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2226. Advent 1

Luke 21:5-38, 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Jeremiah 33:1-26, Psalm 25:1-22

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William E. Keeney

... seek to control persons. It does not have to be the obvious ones such as addiction to drugs. It may be the simple desire to eat, drink, and be merry. It may be in the desire to escape the pain that accompanies growth and acceptance of responsibility. External forces may also dominate and become the master of life. The pressure to make money, for job advancement, for economic security can become the master. The desire for social approval and acceptance may dominate life. The drive for fame and to have a name ...

2227. Lent 4

Psalm 32:1-11, Joshua 5:1-12, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, Luke 15:1-7

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William E. Keeney

... 29) The Pharisees and scribes sought to obey God's laws perfectly. By so doing they expected to merit God's favor. 15. "This Son of Yours." (v. 30) The older son used a contemptuous phrase in referring to his younger brother. It implied that the father was responsible for the younger son's actions. 16. "Son, You are Always with Me." (v. 31) Continuous fellowship with the father is reward in itself. It is more a consequence of the grace of the father than the merit of the son. 17. "This Brother of Yours." (v ...

2228. Proper 13

Luke 11:1-13, Hosea 11:1-11, Colossians 3:1-17, Psalm 107:1-43

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William E. Keeney

... the right way, they persisted in their rebellion against God. In their distress they cry to God and receive a ready response when they are repentant. The Second Lesson. (Colossians 3:1-11) Paul admonishes the Colossians to seek the same goals as ... old life and to take on the virtues of life in Christ. Gospel. (Luke 12:13-21) The parable of the unwise farmer is told in response to a man who wanted Jesus to settle a quarrel about an inheritance. Jesus used the occasion to raise the basic question of what the ...

2229. Prepared Servants

Luke 12:35-48

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William E. Keeney

... them to do. The world uses violence to force people to submit to the will of the master or to destroy them. If they can use threats to master others, they are ready to find the most effective threats. Jesus' method is to invite persons to voluntary responses. He does not seek to impose his will but to invite persons to discover and respond voluntarily to God's will. He sought to minister to the real welfare of his neighbors and to invite them to do likewise for others. When the disciples wanted to coerce ...

2230. Proper 18

Psalm 139:1-24, Philemon 1:8-25, Philemon 1:1-7, Jeremiah 18:1--19:15, Luke 14:25-35

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William E. Keeney

... among the hard choices of jobs, location, and time available to be with the family? 2. Goals and Marriage. Does the cost of discipleship mean that some people should forego the fulfillment of marriage to serve Christ unfettered by family responsibilities? Should some couples choose not to have children in order to serve the church without imposing their costs of discipleship on another generation? To what degree should the costs of discipleship enter into the decisions about marriage partners? Should the ...

2231. What To Do With A Self-willed Child

Luke 2:41-52

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Charles H. Bayer

... was the likely reply. "I'll go and tell him supper's ready." Joseph finds his buddies, but there is no Jesus. No, they haven't seen him all day. You can imagine his parents' irritation and worry. "The boy is 12. It's about time he shows some responsibility. We give him all this freedom, but he just messes up," Joseph might have said. "But what if something has happened to him, Joseph? I'm so worried." That sounds like mothers I have known. Mary and Joseph leave the caravan and head back to the city. After ...

2232. A Mother's Love -- A Godly Passion

Luke 13:31-35

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Glenn E. Ludwig

... The cross of Christ becomes the symbol of arms outstretched that gathers all those in the world into a community of love and grace. Don't you know that a mother's love does not stop loving just because her love is not returned? Her love is not conditioned by response. Her love is! Period! What a wonderful image for God -- a hen gathering her brood -- for what is the cross but the love of God that is so great, so passionate, that it is willing to die so that his children might live? What is the cross but the ...

2233. Taking The Good With The Bad

Job 1:1-5

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John A. Stroman

... it has to teach us, because we have paid such a high price for the wisdom it seeks to impart. Job has just had a very painful experience, beyond anything most of us could imagine. What was his immediate response? Simply, that we need to take the good days along with the bad. It is a remarkable response for a man who has lost so much. This is remarkable because this is not what you would expect. Many would respond with anger and resentment demanding an explanation from God. "Why? Why me and why mine? How ...

2234. Confession

Job 42:1-6

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John A. Stroman

... . The result of his trust was his discovery that God, after all, is in control and that life does have a center, a whole, and above all meaning. Job discovered that God did not need to be defended, as suggested by his friends who felt it was their responsibility to intervene and defend God in light of Job's plight. This seems to be a chronic problem within the church. There are those people who are always coming up with methods and gimmicks, acting as if the power of the gospel depended on them. Perhaps the ...

2235. God Remembers

1 Samuel 1:1-20

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John A. Stroman

... pouring out my soul before the Lord." She begged Eli that she not be considered as a "worthless woman." Then Eli made a remarkable response to her by saying, "Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him." But Eli had no idea ... the house of worship and presented him to the Lord. Hannah told the Lord that Samuel was God's for as long as he lived. Hannah's response to the gift of God's grace was to give back what she had received. We too must give back the grace we have received. This ...

2236. Friendship? Yes, Please!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

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Stephen M. Crotts

... means to dig a foxhole big enough for yourself and at least one other person. The idea is that if trouble comes at least we'll face it together. So much of our private peace and affluent lifestyles today are spent running away from trouble and the responsibility to do something about it. Yet trouble has a way of nipping at our heels no matter how fast or far we run. Divorce. Emotional illness. Substance abuse. Financial reversals. Illness. Death. And unless we're "dug in" with a friend, the text says we'll ...

2237. Queen Of Hearts!

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Stephen M. Crotts

... with abortion. Twenty-six percent of pregnancies in North Carolina are aborted. There's an abortion every 22 seconds in the United States. There were over one million infants slain last year in this nation. Why? Because women were living for their rights, not their responsibilities. Indeed! Women have a right to choose to have sex or not. They have a right to choose conception control or not. But after a child is conceived no woman has a right to murder! Where is the God-given maternal instinct today? It is ...

2238. Miracle Nine: Healing A Deaf-Mute

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

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Harold H. Lentz

... their hands upon the one being ordained. The thought behind this action is that in this manner the power and authority of one generation is passed on to the next. In other circumstances, the massage relies on the use of hands as a therapeutic action. In response to the plea for help, Jesus went aside with the man who had been stone-deaf. As has been pointed out previously, leaving the crowd behind would separate Christ from those who came out of idle curiosity just to see a miracle performed. It has also ...

2239. Will The Real Messiah Please Stand Up?

Isaiah 61:1-11

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William L. Self

... . Jesus was armed only with the spirit of God upon him and the word of God within him. It is clear that from his humble beginnings and his focus upon ministry, he met the criteria for the Isaiah prophecy. Their response, rushing him out of the synagogue and trying to destroy him at the edge of the city, was the response that all stuffed-shirts and self-sufficient people who do not need this kind of messiah, and who wish to make a messiah in their own image, give. Let's get rid of a messiah who doesn't look ...

2240. In The Beginning God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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William L. Self

... Long before I can think of God and love him, he has already thought of me. Before the foundations of the world, there began the history of a great love and a great search. God made the world from nothing. I am in it, and therefore I have to accept responsibility for the gifts and talents he has entrusted to me. One day he will inquire, "What have you done with yourself?" We will have to give ourselves back to God just as surely as we have to repay the money we have borrowed from the bank or property we have ...

2241. What It Takes To Be A Winner

Isaiah 40:1-31

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William L. Self

... of us can run, but we get tired. The "walk and not faint" is where most of us find ourselves. Someone asked John Bailey, the great Scottish theologian, "What was the critical difference for Great Britain during World War II? How did Great Britain really win the war?" His response was that the war was won by the plain man at the watch, doing a superlative job in the midst of the bombing. Most of us do more walking than running or flying. I'm talking about plodding through life. It can't always be soaring and ...

2242. Open Grave, Open Hearts

Acts 4:32-37

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Paul W. Kummer

... your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich" (8:7, 9). When Jesus gets ahold of our life and we know the power of his resurrection, we act like he did: giving and serving, not being served. In fact, the Holy Spirit in response to an open heart can enable us to give not only money to the church, bread and canned goods to the local pantry, and our muscle to build Habitat for Humanity homes, but also our very lives so that others may know the Crucified and Risen Christ. Some ...

2243. By What Authority?

Mark 1:14-20

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John A. Stroman

... nets, their boats, and their livelihood. They walked away from their old life, their old ways of doing things, their kindred and family. Taking A Risk This is a radical and bold move on their part. Why? Why did they do it? It appears that their response is simply and exclusively based on the power of Jesus' personality and message. The call of Jesus is so strong in their lives that all of the encumbrances of their old lives are jettisoned -- their boats and nets, their families, their old life and old ways ...

2244. Advent 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Psalm 80:1-19, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

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William E. Keeney

... and Japan. The consequences were World War II and the concentration camps with millions of deaths and untold suffering and destruction. Reading the signs properly and early may have forestalled the war and saved many lives. The parable of the budding fig tree is Jesus' response to a question about signs. Jesus warns people about the dire consequences if they do not read the signs and respond in time to be prepared to avoid catastrophe. Context of the Day: The day is the first Sunday of Advent. It begins a ...

2245. The Heart Of The Matter

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Robert P. Hines

... and admitting that they had been wrong, that they had sinned, they were complaining that God was unjust, and that they were paying the price (unfairly) for the mistakes of their parents and grandparents. But their behavior had brought their own destruction. They were responsible for what had happened, because if they had repented, they would not have witnessed the events of 586 B.C. Jeremiah always held some hope for a change of heart on the part of God. God would change his mind if the people repented ...

2246. The Demons Within

Luke 8:26-39

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Alexander H. Wales

... Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. The demons are gone and things seem to be absolutely normal. And how does the crowd react? They react with fear. They are told by eyewitnesses about how the healing occurred. They see that the man has been cured. And their appreciative response to the healing? They ask Jesus to hit the road. "Take your boat and go back where you came from! We don't want your kind around here." The man who had been healed begged Jesus to allow him to go with them, but Jesus sent him away ...

2247. An Unfamiliar Place For God

Jeremiah 29:1-23

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Thomas G. Rogers

... exiles to look for peace in the land of their enemies. God tells them to look for peace in a place that for them is: unfamiliar, uncomfortable and unsettling. Is it possible that God is saying the same thing to us? The Bible doesn't tell us the exiles' response, but Jeremiah's letter was no doubt a real shocker. They must have looked at each other with wide eyes thinking, "This is unbelievable, incredible, beyond understanding." If we consider that this letter might be a message to us, do we have the same ...

2248. Invest In The Future

Jeremiah 32:1-44

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Thomas G. Rogers

... for you. But as you stand there holding that candle, I have to ask you -- what do you think Jeremiah's hopeful action of purchasing a field has to say for my wife?" All eyes were upon Cynthia. It was very quiet as they waited for her response. She also waited for her response, and then, discovering that she did not have one, told the man that she was sorry for his loss, blew out her candle, and sat down. How are we to make sense of the man's question? Cynthia did understand this story correctly, didn't she ...

2249. Faith Of Our Fathers

Psalm 33:12

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... to draw up a paper that stated what the government of their new land would be. That document, known as the Mayflower Compact, is one of the foundational papers of our national constitution. Do you know why the Pilgrims came to the American shores? (Response -- The primary cause was to obtain freedom of worship though other answers may be a credible part of their history.) The Pilgrims, or Puritans as they were known in England, had suffered religious persecution at home and they sought freedom in a new land ...

2250. Giving Thanks

Matthew 9:35-38

Children's Sermon

Robert B. Lantz

... it fun? I love fairs and festivals. There is always so much to do and to see. From the earliest records of history, we learn that people got together to celebrate special events in their lives. Do you know what one of the earliest celebrations was? (Responses -- Many good ideas may come. Acknowledge them.) Men and women and boys and girls came together to celebrate the harvest! The harvest was very important to primitive people who lived off the land because, if their crops failed, they would not be able to ...

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