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2376. Reversal of Fortune

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... (don't raise your hands it was supposed to be anonymous, remember.) How many of you adopted a family or friend who you knew was in need at Christmas and sent that anonymous card with a little something extra in it. Think about how that made you feel. Remember that feeling? You were BLESSED BY BLESSING someone else. That too, is "Reversal of Fortune." You really didn't expect to be blessed but you were because you chose to bless someone else out of your abundance. That's the way God works. That's the way of ...

2377. Do We Drive Him Crazy with Our Prayers?

Lk 18:1-8

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King Duncan

There is an old story about a tailor who visits his rabbi and says, "I have a problem with my prayers. If someone comes to me and says, `Mendel, you're a wonderful tailor,' that makes me feel good. I feel appreciated. I can go on feeling good for a whole week, even longer on the strength of one compliment like that. But if people came to me every day, one after another, hour after hour, and kept saying to me `Mendel, you're a wonderful tailor,' over and over again it would drive me crazy. It ...

2378. You're Not Home Yet

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Ray C. Stedman

... hunting expedition and when he comes back everybody makes over him but nobody gives two hoots about us." His wife said, "Dear, you shouldn't feel that way. Try not to be bitter about it." But he said, "I can't help it, I just can't help it, it doesn ... came out again and his face was different, his wife could see it. She said, "Dear, what happened? Everything is different I can see. You feel better, don't you?" "Yes," he said, "the Lord settled it with me." "Well," she said, "what did he say?" He said, "I went ...

2379. The Prayer of a Thief

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... you do? You mean, one time you did something that you knew was wrong? Oh? Maybe . . . . more than once? How did you handle it? Did you confess it, or is it buried somewhere deep down where it still troubles you? My goal today isn’t to make you feel guilty. Some pastors do that. They flog their congregations with guilt and then present the Gospel as a form of catharsis. It’s like the story of a Roman Catholic priest who had been at his church for years and was beloved by his parishioners except for what ...

2380. The Call to Confession

Luke 23:33-43

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King Duncan

My goal today isn't to make you feel guilty. Some pastors do that. They flog their congregations with guilt and then present the Gospel as a form of catharsis. ... . St. Joseph, as you know, was a carpenter, and during his holy life, he doubtless built a few confessional booths, which reminds me . . ." My goal is not to make you feel guilty, but as your pastor and your friend, is there some wrongdoing in your past that you've never been honest about with yourself or with God? Many people never really acknowledge ...

2381. Playing the Blame Game

John 9:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... who he could and could not steal off of. So one game he decided to steal without a sign. He got a good jump off the pitcher and easily beat the throw to second base. As he shook the dirt off his uniform, Jackson smugly smiled with delight, feeling he had vindicated his judgment to his manager. Later Weaver took Jackson aside and explained why he hadn’t given him the steal sign. First, the next batter was Lee May, his best power hitter other than Jackson. When Jackson stole second, first base was left open ...

2382. Come with Me to the Mountain

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... to see Jesus. In one of his first books, titled Night Flight, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the late French aviator and philosopher, described what it’s like to lose your way piloting a plane in the darkness of the night sky, flying without instruments. He described the feeling of helplessness of one such flight. Finally catching the whisper of a radio control operator, he frantically asks him to flash the signal at the air field to so he can know whether or not the light he sees on the horizon is safety or a ...

2383. The Five-a-Day Rule

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you can do is keep moving and doubt your doubt. Go buy groceries for the food bank. Hold NICU-infants [Neonatal Intensive Care Units] who need human contact. Deliver some meals on wheels to those who can’t get out. If you have a day when you cannot feel your faith, do acts of faithfulness instead. Praise: Even on “Low Sunday,” it is still spring. The world is God’s creation and here in the northern hemisphere it is exploding with new life. How can we not see God’s presence in what’s all around ...

2384. Loving Deeply (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

Sermon

King Duncan

... She was to be met in Florida by her husband, who had driven the family car there. After arriving at Denver International Airport, 85-year-old Ellie had asked for a wheelchair to take her to the gate. She was waiting under the departure/arrival screens. Suddenly, she started to feel chest pains. She is quoted as saying, “I hurt a lot. I knew I needed help.” A young man stopped to look at the screens above her. She told the man she had severe chest pains and really needed some help. He said, “I hope you ...

2385. Will You Dance the Metanoia with Me?

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... narcissistic nature to consider “belonging” to something greater than ourselves. It used to be that “being a good neighbor” meant having your neighbors poke their heads in the back door, borrowing sugar, or bringing some tomato soup to see how you’re feeling after that cold. Now being a good neighbor means not bothering them or visiting them. A recent study of the lyrics in pop music revealed that even when singing about love, the pronouns “I” and “me” are used far more frequently than ...

2386. It's Not Fair!

1 Peter 2:13-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... a long time ago and especially through this accident not to confuse God with life. Is life unfair? You bet. My life has been unfair. What has happened to my wife, what has happened to my daughter, what has happened to me, it’s unfair. But I think God feels exactly the same way. I think He is grieved and hurt by what that drunk driver did as much as I am. Don’t confuse God with life.” He said, “As I read the Bible, especially the Old Testament, I notice that those people were able to separate the ...

2387. Because I Live (Memorial Day)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... to find this room easily. Others have more difficulty. Pastor John Ortberg tells about some friends of his who have a daughter. When she was five years old, this girl told her parents, “I know Jesus lives in my heart, because when I put my hand on it I can feel him walking around in there.” (4) Out of the mouths of babes come words of wisdom. Christ lives within us. That’s good news because, as the writer of I John reminds us, “Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” (4:4, KJV ...

2388. Never, Never, Never, NEVER GIVE UP!

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... harassment accusation. Charlie Brown and Linus are looking over a fence with their weary faces resting on their hands. They are filled with sadness. Linus depressingly says to Charlie Brown, "Sometimes I feel that life has just passed me by. Do you ever feel that way, Charlie Brown?" In his normal melancholy mood Charlie replies, "No, I feel like it has knocked me down and walked all over me." Indeed. Nothing is nailed down anymore. There is nothing to depend on. It would be awfully easy to just give up ...

2389. Peace In the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for life and the family wonders if perhaps God might have been taking a nap at the time. A home is broken by a painful separation and divorce and the wonder comes as to whether the Lord cares at all. We have all felt it. Everyone in your little boat feels it now, and all eyes have gone back to that figure sleeping on the cushion. Suddenly, almost with one voice, you begin to yell back to Jesus: "Teacher, wake up! Teacher, look what's happening here. Teacher, we're going to die. Teacher, don't you care if we ...

2390. Skin Game

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... accurate word in describing Jesus' emotion. If you are like I am, that may come as something of a shock. Isn't this gentle Jesus, meek and mild? How could a petition from a helplessly outcast and pitiful leper have inspired him to anger? Inasmuch as we feel that way, we may be like those ancient scribes who, faithfully copying this text, may have thought that the scribe before them had made a mistake, so they wrote in a verb they thought more appropriate to the loving Jesus they had come to know. Those who ...

2391. Due for Renewal

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... in the "New South" with openness in housing, accommodations, services, education, and even churches. White Southerners also have enjoyed liberation from oppression along with their black brothers and sisters. But the road to the "New South" has been anything but bump-free. Some feel like the vacationer, looking at a beautiful Jamaican town after a horrible night's cruise, who says, "If only we hadn't had to get here!" There comes a time when — even when it causes pain and displacement — the old must be ...

2392. On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

John Smylie

... looks upon this action and sees in it something wonderful and if we open our eyes wide enough perhaps we can also begin to see and feel just how crazy our God's love is for Jesus and humanity. I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that our Father in ... as the knowledge that we are loved and that we are beautiful to God. This gift is not something that we are to simply hold on to and feel good about; rather this gift is to empower us in ministry. It is a gift that is to move us out of our comfort zones and on ...

2393. Disintegration and Reintegration

Mark 14:1-15:47

Sermon

John Smylie

... of grace within those who are gathered with our Lord at the feast. Putting ourselves in this scene we discover an intensity of feelings and it's hard to understand why this compassionate action has elicited such deep anger. "Why was the ointment wasted in this way? ... the place for the Passover meal, Judas Iscariot was preparing to betray Jesus. As we read this story, we cannot help but feel the deep sadness which is flowing below the surface. This is not a normal Passover meal that Jesus will share with his ...

2394. The Five Senses

Luke 24:36-48

Sermon

John Smylie

... with me, I don't think it was because I was such a messy eater but rather because she felt so vulnerable in sharing food. Eating together invites the participants to experience quality time. This is a time when we can explore one another's thoughts, feelings, dreams, hopes, and insights. Time in the kitchen is usually the warmest time where the real stuff of life is talked about. In a sense what Jesus does in this gospel is gives his disciples' time with him in the kitchen as they eat broiled fish, time ...

2395. Do You Love Me?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... that turn us into limp noodles. We do this because we have learned that it is the hard things — not the easy ones — that change lives. There are a number of quotes that are supposed to make us feel better about this. One quote says, "Those who cannot feel pain are not capable either of feeling joy." Oscar Wilde said, "Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground."2 Syncletica was a fifth-century Christian mystic. She said, "In the beginning, there are a great many battles and a good deal of suffering for ...

2396. Living Upside Down

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... the wind against our skin, listen to the birds singing, and appreciate a new unity with the world around us. No one will praise us for doing this, of course, but we will certainly feel more alive. Apparently, even God feels more alive on the sabbath! In Exodus 31:17 it says that God rested and was refreshed on the sabbath. Now, there's an upside-down idea! If God can rest and become alive again, then certainly God's people can be re-created and remade. That is, if we ...

2397. Be Not Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... inadequate. I say to myself, "Kris, you should have more faith than that." Being a Christian and a worrier apparently don't go together well. At least I know I am in good company. I think it was Bertrand Russell who said, "Those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." I sure can relate to that! Another person said, "Anyone who isn't afraid today is either stupid or dead." Obviously, I am in good company. Sometimes fear can be ...

2398. Out of Control

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... control in a good way. God interrupts our orderly existence with something wonderful that doesn't fit our notions of orderliness. We need those moments in our memories for when things go out of control in a bad way. For each one of us, there comes a day when we feel like our lives have been hijacked by bad news. We go along day after day doing our best. We raise our children, take our vitamins, get our exercise, and pay our bills on time. The years go by, and we begin to think that we are in control of our ...

2399. A Grandmother’s Touch

Acts 19:1-7

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... through what is called the dark night of the soul. It is then, perhaps more than any other time, the gift and the promise of baptism make the most sense. They are not gifts that turn on or turn off like a switch depending on whether or not I feel it. God is not present only when my faith is strong enough on a particular day to experience him. Even when my faith goes through a lifelong roller coaster, the promise of God remains constant. With a splash of water and the proclamation of the word, the promise is ...

2400. Love in Action

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... , you have no time to love them." She also had a lot to say about the way we can truly care for those in need. Her mission was not to give people material stuff but to give them love, recognizing the most terrible poverty of all is loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted. I find all of this very challenging to me personally because I believe a growing edge for me as a Christian is in loving not judging. I suspect I may not be the only one. We could all become better at loving not judging. I have faith ...

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