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1. Second Thoughts

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... officer, and his crew flying an American-built B-25, dropped bombs on the town of Kleve just inside Germany's border with Holland. Ray was 21 years old, and his bombs that day hit the railroad station, a number of Nazi factories, and the town church. He had an inkling that day that one of his bombs hit the church, but war was war. That day in 1944 a young woman in Kleve mourned not only the loss of her church, but the loss of her parents who happened to live in a house next to the church. For the ...

2. Resist Temptation

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... the earth that would enable him to rule the world. Our Temptations If we can envision our Lord in the wilderness struggling with these immensely attractive ideas of the use of power in establishing himself as prophet, priest, and king, we will have some inkling as to how strikingly fascinating these notions were. In contrast, Jesus would have to think of being humiliated by the heartless people who would put him to death. If you understand that, you will also recognize the similarity to our own temptations ...

3. Show Us The Father

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Alexander H. Wales

... to us. Here was Jesus telling us plainly that he was the chosen one, and we thought we understood that. Why, we didn't have the foggiest! "Of course, after his crucifixion, most of us gave up hope. It wasn't until Sunday morning that we even had the faintest inkling of what he had meant. When the women came that day to say he was risen, we had forgotten all about his being one with the Father. You would have thought we had never even met him, much less have lived with him all those months. "And then when he ...

4. A Family Member · Salome

Mt 20:20-21 · Mk 15:40; 16:1-2

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... , however, that Salome did not lack support in doing what she did for the Master. In a day when a man's word was law where his wife's activities were concerned she apparently had the full backing of her husband, Zebedee. For there is no inkling at any point that he tried to bar her from following Jesus. For one thing Zebedee realized as well as Salome that unless there were someone to minister to the minister during what gave promise of becoming a lengthy and demanding mission the whole enterprise might ...

5. Marriage: Endearing And Enduring

Psalm 128:1-6

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... practice room, or boxing ring, for that is where each of you will continually be enriched and enabled to bring back to the center ring, some freshness, some variety, and some real unearned charm. We don't want to see you cloning each other. If there is ever an inkling of a problem, consider it an SOS signal. Don't let an SOS threaten a vital relationship. The moment an SOS signal appears, begin a process of triage. Get all the help needed. "Nip it in the bud," and it won't become malignant. We are about to ...

6. Throw Your Heart at the Sky

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Carl Jech

... has said, "Our highest truths are but half truths. Think not to settle down forever in any truth. Make use of it as a tent in which to pass a summer's night. But build no house of it, or it will be your tomb. When you first have an inkling of its insufficiency and begin to decry a dim counter-truth looming up beyond, then weep not, but give thanks: It is the Lord's voice whispering 'Take Up Thy Bed and Walk.' " Living in the Truth means not being afraid of growth and change. In spite of its multi ...

7. The Good Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... officer, and his crew, flying an American-built B-25, dropped bombs on the town of Kleve just inside Germany's border with Holland. Ray was 21 years old, and his bombs that day hit the railroad station, a number of Nazi factories, and the town church. He had an inkling that one of his bombs hit the church, but war was war. On the ground that day a young woman in Kleve mourned not only the loss of her church, but the loss of her parents who happened to live in a house next to the church. For the town ...

8. Do I Give Up Praying Too Soon?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

... said something that really should have demolished her: "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." That doesn’t sound like our Lord. But still she kept on asking. She came up and knelt down before him and begged, "Lord, help me." We get an inkling of what Jesus the master teacher was up to; he must have been drawing her out because the next thing he came up with was: "It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs." We notice he did not say "mutt" or "cur ...

9. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

... a person go back into his mother's womb and come out again?" It is surprising to us that Nicodemus is so confused. He’s a religious leader but somehow he feels he has missed some crucial truth. There is a reason he is going to Jesus. He has an inkling that he is missing an important detail. That something has been lost in the translation. What is remarkable about Nicodemus is that he followed his hunch. Why him and so few of the other religious leaders? For the next few minutes let’s take a look at this ...

10. A Cup Running Over

John 11:17-37

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... awe-struck tones, "See how he loved him." We believe that Christ is "the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1:15). Therefore his love, glistening so expressively in his tears, grants us insight into God’s mind and nature; bringing home to us some inkling of the wonder of his compassion; of the depth and sureness of his sympathy with his needy, desperate world, and for hurt minds and hearts.1 A prisoner with the intriguing name of Starr Daily was buried in what inmates called "the hole," another name ...

11. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... out again?" It is surprising to us that Nicodemus is so confused. He’s a religious leader and should understand spiritual lessons but somehow he feels he has missed some crucial truth. And, there is a reason he is going to Jesus. He has an inkling that Jesus might be able to provide that missing important detail. Nicodemus has somehow been headed in the wrong direction and now he must change his course. This he knows but Nicodemus seems hesitant. He seems uncertain about making such a drastic change. Why ...

12. The Fruit of One's Doing

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... suits appear to melt into one another. The overall impression is that the father and the son are one. If you can appreciate what it was that Mary Cassatt was trying to convey in this portrait of the one-ness of a father and son, you have an inkling of what it was that the prophet was trying to convey in the description of godly life which he gives us in the First Reading for today. The prophet’s intention was to convince his readers that God had given expression of the divine revelation of God’s ...

13. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... revive their dead faith into a living hope. All those whom the prophet addressed would be asking for evidences to which they could point that the words of the prophet could ring true. The way things were going in Babylon, there was no hint or inkling that the captivity in which these people found themselves could be lifted. There were no political signs on the horizon they knew of that could guarantee their freedom. While some of the captives had risen to prominence even within the court of the king, there ...

14. The Temptation To Pass By On The Other Side

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

15. Peace in the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... actually DO come? One thinks back to the terror those disciples felt on the Sea of Galilee that evening when the storm hit. Suppose for a few minutes that YOU are one of them. There is no indication in scripture that you or any of your compatriots have any inkling as you set out in your boats that there might be anything amiss. To be sure, since a number of you are fishermen, you are AWARE that things like this can happen. After all, the Sea of Galilee is set in a deep gorge between two mountain ranges. The ...

16. Welcoming Jesus

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... man. I wish, after almost 2,000 years of hearing the gospel story we just read, the world (not to mention the church) was that smart. Jesus says, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." We get an inkling of that truth occasionally in special lives such as the late Mother Teresa, but we notice them precisely because they are so rare. Then after Jesus picks up a little one who happens to be handy (and this child probably more resembles one of those filthy ragamuffins ...

17. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself." So says our text. Wouldn't you figure that, at some point on this journey, either Cleopus or the Mrs. would have gotten more than an inkling of with whom it was they were traveling? Were they blind? They had known him in Jerusalem. Was he incognito, veiled in some transmuted state? Some have suggested that they were too grief stricken, too shaken by what they had seen. Sorrow can do that ...

18. Focusing On The Possibilities

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... right away for publication." For a minute I had no idea what he was talking about. To make a long story short, the problems on the blackboard that I had solved thinking they were homework were in fact two famous unsolved problems in statistics. That was the first inkling I had that there was anything special about them. A year later, when I began to worry about a thesis topic, Neyman just shrugged and told me to wrap the two problems in a binder and he would accept them as my thesis. The second of the two ...

19. Good Intentions

Matthew 21:28-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... who had leukemia. They had no drugs then that saved such seriously endangered lives, only blood and more blood to offer those boys and girls. In that regard, he recalled the first child he had to "transfuse" - a nine-year-old girl who had more than an inkling that she'd never celebrate another birthday. When he had gotten her latest pint of blood suitably going into her right leg (her arms had ceased being useful in that respect: over-used veins), she gave him a smile and asked, "How many more bottles will ...

20. Together, But Not Enmeshed

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... near where you live. Typically they grow along the ground and up walls. What's more, they are tenacious. God is the planter of the vine. I believe God is planting seeds all the time. We call them by different names of course -- hunches, ideas, senses, inklings, and the like. Nevertheless, when those seeds issue in fruit that is indeed kingdom fruit, we know full well who has been doing the planting. What's more, God often plants seeds in us so that we can carry those seeds of hope, insight, strength, and ...

21. God Shows No Partiality

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... on Easter and on Christmas. Those seem like special times. And then certainly there are a few here because they want to show off their new Easter clothes, joining the fashionable Easter parade. But maybe, too, this crowd has showed up because we all have the inkling that Easter bears with it some hope about that death we all have to face. Whatever your reasons for attending this morning, we are glad that you have come. I cannot help thinking, however, that the crowd here this morning reminds me of the crowd ...

22. Temptation of the Palms

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... or applauded by God, which would you choose? Of course the choice is not that easy if you consider that the cross stood between you and the glory that would come from God. Jesus resisted the temptation of Palm Sunday. And because he was able to overcome any inkling to give in to his ego, he was able to fulfill his purpose on earth. As a lamb sacrificed on the altar, Jesus was given over to the enemy and died for our sins — crucified for us that we might have everlasting life. And God exalted him. God ...

23. Visions and Voices

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... him after death in a way he had never affirmed him in life. It seems to me that such dramatic epiphanies must certainly make faith a whole lot easier to swallow. This morning, if we allow our imaginations to sweep us up the mountain, we may experience an inkling of visionary magic. But beware. If you try to understand this story with your mind, you will most certainly be disappointed. It is only if you try to see it with your soul, that you may find your heart strangely warmed. In this pivotal story in the ...

24. Obstacles as Popsicles

Exodus 1:1-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in Michael Paul Gallagher S.J., Dive Deeper: The Human Poetry of Faith [London: Darton-Longman & Todd, 2001], 77.) Were you not amazed by the audacious midwives featured in Exodus' preamble to Moses' birth announcement? They feared God but did not have any inkling of God's long-range plans or provisions. These midwives knew that fearing God meant that certain behavior was expected of them, that they must remain true to their calling to serve life, not death. But even as they covered their inaction with ...

25. What's the Value of Your Life?

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . He saw nothing remarkable about this site. His soul felt nothing special. His mind was focused on the choices he had made that forced him to take this hazardous journey out of his homeland and the clouded future that he faced. An on-the-spot Jacob had no inkling that God was with him on this spot. Jacob had no idea that God, in face, was only waiting for him to close his eyes and surrender to sleep before revealing the divine presence and the divine plan to him, the third patriarch. God's promise to Jacob ...

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