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1. Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of the religious ambiance of the Christmas season. We light the candle for the candle's sake. Yet God never lights a candle, in human hearts or elsewhere, for the candle's sake alone. God lights fires in cold rooms, cold hearts, and cold societies for illumination and warmth. No soul is truly saved until it becomes, in a direct sense, a savior to other souls. The fatal blow to any faith is when it is regarded as an end in itself. Earl Grey wrote of his father, a former Governor-General of Canada, "He lit so ...

2. The Two Fires

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... Christ. In some ways, there is hardly any distinction between the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ. They are simply the same experience, and only later theological refinements saw fit to distinguish between them. Both are affirmation that God can create a new warmth and glow within us through the fire of Christ’s spirit. C. S. Lewis once said that the gospel was concerned to create "new people" not just "nice people." The human need is an inner transformation that makes us into new creatures. It is ...

3. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... of mercy. It calls us to change our ways before that day of judgment occurs. Our greatest need for change is in the realm of relationships. We jump at every chance to express bitterness and resentment while so many good opportunities to reach out in love and warmth are ignored. Our return to God will never be complete until we turn to one another. Hear these words of Joel one more time: " 'Yet even now,' says the Lord, 'return to me with all your heart.' ... Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious ...

4. Let the Son Shine In

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the night, fearing the vast void of darkness beyond the circle of light. You might take a few minutes sometime and try to imagine what it would have been like on a cold winter night in the year 30 A.D. For us today, such a night might include light, warmth, a fireside, a good book, music from the stereo or a television show. But for them, all but the most wealthy homes were unprotected from the wind and cold. In ancient times, and in many parts of the world even today, the poor had no fire, no light, except ...

5. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... not a long speech, easily rehearsed and remembered as he stumbled his way back to the community and family he had so blithely renounced. I'm sure he knew it would be effective. He must have smiled and thought, "Tonight I will eat and find rest in the warmth and comfort of the servants' quarters." You know what happened next. That fool father was out there looking for him, as was his custom every day. Only this day was different. This day he saw against the horizon the stooped form of a man hobbling down the ...

6. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Christian lives ought to reflect that joy -- Jesus likened us not to a funeral procession but to a wedding reception. Let the liturgy lift us up.Let the hymns make a happy, easy melody. Let the preacher smile and be enthusiastic.Let the congregation radiate the warmth of it all. Joy is what we are chosen for and joy is what we offer to all who come. The earliest Christians were joyous people. The note of that first Christianity is joy. They caught the infection of that happiness from their Master. With his ...

7. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... it. So it is with children. Seventy-five percent of what they learn is gained before they are five years old and that is the time the home has the greatest influence. Parents and grandparents, does your home transmit values to your children? Does its warmth and quietness speak of the love and security that it offers? Are you showing your children the value of loving their grandparents by your regular family visits with them and by loving ways you speak about them? (The way your children see you treat their ...

8. God's Passion

Acts 2:42-47

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... toward a God for whom he's about to sacrifice a son. Rather, this love is the exuberance of a David, dancing as he brings God's altar into Jerusalem. This love is the joy of Jesus, laughing at the wedding in Cana. More than anything else, the warmth and happiness of the church after Easter is like the awe of a teen-ager awakening the day after his/her first serious date. For the first time in their life, they know they are loved. Theologian Robert Capon explores this early church joy which we so readily ...

9. Christmas Vision

Isaiah 9:1-7

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... a vision? Another dark night when a few stars pierce the black, like tiny bulbs blinking atop a tall pole. Rough countryside whose stillness is broken by the baa's of sheep. Cold, dirty sheep milling together for warmth and comfort. Tired, stinking men huddled around a fire for warmth and comfort. A blinding, flashing light. They glimpse a vision. Angels singing, directing them to go and see what has happened in a small stable in Bethlehem. There animals and family hover over a feed trough. These shepherds ...

10. The Yestermorrow Eclipse

John 10:1-21

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... light you can grant." The word itself in Greek means abandonment, and it was as though the gods had gone away and deserted man, leaving him alone. To coin the song phrase, man felt "lost out here in the stars," with no one to light his way or give him warmth. But that’s all past now. Science has introduced us to saros, corona, chromosphere, and a host of other terms; and we know quite a bit about the solar eclipse and when it will occur. It’s all figured out down to the minute of the day. All that’s ...

11. The Kingdom of God Is a Party

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a day for maintenance, and twelve hugs per day for growth. But did you know that some people do not receive a single hug all week except when they come to church. Here within the church we should have the radiance of Christ's love on our faces and warmth in our handshakes and hugs. We are part of the best party on earth! Something else about the Kingdom party is special: Everyone Is Invited! In the parable Jesus told, there were guests invited to the wedding but they would not come. In fact, they abused the ...

12. Resurrection: From Brokenness to Wholeness

Matthew 15:29-39

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... Jesus’ wisdom was not the scroll-learning that was so often voiced in the synagogue. Jesus’ wisdom came from somewhere else. He certainly knew the sacred scrolls. He could recall the history of God’s people as surely as the rabbi, but there was a warmth, a personalness to his teaching. Almost, it seemed, as if he had always known the answers, had always been shaped by the ancient teachings. Almost as if he were the teaching! This particular day, seated in the cool grass of the field, and feeling more ...

13. THE NEIGHBORHOOD GAP

Sermon

William McKee Aber

... a Christian who is aware of the grace of God to say, "As a matter of emotion I dislike that man, but I will do good to him because as a matter of Christian principle, I love him." It’s great to feel a warmth toward people, and if we took Christ seriously, we would probably feel warmth a great deal more than we do. The Christian faith isn’t primarily the way we feel - it is tied up in the way we act, the way we relate. Liking may follow loving; fondness may follow action; but it may not, and that ...

14. The Second Naiveté: Babies, Angels, Shepherds, And God

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... of humble love and eternal truth, help us give up the idols of our vain worship, to center our lives on the Christ. Grant us release from false ideas and inadequate concepts which hinder our vision of you. Let our hardness of heart be melted in the warmth of this manger room of love. On this night of the world's first family, we would remember our own. Some of us are home from school or service or distant work. Others of us are home after arguments and alienation, home, ready to be accepted and reconciled ...

15. The Gift of Fire

Acts 2:14-41, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... go out to watch it...which, of course, creates a big problem for those kids who DID grow up to be firefighters. On a winter's evening, we like building a fire, not just for the warmth, but for the chance to watch it do its work. On a summer's evening in the woods, we enjoy gathering around a campfire, not for the warmth, but for the sheer pleasure of being near it. Fire fascinates us. Now, combine those two thoughts: gifts and fire. I wonder what would happen if someone gave you a gift OF fire. To be sure ...

16. Jesus, Where Are You?

John 12:20-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... Martin, was like the first picture of the laughing Christ in certain ways. Instead of a pale, blond, sorrowful man with a glowing halo over his head, this Jesus was dark skinned, strong, and healthy looking. He had a broad smile, and He glowed with warmth and good cheer. His gaze was straightforward, honest, and twinkling with mirth. This was a warm, personable, real Jesus. The kind of man anyone would want to follow. As Cal contemplated these two images of Jesus, he realized that he had never known this ...

17. Are You Going Down?

Luke 2:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... house lonely and desolate in the midst of a storm. It was a sad picture. Then, with a quick stroke of yellow oils he put a light in one window. The effect was magical. The entire scene was transformed into a vision of comfort and cheer, of warmth, of happiness, of love. One of the most important symbolic events of our lifetime occurred within the last two decades. It was the destruction of the wall that separated East and West Berlin. The division of post-war Germany and the erection of the Berlin Wall had ...

18. Busybodies

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... greater than their love for money. Their love for him was even greater than the principle of being responsible. Their love for him was greater than his tiny heart and mind could imagine. He need not sit out there in the cold regardless of his crime. There was warmth the warmth of love and forgiveness in his parents' house. That is a lesson that we all need to learn, isn't it? Jesus broke the rules. He healed a woman on the Sabbath. Jesus wanted us to see that God's love for God's children is greater than ...

19. He Touched Me

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Think about that, years without a touch. Every one of us needs physical, human touching. Experts tell us that infants need to be held a lot. You know who those experts are? Mothers. The moms here can talk about that basic need for physical warmth. I believe you cannot spoil an infant by touching them. When Marcel Gerber was sent by a United Nations committee to study the effects of protein deficiency on Ugandan children, she found, to her surprise, the opposite of what she was expecting. Uganda infants ...

20. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... Annie Sullivan taught her the meaning of the word "love." One day, Annie hugged Helen and signed, "I love Helen," into Helen's hand. Helen wanted to know what "love" meant. Was it like the sweet smell of the violets? No, not quite, Annie said. Was it like the warmth of the sun? That was still not it. A few days later, Helen returned to the word "love." Annie replied, "You cannot touch the clouds . . . but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day ...

21. Jesus, Our Hope

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... I live in. Into that world where people weep and are hurting and broken there was a cry. It was a cry of a fragile little baby breaking upon history’s scene. Strips of cloth are wrapped around his tiny body. His mother nuzzles him close for warmth and nourishment. Does the wonder of the picture still amaze you, or have you gone through so many Christmases that you have become deadened to the mystery? In the fragility of a tiny baby crying at his mother’s breast, where livestock nervously move about, and ...

22. In the Darkness of Despair, There Is the Light of Hope

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... , and increase joy, and break yokes of despair. You can be a witness of this light by living the meaning of it, by being a person of hope, by reflecting the light of Christ, by sharing the warmth of it in your daily life, by inviting other people to come into this lighthouse to learn of the light and feel the warmth of it. In this light, they will find hope. Centuries ago, a nobleman in Europe built a church for his people. It was a place of beauty. He thought of everything. But when it opened, and a great ...

23. Salted with Fire

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... bear the name of Christ, are promised that both the staying power of salt and the surviving power of fire will be theirs throughout their life. If you've been salted with fire you can never lose the sharpness and freshness of your faith. Nor can ever be quenched the warmth and power of God's presence in your life. (A great way to end the sermon this morning would be to have everyone come up and cast some salt into a fire that is on or near the altar as a symbol of having presented their bodies as a living ...

24. The Power of Partnership

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... alone?" (v.11) Now there are some that thinks this refers to married partners, who lie in bed on a cold wintry night and they bring warmth to one another. I wonder how many of you men can relate to that? I love cold weather. I had rather it be cold than ... a blizzard of heartache; when the chill of depression and discouragement freezes our very heart. We need the heat of a hug, the warmth of a word from someone who will encourage us. Two are more productive than one. IV. Two Are More Powerful Than One "Though ...

25. Help Wanted: Only Shunammites Need Apply

2 Kings 4:8-37

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... s way would be designated "Shunammite households." Each of these would maintain a "prophet's chamber" - a room that was always available on a moment's notice to provide hospitality and warmth to those doing the Lord's work. Like the Shunammite woman's rooftop chamber, this small space would provide the weary with warmth and privacy - a place to refresh their bodies with sleep, their minds with study and their souls with prayer. The Shunammite tradition remained a familiar phenomenon in American culture long ...

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