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1151. Will The Real Messiah Please Stand Up?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

William L. Self

... when major league athletics are introduced. Or try calling into judgment our obsession with the football team at any state university. II. Marks of the real messiah. Out of the confusion over these false messiahs, we must ask the question, "Will the real messiah ... and ill-regulated deeds, settling down into an ill-regulated life. It is like Paul describes them in 2 Timothy 3:6: "...with sin, led captive with diverse lust." There are many people who have been enslaved by strange forces in strange situations. ...

1152. A New Name

Genesis 17:1-27

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... change also put a call on Abram's life: to be "very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you" (v. 6). The entire Jewish nation has come from Abraham; the King of kings came from the ancestry of this man and all the Church too! What ... sheep thief. One brother subsequently left the village and spent his remaining years wandering from place to place indelibly marked by disgrace. The other remained in the village, made restitution for the stolen sheep, and became a caring friend ...

1153. How Costly Grace? Or Does Spelling Count?

Micah 6:1-8

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... he was. When in talking about the end of the world, he said, "Only the Father knows such timetables" (Matthew 27:36; Mark 13:32). Justice and kindness and humilty before God. The reality in our day which those of us in the church need to ... what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?(Micah 6:8) Through Jesus Christ this message has been underlined and finalized. There is nothing you have to do to earn God's love. No sacrifice, no ...

1154. The Holy Spirit As The Dove Of Peace

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... far different from all that I have been hearing for the past several months. The life of Jesus and his teachings throw a mighty question mark against the warlike ways of men and women. If we don't know what to do with them, we cannot easily forget them. During this ... agree that our fundamental problems are moral problems, that need moral answers? 5. What is the relationship between morality and peace? 6. What are the possibilities for peace? What role does the Holy Spirit seek to play in world peace? 7. What ...

1155. Second Sight

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

David Belgum

... people who were with me did not see the vision, though a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled and hid themselves. -- Daniel 10:6-7 And the messenger in the vision explained that he had come "to help you understand what is to happen to your people at the end ... generous and caring, from laziness to eager ambition. It may even have struck closer to home, in yourself, and you could mark the time and place of your transfiguration. You have shared the experience with others in all humility, passing it on as ...

1156. Baptism In Three Movements

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... , even when we are fairly comfortable and satisfied with our old lives. Paul said we emerge from baptism to walk "in newness of life" (Romans 6:4). There are two ways to make something new. We can start with nothing and make something new, or we can start with what we ... the Spirit involves. Humility, gentleness, and patience won't get much coverage on the evening news, but those are marks of the Christian life. Yet, who among us has mastered those things in our relationships with our sisters and brothers ...

1157. Why Not Walk On What Jesus Walked On When He Walked On Water

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

I wish Matthew, Mark and John had consulted me before they wrote their gospels. If they had only sent me their rough drafts, I could have put ... miracle, and to become the ruler of the world? Well, Jesus had just created bread. He had performed a spectacular miracle and John's gospel tells us that the crowd wanted to make him king (John 6:15). Jesus went up to the mountain to hang on to his soul. To let go of the temptations to bask in the adulation and the power that the miracle he just performed could give ...

1158. The Rock Of Faith

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Roger G. Talbott

... trying to get schools to teach something called Creation Science which insists that the world is no more than 6,000 years old and if rocks and fossils say otherwise, the rocks and fossils are lying. These folks think ... doesn't identify with Peter. The rock on which Jesus founded the church was not a piece of polished marble. It was a big, stubborn, pock-marked piece of rock covered with moss. It may even have been the kind of rock that geologists call "conglomerate," which means that it is made up ...

1159. I Am The Door

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... not until later in life -- through suffering -- did John appropriate the power of his baptism to "come in and go out" through Christ, the door. A man named Legion (Mark 5:1-20) approached Jesus one day and discovered that his inner, divided nature could be healed by this man who claimed to be the door to life. How ... house? 4. How is Jesus like a door? 5. In what ways is your life abundant? 6. In what ways is it less than abundant? 7. If you knew you had only a limited time to live, how would you spend it?

1160. Liberating Truth

John 8:31-41

Sermon

William G. Carter

... Protestant Reformation. Much of the Reformation began as an educational movement. The early sixteenth century was the high water mark of the Renaissance. People began thinking for themselves. The printing press made the Bible available to people on a ... an overarching scheme, or the hidden structure behind all reality. The truth is a person named Jesus. He himself says, "I am the truth" (John 14:6). He is not only the way and the life; he is the truth. We do not have to go looking for him, because he has ...

1161. The Pure In Heart

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

John A. Terry

... serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other" (Matthew 6:24). "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it ... in heart have integrated the mind, emotion, and body to focus on a single goal. As the word "sin" literally means to miss the mark, the pure in heart are those whose aim is true. To become pure in heart requires us to focus on seeing God in our ...

1162. The Persecuted

John 15:18-27

Sermon

John A. Terry

... of that goal, Jesus said, "Woe to you, when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets" (Luke 6:26). And so Jesus made the peculiar observation that being harassed for the sake of your faith is a sign of God's favor. People are ... for its own sake is not a virtue. There were times when Jesus was physically threatened but left to avoid being injured (Mark 8:27). When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane knowing he faced the cross, he asked to be delivered from ...

1163. A Solitary Witness

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... so must we too, who believe in the eternal kingdom, risk everything in order to receive a great reward there." He wrote: "The surest mark [of the follower of Jesus] is found in deeds showing love of neighbor. To do to one's neighbor what one would desire for ... later, "I can say with certainty that this simple man is the only saint I have ever met in my lifetime." On June 6, 1943, Franz Jagerstatter was found guilty of "undermining the military power" and sentenced to death. New attempts were made to save his ...

1164. A Scholar · Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... to his hearers where he found them -- by the seashore, (Matthew 13:1-2) on a mountainside, (Matthew 5:1) in a field, (Luke 6:17) on a street corner (Matthew 13:26) -- even in the crowded courts of the temple. (Matthew 26:55) Consequently, as Nicodemus went ... had continued to grow. In fact, there was common talk that he was the King the Jews had been so long anticipating. (Mark 15:12) The very idea was freighted with emotion and might all too easily launch a messianic movement spawning an insurrection. Let ...

1165. A Lady With A Listening Ear · Mary Of Bethany

Luke 10:38-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... with him. Granted, there were always the Twelve to whom she might expect the Master to turn when he felt the need to talk. But they were so involved in what was happening that they frequently lost sight of the forest for the trees. (Mark 9:30-32; Luke 18:31-34; John 10:6) Mary, on the other hand, had no such difficulty. For she had long since developed a sensitivity to the needs of others, like Walt Whitman attesting centuries later: I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded ...

1166. The TV Revolution

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... word or immobile art. Visual meanings, expressed in movement, may now be sent from mind to mind through the eyes.6 This has vastly expanded the possibilities of communication. From the old oral stage of communication, followed by the print stage ... themselves in front of a glowing screen typing more words a minute than Aristophanes and Sophocles, or even Charles Dickens and Mark Twain a century ago, could ever have imagined possible. For centuries sermons have been carefully written essays of sound theology and ...

1167. Delivery

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... me is to read out loud several times, looking at the manuscript less and less. I usually take the manuscript into the pulpit. (3) Mark your manuscript with underlining or yellow marker. The important words will stand out when you look down. (4) Write down key words in ... written one under the other. Each new section of the sermon begins on the left, easily spotted in a short glance. (6) Some pastors find it helpful actually to practice in the pulpit. Whatever works to free yourself from the manuscript, do it. ...

1168. Even God Called Time Out

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

James Weekley

... around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out, and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him. Mark 2:23--3:6 (RSV) Like a devouring machine, our society is fed by laws and regulations. We make laws out of laws and choke on them. We love to put them on the books but are slower in removing them. Here are some ancient regulations which are still ...

1169. Trumpets on the Other Side

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... to each person. Shakespeare was right when he wrote: Golden lads and girls all must,As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.6 Many people face death with some misgivings, as they face any new experience. Some do not want the subject mentioned. However, ... ’s Progress: My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage and my courage and skill to him that can get it. My marks and my scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his battles who now will be my rewarder. When the death ...

1170. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. John 6:24-35 (RSV) Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in ... poorest life among us an awareness of a great satisfaction. To those who come to him, he gives new moral and spiritual standing (Mark Rutherford spelled out another Beatitude: "Blessed are they who give us back our self-respect"); a new start when the old lifestyle led ...

1171. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... responded, "Why does this evil generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation (Mark 8:12).19 It remains a pivotal issue for our generation. Why do Christians need signs? Isn't Jesus' life and death ... am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:6-7, NIV). Jesus was talking about the danger of hanging around too long or sending messages too often. My friend Tom Downing21 conjectured what probably would ...

1172. Trial-and-Error or Grace

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... , light; and where there is sadness, joy. I have learned that we do not sow love, pardon, faith, hope, light or joy in a vacuum, as a head-trip or heart-trip. We sow them in everyday relationships marked by fairness and justice. Only then can the happiness take its place dependably in our daily lives. 6. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my ...

1173. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... . 3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord. 4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it Holy. 5. Honor your father and mother. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not give false testimony. 10. You shall not ... faith in her ability to pay and the jeweler had faith that she would keep her word. Faith was at work. The gospel writer Mark records the event where there was a woman who was poor and widowed. This woman was at worship and at the time of the ...

1174. A Lesson From Prayers Overheard

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... assign negative intent to the Pharisee's prayer. Jesus neither claims it nor implies it. Nor should we. In Exodus 19:6, the people of Israel are called upon to be a nation of priests. Though laymen, the Pharisees took upon themselves this ... return to over and again - the mercy of God. Hundreds of years before Christ the Psalmist understood:"If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord who could stand? But there is forgiveness with thee." Jesus understood, too. And he would tell stories about that mercy ...

1175. Walking On the Knees

2 Samuel 7:18-29

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... consist: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) Justice, kindness, and humility were a part of David's character. He had done great things for God and for his people. ... relationship between a believer and God. This is to walk on one's knees, not only at prayer time, but all the time. It illustrates the mark of true religion. In a proper relationship with God, it is not what we do for him that matters, but what he has done for us ...

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