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2026. Families in Christ

Romans 9:1-5

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... have some idea of who is really part of the family, and who is a member of the family only for some other reason. The boorish spouse, the cousin who is chronically broke, or perhaps the rather distant relative who showers only once a month and insists on long hugs whenever the family gets together are only a few examples of the folks who are often thought of as only vaguely part of the family. Then there is the difficulty of the "black sheep" many families have as a part of their membership. The source of ...

2027. Complete Joy

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... point out the difficulties we face in trying to follow the example of Christ. The verse of the hymn ends with the reminder that Jesus "became obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross." That can be the difficult part, that obedience. So long as Paul is giving advice, the situation is only uncomfortable. If we don't manage to follow everything, then we can be uncomfortable, but it isn't really something that could be helped. After all, lots of advice is never acted on. But when we start talking ...

2028. The Cloak

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Sermon

Rick Brand

... that God is the one for whom he has been looking and hungering all along. God says, "Ah, fondest, blindest, weakest, I am He Who thou seekest, Thou dravest love from thee, who dravest Me." You drive love away from yourself when you drive God away from yourself. As long as we seek to satisfy our itch with more of the stuff around us, the less chance we have to welcome into that space the grace and mercy of God that will begin to quiet that hunger and reduce that drive for acquisition of more and more. Paul ...

2029. When Is Being Right Wrong?

Romans 3:19-28

Sermon

Rick Brand

... a while to try to do different, and to be better. But the law is a hard master. The law sets the standard and before long the law begins to reveal our failures. There is a book by two professors of theology in New England on the theology of baseball, and ... praise; and the more we create division and separation in the community. We want a list like the twelve rules of life because as long as we keep trying to find our joy, our rest, our peace, our salvation in the keeping of the rules, the longer we continue ...

2030. A Place for You

Ruth 1:16-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Temple. Jesus sets the scene with a description of some very important people. He says, "Beware of the scribes, who go about in long robes, and receive salutations in the market place." "Salutation" means "salute." So it means that they like to go about in public ... to indicate your office. You could wear those and people would recognize who you were. "Beware of scribes, who go about in long robes, and have salutations paid to them." That scene sets the stage for the story of the poor widow in the Temple. ...

2031. Even God Can Change His Mind

Exodus 32:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to the Ninevites so that he can forgive them, and Jonah doesn't want to go. He hates the Ninevites. He knows that if they repent, God will forgive them. He doesn't want that. So he says to God, "I knew you were a gracious and merciful God, long-suffering, abundant in relenting of doing harm." The God who is far removed from us, immortal, invisible, unchanging, unfeeling, is not the God of the Bible. God may appear that way to those who know him not. That God is the God of the philosophers. The God of the ...

2032. Eye Exercises

Matthew 6:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

2033. Family Matters

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... so they can see that the Lord is with him. He is already a Christian. So why do we demand, he says, that he become different to become a member of the Church? He's already living a Christian life. The Lord is with him. This was debated for a long time. Which is another guideline, incidentally--that everyone should have a chance to speak their heart. Finally James, the brother of the Lord, who was at that time the head of the council, stood up and said, "It seems good to us and to the Spirit that this should ...

2034. Laugh It Off

I Corinthians 1:18-20, 26-31

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... us and loves us the way we are, then we can see that it is all right if we act like a baboon once in a while, as long as we don't get in the habit. God forgives you. And God will give you grace to become better than you are. That is why it is ... her, and said, "My child, when I made the world and filled it with people, I had a plan. I wanted my people to live life for as long as they could, but not forever, because my world would be too full, to crowded for everybody. So I planned it so that when it was time to ...

2035. Leave No Child Behind

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... poor was considered a revolutionary act. She was arrested and put in prison, tortured. In time she was released and expelled from the country. In her autobiography, as the plane took off from Chile to bring her home, she wrote, "I looked down in sadness and longing at the long, narrow strip of land that is Chile, at the land where war and peace, riches and destitution, hatred and love, live side by side, and where paradoxically I, in losing my life, had found it again." 1 For the sake of the poor. For the ...

2036. Two Women

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... not only what happened at Christmas, he wants us to know how it happened, because how it happened, is part of the revelation. It happened through a poor, peasant girl, through the least likely person. It happened through a nobody. I preached a sermon on Mary once a long time ago. The title of that sermon was, "Mary Was A Nobody." I put that title out there on the board, where all those cars are going by on the freeway. I heard about it. I got phone calls, people who were upset, outraged. They said, "Who are ...

2037. What If It Is True?

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

Well here we are already, the fourth Sunday in Advent. Christmas is just a few days away now. If you have noticed the sequence of lessons read here in church during these four weeks, they begin the first Sunday with longing, and expectation, and the hope that God will send a savior, a Messiah. Each week we move closer to that event that we as Christians believe is the event in which God kept that promise to send a savior, the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem. It was here at Bethlehem, ...

2038. When to Be Extravagant

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... story, the anointing at Bethany, I am reminded of an incident that occurred to me some years ago in Nashville. I have told this before, but long enough ago that I know a certain percent of you have now forgotten it, and the rest of you weren't here. So I am going ... the world." She asked him, "Don't I love you?" She asked him again, "Don't I?" She said, "The doctor said he doesn't have long to live. You're a preacher. I want you to pray for him. Maybe it will do some good. Meanwhile we've come down here to ...

2039. A Discussion Among Angels

Matthew 24:36-44

Drama

Matthew Powell

... the peace of God with the swords of the angels! Storyteller: As Michael spoke, his hands were lifted to the hilt of his long blade, and he raised it high above him, throwing out sparks. Then another angel began to speak, and made answer to Michael. He, ... . Though he smiled, it was as if he remembered something the others had forgotten. Raphael: Who was it to whom you were sent to counsel long ago? Was it not Balaam as he was riding his donkey to meet the king of Moab? And did not even the dumb beast profit ...

2040. A Pilgrimage To Bethlehem

Matthew 3:1-12

Drama

Matthew Powell

... can scrape some together at home, and I'll sell some of my beehives to my neighbor. He's been wanting to buy them for a long time. Ivan: If the bees swarm well this year, you'll regret it. Gregory: Regret it! Not I, neighbor. I have never regretted anything in ... sight of your husband, but I hear he got home safely. Gregory's Wife: Yes, neighbor, he has come back. He's been back a long time. Just before Dormition Day, I think it was, he returned. We were glad the Lord sent him back to us. It was dull here ...

2041. Million Dollar Christmas

Matthew 19:21

Drama

Matthew Powell

... people who get them. I want to blow it all in a great bacchanalia of joy to other folks of the most unexpected, and yet longed-for, luxuries and happiness, and I want you to help me plan the whole thing out. Will you help me if I come around to ... sleep late and sit down once in a while during the daytime. Edgar 1: Forty-two mothers were given orders for vacations at various longed-for places from Cape Cod to Paris, with the provision made for a trained helper to look after their homes in the meantime. Helene ...

2042. Palm Sunday

Isaiah 50:1-11, Matthew 27:11-54, Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Lesson of this Passion Sunday we can learn how to suffer with Jesus as our model. Outline: How to be God's suffering servant a. The silent sufferer - Gospel. b. The willing sufferer - Lesson 1. c. The humble sufferer - Lesson 2. Gospel: Matthew 27:11-54 In this long pericope, we have many opportunities to choose a text and subject. What one chooses depends upon the Spirit's guidance and the local church needs. Text Subject 27:11 Are you the king of the Jews? 27:12-13 The silence of Jesus 27:19 The voice of ...

2043. Proper 24

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Isaiah 44:24--45:25, Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... Outline: A Christian is distinctive because - a. A believer receives God's approval - v. 17. b. A believer experiences God's presence - v. 14. c. A believer receives God's rest - v. 14. 2. A Rear View Of God. 33:17-23; John 1:18. Need: With Moses we long to know God fully and to see him face-to-face. Is that possible? It is not possible because of God's reluctance to be fully known and seen but because of our human limitations to understand, grasp, and endure the brightness of his glory. Therefore, we must ...

2044. Reevaluating Our Mission for Christ

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... was a great dancer. When there was a string of bad luck in his family or in the village or if anyone needed some cheer added to their lives, he would dance and bring them joy. One day the father told his sons that he had to go on a long journey. He instructed them, "My sons, the people of the village will be depending on you to help them. Each of you has a special talent, so while I am gone, I expect you to use your gift wisely and well, so that upon my return I will find our ...

2045. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... . Only the love of God can work such a change in human souls. Such is the depth of our commission. IV. Length A final dimension of our challenge! It's length. It took Michelangelo over ten years to paint the Sistine Chapel. So it's fair to ask how long it'll take us to fulfill the commission Jesus has given us. "What'll it take, Lord? Five minutes? A year? Two years? Five? Ten?" And Christ says, "Go ... to all nations ... teach all I have commanded you ... to the close of the age." In other words, each of ...

2046. Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired?

Matthew 9:35-10:8

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... to doing when they become ill. It's a kind of game they seem to be playing. Some creep off to the hospital very quietly. They don't want anyone to know about it. Others shut themselves up in their home and quietly put the elders to the test. "How long will it take them to miss me?" they ask. Sometimes several weeks pass and the sick person feels injured, insulted! "Why, I'm so important in this community they should have missed me the second day," they rage. Why is it that many expect the elders to know of ...

2047. God, the Enemy

Matthew 10:24-39

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Spirit is to reject what the Spirit reveals to us, to refuse the conviction and deny God's truth. Thus we do not repent, for we say, "I have nothing to repent of." If we will not repent, we cannot be forgiven. If we persist in that way long enough, we eventually lose the ability to hear the Spirit. We can't be forgiven because we see no reason to repent. Given that definition, it would seem that Timothy McVeigh, with his self-proclaimed unconquered soul, might be a poster child for the unpardonable sin. But ...

2048. Do You Get It?

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... any sense. When Jesus starts talking that way, Peter figures that he's mistaken and wants to correct him. That's a very natural thing for Peter to do. When Peter said that Jesus was the Messiah, he meant that Jesus was the Lord's anointed, the long-awaited king who would finally liberate the people of Israel from oppression. If that were the case, it wouldn't make any sense for the Messiah himself to be crushed by the oppressive powers that enslaved Israel. If he is "the Son of the living God," how could ...

2049. A Guide to Christmas

Matthew 21:23-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... ran for the cover of darkness and there in their twilight temples, they hatched their plots, set their traps, and cut John the Baptizer's head off! Later, on Calvary, they snuffed out the light of God himself when they crucified Jesus. Dear people, history can repeat itself. How long do you think it'd take us to crucify Christ if he came to us again? Are we not just like the people of old? Isn't their nature ours? We, too, have little trouble finding the truth. It's facing it that is difficult! If we are to ...

2050. A Life Well Lived

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

King Duncan

... righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day--and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” The Greek word for “crown”--stephanos--refers to a wreath that was usually woven like a garland and placed on the ... person is one who lives in a right relationship with God and his or her neighbor. It does not mean we are perfect. As long as we are clothed in flesh we will be imperfect. But we know that Christ died for us. We know that God is the ...

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