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551. The Speed Bump On the Road to Bethlehem

Luke 3:1-6

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David E. Leininger

... coins into his coffer and in return received a disturbing message. Prophet Jack prophesied that the Seahawks would beat the Broncos 16-13, that it would hail the next day, and that on Thursday Lanie would die. She dismissed Jack as outrageously loony, ... seems like some far-off dream. I want to lash out. But then comes this call to repent. Before you get to the manger, repent. John is the speed bump on the road to Bethlehem. Jack, the street prophet in Seattle, says, "I see and I say ... make ready for what ...

552. Live the Lullaby

Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... together. [Or you could have them listen to a musical rendition of the Magnificat done by famous composers like J. S. Bach, John Rutter, or my personal favorite, Andrew Carter's "Mary's Magnificat" sung by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge in this ... the 5 hymns sung by women that anticipate Mary’s “Magnificat,” see Jean Hite’s blog: http://jeanhite.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/hebrew‑women%E2%80%99s‑songs‑of‑deliverance. The first half of Mary’s hymn is more personally focused on what God ...

553. It's All Good

Revelation 21:1-27

Sermon

James Merritt

... spend eternity somewhere there is no word sweeter than the word “upgrade.” We are going to live forever in God’s perfect place. Then John adds a strange, unique detail. He says, “And the sea was no more.” (Revelation 21:1, ESV) I don’t know about you, but ... for the moment when He unveils this city to His people. Don’t worry about all of us being able to fit there. Verse 16 tells us that this city will be an exact square of 1400 miles. That is large enough to contain all the landmass from the ...

554. Don't Forget the Bread

John 6:25-59

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... food which he offered was better than the manna with which Moses fed the children of Israel. Both water and bread in scripture are used in reference to that which gives life. Jesus called Himself both bread and water for truly he is the giver of life (John 10:10b; John 3:16). “I am the Bread of Life . . . He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” Certainly, Jesus was not referring to the bread and water that only fills and satisfies for a while. For as he ...

555. Are You Sorry Enough to Wash Your Face?

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... occurred. On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister became the first man in history to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. Within two months, John Landy eclipsed the record by 1.4 seconds. On August 7, 1954, the two met for a historic race. As they moved into the last ... be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (vv. 1-6, 16-18) Did you hear that? "...when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others ...

556. Nicodemus Came By Night

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David & Marian Plant

... choirs, teachers, youth leaders, and pastors of local congregations? It is not God who has to do something, it is we. Our assumptions about our role in God’s world and as God’s faithful are simply too small for the new reality breaking in. John 3:17, frequently ignored for John 3:16, declares: God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Herein is Lent’s guiding light. To be born from above is to perceive most like God and least ...

557. Taking the High Way to Heaven

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. --Genesis 28:12 I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. --John 14:6 MAX (formerly HBO) has seen huge success recently with its show scripted by Julian Fellowes (author of the popular Downton Abbey), called ... I AM the door (10:9). “I AM the vine (15:1-5). “I AM the Way, and the Truth, and the Life” (14:16) And in our scripture for today: “You will see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending over the Son of man” ( ...

558. Week Two Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... given to him. I am sure that all of us can relate to the indignation which the other ten apostles felt toward James and John, as we hear in today's Gospel. Their mother wants her sons to sit in exalted positions in the Kingdom of God. Jesus wastes no ... Let us follow the Master, Jesus, our brother, friend and Lord as we walk the Lenten journey this day. Thursday Week TwoJeremiah 17:5-10Luke 16:19-31 Follow The Signs If you are not a native to the area, driving in any major city is challenging at best and utter ...

559. Week One Of Lent

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to each of us in our daily walk of prayer. Let us be transformed by God this day! Thursday Week OneEsther (C) 4:12, 14-16, 23-25Matthew 7:7-12 Trust Fully In God Albert Schweitzer is a name familiar to most all. He gained fame as a medical missionary ... most popular hymns ever written. The words of "Amazing Grace" are autobiographical; they tell a story of conversion and return to the Lord. John Newton was the son of a sea-going Englishman and his wife. It was quite natural for Newton to follow in his father' ...

560. The Spreading Word

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

Marc Kolden

... as a seed already hints at this. The seed must be buried and die before it can bear fruit. (Compare John 12:23-26 as well as Matthew 10:37-39 and 16:24-26.) This figure describes both Christ as God's word and the resulting life of the believer. The death ... bears fruit. Those who want to hang on to their lives lose them but those who lose them for Christ's sake find true life (Matthew 16:25). When we listen to Jesus our lives get rearranged. And that's good. That's what we need, whether we know it or not. The ...

561. The African Foundations Of Christianity

Exodus 4:1-17

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... we discover may not be the one we are looking for. A German scholar, Robert Eisler, in his work The Messiah Jesus and John The Baptist, gives a startling description of the historical Jesus based upon the historian Josephus' account and the trial records of Pontius ... influence in the formation of Christianity. 1. Count C.F. Volney, Ruins of Empires (Paris, 1789), pp. 16-17. 2. Ibid., pp. 16-17. 3. Martin Bernal, BlackAthena, Volume I, The Fabrication of Ancient Greece (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers ...

562. The Rights of an Apostle

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... away from church well into his 30's. But one day he was watching a football game on TV and saw someone holding up the sign John 3:16. He didn't think too much about it at the time. But the next day he noticed a bumper sticker on a car. It simply read ... "Obey Acts 2:38". That simple little message nagged at him for a while. He didn't know that verse. He knew what John 3:16 was but the bumper sticker stuck in his mind and he began wondering what that verse was. He went to look it up in the Bible ...

563. I Kid You Not

2 Kings 4:8-37

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"At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son." (v. 16) Prayer: Amid all the voices clamoring for our attention in this world, we thank you, O Lord ... him, "I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation." (1 Samuel 1:16) When Hannah finally conceived and bore a son, she named him Samuel and gave him to the Lord as she had vowed. Elizabeth, another woman advanced in years, became the mother of John the Baptizer. During her pregnancy, she said, "Thus the Lord has done to me in ...

564. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... ) His final commission to his disciples was, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15) The men to whom he spoke had virtually no wealth, no social position, no prestige, no extraordinary talent; nevertheless they took our Lord at his word. When he said, "Go," they went! Tradition tells us that Peter died in Rome, John in Ephesus, Andrew in Greece, and Thomas in India. Virtually all of the disciples gave their lives carrying Christ’s mission to the ends of the earth ...

565. Numbered Hairs

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Herchel H. Sheets

... . 8. W. Somerset Maugham. The Summing Up, p. 11. New York: This New American Library (A Signet Classic), 1938, 1964. 9. Tolstoy, op. cit., p. 548. 10. Reginald L. White. "The Price Of A Life," in "Saturday Review," December 16, 1972, p. 8. 11. John Howard Griffin. Black Like Me, p. 133. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1960, 1961. 12. Fulton Oursler. Modern Parables, p. 30. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc. (Permabooks), 1950, 1951, 1952. 13. Iola B. Parker ...

566. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... stayed with it for the rest of his life, but it had been a close call. Now you tell me. What tipped the scales in that 16 year olds life? It was a mother’s vision to spot excellence in the midst of a lot of failure and her encouragement word. Love ... When he looked down from the cross upon his mother Mary and the disciple he loved John standing beside her and said, “Woman, here is your son.” He then turned to John and said, “Here is your mother.” In his greatest hour of distress, he was kindhearted. ...

567. Report of a Secret Meeting

John 3:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

... Son of man must be lifted up" just as "Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," because the scene ends at that point. John takes over with his commentary, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ... ... But the Cross remains, dominating the world, and the world the artist sees is the world on which Christ looks from His Cross."16 That is how Salvador Dali interprets Jesus’ own words, "So must the Son of man be lifted up" - not simply on a staff ...

568. The Kind of People Whom God Chooses

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... future when we will be presented, not in our own power, but in Christ’s power, fully mature, fully humble, and full of love. A number of years ago, Dr. John Hubbard, the former president of the University of Southern California, took a trip to Texas. While he was there, he met Tom Landry, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. When ... very wise. “Don’t worry, sir. I’ll wear it until it fits.” 1. Jeremiah 16:16 2. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The Gospel According to Luke I-IX (New York: Doubleday, 1981), p. 587.

569. Divide and Destroy

Philippians 1:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Mount; give me the prophets; give me the Golden Rule.” And another person proclaims just as loudly: “Give me the Evangelical. Give me John 3:16. Give me the story of the cross! Give me the precious promises of the New Testament.” It cannot be done. To divide the ... with his message. The Philippians have repeatedly shared in the spread of the gospel by financially aiding Paul (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 2 Corinthians 11:9). In many respects they are his favorite congregation. He longs for them with a view that ...

570. The Grief Grinch

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . He is my rock, my salvation, my fortress, my deliverance..." Hmmm. [Eyes heavenward] Well, God, deliver me from THIS! Can you arrange it so November 15 will be followed by January 16? If not that, at least give me some SURVIVAL TIPS to help me manage this year. I have good news. You have been given some survival tips. The lesson from John's gospel this morning provides some - resources for dealing with grief at the holidays or any days. Follow the story and see how it works out. You remember the situation ...

571. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:1-12, 3:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Middle East is certainly one of the areas that needs Solomon's wisdom. Last month, the Executive Director of our General Assembly Council, John Detterick, spent a week and a half traveling in that area. He wrote an account of his trip and sent it in ... ways. I pray every day for the peacemakers in the Middle East. Will you please join me in that prayer?" Indeed, we will, John. Indeed, we will. And we will add in our prayers the hope for the gift of Solomon to be given to those seeking to make this world as ...

572. Remembering Charlie

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... be no more death, or sorrow or pain,(7) we wait. In a modern paraphrase of Job, we say, "I may not have the answers, but I have God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that is enough." Amen! 1. "Two Cathedrals," NBC, 5/16/01, John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Aaron Sorkin, creator/executive producer 2. Avon Books, New York, 1981 3. Kushner and Wiesel both quoted by Philip Yancey, Disappointment With God, (Grand Rapids, MI, Zondervan Publishing, 1988), p. 179 4 ...

573. Hungry People

Matthew 14:13-21

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David E. Leininger

... thou, and do likewise.") Or we could simply focus on the generosity and unselfishness of that one little boy of whom we read in St. John's account (6:1-13). There are any number of sermons here. What I would rather focus on this morning is the menu, and precisely ... of my friends comes from a broken home. Were you thinking about suicide when you were 12? Did you have an ulcer when you were 16? Did your best friend lose her virginity to a guy she went out with twice? You may have had to worry about VD, but did ...

574. The Blame Game

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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David E. Leininger

... but rather something almost forty years later. In the year 70 A.D. -- just before the three gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke were written, and a decade or two before John -- the Roman general Titus marched his legions through Jerusalem, massacred tens of thousands of Jews, burned most of the city, and pulled down the temple, stone by stone. It was Jerusalem' ... himself. Ask him the question then, who killed Jesus? Ask me. Ask yourself. "I did. I killed Jesus." Amen. 1. 2/16/04 2. See Luke 13:1 3. John 11:50

575. The Original "Average Joe"

Matthew 1:18-25

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David E. Leininger

... Miss Missouri. She is beautiful, she is blonde, she is brainy. Melana is the beauty who squared off against 16 "beasts" in television's latest surpassingly strange reality series, "Average Joe." The premise for the show was that, while ... the chalkboard, my friend stood back. He asked, "What does all this tell you?" The class was very quiet for a moment or two. Then John, the worst troublemaker in the bunch, said, "Wow! Look at all that could have gone wrong. God was really taking a risk." Smart kid. Indeed ...

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