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2376. Forgiven!

Sermon

Lee Griess

... her gratitude for the gift of forgiveness. Forgiven! Have you felt that power? Mark Twain once said that everyone is like the moon -- we each have a dark side which never shows and no one can see. But God knows the darkness within us. God knows the shameful thoughts, the hidden actions, the unkind words, and the careless deeds that are part of all of our lives. And yet because of what Jesus did on the cross, God accepts us just as we are, dark side and all! All of our sins -- all of our transgressions, all ...

2377. Love Without Limits

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... . The intake person also tended to see the attractive young adult more promptly and appeared to give more thought about an appropriate match-up with a counselor. Elderly people, people who were not attractive, people who were ... to pick up," but then she said something that surprised me, "but I could pick you up if your life depended on it." Well, now this was a new thought! So he decided to push it to its logical conclusion: "Could you pick up Daddy if his life depended on it?" Now his father was 6'2" and ...

2378. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... eyes. The disciples were closer to Jesus than I. Why not ask them? Interviewing A Disciple Asker: You posed the question about who sinned in the first place. What did Jesus mean by his "so that" answer? Disciple: When he responded with the first "so that," I thought, "Oh, no, another so that answer." Jesus used the term repeatedly to bring understanding to miracles. It was the formerly blind man who put the term clearly. Tell me in order that, as a consequence, and as a result of this I may believe in the ...

2379. Demon-Possessed Child

Matthew 15:1-20, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... the Lord in your mouth is true" (1 Kings 17:24). While she still could not say, "My God," she respected Elijah and his God. (For the story of God's sending Elijah to Zarephath, which belonged to Sidon, see 1 Kings 17:3-24.) The people of Jesus' day thought lowly of the people of Tyre and Sidon. The following verses suggest the reference to the region of Tyre and Sidon was common and synonymous with a place of the most sinful: Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you ...

2380. I Saw The Risen Christ Last Week -- And It Wasn't Even Easter

John 20:10-31

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... pain. I heard him in the voice of a young man who came out of a horrifying automobile accident as he told me that his first thought was of God when the accident occurred. I saw Christ in a home where tender care was given to an invalid husband by his wife. For ... , listen, and pray together. I was aware of Christ's presence when a professional man called to share with me some thoughts from his devotional reading that morning. I saw Christ in a letter of encouragement I received from an older woman. I saw ...

2381. Screaming For A Reason Why

Matthew 26:36-46; 27:45-46 · Job 3:1-26

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... 's Son crucified? We have a devastating habit of using the phrase, "It is God's will." We do it because that is what we have been taught, and too often taught by the church. We develop the habit of declaring it to be God's will because we have thought that's the way to endure disaster, tragedy, suffering, sorrow. It's a kind of brave fatalism to say, "God's will is being done." I have had trouble with this concept all my life. I still have trouble with it whenever I hear someone trying to comfort a grief ...

2382. A Love Feast

John 13:1-17, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Bulletin Aid

Frank Ramirez

... than a noun. It was grounded in concrete action, not protestations of emotion. Even so, it was hard for the disciples to understand what Jesus meant by love. So he showed them. Had he told them love is like washing each other's feet, they might have thought this was meant symbolically. But Jesus took a towel and performed a task reserved for slaves. Feetwashing was an essential act in the ancient world. People might bathe before they went to a friend's house for a dinner, but their feet got dirty on the way ...

2383. Blessed Hunger And Thirst

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... becoming a professional football player and winning world championships ... I discovered that after the excitement of winning or being successful, there was always an emptiness and a restlessness that stayed with me afterwards." He continued, "I didn't understand that. I thought that somewhere along the way you ought to win a victory that would sustain you for the rest of your life. But I never discovered that kind of satisfaction ..." (Robert H. Schuller, The Be (Happy) Attitudes, Bantam Books, pp. 107-108 ...

2384. Guilt And Grace

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... can see them all. Whatever we have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what we have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the rooftops (Luke 12:3). Not even our secret thoughts will be hidden any longer. The verdict is clear: Guilty, guilty, guilty! Every sharp word and thoughtless deed, every ugly thought rises up to condemn you. You, too, realize you deserve to die. But there is One in the courtroom who is there to defend you, at a moment when you can't even defend yourself. It's ...

2385. "Friend, Why Are You Here?"

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... boy's arm, and the blood began to flow, and his brave smile began to fade more and more. Finally, near the end of the transfusion, he asked the doctor, "When do I die?" Only then did the doctor realize why the little boy had hesitated. He had thought that when he had been asked to give his blood, he was being asked to give up his life for his sister. He was prepared to sacrifice himself so his sister might live. Fortunately, both children recovered. But, you can't imagine a greater love than that. But ...

2386. "Friend, Why Are You Here?"

Sermon

Alex Gondola

2387. Table Manners

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... Do we recognize the wonder of that invitation? Do we accept it with joy? I like the attitude of Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk and writer, on receiving Communion. Merton writes that, as he received the Sacrament for the first time, as an adult, he thought to himself: Heaven was entirely mine ... Christ, hidden in the small host, was giving himself for me and to me, and with himself the entire Godhead and Trinity ... Christ was born in me, his new Bethlehem, and sacrificed in me, his new Calvary, and risen ...

2388. How Not To Throw A Party

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... born socialite who used to summer on Martha's Vineyard. America's "First Lady of Etiquette" died about forty years ago. But I did consult the twelfth edition of Emily Post's Etiquette. Luke 14 focuses on etiquette for guests and hosts at dinner parties. I thought I should see what the original "Miss Manners" had to say on that subject. I uncovered a lot while browsing through Emily Post's Etiquette (Funk and Wagnalls, 1969). I learned to kneel, kiss his ring, and address him as "Your Holiness" when having a ...

2389. The Savior Life Diet

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... flare up of arthritis. Every once in a while her back goes out on her. But, nothing serious. But, Angie Garber is not without her concerns. It is no easy life God has chosen for her ... "When I first came here to serve," she says, "I just thought this was the most desolate place in the world. I called it a desert." Now she calls it an oasis. In such an environment, Angie has learned that personal value and purpose must flow exclusively from a relationship with Jesus Christ. "Your joy has to come from the ...

2390. Wedding: Deciding To Love (for a marriage after divorce)

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends... When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see ... , and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. Just think, (Bride) and (Groom), about a year ago, you each thought you could never love again. You had been hurt and disappointed by "love." But the end of previous relationships did not mean the ...

2391. Wedding: Miracles Of Marriage

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Derl G. Keefer

... all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends... When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in ... those, but your focus will be different from now on. Instead of thinking mostly about pleasing your parents or pleasing yourself, your first thought must now be "What will be best for us together?" That any person would even want to do that is what I would ...

2392. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: it's your choice how you live life." I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it. Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business. He left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three ...

2393. Take Some Lessons

2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... lateral shot instead." All I know is players don't yell shank when they hit one. The harder I tried to fix the fault on my own, the worse it got. After almost two weeks of ruined rounds, I called my dad and asked for help. He asked what I thought I was doing wrong. "If I knew that, Dad," I replied sarcastically, "I wouldn't be asking you." At that moment, my dad could have responded in kind like Sam Snead once told a student, "Lay off three weeks and then quit for good." Or as Phyllis Diller disclosed for ...

2394. Apocalyptic Moments

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... to preside at a funeral. Everybody looked so angry during the service. But people grieve in different ways. So I didn't give it much thought until I went to cash my honorarium and was told a stop had been placed on my check. When I called the funeral director to ... the advancement of the Kingdom. I remember hearing of a church which needed new carpeting. So the pastor was asked what he thought about it. "As you know," he said, "I'm called to address the spiritual problems of our church. Besides," he went on, " ...

2395. Life Beside The Falls

Ezekiel 47:1-12

Sermon

David O. Bales

... and the practice seemed quite strange to us all. But Mildred wrote, wrote letters to friends, wrote poems and prayers and stories, started a drama. To her greatest liking was the essay. She wrote seven months until she decided she wanted to direct her thought through essays; because there she could ask questions and come up with answers. She said, "Meaning has to be sought and struggled for." Thus in essays she reflected upon what happened in the family, neighborhood, or town and discovered what it meant in ...

2396. Where The Halls Cross

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... 't you?" "That Lampson kid!" he said. "Malcolm," I asked, "if you were going to describe the social world of the students at Leon Griffith, how would you do it? How do you picture student life here? What's your image?" Mr. Tiner looked at the ceiling while he thought. "Well, I would say the social world of the students here is like a mile long chicken house in a tornado -- all dust and feathers under a giant roar." I said, "I don't think I'll tell that one to the students." But I certainly remembered it the ...

2397. Balaam, The Donkey And The Angel

Numbers 22:1-20, Numbers 22:21-41

Drama

Peter C. Garrison

... , and then you almost end up killing me. It seems unfair, unkind, embarrassing ... Angel: And my angelic point is that only God is in control. Get used to it. The reason I blocked your way was because it was "perverse" before me. (Numbers 22:32b. The Ancient Hebrew word thought to be "perverse" is obscure and not known for sure.) Balaam: My way was what before you? I didn't hear you. Angel: Actually, it doesn't matter why I did what I was sent to do. What matters is that God commanded it to be done. Shall I ...

2398. Ananias And Sapphira, Liars

Drama

Peter C. Garrison

... have planned this on his own pretty well. I asked him, "How is it that you have contrived this in your heart?" Joseph: He didn't even try to defend himself. He didn't say or do anything. Peter: Dropping dead is doing something, but I thought he'd at least try to defend himself. I thought his mouth would start opening and closing like the fish we used to catch in Galilee -- caught out of their element of life. In fact, he was like a fish caught out of the water. He was suddenly in the realm of the Father of ...

2399. Outlook Determines Outcome

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... don't go out until you receive the power of the Holy Spirit within you. You must know that this gift from the Father will be present with you and others who believe. Pray and wait for the power. Don't let your thoughts stray from the promise. Remember, your outlook will determine the outcome of this movement. As disciples you must remember that the power of the Holy Spirit is not just some extraordinary feeling. The Holy Spirit involves conviction, courage, boldness, compassion, confidence, insight, ability ...

2400. The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 51:17--52:12

Sermon

Rodney Thomas Smothe

... of human suffering, all with the intent of trying to bring some focus to what appears to be unexplainable events. Our understanding of human suffering can never make sense apart from our understanding of what the suffering of Christ means in our lives. Suffering is often thought of as punishment for something that we've done wrong rather than a redemptive act of God's love. "I must be suffering as a result of some wrong that I have committed" is our normal response rather than "how can God be glorified in ...

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