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1001. How To Become What You Are

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

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Erskine White

... like those people who "heap up empty phrases, [who] think that they will be heard for their many words" (Matthew 6:7). And 1 John says it just as plainly: "Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and in truth" (3:18). Finally ... of His peace. Let people see Christ's light in you, "that they may give glory to their God who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:16). What are you? What are we? We are Christians looking to imitate our Lord. We are Christians looking to become more fully what we already ...

1002. The Message In The Means

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Erskine White

On that silent, holy night so long ago in Bethlehem, we all know what God did, don't we? We've heard it said many times: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son ..." (John 3:16). "The Word became flesh and dwelled among us ..." (John 1:14). Or, as the Christmas carol puts it: Remember Christ our SaviorWas born on Christmas Day,To save us all from Satan's powerWhen we had gone astray. Yes, we all know what God did at Christmas, but have we thought very much about how God did it? Have ...

1003. Our Christian I.D.

Luke 4:1-13

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John M. Braaten

... to do with us? Just about everything. For our identity as children of God rests on the fact that God's claim has been laid upon us. Jesus said, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit ... (John 15:16)." Nowhere is it written that our acceptance by Jesus is dependent upon how we feel or upon anything we've done or not done. Our life as Christians doesn't rest upon feelings, or upon how certain we are that we are Christians. None of that counts, for Christ ...

1004. A Name To Be Remembered

Exodus 3:1-22

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Walter Kimbrough

... have emphasized for us the importance of a name, that means the identification of self-disclosure. Matthew establishes the scene in chapter 16 in which Jesus asks his disciples what people were saying about his identity. One might say this was a question of ... reverence. It was not to be used carelessly.” It is with the Holy name of God in mind that the power of John Macquarrie comes through in exclaiming: “All through the Hebrew scriptures, the one God of Israel is contrasted with the many Gods of the ...

1005. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

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Walter Kimbrough

... what you may, they represent God’s ultimate concern for the people of the world. Jesus said it succinctly, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life… (John 3:16 NIV).” God’s ultimate concern, therefore, is for the salvation of the world. Let us look at four functions of the ten commandments in an attempt to better understand God’s ultimate concern -- our salvation. The first function of the law is to reveal ...

1006. The Shepherd King

Ezekiel 34:1-31

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Sims Robert

... will seek the lost. I will bring back those who have strayed. I will bind up the crippled. I will strengthen the weak (Ezekiel 34:15-16).” Our King is like a shepherd who has come to love us and to lead us. Think with me for a few moments about what ... .” The young man shook his head and walked slowly away. Two weeks later the pastor saw the young man again and inquired, “John, I was wondering, did you ever make a decision about tithing?” The young man smiled and replied, “Yes, Pastor, I did. I sold ...

1007. The Call To Excellence

Numbers 27:12-23

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Sims Robert

... out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep who have no shepherd (Numbers 27:16-17).” God heard the prayer of Moses and appointed Joshua, “A man in whom is the spirit (Numbers 27:18).” Throughout ... are the prophets with fire in their souls and the men and women of vision who will shepherd the flock and lead the people? Jesus said in John’s gospel, “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own and my own know me and they listen to my voice.” I ask you, friends, what ...

1008. Life Isn’t Fair

Amos 5:18-27

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Sims Robert

... to an exclusive few. There is not a certain group of people who are our kind of people. All people are our kind of people. Jesus said so in the gospel of John. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that if anyone believes in him, they will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).” The New English translates the text, “… that everyone who has faith in him may not die.” The Revised Standard version translates, the text “… whoever believes in him shall not perish.” The King ...

1009. To Be Sure

Luke 17:11-19

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Theodore F. Schneider

... by creating troublesome rumors about the exiles within the court of Cyrus, the Persian king. Though this Samaritan temple was destroyed by John Hyracnus in 128 B.C.E.5, the rivalry over these two sites raged on into Jesus' day. To be sure, and ... saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice, and he fell at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. (Luke 17:15-16)." To be sure, the Samaritans was twice an outsider, and yet he was a recipient of God's grace. Outside the covenant, he would not be ...

1010. A Plan For Difficult Times

Luke 21:5-38

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Theodore F. Schneider

... kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death; you will be hated by all for my name's sake (Luke 21:12, 16-17)." Just as the temple had been the center of gravity for Hebrew identity, worship and hope, holding the "world of the faithful" in a reasonable orbit ... Parrot, The Temple of Jerusalem, (London SCM, Press Ltd., 1957), p. 86. 7. John W. Doberstein, "Introduction," Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John W. Doberstein, translator, (New York, Harper and Row, Publishers, 1954), p. 18. 8. " ...

1011. Get Ready

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Rolf E. Aaseng

... . "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you," Jesus said (John 15:7). By constant attention to his words which assure us of his love and promise his grace we are led to pray for and ... and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs to God" (Colossians 3:16). Jesus promised to return. Again and again he told his disciples to watch so they would be ready. "Beware, keep alert; for you do ...

1012. He Who Has Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear

Luke 8:1-15

Sermon

Larry Powell

... the Scriptures pertaining to the baptism of Jesus. The congregation could see in its mind's eye every subject in the story: John the Baptist, his camel-hair robe, his shaggy beard, the Jordan River, the sky ... the sky appeared to be opening, and oh, ... threatening.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times." (Matthew 16:1-3) Signs DO convey messages, and some of them are thought provoking. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE ... A young dandy had just attended ...

1013. T.G.I.F

John 1:43-51

Sermon

William Luoma

... enough love for the whole world. "Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13) Some residents of Cambridge, New York, still remember the stranger whose body was carried from a nearby field over twenty years ... : The writer to the Hebrews describes Jesus as a high priest who is able to identify with us in every way.Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-10 Gospel Reader: Luke describes the deep emotion Jesus experienced while in Gethsemane. Just before this, we hear Peter's vow of ...

1014. How Was Jesus' Death Different?

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27

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... he prayed for their forgiveness. There was the martyr, Joan of Arc, who was burned at the stake. We have many others like John Huss, Savonarola, and William Tyndale. Coming down to our own time we have a Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a martyr of the Nazis. You might ... clemency, amnesty, and forgiveness. The response was most disappointing. He extended the time twice. By March 31, 1975, only 16,000 applied for clemency. Eighty-five percent spurned the gracious offer. Apparently they did not want forgiveness because ...

1015. The Day of Pentecost

Isaiah 44:1-5

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... . A blend of the translations of William Beck and the twentieth century New Testament, brings forth a beautiful phrase which seems appropriate to this ancient situation: "And from all that is in him, have we all received gift after gift of love." (John 1:16) Here Deutero-Isaiah seems to be saying it is out of his love that God has chosen to ignore the disloyalty, stubbornness, and rebellion of his people, and to proceed as if all that had happened were sponged from the record. The stiff-necked nature of his ...

1016. The Resurrection of the Body

John 11:17-37

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Dean Lueking

... , the sound of the women weeping, and the knowledge of Lazarus’ departure caused Jesus to weep openly. The simple phrase in John 2, "Jesus wept" is a powerful reminder to us of how completely our Lord shared our human nature. And, incidentally, since ... like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. (Psalm 103:15-16) The last phrase of this passage is the reminder that the horror of death lies in the fact of lostness, that one’s life may be ...

1017. Remember Toward the Future John M. Cobb

Exodus 12:1-30

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... were gathered in the German Interest Conference of our church in Philadelphia. And there we elected our president, and afterwards he said to me: "John, I am really busy - the congregation in New York and also the work in New Jersey - that is a lot. But I accept this ... money. 15. "Gemeinden." The same word in German is used for both congregation and community which were often coterminous. 16. Of course, that the railroads were not totally indifferent to the question of settlement patterns is evident by Robert ...

1018. Parking Lots and Traffic Jams

John 3:1-21

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Richard L. Thulin

... seemed indistinguishable from the average person. You may remember that he could not be singled out from the crowds that went to John the Baptizer. You may also remember that one day, when the people wanted to stone him, he simply disappeared in the crowd ... over the country. Suddenly behind players, backboards, goalposts, whatever, one sees a simple notation raised on canvass, board or sheet: "JOHN 3:16." Indeed, that says it all. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes ...

1019. Living Life The Easy Way

Acts 3:1-10

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Harold Warlick

... the pivotal issue is this: what is that solution that enables us to live life the easy way? The Book of Acts contains the secret. Peter and John were going up to the temple one day. It was in the evening, after the sun had gone down. It was night. On the way, they saw ... . Norman Vincent Peale, "Why Live Life the Hard Way?" Foundations for Christian Living, 1965, Vol. 16, No. 13, p. 5. 2. Lawrence D. Reimer, Living at the Edge of Faith (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1984), p. 28. 3. William James, ...

1020. Death: Commonality Explored

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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... not know the final shape of Christ’s Body, once it is visibly united. Again, the Spirit blows at will. Whether one is attracted or not to the primacy of Peter and the place of his successors to John Paul II, such a clear series of transitions offers an important view for all who call themselves Christians. The passage from Matthew 16:18 which says, "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church and the powers of death shall not prevail against it," is there for all of us to read ...

1021. Acceptance: The Keynote

Ruth 2:1-23

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... : "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world." (John 17:14) The cult of success in America and among those professing his name has many worshipers. It is almost as if success, in secular terms, is ... the whole People of God." Scriptural references cited are Acts 15:4, 1 Corinthians 1:2, Romans 15:25-27, and Romans 16:1-23. None of us feels comfortable allowing others to take a good look at us, unless the Holy Spirit intercedes. The ...

1022. If You Are A Disciple of Jesus Christ

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... -time training and service. So, in preparation for selecting twelve special disciples, Jesus spent all night in prayer. Wow! Have you ever prayed all night? I'm afraid that if I tried, I would fare no better than Peter, James and John who kept dozing off. Verses 13 through 16 tell us that Jesus chose twelve to be with him constantly. We usually refer to those twelve as the disciples, but he actually designated them to be apostles. The word "apostle" comes from the Greek "apostolos" and means "someone who is ...

1023. Called to Be Saints

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Hubert Beck

... this burdensome frustration. Here is the Christ, being announced to the world as "the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29) John says this is the honored one, the one coming after him who ranks above him. He is the one upon whom the Spirit has descended ... dead to warn his brothers against living and dying as he did, "they have Moses and the prophets. Let them hear them." (Luke 16:29) If we are not faithful in hearing God in the simplicity of his Word and eager to find him in the power ...

1024. "Can Do" Christianity

Philippians 4:10-20

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Raymond Gibson

... we will but take him at his word. He himself said, "And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32). It was when that wife lifted up Christ in her life and actions that her husband was drawn to Christ. She was able to do ... say with St. Paul, "I am not ashamed of the gospel for it is the power of God unto salvation ..." (Romans 1:16). Finally, Christians find power for daily living through worship. There is so much power available for the individual Christian in a worship ...

1025. Herod Antipas

Luke 13:31-35

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Warren Thomas Smith

... war with the offended father-in-law. It also brought the condemnation of John the Baptizer, who denounced the couple before the Jewish people. As revenge, John was beheaded. Let us reconstruct the scene of Herod, Herodias, and Salome entering ... love and vicarious suffering. "On his robe ... he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords." (Revelation 19:16) 1. "True Greatness" by Owen Meredith in Masterpieces of Religious Verse, ed. by Morrison (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948), p. ...

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