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901. Chocolate Cake, Flooded Waters, and Baptism

Genesis 9:8-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Christ came, the dove became a symbol of Baptism.1 (More about that later.) We pick up the story of Noah in Genesis 9:8-17 where God establishes a covenant with Noah and his sons. God's part of the covenant is that he will never again send floodwaters over ... of God breaks into time, the possibility of people being restored to a right relationship with God opens up. Repentance is the act by which this restoration happens. In other words, Jesus was baptized not for himself, but for us. In the waters of Baptism ...

902. Stepping Out on Faith

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... as to the result. Forbes says that Rockefeller and Schwab hit a straight ball nine times out of ten. In fact, in the first 17 holes he played with Schwab, Schwab didn’t bungle a single shot. Forbes could drive a ball 25 to 50 yards further than Schwab ... A talent was a sizable amount of money. A slave would have to work fifteen years to earn five talents, so this was a significant act of trust. To the second servant the man gave two talents. And finally, to one servant he gave only one talent. Each of the ...

903. Down the Up Staircase

Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... collapses in this desolate spot, the terrain is so inhospitable that he is forced to use a stone as a pillow. Yet as Genesis 28:10-17 tells us, that night, in that place, Jacob encounters God. At Bethel, as it came to be called, Jacob experiences his vision of the ladder ... incarnate that faith. The healing presence of the Lord cannot reach out to the wounded traveler because these men will not act as conduits, or "Jacob's ladders" for God's descent. But Habgood finds the other focus of this parable, though ...

904. Speak Up for Forgiveness

Hebrews 13:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is not grandiosely deciding we will find the cause for every evil thing that has ever occurred in our lives rooted in this one act and then opting to grant a sweeping, blind "forgiveness" to this action. Such false magnanimity is not focused on true forgiveness. It is rather ... c) "talking and listening;" (d) "making love;" (e) "healing;" (f) "gifting and volunteering" (chapters 10-13,15,17). "Twelve Step" Recovery Programs are very familiar and very effective in overcoming various forms of addiction. Wangerin ...

905. FaithRace

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... we do hunger after righteousness and God's kingdom, we prefer not to make a big deal out of it. Our "prophetic" acts are about as controversial as a parking ticket. We are circumspect to a fault. We prefer to speak softly. We would rather ... the great moments in sports history came on Sunday afternoon when the New Orleans Saints and the Detroit Lions were playing. The Lions were leading 17-16, with time running out. The Saints had the ball mid-field. They called time out with two seconds left on the clock. The ...

906. Christ the Apple Tree

Isaiah 11:1-10

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of sustenance. But the most widely accepted image made Israel herself a divinely-ordered tree of life (cf. Isaiah 5; Ezekiel 17). Boogaart points out that in these biblical images the three parts of a tree correspond to the "three tiers of ... Day" on December 24, we yet retain some of its character in our own Christmas tree rituals. On Adam and Eve Day common people play-acted the story of Adam and Eve. But before the presentation, the actors would parade through town with "Adam" carrying the Tree of Life on ...

907. Wanted: A Lasting Marriage. Only Good Chemists, Bad mathematicians, Expert Soul-O-Flexors Need Apply

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... you and your spouse are making. When your bank account is nearly empty, every deposit or withdrawal is keenly felt. In relationships, every act of love or caring is like money in the relationship bank. Each argument or instance of uncaring is like a withdrawal from the ... gratuitous kindness are good medicine. ("Predicting the Longitudinal Course of Marriages," Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 17, 1991, 3-7.) Finally, Paul's counsel to marriage mathematicians is to remember that "love ... keeps no ...

908. The Cream of the Crop, or The Skimmed Milk of the Earth

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Hill [New York: W. W. Norton, 1993], 22.) Jesus' message to his fellow guests and his host at the banquet urged them to act humbly without expecting any rewards at least not from the mouths and hands of fellow human beings. Jesus says "take the lowest ... outlaws. According to the law, such people were not even legally permitted to go into God's holy presence (see Leviticus 21:17-23). Inviting these lowest of the low would not only destroy the status of the host among his precious "A-list" acquaintances, but ...

909. Remember Your Baptism

Acts 19:1-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... active, energizing wind of Yahweh. There are even specific Old Testament references to God’s “Holy Spirit” (see Numbers 11:16-17, 24-29; Joel 2:28-32; and most Isaiah 63:10-11). Water is key to humanity as well. That’s ... creates not just ministers but missionaries, disciples of doing, disciples of daring. It is the Spirit that gives faith its feet. Baptism in water, as an act of repentance and re-birth, is a “once-and-for-all time” gift from God, a dying to self and a living to Christ. Baptism in ...

910. Afraid No More

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... Heal, tells about her uncle who was a hero in World War II. He was a physician who was following the troops one day. Acting on false information, the soldiers pressed forward believing the ridge on which they were advancing had been cleared of enemy fire. As they ... . 2002, pp. 112-119. 4. Jerry Adler et al., “The Fight to Conquer Fear,” Newsweek, 23 April 1984, vol. 103, no. 17, 69. Cited in David Jeremiah, Slaying The Giants In Your Life (Nashville, Tn:W Publishing Group, 2001), p. 3. 5. Edward Russell ...

911. I Don’t Like My Options

2 Kings 5:1-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... die in their sin, and not run the risk of being rebuked, or ridiculed, or rejected, we can stay silent. But therein lies the problem. James 4:17 says, "Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin." Listen to Prov. 3:27, "Do not ... this one thing: ‘I do the things that I believe ought to be done…and when I make up my mind to do a thing I act.'" You know that is exactly what God deserves; to do what we know at any given situation He would want us to do, to receive others ...

912. Why Me Lord?

2 Corinthians 9:6-8, Exodus 35:4-5, 10-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... God has ever built without the help of human hands, is the universe we live in. Ever since creation God has never acted alone. He created the world for us, but He builds nothing without us. Why? In Exodus 35 we see how God asked ... test and God never flunks a test. II. Giving Encourages Me To Thank God Giving reminds you of where all that you have came from. James 1:17 says, "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or ...

913. Israel: The World’s Invincible Nation

Jeremiah 23:2, 7-8

Sermon

James Merritt

... you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."' (Ezek. 11:17) That is why the Jewish people can never be assimilated or eliminated. Today there are no Babylonians, no Hittites, no Amalekites ... to gather against the nation of Israel to destroy her once and for all. It will look as if the final curtain has been drawn on the act called Israel, the nation that refused to die. But at the exact moment when it appears all is lost, and that the anti-Christ and the ...

914. One Year to Live

Jeremiah 28:10-17

Sermon

James Merritt

... against the LORD.' So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month." (Jeremiah 28:10-17, NASB) Here is the background of what happened. Israel was under the domination of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. ... write every letter, give every testimony, preach every sermon, present every offering, make every decision and live every day as if it would be our final act on earth, because there is always the possibility that it will be. I am going to share with you four things I would be and ...

915. The King and His Kingdom

Matthew 6:33

Sermon

James Merritt

... the kingdom of God." (Mark 14:25) Can you guess what was the last subject that Jesus spoke about before He ascended into heaven? Acts 1:3 tells us He was "speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God." Now you might raise the question: Is the kingdom ... God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you." (Luke 11:20) Jesus said something else very interesting about the kingdom. In Luke 17:20-21 He said, "Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said ...

916. Smooth Out Your Day

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

James Merritt

... war. Everyday is a battle. You will not have real peace until you surrender your life to Christ. People think of surrender as being an act of defeat, but in life surrender to Jesus Christ is the first step to victory. I have a habit in my life at Christmastime that ... Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus, for what was lacking on your part they supplied. For they refreshed my spirit and yours. (I Corinthians 16: 17-18) It is used again in this verse. "Let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the ...

917. God Is Rock Solid

Hebrews 12:18-29

Sermon

Clayton A. Lord

... a series of natural disasters like we have over the last few years and have come face-to-face with the devastation of terrorist acts, you might lose all hope for any stability in the future. At that moment, our writer here says, "At that time his voice ... to saving faith. Finally, we have the promise of eternal life. Those who trust in God have a promise of a bright future. 1 John 2:17 says, "... the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live for ever." In John 10:28 Jesus ...

918. A Little Town of Great Renown

Micah 5:2-5a

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... 's well for David. Yet, when David is presented with this precious commodity, he realizes his men have risked their very lives in order to get this water. He then pours out the water before God as an act of worship and gratitude for God's goodness to him (2 Samuel 23:13-17). Two thousand years ago, Bethlehem was situated in a country occupied by foreign troops and administered by Roman officials, who had little interest in the humble folk who lived there. During the century before the birth of Christ ...

919. Past, Present, Future

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick ..." (Isaiah 43:16-17), he is unmistakably pointing to the events that shaped God's people as a nation. Just as surely as most of us would ... a peculiar people who reject power, the trappings of the culture, and the temptation to excuse ourselves because "everyone else acts that way." It means walking away from a culture that values power and prestige over the community of faith, which ...

920. Startled By Jesus

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... we don't hear from Jesus again until He's somewhere between 27 and 30, depending on whose timeline you use, and He decides to go into ministry. It's startling that the very first act of Jesus' ministry was to be baptized. It's startling because, if Jesus is who John proclaims He is, "the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world;" if Jesus is who ... 3. George E. Morris, The Mystery and Meaning of Christian Conversion (Port Orford, OR: World Methodist Evangelism Publishing, 2004), pp. 15-17. Adapted

921. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Friends

John 11:1-45

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 7] Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." [14] Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. [17] When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. [18] Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles ... we die, even if it's just dying inside from embarrassment and pain. Jesus always offers resurrection and new life. Jesus always acts not only as our Savior but as our friend. We can See God In The Ordinary because: Friends like Susie and friends ...

922. For Comfort, Guidance and Strength

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... enthusiasm of that first Pentecost didn't fade. It made a permanent change in the disciples' lives. Listen to the passage from Acts 2:1-21 (NRSV) [1] When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. [2] And suddenly ... are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. [16] No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: [17] 'In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall ...

923. Flying First Class

Ephesians 1:3-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 't help himself; once the flight took off he went back, excused and introduced himself & asked why. Now here's the cool part. They both acted a little sheepish and shy but had grins on their faces and said, "Oh, it was Nothing. But it sure made those soldier's day, ... Upgrade and Flying First Class." I hope you'll make that same decision as well. It will bring God so much joy. Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV) says: "The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you ...

924. Walking First Class

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... faith and what it means to be Walking First Class in 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 (NRSV) [12] Since, then, we have such a hope, we act with great boldness, [13] not like Moses, who put a veil over his face to keep the people of Israel from gazing at the end of ... to this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds; [16] but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. [17] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. [18] And all of us, with unveiled faces, ...

925. Close Enough For Comfort

Psalm 23:4, John 14:15-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , "So, then, the only thing you're afraid of is Mom!" (1) We laugh but there are certain instances when we would all probably act the same because we all have fears. And that's where the 23rd Psalm comes into play. Let's look at it again. [1] ... , you will keep my commandments. [16] And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. [17] This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he ...

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