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801. Simon

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... thereby provides for us a lesson about the cross. “You get too close to it and you wind up carrying it.” (Mark Trotter, “Pressed Into Service,” Mark 16, 1980) We’re going to come back to that later — for that is one of the big messages that we ... him who would be my disciple take up his cross and follow me,” and we get nervous in our spectator role of being among the 6% of the world’s population in a country that consumes 25% of the world’s food and 40% of the rest of its resources. We hear ...

802. About Whose Business Was He?

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

The thing I like most about working in a church is the opportunity to connect with people of all ages and stages of life. We baptize babies and conduct funerals. We celebrate weddings and visit hospitals. Confirmation begins in a few weeks for our 6th graders and the PEP Club meets monthly for our seniors. Faith is important at every phase of life. So it is that Luke's gospel includes a few childhood stories of Jesus ignored by Matthew, Mark and John. On the 8th day after his birth, Jesus is circumcised ...

803. Giving Our Gratitude

Philippians 4:10-20

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... time by minutes; God marks time by millenniums. We talk about events; God talks about eternity, but let us not be lulled to sleep. Paul said, “Now is the acceptable time, today is the day of salvation" (II Corinthians 6:2). Autumn is awesome. Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one fall day. Autumn is brief. The beautiful sunshine this morning will turn into cold winds and clouds will come. The leaves will fall; the barrenness of winter will be with us, but some things won't ...

804. The Cost of Discipleship: Get Lost!

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... ritual is j an application of the gospel. “He who would save his life will lose it. He who lose his life will find it.” (Mark Trotter, Get Lost, March 3, 1985) The cost of discipleship? — and the first facet of the one truth is this “deny self.” II. The ... exercise. In the past few weeks, you’ve heard of a family pledging $100,000 to this program, of dear Dr. Grant pledging $6,000.00, of Horace Branch pledging $3000. Today you heard the witness of Donna Libby. A wide range of amounts but all rooted ...

805. The Curse of the Impossible

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... etched in your mind: “Most of us are cursed with a sense of the impossible, and that is precisely why miracles do not happen.” (Barclay, Mark, The Daily Bible Study, p. 224) But not only is it the reason miracles do not happen, it’s the reason our l are so ... going on with some of you in relation to the Because We Care program. Some of you are saying, “We can’t raise 6 million dollars.” That’s the curse of the impossible pervading your thinking. Some of you are cursed - a sense of the impossible ...

806. Why Is God Unfair?

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... won't give us that room for interpretation. He clearly says that the last to be hired have been "idle" all day (Matthew 20:6-7), not just preparing for harder work. No, there is no way that we can make Jesus come out resonating with justice in the ... think that is unfair? You are only getting what you thought you were worth." And maybe that is the problem. When we try to mark a service with some value, invariably the price tags never fit. Who Are You Working For? There is one other almost deceptively hidden ...

807. All About Me?

Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-31

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites. (Exodus 19:3b-6) The metaphor could not be any more clear. God has carried the people along in the manner of a mother eagle who, unlike birds ... freeing the people from bondage in Egypt, God took the initiative in freeing humankind from bondage to sin; just as God passed over the homes marked with the blood of the lamb in Egypt, he passes over the sin of those who see that in Jesus God had done it again ...

808. Finder's Keepers

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... after the one that is lost until he finds it? [5] When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that ... because we've been brought home. Because the Lost has been restored. B. Remember the movie "Cheaper By The Dozen?" One of the youngest boys, Mark, is at that awkward age where he doesn't feel like he fits in, even in his big family. He's the only one who ...

809. Fast Forward Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... for today certainly did. As we will see as we read the passage from Mark, Bartimaeus wanted his sight back. Let's look at the passage that describes his encounter with Christ. Mark 10:46-52 (NRSV) [46] They came to Jericho. As he and his ... really cool. I got to mess around with it whenever I baby sat for my nephews and niece. However, Kenny's fascination with the guitar lasted about 6 months. Unbeknownst to me, my Dad talked Kenny into letting him have it to give to me. But Dad didn't tell me that. He told me ...

810. Remember: No Deposit, No Return

Ephesians 4:25-5:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... Himself, the full brunt of the garbage of all humankind. He bore the stink and weight of our sin. The perfect, sinless Son of God was marked and scarred with the Sins of this World so that we could be free from the garbage and trash and the stink of our sin. And ... way: "Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap." (Luke 6:38)." If we don't DUMP IT, if we don't Deposit the garbage and sin in our lives at the trash heap of the ...

811. We Are Blessed, Adopted and Sealed

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... in love. [5] He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, [6] to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. [7] In him we have redemption ... his glory. [13] In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; [14] this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the ...

812. Preaching Back Home

Mark 6:1-13

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... or that a human could be divine; but the fact that it could happen to a member of the lower classes![1] Hmm. Neither Matthew nor Mark indicate that the offense came at anything Jesus said or did (in fact, just the opposite), but the account in Luke lets us know that the ... , except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith" (vv. 5-6). Frederick Buechner had it right, no doubt, in saying that miracles do not evoke faith so much as faith evokes miracles. 1. Brian ...

813. How to Know What to Know

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... asks, "What is the chief end of man?" suggesting that the end is the goal, the purpose of time, not just its termination? In Mark's gospel, Jesus questions the assumption that people can know anything about the timing of the world's finish. He declared that even he ... and our response to opportunities to decide. Paul said, "at the right time Christ died for the ungodly ..." (Romans 5:6). He didn't mean that particular hour in that particular day in that particular year. He meant that God's mysterious ...

814. Disintegration and Reintegration

Mark 14:1-15:47

Sermon

John Smylie

... of the grace and mercy and sacrifice, the passion and suffering which is our Lord's. When we read this entire passage found in Mark's gospel we meet a number of people. Right before our eyes we watch almost every one of them coming apart at the seams ... has performed a good service for me ... She has done what she could; she has anointed my body before hand for its burial ..." (14:6-8). They think they are righteous in their defense of the poor and in doing so they miss the deeper moment losing sight of Jesus ...

815. Destruction Instruction

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

... I would be typing today, had his timing been off by an hour. Such is the stuff of life! * * * On August 1, 2007, at 6:05 p.m., the bridge on Interstate 35W over the Mississippi River came crashing down, and with it, dozens of cars and trucks that ... we were to read a bit further into Mark's gospel, Jesus explains that other signs would tell them that the kingdom is near, but even these signs are more general than specific. And then, at the end of chapter 14 of Mark, Jesus lowers the boom. In reality, Jesus ...

816. Is God Fair?

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... work should equal more wages. ”Hard work pays off.” But it doesn’t. Not in Jesus’ story of the kingdom. Instead those who worked 6 am to 6pm got the same dusty denarius that the 5pm-6pm workers got. How is that fair? It’s not. But Jesus’ parable is ... which we translate as “sin” is hamartia. It literally means “missing the mark.” Anyone here hit bulls-eyes every time? How many of us score a direct hit every time? If you miss the mark, mercy is not an option. Mercy is an imperative. God is ...

817. The Divine Deal ...

Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... , I'll eat the ham at your wedding." Deals. The owner of a house wants to sell it. She picks a realtor. In return for 6% commission, the realtor will find a buyer. The papers are signed. The deal is struck. The realtor has promised to represent the seller. A potential ... Abraham, after which God made a deal with the nation of Israel at Sinai. God's deal with Abraham, a new era, was marked by the change in Abram's name. Abram ("may God be exalted") was changed to Abraham ("the father of many nations"). The deal ...

818. Oh, That I Knew Where I Might Find Him

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... down in the greatness of his power. No! But he would just give heed to me so that we could get things straight" (v. 6 cf). Just when we get used to a confident, rather defiant Job, suddenly he seems a desperate man who lives in dread. "God has ... someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:25). "Then who can be saved?" the disciples ask. Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible!" (Mark 10:27). It is a reminder of the total ...

819. All Is Restored?

Job 42:1-17

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... note. The result of this seeing is introduced by "therefore," after which we get "I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes" (Job 42:6). The verse is shocking and flies directly in the face of much of the human potential movement, which calls on us to "be all that ... Jesus of the gospel lesson for today, the healing of blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52). The miracle story comes as the conclusion to the third passion prediction unit which Mark sets up (10:32-45). First Jesus predicts his passion (10:31-34 ...

820. No Cleansing, No Refreshment

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... referring to in that statement, its very oddness stuck with them. The accusation that Jesus said he would destroy the Temple was one of those levied against him at his trial (Matthew 26:60,61; Mark 14:57-59). Stephen, the first Christian martyr, had that accusation flung at him as well (Acts 6:14). Anyone who has ever lived through a renovation project can appreciate the incredulity of “the Jews” at Jesus’ words. The Temple, Herod the Great’s grand re-built project, had been “under construction ...

821. How Much of an Honor?

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... ideal shepherd is that he is portrayed as one of the sheep, the Lamb of God in the gospel of John, the Lamb bearing the marks of slaughter in Revelation. As the Word was made flesh that dwelt among us, he understands our infirmity. He is one of us. That's ... from Jesus. And never forget, these are not our sheep. God refers to them as "my sheep" in this passage (Ezekiel 34:6). Because of their poor stewardship Jesus speaks to them in tones of judgment. A final word on this subject. These images of shepherd ...

822. Appointed and Sent!

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... Lord God Yahweh was worshiped. Josiah was a leader who knew how to lead God's people Israel. Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller in their book, The Secret, dedicate their work to "the next generation of serving leaders." Blanchard and Miller ... Paul encourages the "ones sent" to "bear one another'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 Newcastle, Wyoming, has expressed incredible love and ...

823. Lust

Galatians 5:16-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh" (Mark 10:7-8). Sex was meant to give expression to the concept of unity between husbands and wives that words alone could not describe. ... words that Paul would hold up to the Galatians: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control" (Galatians 6:22-23). Such a life is so attractive in the way it is lived that people just naturally want to follow ...

824. Why He Did It

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... 53 that it was predicted by the prophet some 500 years before Jesus’ arrival on earth what would happen to him. Verses 5-6 read, “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on ... amount up to and including their life. What if the world knew that followers of Jesus had that same level of commitment? Mark tells us Jesus called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves ...

825. King Jesus

Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... brought the Ark of the Covenant, Yahweh's portable throne on earth, to Jerusalem, the new capital city of the nation (2 Samuel 6). Moreover, he wished for the building that would house the Ark to be a splendid palace, worthy of the nation's great ... way? He reminds us, at the beginning (Luke 1:1-4), that there are other reflections on the life and teachings of Jesus in circulation. Mark, in his gospel, did not think it appropriate even to talk about the weakness of Jesus when he was just a baby; so his tale ...

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