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1. It’s Anybody’s Guess

Mark 4:30-34

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... don't listen when we teach Sunday school. We wish we could find the eloquent words we want to say when we visit the sick or the shut-ins. "I haven't done much," we say. "Whether it has any effect on the kingdom is anybody's guess." But Jesus disagrees. Part of the reason we get discouraged is that we are victims of bigness. Cities vie with each other to claim the greatest growth and the fanciest entertainments. Corporations are proud when their company occupies the tallest building in the city. Every day we ...

2. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

Isaiah 25:1-12

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... revolves around the decision of Katherine to invite Sidney to a dinner in the home of her white parents without informing them that Sidney is black. So since this was an unlikely happening in many places in America, even as late as 1967, the movie was titled Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Indeed it was a movie that dared to lift for us a vision of inclusion in a society known for its practice of exclusion. Likewise, our text lifts up a similar vision of inclusion for another society known for its exclusion ...

3. Not Guessing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

In his book George Lucas: A Life author Brian Jay Jones tells the story about how the famed filmmaker rose from obscurity in the small California town of Modesto to become the world-famous creator of the Stars Wars series. Lucas, an indifferent high school student, became serious about pursuing a career in film after surviving a devastating car crash. His college student films attracted some attention, but initially only a few people recognized that he had the potential to become a great filmmaker. However ...

4. Ready or Not, Here I Come!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... the actor on television’s "Chico and the Man," committed suicide several years back, his agent tried to explain it by saying, "I guess he just wasn’t ready for success." Being ready is a good thing. Not being ready is bad news. Of all the things ... would be good to us to be ready for him. Of all the worst possible times, this would be the worst of all to say, "I guess I just wasn’t ready." In Revelation Jesus speaks to John in a very visual way about the urgency of always being prepared. "Behold, I come ...

5. Now, It's Personal

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... were two problems with the outing plan. One problem was that Julie’s husband had been called in to work on his day off and couldn’t go along. The other problem was Sarah. Sarah was younger than most of the other kids, less mature and rather socially awkward. I guess you’d say she was nerdy. She came to Julie at church and told her that she didn’t really want to go on the trip because she couldn’t ride any ride that went round-and-round, upside down, or up and down. Those kinds of rides, she said ...

6. Faithful People in a Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3:1-30

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... fuel and air were introduced. Through that door the King could see what was happening. To his amazement, the boys were walking around, unhurt. In verse 25, the King says that he sees a fourth man too, one who looks "like a son of the gods." Underline that. Guess who that fourth man was. I think he was the Lord Jesus. Remember, Jesus did not originate as a baby in Bethlehem. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ existed with God the Father from before the beginning. I believe that the Lord Jesus took on human ...

7. Well, What's for Sure?

2 Timothy 1:1-2:13

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... a tight girdle. "But Doctor," she exclaimed, "two weeks ago you told me exactly the opposite." But undaunted, the physician said: "Madam, you must realize that in those two weeks science has made great strides." No, science is not so cocksure and free from guesses and conjectures as we would like to believe. Yet, despite this, there is still a difference between the Q.E.D. provability of wide areas of science and the speculative nature of philosophy in general and religion in particular. And this is the ...

8. Truth - How Do You Know It When You Hear It?

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Brett Blair

... who, Jesus says, is the Spirit of Truth. Ths is the job of the Holy Spirit to point to the Truth, to guide us to truth. A pastor by the name of Stephey Belynskyj, starts each confirmation class with a jar full of beans. He asks his students to guess how many beans are in the jar, and on a big pad of paper writes down their estimates. Then, next to those estimates, he helps them make another list: their favorite songs. When the lists are complete, he reveals the actual number of beans in the jar. The whole ...

9. A Gift for You

Romans 1:1-7

Sermon

James L. Killen

... is a very special gift. It is something chosen especially for you by someone very special. It is the most valuable thing that anyone could ever have. It will open a really new and exciting possibility for you that will change the rest of your life. But, once you have guessed what is in it, you may decide not to open it. I hope you will choose to open it - but you may not. Let's talk about that. Our scripture lesson puts things into perspective. We have read the very first verses of one of the most important ...

10. What To Do With A Self-willed Child

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... his childhood, youth and career as a young adult. "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." A veil descends over his life. We do not see him again until he comes by the Jordan River and is baptized by John. We can only guess that in the ensuing years he did pretty much what his peers did. Yet there brooded in him something else; some sense that God was going to use him, that he had been chosen for a special task. And he never gave up being curious about what that task was ...

11. Entertaining Tips for Christians

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... , God's only beloved Son, working hard to prepare a feast. It's a spiritual banquet, an offering of every good thing God can give: joy and peace and satisfaction and grace and forgiveness of sins. Imagine Jesus looking up at the angel and smiling and saying, "Guess who's coming to dinner!" And, when the angel shakes his head and says, "I don't know, Lord," Jesus continues: "I've invited sinners. I've invited anyone who's ever broken God's laws. I've invited husbands and wives who have betrayed each other ...

12. The Man In The River

Matthew 1:18-25

Sermon

John Jamison

... smile longer, and since I am the preacher here, I can change gospels like I change channels on television. So, back to Matthew we go. Besides, the rest is a haze anyway. He went on talking about somebody coming after him, or following him, or something or other, but I guess I quit listening. I edged my way to the rear of the crowd and started walking up the road. I didn't have the nerve to put on the jacket that hung around my waist, somehow it felt too much like a long, purple robe. And I would eat when ...

13. Sole Brother

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

... to get new front tires before inspection time. The nearly bald ones out there now weren’t really very safe, and that slight wobble in the right front wheel wasn’t helping matters any. If a guy could get enough rest and had enough money to go around, he guessed that really would be the life. One thing for sure, it was life he didn’t have a chance to know anything about. For now he was just hoping the balding tires and wobbly wheel would get him there. Ten miles into his thoughts and hopes, the same car ...

14. Embalmed With Cardiac Arrest

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... And he adds, rather whimsically, that we use the one on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and the other on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. So, that’s how sure they are. Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, one of our day’s great scientists, said: "We guess tonight, and we correct our guesses in the morning." Listen to the words of Thomas A. Edison: "We don’t know the millionth part of one percent of anything." That’s getting pretty small, isn’t it? - millionth part of anything. "We don’t know what water ...

15. Names For The Christ Child

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... resurrection of Christ from the dead. I am proud to be a member Christ's Church." But too often we trim and abbreviate our testimony, scissoring away the vital details, reducing our testimony to initials or nicknames. As a result, our Christian witness is a timid "Guess Who I Am?" This Christmas Eve, as we contemplate the names given our Lord, let us rejoice that God's Son took the form of human flesh, "God with us," Emmanuel--come to save His people. And let us rejoice in our name--Christian--a follower ...

16. Worthy Is The Lamb

Revelation 5:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... protest that there is no right answer because a person's favorite song is strictly a matter of taste. This pastor, who has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Notre Dame asks, "When you decide what to believe in terms of your faith, is that more like guessing the number of beans, or more like choosing your favorite song?" This pastor says that he always gets the same answer, regardless of the students' age: choosing one's faith is more like choosing a favorite song. (3) This is a critical question. Is your religious ...

17. On Names That Preach

Psalm 16:1-11

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... the resurrection of Christ from the dead. I am proud to be a member Christ's Church." But too often we trim and abbreviate our testimony, scissoring away the vital details, reducing our testimony to initials or nicknames. As a result, our Christian witness is a timid "Guess Who I Am?" This Advent season, as we contemplate the names given our Lord, let us rejoice that God's Son took the form of human flesh, "God with us, " Emmanuel. Quite a name. Quite a sermon in that name. (1) Reader's Digest, date unknown ...

18. Parades and Crosses — The Challenge of Ministry

2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... who had taken their responsibility more seriously. "I told him I hadn't heard any voices or seen any visions. He said that didn't matter, and that perhaps God was calling me through these experiences and people. I hope you won't be angry at me, Dad, but I guess that is how I'm feeling." IV Well, what is a father to do? This one thought deeply as he sipped his coffee. Despite his personal heartache, he had a deepening respect for his son whom he loved and admired so much. He realized as he spoke that his own ...

19. Who's Number One?

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... point about priorities. He sets a large jar on the table in front of the room and places beside it all sorts of softball-sized rocks. He says to the crowd, "How many of these rocks do you think I can fit into this jar?" Someone guesses thirteen. Someone guesses nine. Someone guesses twelve. He then begins to place the rocks one at a time into the jar counting as he goes; all the while asking the group if the jar is full. The crowd keeps saying, "No," until it is really near the top. Then the audience agrees ...

20. The Law of Unintended Consequences

Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “He’s gonna be a politician!” (4) The crowds of people that day were waiting and watching to see if Jesus would be a politician—if he would shape his message to please his listeners. Would he please the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Essenes or the Zealots? My guess is that he shocked them all. Listen to his words in verses 17-20: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth ...

21. Behold The Man Who Took The Victory

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... his hands and feet. The living proof of his resurrection was greater than any doubt they had, greater than any fear they had. He could not be denied. He was living proof of all he had been telling them all along. He was living proof greater than doubt. I guess all of us have some doubts sometimes. It does not mean we are being disloyal or unfaithful to God. Notice that Jesus did not scold the disciples. He simply said, "Why do you doubt? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself." We doubt only the ...

22. Leave It On The Course

1 Timothy 3:1-16

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... be asked. It is time we stopped looking for questions and started looking for answers. The Christian faith has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried." Anyway, there are lots of problems in church and society. My guess -- belief -- is most of those problems could be solved by spending more time at home and fixing families. And every family could benefit from spending more time with somebody like Jesus who knows a lot about saving. When I was preparing for ordination ...

23. You Can Be Real

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Michael B. Brown

... ish and very talkative. He was an intriguing fellow. The first day there he told my wife of having previously lived in Florida where he worked as a scuba diver. "I only left because I was attacked by a killer shark," he said. "It almost got me. Otherwise, I guess I'd still be there." The following day I was anxious to hear the story for myself. The prospects of hearing the blow by blow details of his encounter with the shark were exciting. At last I spotted him, walked over and said: "I understand you had a ...

24. The Christmas Sign

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... tree was dark until we plugged in the lights, splashing the wrapping paper with even more color. The presents were all there, and we quietly poked around the pile, trying to guess what might be in the presents with our name on the tag. And after all that effort to guess, what a crushing thing it was when a shape or a rattle or a poor wrapping job enabled us to guess for sure! The fun was gone. But God was not going to leave Ahaz without his sign, whether he wanted it or not, and so a sign he got. A woman ...

25. Joseph's Pit

Genesis 37:1-11

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... in our caravan. He told me how he grew up in a large, wealthy family. He has ten older brothers, but his father favored him. "I guess I was spoiled," he told me. "My older brothers resented me as long as I can remember. I don't know whether my parents favored ... look good. And I still wasn't smiling. The last I knew, Joseph was sold to Potiphar, who was responsible for Pharaoh's secret service. I guess I lucked out, surly as I was at the time. The Pharaoh's baker bought me and I went to work in his kitchen. I ...

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