquake will come some day to San Francisco." She wrote: "There’s little room in the California dream for the nightmare of another great earthquake. Lost in a landscape of sunshine, hot tubs, avocados and panoramic views, the memory of the massive tremor that devastated this city seventy-five years ago April 18 has faded to a distant rumbling on the edge of San Francisco’s unconscious." Scientists have pointed out that "history could repeat itself at any moment ...

1972. Christ Is King

John 12:12-19

Sermon

... than a good story. Nor would he get his foot caught in the traps that questioners would ask. There were those who tried to interview him - Caiaphas, King Herod, Pontius Pilate - but none of them would get a quarter hour. There is another lens through which to view the cross. We see it through the lens of Easter’s resurrection. He lives! Christ lives! The king has claimed the throne. I cannot offer you a set of scientific facts to prove it, or a history book to demonstrate it, or a formula with which to ...

1973. No Snap Courses

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Carveth Mitchell

... that indictment today? When we read verses seven through ten in today’s Gospel, it is somewhat shocking to read that Jesus said this in describing our relationship with God. We must remember, however, that like most parables, this is only a partial view of God. There is no mention here, for example, of God’s love and forgiveness. These words of Jesus show a knowledgeable and realistic picture of rural Palestinian life in his day. Here he is neither commending nor condemning the master’s treatment ...

1974. Dead or Alive?

Joel 2:28-32

Sermon

... has captured our moral sensitivities? If so, what do these evasive perspectives tell us about ourselves? Clearly, Jesus’ point in the story is that God wants dead people to come alive. How unfortunate it is, though, that we have so often viewed this concern as being focused primarily on physical resurrection after physical death. While there is needed comfort for us on this point, the main thrust of the Gospel is unquestionably toward bringing us to life spiritually before physical death forecloses the ...

1975. Of Preachers and Preaching

Micah 1:8-16

Sermon

... on for a more sensitive response than Micah found in his audience or than Jesus witnessed in the nine lepers? And now to conclude all this let me remind myself and you that I have been speaking, for the most part, from within a limited, segmental view of the ministry. I have been talking about the specialized role of the professional who carries out certain duties assigned by the church. The New Testament makes it plain, however, that all of us who are sincere followers of Christ are ministers of his Gospel ...

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