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601. He Came, He Is Coming

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the end are mysteriously related to what happened at Christmas. “He is the source, the ending He.” (Quotes from Mark Trotter, God Only Knows, this introduction about Advent suggested by him as well as the direct quotes). Our scripture ... , “Look up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Don Shelby, The Presents of His Presence: Vision and Hope, p. 6) We can wait for the Second Coming and the Mighty Victory and the Kingdom Banquet because we trust His promise. It’s not an ...

602. What Would Jesus Say About Medical Care?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... yourself. So much of health has to do with our individual and personal choices. Take good care of yourself physically. In I Corinthians 6:19, Paul poses this question, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? ..… You are not your ... you said, we are whole, we are not just fragmented parts.” We want to talk a lot more about this in a few days. Thank you Mark. There is a Balm in Gilead that makes the wounded whole. There is a place, that quiet peace, near to the heart of God. Let us ...

603. You Can't Stay on the Mountain Forever

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” (vs 5). Mark felt that he needed to explain why Peter would say something like that so he added this word, in verse 6, “For he did not know what to say.” One commentator suggests that Peter did ... leads to our next focus. III We can’t stay on the mountain forever. That fact is made dramatic in the way Mark tells the story. I referred to this a moment ago. When Peter made his response expressing his desire to build three tabernacles — one ...

604. Kingdoms in Conflict

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... in public recognition. One obvious example is that of Persian king, Xerxes, honoring Mordecai in the story of Esther (chs. 3-6). The Royal Grant was always a one-way act, with no specific reciprocal deed required. The second type of king-subject ... mission of the Maker. God declared name changes for Abram and Sarai, and also required the act of circumcision which would publicly mark all the males of the family as "owned" by God. The outcome to this fourth covenant-making event was strikingly different than ...

605. Dressed for the Banquet

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Chris Ewing

606. It's Just A Little Thing

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... this morning, we find out the origins of that phrase, "putting your two cents worth in." It comes from our reading from Mark. Let's look at Mark 12:38-44. Mark 12:38-44 (NRSV) [38] As he taught, he said, "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes ... the clinking and clanking of their coins in the receptacles. Jesus said that such donors have already received their reward (Matt. 6:1-2). But Jesus, sitting there teaching amidst all the noise of the Temple, heard when the widow quietly placed ...

607. The Case of the Dancing Men

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... as a reminder of God’s grace. We wear this mark not as a sign of our superiority but as a mark of humility and thanksgiving for what God has done for us. Thanks be to God for His unconditional acceptance of sinners like you and me.] 1. http://www.fccleb.org/sermons/Slater.4.20.03.html. 2. I’m sorry. I have misplaced the source of this illustration. 3. Jerry B. Jenkins, “Treasure By Mistake,” Moody Magazine, September 1991, 6. Cited in Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon ...

608. Laugh, Thomas, Laugh!

John 20:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ... the murder of his master ... has tarred him ever since. It makes no difference that the rest of his life was marked by faithful service to his Lord. Thomas became doubting Thomas, and his name has been used ever since as a euphemism ... got a tremendous answer: "I am the way ... the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Yes, Thomas was thoughtful ... and that is good. A faith that requires acceptance without thinking is not faith, it is gullibility. Now we meet ...

609. A King Like No Other

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... was lost” (Luke 19:10). And on another occasion he declared, “The well have no need for a physician, but those who are sick” (Mark 2:17) These are the people Jesus gave his life for. We need to remember that. Jesus didn’t come to benefit good people. ... Why has every generation in history demonstrated time and time again man’s inhumanity to man? Why did Hitler have to exterminate 6,000,000 Jews before the rest of the world rallied to stop him? Why did Germany, an allegedly Christian nation allow the ...

610. Remember the Rooster

John 18:25-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you’” (Mark 16:6-7). “Go, tell his disciples and Peter . . .” It’s interesting, isn’t it, that Peter is singled out? It’s almost as if Christ is saying to Simon Peter, “Simon, I know your heart. You let me down, but it’s all right. My grace is sufficient ...

611. The Life of Your Table?

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... are closed, healed wounds. But the open, raw wounds: “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain” (Revelation 5:6). Michael Williams has written about Thomas' reaction when he sees Jesus' wounds, “My Lord and my God.” Do you say "My Lord and ... in the Upper Room in Jerusalem with the Last Supper. The unleavened bread and the cup of wine offered to his closest disciples marked the first “Passover” of a new era. This was an invitation to a meal where the Lord would always be present, where a ...

612. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... were privy to it. We don’t know why this honor was accorded only to them unless the answer is found in the last verse of Mark’s account: “As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man ... defines who our neighbor is. And finally listen to his promise to us: “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away” (John 6:37b). This is to say that Jesus’ transfiguration prefigures what we shall someday be if we give our lives to him. We ...

613. A Complicated Disciple

John 18:15-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’” (Mark 16:6-7). Here we find the angel specifically telling the women that Jesus not only wants to see his disciples, but that he especially wants to see Peter. Why? Because he loved Peter. In spite of his weaknesses, Christ loved Peter and he had already forgiven Peter ...

614. No More Tears

Sermon

King Duncan

... golden-brown hair.” Lucado goes on to say, “Now, I’m no artist, but I can tell you one thing. The man who painted that picture didn’t use the gospel of Mark as a pattern. When Mark wrote about that painful night, he used phrases like these: ‘Horror and dismay came over him.’ ‘My heart is ready to break with grief.’ ‘He went a little forward and threw ... 3. What Do You Say to a Hungry World? (Waco: Word Books, 1975), p. 252. 4. Dr. Jerry Walls, The Asbury Herald, Volume 112, No. 2 & 3, p. 6.

615. True North

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... of the commandments and still miss who God is and what his desire is for us. In the second chapter of the gospel of Mark we see an ex-ample of how the most religious people can be the most lost. The Pharisees were chastising Jesus’ disciples for plucking ... these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40) Jesus’ answer was revolutionary. He quoted from Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18. He said if someone follows these two commands he or she will keep the essence of the law ...

616. Why Bother?

Mark 12:38-44

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... poor that Jesus addressed it directly in his Sermon on the Mount: "So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others" (Matthew 6:2). Perhaps in our story here in Mark there were some rich people making a rather elaborate show of their giving at these contribution boxes -- they wanted to be seen. Among them, Jesus also saw a poor widow put two coins into the box. It was a very modest offering -- a day ...

617. Good-Bye Mardi Gras, Hello Lent

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... finitude and the gospel call: “You are dust and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19); “repent, and believe the good news” (Mark 1:15). The lectionary gospel reading for the day comes from the heart of the Sermon on the Mount. In this passage ... giving, praying, and fasting are to rise out of our commitment to Christ. These acts of piety are to be their own reward. Matthew 6 begins, “Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your ...

618. Unstoppable Joy!

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the Arabah.” says the prophet Isaiah (35:4-6). The result of hearing God’s voice is unstoppable joy! The result of resonating with God’s voice is an altered and altared soul ... this sermon is taken from www.CherryChapman.com Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Jesus Heals a Man Born Deaf and Mute (Mark 7:31-37) Minor Text The Story of Noah When the Floodgates of Heaven were Opened Up (Genesis 7) The Enabling of the ...

619. Returning

Isaiah 40:1-11

Sermon

Will Willimon

... all become like one unclean. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away" (Isaiah 64:5-6). Into this forlorn, self-deprecating exilic gloom, the preacher speaks, "Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God....'I the wilderness prepare the ... the wilderness that John the Baptist appeared, quoting Isaiah, "Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight" (Mark 1:1-3). Mark says in his first chapter, first verse, "The beginning of the good news of Jesus..." The beginning of good ...

620. Seeing is Believing…or Is It?

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the one who said to Jesus, “Lord we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” (John 14:5-6) Jesus replied: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Thomas was devoted to Jesus ... mind, even a mind that focused on the practical and empirical, do a “double take” when he felt with his own hands the nail marks and wounds of Jesus? That was enough to not only confirm perhaps what he believed or hoped, but to change his inner vision to ...

621. As a Fire Exists by Burning

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... Comin’ There are some New Testament scholars who insist that we can’t possibly understand the full meaning of the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) unless we study them in the context of the first Jewish War that took place from 66-73 CE. I ... in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish temple, as well as widespread destruction throughout Judea. Historians believe that more than 6,000 Jews were killed in the city of Jerusalem alone and somewhere around 1.2 million throughout all of Palestine, ...

622. Climbing Rainbows Through The Rain

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... is particularly true for the first 11 chapters of Genesis. Most ancient civilizations told stories of great floods. This account in Genesis is markedly similar to a Babylonian story called the Gilgamesh Epic. In fact, it is so similar that it can be argued the Hebrews simply ... off the face of the earth and trying something else. He had high hopes for humankind, but, obviously, it isn't going to work (6:5-7, 11). In the midst of his despair, the eye of God falls on a fellow named Noah. He has been leading a ...

623. Sermons

Sermon

John R. Bodo

... absence, Thomas rejects their testimony vehemently: "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in his side, I will not believe!" There he is, Thomas the Doubter, at the ... what Jesus has done for us. And not in the abstract, either. Nor in general, for the whole human race. Personally: for you and for me. 6. Adam Hiding1 Introductory Note We like to feel good. We like a church that makes us feel good. We like sermons that make us feel good ...

624. They Also Serve Who Wait

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Thomas Long

... come I will do something for God." The synagogue, like the tenements which fill the neighborhood in which it stands, is marked by peeling paint, deteriorating floors, and falling plaster. Morris, himself, is feeling the wearing effects of the passing days. "I'm ... section B, p. 3. 2. Raymond E. Brown, The Birth of the Messiah (Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1977), pp. 435-6. 3. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail," in Why We Can't Wait (New York: Harper and Row, 1964), p. ...

625. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... , couldn't you return to collecting taxes?" Or, "Have you thought that you could build a great memorial there on Mount Olivet, marking the exact spot where Jesus stood when he left to go to the Father?" "Have any of you thought of starting your ... unconscious, a few moments more and you are dead. No wonder the psalmist declares, "Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord (Psalm 150:6)." On his death bed, John Wesley's last words were, "I'll praise ... I'll praise ..." He was struggling to say the words ...

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