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2026. God Is Good But Not Easy

Luke 18:1-8

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... needs but a God who invites us to come and establish a relationship. That requires persistence. It’s not easy. Many well-intended people have "lost heart" in this effort. In this parable, Jesus is giving us fair warning. God is not a bargainer. God is not an easy touch for our private goals. God is not a computer into which we feed our personal requests and from which we take our instant solutions and answers. The great invitation of our God has never been for us to come and use God but for us to come and ...

2027. Parable on Love and Friendship

Hebrews 13:1-25

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... of welcome to all is what makes a happy community. I want to be the kind of a friend who can help a stranger gladly as well as be trusted by those who are close to me." Dick snorted, "You can sure be a sucker, a sucker for a soft touch with that attitude. Where did you get that idea? Let the strangers prove themselves or stay home." "I find it in my Bible," offered Bill. "But more important I find it makes life happy for me to feel that way about all people. I like to make strangers happy as ...

2028. The Violence Within, The Violence Without

Zephaniah 3:1-20

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... I had faith so that I could move mountains ... if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor ... if I give my body to be burned and have not charity, I am nothing." Paul was a living example of this - Pharisee of the Pharisees, Hebrew of the Hebrews, as touching the law perfect. Because his zeal did not know love, he violated the name of God Almighty in the name of God Almighty. What shall we say to all this? Nothing! The first response is silence. Be silent before the Lord God. The noise of religion and solemn ...

2029. A Word About the Right Time

Haggai 2:1-9

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... ." That is, with himself and his gifts. His Spirit is there; that is, his life, love, joy, peace, and kindness. The One who is filling the house with splendor is the One who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that momentous event which would thereafter touch all other events. That God who brought them out with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm, it was he, none other, who would be with them. The language of gold and silver is used to persuade the doubters of the fullness of his love and presence ...

2030. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:1-14

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... , his being made to carry the cross, then the nailing of his hands and feet to the cross until his humiliation became his coronation, he made clear that he would be with us to the end and beyond. I am with you. "They may kill you but they can’t touch you. Were you to take the wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth or descend deep into the abyss, I will be with you." He will be with us here and now in our time. For it is here that his name is to ...

2031. To Thank Is To ...

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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... . It comes to most of us through stores, in cartons and packages, not on stalks of grain, not in the udders of cows. Joseph Sittler highlights this dilemma. A modern man "crouches over levers of a crane and guides it to lift stone from Indiana, which he has never touched, to the top of a construction job in Omaha, where it is fixed in walls he need not look at, designed for purposes he has nothing to do with, by men whose names he does not know and whose faces he never sees." It is difficult, then, to have ...

2032. Good Friday

John 18:1-19:42

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Kendall McCabe

After this solemn reading of the passion narrative, one stands uncertainly to preach, because surely the power of the story itself moves us by its very rehearsal. It touches each of us at a point unique to ourselves, in this hour of our particular need as we hear it again. But someone may be asking why do we do this twice in one week. It was only this past Sunday we heard the whole passion narrative according to Matthew, ...

2033. The Ladder of Success

Genesis 2:4-25

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Paul Hegele

... world of early Genesis included Adam, Eve, a lot of animals, and paradise. It doesn't include sin or suffering. The only rule of life is that the tree in the center of the garden of Eden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, is not to be touched. And what happens? You know it. The snake whispers to Eve, "If you eat of that tree, you will be as gods." Then ambition takes over. Living in Eden wasn't enough; Adam saw some room on the top rung of the success ladder and he jumped at it. The ...

2034. God in a Glimpse

Acts 17:16-34

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... . If you want to see God you can glimpse him in his effect on people. And it's not only the rebuilding of bad people into saints. Simple good people, like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa, he built into giants. And not only famous people evidence his touch. What about your neighbor who endures long hours and low pay as a social worker because he or she feels called by God to help others? What about the choir member with a new gleam in her eye and encouraging words to all since God cured her cancer ...

2035. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Jeremiah 20:7-18

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... are certain to be difficult times. In a different setting, the same phrase I never promised you a rose garden, is also the title of a novel written by Hannah Green. It is the story of a young woman, named Deborah, who is mentally ill. She has lost touch with reality and lives in a dream world. One reviewer says that Deborah is courageous and heroic, yet she might be any one of us. Her story gives belief and promise to those who are concerned with the human spirit. No rose garden is offered to Deborah, yet ...

2036. Honest to Goodness Religion

Hosea 4:1-19

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... Sick people sought him out and were made well. People with great sadness were made happy again. Some whose lives had been all wrong were forgiven and taught how to forgive others. People afraid of dying were promised they could live forever. This wonderful person, Jesus, touched and changed many lives. But not everyone approved of him. Some hated him and wanted to get rid of him. They arrested him, put him on trial, took him with two criminals and killed him on a cruel thing called a "cross." The uncle went ...

2037. Wellspring for the Soul

John 4:1-26

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Dean Lueking

... and gave himself for us. The water of life he brings us is salvation. It is the blessing of his cross and the power of his resurrection. That Gospel is the renewing, empowering gift of Christ who dug so deeply into the soil of our dry souls to touch the final stratum of our need. What refreshment there is in grace for sinners! Where Life-Giving Waters Flow In my own life I keep finding that the wellspring of the Gospel comes through to me in the actual relationships with people in the daily ministry. There ...

2038. The Two Washings

John 13:1-17

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Dean Lueking

... I drove out to a community several hours to the west of us to visit a woman and her family. She is in her mid-forties and was formerly a member of our congregation. Her husband and she moved west more than a decade ago, but we have kept in touch now and then. Just a week ago he had come by to tell me that his wife was in the final stages of a long cancer battle and would soon die. We went to minister to her. She received Communion that evening, with her family joining hands around the bedside ...

2039. The Emmaus Stranger

Luke 24:13-35

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Dean Lueking

... Jesus Christ as a stranger. Behind them all lies one common denominator: the false idea that God is helpless with our folly and will do nothing in the face of our sin. The text tells us that two disciples began the journey with heavy hearts and no subtle touch of resentment at the stranger walking with them who appeared to be so unpardonably uninformed. But the point of the entire text is that this stranger does not want to remain a stranger. The heart of it is in his words, "Was it not necessary that the ...

2040. You Can Be a Difference

Joel 2:1-11

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... alternative to being judgmental about why someone is different. We can be made different by the grace of God, and we can make a difference. Through Christian service, or through what we already may be doing, we can be a means by which the cross of Christ touches life to redeem it. In contrast to other posters and signs encouraging discord and disharmony, we can lift up the cross of Christ as a sign of peace. Having taken up our cross and following Jesus, we have every reason to expect that by Easter we will ...

2041. Whose Meal Is It?

Exodus 12:1-30

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... eat this remember me." The Lord’s Supper is our family meal. You and I are brothers and sisters through our faith in Jesus Christ. Do you remember Jesus? Do you remember how he welcomed sinners? Remember how no one was beyond his grasp if they were willing to be touched by him? Remember what he said, the stories he told? Do you remember his love? Do you remember how he was crucified? This is an important meal for us as we gather here to remember all that he was and all that he is for us. I am convinced ...

2042. Life in the Community of Believers

Acts 2:42-47

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... breaking of bread and claiming of what Christ had done for them their souls could be fed, so they were willing to be at the table to feed each other. Prayer is one of the ways we claim, even when we feel out of touch, that there is someone somewhere keeping us connected. That is vital to life. Finally, they also devoted themselves to the economic and financial responsibilities of the community. They shared what they had with one another. Like any gathering of people, which becomes institutionalized, like ...

2043. Seeing Things Clearly

John 20:19-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... they could have if they just cleaned them by breathing on them and shining them with a handkerchief. It's the same way with God. Here God has this wonderful gift to give us called the Holy Spirit, who is just like Jesus except that you cannot see him or touch him or hear him speak with a voice like your voice. Don't you think it would be wonderful to have God come to you and help you believe all the wonderful things that he has to tell you? So do I. Let's pray that the Holy Spirit will ...

2044. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

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John R. Brokhoff

... goal. The power of Jesus was in his oneness with the Father. 2. Name (v. 4). Unanimity can be dangerous if it is used for wrong ends. In their oneness expressed in one language, the people decided to build a city and tower so high that it would touch the sky. Pride was the reason for building it - "to make a name for ourselves." By this common project they hoped to overcome the fear of being scattered over the earth and thereby losing their identity and power. What they feared, they became. 3. Confuse (v. 7 ...

2045. Proper 10

Lk 10:25-37 · Col 1:1-20 · 2 Ki 2:1, 6-14 · Deut 30:9-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... transfer taken place in your life? Outline: You need a transfer. a. Born into a kingdom of darkness - v. 13a - into suffering - death - hell. b. Transferred to the Kingdom of God - v. 13b - Kingdom of Christ - redemption - forgiveness. WORSHIP RESOURCES Prayer of the Day: "Lord God, use our lives to touch the world with your love. Stir us, by your Spirit, to be neighbor to those in need, serving them with willing hearts." Hymn of the Day: "O God of Mercy, God of Light"

2046. Proper 17

Lk 14:1, 7-14 · Heb 12:18-19, 22-24; 13:1-8 · Eze 18:1-9, 25-29 · Prov 25:6-22

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John R. Brokhoff

... , awe, and adoration. Outline: In our text we see A. The glory of the old covenant - vv. 18-21 . God's presence was as fearful as a blazing fire. The voice of God was too loud to bear. Even Moses was terrified in the holy presence of God. To touch the mountain of God was to die. B. The greater glory of the new covenant - vv. 22-24. Christians now come into the direct presence of God and Christ. They associate with angels and saints. How much more then should Christians fall down in awe as they approach God ...

2047. Proper 20

Lk 16:1-13 · 1 Tim 2:1-8 · Amos 8:4-7 · Hos 11:1-11

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... security. Jesus urges us to emulate the unjust steward by wisely using our wealth for heavenly purposes. Lesson 1: Hosea 11:1-11 1. Child (v. 1). The nation is seen here as a small child loved by his father. It is one of the most tender and touching scenes in the Bible. See the people of God as a little baby: naming, calling, holding in one's arms, teaching, and feeding him. God the Father expressed his love for his baby-people by caring for and raising them. The concept implies that as his small children ...

2048. Christmas 2

Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-6, 15-18 · Isa 61:10--62:3 · Jer 31:7-14

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John R. Brokhoff

... Up and No Where to Go? 61:10. Need: Clothing, they say, makes a man. Clothing says something about the character of a person. Nudity is not the normal thing since the time of Adam and Eve. After their sin, they felt the need of covering. In a touching scene, God makes clothes for his first couple. Even God never appears to us in the nude. He wears masks and people. He came to earth clothed in the flesh of Jesus. Our nakedness of sin calls for our being clothed. In this passage, God's people are decked ...

2049. The Baptism of Our Lord

Lk 3:15-17, 21-22 · Acts 8:14-17; 10:34-38 · Isa 42:1-7; 61:1-4

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John R. Brokhoff

... on my Head. 8:17. Need: The Spirit came to the Samaritans at the laying on of hands. The laying on of hands is the physical transmission line from God to the believer. It is like bringing together two ends of a telephone wire. When they touch, the power and voice go from the speaker to the listener. Since the laying on of hands is seldom practiced except for very special occasions such as confirmation and ordination and since it is strange to many, the sermon answers some relevant questions. Outline: Do you ...

2050. Epiphany 7

Lk 6:27-38 · 1 Cor 15:45-49 · 1 Sam 26:1-25 · Gen 45:3-11, 15

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John R. Brokhoff

... and angry with themselves? But that does not excuse their sin, or does it? 3. Talked (v. 15). The brothers drew near and Joseph explained how God worked in their wickedness to bring a blessing to God's people. Then they hugged and kissed. It was a touching scene. Tears were flowing. When the situation settled, they "talked with him." When we are estranged, we are not on speaking terms. When we are in harmony, we have no trouble communicating with one another. Lesson 2: 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 1. Kind ...

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