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Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... that those who believe are saved, and that only those who reject God's grace are lost. When you think about it, that's what Peter said at Pentecost. And it sounds a lot more like the theology you and I have grown up with. Yet, back then, Arminius and his ... Christ Jesus. Many of you have made that decision. Christ invites us all, and it is critically important that we choose. Amen. 1. "Doctrinal Differences Defined at Synod of Dort 1619," Quoted by Milton S. Agnew in his supplement sheet to The Security of the ...

652. Tough Talk for Tentative Disciples

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. — John 1:10-11 Later, the same people argue, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (John 6:52). They reject both him and his ... hand on our lives, and once we have known the best that he has to offer us, we will never again be satisfied with second best. Peter knows that and asks, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." We may wander away for a time, but ...

653. Life In the Valley

Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... mountain, that moment in the close presence of God, changed those men, just as those moments in worship, moments when we feel God especially near, can change you and me. With Peter, James, and John we have glimpsed the future and, with eyes of faith, we have seen a better day. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! 1. William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark: Daily Study Bible Series (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1956), p. 220. 2. Clarence McCartney, Great Interviews of Jesus (Nashville: Abingdon, 1944), p.94.

654. A Grayhound and a Kite

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... one another, “What does this mean?” Some, however, made fun of the disciples and said, “They’ve had too much wine.” Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let ... time when God’s Spirit fills each of us and helps us become what God has called us to become. Amen. 1. (New York: HarperBusiness, 1999), pp. xvii-xx. 2. Rev. Dr. David Sapp, http://day1.org/2754-salvation_by_faith. 3. Harriette Cross, http:// ...

655. The Life You've Always Wanted

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... she is, is better than where she was.” But there is one in England that hits too close to home: “Dead at 30; buried at 60.”[1] Epitaphs reveal a truth that we all must face. This truth is that all of us will leave a legacy. When we die, we will leave ... any of you can imagine. You are going to help me transform the world!” This call was so powerfully potent that Peter and the others walked away from their thriving business and comfortable lifestyle to follow Jesus. They left the ordinary in order to ...

656. Who Is This Man?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... . As the little boy said, “Jesus is the best picture God ever had taken.” “Who do you say that the Son of Man is?” asked Jesus. And, for once, Simon Peter got it right, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Who is Christ to you . . . and what difference does it make in your life? 1. “What’s really behind our fatigue?” by John Ortberg, Leadership, Spring 1997, p. 110. 2. (Grand Rapids: Discovery House Publishers, 1991). 3. Adapted from http://lutheranhusker.blogspot.com/2009/02 ...

657. From Deep Unto Deep

Luke 22:14--23:56

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... s a polite way to say, “God, I don’t want to do this. Judas Iscariot and Simon Peter have been good and loyal friends. I don’t want Judas to betray me. I don’t want Peter to deny he ever knew me. God of heaven and earth, I have thought about this very carefully ... experience this truth often in our lives. When we see no particular reason to hope, we can put our hope in God. 1. The gospel reading for this week, Luke 22:14—23:56, covers events from Maundy Thursday to the burial of Jesus. Rather than ...

658. Should We Wash One Another's Feet?

John 13:31-38, John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... powers, nor principalities, nor anything else in all creation could separate any of us from the love of God in Jesus Christ.” (1) That’s what the communion table of Christ is all about. Theologian N. T. Wright reminds us that, when Jesus wanted us to ... , “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” I’m sure Jesus loved Simon Peter for moments just such as these. In a few moments Jesus will tell Simon ...

659. Big Boys Do Cry

Joel 2:1-2,12-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... “But, Daddy, it hurts! Waaa-a-ah!” Then Bob Laurent gave him his sternest look and exclaimed, “Look, son, big boys don’t cry!” (1) Have any of you men ever heard that piece of misguided advice from someone in your family? Have any of you ever given that piece ... your sins. Tonight begins the season of Lent. Among the familiar scenes in this season is that of Simon Peter sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl comes to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she says to him ...

660. Ordinary Tragedy

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Modern miseries tend to be trivial rather than those "splendid calamities which in Shakespeare seems to reverberate through the universe"[1] The universe trembles not for us and our mere modern screw ups. Young prince Hamlet, tormented by his sense ... It may not be much as high drama goes, the scene we witness tonight, but it is drama. Our tragedy. Ordinary, everyday people like Peter, like us, caught up in a vast pageant, where good and evil clash, lock in mortal combat, in words exchanged by a fisherman and ...

661. The Grey Zone

John 21:1-19

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ? Will you mold your life to his? These are the challenges of discipleship. This is what it means to love Jesus. Jesus ended his conversation with Peter with two words: “Follow me.” As you come forward to the table, listen to the words Jesus asks you: “Do you love me more than these ... And “Follow me.” May your path be blessed by the One who is your love, your purpose, and your life! [1]Casey Noenickx, “Situationships: Why Gen Z are Embracing the Grey Area,” BBC, Sept 2, 2022, https://www.bbc.com/ ...

662. What Are You Looking At?

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... and work, the text for today is dynamic and alive. It's a simple message, but is that not what the apostles preached back then? What we need is the boldness of Peter to say three things as he seizes their moment of wonder: 1) Don't look at us (v. 12); 2) Look at God and his Son (vv. 13-18); 3) Look at yourself (vv. 17,19). Why did Peter stand up and say all this? He said it because a spectacular miracle had just occurred right outside the temple. A man no longer begged there for money; now he was ...

663. The Saint Who Played Second Fiddle

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Jesus of Nazareth, and said that this Jesus was “the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” (John 1:36) “He must increase, while I must decrease.” (John 3:30) Immediately, Andrew went up to Jesus and introduced himself. And ... complaining. But somehow Andrew managed it. Andrew was always in the background. He didn’t even have a name of his own. He was called “Simon Peter’s brother.” He is so called in the list of the twelve in both Matthew and Luke (Matt. 10:2; Luke 6:14). And, in ...

664. Can You Hear The Rooster Crow?

Luke 22:54-62

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that memory? Rehearse the entire story as it is told earlier in Luke 22, setting the stage for the Scripture lesson we have read. Jesus warned Peter what was coming. He laid a rather heavy word on him. What would you have felt like had Jesus said to you, "Simon, Satan has ... said, "Is he always like this?" The wife replied, "Only when he's drunk!" (Jim Moore, "Called to be Servants", October 1, 1989). It doesn't take alcohol to make most of us testy. We always flirt with the danger of over- confidence. ...

665. Salvation Has A Name!

Acts 4:5-12

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... had to do it). The name of Jesus may be placed on the back burner but it can always be reaffirmed. There is no other name! Peter and John were part of a culture who understood the construct "name" perhaps a little differently than we do today. To mention the name of a ... , O Israel: Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine" (Isaiah 43:1). At the baptismal font, God has called us by name. Jesus is the good shepherd who knows his sheep; he knows us by name. He who named us ...

666. The Big "W"

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... act as Jesus’ disciples, when we follow his way of laying down the self and taking up the cross, the way that so unsettled Peter, we open ourselves to God’s living presence in our lives. When we truly “worship” God we draw near to the divine and are ... freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery" (Gal. 5:1). So here's a bottom-line test to expose the Religious Spirit: If it doesn't bring freedom and it doesn't bring life, it' ...

667. How to Preach a God-Sized Message to a Media Filled World

2 Timothy 4:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... to felt needs, but to unfelt needs. The first 8 Chapters of the Book of Romans tell us that man's three greatest needs are: (1) To realize he is a lost sinner; (2) Repent of his sin; (3) Receive by faith Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior I submit to ... his sin." You could have heard the grass growing outside after he made that comment. After the service, President Jackson made his way to Peter Cartwright, extended his hand and said, "Sir, if I had a regiment of men like you, I could whip the world."[[3]] I would ...

668. It’s Time to Grow Up

Ephesians 4:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature." (Hebrews 6:1, NLT) "Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, [of the Word of God] that by it you may grow up to salvation." (I Peter 2:2, ESV) Now if God's goal for you is growth, ... Bible completely through. Do you realize if you will read the Bible just 15 minutes a day, you can read completely through it in 1 year? If you were to cut out one 30 minute television program a day and read your Bible instead, you could read through the entire ...

669. Failure Is Not Final

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

William L. Self

... Jesus that cut like a whip across his face. All who heard it were shocked: "Out of my way, Satan!" But wait, Peter was to walk still deeper into the valley of Achor. Failure was stalking him, demoralizing and crippling him. Yes, there were glimpses of hope; Peter was present at the transfiguration (Matthew 17:1-9), and suggested that they stay there. (He probably felt safe there.) Peter was also present with Jesus in Gethsemane along with James and John, but none of them could stay awake to be with Jesus ...

670. No Apology

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... to the Son is a divine necessity. All people must respond. Why? We all must respond because we are all like the lame man Peter healed, except that we are crippled spiritually. The crutch for spiritually lame people is the wooden cross where Jesus shed his blood. The saving work has already been done. In Rotterdam, Holland, there was a home known as the House of 1,000 Terrors. It received its name during the sixteenth century, when the Protestant Dutch rose up against the Catholic King of Spain. A great ...

671. When The Fish Won't Bite

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... and heals her. The result of this? Simon's mother-in-law "immediately got up and began to serve them." (Luke 4:38) As William Barclay has written, "She had been given back her health, to spend it in the service of others." (1) Now, as we move into the heart of our lesson for the day, we see Simon Peter's bad week becoming worse! He was living with his mother-in-law, working for "The Sons of Zebedee Fishing Company," and now he strikes out by not catching a single fish in a night of intense labor. To Simon ...

672. A Faith That Overcomes

Acts 9:32-43

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... maturing faith we are able to see that the adverse experiences of life do not reflect on the goodness of God. As Robert Schuller has written, "Life is not fair, but God is good."1 There are three things that we can learn from today's text to help us deal more effectively with the experiences of adversity that are inevitable in life. Peter provides an example of how to put faith into practice, even in the face of difficulty. Trust in God's Presence The first thing we must learn is to continue to trust in the ...

673. Surprises

1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... of life's surprises are the bad kind. The new Christians Peter writes to have been surprised by facing persecution for their faith. Verse 1, "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you." Jews, especially Jews who lived outside of Palestine, were used to being treated as different and sometimes were despised for their faith. Yet, these Christians Peter writes to are Gentiles and so they're shocked. They became ...

674. Oh Say, Can You See by the Dawn’s Early Light?

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 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." (vv. 1-2) A newspaper report tells of the growing phenomenon of vandals disturbing gravestones in local cemeteries in some American cities. Last Easter, news reports told how some loved ones discovered ...

675. Good News, Bad News, Good News

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Thomas Long

... wash their feet. Notice that the disciples do not balk when Jesus commands them to wash others' feet; the resistance comes -- voiced by Peter -- to being washed. So, the hard message in this text is not that we will have to give; it is that, before we ... don't think there are any storytellers. There are only stories, and each of us gets to carry one of them for a little while."1 Just so, there are no real disciples in the self-sufficient sense; there are only people who are given the blessing of carrying the ...

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