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251. What Happens To You When You Die?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... -23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17; Romans 6:5). Consequently, if you want to know what it will be like for us when we, who have died believing in Jesus, are raised from the dead, then we find our clues by paying attention to what Jesus was like after he had risen from the dead. That is what life will be like for us when we are raised. What was Jesus like? Today's gospel lesson gives us some clues. First of all, we know that Jesus had a body, and he was walking right here on earth (Luke 24:15ff; cf. Philippians 3 ...

252. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... by serving God, because it was for the light of God that they waited. They did what they could, and they waited. And, Luke tells us, God did come to them. Who knows what they were expecting, but surely it was not this: a fragile baby bundled into ... can ... and wait. 1. Joseph Berger, "A Man Battles to Save Cherished Synagogue," The New York Times (July 21, 1986), section B, p. 3. 2. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977), pp. 435-6. 3. Martin Luther ...

253. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... by serving God, because it was for the light of God that they waited. They did what they could, and they waited. And, Luke tells us, God did come to them. Who knows what they were expecting, but surely it was not this: a fragile baby bundled into ... can . and wait. 1. Joseph Berger, "A Man Battles to Save Cherished Synagogue," The New York Times (July 21, 1986), section B, p. 3. 2. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977), pp. 435-6. 3. Martin Luther ...

254. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... her singing career altogether. Her answer was no. She said, "I don't work on July 6 and December 25--my birthday and Jesus' birthday--but outside of that I have to sing." ... a likely month for a governor to call a registration. Again in the same chapter of Luke's Gospel we find, 'In those days a decree was issued by the Emperor Augustus for ... of Syria. For this purpose everyone made his way to his own town' (verses 1-3, NEB, alternate footnote translation). "Since it was necessary for everyone to make his way ...

255. A Straying Heart

Psalm 95:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 ... life. (Luke 23) The prodigal son: working on a foreigner’s pig farm, when he remembers the joys of his father’s household. (Luke 15) ... get away from it. (3) We do not need to belabor the point. It’s interesting. For six and one-half verses this is a song of praise: 1 Come, let us sing for ...

256. The Greatest Ability Is Dependability (Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... ) Now talents here refer to a measure of money. A talent was equivalent to about 6,000 denarii and one denarius was equal to one day's wage of a common ... given according to ability, nor even according to responsibility, but according to dependability. 1 Cor. 3:8 says, "Each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor ... , you'll do the same thing with a million that you would do with a hundred. Jesus said in Luke 16:10, "He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is ...

257. Prayer-Conditioning Your Life

Luke 2:29-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the night in prayer (Luke 6:12-13). The greatest decision Jesus made for the sake of the gospel was made after he spent “the night in prayer to God.” (Luke 12:12) Only after ... for all humanity. 3) When he had the least time to pray, Jesus prayed. Jesus prayed the most when had the least time, energy, or freedom, to do so (Luke 5:15-16 ... dedication of the infant as occurred with Samuel (2 Samuel 1-2) seems to be in the picture here. Luke uses the plural (“their purification”) to describe the reason ...

258. Who's In Charge Here

Judges 21:24-25

Sermon

James Merritt

... parent and child Paul plainly says: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." (Eph. 6:1) c. Spiritually In the church God has also set up a standard of authority. It flows from heaven down ... word, and we have been paying for it ever since. What you see from Genesis chapter 3 on, is the result of authority that is rejected. You see the same results in our ... got under the authority of his mother and his father, we read in Luke 2:52 that he "increased in wisdom and statute and in favor with ...

259. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

Sermon

... name "St. Luke’s." 4) Go ... Go settle ... Go tell the Gospel ... And they have. B. Go ... but be the Church! 1) Our Lutheran ... church building lead to the streets where the church as the scattered people of God DO the Gospel. 3) The Gospel needs hands and feet, says the Apostle Paul. The good news of Jesus needs to be put ... have been rewarded as the congregation grew not only in numbers but also in strength of faith. 6) How do we DO the Gospel? You do it when: * You sit by each other overnight sometimes ...

260. There Will Be Singing

Isaiah 35:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... praising God and SAYING, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” (Luke 2:13-14, emphasis added) Luke tells us they were saying, not singing. I like to think they were singing. Someone defined the difference between rap music ... 1992, p. 65. 3. USA Today, 12‑17‑07, pp. 1‑2D. Contributed by Dr. John Bardsley. 4. http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/2260.htm. 5. Jerry Ruff, http://www.sumcnj.com/sermons/srm2003/Sermon07.13.03.htm. 6. Daily Grace: Devotional ...

261. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... her beautiful hymn of praise which the church has termed the Magnificat. Then Luke tells about Christ’s birth with the angels praising God in the ... mark on my forehead so that when Jesus sees me He will know that I am one of His children.” (6) Well, yes, baptism is something like that. It does mark us as one of God’s children. But it is ... day? 1. Laugh & Lift - http://www.laughandlift.com/. 2. The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long, http://www.nationalcathedral.org/worship/sermonTexts/tl080601.shtml. 3. MONDAY ...

262. Wednesday: The Way Of The Cross: Oooh, That Smell

John 12:1-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 's look at John 12:1-11 (NRSV). [1] Six days before the Passover Jesus came ... 3] Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. [4] But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, [5] "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" [6 ... had healed) and the woman is nameless. In Luke it takes place in the home of Simon ...

263. I Believe in Easter

Acts 9:1-29

Sermon

James Merritt

... the book, Caldwell encourages her readers if they want more information to read the gospel of Luke. William Murray did, and by the time he finished the gospel of Luke, he got on his knees and gave his heart to a resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. ... Jesus Christ is alive, and Jesus Christ is Lord. 1 Justice Scali, Intercessors for America Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 6, June 1996, p. 3. 2 William J. Murray, My Life without God, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 14. 3 George Barna, Marketing the Church, p. 94. 4 A. W ...

264. A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... highest military honors from both the German and British governments. (1) For those of us who aren’t world-famous ... ? He achieved that record with someone knocking him down every 4.6 yards. (2) Jesus knew that his followers were going to get knocked ... kingdom of God will suddenly be here. And then we get to Luke 18, which begins, “Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them ... is home to tigers, elephants, rhinos, monkeys, deer and rabbits. (3) Jadav Payeng looked at a barren, sandy stretch of island ...

265. Are You a Super-Fan?

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... . http://time.com/5261257/soccer-match-turkey-crane/. 3. http://jokes.christiansunite.com/Cops/Crowd_Control.shtml. 4. Steve Beard, “The Way of Faith for Alice Cooper,” Good News Magazine (May/June 2002) p. 29. Cited in Davis, Barry L. 52 Topical Sermons Volume 1 (Pulpit Outlines), p. 125. GodSpeed Publishing. Kindle Edition. 5. By Brian Bell https://www.preceptaustin.org/luke-19-commentary. 6. Jesus Freaks, compiled by dc Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs (Tulsa, OK: Albury Publishing, 1999), pp. 231 ...

266. Hazardous to Your Wealth: Myths about Money

Malachi 3:7-12

Sermon

James Merritt

... are going to begin tithing, if you're not tithing already. (1) Do you trust the person of God that He will keep His word? (2) Do you trust the power of God to meet every financial need that you have? (3) Do you trust the promise of God to honor you if ... got out of life, but what they gave to life. Jesus said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." He also said in Luke 6:38, "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For ...

267. Out On A Sycamore Limb

Luke 19:1-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... you learn how to be a generous receiver.’ After the encounter with the Dean, Gomes never refused to accept a “love offering.”[6] One year an obituary appeared in The New York Times. The article was about Morris Dalmatofsky known by the people who frequented the ... a modern-day Zacchaeus who has met Jesus.” Amen. [1]. Tom Wright, Luke for Everyone, 221-222. [2]. Fred Craddock, Interpretation: Luke, A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching, 218. [3]. Peter J. Gomes, The Good Book: Reading the Bible ...

268. The Light That Dwells Among Us

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

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The story contains multiple metaphors: 1) God’s mountain 2) prayer 3) clothing/cloak of righteousness 4) fire 5) white/gleaming face 6) brilliant light 7) Moses and Elijah 8) conversing 9) fully awake 10) 3 tabernacles 11) cloud 12) ... hearts of the fathers to 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 ...

269. The House on The Rock

Lk 6:12-49 · Mt 5:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 29): a “weeding out” story Luke’s Witness: Jesus chooses his 12 apostles and then teaches them among others in Galilee (Luke 6:12 through 6:49) Minor Text Isaiah 2 (The Mountain of the Lord is the House of the God of Jacob) 2 Samuel 7 / 1 Chronicles 17 (God’s ... with the parable of the two houses, the one built upon the rock the foundation of his teachings. Luke reports approximately 1/3 of the entirety of the sermon that Matthew does. Jesus’ actual teaching may have been even longer; however, ...

270. Greed - Putting Things In Their Proper Perspective

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... anyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back" (Luke 6:30). And again Jesus said, "Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or drink, or your clothing. Life is more ... and loving others as you love yourself that abundant life is gained and lived. 1. Lee Atwater, "Lee Atwater's Last Campaign" in Life (February 1991). 2. Quoted by Todd Jones, tape #4. 3. Thomas H. Naylor, William H. Willimon, Magdalena R. Naylor, The Search for Meaning (Abingdon ...

271. Passing the Easter Miracle On

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... on us! Silver and gold have I none, but what I have I give to you" (v. 6). What did he have? Something unique: inner power, a blessing from a deep spiritual experience, the ... had a past, present and future which gives it a lively credibility even to this day. 1. First of all, there was the past element: the miracle of Peter himself. For us to ... that, as Luke put it, "The name of Jesus, by awakening faith, has strengthened this man, whom you see and know, and this faith has made him completely well" (3:16 NEB). ...

272. The News from Nazareth

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Times Observer, 12/21/2000, S-15 2. Luke 1:26-38 3. Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1969, translated from the third German edition, 1962), p. 365 4. Phillips Brooks, 1868 5. www.eSermons.com, "Mary And Elizabeth," December, 2000 6. Quoted by William Barclay, Daily Study Bible, CD-ROM edition (Liguori, MO: Liguori Faithware, 1996) used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press 7. www.SermonIllustrations.com, 1999 8. "Mary and Elizabeth" 9. Barbara Brown Taylor, "Singing ...

273. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part Two - Explaining the Facts)

1 Peter 3:15

Sermon

James Merritt

... , Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. (I Corinthians 8:5-6, NASB) It is very plain from the Old Testament that the title "Lord" often referred to ... that Jesus Christ affirmed by His frequent references to the Old Testament and by what He said in Luke 24:44. The early Christians also had to have a standard by which they judged a book to ... Da Vinci and Dan Brown. [1] Ibid, p. 244 [2] Faith and Family Values, March-April, 2006, 13. [3] The Da Vinci Code, p. 231 [4] Hank Hanegraaff and ...

274. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s face, which is a wonderful asset when you are negotiating treaties with other countries. (6) But experience tells us that over time what is in your heart steals out to ... and Elijah, appear with him, Luke says, “in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.” Peter, John and James were very sleepy, Luke continues, “but when they became ... think I can see it in your face. 1. Mark’s Musings, http://mrhumor.net. 2. Timothy Anger, merry-hearts-subscribe@listmonger.net. 3. The Rev. Mary E. Conroy, http://www. ...

275. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... hour has not yet come" (John 2:1-4). * We think of his family fearing for his safety at Nazareth when people began to cry out, "He is crazy" (Mark 3:20-22). * We think of their ... disciples?’ And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready." (Luke 22:10-12) Finding things to be just as he had said, they proceeded ... covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words." (Exodus 24:6-8) Blood must be shed. In the upper room Jesus was announcing that blood would be shed ...

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Synonyms: evangelist, physician, companion, historical, salvation, virgin mary, jesus' birth, annunciation, boyhood, prodigal son, good samaritan, women

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251. What Happens To You When You Die?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

252. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

253. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... by serving God, because it was for the light of God that they waited. They did what they could, and they waited. And, Luke tells us, God did come to them. Who knows what they were expecting, but surely it was not this: a fragile baby bundled into ... can . and wait. 1. Joseph Berger, "A Man Battles to Save Cherished Synagogue," The New York Times (July 21, 1986), section B, p. 3. 2. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977), pp. 435-6. 3. Martin Luther ...

254. A Birthday Celebration

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

255. A Straying Heart

Psalm 95:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan