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Showing 1976 to 2000 of 4950 results

1976. Anne Sullivan

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Carroll Gunkel

... as close as two people could ever be. Anne was not related to Helen by physical bonds but rather by the more meaningful bond of love. Anne was to say of her relationship with her pupil, that it was a "privilege to love and minister to such a rare spirit."2 I wonder if Anne felt it to be a privilege during those first months with Helen? Her charge was a tyro of obstinate, self-willed brattiness. While Anne could understand what moved Helen Keller to act as she did, she could not allow Helen’s actions to ...

1977. Eternal Echo Of Easter - Part 1

Matthew 28:1-10

Drama

Esther R. Russ

... and I were in the garden. He told me ever so softly, "Mary, I believed you when you told me, but God reassured me in a dream last night. An angel told me not to he afraid to marry you, because what is conceived in you is from the Holy Spirit. After I awoke, I remembered the prophecy of Isaiah, that a virgin would be with child and bear a Son I know Isaiah was talking about you, Mary!" How my heart thrilled that afternoon! Our faith and trust in God increased with such blessing, and we soon married, just as ...

1978. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... . In the prison yard the warden’s rival points to the warden and says, "Son, he’s crazy. Nothing matters but the three ‘Ps’: ‘pay, promotion, pension.’ " But, this warden is serving life. He is one of the "sons of fact."4 Because of his struggle the spirit of Christ breaks through into that lonely prison, and the rough old world is refreshed. The warden was walking "in the newness of life" that Paul was speaking of. But what if I’ve missed it? It’s too late now! No! No! It is not. Say, "I ...

1979. Will My Ship Sink or Float?

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... powerful truth. But the question is, "Am I included in all this?" Answer: "Yes, if I am committed to Christ." Of course, God knows who are going to give their lives to Christ. He has ordained that all who accept the call of Christ shall be shaped by the Spirit into the likeness of Christ. This is so that Christians may be the brothers and sisters of Christ, serving him, being loved by him, empowered by him, sharing his love in the world of day by day living. These are those called to his purpose and who are ...

1980. !!!

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John H. Krahn

... I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Christian Church." I really do. And I know you do also. I not only believe the church will remain, but I also believe it will flourish. The promises of God and the powerful Spirit are still with us! There is no dream inspired by God and having the blessing of his Spirit that is unattainable for us. As a salesman member of our parish put it to me, "We have the greatest product there is, Jesus Christ." To which I might add, "We have a great area to market it. We all live ...

1981. "I Don’t Want to Be Perfect - Or Do I?"

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... him around ninety degrees instead of one hundred and eighty degrees." I don’t want to be "half dipped." I do want to have the spirit of Christ. I am hungry to have his love. I am yearning after perfection of inner life and attitude. Why didn’t God just ... next rain one, or five, or ten years from now! The early Methodists were a crisis generation. They germinated the eggs of the spirit in that fertile moment. We, too, are now living in a crisis generation and new life must be received in our moment and ...

1982. The Agony and Ecstasy of Sight

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... eternal. If we walk in darkness, it is not God’s fault. God did not create darkness. Darkness is not of creation; it is what was before creation. Darkness is but the absence of light. Now because of the cross, the empty tomb, and the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, there is no darkness for us. In the opening of his Gospel, John writes, "This was the real light, the light that comes into the world and shines on all men." (John 1:9) And John adds, "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has ...

1983. The Return to Catholicity

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... that separation, we humbly beg God’s forgiveness, and we ask pardon, too, of our brethren who feel themselves to have been injured by us." I wonder if all Lutherans could be equally gracious. But if all of us of our Lutheran tradition are of the same spirit, along with all of you of your tradition, the time is not far off when the true oneness and the true catholicity of Christ’s Church will be restored, and you and I can publicly and in good order receive his Body and Blood together. I pray earnestly ...

1984. Minute Accounting

Matthew 12:22-37

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... right kind of person. This calls for a cleansing of the inner being, for an opening of ourselves to the inflowing of God’s Spirit. "How can you speak good," Jesus asked, "when you are evil?" (Matthew 12:34). As long as our hearts are impure, our careless ... simply to set a careful watch on our lips, important as that is. Our greatest need is to so open ourselves to God’s Spirit, to be so possessed by him, that all of our words - both those we choose carefully and those we speak without much thought - may ...

1985. Your Image of Tomorrow

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... reckoned with - the day when all things are put right; and he hadn’t counted on that; he just hadn’t figured it in. He had framed his picture too narrowly, and what he had left out was what undid him. Earlier I mentioned Dr. Marlatt’s fine hymn, Spirit of Life, in this New Dawn. I mentioned the prayer with which the hymn concludes: Give us thy vision, eyes that see, Beyond the dark, the dawn and Thee. I think this prayer has the approval of Jesus, and I base this on something he said to his disciples ...

1986. The Time of Our Visitation

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... He has done a lot of coming this side of that. If you could ask John Wesley concerning the dramatic transformation of his life, I think you would hear him say, "I was defeated and frustrated and lost; all my doings were mechanical, the making of motions, with no spirit and no joy; that’s the way it was with me - but then came Jesus, and I found my heart was strangely warmed within me." And, of course, you can multiply the witness of Wesley a great many millions of times and write it over the signatures of ...

1987. Name Above Every Name

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... with her Lord from her girlhood days. Now in her mid-nineties, strength failing, she lay upon the bed from which she would never be able to lift her body again. In early life she had committed to memory the words of Romans 3:2: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." For some reason, as the years had passed, this verse of Scripture had become more and more meaningful to her, and she was heard often reciting these words. During her final days of ...

1988. MAGICIAN, SORCERER

Micah 5:12; Acts 8:9

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Stephen Stewart

... were SUPPOSED to perform. Like the rain dancers among the American Indians of today, the ancient priests were supposed to be able to control the elements for the good of their people. They were supposed to be able to call upon the evil spirits to destroy their enemies and through the assistance of supernatural powers to be able to foretell the future. This was primarily the field of the sorcerer. This was geniune magic, which for many centuries remained the special province of the priest. The Old Testament ...

1989. Igniting the Church

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... Now this old man is a crank." But the old gentleman continued: "I am going to pray for you that you may have the Holy Spirit's power upon you, and two others have agreed to join with me." Years later, as Dr. Chapman remembered that day, he said, "I felt ... twenty; and the twenty became fifty; and the fifty became two hundred. They met before each service to pray that the Holy Spirit would fill their preacher and touch every worshipper." Dr. Chapman said, "It was easy to preach, a real joy. Anybody could preach ...

1990. When God Is Silent

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a real spiritual Person. But His power cannot be activated fully within the life of a Christian unless that person has a deep need and issues a continuing invitation. That is why St. Paul urged the Ephesians to "be filled with the Spirit." For the last 22 years, I have been inviting the Holy Spirit each day to fill and dominate my life. God has answered that prayer in glorious ways. I might never have learned that truth if I had not first encountered God's silence. Could it be that God is preparing you for ...

1991. God’s Chosen Country

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... bind up the wounded, welcome the ones who never thought they would hear a good word or receive even one good thing. He would do justice for those who had suffered injustice and insult. The godly gifts were given in abundance in the presence of the poor in spirit and the poor in material wealth. In turn the Holy One would expect all of Israel to imitate this giving and abundantly pour on others what would be given to them first. The Gift Giver would be gentle and loving towards those in need and fiercely ...

1992. A River Of Destiny

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... than the time surrounding his birth, give more specific information about the destiny of the star-crossed Child. They are words addressed to the adult as well as the infant in each of us. The banks of the Jordan saw both the man, John, and the Spirit of God proclaim together, "This is the One." Advent is seasoned with the cries of John, parting the curtains of history, and then bowing off into the shadows, making way for Jesus. In Israel God’s universal promises unfold in the early years of Jesus as ...

1993. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... of some tragedy. For them life is heavy and painful and enfolded by gloom, and it seems as though there is no light of God breaking in upon that darkness. But for them we have a message. We must tell them, "Don’t give up!" Dejected spirits are immobilizing and defeating. To those who hope for a word of encouragement or direction from God we need give them the unmistakable message of compassionate love we have seen in Jesus. If they have seen no light upon their situation then we must embody that light ...

1994. Peter’s Second Sermon

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... false hopes. But he persisted and I gave in. With several deacons from the congregation and other close friends we held a healing service in his hospital room. I did not give orders to God that my friend be healed. But I asked for healing, both of body and spirit. So did the deacons. I anointed him as the letter of James tells us. But unlike the crippled beggar in our text, or the paralyzed man in the gospels, my friend did not jump from his bed praising God. I had to confess that though I wanted his body ...

1995. Wheel Within The Wheel

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Durwood L. Buchheim

... the middle of the air; And the big wheel ran by faith, And the little wheel ran by the grace of God; A wheel in a wheel Way up in the middle of the air.2 The big wheel represents organizational structure and the little wheel stands for the Spirit of God. There is tension between the two - between God’s rule and the rules and procedures of an organization. There are a number of Christians who suspect that the big wheel is getting far too much attention. They have a concern that organization, if it is not ...

1996. Resurrection: From Burn-Out to New Vision

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... one of the most common spiritual ailments in our modern world then the resurrection from burn-out is one of the most common experiences of God’s grace that our world has. In this story we see how the graciousness of God saves Elijah’s burned-out body, mind, and spirit. First, there is the grace of limits. There may be no limit to what we can do by faith. Faith may be able to move mountains. There is, however, a limit to what we can do when we are running on fear. Elijah could run like the wind on faith ...

1997. Inevitabilities and the Last Days

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... of Red Chinese army forces, he fell to his knees in a safe haven and sang with other refugees: Rock of Ages, Truth Divine Be Thy Strength Forever Mine.6 IV. Jesus speaks to the persecuted and the betrayed of the reliability of the Holy Spirit. He assures us that the Spirit will fill our mouths with words of witness and wisdom to use in defense of our faith. Some young Christians saw that promise come true in a town on the ocean shore. In the 1960s, the community was troubled each year by hordes of college ...

1998. Movin’ Around Room

Isaiah 43:14-28

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... them as it does itself. In doing this, a person is moved along toward a love of existence itself and all who share in it. The spirit is so endowed that it can become enlivened to give itself as a co-worker with Christ in bringing into being the Kingdom of God. A ... us and opens a new way for us to see. We know that to stay as we are is to court a kind of death of the spirit which will lead to death of the whole person. Accept the call of Christ: receive from him a new thing. Behold, it springs forth as a fresh ...

1999. Epiphany 8

Hosea 2:2-23, Mark 2:18-22, 2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... OF THE LIVING GOD WRITE NEW LIFE UPON OUR HEARTS! Leader: We must continually remind ourselves that we are not self-sufficient spiritually. People: OUR SUFFICIENCY IS FROM GOD, WHO MADE WITH US A NEW COVENANT WRITTEN, NOT WITH HUMAN HANDS, BUT BY THE SPIRIT. Collect Almighty God, who are Author of creations old and new, write anew your Gospel of grace in Christ upon our hearts; that, reading again the spiritual covenant within, we may have life more abundantly than before. In the name of Jesus we meet ...

2000. Easter 6

Acts 10:23b-48, 1 John 5:1-12, John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... among us and gracious love for us. Forgive us, we pray. Teach us that we should not, and indeed cannot, confine your divine activity to our schedules and prejudices; and help us to remain open in all of our religious busy-ness to being preempted by your Spirit. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen Second Lesson: 1 John 5:1-6 Theme: The victorious quality of faith Exegetical note The author of this epistle conveys here what he takes to be an essential aspect of Christian faith: it is victorious. That is to say ...

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