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376. Marked At The Table

Sermon

George Bass

... If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me.’ ‘Then, Lord,’ said Simon Peter, ‘not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!’ Jesus said, ‘no one who has taken a bath needs washing, he is clean all over….’ ”John 13:1-16 Yes, “the cross is still there,” especially when we eat and drink the Lord’s supper; that meal is always a repast that takes place for us on the water’s edge. Baptism admits us to the holy communion, and every time we partake of the Eucharist ...

377. Holy Unto The Lord

Exodus 19:1-25

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... life connected with God. In the Christian experience the connection with God is made through Jesus Christ. First Peter chapter 1 and verses 15 and 16 read, “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: Be holy, because I ... human situation, the joy of the people reaches its climax when the long awaited “star” arrives and appears on stage. Whenever Pope John Paul II is to appear in a given place, literally thousands of people gather to hear and see this great man. All ...

378. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me (Matthew 19:16, 21)." On first reading, poverty of spirit, mourning and humility appear to be spiritual virtues in themselves, but it is not so. Underneath ... s presence and its power. It's no wonder, then, that the church from the early centuries - as far back as Saint John Chrysostom and his preaching days in Antioch - has set aside at least one day each year to remember with thanksgiving the ...

379. Jesus ... Who?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of Man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." [Matthew 16:13-16] Supplementary text: Matthew 17:1-9 When Jimmy Carter first started campaigning for the presidency in 1976, the slogan in some parts of the country was ...

380. A Haven For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-4

Sermon

Brett Blair

... … Oh, one day, he tells the, your grief will turn to joy! - And finally he prays. He prays for himself. He prays for his disciples. And then he prays for you. (Respectively: 14:26, 14:27, 15:5, 15:9, 15:18, 16:20, 17:1, 6, 20) Isn’t that a remarkable after dinner conversation? The gospel of John has 21 chapters and five of them record the events of Thursday night around the dinner table the day before his death. Jesus wants them to be ready, to be calm, to be free of a troubled heart. II He wanted them ...

381. The Gospel In Miniature

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Robert Allen

... to understand or agree with those preachers who continually dwell on the wrath of God. They seem to take some kind of sadistic delight in proclaiming the wrath and punishment of God when the whole message of the Bible is condensed into the first six words of John 3:16: "For God so loved the world...." This is the key to understanding God - the fact that he loves. He loves more than one nation. He loves more than one group of people. He loves more than those who love him. He loves the world - all the people ...

382. Surprise, It's Christmas!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... a son? What could be more astonishing than God placing his most awesome work in the hands of a 16-year-old peasant girl named Mary? I’m afraid to have a 16 year old baby-sit children, so forget entrusting the destiny of the world into such hands. But once ... for years while living in a family of little means. He is not a member of the religious class but a self styled preacher like John the Baptist. He is a prisoner refusing to answer the accusations of a judge. He is a common criminal like the two he was ...

383. Behold the Blood of the Covenant

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Larry Powell

... as a reminder of the tears shed in Egypt and the bitter herbs would call to mind the bitterness of slavery. Peter and John knew exactly what preparations to make. The question was, "Where?" The city was jammed with pilgrims; all available space had long since been ... before I suffer; for I tell you I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God" (Luke 22:15, 16). Then followed an unexpected departure from the familiar ritual: And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave ...

384. Even Our Business Belongs to God!

Jeremiah 32:1-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... are not to be haughty or set their hopes on their riches, but are to be generous (vv. 17-18). The Gospel Lesson from Luke 16:19-31 echoes these themes with the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. The rich man ignored the needs of the poor man Lazarus, ... significance. Open your eyes, and you will see that (sometimes in a hidden way) you are doing God’s work! The founder of Methodism, John Wesley, put it so well once in a sermon: 3. Yet again: In what spirit do you go through your business? In the spirit ...

385. Salvation Includes Social Justice

Jeremiah 23:1-8

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... for the poor has all sorts of Old Testament precedent too, especially in the Prophets. Elsewhere in the book of Jeremiah this concern is explicit (22:16; 20:13). Isaiah (11:1-4; 14:29-32) and Amos (4:1-2; 8:4-7) proclaim God’s concern about the poor. An ... our building programs and salaries. It makes me think of what the great sixteenth-century reformer, the spiritual father of Presbyterianism, John Calvin once wrote: Will not the Lord say, “Why have you allowed so many needy to die of hunger? Surely you ...

386. A Theology of Work - Labor Day

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Maybe We Shouldn't Be."(13) The author noted our Presbyterian penchant for busyness - the compulsion to work is in our blood, injected there by John Calvin himself. But note was also made of the cycle of work and rest built into creation, and then two questions were asked. What if ... Newshour, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/september96/labor_day_9-2.html 3. Genesis 2:15 4. Genesis 3:16-19a 5. M. Eugene Boring, "The Gospel of Matthew," The New Interpreter's Bible, CD-ROM, (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998) ...

387. Grace and Golf

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... more than today's whole offering, he said with a grin). In contrast, go down to number 50 on the scoring list, John Huston, and find his average is 71.16 strokes per round. Only about one-and-a-half strokes per eighteen holes played separate #1 from #50. But John Huston's earnings this year are $227,417. Doing just a little bit better, has earned Fred almost $650,000 more than John.(2) This afternoon, someone is going to be handed a check for $324,000 - first prize in the GGCC. Second prize, probably ...

388. Slippery Rock

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... devil,” and tell him, “You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.” (Matt. 16:23) Some rock! In J.D. Salinger’s novel CATCHER IN THE RYE, fifteen-year old Holden Caulfield gives us this profound theological reflection ... or any of us) ever had, or ever will have. V. THERE IS ONE LAST SCENE IN THE LIFE OF PETER. WE FIND IT IN JOHN 21. After Jesus’ crucifixion, Peter tells the others that he is going fishing. That doesn’t mean that he was taking a vacation, but rather ...

389. Party Time!

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... church,” and we think “boring,” “obligation,” or “duty.” Somehow, we’ve forgotten the message of Psalm 16, that in God’s presence there is not just joy, but fullness of joy. A good example of joyless versus joyful worship comes from ... know God, then we know that sincere worship and devotion flow from a sense of joy, not obligation. As Jesus explained to his followers in John 10, “I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.” In fact, in Mark 2, Jesus is declaring himself to ...

390. The Dark Didn't Catch Me!

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... pinched when I misbehaved in worship. There were church suppers, youth fellowships, Bible studies, choirs, Christmas plays, and more sermons than I can remember. By the time I was ten or eleven years old I knew the parables, the Christmas stories, the Easter story, John 3:16, and all four stanzas of my favorite hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy!" And I wanted more! Not content with the covenant my parents made for me at my infant baptism, I wanted to make my own covenant with God. I wanted to profess my own faith ...

391. Ah, the Sweet Mystery of Life

Romans 16:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... our text speaks is to be shouted from the roof tops! Paul writes, "So that all nations might believe and obey him" (Romans 16:26 NIV). Willliam Barclay has put it this way: "Here is our privilege and duty. The Christian privilege is to appropriate the ... I have done." The angel looked doubtful, for he knew what poor creatures men were. "Yes," he said, "but what if Peter, James, and John forget? What if they grow weary of telling? What if, on into the twenty-first century, men fail to share the story of your ...

392. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... from him how to live with one another. It will go much smoother if we leave the judging to someone more competent. Dr. John Stott makes this comment about who is Lord and who is not: “The secret of our relationships with one another, especially when we ... practiced self-examination, mutual correction, watched over one another in love, and kept each other on the royal road of salvation.16 Each week you were asked questions like, “How is it with your soul?” and “What known sins have you committed since ...

393. His Last Command ... Our First Concern!

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... the state declares "open season" on all game. And that's exactly what this great commission declares. "Go and make disciples of all nations" makes every person fair game for evangelism, discipleship, and the church covenant. Let me encourage you to take what I call a "John 3:16 walk" this week. Take an hour and go for a stroll being careful to notice every person you see. The newsboy is someone God created and loves. Does he know it? Can you find a way to share with him? The same with that Pakistani student ...

394. What Is Success?

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... person of depth is like that. All around him may be a world of confusion, a storm of controversy, yet inside is a deep pool of serenity. Someone asked John Quincy Adams, at age eighty, how he was doing. "John Quincy Adams is very well, thank you," he replied, "but the house he lives in is sadly dilapidated." As the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:16, "Our outer nature is wasting away, but our inner nature is being renewed." We lose our width and height, even length. But the depth inside grows! Roy Burhart has ...

395. God, The Venture Capitalist?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... authority in the pages of scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17). A fourth means of gaining knowledge is revelation. It is sometimes called conscience or intuition. Revelation is God's self-disclosure. A few years ago Pope John Paul went to prison on Christmas Day to ... his charge from God. He uses three "I am" statements. "I am under obligation." "I am eager to preach." "I am not ashamed" (Romans 1:14-16). It is as if God had given Paul a great wealth that he was in turn to pass along to others. I read in the New ...

396. The Insight of Eyesight

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... presumptions couldn't let them see the presence of the Son of Man in their midst. The beggar Jesus heals is described by John's text as having been blind from birth (verse 1). He had never had an opportunity to see. His blindness had kept him ... will greatly bless you, and . . . in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice" (Genesis 22:16-18). God's sworn promise was reiterated in Hebrews 5:13-14: "When God made the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no ...

397. Ever Been Robbed?

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... for you this morning. Together, we've all robbed God. And our robbery is an ongoing heist that we reenact everyday. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life" (John 3:16). The words are so familiar we really don't even hear them anymore. But this is God's treasure to the world, the gift beyond all value that God has offered to every living creature on this planet. "God did not send the Son into the world to condemn ...

398. The Fountain of Truth

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... this book really is. Don't just take my word for it. Let me just quote from a few Presidents of the United States. John Quincy Adams said, "The first, and almost the only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible. I speak as a man of the ... Son, in whom I am well pleased.' And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain." (vv.16-18) Now only three people saw this vision, and heard this voice, and he was one of those three. They were on that Mountain of ...

399. How to Deal with Friends, Foes, and Fools

Proverbs 27:6

Sermon

James Merritt

... others to do the same. (Prov. 18:2) The hot-tempered bully who thinks anger, violence, and the bigger gun proves his manhood. (12:16; 14:16) The egotist who believes he is a "self-made man" and worships his "creator." (26:1) The person who lets praise swell his head ... House and Kenneth M. Durham, Living Wisely in a Foolish World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992), 101. 7 John Blanchard, ed., Sifted Silver (Durham, England: Evangelical Press, 1995), 106. 8 Charles W. Colson, Life Sentence (Lincoln, ...

400. What Do I Do - When I Don't Know What To Do?

2 Kings 4:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... are experiencing. Your problems are always God's opportunities. One of my favorite verses in all the Bible is II Chronicles 16:9. "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is ... you and me? In our heart, right now, flows a fountain of living water. You are, in a sense, a walking oil well. Jesus said in John 7:38-39, "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke ...

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