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1151. The Vastness of Relationships

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... for them, as if it is some secret, rather than living by faith into God's plan for them. Others fall into the trap of what John Wesley derogated as "Quietism," the attitude that "if God indeed has a plan for me, then I might as well just lean back and go along ... plan. Perhaps you recall from sermons or lessons on the parables of the good steward and the dishonest steward (Luke 12 and 16) that the biblical term we translate as "steward" is oikonomos, a term that derived its meaning from the word oikos, house ...

1152. Come On In The Water's Fine

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... Water's Fine!" Even Jesus, the Son of God, felt that need and was baptized. The Gospel of Luke describes it this way. Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 (NRSV) [15] As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, [16] John answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. [17] His ...

1153. Living a Well-Storied Life

John 4:1-26

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... . But we also need to walk with Jesus around the block, walk with Jesus into our homes, walk with Jesus into our workplaces and schools. It seems at every major sporting event, and frequently at freeway off-ramps, there is someone holding up a sign proclaiming “John 3:16.” Yet no matter how moving the words of that text, it is still just one verse. And the Bible was not written in verses. “For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that everyone who believes in him may not perish ...

1154. Wrong!

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... ’t GRACE that taught your heart to fear . . It was the LAW that taught your heart to fear. John Newton was right that grace relieves our fears. But John Newton was wrong about grace teaching our heart to fear. It’s the law that does that. Admitting “wrongness ... indirectly involved in Inquisition inquires as informants, witnesses, objects of denunciations or formal accusation. Probably nearly 16,000 were executed. (So says Francisco Bethencourt, The Inquisition: A Global History, 1478-1834 [Cambridge UP ...

1155. Where Would We Be Without...?

Romans 3:21-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... a difference in his life — Johann Von Staupitz. Here is another who made a big difference — William Farel, the fiery forerunner of John Calvin during the sixteenth-century Reformation of Geneva. Historian John McNeill calls Farel, "The venturesome, big-voiced, red-bearded little evangelist." Later, looking back at his career, Calvin noted, "Being by nature a ... . Much of the historical material contained herein comes from an article by historian Bruce L. Shelley in Christianity Today, 12/16/91, pp. 29-31.

1156. The Serpent

John 3:14-21

Sermon

John Smylie

... dissatisfaction and grumbling against God and his servants we, too, have one whom we can look upon for forgiveness and healing, one who is far greater than a statue of a serpent made of bronze. Our Lord is lifted up so that the whole world might be drawn unto him. John 3:16 tells us God loves the world. Jesus being lifted up is a sign that God loves the world not only in the days of our Lord but also today. Not only were the sins of those in Jesus' day forgiven them, but every one of us who gazes upon ...

1157. Witness: More than Judgment

1 Corinthians 9:16-23

Sermon

Scott Suskovic

... if I do this of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission. (1 Corinthians 9:16-17) His tactic? It is to be a fellow traveler and pilgrim to walk with people in order to show them the way. He writes, To the ... worship attenders. Fifteen percent! That's not enough. John wrote his gospel for this reason: "... that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31). That's the purpose. Faith in ...

1158. Red, White and Pink

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

Have you done time in the “pink aisle”? If you’ve been there, you know what I mean. It’s that entire section in Target or Toys’R’Us or wherever you shop, that glows with a Pepto-Bismol-bright pink haze. The corridor you trundle your shopping cart down is awash in pinks . . . there is Barbie and all her accessories, there are dolls of lesser nobility and parentage, there are fingerpaints, Frisbees, . .. Whatever sits on those shelves, they all give off a ghastly pink glow. Stores really should provide ...

1159. Veni, Spiritus Sanctus, Veni

John 14:8-17 (25-27)

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. This is the Spirit of truth ... but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. — John 14:16-17, 26 Jesus knew the disciples would forget "all I have said to you." Jesus, knowing the tendency to get stuck or distracted by alien truths, provides a teacher who would teach and remind. This teacher/ advocate, literally, "one called to the side of," would never ...

1160. Prayers For the President

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. — Isaiah 1:16-17 Bingo! These are more than general instructions — the admonitions about seeking justice mean to care for the powerless members of ... CD-ROM edition (Liguori, Missouri: Liguori Faithware, 1996). Used by permission of Westminster/John Knox Press. 2. Book of Common Prayer, Daily Prayer (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993), pp. 816-817. 3. Quoted by Carlos Wilton on The ...

1161. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:1-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me” (John 17:21). Paul also calls us to be grateful for all things. Our gratitude to God is obviously paramount and primary. We must demonstrate ... value. Jesus says it well, “For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life?” (Matthew 16:26). Let us take this challenge seriously and learn from Jesus what we need to complete our resume for life. Our efforts will bring success ...

1162. Learning the Recipe for Love

Colossians 3:12-17

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... of faith if we do not live in harmony. Christ calls us to be one. As Jesus says in John's gospel, "That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that ... have little value. Jesus says it well, "For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life?" (Matthew 16:26). Let us take this challenge seriously and learn from Jesus what we need to complete our resume for life. Our efforts will bring success and prosperity ...

1163. Sing Praise

Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... and without him not one thing came into being" (John 1:2-3). This ancient hymn in Colossians makes the same point that all things were created in Christ Jesus, through him, and for him. Jesus was not created first, but he is "firstborn" in the sense of being in first place and reigning supreme over all of creation, over all those who have died, over everything. A second example of repetition in this hymn is the word "created," which appears once at the beginning of verse 16 and once at the end: "for in him ...

1164. Heisman In The Hudson

Isaiah 43:16-21

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... out chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched like a wick" (vv. 16-17). These are all clearly references to the exodus experience in the generation of Moses, some 500 or 600 years earlier. ... than the ordinary son of Mary and Joseph. Herod was so burdened by the guilty memory of John the Baptist that he could only imagine that Jesus was John come back to haunt him. The speculating crowds could only guess that Jesus was Elijah, Jeremiah, or ...

1165. The Joy of the Lord

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

King Duncan

... he opened his Bible and began to leaf through it. A small piece of paper fell out and fluttered to the floor. It was a letter written by John Wesley shortly before his death. Wilberforce read it again. Here is what Wesley had written to William Wilberforce: “Unless the divine power has raised you up . . . I see ... pdf. 4. Richard Layard, Happiness Lessons From A New Science (New York: Penguin Group, 2005), p. 74. 5. John M. Buchanan, http://www.fourthchurch.org/%202003/040603sermon.html. 6. Daily Bread, June ...

1166. Belonging to Christ's Flock

John 10:22-42

Sermon

King Duncan

... she never got you water, never made you meals. Even if she committed adultery, you would be compelled to just keep on loving her. No, we would never say ‘dvu.’ It just doesn’t exist.” Lee sat quietly for a while, thinking about John 3:16, and then he asked, “Could God ‘dvu’ people?” There was complete silence for three or four minutes; then tears started to trickle down the weathered faces of these elderly men. Finally they responded. “Do you know what this would mean? This would mean that ...

1167. Keys That Unlock Miracles

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... world, but it does exist. For some of us Nelson Mandela of South Africa has come to represent this kind of character. Pastor John Ortberg tells us that when Mandela was imprisoned on Robbins Island for his opposition to South Africa’s system of apartheid, he was ... Jesus undoubtedly loved him. “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective,” writes James in his epistle (5:16). There is healing in such character. So we have these two powerful elements caring and character. But there is a ...

1168. The Lord’s Prayer and The Stones-Serpents-Scorpions Story

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... is to “teach us to pray.” Specifically their request was for Jesus to teach them “as John taught his disciples.” In Luke 5:33, John’s disciples are described as fasting and praying, while Jesus’ followers are described as “eating and ... Testament manna, the bread that fed the Hebrews as they wandered in the wilderness, was to be given on a day-by-day basis (Exodus 16:9-21). Luke’s text diverges from Matthew’s “Lord’s Prayer” in its length and in its vocabulary in vs. 4. Matthew’s text ...

1169. Jesus’ Prayer: The Pause in the Battle

John 17:1-11

Sermon

David O. Bales

... shares his last meal with his students, washing their feet and teaching them from his humble example. Then in chapters 14 to 16 he continues teaching. Finally, in chapter 17 he offers his prayer in his last few minutes of peace. This break in ... but wandered away from his devotion until he drifted into despair. Then one night as he faced God he read this prayer of Jesus in John 17, and he seemed surrounded by God’s fire of love. He experienced the highest and grandest of ecstasy in God’s presence for two ...

1170. Remember the Rooster

John 18:25-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... was ever unkind enough to Simon Peter to say to him, “Remember that rooster.” You know the rooster I am talking about. In John 13 we read that Jesus was washing the feet of his disciples. This was at the event which has come to be known as ... go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you’” (Mark 16:6-7). “Go, tell his disciples and Peter . . .” It’s interesting, isn’t it, that Peter is singled out? It’s almost as if ...

1171. God Is Not Dead

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... . But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.” John Donne, the English poet and preacher, said, “If thou carest not who I love, then thou lovest not me.” Now there’s not a ... of a king, whose name was Uzziah. Uzziah was a good king who made a bad mistake. We read about it in 2 Chronicles 26:16, “But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple ...

1172. When Jesus Prays

John 17:20-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... God entrusts our care until we are able to make it on our own. Our lesson for the day comes from the Gospel of John. The setting is still Maundy Thursday. After the symbolic washing of his disciples’ feet, Jesus prays what has come to be known as his ... God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (14-16). To me that is incredible good news. When we bring our requests to God, Christ is right along side us, interceding in our behalf. ...

1173. People Who Procrastinate

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... go home, think it over, and get back to me tomorrow.” It simply doesn’t happen. We read in Matthew 4 that Jesus came to Simon and Andrew and James and John at their fishing boats beside the Sea of Galilee and said to them, “Follow me” and immediately they left their nets and followed him. In today’s lesson Jesus encounters two ... Kindle Edition). 3. Greg Carey, Professor of New Testament, Lancaster Theological Seminary, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-carey/matthew-16-on-scripture_b_934374.html.

1174. How to Deal with Demons

Matthew 12:38-50

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... matter of the expulsive power of a new affection. How do you deal with demons? You make Jesus Lord of your life. You allow Him to be the organizing center around which your life turns. John knew this when he talked about the spirits—the demons that seek to control our lives. He talked to the spirit of the anti-Christ which was powerfully present in the world. Then he ... Parables, New York, Harper & Rowe, 1963, p. 63 7. Quoted from Don Shelby’s sermon, “How to Eyeball the Devil,” February 16, 1986

1175. Nothing Is Impossible with God!

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... say things like, “Be sure to say a good word about me to the man upstairs. I’d like to get into heaven. I have been a bad boy.” Or they will say, “You seem nice, but I could never go to church. Lightning would strike.” What does John 3:16 say? Hartsfield reminds us again to look at what this verse does not say. It does not say, “God so loved the perfect people.” It does not say, “God so loved the religious people.” It says, “For God so loved the world!” Receive God’s love today. God ...

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