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Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... at listening to him. Our lesson for the day is that magnificent scene on the Mount of Transfiguration. Our Master took Peter, James and John with him up a high mountain where they were all alone. There Christ was transfigured before them. His clothes ... This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” That is not simply good advice. That is a command from God. 1. John Kramp, Getting Ahead by Staying Behind (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997), p. 137. 2. Source unknown. 3. Jim Reapsome, Homemade. 4. ...

1052. L4G Live For God

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... morning? Who will agree to give everything they are, and invest everything they have, in the kingdom of God? Who can hear the Savior calling? 1. I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling, "Take thy cross and follow, follow me." ... In the final section of today’s text Peter, the usual spokesman asks the question that still dances about in the disciples’ heads. One can almost hear the panicked squawk in Peter’s assertion: “Look, we have left everything and ...

1053. Looking for Ducklings: Kissing the Sidewalk

Acts 7:54--8:1a

Sermon

Tony Everett

... Jesus’ body wasn’t in the tomb anymore, Mary concluded that an unknown “they” had done this. So, who knows what Simon Peter and John might have been thinking as they raced back to the tomb. Who could have done this? The Romans? The high ... the resurrection, the Word of God spread quickly in Jerusalem and even many Jewish priests became part of the community (Acts 6:1-7). Finally members of one synagogue were fed up, particularly with Stephen’s ability not only to perform wondrous deeds, but also ...

1054. Breaking News: God and Government

Romans 13:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... and to disobey the government. When Peter and the other apostles were commanded by the civil and religious authorities over them to quit preaching the Gospel they plainly said in Acts 5:29, “Peter and the other apostles replied: ‘We ... we are to pray for our government. “I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone.” (1 Timothy 2:1, NIV) It doesn’t matter if you voted for them or not. It doesn’t matter whether they represent your party or not ...

1055. Get Out the Ticker Tape - Palm Sunday

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... rid of, some enterprising person had the bright idea of staging a parade for some hero and dumping the whole mess out the window. (1) This is not quite true. Actually, the greatest honor that the city of New York can bestow upon an individual or a collection of ... Matthew 16:15-17, Jesus questioned his disciples. He said to them, “And who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh ...

1056. Have You Had Your Caffeine Today?

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... little boys waiting, and you can get into a lot of trouble while you are waiting, especially if there is no purpose to your waiting. (1) The last thing Jesus said to his disciples before his ascension to heaven was that they were to wait in Jerusalem. However their waiting ... cynics. Some laughed, mocked and accused the disciples of being drunk. It was at this point, you will remember, that Simon Peter began to address the crowd. The power of his words as well as the power of the Pentecost event itself was ...

1057. It Was a Dark and Stormy Evening! Father's Day

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... , must have gotten his account from one of the disciples who was an eyewitness. This was most likely Simon Peter because, according to tradition, Peter was a mentor to Mark. Let’s take a few moments to reflect on this wonderful story. Jesus had ... completely calm. Do you possess the Spirit of Christ? Then be calm. “Greater is He that is in you” than any force trying to overwhelm you (1 John 4:4). He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?” We all know what it is to ...

1058. No Turning Back

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... at the Tower and I said to myself, ‘I’m going to conquer Chicago.’ When I looked down . . . the suitcases were gone.” (1) What a way to begin a boxing career. But Tillis did not quit. He didn’t accomplish all he set out to accomplish, ... turned to the twelve who were left and said rather sadly, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” And, of course, it was Simon Peter who answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are ...

1059. The Power of Appreciation

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... worst thing the flyer can do is try to catch the catcher. I’m not supposed to catch Joe. It’s Joe’s task to catch me.”[1] So often we try to grab onto God. We think that if we read enough books and go to enough Bible studies, we can catch God. We ... are hungry for God’s love. There are people we come across every day who are hungry for someone to tell them that they are loved. Peter Breemen wrote the book The God Who Won’t Let Go. In the book he tells of the time he was in a grocery store late ...

1060. What's in Your Wheelhouse...That You Can Offer Jesus?

John 6:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... . The restaurant’s small stock of supplies actually increased by 500 loaves of bread, 350 pots of coffee and bushels of produce. (1) A miracle had occurred in that small North Carolina town, a miracle of love. It all sounds kind of familiar, doesn’t ... disciple Andrew spoke up. You remember Andrew, don’t you? He’s the one who brought his brother Simon Peter to Jesus. Andrew was certainly not the leader that Peter was, but I wonder if he wasn’t something else. I wonder if Andrew wasn’t genuinely a ...

1061. A Robot in the Pulpit

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... and soul-searching small group discussions will help. If we love him, we will keep his commands. So what are Jesus’ commands? We could look at the very first command Jesus made in the book of John 1: 43 when he told Philip, “Follow me.” Or we could look at his last command in John 21: 22, when he told Peter, “You must follow me.” But in between these first and last chapters, Jesus gave a crystal-clear command that was at the very heart of his ministry 2,000 years ago and is still the heart of ...

1062. A Day of Passion, Praise and Prophesying

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a shared passion for God’s work and an outbreak of praise to God. And the final blessing of Pentecost is a call to prophesy. Notice what Peter says in verses 17-18 when he quotes the prophet Joel: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. ... the awesome grace of a God who promises that “everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved.” 1. “Revealing Map Shows How Long It Takes to Learn the Most Popular Languages in Europe” by Sara Barnes on November 30, 2017 ...

1063. Let's Go Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... lifted the line out of the water. Pointing to a minnow wriggling on the end of the line, he said, “Just teaching him how to swim.”[1] Mark Twain once spent a pleasant three weeks in the Maine woods but as he was now on his way home, making himself comfortable in the ... , “Then how will people learn of what have you done and your love for them?” Jesus said, “I have asked Andrew and Peter, James and John, and a few more friends to tell others about me. Those who are told will tell others in turn. And ...

1064. I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... way for me to write poetry. Michelangelo, although he can show me a good way to paint, is not himself the way to painting. Saint Peter, although he can show me a way to draw close to God, is himself not the Way. Jesus is the Way. He not only ... We can therefore go forward confidently because we are following him and he knows where he is going. Questions For Reflection Or Discussion 1. Have you traveled on the wrong road as you traveled by car? What resulted? 2. Some people say about religions, "You travel ...

1065. Communion Is Reunion

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

Sermon

... a room which was set off by itself. From that door, not a sound came. Sam was just fixing to ask who was in there when St. Peter put his finger to his lips and told him not to make a sound because in that room were the Baptists and we like to let them ... what denomination they belong to. And the Lord's most precious symbol of that oneness is Holy Communion. St. Paul describes that for us in 1 Corinthians 10:17 when he writes, "In the same way that there is one loaf of bread, we who are many, are one body, for ...

1066. The Role of an Angel

John 20:10-18

Sermon

George Bass

... we could understand her reluctance to peer into the dark grave. Bradbury had sold three stories in August of 1945 and received $1,000 for them. He used the money to go to Mexico and see the mummies that were wired together in standing ... the world. Some years ago, Robert T. Smith, a featured columnist for the Minneapolis Tribune, wrote the story of a man by the name of Peter M. Rogers. Quite by accident, when he was twenty-seven years of age, a doctor friend, who was collecting for the cancer fund, noticed a ...

1067. A Prayer for the Faithful

John 17:6-19

Sermon

George Bass

... how he returned to the table and told them that one of them was not clean and would betray him. They would have recalled how he answered Peter’s question, "Who is it, Lord?" with "It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I shall dip in the dish." And ... of Jesus’ prayer. Sebastian’s story seems to be more like a legend that someone started and others elaborated upon for the past 1,700 years than the actual story of his death in 288 B.C. He was a young Roman officer with so much importance ...

1068. Are You Pentecostal?

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... that it would not be that way forever. Later a major split would occur in the church over who should get in. It has been said that Peter and Paul came out fighting and its been going on in the church ever since. But, in the early days, there was one accord. It was ... things to happen, then we must be of one accord. II Secondly, and for this one I have to dip back into chapter 1, verse 14, we are told: “They all joined together constantly in prayer.” Do you know where the church is growing the fastest? Not ...

1069. The Shadow Ascending

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... to end by briefly summarizing the alcoholic predicament in classical Christian terms and relating it to our common or universal predicament. Number 1: The alcoholic, like all of us, is part of God’s creation and therefore good. In this sense, we’re okay - ... finitude and play God, denying his needs and interdependency with others. We all need feeding as Jesus was trying to communicate to Peter. We cannot provide it for ourselves in a purely self-sufficient way. We have to swallow our pride and admit our ...

1070. The Devil's I

Acts 5:27-32

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Perhaps it is not so much that there is no God as there is nothing higher than oneself, nothing but oneself. The Earl of Gurney, in Peter Barnes' The Ruling Class, when asked how he knew he was God, replied, "Simple. When I pray to him, I find I'm talking to myself" ( ... over human life, who refuse to worship at this shrine of the first-person perpendicular, is repeated throughout the Scriptures. 1. Please God Above All. While they were slaves in Egypt, the Hebrew midwives disobeyed Pharaoh's order to destroy ...

1071. Lent

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

... Place of the Skull. Reader 2: This new revelation was rejected by Peter. All the Apostles abandoned Christ. Yet in Christ's death a new Covenant of Redemption was born. Reader 1: As Christ's Covenant People, we are in partnership with Christ ... were to love one another as he loved them. Then Jesus prayed that his disciples would be one just as he and God were one. Reader 1: The festival of Shavuot calls on all Christians to balance the Law and the Love of God. Faith without love is empty at its core. Love ...

1072. Called! Cleansed! Sent

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... with God. First, we encounter the holy one; then we acknowledge our sinfulness and mortality; we are cleansed by God's grace; then we are sent. This is the same pattern reflected in Peter's reaction to the great catch of fish in Luke 5:1-11. Now a net full of mackerel may not be as impressive as a temple vision, but the unexpected catch made Peter realize he was in the presence of God. "He fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 'Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!' " (Luke 5:8). Jesus replied, "Do not ...

1073. Let It Go!

Mark 8:31-38

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering and be rejected -- and be killed -- and rise again. Peter rebuked him, but Jesus to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things." He ... me, 'Jack, I was sure you would come.' "4 Jesus came. And when he came he said, "Take up your cross and follow me." Amen. 1. John S. Pobee and Barbel von Wartenberg-Potter, New Eyes for Reading (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1986), pp. 19-20. 2. Viktor E. Frankl ...

1074. Moving At The Speed Of Light: Unknown Apostles

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Sermon

Frank Luchsinger

... collector, and James, son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, Simon the Canaanean and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him. In Acts Peter is the dominant leader of the church in the early chapters and while undoubtedly "the twelve" were active and ... Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might understand the gifts bestowed on us by God" (1 Corinthians 2:11-12). Then, too, we serve a Savior, who for a time was unknown to Paul and who must ever become more real for us. ...

1075. Hate Your Mother And Father?

Luke 14:25-35

Sermon

John G. Lynch

... . Despair of yourselves and hope in me, just as Abraham went out from his country, his kindred, and his father's house.' "1 No such confusion in Jesus. The priorities were straight. A little later on in this gospel account Jesus met the rich young ... his commandments more than his independence. Honor of mother and father weighed more heavily on the scale than his own freedom. Jesus said to Peter and his disciples, after meeting this rich young ruler, "Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or ...

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