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176. Holy Quail!

Exodus 16:1-36, Numbers 11:4-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the restraint you can muster, you go for it. You eat the biggest piece you can. Later, you clutch your stomach all night long in pain. Too much chocolate!!! As a people, our ability to do things in moderation is a bit stunted at times. Likewise, our ... a healthy, great meal at a restaurant that evening at 6, but right now it’s 2, and 6:00 PM feels like a really long time –TOO long to wait. And that apple you brought along in your pocket just isn’t going to do! So, you stop at McDonalds, or Burger King, ...

177. The Silence Broken, The Bride Restored

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... me. I said, "Here I am, here I am," to a nation that did not call on my name. I held out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices ... Finally, however, the people began to cry out. ... living numbly under a false rule, feeling nothing. Israel remembered the special covenantal relationship it had with Yahweh and began to lament: "How long, O Lord? Will you be angry forever?" (Psalm 79:5). "O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or ...

178. An Unfamiliar Place For God

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... , "It's okay for you to write revolutionary letters to the ancient exiles. It's okay to ask them to do a complete 180-degree turn to find God and whatever strange peace God intends for them. It's really no problem for you to have asked them, long ago, to embrace the unfamiliar, the uncomfortable and the unsettling. After all, they are all dead and gone now. But, Jeremiah, do you seriously expect us to think that God could still be speaking through you to us now? Seriously, isn't that a bit much? In fact ...

179. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... , so passionate are his warnings that Ezekiel eventually begins to act them out in the hope that someone will notice. He binds himself with ropes, for example -- lying on his left side for 390 days, and on his right for 40 -- in order to depict how long they will suffer. He eats cheap and repugnant food to represent the foul conditions of their existence. He shaves his head and beard, and tosses the hair into the wind to demonstrate how the people shall be scattered. He even makes a hole in a wall, crawling ...

180. More Than Sex

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... think about it all the time and use it to market everything. Of course the assumption of the Song, like the assumption of the whole Bible, is that sexuality is a good, God-given gift that will be exercised appropriately, non-exploitively, within the bonds of monogamous, life-long marriage. But there are non-sexual passages too: "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arms; for love is as strong as death, passion fierce as the grave" (Song of Solomon 8:6-7). Here is the second reason that the ...

181. Uncovering Cover-Ups

John 15:18--16:4

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... is not dissolved into amoral relativism. If the Divine Spirit convicts the world of sin, it also convicts of righteousness or justice. The pastoral letters of the New Testament urge church people not to become weary in well-doing. But over the long haul, in battle against injustice and unrighteousness, we wonder, in the words of Shakespeare, if love's labor is lost. Will darkness overcome light? Will evil win over goodness? Will the weeds win over the beautiful blossoms and nutrient plants? That question ...

182. The Righteous

Sermon

John A. Terry

... a lot, but neither of us really means what he says." Or it is like the story of a convicted criminal, a rough-looking character his fellow prison inmates nicknamed Spike. Just before his release from prison after serving a fifteen-year sentence, Spike had a long talk with the prison chaplain. He told the chaplain how much he looked forward for all those years to the time when he could hold up his head in society and live a good life. Among other things, the chaplain advised Spike to join the church nearest ...

183. Wonderful Story

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

E. Carver McGriff

... reply: "Sir, we are a lighthouse." The admiral's sudden new perception of reality is currently called a "paradigm shift." Abraham had a paradigm shift. If we take this story at face value for a bit, we must sympathize with this hundred-year-old man, no doubt long since settled into quiet old age, suddenly informed that he and his ninety-year-old wife were to have a baby, and that they were to actually become parents of a new race of people. Quite a shock, one must think; especially to Sarah, I would guess ...

184. The Righteous

Psalm 107:1-43

Sermon

John A. Terry

... pray a lot, but neither of us really means what he says." Or it is like the story of a convicted criminal, a rough- looking character his fellow prison inmates nicknamed Spike. Just before his release from prison after serving a fifteen-year sentence, Spike had a long talk with the prison chaplain. He told the chaplain how much he looked forward for all those years to the time when he could hold up his head in society and live a good life. Among other things, the chaplain advised Spike to join the church ...

185. If I Live To Be A Hundred

Psalm 30:4-5

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... with him and farmed outside of town; Dick Travis, who had been his business partner for nearly forty years ... all dead and buried long ago. It hadn't seemed unnatural that he had outlived them all, just part of life. But when he had outlived all of his ... death, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff -- they comfort me. -- Psalm 23:4 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. -- Psalm 42:1 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; do not forsake me when my ...

186. The Strength To Wait

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... ? Well, listen to the Psalmist's words, "For God alone my soul waits in silence" (62:1), and "for Thee I wait all the day long" (25:5). Listen to what Isaiah wrote, "I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding His face ..." (8:17). "We look for light but ... and float on your back. You can float that way all day if you have to and I'll come back to get you." Before long, search parties combed the sea with boats looking for this girl until finally, after four hours, they found her. The crowd on the shoreline cheered ...

187. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... Sounds like the affair will be bigger than a wedding bash. If you ask me it's scandalous, celebrating as though he was a wonderful, long lost loved one returned. It is tough raising kids these days and they are setting a poor example for the rest of us. But let ... makes sense. But there was a party, and such a party as my wife and I had never seen before. Since we had been life-long neighbors we felt obligated to attend. Besides we were more than a little curious about the wayward boy and what he had been up to ...

188. Of Seeing and Hearing

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... a certain issue. He looks up from the paper and says, “Well, why didn’t you tell me you were upset? Then I could have done something about it.” “Why didn’t I tell you? Why didn’t you hear me when I said I was going out for a long, long, long walk?” “I heard you, but you like to walk.” The man had evidently heard -- but not well enough to understand. A child complains to her parents, “I don’t want to do this; I can’t do that. I haven’t got any friends. I don’t care if I ...

189. Time and Timing

Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... up easily, though it may seem so to us. "The vision has its time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems so, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay." We are talking different languages here. Four hundred years is a long time for the promise to be fulfilled for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Some two hundred years of slavery is a long time for the black man in America. Add to that, years of not-quite-freedom since the Emancipation Proclamation, and you've got more time. Two years is a ...

190. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... . We don't want to forget what we have learned, by either good or bad experiences, but there are some things we need to learn to forget. The hasty word, the sudden slur, the false accusation, condescending glance, hateful tone, a petty injustice, or a wrong long ago put right. Hate, like acid, eats away at that in which it is stored. Savoring hurt, nursing a shame, and self-persecution gnaw away at us, too. It is a blessed thing to be able to forget, and, in one sense, forgetting may properly be interpreted ...

191. God of the Ordinary

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

... when they are converted, even though they grandly affirm, "I really had a born-again experience!" (and I have no reason to doubt for a moment they did have a great conversion), that is not the usual way it happens for the majority of folks. I've been preaching a long time, and I've seen a lot of people as they have come to accept Christ as Savior. Some come running and crying down a church aisle to a place of prayer to ask God's forgiveness and to repent of their sins. I've seen others come smiling, seeming ...

192. Miracle In the Bethlehem Inn

Drama

... tell Mary and Joseph. Cornelius: Come on, sister, dear. Don't get carried away. It is probably just some shepherds singing to their sheep. (Music stops.) See, it has stopped already. The shepherds have probably gone to sleep. And we had better go to sleep, too. It has been a long day and I am tired. (Yawns and stretches as he prepares to lie down to sleep.) Adam: Yeah, he's right. We need to go to sleep. But that star is so bright. I'm not sure I can. (Turns to look out the window one more time.) Look! What ...

193. Compassion

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of becoming real. He asked the skin horse, who was so old his brown coat was rubbing off, how to become real. The old horse responded, "Real isn't how you're made, Rabbit. It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time ... then you become real." The rabbit then asked, "Does it hurt?" "Sometimes," he answered. "Generally by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and are very shabby. But these things ...

194. Born One Of Us

Drama

... back and looks out. She puts her hand before her eyes) Why, it’s magnificent! Like a glory from the sky! Miriam: Maybe Father can tell us. Mother: (Turning away, speaks dryly as she walks center stage) If he gets his head out of those scrolls long enough to notice. Miriam - (Miriam is looking dreamily out the window) Miriam! Miriam: (Jumps) Oh. Yes, Mother? Mother: I don’t like leaving you here alone, Miriam, but I have to go out. Miriam: (Quickly) Oh, that’s all right, Mother. I have lots of things ...

195. Stuffed Bodies and Skinny Souls!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... of gum, stubby pencils. The American soldier saw a little fellow standing alone in a corner. He went over to the child and asked, "And you, little man, what do you want?" Turning up his little face, he said, "Please, sir, I want to be loved." Isn’t that the longing in every one’s heart? And where can we buy love? It is without money or price. Love is in Christ who showers us with concern and compassion. If you are in doubt that God loves you, look to Jesus and see him on the cross dying for you. Above ...

196. Looking For God?

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... heavy man’s voice boomed, "Yes, your Mommy’s there and your Daddy’s there. Shut up and go to sleep!" After a pause, a shrill, frail voice asked, "Mommy, was that God?" In our search for God, we cry, "O God, do not be silent to me." We long to hear his voice of truth and comfort. Not only do we on our human side have problems finding God, but God makes it difficult by hiding himself. Martin Luther repeatedly referred to God as the "hidden God." He pointed out that God ultimately is unknowable unless in ...

197. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 2

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... 36-inch or 45-inch wide material are needed to drape around the women. The ends should be hemmed. The undergarment should cover the ankles and be of a solid color. It may be a simple white robe of cotton with bell sleeves, or a full-length dress with long sleeves. 1. Gather one end of the material and pin it securely to the individual’s left shoulder. 2. Allow the material to fall loosely and in folds down the front, so that the fold comes nearly to the bottom of the hem of the undergarment. 3. Continue ...

198. Forever His

Romans 14:1--15:13

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... wedded wife (or husband), to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? Wilt thou love him (or her), comfort him (or her), honor and keep him (or her) in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, keep thee only unto him (or her), so long as ye both shall live?" Of course, the fundamental emphasis is that both the husband and wife in a Christian marriage belong first of all to God, but this is often forgotten in the romantic mysticism which pervades the marriage ceremony. Thus, when a marriage ...

199. IN THE BEGINNING ... THERE WAS LOVE ...

Drama

Marcia Millerf

... the past, don’t you? BOY: We aren’t supposed to. GIRL: I don’t know why not. We were allowed to bring something from the past with us. That would remind us of before. BOY: I don’t think it was planned that we would keep our things very long. Like my book that fell; I think it was planned that way. In time we were to forget. GIRL: I still have my instrument. BOY: You’re unusual. They didn’t plan on anyone selecting a musical instrument to bring. After all, that’s a bunch of nonsense. GIRL: You ...

200. Chapter V

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... of them they speak to nearly every area of life. Though in some instances they are only a few words or phrases long, they touch virtually every basic relationship that a man has with his fellows, as well as with God. The longer that perceptive ... do, we often find that what is being said, or asked, or even demanded, is something that is best for us in the long run. Occasionally it takes a long time for us to realize that that is a possibility. Maybe we won’t understand it until we have children of our ...

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