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Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... . It appears all over the place in his letter to the Romans. He always seems to be talking about "righteousness." Today's reading is taken from the most important part of this most important of all the letters that Paul wrote. At the heart and ... did they leave you behind? Did they all go swimming and leave you here?" Alex sniffled and quickly wiped away his tears. He didn't want Uncle Herbert to know that his feelings had been hurt. After all, he was six years old. He was a big boy now. He didn't want to ...

2. Thanks, but...

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

... , "it just goes to show that preachers are human, too." "Paul's a little too human as far as I'm concerned," said Herbert. "Look," said someone, "Show a little compassion. The man's been in prison now for five or six months. That can get to ... a man loses his appetite for life, doesn't care about anything. You have to get that way in order to survive. What you're reading is the indifference of an imprisoned man who's had to detach himself from life in order to make it." "Perhaps," said Euodia, "Paul really ...

3. Why We Believe In God

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... forehead was smooth. There weren't any wrinkles there at all. And Herbert Spencer smiled a bit, and he said, "Well, that's because I'm never perplexed!" And George Elliot replied, "Well, that's the most arrogant thing I've ever heard!" And it is, isn't it? Don't you just hate it when somebody is a "know-it-all"? Never perplexed. Never disturbed. Never having any questions about life, or about why things happen. Our Scripture reading this morning was first addressed to very perplexed people. They were Jewish ...

4. Soul Drain

Psalm 63:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

Some time ago, I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across an article by Herbert Gold. Now I don’t know who Herbert Gold is, but he wrote a marvelous article about his visit to the ... experience. We are to discover the mystery as a personal experience. I want you to hear this scripture lesson now for the sermon. I deliberately waited now to read it because I want to share it with you from the Phillips translation. The most beautiful symbol in the New Testament concerning who we are in relation to ...

5. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... deeds of love. "She called that 'waiting on God', and she found different ways to do it. One of them was to read poetry. Particularly, she liked the religious poetry of George Herbert, a 17th Century Anglican priest. (On one occasion, she memorized one of Herbert's poems, and then) recited it as a spiritual discipline in her daily devotions... It was during one of those recitations of George Herbert's poem on love that, she said, "Christ himself came down and took possession of me." It was grace...but she ...

6. Hunger and Politics

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... Jesus here. Verses 1-17 of Matthew 1 move in stages through the memorial gardens of Israelite history, stopping briefly to read the grave markers on nearly forty sites. These are representatives of the major eras of Hebrew history, Matthew tells us. This, ... inadequate self. There was no dream here; only an incessant heart hunger kept awake by an unrelenting nightmare. Generations ago, George Herbert penned a brilliant picture of the aching in each of our souls. In his poem, "The Pulley," he portrayed God at ...

7. The Ash Account

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Charles M. Mills

... If I cheat on my income tax I won't be caught." Our self-deception can be a wonder to behold. English poet George Herbert was a skilled amateur musician. He played in an orchestra of like-minded amateurs. One afternoon he was on his way to meet with his friends for ... road which begins on Ash Wednesday. With him as our guide we pick up our crosses and follow him. A friend told me she had read of the death of a beloved pastor. My friend mused, "I cannot recall what he said in his sermons as much as I can the ...

8. Eat And Live

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... serving at tables." Even that is not permitted. This is how the argument ends: "You must sit down," says Love, "and taste My meat." So, says George Herbert, I did sit and eat. (3) There is a part of each of us that knows we are unworthy to take the bread and the cup. ... infidelity. In the closing moments of the film the congregation is gathered for worship. The pastor has just finished reading 1 Corinthians 13. The elements of the Holy Communion are being passed through the congregation. As the people take ...

9. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... to the Philippians. She prepared her inner life. She adopted a mystic's discipline, which she called "waiting on God." She found different ways of waiting. One of the ways of waiting she found was to read poetry. She read particularly the poetry of George Herbert, the 17th century Anglican priest. She said that she memorized Herbert's poem on love so that she could use it as a means of centering. She said, "One day while reciting the poem, Christ himself came down and took possession of me." Behold, I stand ...

10. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... latest report from the hospital bed of someone we love. I won’t tell you how Rabbi Kushner handled all of the questions. You can read the book for yourself. But he discovered one thing that was most helpful: God did not do it to him. God did not do it ... a small boy is shown down on his knees, praying, out of patience with God. He prays, “Aunt Stella isn’t married yet. Uncle Herbert hasn’t got a job. Daddy’s hair is still falling out. I’m tired of saying prayers for this family without getting ...

11. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... was pathetic. He never got beyond the third grade. His wife ran off with another man. His daughter was a teenage runaway. Elvin couldn't read or write. He was the butt of all the jokes at the highway department. He was a tragic human being, except in one regard. ... as I'm concerned it is the only trip worth taking. The place to begin is with a prayer once written by the poet George Herbert. He prayed, "Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more: a grateful heart."8 1. The idea for this story comes ...

12. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

... was pathetic. He never got beyond the third grade. His wife ran off with another man. His daughter was a teenage runaway. Elvin couldn't read or write. He was the butt of all the jokes at the highway department. He was a tragic human being, except in one regard. ... I'm concerned it is the only trip worth taking. The place to begin is with a prayer once written by the poet George Herbert. He prayed, "Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more: a grateful heart."8 ____________ 1. The idea for this ...

13. Where the Bread Loaf Is Not a Stone

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... lox at Jewish delicatessens; delicious pastries at Greek coffee shops. Bread! Bread! Everywhere! As our scripture lessons were read, I could almost envision Mary, the mother of our Lord, baking bread in their home at Nazareth, and ... Living Bread took his hand and said, "Was it not the living Father who made your eyes, your hands, your life?" "Of course, My Lord," said Herbert, "but I have MISUSED them so!" To which the Risen Christ replied, "But I bore all your guilt away with my life! Come in and eat: Here ...

14. A New Year’s Resolution

Ephesians 4:25 -5:2

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... to be told, "Some lady up ahead already paid your fare. Have a nice day." The woman in the Honda, it turns out, had read on an index card taped to a friend's refrigerator: "Practice random kindness; commit senseless acts of beauty." The phrase seemed to leap out ... did not know where it came from or what it really meant. Two days later, she heard from Anne Herbert. It was in a Sausalito restaurant that Anne Herbert jotted the phrase down on a paper placemat, after turning it around in her mind for days. "Here's ...

15. The Lord Thwarts a Curse

2 Sam 16:1-14

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... became a rector in the Church of England, where he spent his last few years in a small parish. He was noted for his wonderful physical and spiritual care of his parishioners. Regarded as saintly, he wrote religious poetry, which is widely read. In this pattern poem (1633), Herbert examines the discipline of the Lord: Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poore: With thee Oh let me rise As larks, harmoniously, And sing this ...

16. Dessert in the Desert

Deut 32:10-12 · Ez 37

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great host. Some of you reading these words may be presently living in a religious desert. Ironic though it is, there is precedent for discovering religious dessert in the ... p. 7. 2. T. S. Eliot, The Family Reunion! (New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1939), p. 85. 3. Herbert Marcuse, One Dimensional Man (Boston: Beacon Press, 1964), p. 9. 4. John Bright, A History of Israel (Philadelphia: The ...

17. Don't Just Stand There!

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... being kind, decent caring people. There was a story that made the news about a decade ago about a man named Herbert Wirth. Herbert Wirth had died and nobody seemed to have noticed. The local minister prepared himself for a short funeral service. The funeral ... understand why Christ had to leave his disciples. This concerns, of all people, the late rock-and-roll legend, Elvis Presley. I read that, at the time of his death, there were 48 known Elvis impersonators. Today there are an estimated 35,000 known Elvis ...

18. A Glimpse of God

John 14:5-14

Sermon

George Bass

... hours after dark gave him leave to go, saying that he would want him early on the following morning. He himself sat up reading and praying until nearly midnight before going to bed ... He slept peacefully for several hours." He awakened between five and six o’clock the next morning, called his servant, Herbert, and declared: "I will get up, having a great work to do this day," and adding, "Herbert, this is my second marriage day; I would be as trim today as may be, for before tonight I hope to be espoused ...

19. Advent 3: Let Us Go Over To Bethlehem And Find The Peace of Christmas

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

James W. Moore

... they listened to the beautiful music of Christmas, the wife became nostalgic and she said, “Herbert, do you remember how when we were younger we used to sit so close together as we drove along? It was so wonderful back ... saying that we need to be right with our “selves.” Have you heard about the man who wrote a letter to the Internal Revenue Service? It read: “Dear Sirs: I underpaid my tax bill for last year. I can’t sleep at night and my conscience is bothering me. Enclosed please find $600 ...

20. Witnesses of the New Covenant

Romans 12:1-8

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... Text Real worship is the offering of our everyday lives to God. Poetry: “The Altar,” by George Herbert. The Welsh-born Herbert (1593–1633) was a gifted poet, writer, and orator educated at Cambridge who, having once had aspirations ... and an African American man during the Great Depression. The movie ends as it opens, in church with church music playing. The minister reads 1 Corinthians 13. As the choir sings, communion is passed from person to person, and we see characters both alive and dead sharing ...

21. Disintegration and Reintegration

Mark 14:1-15:47

Sermon

John Smylie

... whole story. We need to be reminded not in part but completely of the grace and mercy and sacrifice, the passion and suffering which is our Lord's. When we read this entire passage found in Mark's gospel we meet a number of people. Right before our eyes we watch almost every one of them coming apart at the seams ... are called to be in spite of what we are."2 Amen. 1. Herbert O'Driscoll, A Time For Good News: Reflections on the Gospel For People on the Go, Year B (Toronto: Anglican Book Centre, Year). 2. Ibid.

22. In The Beginning And The End...God

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... who, humble and nameless, the straight, hard path road plod. Some call it Consecration, And others call it God. (William Herbert Carruth, quoted from The Best Loved Poems of America, Double-Day & Co., Garden City, NY, 1936, edited by Helen Filleman, ... sermons from Genesis. Oh, I've preached on texts from it but not a series. You may ask, why the first eleven chapters? If you read the book of Genesis, you will find that there is a distinct, though unannounced, change of tone that begins at Chapter 11. It's ...

23. Palm/Passion Sunday

Mt 26:14-27:66 · Php 2:5-11 · Isa 50:4-9a · Ps 31

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... ). This revelation brings the psalmist outside of herself and back to God with a confession of trust, along with a renewed call for salvation in vv. 14-16. In reading this psalm and in identifying with the psalmist, we move through the dark pit and dread of Passion Sunday. NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS Both texts are concerned with the passion ... remind us of the way that God deals with us. It is the way of George Herbert's prayer, "Gentleness": Throw away thy rod, Throw away thy wrath: O my God, Take the gentle path.

24. Let Familiarity Breed Contentment

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... : we lose sight, we lose touch, we lose connection with all the glories of the world that surround us everyday. Anyone ever read The Phantom Tollbooth? It's a classic children's story, first published in 1961. But like all classic children's stories, it' ... of glory." Let familiarity breed contentment. Do you know you're a part of a tradition that gives you poets like George Herbert in the 17th century, Charles Wesley and Isaac Watts in the 18th century, Emily Dickinson in the 19th century, and Norman Nicholson ...

25. What Form of Church Does God Want for the Furture?

Romans 12:1-8, Romans 12:9-21

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... service in which people can sense the presence of God in the midst of the people of God. They come to hear God’s word read and preached, sung and prayed. They come to confess their sins, to be forgiven, and to be told that God loves them and is with ... More than $250 million was given last year - not to advance Jesus Christ and his kingdom - but to advance Jerry Falwell, Robert Schuller, Herbert W. Armstrong and Sun Yung Moon. Almost all of this immense sum went not to exalt Jesus Christ but to enrich and ...

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1. Righteous!

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

2. Thanks, but...

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

Will Willimon

3. Why We Believe In God

Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

4. Soul Drain

Psalm 63:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

5. Prepare The Way Of The Lord

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

6. Hunger and Politics

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

7. The Ash Account

Matthew 6:19-24, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

Charles M. Mills

8. Eat And Live

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

9. Is There Anything I Can Do?

Luke 3:1-6

Sermon

Mark Trotter

10. Does God Give Out Blank Checks?

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

11. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

12. It Is Blessed To Receive

Sermon

William G. Carter

... was pathetic. He never got beyond the third grade. His wife ran off with another man. His daughter was a teenage runaway. Elvin couldn't read or write. He was the butt of all the jokes at the highway department. He was a tragic human being, except in one regard. ... I'm concerned it is the only trip worth taking. The place to begin is with a prayer once written by the poet George Herbert. He prayed, "Thou that hast given so much to me, Give one thing more: a grateful heart."8 ____________ 1. The idea for this ...

13. Where the Bread Loaf Is Not a Stone

Matthew 7:7-12

Sermon

Eric Ritz

14. A New Year’s Resolution

Ephesians 4:25 -5:2

Sermon

David E. Leininger

15. The Lord Thwarts a Curse

2 Sam 16:1-14

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.