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2076. Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... work for him. When it began to rain, he got into his ark with his family and was saved; everybody else missed the boat. Watch! Be ready! To be ready does not mean to separate ourselves from life, to climb up on some mountain someplace and just wait. No, we continue living; but as we do all that we do, we do it as God’s people, his servants who carry out his business as we wait for him to return (Matthew 24:38). This is a tremendously important message for us, the busy-busy-people, to hear. Soon Christmas ...

2077. Coping with Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... she does "the impossible" in order to save the child. This automatic reaction of the glands of our body to extreme and sudden fear can save our lives. This is not the end of the story. Under the influence of continued anxiety - long-drawn-out fear and dread - the adrenalin continues to seep slowly into the blood stream and poisons us. Eventually it can bring about physical breakdown. That is why a psychiatrist who was concerned about his patients was heard to say, "I wish that my patients could understand ...

2078. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... person. She was radiant, alive, totally different. Soon she was at home, and shortly after that at work again. After going hack to work she came by my study and said, "I guess you would like to know what happened to me." "Yes, very much," I said. "Well," she continued, "after you left the hospital that day. I may have dozed off, I don’t know. But there was Christine standing by my bed, lovely and very much alive. She told me how much she loved me and how concerned she was about my health. I have never ...

2079. Life After Life

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... up to listen better, and then he turned to her and said, ‘They are not mine, you know,’ and repeated it more emphatically, ‘They are not mine.’ Then he went on to tell her that they would never be parted, and that after he was dead he would continue to watch over her just as he had during the years of their long companionship ... "He went on singing in his bed in the same divine way until about six in the evening, and then, as he said in one of his poems, silently, invisibly, the human spirit left ...

2080. Ode to Wisdom

Job 26:1--31:40

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... And where is the place of understanding?" This Ode to Wisdom is discovered in the book of Job, where, strangely, we confront a man who couldn’t find it and who never found it. Because this chapter seems to jar itself upon Job’s story and intrude upon its continuity, some sage students of the scripture see it as an independent poem that was added by the author or an editor. We need not be troubled by it, for the message it conveys remains the word we need to hear. The search for wisdom is its theme - the ...

2081. And He Shall Reign

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... for the final blow to strike. God is faithful. His promise will be vindicated. There will be a faithful residue whom God will gather in from all the nations where they had been driven ... and the throne of David, as the covenant has said, would be continued in that righteous Branch who would be called "The Lord our justice." Now we can overlay on Jeremiah’s word of hope the good news of Christ, the righteous Branch. This prophetic legacy our Lord could not forget. He came to heal the sick, to gather ...

2082. The Good News of Easter

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... all around. That which was dead, a seed, which feel to the earth and rotted, is alive again. Wernher von Braun, the renowned atomic scientist, toward the end of his life, said, "Everything science has taught me--and continues to teach me--strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace." Nature does not know extinction; it only knows transformation. If God applies that principle to the least of his creation, doesn’t it make sense that he ...

2083. The Reality Of The Resurrection

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Brett Blair

... drop, it does! Amazing things need simple explanations. I suppose that’s one of the joys of being a Christian. The resurrection is an amazing thing but it has a simple explanation. This man Jesus: his life, his teachings, his death, his resurrection, and his promises continue to surprise me. I read his story again and again and I say to myself, “This isn’t possible!” How am I going to explain this? And that’s when Jesus sits down with his disciples and he gives a simple explanation. Take a look at ...

2084. The Way It Works

Mark 6:1-6

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... scriptures say that, but Jesus is not a priest. He cannot make sacrifices. DANIEL: And even if he could, it would only be for a second until we sinned again. JOEL: We're back where we started. NATHAN: But what if there was a sacrifice that would continue forever? JOEL: Impossible. NATHAN: With God all things are possible. Or else God is not God. JOEL: If it's a sacrifice that lasts forever it would have to be a sacrifice that God makes. DANIEL: Because only God lasts forever. JOEL: But where would God get ...

2085. The Fulfilled Promise

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... day to the Christian fellowship, and the mission of the church to establish the lordship of Christ in the hearts of men was on its way. The Spirit gives the church the power to witness, to confront every individual "you" with the living Christ, and to continue to do so from one generation to another. This is the central task of the church, and all other activities are but instruments of this basic purpose. The church exists by mission, as Emil Brunner puts it, just as fire exists by burning. The objective ...

2086. The Home Under God

Matthew 6:5-15

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... us. In childhood they watched over us and led us to God. They wove their consecration into the fabric of our lives. Their faith in us has kept us near God. And even after they are gone, when we wear a white flower instead of a red one, they continue to bless us. Their memory is still a guiding star that leads us in the right way. Let us turn, finally, to our Lord’s teaching on children. It was appropriate that when Jesus came riding into Jerusalem in the parade of palms, children lifted up their voices to ...

2087. True Freedom

John 8:31-41

Sermon

T. A. Kantonen

... teenagers - all these are warning signals. We pay lip-service to God but actually we worship material goods and sensuous pleasures. We "free" Americans need to heed the Lord’s word, "every one who commits sin is a slave to sin" and "the slave does not continue in the house for ever." As we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we need a new and sincere declaration of dependence on the God of our fathers, without whom we shall not long enjoy the liberty of which we boast. A foreign ...

2088. Smart, Wise, and Foolish

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... the eyes of the world before they believed the Gospel; before they began to believe in themselves and to care for others. God chose the rubble of the earth to shame the mighty, to expose the privileged, and to intimidate the powerful. My failures need not continue to separate me from God’s love and forgiveness - he may even help me to help others learn from my mistake. A third characteristic of true wisdom is the ability to learn from anyone. I suspect that there has been more than one conversation this ...

2089. A Lack of Feeding in the American Dream

Romans 6:1-14

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... get in the way of our own feeding. I mean, we as adults when I say it now. Our parents may have paved the way for our mentality as well as the greater culture, but once we grow beyond the immediate influences of our background, it is we ourselves who continue to carry the seeds of our self-destruction. What Can Be Done? There are two things I want to lift up in terms of what can be done. The first is a suggestion or technique for you or me dealing with someone else who is in an immediate suicidal crisis ...

2090. Stop Following Your Shadow

Mark 8:27-38

Illustration

Robert Salzgeber

... about a man who lived in the desert. He would wake up every morning and follow his shadow. So as the sun moved across the sky from east to west the man essentially walked in a large oval. At sundown he ended up where he had started. This continued for years. The man walked in circles day after day, following his shadow. One night the man heard the voice of God in a dream while he slept. The voice told him to stop following his shadow. Instead, "Follow the sun," the voice challenged, "And you will experience ...

2091. You Don't Need Jesus

John 1:19-28

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... We are prone to legalize our sin. When gambling gets so popular that we cannot control it, we legalize gambling and get taxes from it. Several states have lotteries and many people play the lottery. The U.S. has 22,520,000 marijuana users so a movement continues to push for the legalization of the smoking of marijuana. At one time a convention of youth in California called for the legalizing of prostitution. If we can't stop a sin, we shrug our shoulders, accept it as a fact of life, and make it acceptable ...

2092. God With A Human Face

John 1:1-18

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... ear to ear. They ran into each other's arms and laughed and cried with the joy of reunion. In times past God has been sending words and gifts of love to his children. In various ways through priests and prophets God has been sending messages of love and truth. Continually God has been sending gifts to us. But, on Christmas night God knocks on the door of humankind and presents himself as a man, a God with a human face. As John says in our text, no man has ever seen God until now we see him in the face ...

2093. Wrinkled Wrappings

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... there is life and happiness. A man and his grandson were walking on the beach when they met an old minister friend who was disgruntled. Nothing was any good to him. He complained he was suffering from a sunstroke. The lad listened to the conversation, and when they continued their walk, the boy said, "Granddad, I hope that you never suffer from a sunset." To be able to recognize a good thing when it comes, you do not have to suffer from a sunset and be like aged Simeon and Anna in wrinkled wrappings. If you ...

2094. The Unexpected Universe

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... prayers at well-champagned wedding receptions! As I served an older man his lunch, he said, "You know, I really appreciated your prayer for peace. A lot of people don't know what war is all about. Some of these young people have romantic notions about war. But I," he continued, "I was in World War II, and I have seen enough of blood and slaughter. It's time for a new way of doing things," he said. "War is way out of date." "You're right," I replied. Here was an elderly man, a World War II veteran, looking ...

2095. Splashed with the Spirit

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.” Jesus confronted evil, not at a point of weakness, but at the points of his strength, assisted by the power of God’s Spirit. As the story continues: Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, came to Nazareth, where he was brought up, and went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom ... He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is ...

2096. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... do not understand the question. If you act in the spirit of Christ, you carry the end you at first proposed through all your work from the first to last. You do everything in the spirit of sacrifice, giving up your will to the will of God; and continually aiming, not at ease, pleasure, or riches, not of anything “this short-enduring world can give,” but merely at the glory of God. Now, can any one deny, that this is the most excellent way of pursuing worldly business?10 Wesley says that you are to give ...

2097. Your Sins Are Remembered No More! You Are Free!

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... stress on God forgetting our sin may send a message that we can go out and sin, since it will be forgiven anyway. The sixteenth-century reformer Martin Luther had a great response. He wrote: For our sins are not forgiven with the design that we should continue to commit sin, but that we should cease from it. Otherwise it would more justly be called, not forgiveness of sin, but permission to sin.3 Jeremiah’s reflections on the Law that God has written in our hearts serve to underline Luther’s claim that ...

2098. Life's Not Always Fair, But God Will Straighten It Out

Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1, Habakkuk 1:1-4

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news’ ” (Mark 1:14-15). God always has been, is in Jesus, and will continue to be a God of the future. And that is a glorious word of hope! It is a glorious word, because when you have God’s future, his kingdom in view, you have a perspective from which to critique the present. You are no longer chained by the ...

2099. True or False?

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... so easily accept that the way things are is good enough? Why do we tolerate the poverty of this neighborhood not to mention the poverty of our own souls? Why don’t we take a stand against hate and bigotry in all of its ugly forms? Why do we continue to trust in ourselves when the works of our own hands only end in our destruction? Why do we expect God to do nothing but endorse our own pursuits and desires? Why do we not look to be changed, redeemed, cleansed, forgiven? Why do we not give ourselves, heart ...

2100. Reproached Rolled Away

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... still kept hope and faith that they would one day be delivered from their plight. While they were victimized by their victimizers, they did not develop a victim’s mindset and outlook, a victim’s condition and lament. Some people who are victims continually live out their days without hope of ever being liberated and renewed from the ravages of their personal devastation. But you can be enslaved and yet avoid developing a slave’s mentality. You can be victimized by life and calamities and cruelties but ...

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