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Isaiah 60:1-6 · Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... he had to say. A meeting with this priest changed Maria's life and belief forever. She became a devout Christian. (1) In her book, Yesterday, Today and Forever, Ms. von Trapp gave us another tradition regarding the magi. According to this tradition ... their mission was only to Jews alone or whether it was possible for Gentiles to join the family of Christ as well. God showed Simon Peter that no one was to be excluded. Christ died for all. That is an important truth of Scripture. We all know that under the skin ...

1177. People of the Rolled Stone

John 20:1-18

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... time is right, they burst forth with the beauty of spring, they burst forth with the promise and hope of new life. (1) Today we've come to celebrate that same kind of event. Today we celebrate Easter, the resurrection of our Lord and Savior ... there. He skidded to a stop and bent down to look in. What he saw really surprised him. The tomb really WAS empty. True to character, Peter barged right on past John. He didn't even bother to bend down and look. But for John, that glance into the empty tomb was the ...

1178. The Glory of God

Romans 11:33-36, Matthew 16:13-20

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Will Willimon

... of Hastings? The purpose of my life? The nature of Christ? Wouldn't it be good always to be as adept with the answers as was Peter that day in Caesarea Philippi? His hand the first to go up, ''You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God,'' to be able to ... you to understand a mystery...all Israel will be saved.” All? Did you say, All? That can't be the way it works. Remember, 1+1=2, the saved and the damned, insiders and outsiders. Our theology is small enough to fit on a bumper sticker, “I FOUND IT.” I ...

1179. "A Friend Indeed"

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Americans report that their quality of life is not as high as it was in that era. In 1948, 4% of Americans owned dishwashers, 1% owned color TV's, there were no microwave ovens, VCR's or personal computers. Today, 50% of us own dishwashers, 97% own color ... chiefs and the government. The farm will produce yams, cassava, goats, sheep and snails. • Launch Out into the Deep, PEJAMJO, (from Peter, James, John), in the Philippines will get $29,129 for a fishing project in which members will make their own boats ...

1180. A New Command

Sermon

Lee Griess

John 13:1-17, 31b-35 In his book Life Looks Up, Charles Templeton remarks how ironic it is that the course of human history has been ... I expect. This is my desire for all people -- that my joy may be in you and your joy may be full. Love one another. What a model for successful living! When the play Peter Pan first premiered on the London stage in 1904, author Sir James Barrie began to hear complaints from parents who were upset with his play. They even got together and petitioned him to make a change ...

1181. The Three Poison Pills of Position, Prestige, and Power

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the atom. Let me suggest this: On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington. At 8:32 A.M. the explosion ripped 1,300 feet off the mountain. The blast sent 300-degree heat traveling at two hundred miles an hour. People lost their lives sixteen miles ... not the kind it had dreamed of--not a mighty ocean-going vessel--but a tiny inexpensive fishing boat. A man named Simon Peter bought the boat, and on one warm afternoon when the crowds pressed in, Jesus himself climbed aboard that small fishing boats that he ...

1182. The Spirit Has Landed

Luke 3:1-38

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Brett Blair

... the sparrows?" "Yes," the Scotsman replied, "but what does that have to do with it?" "Come in," said Saint Peter, "the Master of the sparrows wants to thank you." Here is the pertinent, though often overlooked, point: great and ... , and let me use the words of Paul, as he reminded the Colossians: “Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation” (Col 1:15). God was please to have all his fullness dwell in Christ. We all need to be reminded as we sit in earth’s great waiting room ...

1183. Did He Dance?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... asked the owner. But Rumbren just started laughing and said, "This is the room they kept me in for fourteen years." (1) No wonder Richard Rumbren was dancing. This was a place and an occasion of great significance for him. I wonder ... re not among them." Can't you hear Bartimaeus protesting, "But Master, haven't I given my all for you. I may not be the natural leader that Peter is, and I may not be able to write like John, but I'm certainly as trustworthy as Andrew or Philip or Thomas or Bartholomew. I know ...

1184. To Hell and Back

Luke 15:1-7

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Donald B. Strobe

... PHRASE IN THE CREED was seen as an attempt to answer two questions which have troubled sensitive Christians from the beginning. (1) Where was Jesus between Good Friday and Easter Sunday? and (2) What happens to those persons who died before Christ, and therefore ... , but most Christians have recoiled from the notion that God ever stops giving second chances to people. He who admonished Simon Peter not only to forgive seven times, but seventy times seven times (Matthew 18:22) can surely do no less Himself. But ...

1185. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... in Matthew he is called Thaddeus or Lebbaeus (10:3), and in Luke he is called Judas, the son of James (Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13). If the Gospels cannot agree on this man’s name, how can we ever hope to get it straight? Well, I have recently read ... 3.) The name Jacob means “the supplanter,” Israel means “One who strives with God,” David, “the beloved,” Andrew means “brave,” Peter, the “rock,” etc. And in the Book of Revelation, when John talks about those who have been redeemed, he adds that ...

1186. The Prize of the High Calling of God

Philippians 3:12-4:1

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Maxie Dunnam

... to him “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you” (Genesis 12:1). The writer of the Hebrews, when He gives us that honor roll of faithful people in chapter 11, recorded Abraham’s response: “By faith ... situation rather than risk the joy of an unpredictable one.” Then there is that pointed story in Luke 9. Jesus took Peter, James and John up on the mountain to pray. It was a marvelous experience. You remember – so intimate, so charged with ...

1187. Learning the Three Step Faith Walk

Luke 5:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... -century fish-story. The step-by-step process into faithfulness that Jesus offers these fishermen, is the same developmental exercise all persons of faith must flex their way through. The three steps to the Faith Walk are as follows: 1) TRUST ME The first step is Trust Me. Not having Simon Peter's first-hand experience of Jesus preaching in our home church, or coming over to supper at our house after services, or (by the way) healing a family member of a debilitating illness before dinner time, the trust ...

1188. Mother Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Mike Ripski

To the church we say, “Happy Birthday!” And to Mothers we say, “Happy Mother’s Day.” Usually Pentecost Sunday falls in early June. Because Easter was so early this year, so does Pentecost Sunday, observed as the birthday of the church, 50 days after Easter. Sometimes when two special days coincide, they shed light on each other to help us see what we may not have seen before. I’ve found this to be true for this Sunday. In the calendar of Jewish feast days was a day very similar to our American Thanksgiving ...

1189. On Finding Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... bird, soar like a plane, and manipulate your parents into giving you everything? Get over it! Life is not a fairy tale told by Peter Pan. There are some things I cannot do. I cannot play the piano. I will not be a country music singer. I cannot make ... mission trips, graduated from high school and went to college. She decided God wanted her to become a public school teacher in Title 1, poverty-gripped, schools. This fall she will start doing that. One of our high school seniors made a speech the other day at ...

1190. Stewardship of the Church (Series: Stewardship: Discover This Word and Love It!)

Acts 20:13-38

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J. Howard Olds

As I returned to my office last Sunday after services, I found some of these Post-it® notes on my door from our children. Some of them said: 1. Dr. Olds, what do you do on the weekends? 2. Did you dress up as a priest for Halloween? 3. Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. My name is Peter Peterson. 4. I really like your sermons, especially when they are finished. 5. My favorite was, “I’m sorry I can’t give more money, but my father won’t raise my allowance. ...

1191. Lessons from the Ordinances

Exodus 21:2-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... come.” And Jesus responded, “Come.” The exposition centered on this suggestion: There must be a procession of faithful disciples after Peter, who asks, “Lord, is it you?” and then ventures into the storms of life. That’s a perceptive insight. Even if ... he was going to personally pledge a thousand dollars a month to this housing ministry and would be responsible for raising another $1,000. You can imagine my exhilaration. Then the Lord said something to me that I hope I never forget. Now He didn’ ...

1192. An Invitation to Christian Discipleship

Matthew 4:18-22

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J. Howard Olds

... I help you?” That day, two people went home with Jesus to discover a new way of life. You can read about in John, Chapter 1. Some of you feel just about as uncomfortable in church as I do in a women’s clothing store. You are a little shaky in this ... in Jesus, And his grace I know. O deeper yet I pray, and higher every day, And wiser blessed Lord, in his precious holy word. Peter and his buddies had fished all night and had caught nothing. You can read about it in Luke, Chapter 5. Whether or not you have ...

1193. Hot Air or the Holy Spirit?

Acts 2:1-13

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J. Howard Olds

... OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS COMMUNITY. And when the day of Pentecost had come they were all together in one place (Acts 2:1). It is my deep conviction that the missing link in our society is community. Completing one another is much more important than competing with ... the background and no choir singing ‘Just as I Am, without one plea.' There was just wishy-washy, on-again, off-again Peter talking about young men seeing visions and old men dreaming dreams, and the need for all of us to repent and believe ...

1194. Preaching Peace By Jesus Christ ...

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... and decisively defeated. Rather than passing greetings of peace, shouldn't we be shouting out "O death, where is thy sting?" (1 Corinthians 15:55). Wouldn't it be more appropriate if we stood up and declared the power of the empty tomb ... to share their experiences of the holy. Most folks, regardless of their tradition, have a need to get everyone to see it their way. Peter withholds the shaking of the finger and the scowling, scolding demeanor. Instead, he says, "You all know the story, don't you? The one ...

1195. God’s Two Hands

John 16:5-16

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Leonard Sweet

... divine “Companion” or “Advocate” whose arrival is celebrated on this day. Even though the event described in Acts 2:1-21 was startlingly revolutionary, it was an event the disciples had been anxiously awaiting. Biding their time in Jerusalem, ... going’” seems to flatly contradict 13:36 and 14:5, it seems Jesus has heard the self‑absorption that lay behind both Peter and Thomas’ earlier inquiries. For the disciples, “where” Jesus was going was of far less concern than why he was leaving them ...

1196. Jesus' Temptation

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

Will Willimon

... loves you because he thinks that you are the source of his prosperity. Destroy his prosperity, and Job will curse you to your face" (Job 1). Satan, was right. A few chapters later, Job raves at God, howls, wishes he were dead. I was a good man, says Job. I played ... us? What good is a God like that? No bread, no sign, no power, no glory! God forbid! And Matthew says that Jesus turned to Peter (who is there for us) and says, "Get behind me, Satan! Can you see? We have been asking, have we not, who is this God ...

1197. The Way For Troubled Hearts

John 14:1-14

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April Yamasaki

... formed part of Jesus’ farewell speech to his disciples after their last supper together and before Jesus would be arrested, put on trial, and crucified. Jesus had just given them three pieces of disturbing news: 1) he would be leaving, and they wouldn’t be able to come with him; 2) one of them would betray him; and 3) Peter would deny him. How could any of that possibly be? The disciples had left home, family, and livelihood to follow Jesus, and he was saying they would no longer be able to follow him ...

1198. Move Life from Duty to Destiny

Luke 21:5-38

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Leonard Sweet

... Spirit in such a way that his speechless opponents were “not able to resist his wisdom.” Likewise, when John and Peter confront the opposition in Acts 4:14, those adversaries found they “had nothing to contradict.” But you can win and ... us to live a life of duty, but to live a life of destiny. We can claim our destiny because we can count on two things: 1) it will be a destiny filled with Christ’s presences, and 2) it will be a destiny fulfilled with Christ’s promises. In fact, Jesus pointed ...

1199. God's Prescription for a Healthy Christian

Jude 1:17-21

Sermon

James Merritt

... , "Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron." (1 Tim. 4:1-2) Let's remember the words of the Apostle Peter who said, "But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves ...

1200. Immersed

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... take on the new. For He is the Gate. He is the Door. He is the Way. He IS Shaddai. *Photo of mezuzah from bible-history.c [1] See www.aish.com. [2] See Psalm 121:8: Shaddai as the Guardian of the Gates of Israel (Kol Bo 90, 101:4). “The Shaddai of the ... Messenger of the Covenant is Coming (Malachi 3) Jesus’ Baptism and the Sign of the Messiah (Mark 1:1-11; John 1:1-34) The Story of God’s Vision to Cornelius, Peter’s Vision of the Net, and the Holy Spirit’s Blessing of the Gentiles (Acts 10) Image ...

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