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James Merritt
... deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” (Luke 9:23, ESV) You really shouldn’t expect God to expect anything ... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21, ESV) Contrary to the old saying, we really don’t put ... prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.” (1 Corinthians 16:2, ESV) Do you see the words “store up”? ... storehouse so that, “There may be food in my house.” (Malachi 3:10, ESV) God does not bless us for our sake. God blesses ...
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Theodore F. Schneider
... him?" "We watched his eyes!"1 These words may hold the key ... should we. In Exodus 19:6, the people of Israel are ... but nonetheless useful observations should be made. 1. Acts in the name of religion ... all of our good with the temple roof.3 2. Prayers offered are not always offered to ... of our prayers might be reported. 3. Our agendas are not necessarily God ... all and despises no one. 1. Rick Reilly, "Guts, Brains and ... 3. Dr. Baughman quotes the late Professor Raymond T. Stamm in the use of "central luminous truth." 3 ...
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Leonard Mann
... its special character, then this word is indeed a special one. It is written in Luke 2:21 that eight days after the birth of the Bethlehem Child "when he was ... I give you what I have; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk" (Acts 3:6 RSV). And the lame man walked. As a result of this episode on the temple steps ... forgiveness, his blessing, his help. We seek through prayer, and through prayer receive. We are told in 1 Timothy 2:5 that there is "one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." ...
629. Dare To DV8
Romans 12:1-8
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... the only Bible some people may ever read. That's it in a nutshell. Dare to Deviate so Christ can make a difference through you. 1. Therefore....A sermon by, Pastor Vince Gerhardy, St Luke's Lutheran Church, Nambour - 29th September, 2002 2. "Low Pay, Long Hours, No Applause," Philip Yancey, CHRISTIANITY TODAY, (November 18, 1988), p. 80. 3. John H. Unger, Brandon, Manitoba. Leadership, Vol. 11, no. 4. 4. Joseph F. Mlaker in Fresh Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching (Baker), from the editors of Leadership ...
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David J. Kalas
... God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob" (Exodus 3:6). Jacob, his father, and his grandfather were the honored primogenitors of God' ... s father, that sight on the horizon set him running to embrace his beloved son (Luke 15:20). For these under-loved brothers, however, that sight was enough to prompt ... heart of his father David" (1 Kings 15:3). Later, the Bible reports that King Asa of Judah "did what was right in the sight of the Lord, as his father David had done" (1 Kings 15:11). Meanwhile, King ...
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Lori Wagner
... a Sycamore and Invites Himself to Zacchaeus’s Table (Luke 19) Minor Text Adam and Eve Hide from God (Genesis 3) Rehoboam Overtaxes the People (1 Kings 12) Psalm 15: Those Who Dwell with ... 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short, he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”6 ...
632. The Art of Keeping Quiet
Luke 1:5-25, Ezekiel 3:16-27
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... ) Priest Zechariah’s Prayer and Elizabeth’s Pregnancy with John (Luke 1) Minor Text First Week of the Advent of Our Lord’s Birth The Lord Gives Moses the Words to Speak (Exodus 4) King David Divides the Priests into Sects, Including the Eighth –Abijah, Descendants of Aaron (1 Chronicles 24) The Priestly Leaders Including the Sect of Abijah (Nehemiah 12:1) The Rite of Incense (Mishnah Tamid 6:3) Gabriel Brings Daniel Wisdom Regarding His Vision After a Pause for Prayer and Supplication (Daniel 9) The ...
633. Your Home Page
Hebrews 13:1-25
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Leonard Sweet
... “smart phone.” Every time you “upgrade” from a version “3" to “4” to “5” . . . it seems that only minutes later there is a version “6.” Almost as soon as you can get out your ... the good-health greetings “Whole be thou,” or “Hail thou” (see Luke 1:28; Matthew 27:14) where “hail” means “healthy.” In the earliest ... that acts of sexual immorality, and outright adultery, will be judged by God. In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 these two forms of physical lust are declared by Paul to be ...
634. A Big Fisherman · Peter
Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42
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Gordon Pratt Baker
... s James and John in a flourishing fishing business boasting a small fleet. (Mark 1:16; Luke 5:10) Thus, when he reminded Jesus that "we have left everything and ... temple and at home" that the Lord's followers kept increasing in numbers. (Acts 5:42-6:1) V It required no small courage on Peter's part to pick up his evangelizing ... a sword in the face of hostile soldiers threatening the Master, attest that. (Matthew 14:28-30; John 18:3-10) So he continued to do what he had been doing by way of lifting up the Lord. ...
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John A. Terry
... 1-12 Purity of heart is a common thead throughout scripture. The first of the Ten Commandments says: "You shall have no other gods before me" (Deuteronomy 5:7). In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other" (Matthew 6 ... looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62). Blessed are the pure in heart. We ... book entitled Desire to See God.3 In the introduction he quoted Kahlil ...
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Herchel H. Sheets
... worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm."6 Henry David Thoreau, also, might have been unduly critical of himself when he said, "I never dreamed ... after we have done all we can do, we still must say, "We are unworthy servants" (Luke 17:10). We can make no claims upon God. We are too unworthy, and his grace ... , p. 143. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1959. 3. Alexander Maclaren. Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Matthew 1-8), p. 223. New York: A. C. Armstrong and ...
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Gordon Pratt Baker
... paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23:2, 3) The Palestinian shepherd never left his sheep. No storm could deter ... by night" when the angel of the Lord announced Christ’s birth (Luke 2:8-12). The darkness and the light were alike when it ... slinking through the murk to raid flocks he was tending (1 Samuel 17:34-36). So, to protect his sheep, the ... life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) The benevolence of grace, the poet has discovered, is woven into the fabric of ...
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Leonard H. Budd
... of the Palm Sunday event that brought Jesus into the Holy City (Luke 19:28-48). See it in imagination: The early morning rain ... spirit that rested upon his soul. "Saul, why do you persecute me?" (Acts 21:6-11). The voice of Jesus echoed, if not from the distant hills, at least ... has been illustrated. One was a Montgomery, Alabama road. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a ... Damascus Road. In what ways can religion enslave us? 3. The author cites the movement toward civil rights in ...
639. Temptation
Luke 4:1-13
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David E. Leininger
... we are called to a rigorous self-examination, the church reads again the story of Christ's temptation in the wilderness. Our story from Luke this morning is the classic New Testament account of temptation (the Old Testament classic being the serpent and Eve in the Garden of Eden ... 1998 03 01," #21, 2/24/98 3. Mary Otto, "Temptation Science," Knight-Ridder Syndicate, 2/25/98 4. Rob Elder, "Biding His Time," The Clergy Journal, May/June 1997, p. 91 5. Institutes, 1.14.15 6. Elder, ibid. 7. "The Problem of a ...
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King Duncan
... most familiar situations in human life and used that situation to teach us about God. In chapter 15 of Luke's Gospel we read about a woman who lost not a ring but a valuable coin. It may be ... him more than at that moment when he changed his attitude and came back to me." (6) Jesus said that this is how God feels about each of us. Sin is serious business. ... 1. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990). 2. Naomi Rhode, MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN DIAMONDS, (Nashville, TN; Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991). 3 ...
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King Duncan
... an angel visiting her who told her that she would have a child who will "be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High." (Luke 1:32) Matthew tells us that Joseph was a "righteous man" but he was having a hard time believing Mary's story. The news that Mary was ... Upper Room, 1990), pp. 34-35. 3. IBID. 4. IBID. 5. John F. Priest, "Myth and Dream in Hebrew Scripture," MYTHS, DREAMS, AND RELIGION, Joseph Campbell (ed), (Dallas: Spring Publications, Inc., 1988), p. 59. 6. Sophy Burnham, A BOOK OF ANGELS ( ...
642. One Came Back
Luke 17:11-19
Sermon
King Duncan
... lepers did exactly what Jesus asked them to do. They went to show themselves to the priest. "And as they went," writes Luke, "they were made clean." They received the gift of healing. They were free to rejoin their families and their friends. Thank God - ... done for you? 1. Gert Behanna, "The Joyous Way," THE GUIDEPOSTS TREASURY OF FAITH (New York: Bantam Book, 1980), pg. 56. 2. Michael Vitez, "Paying his Debt to the Divinity," The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 13, 1991, pp. 1-D, 6-D. 3. THE UPPER ROOM, ...
643. "Head" Lines
Ephesians 1:1-14
Sermon
King Duncan
... great Bible passages that illustrate wisdom. Psalm 14:1 reads, "The fool hath said in his heart, "˜There is no God!'" And in Luke 12, Jesus tells a story about a rich man ... the third type of fool is a nabal, someone who lives a foolish and vain lifestyle. (3) A know-it-all, someone who refuses to look for good advice and someone who lives ... We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate." (6) Today we celebrate all those who have shown us how to live abundant, God-honoring lives ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... faith. Those of you who remember the story of Mary and Martha as told in Luke 10 remember that it was Mary who sat at the feet of Jesus while Martha scurried ... him hope and courage to face the consequences back home. He had been “turned loose, untied.” (6) Christ rolled away the stone of his life. That’s what Christ does for us. He gives ... , his direction. “Lazarus, come out!” 1. Oct. 2004, p. 151. 2. “All in a Day’s Work,” April 2006, p. 69. 3. Surprised by Suffering (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... rebuked Simon the Pharisee for not offering him this courtesy at Simon’s dinner party (Luke 7: 45). Early followers of Jesus continued this practice of greeting fellow Christians with a ... 1 (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1982), p. 291. 3. Christina Baxter, The Wounds of Jesus: A Meditation on the Crucified Saviour (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004). 4. http://www.firstchurchcambridge.org/sermons/sermon20021020_jazz.html. 5. Cited by Geoffrey Connor, http://www.eppinganglicans.org.uk/Season‑HolyWeekPage.htm. 6 ...
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John E. Harnish
... million miles, but even at a rate of one million miles a day, it will take it another 6,500 years to reach Barnard's star, and it won't pass the brightest star, Sirius, until ... to give historic details of the Nativity. He doesn't try to assemble, like Luke, an "orderly account." He is not, like Matthew, arguing for Jesus' genealogy and ... , abide with us, our Lord, Immanuel! 1. "501 Incredible but True Facts to Amaze You", selected pages 2. www.stardust.jpl.nasa.gov 3. Joan Beck, Chicago Tribune, Aug. 17, 1989 ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... I read those words, I think of the angels who sang at Jesus’ birth: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14). At his birth he came into a world that would reject him. As we enter Holy Week he comes into a city that will reject him. ... 3. Lexington Herald-Leader, January 1, 1996, p. A9. 4. Bass Mitchell, homily@egroups.com. Cited by Dr. Mickey Anders, First Christian Church, Pikeville, KY. 5. Lynn Austin, http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2000/002/11.39.html. 6 ...
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King Duncan
... ’ followers. Note that is what happens here. At the end of this story, Luke tells us, “This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana ... a new purpose, a new meaning and, he affirmed, an abiding satisfaction. (6) All of us remember the story of the old alcoholic who, when ... 1. Amelia Court House, VA: ABM Enterprises, Inc., 1996, pp. 75-76. 2. Sent to me by a friend. Original source unknown. 3. Andreas Schroeder, Scams, True Stories from the Edge (Buffalo. NY: Annick Press Ltd., 2004), p. 1 ...
649. Cast All Your Anxiety on Him
1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... will help us be better parents and better spouses. Listen to what Peter writes in 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 (NRSV) [12] Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is ... all right, I didn't put my whole weight down the whole time we were in the air." (3) She didn't trust the plane and she didn't trust the pilot. But when you put your ... cast. The word is only used twice in the Gospels. Once here and once in Luke when it describes the Disciples on Palm Sunday throwing or "casting" their robes on the donkey ...
650. Legacies of Power
Ephesians 1:15-23
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Mary S. Lautensleger
... God does not take away our power. Rather, for Jesus' sake God clothes us "with power from on high" (Luke 24:49), which is God's Spirit, God's own power to do good in our world. Unfortunately, even ... Christ, will be done? Where do you find the power to be a disciple of Jesus in this world?3 Much of our power depends on the choices we make in life. As we stand at the threshold of ... is everything."6 And, indeed it is. Christ is the King, and in his power is the hope of the world. Amen. 1. Robert Jewett, " ...
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