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2176. Feed My Sheep

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... but turn around quickly to say with a righteous twang that there’s not enough money to pay for schools or highways or health care. When you try to pin them down about the obvious lie they dance and dodge and, like my friend Larry, try to do anything ... more like a medical condition than the appearance of the risen Christ. My mind goes to the triage room at the local urgent care center. Someone is talking to the triage nurse. “Oh no! I’ve got a bad case of a post-resurrection experience! Will I survive ...

2177. Good Luck?

Psalm 23:1-6

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , or adios, French and Spanish for, you are not left to your own devices, you go with God. And I really believe that you do. Today's scriptures do not depict God as a great, but essentially disinterested watchmaker in the sky. God is the Shepherd who directs, cares, guides. That is the force that moves the sun and the stars, and your life too. Remember that as you go forth. Adieu. Notes: Here, as we end an academic year, as we prepare to begin a new century, there are many who wonder what the future holds ...

2178. The First Sign of Civilization

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?’ The expert in the law replied, ‘The one who had mercy on him.’ “Jesus told him, ‘Go and do likewise.’” “Go and do likewise.” When you stand before God someday, will God care more about your correct theology or your acts of mercy? Look at the life of Jesus and decide which one is more in sync with God’s heart. Then go and do likewise. 1. “What we do and don't know about kindness” by Claudia Hammond BBC.com ...

2179. The Most Important Thing

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... rest that God offers us. Author Bronnie Ware wrote a book, The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying, based on her years of work in palliative care, and the book’s message is vitally important for those of us who are dragged down by the demands on our lives. She wrote that ... first rescue groups in the area. He and his colleagues risked their own lives to find survivors and get them medical care. He was also influential in getting the Jesuit order to focus their ministries on those living in poverty. (6) Friar Arrupe ...

2180. Wake Up! Get Ready!

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... serve him when he comes again. When you serve the people around you with love and humility, you are serving Jesus. You are living out the purpose for which God made you. You will find yourself, your highest identity and purpose and joy, in caring for others just as Jesus cared for them. A man named Ron told the story of how God woke him up from a life that was meaningless and out of control. Ron began using alcohol at a young age, then moved on to methamphetamine. He drifted into adulthood with no purpose ...

2181. Sheep and Shepherds

John 10:11-16 · Psalm 23

Sermon

Will Willimon

... given her life in twenty years of urban ministry. Forsaking the career in medicine that her wealthy parents had planned for her, leaving her fancy eastern finishing school, she had made her place in the ghetto where she stood by those who had no one to care for them or to fight for them but her. And when we buried her, dead at thirty-eight, a victim of overwork and overcaring, gathering her few belongings from the run down, neighborhood center where she worked, a friend said, “What a waste. She could have ...

2182. Stay Awake

Matthew 24:36-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... may not have the eyes to see the needs right in front of us. And some people see the needs around them, but they don’t care enough to do anything about it. I guess you could say Dave Graham’s faith in Jesus “woke him up” to the needs around him. It ... I know to be ready is to live our daily lives as Jesus lived his: praying to align our heart and mind with God’s, taking care of the needs right in front of us, and never missing an opportunity to show God’s love to others. In this way, Jesus will find ...

2183. First Responder

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... him, Jesus told his disciples never to despair in approaching God. For God will never respond as that Judge, who merely granted justice to “shut the woman up.” God on the other hand will grant justice to all who call out to him in prayer, out of caring, our of compassion, out of mercy, out of love for his people. Jesus asks, “Will not God grant justice to those who cry to him?” “Will he delay long in helping them?” No. Jesus confirms: “I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them.” This ...

2184. The Complete Picture

John 11:1-45

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... our relationship with Him. It is a story of love that never gives up. As Pastor Chuck Swindoll writes, “Jesus didn't come to earth to establish a new religion. He came to restore a broken relationship.” Kathryn L. Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon who teaches at Harvard Medical School. In an article for Christianity Today, she tells how the suffering and evil she witnessed on a daily basis as a trauma surgeon caused her to lose any faith in God. She writes of one night when she tried ...

2185. Capernaum by the Sea

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... history, their ancestry, or their nation. In doing so, he would set the world on its head and set the minds of the Jewish elite in Jerusalem toward worried surveillance. Nothing like this had happened before. They would need to watch him, very, very carefully. As we learn about Jesus’ ministry in the years leading up to the time of Lent and his impending death, we need to understand deeply and earnestly the radical and unusual nature of Jesus’ ministry and mission. His choice of ground zero at Capernaum ...

2186. Leaving an Empty Chair

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... a spoonful of soup and add it to the bowl. Then they would give the extra bowl of soup to whichever woman was most in need that day. Each woman sacrificed some of her food to ensure that the weakest members of the group were taken care of. (2) Sacrificial generosity and community could only come from the Spirit of God living in us. Notice that verse 27 doesn’t read, “. . . the Lord added to their number daily those who liked their worship style, or their family-friendly activities, or their cool coffee ...

2187. With Challenge And Invitation

John 10:1-10

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... all of us. To all of us as leaders - as parents, as church members, in our work life, wherever we exercise influence, wherever our actions impact other people - are we good shepherds or bandits? In other words, do we seek the health and well-being of those placed in our care, or do we do harm? Are we wise shepherds who seek God’s will and way, or are we stupid shepherds who act in our own self- interest? To all of us as sheep, Jesus invites us to enter by the gate and find abundant life. Do we hear and ...

2188. More Than Just Image

Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... ungodly leadership. But every religious leader is in danger of failing to reflect Jesus’ character. Every one of us is in danger of becoming proud, greedy, heartless and self-serving. And God sees our failings. God sees how our sin hurts the people put under our care. Through Ezekiel, God is telling the people of Israel, “Don’t lose heart. I have a plan for My people. I will not leave you without hope.” God’s promise to His people is “I am coming to rescue and restore you.” This is the vision ...

2189. Avoiding the “F” Word

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , we harbor even more resentment, we keep fueling our anger, we resolve never to let this go. In this case, however, avoidance is the worst thing we can do –for the truth about the “F” word is this: forgiveness is not about giving others a pass, but about caring for ourselves. The “F” word is a way of helping us in the process of letting go. Why would we want to do that, we say. Why would we want to let go of an anger that feels justified and like a rightful punishment toward someone who has ...

2190. Trouble in the Vineyard

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... God, each and every one of us. When we know we are loved and cherished by God, we don’t need to be envious of others and what they receive. We are free to celebrate with our neighbors their good things and feel good and happy about God’s loving care for them. This is what the kingdom is truly about––each worker in God’s vineyard knowing his or her sacred worth in the eyes of God, excited about doing God’s mission, and able to celebrate the good gifts of all whom God welcomes into the fold. We ...

2191. Hosanna!

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... was coming to save or rescue them. The centurions watched as the crowd moved down the hill toward the city. They could see the waving branches and hear the shouting. The centurions didn’t care about what Zechariah had written about a king of peace. They didn’t care about any of that religious stuff. All they cared about was keeping things under control so nothing violent happened that Caesar might hear about back in Rome and get all upset. As long as the group behaved themselves, let them come. The ...

2192. The Lord Is With Us

Luke 1:26-38, 2 Samuel 7:1-17, Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Will Willimon

... three things which you love in your husband or wife to be.” Then I tell them, “Now turn the paper over and write down three things which you just despise in your fiancé.” My point: If you don't have at least three things which you really don't care for in this person, you don't know him well enough. Yet, when you find those three disagreeable aspects of his personality, marriage means that you are promising to live with him, just as he is, the good and the bad. In most areas of life, we come to terms ...

2193. What Time Is It?

Matthew 24:32-44

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , a time to reap, a time to build up, a time to tear down. Over and over again it goes, eternally rising and falling and rising again. This is time, said the Greeks. There will always be tomorrow. Wisdom belongs to those who wait, who carefully weigh all possibilities, collect as much information as possible, consider all sides of an issue, and be moderately cautious. Why hurry? There will always be tomorrow. Besides, as Christians we know that, even if we make the wrong decision (Or, more to the point) no ...

2194.

Psalm 146:1-10

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... reʿēbîm, 107:9; note prisoners and princes are also of interest in vv. 10, 40), sets prisoners free (cf. Isa. 61:1), gives sight to the blind (Isa. 35:5; 42:7; cf. 29:18), lifts up those who are bowed down (Ps. 145:14), and cares for the fatherless and the widow (68:5, a preexilic psalm). The message is this: contrary to the popular adage, God helps those who cannot help themselves. Yahweh turns the world system upside down: in his economy, princes are devalued and the marginal in society are given value ...

2195. Gifts You Can’t Return

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Mary Austin

... with activity, uncertainty, and a distinct lack of sleep. Like many people, I found it all overwhelming. Somehow, they had let me bring this tiny baby home from the hospital …it seemed impossible to believe. I was pretty sure there was some huge mistake. I was trying to take care of the baby and the house, and I somehow felt a need to prove to my parents that I knew how to be a good parent. I would spin through the house, full of anxiety, and from time to time my dad would disappear. I always found him ...

2196. The Seventy “Sevens”

Daniel 9:20-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... repentance and confession would bring about the deliverance of his people. This was the common understanding of the exiles in Babylon; if the author of Daniel was from the second century, in taking on the guise of a sixth-century Daniel he was being careful to represent the seer in a way that was appropriate to the exilic period. Then, there is the observation that one could remove the prayer without losing anything significant, because it is possible to jump from verse 3 to verse 21 without sacrificing ...

2197. Schadenfreude

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... s not what (or who) Jesus saw. Jesus saw a man suffering and felt compelled to heal him. For that’s what God does. God loves. God heals. God shows compassion. God shows mercy. God does not care what day it is or what laws we make up to keep ourselves apart from others. God cares about how we love, how we care, and how we cherish the lives of others. How do you decide what is right? How do you live a life fueled by love for others and joy in their healing, their repentance, their restoration, their lives ...

2198. The Tale of the Widow and the Wolves

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... this is what it means to be “faithful.”[2] This passage is a sharp critique of the misuse of religious office. For God never desires anyone to support any system to the detriment of their livelihood. Instead, God desires that those with means bless, help, and care for the weak and the destitute. This passage defines Jesus’ entire ministry to the poor, the weak, the voiceless, and the unregarded. Here we see a widow. But she could also be anyone else: a man with leprosy, a blind beggar, a child, or a ...

2199. The Greatest Gift

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Mary and Joseph that day, the Magi served as their “community.” They didn’t need to be Jewish. They didn’t need to hail from Jerusalem. They didn’t need to be circumcised, ordained, or family. They only needed to be sent by God to do the “caring” thing. For God sent his Son into the world to save all people –all those who would be “wise” enough to honor God with the goodness of their hearts. For it is the loving quality of our hearts that God has wanted all along! Make no mistake. Jesus ...

2200. Terms Of Endearment

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... bantering. Mother saw her and took her back to her room and bed. But the little one was crying. “Hey, you’re okay,” Mom said. “I’m here. What’s wrong?” “Sometimes,” the girl sobbed, “I wish I was an orphan. Then you would care about me like you care about the other children.” What a crushing heartbreak for that mother. To realize in all of her doing good, she had let the central relationship of her life lapse. This is why Jesus pointed us to Mary. Judas said, “What a waste! We could ...

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