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276. Marked For Ministry

Sermon

George Bass

... the name of the person embroidered upon it, along with “… child of God, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked with the cross of Christ forever.” The candle is to be lighted every year to remind people that they belong to Christ ... faucet aerators and shower heads.4. Keep your car’s tires properly inflated.5. Bring your own shopping bag (to the store).6. Eliminate waste before you buy.7. Recycle cans, glass and paper.8. Replace a regular (incandescent) light bulb with a compact fluorescent ...

277. What Happens When We Can't Believe It?

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... it frankly, were going through a living hell. Life was really treating them rotten, sort of like it does for us sometimes (1 Peter 1:6; 3:13-14, 16-17; 4:12; 5:10). And in the middle of all the suffering being inflicted upon them it was only natural ... Thomas" in our gospel lesson for today. "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails ... I will not believe (John 20:25)." That is what Thomas said, when he had missed sharing the experience the other disciples ...

278. What Will He Find ... When He Comes?

Luke 18:1-8

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... was as Jesus had predicted. Mark records the prediction, and Luke adds some very specific information to Mark's account, suggesting that Luke had information about the actual event which was not available to Mark at his earlier writing date. ... Charlie Brown, "I just hope to goodness that it doesn't rain ..." Walking away, Charlie answers, "Hoping to goodness is not theologically sound."[6] Charlie's right. "Hoping to goodness" is not sound. Fixing our hope upon God is. When he comes, will he find us faithful ...

279. Out of the Wilderness Comes New Life

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

George Bass

... surge, I am already somebody new: I think new, I feel new, I see new, I react new, I love new, I live new.6 That’s what the wilderness-temptation experience of Jesus holds for us during Lent. We have been made new again - through baptism and the ... prints, and body prints where he had rolled over in the snow, seemed to be everywhere. Hardly a spot in the backyard failed to show the marks of his previous night’s jubilant romp in the snow. How I would love to see him do that again. But I know it is not to ...

280. "Wow!"

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have believed it anyway? But the three of them believed it. They had been there, and those moments on that mountain would forever mark their lives and change the way they looked at everything. Certain "WOW" moments have a way of doing that. There is a true ... I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.(6) WOW! Amen! 1. Robert Fulghum, Everything I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, (New York: Villard Books, 1988) p. 139 2. Ellen ...

281. About Kissing

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , that is. The British and American governments were afraid that spies within the armed services might begin using the "XXX" mark to encode secret messages. Spencer lists some old superstitions about kissing: "If your nose itches, you'll kiss a fool." " ... Rights Reserved, gigglesngrins-subscribe@topica. com. Cited by Richard@witandwisdom.org 5. Bruce Larson, What God Wants to Know, pp. 65-66. 6. The Jewish humor list (jhumor@lgk.com). 7. New Bible Commentary, edited by G.J. Wenham, et. al. (Downer's Grove, ...

282. On Being Mistaken For A Mannequin

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

King Duncan

... them, "I don't want to bother you men," she said, "but will it be cheating if I tell you where the golf balls are?" Mark Sutton goes on to say, "As we look around us, we see people searching for lost values, for real meaning in life, and for ... Commission means sharing Jesus Christ with those around. It means speaking up and guiding them to forgiveness of sins and salvation." (6) Leighton Ford puts it like this: "There are too many churches with impeccable credentials for orthodox theology whose outreach is ...

283. Finding Calm In The Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... is this, that even wind and sea obey him?" I. The Fury of the Storm There are three elements of this word picture that Mark has painted for us that we need to ponder this day. The First is the fury of the storm. Storms are part of life ... two strong arms reached out from behind and pulled her to safety. "Don't be afraid," her father said. "I've been watching you all the time." (6) Those are Christ's words to us. He is not sleeping. He is watching over us. Why are we afraid? Have we no faith? 1. Contributed. ...

284. Searching For Saints

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... : "Well, a saint is someone who is kind, doesn't smoke, is prompt, smiles a lot, eats sensibly, avoids cavities and marks their ballot carefully . . . Avoids too much sun. Sends overseas packages early. Loves all creatures above and below . . ." Is that your ... there, and die there. The people so admired him that they thought he was Jesus, the very person Dr. Poppen told them about. (6) Would anyone confuse your life with that of your Lord? Sainthood is a lifestyle; it is a living testimony. And one thing more ...

285. I Didn't Expect This In Church!

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... the top of the baptismal steps, "I HOPE HE DROWNS!" (2) That is as close as most of us will come to the scene that Mark describes at the synagogue in Capernaum. We don't really understand what the New Testament writers mean by demon possession. Was it mental illness? ... her lunch, the lady simply said, "Jesu ist mein Herr. Gott ist gut." Translated that means Jesus is my Lord. God is good." (6) Is Jesus your Lord? Once you see Jesus as he really is you will either hate everything he stands for or you will ...

286. Temptation Island

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... MUST BE CONFIDENT. We can be confident that when we come to God and confess our sins, He will treat us with abundant mercy and grace. (6) Let me tell you about a man named George who had a son named Ben. After George's wife died of cancer, he struggled to raise ... God?" by Ronald Dunn, DECISION, magazine, Jul./ Aug. 2000, p. 27. 6. John Beukema, STORIES FROM GOD'S HEART (Chicago: Moody Press, 2000), pp.129-133. 7. Mark Guy Pearce, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, August 19, 1897. Dale Galusha

287. Where Heaven And Earth Meet

Genesis 28:10-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... do for such a momentous occasion: he built a pillar to mark the spot. This dream marked a turning point for Jacob the striver, the supplanter. Though he still is a deal-maker--even with God--this vision marked a new understanding for Jacob of who he was and what ... his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest." (6) Jacob was now a man who was "ever so alive," and he would serve God faithfully the rest of his days. Have you ever stopped to ...

288. How To Fail Successfully

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... for twelve years, and the raising of a little girl from death. All of this is recorded in chapters four and five of Mark. Jesus was obviously a success. Chapter six opens with Jesus coming to Nazareth and teaching in the synagogue and the people being ... that Jesus calls his disciples and sends them out. In His instruction He warns about failure. Listen to verses 10 and 11 of chapter 6: He said to them, "Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not welcome you and ...

289. Awake to Glory

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... heard what had happened, "everyone was amazed." But in the next chapter, Jesus is in his hometown and the unbelief of the people was such that "he could do no deed of power there," except for a few minor healings. Mark says that Jesus "was amazed at their unbelief" (6:5, 6). The crowds marveled that Jesus could work miracles; Jesus marveled that people could be so possessed of unbelief! The crowds looked upon miracles as out of the ordinary; Jesus thought of unbelief as out of the ordinary. He saw belief ...

290. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... upon the Lord; how yielded I must be to Him if His power is going to be perfected in my weakness. The line that I had marked in my devotional reading a few days before had been made powerfully alive by my dream; “Let not your will roar when your power can but ... immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. (Acts 6:6-10) Paul was not seeking an ecstatic experience, but he was open and responsive to the Spirit’s working in his life. ...

291. The “Sad-You-See” Syndrome

Mark 12:18-27

Sermon

Michael Milton

... and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong” (Mark 12:18-27). The Futility of Self-diagnosis Not too long ago I had a physical ailment. Like any red-blooded American male, I knew what ... the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory (1 Corinthians 2:6-8). Then Paul said, And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to ...

292. A Cloud of Witness

Hebrews 12:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him ... --my father. He was right there behind me, off to the side where a patch of rock meets the snow. His face was shining, beaming.” (6) Jamling Norgay had a witness to his climb, his father who had gone before him. So have we. Faith helps us be all we can be ...

293. Where a Cross Should Be Worn

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

King Duncan

... a church. A motivational rally, not a community of redemption and sacrifice. The most precious symbol of the church is the cross. Mark this down. Our faith was born in failure, rejection and despair. If you’ve ever failed at something, if you’ve ever ... was there with him. What was lost paled next to what was gained because what was gained was that which puts everything else in order.” (6) And that is why we are here this night. We want to put our lives in order. We know it is counter-intuitive that to ...

294. Everyone's Talking about Him

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... healers today would do well to follow his example. He took the man aside. Then he put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then Mark tells us he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh Jesus said to him, "Ephphatha ... monks’ strong identification, millions of people who have hearing and speech impairments are no longer treated as if they were subhuman. (6) This is but one example of Christ’s compassion lived out through his followers. I wonder who Christ is calling ...

295. Mourning Our Fallen Tormentors

2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... to the high standards they seemed to model, making us feel like failures. All of those things are dreadful and may have left their mark on us, but one measure of maturity is that we can began to view our tormentors in a larger context. That's what ... be courage and dignity and humanity in loss. They taught me how to pull myself up, to hold my head high, and to soldier on.6 One more example: The great Christian writer C. S. Lewis was sent to an English boarding school as a child, where the schoolmaster was ...

296. Power for Today

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , expectantly. Then this young pastor reached a crescendo. “The Spirit hit like a tornado!” Gary cried. Incredibly, says Mark Buchanan, at that very moment every window in the sanctuary shattered, and a wind, swift and terrible, shrieked through ... which could have reached the Titanic before it sank, never got there and never rescued a single soul. No fire, no power, no one rescued!” (6) Could that be said about us that we have the form of religion, but not its power? We bear the name of Christ, but we ...

297. Style: Some Distinctive Marks of a Methodist

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... we are to work out our own salvation, that faith without works is dead. Wesley way out of this paradox was through Galatians 5:6 — one of the words from our scripture lesson today: “Faith working by love!” This became a favorite passage and theme of John Wesley ... ingredients that make up that style. As I do this, you need to hold in your mind the fact that these distinctive marks are said in context of all the essential things we’ve been talking about during the past seven weeks. First, let’s talk ...

298. Casting Out Demons

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6: 10—12 RSV). Is the language too archaic? Does the whole notion strike you as terribly alien to the enlightened ... of him!”. Now go on to verse 26: “And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.” Mark would leave no doubt about it: The demon immediately obeyed. Jesus is the Mighty One. All of this leads me now to make some ...

299. Don't Mess with the IRS

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... God in order that the Gospel may be proclaimed and that future generations may have the same spiritual benefits that we enjoy. Mark Sanborn is a well-known writer and motivational speaker. In one of his books, he tells about a friend of his, ... flag, and when Mr. Billie came by, he would start it for her! Mr. Billie gave a new definition to the phrase “public servant.” (6) There ought to be a special place in heaven for people like Anthony the plumber and Arnold Billie. There probably is. These are people ...

300. From Emptiness to Fullness

Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... , "I cannot redeem it for myself without damaging my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it" (Ruth 4:6). With that cleared up, our text continues the story: So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. "When they came together, the Lord ... to avoid a shallow treatment. We can do that by looking at the gospel for today, the story of the widow's mite (Mark 12:38-44). The story of the widow is set in the context of a judgment on material greed and preoccupation with self. ...

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