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201. Proper 18

Luke 14:25-35, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, Proverbs 9:1-18, Ezekiel 33:1-20, Philemon 1:8-25

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George Bass

... The church has been built upon the sacrifices of the believers, as well as the death of Jesus Christ at Calvary. 4. When people commit their lives to Christ and pick up their crosses in discipleship by works of love and mercy, as well as gifts of time, talents, and money, in thanksgiving for God's gift in Jesus, their stewardship will be acceptable to the Lord and useful in the work of the kingdom. Wisdom 9:13-18 (RC) - "Saved By Wisdom." 1. God is the source of the Wisdom that saves people by revealing to ...

202. You Provide The Bread

Matthew 14:13-21

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William J. Carl

... the bread, let me take care of the miracle. How many loaves have you? Work with what you’ve got.” Do you see the risk involved when you follow this Christ? We all want to be one-talent people holding on for dear life to the few chips we have, while all the time Jesus wants us to make like the five-talent man. He wants us to bet the whole ranch on Beautiful Dreamer to show in the third. “You provide the bread. Let me take care of the miracle.” Perhaps William Barclay is right, an explanation that ...

203. The Unfairness of God

Matthew 20:1-16

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William J. Carl

... owe us anything and second, God’s justice doesn’t work the way ours does. Saying life isn’t fair is not the same as saying God isn’t fair because first of all God doesn’t owe us anything. On the contrary, we owe God everything: our time, our talent, our money, even our very lives. The lives we live are lives that God has given to us; even the breath, each breath that we take in at this very moment, the clothes on our backs, the food on our table, our health in its varying degrees, since some of ...

204. A Christian Example

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Eulogy

R. Blaine Detrick

For a Ninety-year-old Clergyman This is a funeral sermon for a retired minister who lived in our neighborhood and continued to serve the Lord in a quiet, unobtrusive manner. He was a genuine saint of God - faithful, humble, talented, effective. When he died at the age of almost ninety, the entire community mourned. It is much more personal and individual than my typical funeral sermon. Such an occasion lends itself to this approach. As we gather for this Memorial Service for Dr. _____________ we have no ...

205. Let It Shine!

John 1:1-18

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... take it away, God can, but God doesn't want to take it. God wants you to use it! So if you have love, give it. A talent, develop it. A gift, share it. A seed, plant it. A harvest, reap it. A mind, use it. A test, ace it. Money, invest it. A problem ... , lesser capacity be receptive to you. God gave you more light. Shine your light. God didn't call you to compromise your gifts, talents, and skills to make the children of darkness comfortable. Let your light shine for Jesus and get a good life! Put Christ in ...

206. Endorsing The Future

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Harold Warlick

... like them. Then he gave up on life, having written so much about the past. Apparently, nostalgia for a culture long since past could not be replaced by a vision of God acting through present circumstances. One thing we can be certain of - regardless of our talent, regardless of our education, regardless of our wealth - life at some point in the new century is going to test us. We will feel that we are hopeless. We are going to face some misery and considerable limits. And it doesn't matter whether we talk ...

207. Every Person’s Great Possessions

Mark 10:17-31

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Thomas Peterson

... having been recognized.” “How gracious I’ll be when I have more money” -- it doesn’t matter if it’s a thousand or a million, the amount keeps rising along with the acquisition of it. “How genuine I will be when my talents are adored by everyone.” “How kind and just when I’m the manager.” “How magnanimous when I’m old and have time for it.” Two ads show our temptation to count ourselves as extraordinary. One declares that, though the person pays more for the product than necessary ...

208. A Sign Of Divine Protection

Exodus 12:1-30

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Walter Kimbrough

... of Israel were charged with a responsibility to look after the animals. The assignment was not for long, but it was an important task. We can never take lightly that which God directs us to do. The parable of the talents seeks to speak to this point. The person who received only one talent failed to invest what he had, sought to protect it by burying it and ended up losing it. God told the Israelites to take care of the animals. They were charged with the responsibility to be shepherds just like Jesus ...

209. Happy Thanksgiving

Matthew 25:40

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... can go and visit people who are sick or in prison, or who are new in town and have no friends, and things like that. Other times God wants us to share our talent so that people with good voices sing in choirs, and people who can paint, make beautiful pictures, and mothers who can take care of a house make their homes beautiful. That is sharing talent. But then sometimes God asks us to share things like our food with people who are poor or can't work because they are old or injured and have run out of money ...

210. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

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Sims Robert

... most difficult experiences in life. Once again it appeared that love was able to promise far more than it could produce. When love fails we withdraw, play it safe and take what is left of our hopes and dreams and, like the man in the parable, bury our talents in the ground. Of course, when we bury what is left of our love we lose it. Many people today feel that they have lost everything and that life is empty. They hear popular songs suggesting that what the world needs now is “love, sweet love.” They ...

211. For a Thirty-three-year-old Cancer Victim

Matthew 13:24-30

Eulogy

Harold Warlick

... all out of this situation that could possibly have been gotten. That is all anyone can ever do - take what life has given you, stretch it to its utmost and get all out of it it has to give. Jesus told of some men who were given various talents - to one was given ten talents; to another, five; to another, two; and to one man, only one. Not everyone gets the same amount of time on this earth, the same conditions, or the same set of people to work with. Life is just plain uneven. But all can take what they are ...

212. Dollar Signs and Life Symbols

1 Timothy 6:3-10

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Rev. Donald R. Shank

... real part of what a man is. Your money represents you in your giving and your transactions. It stands for your time, your toil and your talent. Is it any wonder it's an emotional part of us? Jesus had a lot to say about wealth because he knew that if you weren' ... in Christian stewardship. Recognizing that we are not the owners but the tenants of our wealth, our bodies, our time and talents leads us to stewardship. Stewardship is a grateful response we make to God's love and providence by using our resources ...

213. Partners With the Eternal

Matthew 14:13-21

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... shall bear a Son ... call his name Jesus." That Son, this Christ, our Savior, is at work in the world today - and he invites us to join him. But, you say, perhaps there isn't much I can do, there isn't much that I can bring, my talents are small, my resources few. Well, be reminded, my friend, this is precisely what those ancient disciples believed when they brought to Jesus their five loaves and two fish. But they did bring them - this is the important thing: they did bring those loaves and fish. And they ...

214. Advancers Over Decliners

Luke 19:11-27

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... no business but our own, and from the poverty of nothingness he has delivered us and given us a place in which to serve with noble and enduring purpose, and inherit LIFE - in capitals! This is our pound, given each of us in equal measure. Gifts and talents have been given us in differing measures but in this important gift there are no advantages or disadvantages one has that others do not have. Each of us received the pound when God took us to himself in Holy Baptism, washed us in the cleansing blood of ...

215. Don't Be a Snob

Romans 12:9-21

Children's Sermon

... done, or has been done by Jesus Christ. That's right, Jesus either does the work for us or gives us the gifts with which it can be done. A good carpenter knows that he receives his talent to work with wood from God. A doctor doesn't brag that he cured a sick man, but instead he knows that God gave him a great talent to heal. St. Paul says that we should live and work with those who are lowly, and that means to be with people who don't think too much of themselves, but instead think a lot ...

216. Sharing God's Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Children's Sermon

... trees in Ohio, but not as many or as big as they do in Washington and Oregon. That is the way it is with people. Some people can do a lot of things, but they do only one or two things very well. God gave everybody some talent, but no one has all of the talent. No one of our states has more of everything than any of the other forty-nine. God wanted everyone to be able to do something very well, so that other people would need him. But he gave no man everything so that every man would need ...

217. God Is No Respecter Of Persons

Acts 10:23b-48

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... the same respect others do, it may be because he remembers better than we, the source of our beauty and brains, our talent and treasures. Like a child on Christmas night, who hoards from his siblings the toys he was given that morning, as if ... family may have lived before us and some may live after us; the food we eat, produced by someone with a greener thumb than ours; the talent behind our livelihood, given to us by a parent's genes and possibly passed along to our own children - all which is ours is not ...

218. Christian Values God's Provision

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Bulletin Aid

Leader: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. He made man and gave him dominion over the earth. Congregation: Everything has been provided for our needs. Leader: In the parable of the talents Jesus said, "Everyone who has will be given more and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." Congregation: We have been given much. Teach us to use it wisely, Lord. Leader: Jesus said, "Give and it will be given ...

219. The Master Has Come - And Is Calling For You

John 11:38-44

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... we are. That is the third thing to remember. When Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb he said to those standing nearby, "Unbind him, and set him free." Jesus used those people to remove the cloth bindings from Lazarus - to unwrap and unbind him. It took no particular talent or ability to do it - just the willingness to help. The Master can use us, whatever we are, whatever we can do, whether or not we think we can even do anything. He can use us to set someone free. He can use us to lift someone’s hope ...

220. Proper 24 & Pentecost 22

Matthew 22:15-22, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Ruth 1:1-22, Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon Aid

... trouble if we don't pay our taxes, and may wind up in jail if we break the laws meant to protect us and others. What of the kingdom and the church: are our Christian responsibilities optional, especially when it comes to giving of our time, talents, and treasure to the work of the kingdom? 3. Flag or cross: Are civic responsibilities, mandatory and elective, to be put on the same plane as our Christian obligations? If so, doesn't that diminish our citizenship in the kingdom? In the final analysis, doesn't ...

221. Getting Even

2 Samuel 13:1-22

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... finally beaten the Joneses next door. Such thoughts are natural and we have all had them. Maturity gives us the courage to bridle those wild stallions, envy, jealousy, and revenge. Christian faith gives us time to pause and reflect upon our own blessings, talents, and opportunities. Revenge of the Body Snatchers is much more than a science fiction flick. It is descriptive of those who would like to harm someone else in an effort to get even with them. A revengeful person seeks to transform somebody else ...

222. Proper 12

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon Aid

... to sing, "Where Cross the Crowded Way of Life." Following the singing, the pastor says, "In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare your irresponsibility forgiven, and, in the name of Jesus Christ, I invite you to take responsibility for your time, talents, and treasure." Message with the Children of All Ages Try this: Select one of the parables, on which you are not preaching. Whichever one you select, contrast the difference between the parable and wishing. Perhaps the children are familiar with, "I wish ...

223. Claim Your Ministry

Matthew 20:20-28

Sermon

Robert Bachelder

... not how great one’s gifts are if they are not offered as Christ offered himself. We have said a word about how our gifts are to be offered in ministry. Now let us say something about where they are to be used. It is important to offer our talents not only in the service of the church’s committees and boards, but also at our workplace, at home, and in the wider world, wherever we are. Martin Luther said: If you are a craftsman, you will find the Bible placed in your workshop, in your hands, in your ...

224. The Disciples’ Dumb Dream

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Richard F. Bansemer

... laugh, because you are my servant, do not expect a thank you from them. When one such child is received in my name, you’ve received me, and that is enough." Most of us would prefer to be an advisor to the president. Most of us think we have enough talent to make a difference at our jobs, it only the boss would listen. Most of us think that children are for parents to care for. That’s not the way it really works. After all, a good percentage of our property tax educates children we’ll never meet. Our ...

225. Father Damien

Luke 17:11-19

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Carroll Gunkel

... , devout Belgian peasants. Joseph met the Master. He felt called to the religious life, but Joseph was not as intellectually talented as his older brother Pamphile, who had already become a priest. What he lacked, however, in intellectual capacity, he more than compensated ... for with dedication. Having been told by his superiors that he was not talented enough to be a priest, he decided he could serve God by serving God’s priests as a brother in the Order ...

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