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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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2051. Light from the Word

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... if only the people had trusted the word of the Lord who had covenanted with them. The reaction of tears and mourning must have been a mixed reaction of the people. On the one hand, there must have been a great deal of guilt that was followed by a genuine sense of repentance for the previous indifference to the word of God. On the other hand, there had to be great deal of joy when the people also learned that God was a gracious and forgiving God who had not only not given up on them but who still wanted them ...

2052. The Lightest Touch

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... promises anything, it is as good as done. The greatest accomplishment, the most difficult miracle God performs through the word, is to make believers out of people. That is the prophetic task and calling. Our Calling No doubt, all of us have in one way or another sensed the inadequacy Jeremiah felt when he was called to the prophetic office. We think of the many times we hope that no one will call on us to serve on an evangelism committee or team. Or we may have offered feeble excuses when asked to serve in ...

2053. His Resurrection

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Sermon

Brett Blair

... any individual to answer the ultimate questions in life. And this morning I stand to proclaim Hope, the hope of His Resurrection. There is death. Yes. But life is in Jesus Christ, the hope of our resurrection. Friends, you have come here this morning with a sense of anticipation and longing. There are sobering questions on your mind and much hangs in the balance. Is there hope? Is there new life? Is there reason for joy? The answer to your questions has arrived this day. It is here waiting for you. It is ...

2054. Dealing With The Pain of Rejection

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

James W. Moore

... You grow up when you get your first good laugh at yourself.” When you feel rejected, remember that the feeling is temporary… and go talk it out with somebody. Remember that the one rejecting you is really the one with the problem. Remember to laugh and use your sense of humor. And finally…. IV. REMEMBER THAT GOD ACCEPTS YOU. He is with you. This, of course, is most important of all; it’s the key message of the Gospels. It’s the real good news for those who feel rejected! It’s the point of the ...

2055. The Christmas Promise: God With Us

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

James W. Moore

... next to you, and tell her to pass it on.” Suddenly that dark and cold basement became a sacred place as each child in turn whispered around the room those powerful words, “God is with us,” “God is with us,” God is with us.” A sense of peace and courage and confidence settled over the group. Phyllis Martin said, “I could hear the wind outside still blowing with such strength that it literally shook the building, but it did not seem to matter now… Inside the fears subsided and tears faded away ...

2056. A Tsunami Appeal

Sermon

Eric Hudson

... 11 developing in front of our very eyes. And for many people, not only those who lost loved ones that day, the sense of shock is still there. Yet the numbers killed in the destruction of the twin towers were considerably less than the numbers ... crisis, and the news that at least 125,000 people have died so far as a result of the tsunami. Some religious people manage in a sense to make light of tragedy and disaster: they’ll say that, though just now we can’t understand why things happen as they do, one ...

2057. Real Gratitude

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

James W. Moore

... see the Nazarene, but Zacchaeus was a little man and he couldn’t see over the crowd. So Zacchaeus ran ahead and climbed into a sycamore tree in hopes of getting a glimpse of this great leader everyone was talking about. When Jesus saw him, he sensed that Zacchaeus was the loneliest man in town and His heart went out to him. Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down for I must stay at your house today.” Zacchaeus was visibly touched, indeed, overwhelmed by this acceptance and this ...

2058. The Last Laugh

Genesis 18:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... One wonders whether or not Abraham had told Sarah about the first promise. Perhaps he had simply kept quiet about it, not wanting to open old wounds. But with this reaffirmation of what he had previously heard, he probably began to believe, even though it made no sense. Sometimes, folks need to hear God speak more than once. The rest of the story we know. Sarah did indeed have a son. They named him Isaac, which in Hebrew means...he laughed. It would be nice to say that Abraham and his wife thought that this ...

2059. Sunday Dinner

Leviticus 19:1-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Lord's Table as we share our Christian family meal. Our response to the invitation is most often the equivalent of that soft "I do," but this morning we can make it, "Yes sir, that's what I came here for." This morning, do something to reinforce that sense of togetherness that comes in sharing food - as you pass the elements to the person next to you, let your eyes meet, and smile. Smile the smile that silently says, "You are not alone. You are at Sunday dinner now, at the table of the family of God." Amen ...

2060. Growing in Faith

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for adolescents." What do they mean by "maturity of faith?" The researchers listed eight components. A person with mature faith --- 1. trusts in God's saving grace and believes firmly in the humanity and divinity of Jesus; 2. experiences a sense of personal well-being, security and peace; 3. integrates faith and life, and sees work, family, social relationships and political choices as a part of religious life; 4. seeks spiritual growth through study, reflection, prayer and discussion with others; 5. seeks ...

2061. Remember!

Deuteronomy 31:30--32:47

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... his story a list of his children. It turns out that Rev. Samuel Suther was my great-great-great-grandfather. That knowledge puts no money in my pocket, no eggs on my table; it accords me no special honor...but I am glad to have it. It gives me a sense of my own roots...who I am and from whence I have come...new MEMORIES...and is another reminder that preaching runs in the family. It has been said that people trace their genealogies back to either kings or horse thieves and then stop. Who THEY were and what ...

2062. The Apostles' Creed: "God...Almighty"

Mark 15:33-41, Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... would, as the years progressed, be certain to make many a young man's heart flutter (a process which, I am told, had already begun). I remember Erin being particularly devastated by the news. She sobbed and sobbed as the terrible truth sank in. It made no sense to her that something like this could occur. In the middle of her pain, she began to feel angry. Sunday School theology had taught her that God rules this world, which meant that God controls all that happens - even plane crashes. As she sat on my ...

2063. There's No Such Thing as Too Much Sugar

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... leave Iowa heading for Chicago and page one of the National Mirror. Within a short time, things get silly. Michael has this delightful sense of humor that most of us lose by the time we are nine. He asks, "What's the opposite of white?" His companions ... at that moment - losing the election - that he became the most deeply depressed, and he begged God to help him. God gave him a sense of peace about those things in life he could not control and opened him to new possibilities that might come along.(9) Soon he ...

2064. The Original "Average Joe"

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was that he was losing, he replied, "I have problems with the virgin birth of Jesus. [The same problem Joseph had, no doubt.] Don't I have to believe in the miraculous birth of Jesus in order to believe in Jesus?" he persisted. "In one sense, No," Dr. Willimon answered. "Yet in another sense, Yes. We ask you to believe in the virginal conception of Jesus and, if we can get you to swallow that without choking, then there's no telling what someone can get you to believe. Come back next week and we'll try to ...

2065. God and Hurricanes

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... survive the evacuation. This is nuts. It wasn't until after dark that the governor allowed the east-bound lanes of the interstate to be reversed so people could get out more easily. Who designed this infrastructure anyway? You might need to pray harder for our sense of humor to stay intact.(2) Probably so. Fortunately, the catastrophe that could easily have occurred did not. Floyd weakened as it moved north, so by the time it made landfall at Cape Fear, it was only a strong category 2 storm, and much less ...

2066. The Lord's Prayer: Hallowed Be Thy Name

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... that the word we translate "hallowed" means to consider something as sacred or holy. The thrust of the word is to treat something as different...different from ordinary things...of a different quality or essence. In our day, we use the word holy in a pious sense; we speak of things like the Holy Bible or the Holy Grail or Holy Communion. We use holy with a religious connotation, but what we mean is that something is sacredly different. That is why we think of God as the Holy One; God is supremely different ...

2067. The Lord's Prayer: "Thy Will Be Done"

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... church communicating God's will is occasionally muffled. What then? We rely on our Christian concern as guided by the common sense that God gave us. If the ministry of Jesus is our guide, a ministry that was first and foremost concerned with ... you and me...are for our highest and best. We KNOW that God knows better than we do. We pray the prayer because it makes good sense. Is that your prayer today? Do you simply repeat the words of Jesus' pattern one after the other with no thought to their meaning? Or are ...

2068. The Lord's Prayer: Please Forgive Us as We Forgive

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... him to see if he was all right. As Mrs. Stevenson recounted it in the book, her husband WAS all right, but he was feeling a sense of shock and anger at learning of some unexpected treachery on the part of one whom he had every reason to trust. He told her, "I ... other responsibility in the matter. In fact, she even gave him a candy bar. Dr. Baumann said that he had never felt such a sense of relief in his life - he whistled all the way home. He felt so clean, so relieved, so forgiven!(2) Has anything like that ...

2069. Winning over Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not to worry. Listen to him again: "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?" As usual, what he says makes sense. We DO worry too much, especially those of us in this affluent society who seem to have less to worry about than so many others in the world. And the result is a spate of problems that we constantly bring on ourselves. The British born movie actor David Niven ...

2070. Ask the Average Person...

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

Are you an "average person?" Not in terms of ability or common sense or something that might be quantifiable, but in the sense that your opinions would be more or less typical? What I mean is, if someone began a statement with that phrase, "Ask the average person," would the rest of the sentence sound like something you might say? For example, "Ask the average person, and he would say the sky is ...

2071. The Apostles Creed: "The Holy Catholic Churc"

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... holy catholic church..." We are tempted to say we have moved from the sublime to the ridiculous. Of all the affirmations we make from week to week, this one raises the most questions. Let us take it one word at a time to see if we can make sense of it. "The holy, catholic church." HOLY. What do we mean when we call the church holy? The word "holy" literally means "separate" or "set apart." It is used to designate anything or anyone that belongs especially to God and thus is separated or set apart from the ...

2072. Power

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to see an itinerant preacher who is more than passing strange - a coarse camel's hair tunic with a leather belt around his waist, the uniform of a prophet since the days of Elijah.(2) It was longing and anticipation that brought this mass of people out - there was a sense that something was missing in their walk with God, so they were ready to listen to a new voice. And this is a powerful voice: "You pack of snakes! Who warned you to run from the anger of God that is coming on you? Clean up your act! And do ...

2073. The View from the Mountaintop

Mark 9:14-32, Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... the greatest difficulties of my administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance in God, knowing that all would go well, and that He would decide for the right."(12) Abraham Lincoln had his honest doubts (as anyone with any sense would - there is no shame in that), but he was a man of more faith than perhaps even he knew. One of the best preachers of Lincoln's day, Phillips Brooks, in a memorial sermon after the assassination said, "He fed us faithfully and truly. He ...

2074. The Apostles' Creed: I Believe

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us." Then Jesus answers in a way that sounds a bit sharp and unfeeling at first blush: "If you are able!" If you are able? If you are able??? There is almost a sense of "How dare you question my ability to handle this!" But that is a misinterpretation. "If you are able" must be understood in terms of what Jesus says immediately thereafter. "If you are able?" Jesus repeats...then adds, "All things can be done for the one who believes ...

2075. No Holding Back

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , "It is a very high act and should never be demeaned. But there is something much more important that happens when somebody gives charity out of obligation. "Consider who is doing the giving. When somebody gives from the heart, there is a clear sense of oneself doing something; in other words, heartfelt charity always involves ego gratification. "However, when we give out of obligation, when we give at a moment that every part of us is yelling NO! because of one reason or another--perhaps the beneficiary ...

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