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John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... to my ear." "So how did the other ear get burned?" the pastor asked. "Well, I had no more than hung up and the guy called again." (1) Now there is a man who was focused. He was so caught up in watching the game, he didn't know what he was doing. In our ... like they were in a dream. It was too much, too soon. The disciples were still trying to sort all of this out when Simon Peter said, "Let's go fishing." And they all agreed. An evening in their boat would help them clear their heads and get focused once again ...

502. To Forgive Is Divine

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... with her life she would have to forgive and forget. And she did forgive. No longer is she a slave to her anger, spite, hate, and hurt.(1) It's hard to forgive someone who has hurt us. We think of ways we could get even. Sometimes we just want to write the person off ... forgive even once. To forgive someone seven times was more than twice the amount required by Jewish law. Jesus answered Peter, "Not seven times, but I tell you, seventy-seven times." The old standard of forgiveness was inadequate. Jesus offered a ...

503. Only Jesus

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... then moved closer to Mom, looked her right in eye, and carefully said, "You don't really know how it works, do you, Mom?" (1) Believe it our not, this is one of the most dreaded Sundays in the Christian year for folks who use the Lectionary for ... . We're invited to listen to God. And we're invited to see and focus only on Jesus. That's hard to do. It was hard for Peter. It's equally as difficult if not harder, for us. Look at all of the things we have to distract us. School, family, career, politics; all of ...

504. The Ashes of Our Lives

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Cynthia Cowen

... you and he together couldn't handle? Don't let the ashes of the past cover you so completely that you give up hope. When Peter met Jesus that first time, he was cautious in turning over control of everything, from his heart to his trade. He approached commitment very cautiously ... directed by her nephew, Paul. It was a reality film of two people rising out of the ashes of difficulty.1 Stephen was afflicted with muscular dystrophy. Carmen kept the commitment made to Stephen in marriage, caring for him daily in ...

505. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... said, “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” The voice that came from the cloud was for us as much as it was for the Peter, James and John, “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Listen to him, first of all, when he says what is critical in life. What ... in the state that God found us, but to feed on His word and grow. Let him transform you today. 1. Melvin Newland, http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/glory-and-majesty-melvin-newland-sermon-on-transfiguration-32723.asp. 2. Lafcadio Hearn ...

506. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Christ. When confronted by a servant girl concerning his association with Jesus, he gave a curse and denied he ever knew him. Judas, Peter—then the rest of the disciples. Jesus tried so hard to get through to them even though he knew that for a while ... well as the knowledge that we are part of the family of Christ and that we have a responsibility for one another. 1. (Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2006), pp. 135-136. 2. N.T. Wright, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (New York: Harper ...

507. God's Ridiculous Commitment

Acts 2:14a, 36-41

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... , well researched. I can always see myself in them . . . and I want you to knock it off! They’re hitting too close to home.” (1) I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people feel like that when they leave Sunday worship. I feel like that as I prepare ... us.” Keep those two things in mind as you look at today’s Bible story. Last week, we looked at the first part of Peter’s message from Acts 2. He tells the Jewish believers who have gathered in Jerusalem from all over the Roman Empire that Jesus, the ...

508. How Soon Is "Soon"?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... attention away from the task Jesus had given them, because they didn't have much time in which to do this work before he came (1 Corinthians 7:25ff). But Jesus didn't come when they expected him. And as the years have gone by many have concluded that it won ... 't be any time "soon." Maybe he won't come at all. There were such skeptics even when the second epistle of Peter was written. "Where is the promise of his coming?" they asked. Today too many have given up waiting and don't give a thought to ...

509. The Greatest Temptation Of All

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... down at him through the window. We can guess that the advice to guard his keys took on new meaning to Gary Richmond after that. (1) LIFE CALLS FOR VIGILANCE, DOESN'T IT? One little letdown can get us in a whole lot of difficulty. Jesus faced the Tempter throughout his ... to us: "Get thee behind me, Satan, for you are not on the side of God, but of men!" Was Jesus calling Simon Peter Satan? Not really. Jesus was but acknowledging that the Tempter was still testing him and the greatest temptation of all was for ...

510. A Funeral for “I Can’ts”

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... same thing in the context of Jesus' pending suffering and death. Like Peter, we would just as soon not have Jesus accomplish his purposes by dragging us through the horrors of his crucifixion, but like Peter, Jesus' rebuke is necessary for us to see the way of the ... things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:1-4). Paul buries the "I can'ts" of people who live as if this life is all there is. He rises to the highest "I ...

511. Easter: Seeing Is Believing

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... [1] Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. [2] So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." [3] Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. [4] The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb ...

512. Ignite: Fire and Water

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

James Merritt

... Cornelius. He lived in a place called Cessaria. I have been there many times. It is a beautiful area by the Mediterranean Sea and Peter had been commanded in a dream to go to this man’s house and to share with him the message of the Gospel. It ... and if you don’t have to be baptized to have a relationship with God, then why should a person be baptized? Three reasons: (1) Jesus commanded it. The marching orders of both the church as a whole and individual believers is found in Matthew 28:19. “Go therefore ...

513. Joey and Nicky at Skull Mountain

Mark 15:42-47

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... had conveniently been left out of the illegal trial, and only found out later what had gone on. Having more access and power than Peter, James, or John, or any of the others, they went immediately to Pilate to request Jesus’ body after he had been killed. When Judas ... 15:16-47; Luke 23:26-56; John 19:17-42) James, Brother of John is Killed With a Sword, and Peter is Arrested (Acts 12:1-5) Image Exegesis: Secret Disciples When I first read this scripture again for this sermon, I found it odd that Nicodemus ...

514. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and Heals Throughout Galilee (Matthew 4:23-7:28; through 8:23) This Week’s Passage Emphasizes Jesus’ Healing of Peter’s Mother in Law (Matthew 8:14-17) Jesus Begins His Ministry in Capernaum Teaching in Synagogues and Rebuking Unclean Spirits. He Heals Peter’s Mother in Law and then Continues His Ministry Throughout Galilee (Mark 1:29-39) Jesus Begins His Ministry in Capernaum, heals Peter’s Mother in Law, and then Continues His Ministry Throughout the Synagogues in Judea (Luke 4:31-44) Jesus ...

515. The Passion of the Christ – The Rest of the Story

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

James Merritt

... to Me the one to be Ruler of Israel, whose goings forth are from of old from everlasting." (Micah 5:2, NJKV) Luke 2:1-7 tells us that Jesus was indeed born in Bethlehem. Zechariah 11:12 predicted the price of the betrayal would be 30 pieces of ... Thessalonians 5:10 says, "He died for us." (I Thessalonians 5:10, NJKV) I Peter 3:18 says, "For Christ died for sins once and for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." (I Peter 3:18, NIV) What does all this mean? Simply this. Jesus took on the ...

516. Lazarus Rising

John 11:1-16, John 11:17-37, John 11:38-44, John 11:45-57, John 12:1-11, John 12:12-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and Judges 2) Hezekiah is Saved by God with Help from Isaiah After Three Days From the Shadow of Death and Lives Another 15 (2 Kings 20:1-11 and Isaiah 38) Psalm 16: You Will Not Abandon Me to the Realm of the Dead Psalm 34 and 91: The Lord Delivers Psalm 103: ... 18-31). Was this Lazarus a priest too? Or just a wealthy benefactor of the Temple? Was he the one with the clout to let Peter in to the Sanhedrin? Was he a member of the Sanhedrin himself? What do we know about Lazarus? Or Eleazar (God is my help)? ...

517. God's Math:Lose Life = Save It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... and far more genuine and realized than I was before. Only now have I sufficient insight to see the thing as a whole."1 Thus Jesus proposes his mathematics, his economics: Save life = lose life; Lose life = save it. It is my mother-in-law who helped ... bewildered. "What do you mean, trade my life for his?" Michael continued, "I mean that Gabriel, our football coach was asked to be Saint Peter's full time coach. Pete never could play golf very well. We are in desperate need of a good football coach. The Lord ...

518. Living Life The Easy Way

Acts 3:1-10

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... couldn't do it; I can't do it." Norman Vincent Peale used to say that "nothing runs in the family except a wrong attitude."1 We pass attitudes of limitation on to our children just as people who had a limiting attitude passed it on to us. I have a ... the dirt. He was a defeated and dejected man. Life had whipped him. Whatever the great dream of life was, he certainly did not have it. Peter said, "In the name of Jesus Christ, rise up and walk." When the cripple had been lifted up to his feet, he found that he ...

519. Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Larry Powell

... of Nazareth." And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man." After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are one of them, for your accent betrays you." Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know ... to be done must, in the end, be dispatched with some semblance of respectability. Simply put, two things would be required: (1) a go-between, and (2) an execution, carried out under the guise of legality. Judas was the perfect front man. ...

520. Beyond Our Sight, Within Our Hearing

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... he wanted to do. While he was there, he named the twelve people whom he needed in his inner circle. Three of them, of course, were Peter, James, and John. The irony is not lost on us: those three disciples follow Jesus up the mountain. They slant up one side, then turn on ... taught much about the wilder aspects of Christianity. But these are what artists have wrestled with throughout the years.1 Perhaps an artist ought to set this story in stained glass. It is that kind of story: glossy, unreasonable, and slightly ...

521. A New Look For A New Year

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... college and pro football star Pat Haden. When Pat played football in the pros, he was small by today's standards, only 5' 10-1/2". He was also light ” only 173 pounds. Still, he had a gift ” and I am not referring to his athletic ability. The gift ... saints must be a pain even for God to endure. It's like three women who arrived at the Pearly Gates at the same time. St. Peter came but said he had some pressing business and would they please wait. He was gone for a long time, but finally he came back and ...

522. Putting the Puzzle Together

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... you're not here for some other reason. I hope you are here to listen for Christ's word for your life. I hope you find what John and Simon Peter and Augustine and Pandita and Mother Teresa found: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God." 1. Dave Aufrance, Monday Fodder. 2. Stephen R. Graves and Thomas G. Addington, The Fourth Frontier (Nashville, Word Publishing, 2000), pp. 277-287. 3. Great Women of the Christian Faith by Edith ...

523. Night Vision

2 Peter 1:12-21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... the world of early and dark. We aren't awake to the early and dark moments of life. It was only those two disciples (Peter and John) and the apostle to the apostles (Mary) who lived the experience of Easter morning because they didn't sleep through the ... 14 million in the bank under the kid's name. Last year, Bob said he refinanced his home to pay the $20,000 premium for a $1 million Lloyd's of London policy in the event his son could no longer play football. "That was a killer," Bob said. "Biggest check I've ...

524. Nobody's Perfect--Except Jesus

Hebrews 4:15-16

Sermon

James Merritt

... and John. John said about the Lord Jesus: "And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin." (I Jn. 3:5) Peter, critical Peter, fault-finding Peter, negative Peter, said that Jesus was "a Lamb without blemish, and without spot...who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth." (I Pet. 1:19; 2:22) His best friends could not convict him of sin. His bitter foes could not convict him of sin. Pilate's wife said, "Have nothing to do with that just Man." (Mt. 27:19 ...

525. From the Tomb

John 20:1-18

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... and witnesses themselves, there has always been criticism and confusion, speculation and debate. But at least two facts are consistent: 1. The tomb was empty. 2. Mary Magdalene was there. We don't know much about Mary. She was from Magdela, ... redeeming Savior who has been, literally, to hell and back for your sake offers his loving word and healing embrace. Mary, John, Peter; Johanna, Thomas, James; Roger, Jane, William; Barbara, Brandon, Bridget; Simon, Sarah, Sam. He calls us by name. He heals us in ...

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