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2426. The Beginning of a New Life

Ruth 2:1-23

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... town, but that part of the story cannot be dwelt upon. Ruth made a statement to Boaz by going into his fields as a gleaner, and he met the woman about whom he had heard so much. You see, the key to his response, in which he told her to stay in his fields, close to the reapers and also offered her protection from the young men, was her self-sacrificing love on behalf of Naomi. When Ruth asked why she had found favor in his eyes, Boaz answered, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the ...

2427. The Surprising Twist to the Story

Ruth 4:1-12

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... had the first right of refusal to purchaser the parcel of land left to Naomi by Elimelech and his sons when they died. By purchasing this property in a kind of package deal, the purchaser would get Ruth as part of the bargain. Boaz knew this and told Ruth to stay at his feet, and that he would see the man in the morning and attempt to make a deal with him. That is what happened. The relative renounced his right to buy the estate and Boaz closed the deal in front of "the elders and the people." He declared ...

2428. Judgment and Justice

Amos 5:18-27

Sermon

... who had been born in China and had served there, about the Gospel, about Christ, and about the Christian faith. He obtained New Testaments for them and, later, copies of a catechism, in Chinese, of course, and at the end of a nearly three week stay in mainland China, he promised to keep in touch with them. What began as a routine job for the two national tour guides became a pilgrimage into the Christian faith. They found the way to appease their spiritual hunger in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Our ...

2429. A Day For All the Saints

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

... to Dr. Frost." His daughter, Ruth, read some of his poems, including one printed on the back of the bulletin. It read, in part: Time to come in now! I seem to hear God say in the deepening dust of my sunset day. God knows how much I want to stay. A second poem at the bottom of the page ended on this note: The deepest thought one can think of persons is that they are citizens of eternity. Moments and years, years and moments, pass like sea-bent streams. And I? I’m carried by the current of an all ...

2430. A Glimmer in the Distance

Illustration

Staff

... , "Yonder light is Saddleworth Station; make for that. The lantern will keep you from falling into the ditch; but keep your eye on the glimmer in the distance." In the daily walk of our life, sometimes in darkness or storm, we have to give a lot of attention to staying out of the ditch. We need to use what light we have to keep from falling in. This is important; and our worship of God can give us lighted lanterns for this kind of seeing. But there's something more. In worship we lift up our eyes and look ...

2431. The Exercise of Faith

Illustration

If you do not use your right arm, it will eventually lose all its power to move. Its muscles must be exercised to stay alive. If you have faith, you must exercise this also. If you don't, it dies. A widely known professor in a New England university started out as a practicing Christian, a man of faith. Over the years, however, this all changed. He became known as an agnostic, or an ...

2432. Healing And Forgiveness

Luke 5:17-26

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... of years ago told a group of heart specialists that angina patients must learn not to get angry at their wives over little things, or to worry about incidents such as getting overcharged or shortchanged. If they could simply learn this lesson they would not only stay alive, but also live longer and more happily than if they had never had a chest pain. But Dr. Masters adds, "only 25 percent of the people with angina are able to avoid emotional distress and keep calm in the face of aggravation and frustration ...

2433. What To Do When Everyone's Doing It

Judges 6:1-40

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... when you have to stand out, one among many, remembering your obligations as a child of God. It is just as difficult for adults. It takes some real effort to live a good life in today's world. More people are selfish than are generous. More people stay home in the dorm or elsewhere tonight than come to worship. More people have shaky marriages than strong ones. More people spend less time on their children than in personal pursuits than people who reverse that process. Ah, but it is difficult not to let the ...

2434. Living Life The Easy Way

Acts 3:1-10

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Harold Warlick

... back down in 10 minutes. We had fought for two hours to get somewhere we could have driven in 10 minutes. It happens all the time. I've watched students pay someone to write a paper for them, feverishly copy a fraternity brother's notes from classes they missed, and stay up all night to study for a test. They eked out a "D" for their many hours of labor. All they had to do was come to class three hours a week and read a book for 15 minutes a day. But they chose to fight the experience instead of ...

2435. Power

2 Corinthians 6:7

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Harold Warlick

... weeks later Big Al was found. The Atlanta police found him walking around the streets of Atlanta. Big Al didn't know who he was. He had amnesia. Nobody, least of all Big Al who did not know he was Big Al, knew how he got there or where he stayed or how he ate. They took Big Al back to Mount Olive and reintroduced him to his family. They said, "Big Al, meet your momma." And "Big Al, this is your daddy. Big Al, this is where you came from." Well, after a year, Big Al's memory came back ...

2436. The Housing Problem

Luke 11:14-28

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Harold Warlick

... a breather from all that "stuff." You'll go back to it later. Right! You'll be good again when you get a career! You'll straighten up then. I doubt it. You see, a house doesn't remain empty. Your life and your values don't stay neutral. Locate yourself away from sacred music. Locate yourself away from the ideals and ideas in the Christian heritage. Get away from prayer and the symbols of the cross and the resurrection. Locate yourself away from people who at their best are trying to transform their lives ...

2437. Don't Give Up Too Soon!

Acts 15:36-41

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Harold Warlick

... was the one who had presented Paul. Barnabas was somebody. When famine swept Jerusalem, Barnabas had brought money down from Antioch to feed Peter, James and John. And when Peter came out of jail he had nowhere to go, so Barnabas arranged for Peter to stay with Barnabas' sister, Mary, and her boy, John Mark. Now can you imagine an 18-year-old young person traveling with two racehorses like Paul and Barnabas? They moved fast. They threw their money and power around like they were limitless. The food was bad ...

2438. The Shortest Distance Is Not A Straight Line

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of the curvature of the earth, the shortest distance is a curved line, not a straight one.1 No airplane would attempt to fly to Europe in a straight line. It would be too far. You either take the circle route by Iceland and Northeastern Canada or you stay home. The apostle Paul spoke of this: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child; when I became an adult, I reached a new plane of thought." Before Paul became a Christian, his life was fairly simple. He knew, he thought, the clear right and the obvious ...

2439. Traveling Light

Mark 1:29-34

Children's Sermon

... to share with all of the people about the good things that God did for them and how much God loved everyone. Jesus also showed the love that God had for the people by healing the ones who were sick, and forgiving the people who had sinned. Jesus could have stayed in one place and waited for the people to come to him, but that was not his way. He traveled everywhere that his feet would take him and shared this love that God has for people. Jesus was a traveler. He traveled light, but he took with him more ...

2440. Right Way, Wrong Way

Mark 2:27

Children's Sermon

... . Too much is worse than none at all. God made Sunday as a day of rest for all of us, and a time to worship God in love and beauty. We should not fill it up with work or with just fun, or with rules that we must break to stay healthy. This is God's world and he made it for us to enjoy and share in love and friendship. Sunday is a time for all of us to remember that, and to thank God for giving to us the world and each other. The next time you see some ...

2441. Give it Away

Mark 8:35

Children's Sermon

... and making people happy. Our lives are just like Sammy. Some people are afraid to be a Christian because they think that Jesus will use them for some great job. They are always hiding from God, and trying to save their life to do something for themselves. They stay about the same, they never are used, and they are quite unhappy. But there are other people who are more like Sudsy. They get up every day looking for another way to serve God. They know that this is the reason that God made them, and they want ...

2442. A Great Day

Mark 16:4

Children's Sermon

... stone that was bigger than a door? That's a pretty big stone. It took a lot of men to roll it into the place where it was guarding the door into the tomb. Usually once the stone was put in that place, it was never moved again. It just stayed there. Some of the women who had been followers of Jesus wanted to do the right thing for a person who had died. Jesus had died late on Friday and the law said that you could not do kind things for the dead after sundown on Friday. And you were ...

2443. Food From Heaven

John 6:35

Children's Sermon

... and I listen to what Jesus teaches and then do it, we are having faith in Jesus. We can't see Jesus, so we must believe that what the Bible tells us about him is true. That is faith. Now we all know that we must eat our food to stay strong and healthy so that we can grow old. You believe this, and I believe this, and it is true. The same thing is true about believing in Jesus. We must learn to trust what Jesus teaches us now, so that we will have the faith to live forever. Remember ...

2444. Vines and Branches

John 15:5

Children's Sermon

... we are, the more good things there will be for us. That is something to remember for we miss a lot of good things in this world because we are not closer to God. It is important that we remember who gives us our power and our strength and then stay close to him. Jesus says that the branches of the vine that are closest to the main branch have the most strength, and you and I can see that this is true. I want you to take your vine home and put it in some water until it grows some ...

2445. Prove It!

John 20:25

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... holes in his hands, or anywhere else that the nails went into his body. So, Thomas knew that, if the person whom they saw was really Jesus, he would have holes in him from the nails. He waited to see what would happen. This time he did not leave, but stayed with the other disciples. Then, a few days later, Jesus was standing with them. Thomas did not know where he came from, but there he was. And Jesus seemed to know that Thomas was waiting for proof. He held out his hands and pointed to his side where the ...

2446. The Emperor’s Son-in-law

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

... is behind much false humility that most pastors hear from time to time: "I’m afraid." Translation: "Don’t expect much commitment out of me, brother, because you’re not going to get it." Or this one: "I’m a Christian in my own small way, but I like to stay in the background." Translation: "I want to be known as a child of God, but I don’t want to do much to serve my Lord." When such people are asked to take some responsibility in the Lord’s work they answer, "Oh, I’m sure you can find someone ...

2447. The Master Has Come - And Calls Disciples

Mark 1:14-20

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... at the foot of the cliffs of Dover. The Britons looked down and saw them. They laughed, thinking these Romans could pose no real threat to them. But, the Roman commander ordered his soldiers to burn their boats. There would be no turning back. They were there to stay. They had left their boats for good. When I read that, it brought to mind that scene early in the Gospel of Mark where Jesus is walking along the beach. Little waves from the Sea of Galilee slip up on the sand. Jesus looks down the beach as ...

2448. The Master Has Come - To Be Lord of Life

Luke 24:1-12

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... Lord of life provides a power for witness. Easter offers this too, for the risen Lord empowered the disciples to become the church. He said, "You are witnesses of these things. And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high." The Resurrection of Jesus Christ provided a power for witness. It produced the church. And, the church is living proof of the resurrection. Something earth-shaking happened to these disciples which transformed ...

2449. At Table With The Lord

Drama

... saved me. Your strong arms have always been there when I needed them. Pray God they will always be there. As Peter, I can be like a Rock, but too often I am Simon, and more like sand. And yet, you understand, Jesus, and somehow you continue to love me. Stay with me, Lord, and let me always be a fisher of men for your kingdom. Help me to respect and obey your will. Give me the strength to open myself to you, to let you work your will in me so that I may be the man you want me ...

2450. The Miracle Comes at the Breaking

Luke 24:13-35

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Various Authors

... He asked them why they were so troubled, then went on to explain the Scriptures with which they had been wrestling so helplessly. When they arrived at their destination, the Stranger acted as if he were going on. But when the two men invited him to stay, he quickly accepted their invitation. As they sat at the table, the Stranger took bread, blessed it, and broke it for distribution. In that moment, the New Testament says, "their eyes were opened," and they knew it was their Lord. After Jesus was gone from ...

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