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226. Remembering Then; Anticipating When

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Tony Everett

... love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another” (John 13:34, see also John 15:12-17). Maundy Thursday is a time for remembering what God’s love looked like in Bible times, what that new love looks like now ... to be dated from their deliverance from slavery (v. 2). Jesus and his disciples also gathered to eat and remember God’s mighty saving act. As they remembered then, they began to recognize what they were facing now, and perhaps even to anticipate what it would be like ...

227. Supernatural: Running On Empty

John 2:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... know what Jesus wants us to do; we just don’t do it. Jesus said in John 13:17, “If you know these things happy are you if you do them.” (John 13:17, KJV) Let’s see how this works. “Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish ... was used to wash dirty hands, not wine for a wedding. These men could have been sent to prison for doing such a disgraceful act as taking dirty water to a Master of Ceremonies that was expecting sparkling wine. Do you see what happened? The water became wine after ...

228. A Watery Grave

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... story. And so he provides the link between our Old Testament and gospel lessons, as we explore baptism together this week. Genesis 9:8-17 The old rule of thumb for preachers and other public speakers went like this: Tell them what you’re going to say, say it, ... along with Luke and Paul, use the word to signal something that is complete, even at capacity (see, for example, John 16:24; Acts 2:2; Philippians 4:18-19). Children associate the familiar tune of “Pop Goes The Weasel” with a jack-in-the-box ...

229. Lazarus Rising

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57, John 12:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in the majesty and presence of God! So everyone would know that God was near, and that soon, God would act similarly on their behalf. Soon Jesus’ own resurrection would change the face of faith, would turn hearts back to God ... Heals! God’s Metaphor of the Restoration of Israel and the Resurrection of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 36 and 37) The Promise of Restoration (Jeremiah 30:17 and 33) God’s Comfort to His People and the Servant of Light to the Nations (Isaiah 40 and 42) Tobit’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for ...

230. The Writing on the Wall

2 Samuel 11:1-27, 2 Samuel 12:1-31, John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... He tells the King a parable. Do you remember what it is? Who can remember? [Allow someone to repeat the story.] Well, this parable acts like of kind a mirror. You’re fumbling around in the dark. You bump into some furniture….get all battered up. All of ... of God Writes Upon the Tablets of Stone (Deuteronomy 9 and 10) The Manner in Which Accusations Must Be Judged (Deuteronomy 17) Guidelines for Judging Virginity (Deuteronomy 22) Psalm 8: The Creative Work of God’s Fingers Psalm 36: God’s Righteousness ...

231. Lion of Judah

Gen 49:1-28, Judges 13-15, Matt 4:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... em! All you kids present, did you notice that it is adults who are sounding like kids? Sometimes, adults have fun acting like children. But wait a minute. Would you explain the “biting” part? Please? [Again, this is a place where your ... lion” through the ancient fathers through the line of David and up through the Messiah, Jesus. King David had the heart of a lion (Samuel 17:10). Samson had the strength of a lion and somewhat of a wild spirit too. In fact, you could say, Moses had the temper of ...

232. Good-Bye

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Will Willimon

... one place. Mary tried to cling to Christ, to hold him close so he couldn't get away again. "Hold me not!" he tells her (20:17). To hold Jesus is to limit him, grasp, define him. But you can't hold Jesus. He is Risen! He's moving out, beyond the ... do this to make the point that prayer, talking to God about human need, is the very pinnacle of worship, the moment toward which all other acts of worship move. And we clergy do our best to gather up as many of your concerns as we can and lay them before God. But ...

233. Welcoming Jesus

Matthew 10:40-42

Sermon

William G. Carter

... enemy.”16 To be hospitable is to create that space, to make room for strangers. It is an intentional act of welcome, not merely a concept we think about but an act that we do. Pause for a minute and remember the last time when somebody was hospitable to you. ... any salvation, redemption, healing and new life, the first thing we need is an open receptive place where something can happen to us.”17 The change comes, not merely to the stranger, but to all of us, for all of us in some sense are strangers too. ...

234. The View From The Mountaintop

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... he reportedly said, “I do not like to hear cut and dried sermons. When I hear a man preach I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees!”[12] Glory! Soon after settling in the White House, the Lincoln family rented a pew in Washington’s ... widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and all nations.”[17] Oh yes, Mr. Lincoln. Oh yes, Lord! Amen! 1. James M. McPherson, Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution, (New York: Oxford ...

235. The Truth about Truth

John 8:31-32

Sermon

James Merritt

... truth." The Lord Jesus said there is truth that is absolute. Where is this truth found? Jesus also said, "Your word is truth." (Jn. 17:17) He said the Bible is the source of ultimate absolute truth. Now why is the Bible the source of truth? Because it is the ... straight paths. But if I must have some failing let me rather speak the truth with too great severity than once to act the hypocrite and conceal the truth. If there no such thing as truth, eternal, universal, absolute, immutable, inerrant truth, I am a ...

236. What to Wear to the War

Ephesians 6:13-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... battle. Now the belt of truth represents the word of God. In Eph. 1:13 Paul refers to "the word of truth." Jesus said in John 17:17, "Your word is truth." Now in this instance the word of God is a defensive weapon. It is to be used to ward off the dart ... your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved." How you think, how you act, the person you are, or you will soon become, is always determined in your heart. Ps. 23:7 says, "As a man thinks in his ...

237. Year-Round Christmas

1 Kings 17:1-24

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in your face" business going on here. God says, "I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food" (1 Kings 17:9). A foreigner — woman — widow — can you go much lower on the totem pole, Lord? But Elijah does as he is told, meets the ... a year? A year-round Christmas? You can have it. Remember that verse you learned, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). Or remember the prayer of Saint Francis that concluded, "For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that ...

238. Lessons From a Hurricane

Jeremiah 17:5-10

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... us with courage and hope as we continue to trust him in our hurricanes of life! II. Exist With God In Life's Hurricanes (Jeremiah 17:7-8) Jeremiah says in verse 6 that they will be like a desert shrub that exists in the desert parched land. Their lives are ... wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the ...

239. Drowsy Disciples

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... Jesus’ images of stars falling and the heavens being shaken. This climactic day is both global and cosmic. When this particular act in history comes to an end, it will not be merely with a curtain closing. No, but rather the scenery will ... prior to the coming of the Son of Man seems to be so ordinary as to be innocuous (for example, Matthew 24:37-44 and Luke 17:26-30), though Mark does not echo that theme. On the other hand, there is the cautionary note that extraordinary events should not be easily mistaken ...

240. Jesus or Niccolo?

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... pretext! He was tempting the Lord Jesus to act as if the Father existed to serve him instead of the other way around. The children of Israel once had fallen for this satanic ploy, as we read back in Exodus 17. They did not know what Jesus knew: that ... for the sins of the people. Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested" (Hebrews 2:17-18). What is more, we have the never-ending promise of God's word for us, "We do not have a high priest who is unable to ...

241. The Light That Dwells Among Us

Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.” (Luke 1:15-17) Or as another translation puts it… “Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar ... stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts. Remember the teaching of my servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances that I commanded him at Horeb for all ...

242. A Maturing Faith

Acts 16:16-40

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... Paul and his group crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation" (Acts 16:17). She did this for many days. Finally, Paul became so annoyed with her that he cast out the spirit. Thus, her owners could ... They had been beaten and their clothes had been ripped. Who would possibly risk bringing these two into his home? Such an act could have jeopardized his health, the well-being of his family, and his standing within the community. Do you know the story ...

243. Wash Up First For The Meal Before You Eat!

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... their own feet (see Genesis 18:4; 19:2; 24:32; 2 Samuel 11:8). The washing was also a courtesy of the guest, an act by which guests cleansed themselves of the grime that they had accumulated in order truly to be worthy to enter and remain in the ... new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another (John 13:16-17, 34)." Jesus was aware that he had humbled himself, that he had assumed the role of a servant, when he washed the disciples' feet.2 ( ...

244. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his (Romans 6:17)." A Prologue To Discipleship Matthew places the Beatitudes at the very beginning of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, and this sermon comes very ... pray for that solid trust that gladly accepts whatever condition in which we find ourselves as places in which God can and does act. In such matters, our faith in our Father's plans for the future does much to inform and enable the faithfulness of a ...

245. Trouble on the Mountain

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

... don't do it like they used to." "They don't sing the 'old' familiar songs anymore." "The church is full of hypocrites." "If acting the way 'they' act is being a Christian, then I want no part of it." "You can't be a Christian and stay in my kind of ... dogs licked the blood of Jezebel and punishment fell upon Ahab's son and family as a result of their father's sin. (1 Kings 21:17-26 and 2 Kings 9:21-37) David, great king that he was, apparently felt he could commit the terrible sins of adultery and murder and ...

246. Turn Out the Lights! The Party's Over!

Daniel 5:1-31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... they were weaned on pickle juice. But if you know you are forgiven and heaven-bound, how can you help but grin a little? Here comes Act II—I call it "A Shocking Revelation". Look to verse 5. "Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the ... the third highest position because he and father Nabonidus held down the top two slots. Daniel’s response in verse 17 is classic: "You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the ...

247. Readying the Twelve for Mission

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... period of waiting which Jesus commanded was followed by that great Day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon this group and galvanized them into a movement that launched the evangelical movement of the early church. However, our text today (Acts 1:15-17, 21-26) outlines an incident of a somewhat routine nature that occurred between the Ascension and Pentecost. Peter, with more sense than he had generally hitherto shown, stood up and called their attention to an item of unfinished business. This ...

248. Loved People, Love People

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Richard A. Jensen

... example of our farthest neighbors. I would guess that most of you do not encounter any of these poor chilren in your normal daily routine. I know I don’t. Our individual acts of love, therefore, will not begin to touch this problem. We really need to get at the structures and systems of life in our nation that create the problems. To do that ... . You are loved people, therefore, love people. "This I command you, to love one another" (John 15:17). Love your neighbors near and far. Loved people, love people.

249. What's This World Coming To Anyway?

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

Randolph W. Barr

... after their party. Now I'm up to my ankles in dirty dish water." "Speaking of that shower, Sally was shocked," Wayne offered. "Here some 17-year-old girl gets pregnant and somebody in the church thinks she needs a party. I tell you, there wouldn't have been a party ... years ago as far as I am concerned. Part of that personality or style or whatever is still a big part of who I am and how I act. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my church work that I get to thinking that no one else can do it or that no one else ...

250. The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

John 16:7-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... the one sin that kills eternally is the sin of refusing to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus himself said in Jn. 3:17-18, "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. ... of guilt, but only the Holy Spirit can convict you of sin. Many of you will remember the first sermon ever preached in the book of Acts on the day of Pentecost, when the Apostle Peter preached on repentance and faith in Christ, and 3,000 people were saved in one day. ...

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