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Romans 12:1-13

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John E. Harnish

... /wesley/charmeth.stm. It is included in The Works of John Wesley, Thomas Jackson edition, 1872. A web search for "Peter Cartwright" will produce a number of interesting websites on this colorful circuit rider who ran for Congress against Abraham Lincoln ... laugh all the way to the graveyard. Bill Ritter used to quote Lyle Schaller who said any organization will quietly tolerate a decline of about 1% per year without response until it dies. I guess he was right. I don't mean to be a dour prophet of doom, and I ...

902. Let God Do the Rest

Ephesians 3:14-21

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Richard Gribble

... Paul: "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9). Saint Paul well understood the need to work toward a common goal and thus keep his contract with God. Jesus ... mission by purging him of any sin. Recall as well, Peter's reaction to Jesus at the miraculous catch of fish: "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man" (Luke 5:1-11). But as with Isaiah, Jesus counters Peter's protest: "Do not be afraid; from now on you ...

903. Where Are You From?

John 18:1-19:42

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David T. Ball

... say. What we do know is that in the culture of the day people were honored or despised based in large part upon where they came from, in terms of their place and family of origin.1 Jesus had earlier been scoffed at, when Peter had told Nathanael that they had "found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote" (John 1:45). Peter then identified him by family and place of origin: "Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." But Nathanael scoffed back, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" (John ...

904. Scaring the Church, So It Will Be the Church

Matthew 5:13-20

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Charles L. Aaron

... Matthew's mind, to whom does Jesus preach the Sermon on the Mount? Matthew is not quite clear about who the audience is. Matthew 5:1 says that Jesus saw the crowds, went up the mountain and sat down. Then Matthew tells us that the disciples came to him. What picture ... us. Let us fulfill our calling. May Jesus know that when he preaches, we are listening. Amen. ____________ 1. Peter Storey, With God in the Crucible: Preaching Costly Discipleship (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002), p. 151. 2. Gene Davenport, Into ...

905. The Forgiveness Factor

Mark 2:1-12

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David E. Leininger

... people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons ..." (Mark 1:32-34a). In fact, the hoopla wore Jesus out to such an extent that he needed to get away for some quiet time. It was to be short-lived — Peter and his friends found him, but instead of returning to Capernaum, Jesus suggested, "Let us go somewhere else — to the nearby villages — so I can preach there also. That is why I ...

906. Blind Ambition

Mark 10:35-45

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King Duncan

... Peter, James and John were definitely the inner circle among Jesus’ disciples. They are mentioned on five separate occasions as accompanying Jesus for significant events when the other disciples were not present. They were the only witnesses to the raising of the Jairus’ daughter (Mt. 9:18–26). And it was they who were chosen to go with Jesus up to the mountain top for the transfiguration, where Jesus was shown in the company of Moses and Elijah (Mt. 17:1 ... We all want to be no. 1, don’t we? We want it ...

907. The Healing Tree

Revelation 22:1-6, Luke 8:1-15

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Lori Wagner

... is a balm in Gilead To make the wounded whole, There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. If you cannot preach like Peter, if you cannot pray like Paul, you can tell the love of Jesus and say, "He died for all." There is a balm in Gilead To ... 12 Crops of Fruit for Healing (Revelation 22) Minor Text The Purpose of the Seed (Genesis 1) The Story of Cain’s Offering (Bad Ground/A Jealous Heart, Genesis 4) Psalm 1: The Righteous is a Fruit-Bearing Tree by Water Psalm 37: The Evil Like Plants Will ...

908. A Ransom Paid

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Sandra Hefter Herrma

... us as despicable sinners. Indeed, many popular evangelists have tended to take this attitude, and some of the most powerful historical sermons tend to see us as "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God,"1 dangling perilously close to hell. But if we look closely at what Peter is saying here, we will notice that Peter says "you were ransomed" from the attempt to be righteous by force of will or self-discipline according to rules and laws. "Ransomed ... not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the ...

909. The Christian Journey II: The Mountain

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John N. Brittain

... perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air. -- 1 Corinthians 9:25-26 This note of training, of discipline, of striving to be stronger and better every day is at the ... from a retreat on a particular spiritual high only to have one's parents go over the litany of undone chores at home. Many times we, like Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration, want to stay at that high: "It is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, ...

910. Good News! You Are Going To Be Tortured

Matthew 18:21-35

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Roger G. Talbott

... the life out of them trying so hard "to pound in the point that more often than not all you can hear is the pounding." 1 I, for one, act as if I know exactly what I am talking about. After all, I'm Dr. Divinity . . . well, I'm not a ... real doctor. I have a master's degree . . . in divinity! So obviously I am qualified to answer all questions about this passage. For example, Peter asks Jesus a question a lot of us would like to ask: "How many times should I forgive someone?" That is a vital question to a ...

911. The Final Questions

John 6:60-71

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George W. Hoyer

... experience, we realize we have gone away. And out of confident trust we say, "Though all others become deserters.I will never desert you" (Matthew 26:43). Hear the cock crow? That is exactly what Peter said. At best we can be only cautiously confident about ourselves. But we can be confident about God, and we can say in the words of Philippians 1:6: "I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work [in me] will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ." "Do you wish to go away?" We answer ...

912. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

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John A. Terry

... himself rich in his own power and determination. Soon Jesus was arrested and Peter began to follow Jesus at a distance, hanging back. When a woman said to him, "You were with Jesus, the Galilean," Peter, Mr. I-will-never-fall-away, said, "I do not know what you mean ... After that, Dante walked with light step because when the pride-mark is erased, all the other sins become a smaller burden.1 In contrast to striving after God's kingdom, which is the promise of this beatitude, is personal striving. There was a ...

913. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

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John A. Terry

... do so." The teacher looked back at the mother and said, "I didn't realize how hard it would be for me to give up sugar." 1 The teacher could not teach the lesson with her lips without teaching the lesson with her life. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall ... may think this beatitude is best described with the phrase, "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil." There is a poem by Peter Olney which came from a time when the church had ruled dancing to be a sin. The poem goes like this: Said the Reverend ...

914. The Baby Who Changes Everything

Isaiah 7:1-25

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Robert Beringer

... , but we must never forget the radical changes that the Babe of Bethlehem, God's Emmanuel, have begun in our poor old world. 1. Radical Changes In Our Outer World Think for a few moments of the things that are different because God once came into our ... loves us, and with God's help, how much of life can be changed. Jesus never eliminated the qualities that made Peter Peter or Paul Paul. Peter's impetuosity and Paul's imperturbable drive were still there after Christ had touched them, but you would have to ...

915. Mom Taught Me to Share

Acts 17:16-34

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Johnny Dean

... down at an altar and proclaim our loyalty to it! When the Roman captain, Cornelius, meets Peter, does he worship Peter’s God? No, he tries to worship PETER! When Paul and Barnabus heal a man at Lystra, the whole town deifies Paul and Barnabus ... the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:1,2). At Athens, Paul didn’t even speak the name of Jesus, much less tell who he was and what he did – a mistake he would ...

916. The Spirit - For Me Too?

Joel 2:28-32

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John R. Brokhoff

... The gift of the Spirit received at Baptism was confirmed, and a fresh outpouring of the Spirit was received. It was a repetition of Peter and John’s laying their hands on people who also received the Spirit. It is evident by now, isn’t it, that God’s ... your Savior? If you do, the Spirit is in you. Further evidence of the Spirit is found in the gifts provided by the Spirit. In 1 Corinthians, Paul lists nine gifts of the Spirit. It is improbable that a Christian has all nine gifts. But we may have one or ...

917. Free and Faithful

Matthew 4:1-11

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Robert Bachelder

... Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted ... - Matthew 4:1 In Huxley’s Brave New World, Savage is contending with Mustapha Mond, the world controller. Savage ... observed, that we are made in God’s image, choosing the good, refusing the evil. The crucible is no less terrible for Christians today than it was for those of Peter’s time. We live in a pagan culture. There is a constant temptation for us to fall away from our faith toward the prevailing hedonism. There is a steady ...

918. God Stood Up

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James Bjorge

... Word was with God, and the Word was God ... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth ..." (John 1:1, 14). He did not descend from the sky full grown, as Venus is said to have appeared out of the sea. His life began as ... his disgust to his disciples for their wrong action. Peter was shook up over the fact Jesus said he was going to go to Jerusalem and die. He said, "God forbid, this shall never happen to you." Jesus then turned to Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a ...

919. A Perspective on the Ascension

Acts 1:1-11

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Donald Macleod

... the Resurrection and the gift of the Spirit at Pentecost. Let us now carry our thinking upon this event through three stages: 1. Luke tells us that the Risen Lord charged the disciples to "wait" (v. 4). What for? "The promises of the Father," ... was at full tide; at another it had ebbed away. But now, in little more than a month, he became the recipient of power. Peter emerged from the period of waiting as a man of decision, of brave standing and of firm resolution. Like other early Christians, this disciple ...

920. The Scattering of Lesser Figures

Acts 8:9-25

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Harold Warlick

... John preached the gospel in “many Samaritan villages” on their return to Jerusalem, one might say Peter and John appeared to have taken their own advice to Simon and repented of their own bitterness! Crazy things happen to God’s word when “lesser figures” like Philip and you and I try to carry it beyond the boundaries of our own search for comfort and ease. Thank God for the scattering of lesser figures. 1. This story was compiled by William Vickland, lay minister of the Little Brown Church of the ...

921. Thank God, We're Not Alone!

Psalm 133:1-3

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David E. Leininger

... think so. And for that matter, neither do many others. A book came out some years ago called Habits of the Heart(1) that now has become a classic. It was written by some sociologists who wanted to look at our American celebration of individualism ... study of human social and cultural development, died and came up to the pearly gates. But being the scientist that he was, before accepting St. Peter's invitation to come in, he made a special request - he wanted to go down to Hell to have a look-see. The privilege ...

922. The Preacher Was A Bigot

Jonah 3:1-10

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David E. Leininger

... taught.(1) ... Peter's "kind." Peter finally realized that God loves the WHOLE world and not just one race or people. He said, "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism."(4) That is what we need to learn from the story of Jonah...not just that we cannot run away and hide from God, not just that God has power over winds and waves and whales, but the word that says, "Jonah, don't ever tell me who I can love and who I can't. You can take your self-righteous bigotry and go to Hell.” Amen! 1 ...

923. A Labor of Love - Labor Day

Matthew 16:13-20

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David E. Leininger

... remembered for their devotion to duty and their willingness to make the supreme sacrifice in defense of their land and their leader.(1) What brings that to mind this morning is the passage we just read which speaks of sacrifice, of self-denial, of ... denial. As Matthew lays it out for us, first we have this conversation between Jesus and the Twelve concerning the divine identity - Peter pipes up, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God." Then Jesus offers a wonderful compliment: "Blessed are you, Simon ...

924. Role Models

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... that they could fly, they would fly. Apparently, children who had seen the play had taken Peter's word literally and hurt themselves attempting to fly. Without hesitation, Barrie altered the script to include a cautionary statement that the children could fly, but only if they had first been sprinkled with "fairy dust." From then on, thanks to the short supply of fairy dust, children were no longer injuring themselves. (1) Do you mean a mere play could have such influence on children? Maybe Hollywood needs ...

925. Beaten And Bloody, But Fortunate Nonetheless

Luke 10:25-37

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King Duncan

... is our honored guest and that we gave him our best." She knew this man in his disgrace would need all the encouragement he could get. (1) He was a leader in his community, but he was a very needy person. And so are we all. I'm reminded of the little girl ... is true, there is no hope for me, or for a lot of us here." The broken-hearted convict resumed his seat with a sob. Peter Bilhorn realized the validity of the man's deeply felt protest, but it was too late to explain. He returned to his home with the ...

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