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976. Lamb and Wolves

Luke 10:1-11, 16-20

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... to serve. If you couple this warning with Jesus’ admonishment for them to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16), you get a pretty good picture of how they were to operate on this earth. They were not to go out in naiveté. They were ... 5). There was no prerequisite to this pronouncement — no precondition. It was to be freely given. Juxtapose this with James’ and John’s desire to call fire down on a Samaritan village that had rejected the Lord (Luke 9:54). Jesus rebuked ...

977. Rule Breakers

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... sacred worth of others, it will thoroughly change our relationship with them. And our relationship with others is a mirror of our relationship with God. First John 4: 7b-8 reads, “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love ... eager to watch 'The Vietnam War'” by Gerald Ensley Tallahassee Democrat September 16, 2017. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2017/09/16/prisoner-booster-former-pow-eager-watch-the-vietnam-war/658723001/.

978. The Gift of Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

Jim Talley and Terry Benner in their book True Colors tell the story of a man named Joe who decided to take an afternoon walk through the foothills just above a lake where he had been fishing. Joe was comfortably dressed in shorts, a T-shirt, and tennis shoes. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his leg as he stepped over a small log. It was then he noticed a large diamondback rattler slithering into the undergrowth beside the log. He looked down at his leg and saw that he was bleeding from two small ...

979. The Art of Restoration

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you can be. Your life is meant to be a shining example of God’s creative beauty. When you shine, you reflect the glory of God! Shine, people of God! Shine on! [1] See David Belcher, “Pollock Restoration Reveals Secrets Under Years of Dust,” International Arts: New York Times, March 16, 2015. See also John Connly, “The Fine Arts Restoration Process,” What’s Going On (blog), January ...

980. When the Rules Change

7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Sermon

David Coffin

... of humanity and rose from the grave three days later, there are many second chances. Christianity is a religion of second chances. Mark 16:8 ends abruptly. It is like watching a television series and suddenly, the programming credits cut in during the climatic action scenes. The ... presents the good news while realizing the rules change in life and he is keeping it real. Amen. 1. John R. Donahue, S.J., and Daniel J. Harrington, Sacra Pagina: The Gospel of Mark, (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002 ...

981. No Excuse

Luke 13:10-17

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Dean Feldmeyer

... my sight. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:16-17). Jeremiah: “Amend your ways and your deeds…practice justice between a man and his neighbor; do not oppress the alien in your land ... nor the orphan, nor the widow, and do not shed innocent blood nor walk after other gods” (Jeremiah 7:3 ff). John the Baptist: “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise” (Luke ...

982. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... I have received is a poor one?" The psalmist said, "The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places, yea, I have a goodly heritage" (Psalm 16:6). But what if the lines have not fallen for you in pleasant places? Henry Ward Beecher said, "The first thing a man should do if ... , all is brought into newness of life." How can this be? Jesus has given his disciples a ministry of binding and loosing (John 20:23). And the fact is, by his authority we can remove the curse that clouds our legacies. So, though one cannot ...

983. Godly Sexual Passion For An X-Rated World

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... for, to breathe heavily after." Psalm 41:1 says, "As a deer pants for the waters so my soul longs after you." In John 3:16, the idea is that God so loved the world, so breathed heavily after you and me, that he gave his only Son.... God ... a garden (Genesis 2). Jesus launched his public ministry at a wedding in Cana where he worked his first miracle by turning water into wine (John 2:1). Afterward, Jesus began to refer to himself as a groom with the church his bride (Matthew 9:15). And Scripture teaches in ...

984. The Agenda Factor

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

William L. Self

... the real king here anyway? The dwelling in a tent motif carries over to the prologue in John's gospel, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14). God always insists on his own agenda. He will not be domesticated. This kingdom ... the throne of David forever. Locking up God in a fancy house at this time would not do it. This passage (2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16) is the foundation for the Messianic hope of Israel. It became the hope for the revival of David's rule after the fall of Jerusalem in ...

985. The Potter Almighty

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... us, into the likeness of God. One of those men was the only minister to sign on the dotted line, Presbyterian minister, The Reverend John Witherspoon. He and they put their hand to that document, secure in the belief that they were held in the hand of God. That ... your ancestors, for here you are, every one of you, following your stubborn evil will, refusing to listen to me" (Jeremiah 16:10-12). Throughout his writings Jeremiah lays it on the line with respect to the people's selfishness and greed, oppression ...

986. Salve To Soothe Our Souls

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

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Richard L. Sheffield

... ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls" (Jeremiah 6:16). What eventually happened to the nation of Israel, to Judah, says Jeremiah, happened because they chose to walk another way. And so ... vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again."5 Black slaves in the South wrote those words after hearing the white Methodist John Wesley preach about Jesus Christ. They believed it. I believe it. "There is a balm in Lima to make the wounded whole, there is ...

987. "Do This In Remembrance Of Me"

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Alex Gondola

... t want to be forgotten. In a cemetery in Hiawatha, Kansas, there is a strange tribute to one man's desire to be remembered. John M. Davis was a wealthy but eccentric local farmer. His wife died decades before him, in 1930. Soon after her death Davis began commissioning ... , the Lamb of God (Holy Communion Is..., by R. E. Lybrand, CSS Publishing Company, Inc., p. 16). Jesus, not accidentally, but knowingly and willingly gave up his life for his friends -- and for all of us. "Greater love has no man than this, that ...

988. Fulfilled, Or Just Full?

Sermon

Alex Gondola

John 6:24-31; Acts 16:11-15 William H. Willimon, Professor of Liturgy and Worship at Duke University, author of over twenty books, is one of America's ... fill up the emptiness inside. He offered them a relationship with himself. "Do not labor for the food which perishes," he said to the people. "[Labor] for the food which endures to eternal life" (John 6:27, RSV). Then he identified for them and us what that food is. Jesus said, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes ...

989. A Positive Addiction

Romans 1:1-17

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

I am not ashamed of the gospel.... - Romans 1:16 You've probably heard about the first group of Scots to hit shore building the First Presbyterian Church and the second ... s like he said: "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him" (John 7:37-38 NIV). Putting it another way: it's hard to become negatively addicted when we're positively addicted to Jesus. When we hang out with Jesus, it's hard to get ...

990. The Downside Of The Practice -- Performance Equation

Romans 8:28-39

Sermon

Robert R. Kopp

... during the final round of the 1995 British Open. Constantino Rocca of Italy needed to get down in two to tie American John Daly and force a playoff. Only a chip and putt from his goal, he totally blew the chip. But instead of giving ... care about. I also think of Jodie Harrison. Jodie was dying of cancer. I prayed healing for Jodie. Following the prescription of James 5:13-16, I anointed her with oil and laid hands on her with other elders. We shared the sacrament regularly. And on the day before she died, ...

991. Just In Time

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... in the fullness of time, just in time, Jesus was born. Just in time for Paul, just in time for Peter and James and John, just in time for Mary Magdelene and Zacchaeus, just in time for Nicodemus, Mary and Martha and Lazarus, just in time for you and ... also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish" (Esther 4:13-16). So Esther went to the king and over a series of days revealed to him the plot against her people which brought even the king's chosen ...

992. The More I Understand, The Less I Know

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... dangling from the ignition. "Oh, no!" You see it, but it’s too late to do anything about it. "Not again!" you moan. "How could I have done that?" For the preacher, it’s "Why in the world did I choose this text to preach on? It’s John 3:16, for crying out loud! They’ve heard nine jillion sermons on this, and 99.9% of those sermons were probably better than this one! What could I have been thinking?" Sometimes sermons backfire, or roll over and play dead, or just limp off into well-deserved obscurity ...

993. The Final Questions

John 6:60-71

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... question. Simon Peter asked it after the Lord's query, "Do you also wish to go away?" He asked, "Lord, to whom can we go?" Would we be shocked if we heard the Lord interrupt and say, "You can go to hell"? But that alternative is right there in John 3:16: "perish," remember? God loved the world so that not everyone would perish, not be lost. That's not the answer we want to hear or to give. Try some other "go" phrases. "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see what has taken place." The shepherds were wise ...

994. Can Christians Dance?

Sermon

William G. Carter

... came into view. About a hundred teenagers had gathered beneath a picnic pavilion. They were moving to the rhythms of the music. "My God," I thought, "this is church camp! What would John Calvin think?" The camp director had been clear. My job was to preserve decency and order. Running to the pavilion, I climbed up a picnic table and shouted, "Wait! It's ... of this sermon as it was preached in its initial setting, see my article, "The Sermon That Flew," Journal for Preachers 16.3 (Easter 1993), pp. 34-36.

995. Here They Come, Singing

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... this same chapter of Jeremiah. It is one of the most important verses in the Bible. “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” God promised his people; “therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” It is an Old Testament parallel to John 3:16: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” True, Jeremiah’s prophecy speaks of only “the remnant of Israel” being saved, as in today’s lesson. The whole people ...

996. A Quiet Man · Andrew

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... to compete with our fellows, but to supplement them. As a consequence it never occurred to Andrew to equate happiness with recognition. James and John may vie for position in the company of the disciples, but Andrew was content just to know that Jesus had enlisted him in ... before anxious multitudes lay their afflicted loved ones in the streets for Peter's healing shadow to touch (Acts 5:15-16) Andrew was aware that his brother's crude exterior sheathed a tender heart. It was an insight to stand Andrew in ...

997. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... "keep your sermon close to the ground ... We must deal with the nitty gritty issues of the day in everyday language."16 Fred B. Craddock, professor of preaching and New Testament at the Chandler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia, advocates an "inductive movement ... background. Jesus' entire communication was oral. Except for the single instance when he wrote in the sand (John 8:6, 8), Jesus never wrote a word, and even in John 8 we don't know what he wrote. In speaking with people, he knew the power of ...

998. A Seeking Savior

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

W. Robert McClelland

... of God using a body to walk in the garden, smell the incense, and look at rainbows (Genesis 3:8; 8:21; 9:16). Christian art in the Middle Ages pictured Jesus as a man with a halo adorning his head, all of which obscured the ... because I live, you will live also. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you (John 14:18-20)." Christ is our guarantee. Nevertheless, though the new being has been promised, its fulfillment only comes in the "fullness of time." None of us was ...

999. Bringing Love Close

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

George Paul Mocko

What John 3:16 is to Christianity, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 is to Judaism. "Hear O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the ... the first time, and maybe it will be the first time that you really hear them. Try to capture the majesty, the wonder, the sweeping, all encompassing vision expressed in these passages. First, from John 1:1-5: "When all things began, the Word already was. The Word, the personal expression of God dwelt with God, and what God was, the Word was. The Word, then, was with God ...

1000. Not

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... better time to examine his suffering and ours; his reaction and our own? We, the servants of Jesus, follow in his train. We are not better than our Lord and he knew terrible suffering. John (13:16) reminds us; "... no slave is greater than his Master, and no messenger is greater than the one who sent him." And John warned us again (15:20), "Remember what I told you: 'No slave is greater than his Master. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you too.' " Jesus endured all kinds of physical suffering when ...

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