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376. Right-Handed Sinners!

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... sin, cut it off ... And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off ... And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out"(Mark 9:43-47). What does he mean? Let it be remembered that Jesus Christ, who never sinned, is nevertheless no stranger to temptation for "We do ... and I will be their God, and they will be my people." "Therefore come out from them and be separate," says the Lord. — 2 Corinthians 6:16-17 God says to Ray and to us if we are walking in places where we should not and cannot live for him, that ...

377. Sit Up and Speak!

Luke 7:11-17

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... . He ran for the US Senate in 1982 and lost. Soon thereafter his marriage to Alida Rockfeller collapsed, and he endured a bout with alcoholism. One day, Mark Dayton found himself in the balcony of Westminster Church in Mineapolis. He found himself there in the balcony often struggling to find a sense of God. He bounced ... , 2006), p. 1. 2. David Murrow, Why Men Hate Going to Church (Nashville: Nelson Books, 2005), p. 6. 3. "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," words by Samuel Medley, 1775. In the public domain.

378. Syrophoenician Lives Matter!

Mark 7:24-30, Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6) Animators (Props): cornucopia….apples…..pumpkins As we enter the fall season, we prepare for a lot of celebrations. Halloween, All Saints Day ... on the Story Lectionary Major Text Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Healing of a Canaanite Woman’s Daughter in Tyre (15:21-28) Mark’s Witness to Jesus’ Healing of a Syrophoenician Woman’s Daughter in Tyre (7:24-30) Minor Text The Story of Tamar ( ...

379. Written on the Palms of His Hands

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... I will not forget you! Behold! I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me!” (Isaiah 49:6) God inscribes us –not just our names but our very being and identity, who we are, hand-made by God, right on the palms ... call these nail marks, “grace marks.” For that is what they are. Once the marks of sin, even these have been resurrected and atoned into marks of grace. Forever inscribed upon the “body” of God. And when we look at those grace marks, when we realize ...

380. Call It Like You See It

Mark 7:24-37

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... years ago dogs found a place around the fire. Some of the bones of the animals found in ancient trash heaps have bite marks that fit the mouth of a dog, not a human. So at some point dogs and humans began to share their lives together. ... chaff before the proper time, and blinded by this pretext they themselves become separated from the unity of Christ.” (Faith and Works 4.6) The good thing is that the Syro-Phoenician woman did not slink away. She challenged Jesus with regards to his society’s notions ...

381. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... the first letter of the word Christ. In the early days when Christianity was an outlawed religion, Christians would often take a stick and mark the letter X in the dirt alongside the road as they walked. Anyone who saw it knew what it meant: "A Christian has passed ... diminishes.” And, there are churches that split and fracture because members and leaders have failed in their duty to listen. (6) Listening may be the most important sign of love. Let me say that gain: Listening may be the most important sign ...

382. Angels

Psalm 91:1-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Thess. 4:16; Jude 9) and a special class of angels which has intimate fellowship with God such as the seraphim of Isaiah 6:2-6, indicate that angels are organized in a rigidly fixed rank system. In the early Middle Ages, a writer who claimed to be Dionysius ... not a feature of the Old Testament image. How about gender? Are there boy angels and girl angels? Some point to Jesus words in Mark 12:25 about there not being marriage as we understand it in heaven; instead we will, to use his words, "be like angels;" ...

383. Fatal Attraction

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... with or returning to their wives, and of those who do divorce their wives, only 10% marry the woman with whom they had the affair.6 Keep one other thing in mind. Of the 10% of men who actually do marry the person with whom they have an affair, 70% of ... a coward. I run from them, and so should you. So if you are on the freeway looking for true happiness, don't take the exit marked "Adultery." It may look like a shortcut, but it's not. It's a dead-end to misery, unhappiness, and perhaps the loss of your ...

384. Multiplying Men Of God

Malachi 2:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:2

Sermon

James Merritt

... the kind of man of God that deserves others to emulate his ministry and to multiply his influence. That raises the question, "What are the marks of a man of God?" For that, we turn to the Book of Malachi. Levi was the first ordained minister we read about in ... have got to be careful who you deposit the truth with. We've got to be on the lookout for men according to Malachi 2:6, who "walk in uprightness." That is, they walk straight or to put it another way, they walk the straight and narrow. With all of the ...

385. Guiding Star

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” Isaiah 49:6 [1] In the Catacombs of Priscilla you will find one of the oldest paintings of the early church –a depiction of Mother Mary with the ... Balaam stands behind her pointing to the star, and three “magi” hurry with capes waving to offer the child significant gifts to mark his arrival in the world. Like Balak the Moabite, Herod too wanted to “curse” the Christ child. He in fact wanted ...

386. The Cost of Discipleship

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

Brett Blair

The mark of a great leader is the demands he makes upon his followers. The Italian freedom fighter Garibaldi offered his men only hunger and death to free ... had not paid the price of discipleship with their very lives where would the church be? Geographically Christianity is the most widely diffused of all faiths, and a third of the earths 6 billion people claim Christ as their Lord. What kind of church would we be if the 12 had put down their crosses? Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a ...

387. Facing Fears, Kingdom Style

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... seek the kingdom of God. What is God teaching you these days? Are you hearing as clearly as Tim Shutt? And how is fear blocking your path? 1. Rewritten from PreachingToday.com search under Matthew 6:25-34. 2. For a discussion of anxiety and its current treatments, see Mark Yarhouse, et. al., Modern Psychopathologies: A Comprehensive Christian Approach (Downer’s Grove, ILL: IVP, 2005), Chapter 5, “Problems of Anxiety,” 109-146, and on depression, David B. Biebel & Harold Koenig, New Light On Depression ...

388. Standard Building Codes

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... of her students, "Sam, what is it when I say, one quote, ‘I love you, comma, you love me, comma, he loves me, question mark?'" Sam said, "That is one of those triangles where somebody gets shot!" Some people do get shot in those kinds of situations, but ... visit cyber-sex sites between 1-10 hours per week. Another 4.7 million visit cyber-sex sites in excess of 11 hours per week. [[6]] That is why I want you to write down 3 websites to go to that will help you conquer the problem of internet pornography. One ...

389. The Gate to Grace, Goodness, and Glory

John 10:1-10

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... in this chapter reminds us of some of the parables that Matthew, Mark, and Luke record in their gospels. However, there is one glaring difference and we find it in verse 6 where John calls these words from the Lord's lips a "figure ... against us. Paul writes, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23). Does the memory of something awful that you did haunt you? Do you fear facing God who knows everything about you, even that thing you ...

390. Brainstorms

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... deep bias against cities. He longs for the wilderness -- for the days of innocence, simplicity, faithfulness to God, communal solidarity which marked the people during their wanderings. Do we share his nostalgia sometimes? If so, do we have the option? Is there a ... bringing someone to Jesus. In John 1:35-42 it is his big brother, Simon, whom Jesus will rename Cephas or Peter, "Rock." In John 6:5-9, it is the little boy who is willing to share his lunch with 5,000 people, shaming the crowd into a feast of ...

391. The Assumption Of Discipline

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... often seem to be skimming the surface of things. We assume that this is just the way things are. The words from Matthew 6, traditionally read on Ash Wednesday to begin Lent, reveal some very different assumptions on the part of Jesus of Nazareth. He knew, of ... the case of almsgiving, the abuses do not negate the practice. "In the morning, while it was still very dark," we read in Mark 1, "(Jesus) got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed." When the apostles were tempted to invest their ...

392. How Not To Throw A Party

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst" (John 6:35, RSV). "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6, KJV). Again and again in Scripture, Jesus offers us invitations: "Come to ... her baby. Because she didn't think some of the women of the church believed she was a mother, she showed them her stretch marks, too! Another guest took me aside before leaving. He said he wanted to make a contribution to the Day of Hospitality. I watched him ...

393. The Lamb of God

John 1:29-34

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... losers -- those who have given up hope and those who don't want things to be any better than they are right now.6 Those who have given up hope have lost, but often for reasons beyond their control. People who don't want things any better ... talked about his own suffering, but there is some question whether Jesus saw his death as an intentional sacrifice. Especially in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus' prediction of his own demise seems to have more to do with "what the world does to those who follow God's way ... ...

394. The Poor In Spirit

Sermon

John A. Terry

... struck Dante's forehead with his wings, and thus erased the pride-mark, while angel choirs sang, "Beati pauperers spiritu." After that, Dante walked with light step because when the pride-mark is erased, all the other sins become a smaller burden.1 In ... . It is an awareness that we do not live by our own strength or ability, but by trusting in God. It is as the psalmist (34:6) said, "This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles." It is not those proud of themselves and their ...

395. Fleshing Out The Word

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Larry Powell

... your name' (Luke 10:18)." Do not mistake the work and ministry of Christ as being directed toward anything but victory. In Matthew 6:3 if, Jesus taught that seekers of his kingdom should not despair about what they would eat, or drink, or wear for these ... no need to worry about what to say, "for it will be given to you." In Mark 9:23, Jesus makes this startling statement: "All things are possible to him who believes." Mark 10:27 has it, "All things are possible with God." That just about covers everything, ...

396. What "They" Say

Luke 9:18-27

Sermon

Larry Powell

... a person, crowding out everything else, accumulating to the point of excess, and becoming too dear to part with. The rich young man described in Mark 10:17-22 fell on his knees before Jesus and asked, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" We take notice ... into proper focus and perspective. The Scripture reads, "If thine eyes be single, thy whole body shall be full of light (Matthew 6:22 KJV)." Jesus Christ cannot be Lord and things be out of focus. One cancels out the other. "Who do you say ...

397. Standing Up To Death

Romans 6:1-14, Psalm 90:1-17

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... what every man must learn in this world." "And that, my lord?" "Enough of the meaning of life to be ready to die," and the Bishop motioned Mark to start the motor, and they went on. To be ready to die at the end of life is as natural as being ready to grab ... dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:3-4) "So you must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Jesus Christ." (Romans 6:11) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life ...

398. Hope In Christ

Sermon

Tom O. Miller

For an Individual of Questionable Character Isaiah 26:6-91 Corinthians 20-28Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 One of the hardest funerals to preside over is the funeral for one who is ... find eternal hope. This is the only place where we can find death conquered with life, This is the only message of hope that can endure. The writer of the Gospel of Mark reports Jesus' life and death. He uses vivid words to make it perfectly clear for his readers that Jesus really died. That God's Son really went to the cross to die ...

399. The Majesty Of God's Love

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... were perhaps getting a glimpse of Jesus' heavenly presence (sort of like they had at the transfiguration [Matthew 17:1ff; Mark 9:2ff; Luke 9:28ff].) Some have even speculated that the Galilean mountain on which Jesus appeared to his disciples ... were, into the Trinitarian relationships of the Son with the Father and the Spirit), we have received all that Christ and God has (Romans 6:3-6; John 14:12). Consequently, evangelism ought to come just as naturally to us as it does to Jesus and God. Insofar as we are ...

400. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... have chosen them, and give a full, detailed outline for the development of that sermon." That morning and that question have left lasting marks upon this preacher's life and his ministry! Christ The King Today brings us that one last shot in this church year. ... its own. A wake, my soul, and sing Of him who died for thee, And hail him as thy matchless king Through all eternity.6 1. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J., The Gospel According to Luke X-XXIV, The Anchor Bible, Vol. 28, (Garden City, Doubleday and Company, Inc ...

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