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751. Are You a Lemming or a Lassie?

Luke 12:13-21, Luke 12:22-34, Luke 12:35-48, Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Deceptiveness of Wealth and Sin The Lord of Abundance Will Judge Those Who Have Turned Away and Bless Those Who are Loyal (Malachi 3) God’s Warning to Jerusalem Sister of Sodom Who Does Not Care for Its Poor (Ezekiel 16) The Warning of Material Corruption and ... (Galatians 5) The Bid to Focus on God and Not on Material Wealth (1 Timothy 6) Jesus’ Parable of the Rich Fool and Warnings to His Disciples and Others as Told by Luke Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were ...

752. The Importance of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Sermon

Hubert Beck

... the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." (1 Corinthians 1:17) This is not to belittle baptism nor is it to say that eloquent sermons are bad, but ... 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 ... the Romans. Alongside him was Simon "who was called the Zealot" (Luke 6:15), and assuming the name signifies his political position, he had ...

753. Cross Eyed: Triumph

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... a day of Cross Eyed: Triumph. Look at the Passage. John 20:1-18 (NRSV) [1] Early on the first day of the week, while it was still ... 3] Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. [4] The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. [5] He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. [6 ... scholars to the writing of the actual Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. That's a pretty good reason. But not the ...

754. Headed in the Right Direction

Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:5-6). During the Advent and Christmas seasons, I sometimes hear complaints from liturgical purists ... complain. And church Christmas pageants have always jumbled up the Luke and Matthew birth narratives, overlaying Christmas and Epiphany with angels ... . Amen. 1. Owen Barfield, History in English Words (London: Faber and Faber, UK, 1964), p. 164. 2. Owen Barfield, Worlds Apart: A Dialogue of the 1960s (London: Faber and Faber, UK, 1963), p. 148. 3. John ...

755. A Christian's Duty in Time of War

Nehemiah 4:1-23

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... prophet declared in chapter 17, verse 9, “The heart is deceitful above all things…” In Romans 3, beginning with verse 10, we read, “There is no one righteous, not even one…All have ... Didn’t Jesus condemn war? Let’s look at the New Testament. In Luke 14:31 Jesus started an illustration with these words: “Suppose a king is ... IS EASY FOR GOD TO BLESS. Turn to Joshua, chapter 1, verse 7. God had ordered the Hebrews to invade Palestine. In verse 6, God tells Joshua to be strong and courageous. Then ...

756. The Saint Who Played Second Fiddle

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... 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 we read that Andrew and John ... so called in the list of the twelve in both Matthew and Luke (Matt. 10:2; Luke 6:14). And, in the incident of the feeding of the five thousand, when he brought the lad with the loaves and fishes to Jesus, (John 6:8) the author seems to feel that people might not know who ...

757. Be Reconciled — To Christ and Others

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... but absolutely essential to the process. We need to believe that God never gives up on us. The story in Luke's Gospel (13:6-9) about the barren fig tree demonstrates God's ever-present love. The tree representing Israel has not been fruitful. ... same thing in his relationship with the Corinthians. He wrote: "I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling" (1 Corinthians 2:3). Paul's solution to his dilemma was found in Jesus and so too must our answers be sought. Let us remember Jesus' words: " ...

758. One Commandment is Enough!

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

... one God, (Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God is one LORD - Deuteronomy 6:4), the great "I AM," was not a wooden or stony impersonal something, ... , but to worship them is to break this Second Law of God! 3. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in ... with all thy soul, and with all thy mind (Mark and Luke added, "and with all thy strength" This is the first and ... he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother ... cannot love God." (1 John 4:20) The judgment day will find a lot of us standing in ...

759. A Chance To Dance

Luke 5:17-25

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we can still dance for joy because of the joy of the Lord. Let's look at the passage and see why the man danced for joy. Luke 5:17-25 (NRSV) [17] One day, while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting near by (they had come from every village ... Passing Out." I put 6 points which Adam Hamilton identified as basics on business cards for you to carry with you. The card is a reminder of the basics and of how to share your faith when someone asks. Let's review: 1. I believe the accounts of ...

760. The Persecuted

John 15:18-27

Sermon

John A. Terry

... goal, Jesus said, "Woe to you, when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets" (Luke 6:26). And so Jesus made the peculiar observation that being harassed for the sake of your faith is a sign of God's ... heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you." (RSV) 1. Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. 2. God's Psychiatry, p. 157. 3. E.T. Thompson, The Sermon On The Mount. 4. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength To ...

761. Turn Out the Lights! The Party's Over!

Daniel 5:1-31

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... rejoice that your names are written in heaven." (Luke 10:20) But we don’t always look ... they do before launch-time down at Cape Canaveral. 10-9-8-7-6-5….God knows exactly how many days you have left before you meet ... 3:36 we read, "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him." But here comes the good news, as declared by St. Paul to the Romans and to us: "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…" (Romans 8:1 ...

762. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... says: “The church fathers identified Alphaeus and Clopas and the two Marys of Mark 16:1 and John 1:25, and regarded James the less and Joses of Mark 15:40 as sons of ... James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” (Mark 6:3) Now, here is where the whole thing really gets muddied. Early in the life of the church ... first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger.” (Luke 2:7) A first-born assumes a second-born, and so on. Most Protestants have no ...

763. The Lord of the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38

Sermon

James Merritt

... moved him to leave the ivory palaces of heaven and come to a world of woe. He said in Luke 19:10, "The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." The harvest ... ministry, and that 50% of all church members have no interest in serving in any ministry.1 May I tell you the greatest need of our church? We need to turn every member ... can bring them back together. Almost 3,000 years ago the prophet Isaiah said, "All we like sheep have gone astray." (Is. 53:6) When Jesus saw these hurting, helpless, ...

764. The Awful Grace of Amazing Grace

2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... reacquaints you with “the agony of defeat.” Endorphins are never around at 6 a.m. when you are trying to somehow roll out of bed ... one” onward. That’s why I have made it the #1 rule of spiritual physics: the distance from zero to one ... big cheaters. Paul said it in today’s Corinthian text, and Luke illustrated in today’s gospel text. God has “cooked the books” ... Aeschylus quote is the 20 seconds from 3:09 to 3:29, though I would have them listen to the full 3 minutes of the Kennedy announcement of ...

765. When the New Comes, the Old Passes

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... in the coming of God's reign. The gospel reading for the day, Luke 23:33-43, tells of a conversation Jesus had with two convicted criminals ... 1. The name is variously spelled, Kronos, Cronos, and Chronos. 2. Sherwin B. Nuland, How We Die (New York: Random House, 1993), p. 86. 3 ... . Lord Alfred Tennyson, The Works of Tennyson: Becket and Other Plays (New York: McMillan Company, 1908), p. 442. 4. Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Last Leaf (Cambridge: The Riverside Press, Houghton-Mifflin and Company, 1895), p. 6 ...

766. Staying Close to Christ

John 13:31-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... s loving as Christ loved. That’s loving sacrificially. What does this love look like? How do we manifest it? Jesus tells us how in Luke 6:27-36: “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, ... you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 1. Carl Crouse, http://sumasacchurch.weebly.com/sermons/category/a%20front%20row%20seat. 2. Wayne Brouwer, Wedding Homilies (Seven Worlds). 3. Laura Schaefer, Man With Farm Seeks Woman With Tractor ...

767. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... , "Well, wonderful. And just how many tickets would your spirit like?" Jesus said, "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?" (Luke 6:46). James says, "If a brother or sister is ill-clad and in lack of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be ... done, on earth, as it is in heaven." 1. Toffler, Alvin. Future Shock, (New York: Random House, 1970), p. 406. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid., p. 411. 4. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, The Cost Of Discipleship, (New York: Macmillan Co., 1966), p. ...

768. Open the Eyes of My Heart

Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... and put the concoction in a water pistol and was squirting into the mouth of her delighted grandson. (1) Sometimes you have to look at a problem in a different way. Right, grandmothers? In fact, often ... of compassion. Jesus said, ‘Be compassionate, as God is compassionate’ (Luke 6:36). While others drew circles to exclude people, Jesus ... only one thing: a vision in their mind’s eye of what they wanted to look like. (3) What you see is what you get. How do you see yourself and your possibilities? When you ...

769. Trying To Grasp The Meaning Of It All

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Two doctors who before treating others test their medications on themselves. In today's lesson from Luke a young Jewish family makes its way to Jerusalem to present their child to the ... when they presented the child at the Temple. The sacrifices are set down in Leviticus 12: 6-8. A lamb was the standard offering for the child, but a poor family was ... 1. Philip Gulley, FRONT PORCH TALES (Sisters, OR.: Multnomah Books, 1997), pp. 83-85. 2. "Physician, Heal Thyself" by Leon Jaroff, TIME, Special Issue pp. 84-86. 3 ...

770. I Say, Rejoice!

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... Rickey turned to a passage about Jesus’ most “revolutionary” teaching, according to Papini: Matthew 5:38-42 (also found in Luke 6: 27-31) about loving one’s enemies and turning the other cheek. Jackie Robinson took these words to heart. ... faces, please. We are called to rejoice in the Lord. 1.http://www.lovingheartofthecity.org/Sermons/Psalm%20Sermons/psalm_51_10_12_philip_4_1.html 2. http://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/ 3. “The life and faith of Jackie Robinson” by George Mitrovich ...

771. An Unnerving Experience

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... VACATIONS IN HAWAII FAMILY STAYS HOME.” (1) We all have our favorite vacation ... named David Sharp collapsed on the trail up Everest, about 1,000 feet from the summit. This area, above 25,000 ... heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” (6:5). Three of his most famous, “You have heard it ... cheek, turn the other to him also” (Deut. 19:21; Mt. 5:38‑39). (3) Jesus knew the Old Testament and he wants us to know it too. So, ... day: Listen to Christ! 1. Sally Young, “Humor In Uniform,” http://www.beliefnet. ...

772. Mystery of the Unlikely

Luke 1:39-55

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of Scripture for today talks of an unlikely event by an unlikely person. Let’s look at Luke 1:39-55. [39] In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean ... me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty." (John 6:35) He was the Bread of life. But still. But shouldn't a king, shouldn' ... just figure that that was as good a place as any to start a franchise? Your friend, Jim age 12." (3) It was an Unlikely Place. But then, we have a God who never seems to do what we expect. ...

773. The Fred Factor

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... for money isn't wrong. In fact, Jesus said in Luke 10 that the worker deserves his pay. Money isn't a problem. Paul said in 1 Timothy it was, "The love of money was the root of all kinds of evil" (6:10). Why? Because it will never be enough. It will ... whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him" (Colossians 3:17). This means whatever you do, do it well as if you are serving Jesus himself. Or, let me put it another way. You don' ...

774. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... the crowd' " (Matthew 15:32) and "When the Lord saw her he had compassion for her ..." (Luke 7:13). When the people of the harvest know and feel that they are loved, they ... 's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ" (Galatians 6:2). My friend, Pastor John, since he came to Christ the King Lutheran Church in ... 1. Gerhard Frost, "The Sent One," recited in class, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1964. 2. Pat Croce, Lead or Get Off the Pot! (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004), p. 9. 3 ...

775. The Path of Joy

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... the cries that went up as the crowds welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem that first Palm Sunday. Luke 19 records that blessed event. Jesus and his disciples were coming into Jerusalem, the Holy City ... Remember how King David danced for joy in front of the ark (2 Samuel 6:13-15). He was so exuberant in his expression of praise that he ... 1. New American Bible Copyright © 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. 2. J. David Hoke (http://www.horizonsnet.org/sermons/rom17.html). 3 ...

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