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Synonyms: simon, simeon, caphas, disciple, evangelist, the 12, the twelve, apostle, fisherman, petros, rock, stone

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Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... astronomers now estimate that there may be 100 billion galaxies in our universe! That’s 100,000,000,000 x 100,000,000,000 stars!” (1) That is an amazing number. We stand in awe of the wonders of creation. There is a story of a man who wanted to build a ... But from time to time there were those occasions when only Christ’s inner circle accompanied him. This was one of those occasions. Peter, James and John went with Jesus to the mountain to pray. It is evident that prayer was important to Jesus. If you and ...

377. Changed Lives - Simon Peter (Maundy Thursday)

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... the narthex, shook Craddock’s hand vigorously, and said, “Thank you, pastor, for that powerful sermon. That really hit home! Oh, but by the way, what was that business with the rooster?” (1) You and I know about that business with the rooster, don’t we? The story’s told in chapter 13 of John’s Gospel and again in chapter 18. Simon Peter hears a rooster crow and he remembers Christ’s words, “I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!” (13:38) And Simon ...

378. Love without Limits

John 13:31-38

Sermon

John K. Bergland

... proceeded to preach a sermon on the difference between worshiping the Bible and worshiping the God of the Bible.1 Imagine the surprise those students had when the preacher turned their bibliolatrous religion upside down. I am sure the "circumcised believers" were no less surprised when Peter threw their understanding of the Law out the window. Peter's adversaries stated that the Law was the only way to be saved. Peter responded, "I used to believe that way too until God got a hold of me and showed me that ...

379. Come and See

John 1:29-42

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , Jesus' own cousin, points Him out to the crowd and to Andrew and Philip. Let's look at the passage that describes that event. John 1:29-42 (NRSV) [29] The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the ... of man you want to be. It's as if you've reached the unreachable, and you weren't ready for it.'" I think what Peter describes is the same phenomenon Andrew and John and we experience when we come to know Jesus. Looking into the eyes of Jesus, the Christ, ...

380. Love without Limits

Acts 11:1-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... 1] Imagine the surprise those students had when the preacher turned their bibliolatrous religion upside down. I am sure the “circumcised believers” were no less surprised when Peter threw their understanding of the Law out the window. Peter’s adversaries stated that the Law was the only way to be saved. Peter ... , I had such disdain for him that I did not want to listen. However, like Jonah and Peter, God had something different in mind for me. So for the next thirty minutes Walter talked about the ...

381. Swimming With The Sharks

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... 60 feet in length. But you can place a Dwarf Lantern Shark in your home aquarium. Fully grown, he’s 8 inches long. (1) I've noticed the same phenomenon with regard to followers of Jesus Christ. As a species we are highly adaptive. If we are ... you and me. We are to be transformed and then we are to be transformers. You know how the story of the Mount of Transfiguration ends. Peter wants to build three booths, one for Christ, one for Moses and one for Elijah, and stay on that mountain. But it is not Christ' ...

382. Five Mission Killers

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... became fixated on the physical. He lost sight of the mission that the Messiah came to earth to fulfill. Peter had lost sight of what it was necessary to DO, in everyday life, to keep the mission of Jesus going in the world. There are at least five surefire ways to crush your mission. 5 mission killers or momentum killers that will "tax" you to death. 1) Do it alone . . . . There is no solo mission. God always sends us out into the world in teams, teams that less compete with other teams than compete with ...

383. Confidence, Joy, and Hope

Acts 2:14a, 22-32

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... will find that you can live in hope; not just for this life, but for dimensions that lie way beyond this life.” (5) “If you have faith, you can live in hope.” That is the vision God granted King David almost 1,000 years before the birth of Jesus. That is the vision God granted Peter and the disciples that changed them from timid men and women hiding away from the Roman authorities to men and women who gave up their own lives to joyfully spread the message of Jesus across the Roman Empire. God had a ...

384. The Appearance of Love

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... spots. Then Babe Winkleman came on and said if you wanted to get the list, all you had to do was call 1-900-FOR-BABE. So I wrote it down for Dad." (1) Have you ever noticed that things are not always what they seem? I chuckled when I read about a pastor who was ... Hiding Place, has inspired millions. Not many people know of her equally courageous nephew, Peter van Woerden. During the days of Nazi occupation in Holland, Peter transported Jewish children under the cover of darkness from their home in Harlem to ...

385. Right Answer - Wrong Conclusion

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... a great uproar ensued. A flock of MIT’s computer users protested the loss of their regular sessions with this friendly “therapist.” (1) The gap between men and machines may not be as great as we think. Maybe it’s a matter of careful listening ... own innermost thoughts about who he is to them. “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” It was Simon Peter, of course, who answered. Simon was always quick to shoot from the lip. “You are the Messiah,” he said. This time Simon got it ...

386. LENT: The Passion of Christ: "Denied!"

John 13:36-38; 18:12-27

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... better at fighting, flying, pecking, jumping and crowing than any of the other roosters on the farm. Unfortunately, he still lost fights to much weaker birds. The trouble was that just as he was winning a fight, he would stop to crow." (1) Maybe that's what happened to Peter. Peter struggled, not with his faith, but with his faithfulness. He was impulsive and sometimes his feet turned to clay. During the storm on the Sea of Galilee, he was filled with fear just like the others but when he realized it was ...

387. Embedded In Bedrock Or Destroyed By A Typhoon

John 18:25-27

Sermon

Dale Dickerson

... was sustained. That's because more than 10 million bricks and 400 tons of stainless steel were used to literally embed this mighty structure in the underlying Manhattan bedrock. (1) Jesus referred to the Apostle Peter as the rock on which he would build his church. "And I tell you, you are Peter," Jesus says in Matthew 16:18, "and on this rock I will build my church" (NRSV). Peter WAS a rock--a man of faith who was a devoted follower of Jesus even to the point of giving his life--an Apostle who was a leader ...

388. His Name Was Rocky Johnson

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... named Brilliant, Able and Best! So far, so good! But imagine the ambivalence of a patient who visits doctors with names like Klutz or, even worse, Croak. (1) Do names make a difference? Can a name determine a person's destiny? Would you be more apt to visit a Dr. Brilliant than a Dr. Klutz? Consider, then, the story of Simon Peter. We know more about Simon Peter than we do any other disciple. We know, for example that he was married, for all three of the Synoptic Gospels tell us that Jesus healed Simon ...

389. Desire Peace

Sermon

Alan Bacon Bond

... and I'm sick of war.1 "To write a law or make ... Peter 3:14) God engages us in the work of justice, because, when all else is said and done, then the new order is established. The only thing which will remain, when the dust is settled, will be righteousness. God wants, very much, for you and me to be participants in that new order, that new peace. It is possible only if we start our participation now. Desire peace with deeds of justice and we all might take the next step on the "Sevenfold Path to Peace." 1 ...

390. No Other Name

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... Philosophy and Heroes of History. "The apex of history," wrote Will Durant, was "the three years that Jesus of Nazareth walked the earth." Peter wanted the people to know that the source of his power was not some special gift he had. There was only one ... you truly come to know him, you will have a passion for him. There is no other name by which we can be saved . . . 1. The Week, October 14, 2005, p.23. 2. (Nashville: Nelson Books, 2004). 3. "From the Editor" by Chris Johns, September 2005. 4. "Jesus' Effect ...

391. Be Strong

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... to be a foundation, saying, “Behold, I have found bedrock (“petra” in the later Greek) to build upon and to lay the foundation of the world.” From this “rock” Israel’s faith must be hewn, said Isaiah (51:1-2). Jesus calls upon this powerful statement in his interaction with Peter in our scripture for today, saying to him, as he called him from the waters to stand “naked” and revealed in his sin and failings before Him: “You are petros (a stone) and upon this petra (bedrock) I will ...

392. Named, Claimed, and Framed

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

Tony Everett

... new community. Soon they would also have a brand new name, “Christian” (Acts 11:26). Wherever and whenever they gathered, these after-Easter people of God would be named “Church” (Colossians 1:24) or “Body of Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:27). Claimed. God’s action in Jesus claims us as God’s own people. As Peter declares in our text, those first after-Easter people had seen the “powers, wonders, and signs that God had done through Jesus” (Acts 2:22) in their midst. These miracles of Jesus ...

393. A Caring Woman

Acts 9:36-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... life she lived, she will live forever. Now please don’t misunderstand. I’m not saying that because, by the power of God, Peter raised her from the dead, she will live forever. Tabitha eventually did die. But think of it, here we are in the ... and translating our compassion into action. And if we commit to living this way, then our lives will have an eternal impact too. 1. @mom_needsalife, “100+ mom jokes from some of the funniest moms on the internet” by Simrin Purhar, July 23, 2021, Mother.ly https:// ...

394. Easter Turns ONLY into ALSO

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... them. Wow! But Peter held his ground and silenced them with these telling words: "If God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?" (11:17). What of our day? Are the forces of tolerance fighting a losing battle against the stone wall of prejudice - in workshop, in school, in government and sadly in religion, too? What are the basics upon which true tolerance can be built from the Christian perspective? 1. Christianity is an ...

395. Enough Spirit to Go Around!

Acts 10:44-48

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... Heaven, tongues of fire dancing on heads of disciples ... cries of amazement ... and a powerful sermon [resulting] in 3,000 baptisms."1 The Gentiles experienced their own day of Pentecost but, alas, it seems that little notice of it is mentioned by the ... cling to the shirttails of the Jews to be dragged to God's presence if they have to (8:20-23). It took a while for Peter to grasp the concept but he finally got on the bandwagon rolling to the kingdom of the future. In fact, the future was already present ...

396. When Fishermen Don't Fish

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... t fish, they run away. But there’s one thing more we need to say: when fishermen don’t fish, they forget. In John 21:1-3 we discover an interesting event in the lives of the disciples. It takes place after the resurrection. John paints the picture for us: Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to ...

397. Who Are Your Gentiles?

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Landon Winstead

... that, he smiled, closed the hood of the truck, and straddled his Harley. With a wave, he was gone as fast as he had appeared. (1) My first response on reading that story was when people pray for an "angel" they should be more specific. They may get a Hell's ... the Apostle who took the Gospel to the entire Gentile nations. What a story! Verse 34 of Chapter 10 in Acts says: "Then Peter began to speak, 'I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, but accepts [people] from every nation who ...

398. The Great Inescapable Question of Eternity

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... they do, they often believe they accord him honor. Nothing could be further from the truth. Until we see Jesus as Peter did, as "the Christ," all miss the mark. What Do Jesus' Followers Say About Who He Is? Ask some people who ... . No one comes to the Father except through me. — John 14:6 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. — John 15:1 Each time that Jesus says, "I am"in these statements, he invokes the use of eime, a powerful holy first-person Greek pronoun that Scripture uses exclusively ...

399. Redemption

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Blessed Yield Fruit in Season Psalm 19: The Lord as Bridegroom Psalm 16 and 110 (The Lord’s Power as Attested to by David, mentioned in Peter’s Sermon) The Book of Ruth (The Covenant Promise and the Role of Ruth in Covenant Marriage) Ezekiel’s Vision of Wind and Fire (1) Joel’s End-times Prophecy (2) Resurrection Life (1 Corinthians 15) The Day of Pentecost When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and ...

400. It's a Wonderment

Mark 9:2-9

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... have a mountain top experience we're like children who want every day to be Christmas. We don't want it to end. Neither did Peter. Peter didn't want to leave but he wasn't allowed to stay on the mountain top and neither are we. The transfiguration wasn't meant ... church. That changed his entire outlook. "I was so moved by that letter," he said, "I sat down and wrote ten letters myself." (1) The Holy broke in on that man. Receiving that letter was a transforming experience for him. It came from a mailbox rather ...

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