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2226. The Forgiving Father (Father's Day)

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Brett Blair

... they were too unclean to approach God. And so, in Jesus’ day, there was, spiritually speaking, the haves and the have-nots. The haves perceived themselves as having God’s love, and the have-nots believed that they were quite beyond it. To change this view, Jesus told the story of the prodigal son. He told this story because he had been criticized: This man receives sinners and eats with them. They could not comprehend why the prophet would spend so much time with people who clearly were rejected by God ...

2227. Jesus and Judgment

Romans 2:11-16

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... way to provide food for his starving children may not took too bad in God's eyes. On the other hand, if a person's real reason for giving $5000 to a charity is to reap some political or business benefit, that will look rather shabby in God's view. God sees both deed and motivation. The late Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina used to tell about an experience he had in high school. In those days one of his teachers required that each student answer the roll call each day with a quotation from the Bible. One ...

2228. The Hardest Thing That God Could Ask

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... you. The New York Times did a job analysis recently. They found that being a mother was the most demanding vocation they could find. It requires at least seventeen distinctive job skills, including that of psychologist, nutritionist, financial manager, and conflict mediator. In view of the skills required, the Times estimated that the job should pay $500,000 per year. Moms, you are underpaid! (1) One of my favorite cartoon characters is Dennis the Menace. In a recent episode, Dennis was seated in a chair in ...

2229. Making a Name for Ourselves

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... ’ suggestions. Instead, he chose a verse from Psalm 8 and had it inscribed on the main door. That verse asked, “What is man that thou art mindful of him?” Between those two lines lay a great distance between the human-centered and the God-centered points of view. Arnold H. Glasow in the Wall Street Journal said that if we had our way, most of us would choose the front of the bus, the back of the church, and the center of attention. Those ancient people who build the Tower of Babel wanted to be the ...

2230. What Is Heaven Like?

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:31-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

... heaven is worth what ever it takes us to get it. What ever sacrifice we have to make, what ever loss we must endure, what ever trade we have to make to bring heaven into our lives is worth the effort. We must consider like Paul everything as loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord and being part of his heaven. That’s what heaven is like. III Third, Jesus said that heaven is like a merchant in search of pearls; on finding the one pearl of great price he sold all that he had ...

2231. Servants of the Lord

Romans 12:1-8

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... ! Collect O God, in Your infinite wisdom, You call each of us to bring our gifts into Your church so the work of Your Kingdom might be done. We give You our praise and our service, Lord. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we have viewed the gifts You have given us as ours for our own personal use. Too often we have failed to see how, when we bring all of our gifts together into Your church, we become one in You and can do the work of the Kingdom You created us to be ...

2232. Reconciliation

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Burton F. Blair

... trying to find our way back to Paradise. Jesus said it well. He said, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind" (Matthew 22:37). We are to see, hear, and live out God’s point of view, and we are not to say or do anything without reference to our God. We are to make God’s will our guide, and God’s glory our goal in life. We are to put God first in thought, word, and deed. In business or leisure, in friendship or career ...

2233. The Passover and the Passion

Drama

Denny C. Wise

... happier childhood days in his village home in Nazareth! And who can measure the comfort that those memories may have brought him at a time like that - as his mind drifted back to boyhood days. Boy Jesus: Mother (This can be as voices in darkness as people view shadow of the Cross) Mary: Yes, Jesus. Boy Jesus: Are you afraid to die? Mary: What do you mean, my son? Boy Jesus: Well, this week in the synagogue, we studied the twenty-second Psalm, and I found it very disturbing. Mary: What bothered you about it ...

2234. A River Of Destiny

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... the thoughts and associations which speak of invitation, anticipation of meeting the Beloved One of God there in water and the spirit. Advent not only foretells the coming charm and joy of the infant Jesus, but it is paralleled by calls to consider our destiny in view of this Lord. We must think twice about what this child signifies for our daily living. For what is this child born? Words every relative and friend may ask of a newborn. Indeed, we do not have to look far to find a response to the question ...

2235. Easter Journeys Out and In

Acts 8:26-40

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... can be equally harmful is the manner in which the Bible is often read. Some read it merely for proof texts to underscore notions they already hold. Others who are narrow traditionalists read it with a closed mind and refuse to raise questions regarding points of view that are outdated or absurd. And some others pick up snatches of verses here and there with little connection before or after. But this Ethiopian was a reader of a different kind. He was an inquirer, and as such he was teachable. He was reading ...

2236. A Perspective on the Ascension

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... problems with little moral orientation or content. The Bible, however, indicates something more when it tells us to wait. Waiting, for these disciples, was marked by reflection. Think of what they had been through during the past three years! They had been taught new views about life and religion. They had a new concept of God; no longer was he a stern and exacting law-giver, but a Father who loved his creatures, who was patient, long-suffering and kind. And in their Master they saw - as Leslie Weatherhead ...

2237. Song of a King

Psalm 101:1-8

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... sovereign will not forget the faithful citizens of the land. Their well-being is also a matter of principle with him. Is not their very righteousness serving his purpose for Israel? (Psalm 101:6; cf. Proverbs 25:5). Actually, he declares, all things considered, he views them not so much as subjects but as associates embodying his standards in their daily lives, where it counts - in the commonplace. So he will protect them by putting the holy city of Jerusalem off limits to all who are bent on wickedness. In ...

2238. Song of an Evangelist

Psalm 103:1-22

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... on life (Psalm 103:5b). Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit. (Psalm 103:2-4) No insignificant catalogue of blessings, these, particularly in view of the fact that the Pit is a synonym for Sheol, a dark and dismal place beneath the earth where the departed survive in a feeble and pointless state - hardly a Paradise to which to look forward. In bringing his song to the sanctuary, however, it ...

2239. Create Your Own Happiness

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Robert Allen

... or "the eschatological meaning of the messianic hope," and "the trinitarian history of God in ecclesiology." Now do you know what that all means? I’m not sure I do either! But, at the time I thought I did. A day or so later, I went to the viewing room with my preaching professor. I waited for him to be properly impressed with my carefully crafted theological sounding sermon. A couple of times, I saw him smile, but he never said a word while the tape was playing. Finally, when the tape had run its course ...

2240. The Ultimate Christmas Gift

Psalm 85:1-13, Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Erskine White

... people speak of peace, they mean the absence of war, and even the Bible occasionally uses the word in that sense. Two kings sign a treaty and so they make peace (e.g. 1 Kings 5:12). But far more common in scripture is the more positive view of peace as shalom, a wholistic condition of universal compatibility and prosperity, unity and abundance. More than the mere absence of war, shalom is a harmonious state of being which is shared by all, to the point where war is not only impossible but even unthinkable ...

2241. Jesus Brings People Together

Ephesians 2:14-18

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

... peoples’ eyes, it’s the color of their skin that divides them. People hate each other just because their skin is a different color. Or because they practice a different religion, come from a different country, speak a different language or have a different point of view about important questions. In Jesus’ day, the grown-ups built an actual dividing wall inside the temple in Jerusalem. One group of people were told to stay on one side of the wall, and the other group of people had to stay on the other ...

2242. Blessed among Women

Luke 1:39-45, 1 Samuel 2:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... of God who wishes to see more of it in both men and women today. Besides the courage and humility we usually associate with Mary, Luke’s gospel tells us much more about her, because the opening chapters are written almost entirely from Mary’s point of view. Even as Luke first introduces us to Mary, as she encounters the angel Gabriel, we see that while Mary is faithful and obedient, she still has a mind of her own. Gabriel greets her by calling her "favored one," and immediately, the text says Mary is ...

2243. Wrestling

Illustration

Robert K. Hudnut

... old as it is new. It is the age-old story of trying to find peace with God. I have an idea such peace is on its way for my friend. It is coming through his struggle. His struggle is the submerged part of himself emerging. God is coming into view. Prayer is letting God emerge.

2244. Bleacher Bums

Illustration

Jim Smoke

Have you ever sat so far away from the action on a baseball field that you would have had a better view in front of your television set at home? You squint in the sunlight from the far reaches of the left field stands and notice that there are a host of people sitting right behind homeplate - the best seats in the stadium. You confess to a great deal of envy and ...

2245. Why Don’t You Send Somebody?

Isaiah 63:7--64:12

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... . There beside the new ultra-modern cathedral is the burnt-out shell of the once glorious medieval gothic church burned to the ground by fire bombs during the wartime air raid. That was certainly no "act of God," nor was the destruction of that great church viewed at that time as in the most remote sense "to the glory of God." It was indeed a tragedy mourned not only by that city and the English people, but by people around the world. The work and skill and devotion and artistry that had taken generations ...

2246. You Can Go Home Again!

Jeremiah 3:6-4:4

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... done continued to eat away at this man. Now he found himself in much better circumstances, and looking back realized the stupidity of what he had done. He wanted to make amends and wanted to be forgiven, and while the check was not necessary from our point of view, it was from his. He wrote a generous one. The transaction completed he asked me if I would pray with him, which I did. Then he left my study and I watched as a tearfully happy man walked - almost skipped - out to his car and drove away. I never ...

2247. Remember Who(se) You Are

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... as close to the base as visitors are allowed to come. Even there one is drenched with the wind and spray from that river gushing over a sheer cliff to crash onto the rocks below. But there was one young man, in his early 20s, who had gone beyond the viewing area to a rock platform off to the side and closer to the falls, where for safety’s sake the park rangers would rather people not go. For a long time this young man sat on that rock platform, being buffeted and splashed by the cold spray and wind. He ...

2248. We Know Jonah

Jonah 3:1-10

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... The darkness of disparagement of other people must be banished by the light of love. We are called to bring light into the darkness, which is what this season of Epiphany is to remind us. A young Gulf Coast fisherman was one of many who viewed with considerable alarm and anxiety the influx of Vietnamese fishermen into the area. The Vietnamese, of course, were refugees who fled their own country, and after coming here began to engage in the only trade they knew - fishing. But the fishing industry was already ...

2249. The Scandal Of Redeeming Love

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... with tax collectors and sinners. In fact, these persons were not just distasteful for what they did, but were considered culticly unclean. In other words, they were unfit for God’s community. For Jesus to sit at table with such people, in the Pharisees’ view, was to defile himself. The human tendency is to divide people from one another. Though not stated in the terms my high school English teacher would approve, we divide people into categories of them and us. Like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time, who ...

2250. Coming Down The Mountain

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... fortunate to experience very dramatic high moments of illumination and exaltation. For others of us those high moments of illumination are, like Wesley’s, more quiet and inward. But it is when we encounter the presence of Christ that we have the chance to view life from a new perspective, with luminous vision and clarity. And then, like Elisha coming back across the Jordan, and Jesus and his disciples coming down the mountain, we are brought back to the world of human encounter. Yes, we’ve been to the ...

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