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2176. Heart To Heart

Ezekiel 18:1-32

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... average person watches TV seven hours a day. Now all of these are cold, hard figures. We need to see these figures in the personal and individual relationship. See the crime (sin) in relation to its happening to you, for each year one-third of our homes are touched by crime. In 1983 the nation was shocked by a gang rape in a New Bedford, Massachusetts, tavern. A twenty-one-year-old woman came in to buy a pack of cigarettes. Four men grabbed her, tore off her clothes, and raped her on a billiard table over ...

2177. Two Bodies for Two Worlds

Isaiah 26:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... will be spiritual, immortal, and incorruptible. The physical body cannot qualify for these characteristics. The resurrected body will be like Jesus’ resurrected body. It was spiritual in that he could enter closed houses and rooms, and yet it was materialistic enough for Thomas to touch and for Jesus to be able to eat with the Disciples. How can a body be both spiritual and apparently physical? We do not know; the resurrected body of Jesus is a mystery. But we do know that the spiritual body we are to ...

2178. A Book Which Reads Us

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... and chemistry may be a very interesting job, but something has evaded us. (quoted in The Joyful Christian) So we look to other worlds. "E. T." is one of the most successful movies of all time. It is about an extra-terrestrial creature who heals cuts with the touch of his finger, raises dead flowers to life, and who himself is raised from the dead before he departs earth, his spaceship leaving a rainbow in the sky. I would guess that millions of people who never enter the door of a church have flocked to "E ...

2179. Solomon’s Search

2 Chronicles 1:1-17

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Richard F. Bansemer

... ’t tell anyone else about this. I knew I shouldn’t have gone off. I knew it." That ends our episode of a person at prayer with God. It leaves some questions to ask, like, if you had that experience, what would you do next? Would you get back in touch with God, and make up your mind what you wanted? Would you mention it again to your husband or wife? Would you share it with a friend, tell it to your children, or change at all the way you live? More importantly, how seriously would you try to answer the ...

2180. Job’s Joy

Job 38:1--41:34

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Richard F. Bansemer

... chapters! In the second chapter, Job’s suffering increases. Once again, Satan and God meet, and once again, God brags on Job. Satan answers the Lord: "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face." Everyone has his price, challenges Satan, including Job. Let me afflict his body. And God, for reasons unknown to Job, and often unknown to us, gives Satan permission to do anything short of death ...

2181. Doctor Thomas Dooley

Matthew 9:1-8

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Carroll Gunkel

... to meet the Master and his patients continued to meet the Master through him, Tom Dooley, unknowingly, was drawing close to another kind of meeting. Thomas Dooley, who was to be a modern day Dr. Luke, was himself in need of a physician’s healing touch. Thomas Dooley had cancer - of a particularly malignant type. In his struggle with that disease he once again met the Master. He was ordered home for surgery, surgery which would only "buy" him time. This physician who had been described as a "young man in ...

2182. "American Express Traveler’s Cheques ..."

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... Our Gospel lesson opens with the scene of two men walking down a road. As we watch them, we have the feeling that they are struggling over some great issue. They seem sad and bewildered. They are searching for answers to some great problem that has touched them deeply. We can feel that wrestling, and we know how lonely a search for answers can be. As we eavesdrop on the conversation, we hear that they are debating the experiences of life versus the promises and affirmation that have been made about life. To ...

2183. "Two Men in White Suits"

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... from husband or wife or parent or friend or other brothers and sisters. They are free to give love. So when Jesus speaks this morning, there is a genuine surprise. You can notice the surprise in the text. "When did we do it?" It’s when you reached out and touched the lonely; it’s when you reached out and made a telephone call to somebody who needed to hear from you; it was when you reached out and were kind to another person. When I was a stranger, you made me welcome. When I was hungry you fed me. When ...

2184. A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

George Bass

... called the young men to the priesthood, and he united all in his Church through baptism. It is Christ who gathers his people together about his table - where all are one in him - and gives them a foretaste of the feast to come. That experience was so touching and moving that I wanted to become part of it by following the others from priest to priest. But I didn’t, of course, partly because I felt myself to be an outsider as a Lutheran pastor, and also because I thought my actions might be misinterpreted ...

2185. Gabriel Speaks to Mary

Luke 1:26-38

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George Bass

... and thickness to her flowing tresses that they seemed to cover her completely; and when she entered the cell, she found an angel of the Lord there waiting for her, who surrounded her with a dazzling light, by reason of the glory of which none might touch or look upon her." One young man, the Prefect’s son, fell "on his face (and) was struck dead, and his terrified companions fled half-dead with pain and terror. At Agnes’ prayer the youth was restored to life and converted to Christianity." People said ...

2186. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

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George Bass

... for our salvation and, truly, he was raised for our justification and deliverance. Mary knew him, at that point in her life, as her friend and teacher, so she addressed him, "Rabboni," and must have sought to embrace him. But Jesus would have no hugging or touching; it was not the time for displays of emotion regardless of how overjoyed she might have been that Jesus was really alive again. Nor did she dance with joy or sing the first Easter hymn. Those things have been left to us, haven’t they? An ...

2187. The Blessings of Christ

Matthew 5:1-12

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... often we have tried in our own wisdom to live life and we have failed to seek Your Word and Your Wisdom. Too often, in our own efforts we have chosen the hard ways when You would have led us to green pastures by still waters. Forgive us, Lord, and touch our hearts that we might be more willing to accept Your guidance and love. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Praise Him! Praise Him!" "Wonderful Words Of Life" "God Will Take Care Of You"

2188. The Joy of Sorrow?

Matthew 5:4

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... used-car business. This was back in the 1940s when cars were scarce. Within a few years, the minister said his friend was comparatively wealthy. He bought a cruiser with which to travel the Canadian lakes. On the maiden journey, with his family aboard, he touched the starter. There was a short circuit, a blinding explosion, and immediately the boat was enveloped in a boiling blanket of flames. He managed to push his wife and one of his sons overboard, but his other son was burned to death. Months later the ...

2189. He Bore Our Sins

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... preached what Jesus exemplified during his visible ministry of his thirty three years in our midst. There is no record of Jesus ever refusing anyone (regardless of the wretchedness of the past) if only that person stopped making excuses once he or she had been touched and warmed by the spirit of Christ. "Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation." (2 Corinthians 6:2) During Jesus’ ministry, thieves came to him, and he took them in. When an adulteress was flung at his feet ...

2190. Faith A New Potential for Life

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... the letter.) The joy and excitement and humility I feel are beyond description ... use it as it seems good to you and the Lord. Your younger brother, Brian L. Green, Marden, South Australia. Read this, and see if you do not believe that God (who touched young Abraham) is still revealing to young persons of today’s world his "love" and "truth" and "power." "The history of the Universe," writes Norman Grubb, "is the Love Activity of God." God giving faith to all who will receive it; God giving an amazing ...

2191. An Altered State of Consciousness

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... , the gift of sight are needed." The Christian experience is an altered state of consciousness - seeing, feeling, knowing life and self and God and others in new perspective. An expanded perspective, taking off the blinders, seeing the potential of life in touch with God, through the living Christ. But just like Nicodemus, we, too, ask, "How can these things be?" Nicodemus, with his rationally honed mind was too practical, factual, materialistic to grasp the truth: "What, what do you mean, enter again into ...

2192. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

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Robert G. Tuttle

... . He brings a light. He helps us find ourselves and helps us to help others find themselves. As we help others find themselves, we, too, are found and God is there. This is the "unfound door." This is the "lost lane-end into heaven." Under the realized touch of God, we become workers together with God in building that ultimate world. We are the children of the "eighth day of creation." We are the "bearers of the Fire Divine." Paul calls us to this vision: "Even so, we also should walk in newness of life ...

2193. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... said of Harold Hughes, "He need not have said a word, I read him perfectly in my heart through his smile ... and the look of caring in his eyes." Do you see what I see? The world of Paul, the world of Charles Colson, touched by another world - made beautiful by Christ. "Men of opposing political philosophy were experiencing the camaraderie of their common commitment to God and in the process being cleansed from poisoned memories." Colson’s Jewish lawyer, Shapiro, asked him, "How do you do it? ... Two ...

2194. Called to Be Saints

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... that we might tell with gladness, "We have found the Messiah." Yes, it is we who are called to be saints, to live out the ordinariness of life day by day under the love of God so that his love may shine into every corner of the world that is touched by us. The Corinthian congregation hardly looked like a good candidate for such a high status, but for all its problems Paul still can say, because he knows of a great grace that enables us in our weakness and sin and a mighty hand that undergirds us in our ...

2195. The Strength of Poverty

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... ." (1 Corinthians 1:27-28) To tell the honest truth, the Bible doesn’t teach good common sense. That is why one either believes it or rejects it. For all that appears "obvious" to one who has lived with these truths, the Bible sounds outrageously out of touch with the world that is to those who read it only casually or curiously. A few things may strike even such people as being basically true, but the deep internal truths of the Scripture are not the sort of things one dreams up in laboratories or proves ...

2196. Discerning the Way of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... himself in this great act, is the same God who led his Son to become the Passover Lamb for us. Again God has acted, still more mightily than the first time, so that the angel of death would pass over the doors of all those whose lives are touched by the blood of the Lamb. Thus the Spirit leads us to a "freedom" that is bounded by the life of Christ. Whatever offends Christ, offends God. But whatever Christ makes possible in our following him, that is good. The lifestyle of humble love and service, the "way ...

2197. Journey to the Cross I: Jesus And The Demon-Possessed Man

Mark 5:1-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... are Legion!” He paused and took a deep breath. Then, he leaned forward and said: “To tell you the truth, I think all those problems and troubles are symptoms. My real problem is that I don’t like myself… and that taints everything I touch and do.” Well, he was probably right. When you are at war with yourself, it smudges and distorts every relationship. On the other hand, when we feel good about ourselves, we are more loving, more patient, more thoughtful, more gracious... toward everyone we see ...

2198. THE SCANDALOUS GOSPEL

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John H. Krahn

... in the community, in the church, and within our family. Biblical Christianity, as opposed to many popular notions of Christianity, is a venture for the strong and mature. It is forever impatient with the old, stubborn, bloodstained ways of the world. When we are in touch with God’s Word and the demands it produces in our lives, conflict and pain often enter as we speak out against injustice. It is true that the gospel of God’s love through Jesus Christ brings peace to troubled lives, but Jesus warns us ...

2199. DIPS IN DISCIPLESHIP

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John H. Krahn

... may be thinking, this meditation, "Dips in Discipleship," is not a pejorative way of speaking about certain disciples of Christ. Had that been my intent, I would not have used an outdated term like "dip." We are not talking about dumb people who are out of touch with reality. Rather, I am referring to those times in our lives as Christian disciples when we enter into the valleys of depression. The times when nothing goes right, when thing get so bad that even God seems to have deserted us. We probably all ...

2200. Justification By Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... meant to us perfection under the Law and we have all but given up any personal hope as a result. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to hear Your messages of mercy and grace based not on our deeds alone, but on our faith and our willingness to serve You. Touch our hearts, dear Lord, and renew our hope for all to see. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "Give Me The Faith Which Can Remove" "How Firm A Foundation" "My Faith Looks Up To Thee"

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