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176. How To Hear A Sermon

Micah 1:1-7

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Willie Nelson. Do not Willie’s songs have a wailing sound? Is he not the one who goes around the nation holding free concerts on behalf of the small farmers who have come upon hard times in our day? Maybe you too can capture something of the mood of Micah’s prophecy if you can imagine him singing these words in a wailing cry on behalf of the oppressed of his day. Note some of the specific charges against the large landowners and public officials. He pictured them lying awake at night thinking up schemes ...

177. Leaping For Joy

Malachi 4:1-6

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... is deeply satisfying. There is a direct link between obedience and joy. We begin in obedience and end in joy. No one has more of a claim on celebration than the one who has been stirred by God’s amazing grace. Even though the celebrative mood has a solid scriptural base, how often the upbeat, life-affirming person is suspect. One of my favorite Lincoln anecdotes is about the two Quaker ladies who were talking about the two leaders in the Civil War. The one woman insisted that Jefferson Davis and ...

178. Mission Possible

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... that God is calling the church in our time to recover this all important prophetic aspect to our ministry. God desires sons and daughters who will become co-workers with Christ in the bringing forth of justice. For a long time in this country, we have seen a mood of inwardness and self concern. Some of this is healthy, but a lot of it is neurotic. We can so easily become distracted with our own growth that we never see or feel the hurt, pain and evil our busyness permits to go unchecked in society. We can ...

179. Forgiving the Bully

Matthew 5:38-42, Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

John Jamison

... had found a soft spot to sit, and had gotten the children settled down enough to pay attention to what Jesus was saying. Except for this one guy who came wandering in late. He had missed all the "Blessed are thous," and was obviously not in a good mood. He made so much racket finding a place to sit that Jesus finally stopped preaching, looked over at the guy, and asked, "Do you have a problem?" The guy almost exploded. He apologized for being late and disturbing everyone, but said he had just about had it ...

180. At The Name Of Jesus

John 12:12-19

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... their very definition took the things of faith seriously. Some authorities estimate that there could have been as many as 2,700,000. In one such Passover season, it was reported that 256,500 lambs were sacrificed, about one for each 10 pilgrims.1 The mood was one of religious fervor and of celebration. On this particular day, the air around Jerusalem bristled with a new excitement. Never before had anyone dead for four days been called from the grave. In an instant, Lazarus had become a celebrity among the ...

181. Bold Talk Of Faith

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

John P. Rossing

... on the smite key is no more personally involved with the man whose fate he's deciding than a child playing video games is with the Super Mario Brothers. Second, God appears arbitrary and capricious: "Shall I smite this guy or spare him? What kind of a mood am I in today?" Our first look at Job may have left us with the same impressions about God. He's distant, unconcerned, playing games with Job's life and fortunes just to see what happens. But today's lesson challenges those impressions. In chapter 23 we ...

182. A Great Light (Sermon for Candlelight Service)

Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Brett Blair

... universal taxation that brought the participants in the story together on that fateful night. There was the darkness of disillusionment. There was an ever-increasing number who felt that violence, not faith, was the most effective path. Yes, on that first Christmas, the mood was one of despair and resignation. And thus it was then and thus it is now. We too live in a world of darkness. There are wars and rumors of wars, hunger and unemployment, racism, loneliness, and a sense of emptiness. Perhaps the ...

183. Exasperating Grace

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... p.m., with air already beginning to feel cooler and the storm clouds forming on the horizon, Mr. Gallo looked with relief on the overflowing baskets of grapes, picked and ready for the wine press. It was time to pay the help, and Mr. Gallo was in a very generous mood. He gave his foreman a stack of pay envelopes, instructing him to pay the 5 o’clock workers first. When they opened their pay envelopes, the 5 o’clock workers were thrilled to find two crisp $20 bills AND a $5 bill too! Then the 3 o’clock ...

184. I Hate To Rain On Your Parade, But

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... wanted. And before the week is out, they will turn against Jesus and demand his death. That ought to be a familiar theme to us. We sing the Doxology and bow our heads in thanksgiving when our prayers have been answered. But then, how quickly the mood can shift to anger and resentment when what we prayed for and expected is not delivered in a neat little package. The Bible speaks of this often. Anger and resentment are two of its major themes. The subject this morning, then, is death – specifically, the ...

185. And Who is my Neighbor?

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... Are Unlimited. V. 30-37 Good Samaritan...Dan Rather recalls an eventful elevator ride in a large Florida hotel: After having flown in late during the night, I am now up early to go downstairs and make a speech before several thousand people. I am not in a good mood. In the elevator I feel all eyes on me. "Didn’t any of these people’s mothers teach them that it’s rude to stare?" I am thinking. Soon the elevator reaches the lobby. As it empties, a woman gently takes hold of my sleeve. "Mr. Rather," she ...

186. Fingerprints on the Chalice

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Steven Burt

... what happened to the juice every time, and what happened to each parishioner every time. To be truthful, though, I don’t think we all get a big bang out of Communion every time; our responses aren’t standardized. Our response depends on our moods, on the weather, on our histories, on whether we’re in our home congregation or with strangers; it depends on many, many things. And each person is different. So each experience of Communion is different. I’ve discovered, since being involved with flesh-and ...

187. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... attitude pertaining to what we think is important and our relationship to it. It is unthinkable to me that someone would use the skull of Chief Joseph for an ashtray, but it is equally as telling when we abuse prayer by neglecting it, worshiping only when the mood strikes us, and outrun grace by not recognizing it. We don't all feel the same way about the same things, It is not necessary that we do. But it is a good thing to remember that our behavior mirrors our attitudes and experiences. The Bible says ...

188. Ash Wednesday

Sermon

William Luoma

... are but ashes. But it is something we need to do on occasion. It is a time to confront the failings of ourselves and of our society. It is a time to lay it all on the table and to see who we are and what we are. The mood is penitence and reflection on the quality of our faith and life. The AshesAlthough many Protestant churches observe Ash Wednesday, a lesser number have actually used the tradition of the imposition of ashes on the foreheads of worshipers. If this is a new practice for your congregation, it ...

189. "Crown Him Lord of all!"

Sermon

William Luoma

... name is Jesus. We call him Lord. I hope you will be his always. Hymn - "Crown Him with Many Crowns" Reader:(To be read while one stanza of the hymn is played softly)The hymn we are about to sing, "Crown Him with Many Crowns," is one that reflects the mood of that first Palm Sunday when Jesus entered Jerusalem. The crowds greeted him with shouts of "Hosanna!" They called him the Son of David. We greet him as our king, not only for a day, but for all time. He is the Lamb of God, and there is none like ...

190. Monologues: Disciples Redeemed

John 20:10-18, John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Drama

Raymond I. Keffer

... possible.) Everyone is dressed in clothing of the Biblical time period. Judas does not appear with the others at this time. It is suggested that you use the hymn, "My Tribute" by Andrae Crouch in the devotional prior to the presentation. "My Tribute" sets the mood nicely for Disciples Redeemed. The refrain is then used effectively after Paul says, "We are redeemed!" as Paul raises his arms in praise to God while the refrain is being sung from backstage. Paul then takes a seat at the table with the disciples ...

191. Jesus, Mary, Gustav Mahler, Brother Martin, and the Magi

Luke 20:9-19

Sermon

Carl Jech

... musical Godspell like this: "Alas for you, lawyers and Pharisees, Hypocrites that you be ... Sure that the kingdom of heaven awaits you ... I send you prophets and I send you preachers, Sages in rages and ages of teachers, Nothing can mar your mood. Hypocrites ... who murdered the prophets ... Blind guides! Blind fools!" Now it needs to be said as strongly as possible in this post-Holocaust world that these kinds of strong condemnations are not directed ultimately at any one, specific group of people! This ...

192. Comfort the Disturbed/ Disturb the Comfortable

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Carl Jech

... like the prelude to Good Friday - a day of somber reflection on the suffering, the passion, of our Lord. The fact is that both names for the day are appropriate. This is above all a day of contrasts, a day of opposites! It is a day of opposite moods - joy ... and pathos. It is a day of opposite motifs - a "theology of the Cross," ... and a "theology of glory." It is a day of opposite and mixed messages. On the one hand we celebrate the uplifting and comforting message that we will be with Jesus around the ...

193. Rejoice! It's Lent

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... it changed from a practice of meditation and contemplation of both the crucifixion and the resurrection to a forty-day period of penitence and remorse related exclusively to our Lord's passion and death; thereby, it became simply an extension of the mood and character of Good Friday. Fourth, the resurrection was divorced from the crucifixion and a truncated theology of Lent was conceived and developed in the minds of Christians. The Lenten practices, which resulted from this truncated theology, were and are ...

194. A Baptism of Blood

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... case of insult or betrayal; therefore, our reaction is to hate rather than to love. We know that it is more practical and more efficient to be kind than it is to be nasty and hot-tempered. But, when we have a splitting headache or we are in a bad mood, we do not think; we just act, snap back, find fault, lash out, curse, or even strike our assailant. We know that it is better for our happiness to be honest than it is to be dishonest: "Better humble than proud." We know that hope is better than despair ...

195. To See Your Face Is Like Seeing The Face Of God

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Sermon

James Angell

... of us celebrated with a picnic at Water Works Park, a few miles south of Indianola, Iowa. We were Virginia, my main and lifetime love interest, and I; and another couple, Wayne and Letha. As Maurice Chevalier would put it, "I remember it well." We were in a celebrative mood and had a lot of fun along the banks of the stream that divides the park. Around nine o'clock we repacked our picnic basket and started back to town along the same dark, narrow road that had brought us. I was driving. So was a man, named ...

196. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... . All the star shine you want, but no firmament. One: Nothing tires you out more than making up a super nova -- I prefer the "big bang" method myself, but the chief says there's no time for that. Here he comes now. Four: I hope he's in a good mood -- wait -- wait 'til he finds out about the firmament. Five: [Enters] I've called this council together because I wanted to thank you all for the help you've given me in building the Bridge. Two: You mean it's finished? Five: Well -- just about -- just as soon as ...

197. What Makes Us Human?

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... act of worship by writing that piece of music for playing on the organ were not writing it for you, nor to impress you or please you, nor did they indicate on the composition the volume that would most titillate your eardrum. The organ is not meant to provide mood music as a background for your conversation or even your meditation. It's an act of worship. It's not background music, music to eat by, like in a restaurant, or like in a funeral home, music to weep by. Praise, adoration, and worship are never a ...

198. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

... -tag army of freedom-lovers known as the Green Mountain Boys. On May 10, 1775, Allen and his "Boys" captured from the British the strategic Fort Ticonderoga. Having returned from this successful venture, Allen did something which he was wont to do sometimes as the mood suited: on Sunday morning he attended church. During the service the pastor offered a long prayer, a great deal of which was an offering of praise to God for the liberation of Fort Ticonderoga. How great was God, and how good, to have wrested ...

199. Learning to Walk on the Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

... did - we look too much at winds and waves, and we become afraid, and they pull us down. But there are others of us (and thank God for these) who seem to walk through life on lighter feet. They move through situation and circumstance with a certain optimistic hopefulness, a mood which seems to say that today is not the end, that "the best is yet to be." Let us call it a spirit of buoyancy. These people have a unique facility for staying on top of whatever they come upon. They seem to walk up to any situation ...

200. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... his podium, his eye sweeps the scene before him, he lifts his baton, and he gives the downbeat. Instantly there is music. And there is music because suddenly these many musicians are brought into one. Under their leader's baton, they are brought into the mind and mood of some great master composer in whose very soul this music was first made, perhaps several centuries ago. So it is with us and our Lord, my friends. "You are not your own ..." So writes the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 6:19. The Greek word ...

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