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Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... one's self from that which is mundane to that which is more essential and meaningful. Luke's account in Acts 1 describes the process of replacing the apostle Judas so that the full compliment of twelve apostles is again achieved. The loss ... to hear about your Jesus." Inez said, "Come to my room and I will tell you what it is I know." In the footsteps of Peter, Paul, and Mother Teresa, Inez was an apostle, faithfully proclaiming the old, old story. The stories of John Stauch and Inez, both of whom walked ...

777. Profiles In Joy

John 20:1-18 · Mark 16:1-8

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Timothy W. Ayers

... Lord. We went along to get along. That could even have been the reason you started on your Lenten journey this year. You know how Peter felt. He had two fears, one that Jesus would not appear to him and the other was that Jesus would appear to him. Suddenly Jesus ... seeing Jesus was both joy and amazement. He proved he was real with the physical action of eating. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:6 that Jesus appeared to 500 followers. He appeared to Thomas. He appeared to many people with one unified reaction ...

778. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... sons on the strength of what he had experienced in the brief moments with Christ. By reliable accounts, he had not failed Simon Peter who was himself crucified upside down on a cross for naming Jesus' name. He did not fail Stephen or Paul who were so ... failed to acknowledge him, and we ourselves have failed to proclaim him, but he has notfailed. His name is love, and love "never faileth." (1 Corinthians 13:8) Some years ago, I was working on some property we used to own up in Faulkner County. It was a very ...

779. Followership

Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17

Sermon

Mark Radecke

... but strife closed in the sod. Yet, let us pray for but one thing: The marvelous peace of God, the marvelous peace of God.1 Martin Bell, author of The Way of the Wolf, has written: "Human beings do not intentionally seek out upside down crosses. Upside down crosses ... begins to look like. The word Matthew uses three times to describe it is the word "follow." Jesus said to Peter and Andrew "follow me" and immediately they left their nets and followed. Similarly, he called James and John and immediately they ...

780. Are You Convinced?

John 16:5-16

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Larry Powell

... "lanterns, torches, and weapons." Judas botched the ending badly. Simon Peter grabbed up a sword and took a reckless swipe at one of the soldiers, Malchus, cutting off his ear. Jesus then reminded Peter that he had only moments before explained the present distress: " ... Andy Hawkins, pitcher for the New York Yankees, will go down in baseball history for pitching a no-hitter on July 1, 1990. Little boys dream of going to the big leagues and becoming star athletes by excelling at their position. Can you ...

781. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Carolina no longer knows the way to get to Wilmington. He or she would travel an hour out of the way getting to the beach, since 1-40 is now open. You and I live our lives according to the maps we have drawn for ourselves in terms of what the world ... miss some of life's greatest blessings. Look at Jesus, for example. Jesus got angry most often at His close disciples. He screamed at Peter and called him "a devil." He became irritated at the whole lot of them at Gethsemane when they all went to sleep on Him ...

782. A Change of Direction

Matthew 21:28-32

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... the relationship between Jesus and his disciples, there is a most revealing episode involving Peter. On the evening of the Last Supper, Peter was making glib professions of loyalty to Jesus, saying that he would go with him through anything, that although others might turn back ... Interceptor accosted him on the road, and Saul asked, "Who are you?" and the voice answered, "I am Jesus ..." (Acts 9:1-9) That day Saul got turned around. He who had gone about persecuting Christians became himself one of them. Instead of arresting ...

783. When God Says "Go"

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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... cannot speak for you; I am slow of speech and of tongue." From young Jeremiah: "I cannot speak for thee, Lord God, I am just a child." From Jonah the missionary: "1 cannot represent God - I don't understand his merciful ways." From the centurion, whose servant Jesus healed: "I am not worthy that Christ should come under my roof." From Simon Peter: "Depart from me, Christ, for I am a sinful man." In each case, God refused to accept their excuse. He insisted he wanted them, flaws and all. Oh, occasionally God ...

784. The Trifocal Festival

Matthew 5:1-12

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... gifts of life cannot be just the destruction and cruel end of all things; then indeed we have to wait for the third day."1 I. Vague talk about the immortality of the soul is hardly what I need and - thanks be to God - hardly what the gospel ... or by all. The Second Focus - "The Stars of the Church" I. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. (Matthew 5:7) II. Then Peter came up to him and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times ...

785. Christian The King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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John R. Brokhoff

... my servant David shall be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken." "And he made us kings and priests unto God and his Father." (Revelation 1:6a [KJV]) A four-year-old boy was about to have a birthday. His mother told him he could have any kind of party he wanted ... in Christ, we share in his kingship. Everything about us Christians is royal. Christ made us kings. In his first letter, Peter tells us we constitute a "royal priesthood," and we live, according to James, by "the royal law" of love. In today’ ...

786. A Firm Grip On Your Balloon

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... of what was spoken by the prophet Joel that God's Spirit would be poured out on all flesh. I don't know if Peter made any headway with these folks or not. There are always people who mock faith ” who try to break believers through ridicule. And we ... let go of their balloon and join the company of the committed. Where are you this day? To which group do you belong? 1. Bruce Larson, THE COMMUNICATOR'S COMMENTARY, p. 43. 2. Thomas G. Long, SHEPHERDS & BATHROBES (Lima, Ohio: C.S.S. Publishing Company, 1987), p ...

787. Face To Face With God

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... were etched upon his face. The good bishop had advised others to approach God in prayer, but when he found himself face to face with the Almighty, it scared him literally to death. (1) The disciples of Jesus had a terrifying experience with God. At least three of them did. It was the inner circle consisting of Peter, James and John. They were with Jesus on a high mountain. Mark tells us simply that while they were in his presence, Jesus was transfigured before them. His garments became glistening, intensely ...

788. Staying Close

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... , unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." To Simon Peter it came as a personal invitation to become a fisher of men. With the same humility as Isaiah and Paul, Peter cries out to Jesus, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord ... my head, and said, ˜Oh, God, I am making a mess of my life without you. Please take it and do with it whatever you will!'"1 "Why not try God?" That was a day of deep discovery in Duke McCall's lifea day when he discovered his deep need of God and ...

789. You Might Be A Redneck If . . .

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... accent. Galileans, scholars tell us, had difficulty pronouncing gutturals and had the habit of swallowing syllables when speaking. (1) They might say things like runnin' instead of running, or huntin' instead of hunting. They might say "far ... have to be rednecks for God to use us in a dramatic way. In fact, most of us have so many more advantages than did Peter and the Apostles. Most of us are well educated. We are relatively affluent. We are people with an amazing abundance of talents and opportunities. The ...

790. The Gates of Hell

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... thing with a pitchfork. "Hey," he cried, "what happened to those Theme Days?" "Today is Thursday," Satan giggles with glee. "Thursdays we tell lies!" (1) I guess if you expect Satan to tell you the truth, you are in for a rude surprise. Let's talk about hell just ... Jeremiah or one of the prophets." "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" And, of course, it was Simon Peter who blurted out, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." In the midst of the pagan gods of northern Palestine and ...

791. Another World

Exodus 24:1-18

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King Duncan

... here. If you don't mind, let's put up three tents--one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them. Then they heard a voice out of the cloud: "This is my beloved Son, in ... another world. Someone knows what you are going through. He has suffered too. He is who He says He is. Won't you trust Him with your life? 1. Contributed by J.J. of North St. Paul in LIFE AS WE KNOW IT. Edited by Daniel Kelly (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996), p. 104. 2. ( ...

792. I Am Unworthy

Jeremiah 1:1-19, Jeremiah 6:1-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... old life. He walked out the church door a new person with a new vision, new hope, new life, and a new direction. (1) This young man's experience reminds me of Isaiah's experience before the throne of God. You remember that dramatic scene. "In the ... the gift of God's Son. It's interesting--the theme of unworthiness runs through our lessons for today. In Luke's Gospel, Simon Peter and some other disciples were out fishing. They had toiled all night and caught nothing. Jesus told them to let down their nets one ...

793. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... from the more famous James, the son of ebedee, brother of John, who was one of the “Inner circle” of Jesus’ closest friends: Peter, James, and John. Thus he was “James, the less important.” Actually, he is the one apostle about whom we know the least. That ... blood relative of Jesus. One author 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 Clopas and Mary. Having done this, they ...

794. Stop the Offerings!

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... yoke upon the neck of the [new] disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?" (Acts 15:10 RSV). Peter is referring to the myriad of laws which the Jews had tried to follow, and which some of the leaders of the new ... It is finished," we still know that a purpose goes on, beyond our vision, in the Infinite and the Unknown, and we cannot even imagine its scope....1 You see, the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not what we tend to make it and what those outside the Church assume it to ...

795. Living With The Nitty Gritty

1 Peter 1:13-2:3

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Maxie Dunnam

... of life enables us to have a sense of meaning, and when we have a sense of meaning, we can live with the nitty gritty. Peter gives some very practical self help advice. Brace up your minds. That is, use the rational gifts God has given you to see things ... . We can live with the nitty gritty if (1) we see life not in pieces, but as a whole, and (2) if we can sense meaning in the whole by the hope that is ours in the grace that comes to us through Jesus Christ. Let Peter speak again and tuck this word back to ...

796. From Hurting to Helping

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... in a near-fatal auto crash. In the same year her son Sterling suffered three heart attacks. Then on March 18, 1991, her youngest son Peter, at the age of 27, and having battled chronic depression for 10 long years, walked to a pond about a mile from home, a place ... she prayed like mad for strength) she got up, and got on with her life. Today she is a respected author of several books. (1) Maybe Batimaeus heard that same voice. Maybe the voice said to him, "if you don’t get up and get help now, you’ll ...

797. How to Be a Blessing

I Peter 3:8-12

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Mark Trotter

... one of us. But in large part, we receive that life from other people, in the sense that other people tell us who we are and what we're worth. That's why Peter says, "Bless, don't curse, for to this you were called." That is in the ninth verse. In the preceding verse he suggests the way that we can do that, the way ... You'll never, ever, ever know how much your being here has meant to me."1 A tender heart, and a humble mind, like we saw in Christ Jesus, who emptied himself to be with us. To this we are called ...

798. Changed Lives - Mary Magdalene

John 20:10-18

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King Duncan

... ’d been moving grew still. Sleepers opened their eyes. “Yes,” said another. And from yet another: “Yes. Tell us a resurrection story.” (1) I suspect that is why you are here this day--to hear the story of the resurrection. That’s good. Because that’s ... , Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know ...

799. Eating in the Echoing Hall

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

Sermon

Stan Purdum

... . When Peter said he did, Jesus told him, "Feed my sheep." In other words, "Do my will. Don't wallow in the regret. Learn from it, repent of your part in it, but turn your eyes back to me and follow me." Let's not kid ourselves. Deep regret is painful and some aspect of that pain can stay with us for the rest of our lives. But God is greater than our deepest regret, and can enable us to live and serve even after we have seen the regrettable consequences of our actions or choices. 1. www.psychologicalscience ...

800. A Stone’s Throw From: Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... travel with Him into the wilderness where He was tempted over and over again. Let's look at Luke's account. Luke 4:1-14 (NRSV) [1] Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, [2] where for forty ... Jesus asked each of them to pick up a stone and carry it for him. According to the story, John chose a large stone while Peter chose one that he could easily carry in his pocket. Jesus then led the disciples to the top of a mountain where he continued to ...

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