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1976. The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... , Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Lord, we have chased after everything the world has to offer thinking we would find peace, hope, and joy, only to experience again and again that the world alone cannot meet the needs of our spirit. Forgive us, Lord, and touch us anew with Your healing love so we might celebrate once again the joy of life only Your presence with us can give. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" "Rejoice, Ye Pure In Heart" "His Way With Thee"

1977. Windows Of Wonder

Sermon

James Angell

... daily living. Windows are in all shapes and tints. They protect. Reveal. Enshrine yesterday and offer vistas of tomorrow. Dance with color. They are friends of the sun, and the trees outside. On dismal, rainy days they are good to stand before, maybe touch with your nose. Congregations are windows through which we get the chance to recognize practical love at work. They are faith communities that include angels of all ages, of laughter and joined tears, of breaking bread with joy and grief shared beside an ...

1978. 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

... that missing firmament. I've got Cherubim and Seraphim searching everywhere -- everywhere. Don't worry, it'll turn up sooner or later. Five: [Enter God with Gabriel] Gabriel, you did a great job -- we've got things moving -- the foundation is in place. Two: It was touch and go for awhile, Lord, but -- well, things worked out just about the way you said they would. One: Still, -- it all seems kinda' tame to me, Lord. I prefer the big events. Sodom and Gomorrah were much more impressive. ZING POW BAM zap'em ...

1979. Thanksgiving

Luke 17:11-19

Bulletin Aid

Heth H. Corl

... seen with our eyes, and felt with our hearts your mighty works. We want to join that great cloud of witnesses, and sing forth your praise with our lips. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear Lord, day by day I have been touched by your love; and blessed by your generous hand. Yet, day by day, I have gone merrily on my way, with the majority, instead of returning to offer my thanks. Forgive me for not only my lack of gratitude; but especially for my failure to express it. Thank ...

1980. Living Passionately

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... required to read and report on that great classic, Portnoy's Complaint, a modern masterpiece of pornography, filth, and decadence? Here are some words from Holmes, just in case you've never read any: "Through our great good fortune in our youth, our hearts were touched by fire. It was given to us at the outset that life was a profound and passionate thing. While we were permitted to scorn nothing but indifference and do not pretend to understand the worldly rewards of ambition, we have seen with our own ...

1981. Jesus and the Women in His Life

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas Blowers

... his home for a pre-Passover celebration, none of us really wanted to go. But Jesus did, so we went. I don't mind telling you, the mood was very tense. Each little thing set off a whole chain reaction of hostile and troubled feelings. But nothing touched off more controversy than when one of the women took a jar of ointment and began anointing Jesus with its contents. Some of us thought the gesture was extravagant. After all such ointment was expensive and the money spent on it would have been better spent ...

1982. A Father Looks at His Son - Joseph and Jesus

Luke 2:21-40

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... outside the shop: JOSEPH AND SONS. Yes, for an old man, I was very much alive when Jesus headed off for Jerusalem for the last time. I still remember the evening he came to Mary and me to tell us how he was going to Jerusalem to put the finishing touches on his ministry. I didn't even ask if I could accompany him. I was too old and I knew it. But Mary not only asked, she insisted, and Jesus gave in to her, somehow relieved she would be with him. So Joseph the greatest carpenter in all Galilee at ...

1983. Never Cry Uncle - Malchus

Matthew 26:47-56

Drama

Thomas Blowers

... you never thought to ask for, but you always wanted. The moment someone handed it over to you it was a gift you knew you wanted to accept. So you respond to the giver and the gift even as I responded to Jesus standing before me reaching out his hand touching the side of my face. For the first time in your life, you know what wholeness is and what it means to understand and to be understood. You understand what it means to love and to be loved, what it means to forgive and to be forgiven. And you call ...

1984. Remember That You Are Not Alone

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... into the world to bring you, one of his untrue sons or daughters, back into a right relationship with him? And are you willing to believe that to trust in Jesus Christ as God's one true Son ana receive him into your life is to put yourself in touch with the very Life and Spirit of Almighty God? Well, if you are willing to believe these things, even though you may still have some doubts and unanswered questions, then you have already begun the life of faith and are already on the pathway to salvation. As Sam ...

1985. Speak From Personal Experience

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... it with our own eyes; we looked upon it, and felt it with our own hands; and it is of this we tell." (1 John 1:1 NEB). What he is saying is that this faith is real - it is tangible proof of God's power and love - he has touched our lives in an undeniable way in the person of Jesus Christ. Someone once said, "If you ain't heard nothin', if you ain't seen nothin', if you ain't felt nothin' - then, you ain't got nothin'." The best motivation for sharing one's faith is to have ...

1986. Epilogue: Some Early Witnesses to Christ

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Robert V. Dodd

... for us to talk about what the church can become "in Christ" and invite others to come and discover with us the difference Christ can make. Everything and everyone had failed this one woman until Jesus gave her the courage to reach out to God, simply by touching the hem of his garment. And she was healed instantly! Isn't that wonderful? Just think about the power that radiates from Jesus! To hold people up to the light of Christ is to witness a miracle already taking place. What a grand privilege it is to ...

1987. Turning on the Lights

1 Peter 2:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... was little I used to be afraid in the dark. I would have to ask my mother or father to go with me to the room until I could have the lights turned on. That old light switch always felt so good to my fingers because I knew when I touched it the lights would come on as fast as I flicked it. Without the light switch I felt lost and afraid. That's the way Jesus is to Christians. When Jesus is near there is never any fear. Peter, in his letter to some Christian people, said that before they ...

1988. Wash One Another's Feet

John 13:1-17

Illustration

Lee Griess

... of Princeton University has explored how it is that people make everyday ethical decisions. Many people, he found, perform deeds of compassion, service, and mercy because at some point in their past someone acted with compassion toward them. He wrote, "The caring we receive may touch us so deeply that we feel especially gratified when we are able to pass it on to someone else." He tells the story of Jack Casey, who was employed as an emergency worker on an ambulance rescue squad. When Jack was a child, he ...

1989. The Same New Jesus

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... . Christ participates not only with the sovereignty of God over all things; he also, and at the same time, participates in the lives of all believers. As he sits at the right hand of God, our Lord's hands can still reach into our lives and touch us. Christ is present to wipe away our tears and to penetrate the loneliness of our lives with his Joy-filled presence. •Confirmation of our acceptance by God the Father, extension of our Lord's presence into our lives; finally, the Ascension means coronation. The ...

1990. Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... the Lord! Collect O God, in Your glorious wonder You have given each and every one of us personal gifts with which we can bless the world. Lord, help us to know our gifts and use them for You. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, You have touched our lives in so many wonderful ways and we have failed to see You and failed to give You thanks. Too often we have taken for granted the talents and skills You have given us and we have failed to use them to bless the world around us. Forgive us ...

1991. Let Your Light Shine

2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... were unimportant or, even worse, as if we were ashamed of it. Forgive us, Lord, and restore our passion to serve and live for You and to share Your Gospel with all who will hear. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Abide With Me" "Jesus, Joy Of Our Desiring" "He Touched Me"

1992. The Role of the Father (Father's Day)

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Brett Blair

... can cause our children to fall by our laxness, but we can also be there to pick them up when they fall on their own. God bless those fathers who are doing good for their children. Those fathers who have not just shown duty but love. If you want to touch the future beyond your own life, the best way to do it is to be a loving parent. To be connected to your God. To be Connected to your family. And to be connected to your church.

1993. What Jesus Saw In Martha

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

James W. Moore

... . Now, look at these personality styles. Have you figured them out? What about Mary? Do you have her pegged? Well, of course, she is the artistic poetic philosopher, who is thrilled to just bask in the warmth of that moment. She is stirred, thrilled, touched and inspired by the presence of Jesus. How about Martha? Well, obviously, she is the detailed planner. She has planned this event to the nth degree. She has covered every detail. She has worked her fingers to the bone in her super-efficient way. Yet ...

1994. Our Three Deepest Needs

Luke 11:1-13

Illustration

Richard Patt

... assured that such a person is on our side. We don't want to be involved with someone who will misuse or abuse our story (through gossip, for instance), but who will remain on our side, perhaps despite our story. From personal experience I'd say the speaker touched on an important aspect of our deepest need as people. The promise of prayer -- of Christian prayer -- is that for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior, a loving Father is ready to listen to you and me; as God listens, we may be assured that God is ...

1995. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

... 1 makes it clear that there are some who are worshipping angels. I suppose that we can all understand that. Angels are very attractive. Angels are not born in mangers. They are not poor and they are not rejected. Angels don’t carry crosses. I suppose that is why “Touched By An Angel,” the popular TV series has garnered such a following. But I do not think that the answer to why this church is dying is to be found in heresy. II There is some evidence that the former pagan life was starting to look a ...

1996. Saving A Church

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

1997. Seeking What Matters

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

... that we may receive and hold it or our hearts that it may enter in. It will not accommodate itself to our shabbiness, our indifference, our hardness of heart. We must venture forth in quest, move out from where we are, reach forward in soul and mind, straining to touch the reaching hand of God, knowing that we who are seekers are also being sought. In these parables of Jesus, one is a poor man who comes unawares upon a treasure in a field, the other a rich man who finds at last the one fine pearl he has ...

1998. The Lord's People Together

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

... the Way? The Christian man does not dare say, "I'm a Christian; are you one also, perhaps?" For to be a Christian is a crime punishable often by death, and the Christian may be in jeopardy to identify himself. But he hungers for fellowship, his spirit yearns for the touch of a kindred spirit. So, with his walking-stick he traces in the dust of the road the shape of a fish or the form of a cross, for these are the symbols of the new-born Faith, and the people of the Way know the meaning of them. If ...

1999. The Quality of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

... terribly so. As physical exercise can tear painfully at soft, untoned muscles, so can the exercise of forgiving a wrong tear at the very sinews of soul and spirit. But this is how those sinews get loosened up and how they become "toned" for the forgiving touch of God. Our forgiveness of others is an exercise of spirit which stretches and enlarges our capacities, opens up the inner spaces of our life, makes us more capable of being and feeling. To put this into the most simple of figures, God cannot bestow ...

2000. Life's Third Dimension

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

... quick glance toward the other end of the room, I thought: Remains? This is not what remains of this good woman. What remains of her is not in this casket; what remains of her is in the hearts and minds and souls and memories of thousands of people she has touched along the way. What remains of her resides in human spirits where she has left something of herself. So much remains of her, but not in this room. It lives in the lives of the people she loved, for whom she cared, with whom she shared, to whom she ...

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