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Acts 9:35-43

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... one known to be "devoted to good works and acts of charity" (Acts 9:36). When Tabitha died, her friends sent for the Apostle Peter. When he arrived, people were quick to show him the same sorts of things. As it says, "All the widows stood beside him, ... undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world" (James 1:27). There's a song that says, "They'll know we are Christians by our love." Let's hope so. Let's hope they know ...

1002. Your Face Gives You Away

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

King Duncan

... on your Valentine Date this evening. Things like . . . I really don’t like this restaurant that much, but I wanted to use this 2-for-1 coupon before it expired . . . Not good. Here are some others: I used to come here all the time with my ex. I never said you ... also the day when we celebrate Christ’s Transfiguration. In our lesson from Luke’s Gospel, Jesus is on a mountain with Peter, John and James. As Jesus is praying, Luke tells us, the appearance of his face changes, and his clothes become as bright ...

1003. Letting Go of Our Nets

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven"? (Matthew 13:11). What would that kind of spiritual insight be worth? How much of a pay cut would we endure in order to see the power, intensity, and energy of the Transfiguration, as Peter, James, and John saw? (Matthew 17:1-8). Responding to Jesus' call opened up for these four men a spiritual adventure they never could have found on their own.What decision would the men have made if they had known everything? Would they have considered the miracles, the parables ...

1004. Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... of his life. What a privilege to think that someone really wants to be just like you, but what an awesome responsibility! (1) We all have heroes, don't we? And I'm not talking Superman, Batman, Buck Rogers, Power Puff Girls or any of the ... of our heroes. We want to see with the eyes of the prophet and have the wisdom of Solomon, the faith of Abraham, the passion of Peter, the love of John, the list goes on. Unfortunately, what we see most of the time is the labels of the villains and antagonists in our ...

1005. Just a Little Faith Will Do

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was to follow Jesus. He was saved not by his knowledge not by his good works but by his faith in Jesus Christ. And friends, that faith, just a little bit of it, will save us as well. 1. http://www.moorparkpres.org/sermons/1998/61498.htm. 2. (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974). 3. Peter Hay, Movie Anecdotes (New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), p. 30. 4. Robert A. Raines, To Kiss The Joy (Waco: World Books, 1973), p. 13. 5. Edgar Allison Peers, Behind That Wall (Freeport, New York: Books for ...

1006. Eternal Life Is Now

1 John 5:9-13

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... for the inevitable, but they weren't listening. Remember how Peter confessed Jesus was the Messiah and then protested when Jesus talked about what kind of a Messiah he would become, a Messiah who suffers and dies. Peter's response? "No way, Lord! That's never going to ... but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known" (1 Corinthians 13:12). It's also why we call holy communion a foretaste of the feast to come. Now, we know Jesus in a small way ...

1007. A Table Like No Others

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... The Lord’s table is a table of grace. Judas didn’t deserve to be there at the Last Supper, but neither did Simon Peter. Peter denied Christ, and he was closer to Jesus than any of the disciples. If Simon didn’t deserve to be there, who did? None ... and mind. Since then, I have always known that a church that could offer Communion to hurting people was a special gift from God.” (1) Jesus didn’t even turn Judas away from the table. If there’s room for Judas, friend, there’s room for you and me. ...

1008. Divine Dynamite

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... he made it clear that the power was being given to accomplish a particular aim: "you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8 RSV). Divine power is not provided willy-nilly; it is provided for the fulfillment of a divine commission. Peter went on to explain about Jesus, his wondrous life, his cruel and unjust death, and finally his miraculous resurrection and ascension to glory. He concluded with a call for repentance and the offer of forgiveness ...

1009. Lost, But Not the TV Show!

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... was Jesus’ closest disciple and most outspoken friend, yet Peter denied him with a curse. Even St. Paul, as he writes words of encouragement to Timothy and gives God thanks for finding him worthy to serve God, confesses to Timothy that he himself is the chief of sinners (I Timothy 1:15). My friend, you and I, like the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law and the tax collectors and the sinners who gathered around Jesus are flawed creatures. We have become so adept at rationalizing our basic nature that ...

1010. The Proof is in the Roof

Luke 5:17-26

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus’ ministry in Matthew (4:13) that Jesus moved from Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the sea. We know too that Peter and others most likely had a home there as well. We know Jesus spent the bulk of his ministry using Capernaum as a ... it happened that he was reclining in his house…” (Mark 2:15) “The people heard that he had come home.” (Mark 2:1). Matthew also says, he returned home. The scriptures do not use the word “patris” meaning home town. They use the word “oikos” – ...

1011. Christ's Grand Entrance Song

Luke 2:1-14, (15-20)

Sermon

King Duncan

... song. From that day forward, Rory MacDonald made sure he chose just the right entrance song for all his fights. (1) I love this idea of a tough, mixed martial arts fighter entering the ring of combat to some totally inappropriate ... Peter after his resurrection, “he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, ‘Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord’” (Luke 5:8). When Christ appeared to John as recorded in the Book of the Revelation, he said, “When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead” (Revelation 1 ...

1012. The Way, The Truth, And The Life Style

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , we tend to seek out those whose life styles are similar to our own, herding together in what have been called "life style enclaves."1 What this means, of course, is that a life style is different from a life. A life style can be adjusted with a twist ... you and take you where you do not wish to go" (John 21:18). Jesus was speaking, John writes, of "the kind of death by which [Peter] would glorify God" (John 21:19). Being led captive to your own death is not to have much of a life style; offering one's all ...

1013. Children

Sermon

Jerry Eckert

... translation for you. I offer this story because it is done with a time dimension only lightly experimented with in the earlier stories. Luke 19:1-10 Bible stories are stories to be told, not just to be talked about. Today, I want to tell the story of Zacchaeus, the small ... it and went to Jerusalem as we were supposed to. While we were there, Dad heard a man named Peter preach about Jesus. That day, he joined Peter's group. He committed all his income to the group there in Jerusalem. We went back home to ...

1014. Taking The Risk Out Of Dy(e)ing

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lee Griess

... disillusionment over the fate of Jesus. The One in whom they had placed their hopes was now dead. All chances were gone. And so Peter says, "I'm going fishing." What else is there to do? Life has to go on, and perhaps they can pick up the pieces ... cat. So to comfort her, he took out an ad in the newspaper and offered a $1,000 reward for anyone finding the cat. A friend, hearing about the man's offer, said, "Man, you have to be crazy. $1,000 for that cat and you didn't even like it!" The man just smiled and ...

1015. When Christians Disappoint

Acts 5:1-11

Sermon

Erskine White

... was totally opposed to the teachings and example of Jesus, and James found it necessary to say so in his letter to the churches (2:1 f). No, the early church had disappointing Christians in it, just as we have them today, and perhaps there is no better example of this ... aspect of this story, which is the way Ananias and Sapphira fell down and died when confronted with their duplicity. Peter didn't kill them, mind you: they fell down and died. At the very least, the story says that we pay a price - we ...

1016. Getting Even

2 Samuel 13:1-22

Sermon

... the White House lawn, Nixon told reporters, "Those who hate you don’t win, unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."1 When the obnoxious guy at the next desk gets the promotion. When our curvaceous neighbor brags about her success at Weight Watchers, ... refuse to forgive and forget. They refuse to turn the other cheek and go the extra mile. Absalom was a victim of the Peter Pan syndrome. He refused to grow up. Because Amnon had raped his sister, he decided to take justice into his own strong ...

1017. From Beast to Believer

Daniel 4:28-37, Daniel 4:19-27, Daniel 4:1-18

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... God." Charles Colson of Watergate fame says, "My greatest humiliation---being sent to prison—was the beginning of God’s greatest use of my life." (1) What will it take to humble us enough to make us look up and let God be God for us? Here is the third ... chapter of Daniel is King Neb’s attempt to spread the good news to peoples of all nations and languages. We are commanded in I Peter 3:15, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Have ...

1018. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Dennis Kastens

... prestige, no extraordinary talent; nevertheless they took our Lord at his word. When he said, "Go," they went! Tradition tells us that Peter died in Rome, John in Ephesus, Andrew in Greece, and Thomas in India. Virtually all of the disciples gave their lives ... professing Christians are overtly active in their faith. (This ratio dates back to the 500 persons who saw the resurrected Lord in 1 Corinthians 15:6, only 120 of whom were present on the day of Ascension.) Then if only 250 million Christians were to ...

1019. The Garden: All Things New

John 20:1-9

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... to see that the huge stone had been moved from the entrance. She ran to Peter and John. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!" Peter and John ran to the tomb, and saw that the body wrappings were still there ... a shadow? So Rodney Clapp writes, "My Lord - Dad’s Lord - has stepped into the jaws of the dragon we know as death. And danced."1 So let us go together just now to a garden. Not necessarily in Jerusalem, though I hope you’ll go there some day if you ...

1020. Standing in Awe

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Roger Prescott

... of nature The voice of God came to Elijah as he was holed up in a cave, not in the strong wind, earthquake or fire, but in "a still small voice" (1 Kings 19:12). A few years ago, while on a retreat at the Dunrovin Retreat Center, just north of Stillwater, Minnesota, I noticed a banner hanging on the wall with these words, attributed to Peter Marshall: There is a beauty in homely things which many people have never seen: • Sunlight through a jar of peach-plum jelly; • A rainbow in soapsuds in dish water ...

1021. Salvation

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Son, don't you want to go to heaven when you die?" "Yes sir, when I die, but I thought you was gettin' up a load to go now."(1) That is probably the attitude of most of us. Most Christians DO figure that when we die we go to heaven to be with the Lord, even if ... news of a salvation that changes our lives, not only in the far reaches of eternity, but in the here and now. I Peter calls it our "living hope." Years ago, the evangelist Sam Jones used to have what he called "Quittin' Meetings" during his revivals. ...

1022. Let's Play, Stump The Theologian!

John 16:5-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... Catherine Marshall, the author of many fine books including the bestseller, CHRISTY, and the widow of the well-known pastor Peter Marshall, was told during a routine physical checkup on March 20, 1943, that she was infected with tuberculosis. It ... know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me." (II Timothy 1: 12) Can you accept that and live by it? There are some answers that are too large for our little brains to contain. But our greatest ...

1023. He Is Risen!

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... 't been back to that cemetery since. He knows now that the cemetery is not Ron's home. Ron is alive because his Redeemer is alive! (1) You and I are here in this place and at this time because we know that our Redeemer lives as well. Easter is a threefold event ... thiefburied in a borrowed tomb. When the tomb was found to be empty that first Easter morning, they were numb with disbelief. Peter and John ran to the tomb to see for themselves. Even after Christ had made appearances to many of his followers, the ...

1024. The Ultimate Success Formula

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... years; the swimmer who rolled out of bed every morning at halfpast five to do laps for two hours before school, etc. (1) That's how you get to the topyou give your all! In another study when the nation's top achievers were asked ... the door open, too, but she would call out, "Isaac, do you have your books?" Effort. Hard work. Practice. Commitment. Business Guru Tom Peters recalls a wonderful story of a musicianit may have been Pablo Casals, who died at almost one hundred years of age. The morning he died ...

1025. Connections In High Place

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... brown. Mariano Martinez, Chit Wah Tse, Jaroslaw Siwy, and Peter Leeall immigrants from countries ranging from Paraguay to Poland, from Trinidad to Thailand. "We're like a big family here," said Peter Lee. "We thought by pooling our efforts we would ... might have the power of 500 pounds; which in itself would have been amazing. In a month it was pressing the 500 pounds; in two months 1,500 pounds, then it went to 2,000 and they had to strengthen the bands. It finally reached a pressure of 5,000 pounds when it ...

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