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726. A Family Member · Salome

Mt 20:20-21 · Mk 15:40; 16:1-2

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... in Jesus' mission. Yet how different its outcome may have been but for her quiet commitment to him. She was there at the beginning when, lacking his family's support, (Mark 3:31-35) Jesus needed encouragement. She was there when many of those following him, finding the demands of discipleship too exacting, "went back, and walked no more with him." (John 6:66) She was there with no concern for her own safety when the knowledge he was a hunted man with a death threat hovering over him weighed heavily upon ...

727. WHAT IS MAN?

Sermon

Larry Powell

... book the gin provided all the farmers, compliments of Garrett's Snuff. "Hey, I had more than that," I informed him after seeing the weight he had marked by my name. "No you didn't, big boy," he assured me. "That little poke won't hold much anyway." I knew better. There must have been ... to the Lord of his life for seventy remarkably productive years. His New Testament commentaries have sold over 6,000,000 copies in the English language alone. He authored some sixty books, was a beloved university professor, ...

728. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5

Sermon

... to Yahweh." This latter was in the manner of a slave whose hand was tattooed to show to whom he belonged, or like a jar marked by the name of its owner. The fourth non-believer will be baptized into the people of God with a new name that will ... conception of the nature of God. This word for "one" occurs in the Shema: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord ..." (Deuteronomy 6:4) The Book of Exodus tells of the signs which accompanied Israel - the pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. ...

729. A Brass Cross and a Barometer

Luke 6:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... want him to do that, I better promise not to watch the event on television when it's held on Easter. In verses 6 and 7, Jesus is in the synagogue teaching. A man was there whose right arm was shriveled. The Pharisees were watching, not ... or just criticize?" Then Jesus threw down the gauntlet and healed the man. In Mark's gospel we are told that Jesus was angry and deeply distressed at the stubborn hearts of the Pharisees. (Mark 3:5) The Pharisees needed to be offended. Their lack of compassion was nauseating ...

730. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... will know that disunity is a constant threat to them. There are the "sons of thunder" as Jesus called them, James and John (Mark 3:17). Evidently they were men of strong opinion and vehemence about what they considered right and wrong. There is Peter, so headstrong ... the Jews, for they were considered collaborators with the Romans. Alongside him was Simon "who was called the Zealot" (Luke 6:15), and assuming the name signifies his political position, he had been dedicated to violent overthrow of the Roman ...

731. Genuine Imitations

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Raymond Gibson

... you ..." (Matthew 28:19-20). You can’t teach and be anonymous! According to Mark, Jesus’ last words were, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel" (Mark 16:15). You can’t preach and be silent! According to Luke, Jesus said, " ... job paying $38,000 a year in order to enter seminary. When he graduated three years later, his first appointment as a Methodist minister paid only $6,000 per year - and he had a wife and three children. Now, why would any sane man do something like that? The answer is that my ...

732. What Is Your Holy Week Address?

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... with steric acid, an ingredient that gives the candle more body and sheen. Failure is not a red sign marked "stop," it is a yellow sign marked "proceed with caution." William Saroyan wrote: Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We ... Sunday’s triumph? 1. Sharon R. Curtin, Nobody Ever Died of Old Age (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972), p. 6. 2. Bonaro Overstreet, quoted in The Crown Treasury of Relevant Quotations, Edward F. Murphy, ed. (New York: Crown Publisher’s ...

733. Jesus Replaced Someone At Calvary

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... an occupied province of the mighty The Jews of Palestine hated their Roman occupiers and were constantly plotting espionage and subversion. In an effort to placate the Jews, the Romans had a custom of Jewish prisoner each year during the Jewish festival Verse 6 of Mark 15 refers to that custom. The Roman governor Pontius Pilate selected one prisoner to be set free. Verse 7 tells us that one of the prisoners being held by the man named Barabbas. He was a violent, fanatical nationalist pledged to murder every ...

734. Ghosts - 1951

Ephesians 6:10-20

Sermon

Kent Moorehead

... be an excellent reason. Not so very far in the past Latin and Greek were the only languages having a grammar or a literature. Hence to know Latin was naturally the mark of a scholar. There is now a better body of English, French, and German literature than the Latins ever had, and these languages have also their laws of accidence and canons ... principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places!" (Ephesians 6:12). They fight the ghosts!

735. Trumpets in Church on Easter, The Very Idea!

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Jon L. Joyce

... exact words, I said, but they had to do with the way God ‘delivereth and rescueth and worketh ... wonders in heaven and in earth.’ [Daniel 6:27] "I think we ought to ask for a wonder in the earth," I said. And in that dark hole, we asked that the water ... would crawl out of the tent and go down to the water line. But the message was always the same. "It’s over the last mark on the timber." At the end of about 13 hours the water stopped its furious charge. We figured that the underground lake or whatever ...

736. Nazareth: The Hidden Years

Luke 2:41-52

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J. Ellsworth Kalas

... stature, and in favor with God and man."3 Jesus was growing. The people in the village saw it. It was not simply a matter of a mark on the doorpost - one inch taller than six months ago - but those indefinable marks of the spirit, so difficult to measure yet so impressive and essential. Yet when I speak of Jesus growing during those Nazareth years, I confess that it’ ... of Roses," by Plechtcheev; translated by Geoffrey Dearmer. 2. Luke 2:40 (KJV) 3. Luke 2:52 (KJV) 4. Galatians 1:17 5. 1 Timothy 3:6 (RSV)

737. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... next chapter. Concerning Peter, let us first note several interesting details that we ought to remember about him. Every time the Bible lists the twelve apostles, Peter is named first - always, without exception. (Take time to double-check this for yourself: Matthew 10; Mark 3; Luke 6; Acts 1.) This doesn’t mean, necessarily, that Peter was the most important. Nor does it mean that he was the first one who was called. Indeed, it was his own brother, Andrew, who brought Peter (Simon, at that time) into the ...

738. The Kingdom And The Seed

Mark 4:4-20; 30-32

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... four kinds of soil. The Word of God is the seed which falls into four different kinds of soil. The second parable in the fourth chapter of Mark is the parable of the harvest (4:26-29). The seed grows as the farmer goes about his work day by day. The day comes when the ... friend who was a small Iowa farmer. "Is this all the land you have?" he asked. "Where I come from, I can get in my car at 6:00 a.m. and drive all day and never see the end of my land." "Is that right?" said the Iowa farmer. "I used to have a ...

739. You CAN Take It With You

Luke 24:36-49

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... bind us up. After two days he will revive us; in the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. (Hosea 6:1-2) God’s surgery for his people was surgery on himself! In Jesus’ death on the Cross, God showed himself as broken by sin. He ... bringing sin to the surface and receiving God’s therapy of forgiveness. It is in repentance that we begin to show to God the marks that sin has made on our bodies. It is in repentance that we risk exposing ourselves at our worst, so that God can do ...

740. The Man Who Couldn't Hear

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Brett Blair

... to the region of Galilee when he entered the district of the Decopolis. There a large crowd who brought with them a patient approached him. Mark says of this man that he was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. No doubt the two went together, for hearing and ... person in need. That’s how to hear, with the ear of a shepherd not the stomach of a wolf. We listen to the 6:00 news and we hear shouting and violence and protests, when we should be hearing the voices of sheep without a Shepherd. III Third, let ...

741. What Are Spiritual Gifts For?

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... keeping discord at bay or warning household units about trying to invalidate the spiritual perspectives of their neighboring unit a few blocks down the street. Mark Twain told of being disturbed at all the discord he saw among God’s creatures. He decided to experiment with the problem. He put a ... Richard S. Ascough, The Formation of Pauline Churches (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1998), p. 6. 3. This story from Mark Twain is printed in Jana L. Childers and Lucy A. Rose, eds., The Abingdon Women’s Preaching ...

742. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... if the sentence permitted. It is remarkable that all of this the Bible records with the simple words, "And they crucified Him." (Mark 15:24). It is interesting that Jesus is responsible for the abolishment of the cross as a means of capital punishment. In ... rebellion against the state or against society. It was used with horrible effectiveness. In the year 71BC Emperor Crassus crucified over 6,000 Jews who had rebelled against Rome. Their crosses lined the Via Appia, or we call it the Appian Way, on either ...

743. "A Friend Indeed"

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... NEED is a natural. On top of that, the church's lectionary Gospel lesson, that sad story of the "Rich Young Ruler" (even though Mark's account does not say either "young" or "ruler"), holds up a huge red flag about the way we are often overly-enamored of ... as happy when they had less. 3. How much of an average American's lifetime will be spent (on average) watching television commercials? 6 months 3 months 1 year 1.5 years Answer: c. In contrast, Americans on average spend only 40 minutes a week playing with ...

744. The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told

Isaiah 7:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... the young couples in our congregation. Seven fatal things to say to your wife when she is with child: Number 7: "I finished the Oreos." Number 6: "Y'know, looking at her, you'd never guess that Pamela Lee had a baby!" Number 5: "Well, could they induce labor? The 25th is the ... resolved to put her away quietly. Joseph's emotions remind me of something that happened to Mark Maurer of Hilton Head, South Carolina. For some reason Mark was in the doghouse with his wife. He wanted to make amends so he ordered her ...

745. Face To Face With The Devil

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... us to the cross and the empty tomb. We begin our journey in the wilderness. That is where the Spirit had driven Jesus, according to Mark's Gospel. Perhaps Jesus was seeking a time of self-examination. Perhaps he wanted time to reflect on the ministry that he was about to ... , He will surely help us to overcome. 1. NEWSWEEK, August 30, 1993, p. 6. 2. "The Dangers of Growing," William H. Willimon, THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, July/August 1993, Vol. 24:4, p 39. 3. John Lestock, Trinity ...

746. One Thing Is Needful

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Arthur E. Dean Windhorn

... John Anderson tells about a cartoon that appeared in the NEW YORKER magazine. Approaching a small bridge plainly marked, "Load Limit ” 8 tons" was a truck, also marked on its side, "8 tons." When the 8 ton truck was about in the middle of the bridge ... way in the Sermon on the Mount: "Seek first God's kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well." (Matthew 6:33) If the Lord is not the high priority in your life, then, like the overcoat, so many other things in life will be out ...

747. Counterfeit Christianity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Jesus, not a disciple." Disciples are called upon to do more than be just an admirer of Jesus. To carry the cross is a distinguishing mark of a disciple. Bob Wendel, a Presbyterian pastor, wrote tongue-in-cheek what he calls the "Cross of the Scale of Commitment." It is similar to ... to the cross and rise in two days. 8 Go to the cross and rise in one day. 7 Watch someone else go to the cross. 6 Visit Golgotha on vacation. 5 Wear a cross at work. 4 Wear a cross to church. 3 Buy a cross for a friend. 2 Look ...

748. Clean Hearts And Dirty Hands

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... were guardians of good taste, gatekeepers at the walls of tradition. Mark tells us that the disciples were eating with dirty hands and the scribes and the Pharisees were disturbed. Then Mark gives this editorial comment. "The Pharisees, and all the Jews," he ... Monday Fodder Update - March 25, 2002 2. Hudson, Virginia Cary. O Ye Jigs & Juleps! (New York: Inspirational Press, 1962), p. 6. 3. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995). 4. James E. Carter, People Parables (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1973), p. 47. Cited in ...

749. A Penny For God

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... , however, the plight of the woman who loses her husband today is usually not nearly as dire as it was back then. When Mark says that this woman was "a poor widow," he was probably making a huge understatement. This woman was probably "dirt poor," as they ... reflect our income, or the state of our balance sheet. It reflects, rather, what is of utmost importance to us. Jesus says in Matthew 6:21: "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." People are funny when it comes to money. In a poll on ...

750. Frustrated By Their Lack Of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... his sisters here with us?" They knew him. They knew his family. Mark tells us that they were offended by him. It is here that Jesus spoke those well-known, often quoted words recorded in Mark's gospel: "A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country ... did not believe! The first step in achieving is to believe. If we do not believe, then we will not achieve anything. Verse 6 says: "And he marveled because of their unbelief." Jesus marveled at unbelief, and was frustrated by those who had no faith. He ...

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