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Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... and give your very best, I promise you will get back 100 times whatever you invested. If you raise $10,000, you will get back 1 million. If you raise $100,000, you will get back 10 million. Is there anybody in this room who would turn his or her back ... the Kingdom of God." The disciples were astonished at the harshness of this teaching. Jesus reassured them. "All things are possible with God." Peter then said to him, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you." And they had. It was at this point that Jesus ...

1027. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... about the origin of the primrose. Apparently Saint Peter once heard a rumor that some wayward souls were trying to slip into the back door of heaven rather than entering through the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter got so upset by this that he dropped his ... joy in the world. When we do, we glorify God. Jesus said, "Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit." 1. Laura C. Martin. GARDEN FLOWER FOLKLORE. (Chester, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press), pp. 63, 72. 2. Gary E. Parker. THE GIFT OF DOUBT. (San ...

1028. Finding The Right People

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... order to learn. One must be open to the truth in order to receive the truth. Truth and teachability go hand in hand." (1) And that's true. That is why some companies prefer younger workers. It is "easier to learn than it is to unlearn." This ... afraid. He was fearful of losing what he had. There are times in the life of every Christian when we must go for broke." Peter Marshall, put it more pointedly: "Church members," he said, "in too many cases, are like deep sea divers, encased in suits designed for many ...

1029. Set Free Through Forgiveness!

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... troops burned every building on this man's property and Mr. Ingram vowed never to let his plantation fall into Yankee hands again. (1) Now there's a man who knows how to hold a grudge. Unfortunately, he's not alone. According to people who have been ... know any other way true forgiveness can take place. We turn our hurt over to God. We ask God for the ability to forgive. Peter thought that he was big-hearted: "How often should I forgive someone who sins against me," he asked. "As many as seven times?" After ...

1030. Can We Really Trust God?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised." Pastor Peter Lewis makes the point that the Tempter's greatest weapon against believers is the weapon of doubting. No matter how mature our faith ... was not Yes and No; but in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him." (II Corinthians 1: 19-20a). All the promises of God find their Yes in Jesus. He is the final fulfillment of the promise to the descendants of Abraham ...

1031. Like A Tornado

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... lifted up in the air and wedged in a tree. The tornado passed, leaving Neidigh alive, but with multiple injuries that took months to heal. (1) I thought of John as I read the first few verses of today's lesson: "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all ... the floor. I like to think of the Apostle John's hair being blown and Simon Peter trying to keep his napkin on the table. Of course, John may have been bald. And Simon Peter may have wiped his mouth on his sleeve, since we view him as such a crude ...

1032. About Christ

Colossians 1:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... smile . . . or honk . . . or wave . . . How will Jesus know I love Him? IF YOU LOVE JESUS, TITHE . . . HONKING IS TOO EASY. (1) Today we celebrate our love for Jesus. This is Christ the King Sunday. The writer of Colossians has set the mood for our celebration ... we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." There are so many families in which forgiveness needs to be practiced. Pastor Peter Lewis and his wife Valerie were reading through the love messages published in their local paper on Valentine's Day ...

1033. Winners And Losers

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... made it very clear that we are not to judge one another--when we do so, we are assuming the role of God. In Matthew 7: 1, Jesus says, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the ... a life. (5) "For God does not desire that even one of us should perish, but that all of us should come to repentance." (II Peter 3: 9) Repentance is the signpost that points to the narrow path. Jesus Christ is the key that opens the door to the kingdom of God. ...

1034. A Church Fueled By Prayer

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... imprisoned and beaten shortly after Pentecost (Acts 4:3; 5:40). Stephen was stoned to death for his preaching, and became the first Christian martyr (Acts 7:57-60). James, the brother of John, was slain by Herod, and shortly thereafter Peter was imprisoned again (Acts 12:1-5). All of the apostles, with the exception of John, who was banished to the Island of Patmos, were martyred. And persecution continued long after the apostolic age ended. When nearly half of Rome burned, Emperor Nero blamed the fire on ...

1035. Like A Big Happy Family

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... monasteries in the eighteenth century had tremendous authority over their monks; and third, wouldn't it be wonderful if a thousand people in the church today could get excited enough to jump into the air at the same time! (1) It is hard to get that much cooperation in most churches. In his Epistle, Peter tells us that we are to be a big, happy family. Well, you and I know that even the happiest of families have their problems. I like the story of a family who changed churches, from Methodist to Presbyterian ...

1036. Gifted People

Ephesians 4:1-16

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... Christ through love and humility is the only way to keep a bond of peace. Yet we sometimes do not measure growth as a maintenance process where each gifted part is simply doing its job. Peter Gomes has reminded us that "growth" is Saint Paul's favorite metaphor.1 From the over-read passage in 1 Corinthians 13, where Paul speaks of mature people putting away childish thoughts, to those who wrote to the Ephesians about growing up into the head of Christ, the body maturing, "growth" seems to be the fundamental ...

1037. The Holy Spirit Came Upon Them

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Spirit is a power to heal all of our broken relationships. Third, in his sermon explaining what is happening to the gathered company at Pentecost, Peter quotes the words of the prophet Joel, verses 17-21 (Joel 2:28-32). Back in the fifth century B.C., Joel had declared what ... of the Kingdom of God was being prepared. Jesus Christ had embodied in his person the powers of that kingdom (cf. Mark 1:15; Luke 11:20), and now by the gift of his Spirit to the disciples, that power was spreading through all the ...

1038. View from the Mountaintop

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land."1 Do not our sins keep us from that Promised Land? Do not the lack of racial justice, of repentance, of economic fairness keep us from the promised land ... use us and work through us. 1. "I See The Promised Land," in A Testament Of Hope: The Essential Writings Of Martin Luther King, Jr., ed. James Melvin Washington (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1986), p. 286. 2. Peter Storey, With God In The ...

1039. How to Keep Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs (Fruit of the Spirit: Peace)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... three types of peace that we find in the Bible. There is, first of all, eternal peace. This is peace with God. Rom. 5:1 says: "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Then there is external peace—peace with ... came walking on those stormy waves to the disciples in that boat. Peter wanted to come to Him, and Jesus invited him to step out of the boat into that water. You remember that as long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus, he walked on the water. But ...

1040. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Psalm 102:6-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... States President of a major university A chief administrator of a large hospital A senior pastor of a large church What did Peter Drucker say all of these positions have in common—loneliness. May I tell you this. The root cause and the real ... relate to that “nobody cares about me” feeling. John said about Jesus, “He came to His own and His own did not receive Him.” (Jn. 1:11) Think about this. Jesus was rejected by his own family. For a long time they did not believe in Him. He was rejected by his ...

1041. Why You Should Manage Your Time

Psalm 118:24

Sermon

James Merritt

... in a day. We must carefully invest our time in those things that will make us most productive for the kingdom of God. Peter Drucker who is the management guru of America, said many things, but one of the best things he ever said was this: ... , 53 million hotdogs, 167 million eggs, 3 million gallons of ice cream, and 3,000 tons of candy. Then we also jog 17 million miles and burn 1.7 billion calories while we’re doing it.9 Yes, we’re busy, and we can become so busy, burning the candle at both ends, we never ...

1042. Won't You Come Home, George Bailey?

Luke 2:1-7

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... thought that it might not be true ... or that God's gift might have every other name in the world on it but ours. As Peter Gomes once said: "What interests the populace is the mystery of the manger. But what interests the philosophers is the legacy of the mystery." Why ... . But at the darkest hour (when what seemed like her last, best hope as a "stand-by" had gone by), Kris (my wife of 34-1/2 years) went on the Web and got her out. And Mesaba, flying out of White Plains, got her home. Whereupon we all went to ...

1043. Unlikely Election

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

John E. Harnish

... future, uncertain about what they should do, they decide to take things into their own hands. I can just imagine impetuous Peter—always ready to jump into a vacuum, to fill the silence with words and take charge—taking over, saying, "We've ... , use even me, just as thou wilt, and when, and where, until thy blessed face I see, thy rest, thy joy, thy glory share. [5] 1. Bruce Larson, Wind and Fire, page 27 2. Stephen Tomkins, A Short History of Christianity, page 90 3. E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of Every ...

1044. Heaven: One Way And One Way Only

John 14:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... sound when we walk by this room. Remember that." When they passed out of hearing range one of the new souls asked, "Why?" Peter replied, "Because that room is full of Southern Baptists and they think they are the only ones up here." Funny joke, but then ... . He was exactly who He said He was, the Son of God, who is the only way to heaven. True Story. The phone rang at 1:00am in the home of Leo Winters, a brilliant Chicago surgeon. It was the hospital telling him that a young boy had been tragically mangled ...

1045. Don’t Be a Hypocrite

Matthew 6:1-4

Sermon

James Merritt

... of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 6:1, NASB) The word for "notice" is the Greek word which literally gives us the word "theater." It means literally, "something to be stared at." In ... don't be a hypocrite. [1] Rabbi Daniel Lapin, America's Real War, p. 35 [2] Thomas R. Ybarra, quoted in Lawrence J. Peter, Peter's Quotation Ideas For Our Time, (New York: Harper College/William Morrow and Company, 1977, p. ...

1046. Good News about Ambition

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... are you going to do next?” With a calm voice, Arnold Swarzenegger said, “I’m going to be the No. 1 box office star in all of Hollywood.” Chandler said he tried not to show his amusement. Swarzenegger’s first attempt ... of those dreams were childish. Many were unrealistic. James and John, the sons of Zebedee had dreams, ambitions. They, along with Simon Peter were Jesus’ closest disciples. They were with Jesus for all of the significant events in Jesus’ ministry. For example, when Jesus went ...

1047. The Shepherd King

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

John Wayne Clarke

... Jehoiakim (22:24-30); and a description of what a false ruler will look like against a true ruler (23:1-8). How much attention was paid to the maintenance of justice was a major responsibility inherent with being a leader, especially ... love others. Let us learn from today's Hebrew Scripture and step up to the responsibilities that God has placed in our hands. We, like Peter before us, need to answer the timeless question, "Do you truly love God with all your heart — and all your soul — and all your ...

1048. WaterFire Faith

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Note how Jesus inserted that word “Samaria” in there and punctuated it — as if we his disciples might skip over that “godforsaken place” ... on approvingly. James was run through by a sword. Peter was imprisoned and chained down. But things did go “according to the Spirit.” Saul became Paul on the Damascus Road. Peter’s chains fell off and the prison doors shook open ...

1049. The Wisdom of The Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... divided up into various house churches that have been named for well-known people in the faith, like Peter and Paul and Apollos. So people are saying, "I belong to Peter" or "I belong to Apollos." (Actually, that's a lot like we would say "I belong to Holy ... with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) So, is Paul just offering excuses for the fact that he isn't a very good preacher, or is he really making a ...

1050. On The Night When He Was Betrayed

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Sermon

Nancy Kraft

... in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." He offered the bread, his body, to all of them. (1 Corinthians 11:23b-25) He offered the wine, his blood, to all of them, including the one who had already betrayed him to the ... isn't for perfect people. It's for people like Judas, who betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver. It's for people like Peter who promised he would never leave Jesus and then turned around and flatly denied even knowing him. It's for people like the disciples who ...

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