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1. A New Point of View

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... whole new world, of what can only be called a "new creation." "So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see everything has become new" (v. 17). That means that we no longer look at the world from a "human point of view" but from the way God looks at it ... in Christ! The pages of the New Testament are filled with examples of what that new creation looks like. A man born blind, who was thought of as nothing more than a beggar, an outcast, a sinner condemned to live ...

2. A Daughter of Jacob

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... son would face life with a crippled arm. Sometimes there is no kind answer, no kind and gentle way of dealing adequately with the need. So Jesus met this woman at the level of her needs and was willing to apply the treatment necessary. From our point of view it may seem unnecessarily rough, but the final results prove the wisdom of our Lord’s actions. Jesus diagnosed this woman. He knew from the very beginning of the encounter that he would heal her daughter. There was never a doubt in his mind about that ...

3. I’ve Got a Home in that Kingdom

2 Corinthians 5:6-10, 14-17

Sermon

Gibson “Nibs” Stroupe

... in Christ Jesus" (3:28). I've got a home in that kingdom — ain't that good news! It is good news — good news that will often require us to re-examine our lives and our categories to discern where we are captured by the human point of view. Our hearts are restless. The African theologian, Saint Augustine, was right. Our only rest will be found in our true home: our creator and redeemer and sustainer, the God we know in Jesus Christ. To God be the glory! Amen. 1. Traditional African-American spiritual in ...

4. New Creations

2 Corinthians 5:6-10; 14-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... and it is Christ's love which urges us on. As New Creations empowered by the love of Christ, we're called to walk by faith and not by sight; to live for Christ and not for ourselves and to regard no one from a human point of view but see them from God's point of view. Let the love of Christ urge you on this week. Live as God's New Creation. This is the Word of the Lord for this day. 1. 56 Lectionary Stories for Preaching, (CSS Publishing Co. Inc., Lima, Ohio, 1993.) pp. 37-38. 2. 56 Lectionary Stories for ...

5. How Fares Your Christian Sight?

Is 6:8-10

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , your eyes are fine." I thought that to be a rather curious way of putting the matter, and it reminded me of the fact that one’s eyes might be in top shape medically, but then the medical point of view is not the only point of view. People can have eyes that are medically sound and yet have the most warped and perverted view of life, of other people, of themselves. One person can see a problem as an arena of potential growth and another as a cause for chronic despair. One person can see the rain ...

6. A Christian's Resumé

2 Corinthians 6:3-13

Sermon

Richard W. Ferris

... accompanied her, "I knew it was a lie!" The man then asked her, "What do you refer to?" She replied with passion in her voice, "Why, they told me he was an ugly-looking man, but he is the handsomest man I ever saw in my life." From what point of view do we approach God? As scared little creatures about to stand before a harsh judge who will punish us for all the wrong that we have done? Or from the perspective of guilty children pardoned by a loving and gracious parent? What do our resumÃ©s say about us ...

7. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... have to conclude that the universe is bound to die. A closed view of the universe would suggest that the universe could die from heat death in a large dark hole from which nothing could escape. Those are observations we can make from a scientific point of view. However, the prophet would have us look at much more simple evidence of the presence of God in the creation. The Creation Serves God We do not have to know the sophisticated scientific theories of the nature or origin of the universe to recognize the ...

8. Aren’t All Religions Basically Alike?

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... and godlessness. This insistence on the uniqueness of Christ and Christianity was, he said, a subtle form of pride and the sooner we rid ourselves of it, the better. After all, he reasoned, “Aren’t all religions basically alike?” That’s a popular point of view, and in my view, a false one. One of the most prevalent myths of our age is the notion that all religions are alike. We hear people say, “All religions are basically the same; they just look different on the surface.” The actual truth ...

9. A New Beginning

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... him a fresh start (Luke 5:11b-32). When you hang around Jesus, new beginnings, improved relationships, and more fulfilling ways of life just seem to happen. We see this word in the second lesson, with its word that we are not to regard anyone from a human point of view (v.16a). Anyone in Christ is proclaimed to be a new creation. The old has passed (v.17)! This new beginning is a glimpse of the end tmes. This new beginning is the result of the fact that Christ has reconciled us to God, forgiven us for how ...

10. What Are Christian Liberals? - 1951

John 16:5-16

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... of our basic democratic principles of any other organization that I know of. Marvelous record and I’m so proud to be a part of it. We have limitless faith in the truth. And you may never get the truth until you are willing to hear points of view that are different from your own. For all men are fallible, and no institution has all the truth. Therefore, what the liberal always demands is a free field, and no favors, and all the facts, from anybody and everybody. Nothing is so presumptuous or preposterous ...

11. He Came by Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... to me that he had purposely chosen a word with more than one meaning, for the word means not only "born anew," but also "born from above." I've come to the conclusion that what he was driving at is the necessity of being reborn into a new point of view. Each of us inherits a physical nature from our parents. That nature is related to this physical world; it possesses certain animal needs and drives. It is from below and its attitudes tend to dominate us. In fact, we often operate as if that is all there is ...

12. The Little Boat

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... are in the center, asking the questions, feeling that we are uncared for, asking, "What are we doing here?" That question comes at the apparent breaking point. But the breaking point may be the turning point, because we may come to see things not just from the human point of view, but from a higher perspective. There is another side. It is the side with God in the center, raising the questions: "What do you mean, 'Don't I care?' Look at my creation. Look at my Son, your Savior. Look at me and what I've done ...

13. The Cracking Point

Mark 12:1-12

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... will return to the ground from which you were taken; you are dust and to dust you shall return (Genesis 3:16-19)." Then God drove them out of the garden. In reality, the response from God seems all out of proportion to the mistake - from our point of view. But not to God. Arrogance is his cracking point. As we view the Bible, we can say God's cracking point is consistent, from the Tower of Babel, when humans tried to reach into the heavens and God busted them into different languages, to his relationship ...

14. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... was rich and spicy. Daniel and his friends were young, healthy men who loved food and would surely not object to getting the finest quality as long as they were getting enough! Thus everything was looking up from Nebuchadnezzar's point of view. But from the point of view of Daniel and his friends, things looked grim. They were Jews, heirs of the Jewish faith, members of the Jewish religious community. Their moral and religious commitments forbade them to melt into Babylon's melting pot. They had their own ...

15. Epiphanies and Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... you can ride alone, be independent. That’s the way I look at God and church and religion. It’s just training wheels. And I don’t need them any more. I’m all grown up now. I can handle it by myself." I have since discovered that the point of view as stated by a stranger in the church parking lot is much more popular than you might think. Despite the claims of the Religious Right, that America is "more religious" now than it ever has been, I find this new interest in religion, for the most part, to be ...

16. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... not have to bend anything to anyone's particular tastes in order to have authority. God can dress any way God wants to dress. People tend to want to point to "signs" that Jesus is the sole possession and monopoly of a certain class with a particular point of view. Jesus knew that. "No signs," he countered. No signs? Well, what are we to do when people exclaim, "Look, here He is. There He goes. Yonder He is"? Do believers need a sign? If I interpret this scripture correctly, "No, they don't." In fact, one of ...

17. Imagine a World

Matthew 18:10-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... all of us are. Yet for the most part we are protected from disease by a force, a power within us that we are not even aware of which daily protects us. All of this is amazing, he said, when you realize from a scientific point of view, the fundamental law of nature, the most basic fact about all life, is that it is breaking down and disintegrating. That is called "entropy," the second law of thermodynamics. It is true universally. Life breaks down, disintegrates. Everything is supposed to do that. That is ...

18. Saul, The Tormented King

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Arthur H. Kolsti

... unique outlook. One source, the earlier, looked upon the monarchy in Israel as a fine thing. These writers may well have been part of the royal court in the days of Solomon. The second source takes a rather dim view of kings. Both points of view shine forth in today's reading. It's as if one blended together two interpretations of American history, one favoring states rights and the other favoring a strong central government. In 1 Samuel the editors just blended both interpretations. Scholars consider the ...

19. Saying Yes To Forgiveness

2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... 't close your mind. What do you think Paul was talking about in our text? Listen to verse 16: "From now on, therefore, we regard none from a human point of view; even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer." He was talking about practicing being God -- not viewing persons from a human point of view, but from a God perspective. And when we have that perspective, the ministry of reconciliation follows. Come at it from a slightly different way. When are we most ...

20. Nice Guys Finish First

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... background at all. But the mother felt that a minister might be able to help. I agreed to meet with them. They were in my office only a few minutes when a painful tale of marital infidelity on the part of the wife began to unfold. From a religious point of view, it would have been easy for me to talk about the sinfulness of her behavior, but the fact was, she was not even thinking of it in that context. In her mind, she felt justified because of some slights on her husband's part. In fact, she was still ...

21. The Cross And Our Shadows

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... are a healthy reflection of the way in which the church is a "cradle of diversity," as Dr. Nelson Trout (the first black man to be elected a bishop in the American Lutheran Church) described it. (Lutheran Standard, No. 4, 1983) I like the point of view which speaks not of the Lutheran, Baptist or Roman Catholic church, but of the Lutheran, Baptist or Roman Catholic movement within the Christian Church. When we fight and differ over who "really believes," over who is and is not saved, then we are in ...

22. God is About to Strike

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carl Hoefler

... most of us, this fact undermines the very foundation of our understanding of the concept of conversion. From the social point of view, we associate conversion with rogues, reprobates, prostitutes, and law breakers. From the intellectual point of view, we think that conversion is what happens to unbelievers, agnostics, skeptics, and cynics. From the missionary point of view, we think that conversion is concerned with pagans, heathens, and idol worshipers. Religious conversion, in general, is for the ungodly ...

23. Let Us Cross To The Other Side

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... We are in the center, asking the questions, feeling that we are uncared for, asking, "What are we doing here?" That question comes at the apparent breaking point. But the breaking point may be the turning point, because we no longer see things just from the human point of view. There is another side. It is with God in the center, raising the questions: "What do you mean, ‘Don’t I care’? Look at my creation. Look at my Son your Savior. Look at me and what I’ve done. Why are you afraid? Where is your ...

24. Good Friday

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... be bygones—somebody had to pay the debt. But the debt was so huge that no one human being could repay it. So God paid the debt Himself...in the giving of His Son. “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son...” One problem with this point of view is that it tends to drive a wedge between God and Christ, and suggests that God got peeved, and took out His peevishness on Jesus. God took out His vengeance on a sinless Christ. So the little boy in Sunday School could say, “I like Jesus, but I don ...

25. Reconciliation: Our Gift And Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for all, therefore, all have died. And he died for all that those who live might live no longer to themselves, but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view, even though we once regarded Christ from a human point of view, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come. All of this is from God who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us ...

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