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2451. Doubting Thomas

John 20:19-23

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... the dead. "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." Tommy Russo couldn't have put it better himself. "If only I could see his body," he thought to himself. "If only I could touch his body. That's the way we Thomas people are." Tommy's mind got fixed on the Bible's doubting Thomas. That's all he could think about for the rest of the service. That's what he ...

2452. The Glory And The Pain

Luke 9:28-36

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... congregation. His common sense and his faith tested-by-fire helped him to pierce to the core of many of the issues that faced the congregation. He was blind but he could see things that most people could never see. He was immobile of body but mobile of mind and thought. When Pete died the whole congregation mourned. On a bitter winter day the church was full for his funeral. The pastor put into words that day what most of them had ...

2453. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Proper 12 -- Pentecost 10 -- OT 17 Lord, teach us to pray. We want to fill every moment of silence with radio or television or noise of some type, because noise helps us to avoid confronting silence. We are afraid of silence. Your Spirit continually prompts us, seeking to bring our thoughts and actions into focus, and we repeatedly hold back. Perhaps we are afraid of what we will see. Lord, release us from our fears of silence and walk with us there. Open our eyes and bring our ...

2454. When God Asks The Unreasonable

Genesis 22:1-19

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... the psychological profile fit his son, Paul. That didn't mean much until the newspaper ran the police artist's rendering of an eyewitness who saw a man running from the location of one of the fires. That drawing looked like his son, Paul. The Kellers worried, thought and prayed long and hard. They concluded that they would go to the police with their suspicions. They did so because they were afraid that if they confronted their son and he was guilty, he would run. As it turned out their son was the serial ...

2455. The Baptist's Prophecy

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... because it points up sharply that human sinfulness is a radical problem which cannot go unchecked, and from which mere mortals cannot extricate themselves. It is the beginning of the gospel because it points up that God has decided to come among us not simply because he thought it might be nice to do so, but because nothing short of his coming could turn this mess around. It is the beginning of the gospel because it points up the fact that implicit in the very incarnation of God in Christ is a judgment and ...

2456. How Blest Are Those Who Know Their Need Of God

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... major cities. If these boys and girls followed in the footsteps of the school's other alumni/ae, only about six or seven of them would graduate from high school and it would be remarkable if any went on to college. The business executive began to gather his thoughts in order to compose the customary commencement address. You've heard it: the one that goes, "Work hard, keep your nose clean and your shoulder to the wheel and -- with a little bit of luck -- you can make it just as I did." But the speech had a ...

2457. Loving Jesus, Hating The Church

John 9:35-41

Sermon

Thomas Long

... lived on this ancestral land became engaged to marry a woman whose family had moved many times in her childhood. My friend, for whom the land meant stability and permanence, asked his once fiancee, "If you moved so many times, what is home to you?" She thought for a moment and then replied, "The furniture." He knew what she meant. No matter how many moves they made, how many towns they lived in, the furniture was always there. Perhaps there is a parable here for the church. Because God is always surprising ...

2458. God Deep In The Flesh

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... ; and it is because this crucified one was raised from the dead that Christians have had to find a way to speak of God that includes Jesus. If it hadn't been that people found that they encountered the true God when they met Jesus no one would ever have thought of speaking of God as a trinity. But if there can only be one God, one who is ultimate and above all others, and yet we experience meeting the one God in the human Jesus and in the Spirit who is given after Jesus' resurrection to draw us to him ...

2459. The Man From Galilee VII: The Triumph Of His Defeat

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... His followers from that moment to this: "Christ the Lord is risen today." Nothing has ever been the same. They thought they had defeated Jesus, but out of that defeat had come triumph, glory, resurrection. Today on this glorious Easter Sunday ... they defeated Jesus and put an end to what He began -- but He assured them there was no end. A new beginning grew out of what was thought to be a tragic ending. Jesus said to the women, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will ...

2460. The Man From Galilee II: The Transformation Of His Call

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... pages and saw a chapter with the title, "Did Jesus Really Exist?" That chapter examined much of the historical records. Some of them said yes and others said no. Later in the evening as I sat in a circle with those people I did not really know, I thought about the question in the book. We were on a large porch off the dining hall. There we were from different backgrounds on the side of a mountain in Puerto Rico among other people whose ways and language were unknown to us. Yet, something had brought all of ...

2461. The Man From Galilee IV: The Treasure Of His Kingdom

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... 's questions, and a sense of hope for time and eternity. When we make this discovery it begins to fill our lives with joy, a kind of joy which shows up in our living. A Chinese government official was sent to a village to investigate those who were thought to be Christians. He talked with the village leader about them. He wanted to know how many lived there, and how he could tell who they were. The village leader replied, "That is easy. The Christians are the happy ones."1 To discover the treasure of the ...

2462. Deadly Sins - A Matter Of Sutton's Law

Romans 7:14-25

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... find? What kind of ugliness would he see? If someone looked down into your deepest, darkest secrets, what kind of shameful thoughts would be exposed? What mean or totally embarrassing deed would be revealed? Imagine if we could get a video tape recorder and record ... your entire life; the unedited, uncensored, and unrated version of your life? Every thought you ever had, every word you ever spoke, every deed you did? And what if we were to show that tape here ...

2463. Room For Questions

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... would swear it is not the same person. Now John the Baptist is in jail, but that's not all of it. A question is on his lips, one that we can barely believe he is asking. John is inquiring about the identity of Jesus. Of all people, we thought John the Baptist knew more about Jesus than anybody. But here John is sending his disciples to ask Jesus, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" What happened to the decisiveness, the certainty? What happened to his courageous and enthusiastic ...

2464. Going Ahead Anyway

Matthew 2:1-12, Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... evil in him than most people. Jesus would never have seen his second birthday if Herod's plan had worked. Herod first became frightened when he heard that a lot of people were paying tribute to Jesus. Then Herod learned when and where Jesus was born. He thought he had some wise men tricked into returning to him with the information about where Jesus could be found, but the wise men were forewarned and they did not return to the king. We know the rest of the story. After Herod realized he had been outwitted ...

2465. The Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... and a lot more distinguished, the minister wondered aloud about the possibility of a holiday being named for him. Across a couple of rows of pews came an innocent whisper that must have sounded like Jesus himself: "You have to die first."5 Who knows whether Jesus thought he would die for what he said and did, but either way it didn't seem to get in the way of his faithfulness. There is a price to pay for a faithfulness that challenges corrupt systems and crooked policies, but Jesus didn't flinch from that ...

2466. Essential Personnel!

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... I have been made essential personnel, not by our own merit, but because of a "Follow me" we once heard that included us and accepted us and affirmed us. Most of us have heard that voice and those words somewhere along the way. The minister told us she thought we would be good working with the youth. A Sunday school teacher encouraged us to consider ministry. The woman who sits in front of us at church said we would be great in the choir. The church board endorsed our idea to help the needy in the community ...

2467. Been There, Done That

Matthew 2:13-23

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... at the center of her life. Her words oozed with sincere encouragement and concern. Most of all, Martha exhibited a thankfulness which words could not express. Shelly, who came to the meeting doubtful that anything she would hear would change the way she felt or thought, made her way to Martha when the meeting was over. "I want what you have," Shelly told Martha, "I want what you have." Shelly wanted the compassion and depth and hope which Martha knew, but she may not have realized fully how Martha came to ...

2468. Presents And The Gift Of Presence

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... operate them. "I didn't get away with this. People were very nice about the flashlights, pushed all the buttons and said they'd never seen anything like it, but I knew I'd failed. There was a cost to Christmas which wasn't money. It was the cost of thoughtfulness and time, and I knew I had not paid the cost. There are those who prefer Christmas simple. Buy a dozen flashlights. I'm sure Grandma always wanted a flashlight which blinks yellow or red, shines forward and backward, and is too heavy to carry. But ...

2469. Good News! You Are Going To Be Tortured

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... kingdom of heaven is also like a king who exacts a terrible punishment for the sin of unforgiveness. Then Jesus, himself, pounds the point home: "So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart." I thought this was the gospel -- the good news. I don't get it. And that is the truth. I don't get it. The good news in the Gospel of Matthew, if it is good news, is that nobody "gets it." Do you remember, earlier in the summer, when we heard ...

2470. Why Do We Ignore Warning Signs?

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... rocks in a tight dress and high heels. Another showed a couple walking on the rocks. The man was carrying his dog apparently because he thought it was too slippery for the dog. Another showed a man carrying a month-old baby in his arms while walking on the rocks. ... were afraid of losing their power. They should have been afraid of killing the Messiah. As I read this passage, I thought about how Jesus' situation here is like that of so many other seemingly powerless people threatened by those who have a ...

2471. Advent 3

James 5:7-12, Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the parousia, Christ is near to strengthen us in suffering and give us the victory. Gospel: Matthew 11:2-11 Does Christ offend you? Apparently, Jesus offended and scandalized many people in his days in the flesh. He offended his family. At one point, they thought he was a little crazy and sought to spirit him away. He offended the rich young ruler by requesting that he sell all his goods and give the proceeds to the poor. He offended the religious leaders by associating with tax collectors and sinners. And ...

2472. Baptism of The Lord

Mt 3:13-17 ·Acts 10:34-48 · Is 42:1-9

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... , tells of an experience of grace the day he became a teenager. Having attained the ripe old age of 13, he really thought he was hot stuff, "something on a stick" is the way he phrased it. He was taking stock of his new-found ... cars and carousel. He threw darts at the balloons and baseballs at the bowling pins and all the while, in the back of his mind was the thought: "Today I'm going to ride the big one!" Finally, they got in line for the coaster, a line that appeared to be infinite. Eventually they ...

2473. Bloody Doorposts

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

... thanks, he took the cup and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood" (1 Corinthians 11:25). And when we reenact this meal and pass the cup to one another, we say, "This is the blood of Christ shed for you." Few of us probably give much thought to what we are doing when we receive the cup of the new covenant in Jesus' blood. Drinking the blood of Jesus Christ? In the synagogue in Capernaum, Jesus taught, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ...

2474. Going Through The Waters

Exodus 13:17--14:31

Sermon

... t remember you making me take typing." She said, "Oh, yes, I remember you saying that you didn't think you needed to learn to type. You thought it would be a waste of time. But I told you that you needed to know how to type so you wouldn't have to depend ... , "Well, you've been going around acting as if God were dead, as if God no longer was here to keep us. So I thought I should join the funeral and your bereavement."2 Catherine's remark struck home. Luther realized he had taken his eyes off the Redeemer. ...

2475. In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... chaotic stuff in the water!" "Can't be time for bed already," God said, but time passes for Him, too. Sorry about that. Wednesday was there almost before He realized it. "Got to do something to take the load off me," He said. He looked the situation over, thought about what He wanted to spend His time doing, and made a decision. There were some things He just wasn't going to have to look after all the time. Like switching the light off and on. "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to separate ...

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