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Joel 2:28-32, Joel 2:18-27

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... we need? This very passage makes us think of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was first poured out on the Church. In fact in Peter’s sermon on that occasion he even quoted these verses from our First Lesson from Joel (Acts 2:16-21). For the earliest Christians ... this association of the outpouring of the Spirit with the End was related both to Jesus’ preaching that the End was upon us (Mark 1:15) and to the book of Joel’s identification of the two. So what? What does the End Times have to do with us, ...

1202. Bad News from a Good Man!

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... ’t as wonderful as expected. The secret of a happy life is not to get what you want but to live with what you’ve got.” 1 That’s the truth! Too many of us spend our lives centered on what we don’t have instead of thanking God for having blessed us so ... his word. “Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish” (2 Peter 3:14). You ask, “How can I be found at peace with no spot and no blemish when I am a sinner?” The answer ...

1203. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

John 1:1-5, 9-14; John 13:31-32; John 20:30-31

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... heroes eventually emulate in some form or fashion. But, as the title suggests, I believe Jesus Is More Than A SuperHero. John 1:1-5, 9-14 (NRSV) [1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the ... to walk. How else could he give hearing to the deaf and cure leprosy. How else could he raise the dead. High on a mountaintop, Peter, James and John heard the truth right from the mouth of God. With Moses and Elijah pointing all of humanity to Jesus, God spoke ...

1204. The Time Is Now!

Luke 24:50-53

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

Unlike John or Peter, the gospel writer Luke was a cool-headed intellect. Luke was a physician. As a physician, he was trained to keep his ... to earth. So "why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). That question asked by the ascension angels still has merit. The Bible says that when we least expect him, the ascended Christ is coming again. If he came today, what would you want him to ...

1205. Saints Alive!

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... not yet appear that we shall be, but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2). What We Shall Be It was Easter morning. The nave of Saint Luke would be filled to overflowing every hour from 8 a.m ... to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem. All the world would be the new jury and the "witnesses would tell the story over and again." So Peter preaches in the book of the Acts of the Apostles: But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to ...

1206. Decoding the Da Vinci Code (Part One - Exploring the Fiction)

1 Timothy 1:4

Sermon

James Merritt

... have come in for The Da Vinci Code: a $231.8 million worldwide opening, making it the 2nd biggest ever $154.7 mil international, $77.1 mil domestic. I am sure there may be some of you who would be asking the question, "Why is the pastor burning two Sundays to ... an unusual cold snap 2000 years ago that froze the Sea of Galilee (by the way, that doesn't explain the question of how Peter almost sank through the ice!) If you have been listening to the news, just recently, there was a story on the "Gospel of ...

1207. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. Acts 8:36 – 38 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. "Can anyone forbid water that these should ... in the Bible that saves is the Blood of Jesus Christ. "...the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." I John 1:7 A person is never baptized in order to be saved. A person is baptized because they have been saved and they want to show ...

1208. Choosing a God

1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... in 1 Kings 17 ... follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him" (1 Kings 18:21). Short and to the point. The ... the real God! Fair enough?" — 1 Kings 18:22-24 cf The ... just wait over here until it is my turn" (1 Kings 18:25 cf). And so it began. Quite ... everything because you let out a little whimper. Heh!" — 1 Kings 18:27 cf Then the people began to chuckle ... people will know that you, O Lord, are God...." — 1 Kings18:36-37 There was a moment of dramatic ... God!" (1 Kings 18:39). Elijah had told them to choose ...

1209. Little Ones

Luke 18:15-17, Matthew 19:13-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Psalm 8: Through the Praise of Children and Infants Proverbs 3: A Lesson to Children Matthew’s Witness to Jesus Honoring Children (18:1-14) Mark’s Witness to Jesus Honoring Children (9:33-37) Mark’s Witness to Jesus Blessing of Children (10:13-16) ... protect them, keep predators from them, feed them, and guard them (as the angels guard children and as he later will entreat Peter…to feed his flock). Jesus it teaching his disciples what role they need to have in God’s kingdom (his kingdom). Hint: it ...

1210. Scroll Bread and Honey

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... be blessed. *See Lawrence Elliott, The Long Hunter: A New Life of Daniel Boone [1976], 203). Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Mark 1:1-8 Minor Text Those Who Walked with God in the First Covenant (Genesis 5) God’s Plague of Locusts Upon the Egyptians (Exodus 10) ... the Baptist (Luke 1) John the Baptist’s Prophecy and His Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3; Mark 1:1-11; Luke 3; John 1:1-34) Peter’s Sermon and the Prophecy of Joel (Acts 2:14-41) The Punishment of Locusts (Revelation 9:1-11) The Consuming ...

1211. The View from Cloud Nine

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and conditions.Fog and clouds are made of the same water-logged atmospheric “stuff.”Clouds are simply elevated fog![1] But whether fog or clouds, the manifestation of this state of weather taps into our metaphorical imagination, infusing us ... be descriptive, but the experience we have is real. In our scripture for today, we see this very kind of experience happening to Peter, John, and James on a mountaintop with Jesus. And this was no ordinary cloud cover but a cloud of divine presence that descended ...

1212. The Christian Journey IV: The Pool

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... who were nourished in the wilderness had no more manna to eat than the Israelites who whined for cucumbers and onions. As Paul put it in 1 Corinthians 10:13: "No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tested ... to the Bible. While the book has gotten a lot of attention and praise, the reviewer for The New Republic (Peter Berkowitz of Harvard University) accused Dr. Schwartz of "a recklessly one-dimensional reading of the Bible." In my opinion he ...

1213. The Glorious Company

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... raise the same prayer of intercession as he was stoned to death. Virtually all of the apostles would die as martyrs, and Peter, pleading that he was not worthy to die in the same manner as his Lord, was crucified upside down. From the ... . It is always a blessing to stand with someone for something. Let that someone be God and that something be the kingdom! It is written in Psalm 1: Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked,Or take the path that sinners trod,Or sit in the seat of the scoffers: ...

1214. The Time of Our Visitation

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... of others who have been likewise unaware. John’s Gospel tells us that Jesus came into our world and "the world knew him not" (John 1:10). He came to Bethlehem and angels sang, and a few people heard and saw - but most never knew he was there. He came to ... crucified him. They were huddled in a secret place, and the doors were shut. But there was a rumor amongst them, a glimmer of hope: Peter and John had been to the tomb, and had discovered that the body of Jesus was not there. Two women of their number had ...

1215. When the Pressure Is On

John 6:1-14

Sermon

James Merritt

... was running his fingers over his calculator, Andrew went off looking for food. Here's what he finds: "One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, ‘There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they ... they only had enough to drink and wash a few dishes it would take 11 million gallons everyday, and a freight train with tank cars 1,800 miles long just to bring the water! Then another thing! They had to get across the Red Sea at night. Now if they went ...

1216. Dusting Off Our Gratitude

Joel 2:21-27

Sermon

Mary S. Lautensleger

... wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness" (Joel 1:18, 20). Instead of celebration and revelry at this year's harvest time, there will be weeping and wailing and gnashing ... at Pentecost, this event will signify that a new age in God's kingdom is being ushered in. Joel's prophecy is fulfilled. Peter preaches to the believers gathered in Jerusalem at Pentecost that Joel's prophecy has been fulfilled. Following in the footsteps of Joel, ...

1217. Our Common Life in Christ

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you, but you must humbly reckon others better than yourselves. Look to each other’s interests and not merely to your own.” (Phil. 2:1—4 NEB). Paul is always concerned about the church. It is one of the central themes of all his epistles. In the first chapter ... wild horse of the flesh may take a sudden turn or make a dramatic buck, sending us sprawling to the ground. Or, like Peter, we may be betrayed by over-confidence and end up denying Christ. Confusion plagues us is not always easy to decide what is ...

1218. What Happens When You Are Not Number One?

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Jesus had made them part of his inner circle, the chosen three. You remember that he had taken James and John, along with Peter, with him, up on the mountain of transfiguration. He would also take them into the Garden of Gethsemane and asked them to ... . We belong to Him. But we don’t remember it. So we must press the issue of James and John’s distorted notion of being #1. II Let’s nail down the fact that there is nothing wrong with ambition; it is blind ambition that ruins our lives. There’s nothing ...

1219. Earth, Wind and Fire

Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27, 16:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , saying to one another, "What does this mean?" [13] But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine." [14] But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be ... and in other places as well. From the very beginning, the Spirit of God has been described as a wind. In Genesis 1:1-2 (NRSV) we read: [1-2] "In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the ...

1220. The Inconcealable Christ!

Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God" (Luke 1:35). The "how" of Christ's conception is a mystery to the greatest minds in medicine and theology even today, but the "who" was told before ... Jesus. People notice the newness he brings to our changed lives. Even the Sanhedrin noticed. When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had ...

1221. When There’s Nothing Left To Do But Mourn

Jeremiah 8:18—9:1

Sermon

Chrysanne Timm

... then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. — Jeremiah 7:1-7 And now, for the first time, the prophet Jeremiah acknowledges that there is nothing left for him to do but mourn. Although his ... then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again. Refrain If you can't preach like Peter, if you can't pray like Paul, just tell the love of Jesus, and say He died for all. Refrain[1] The true balm of Gilead that would deliver Judah and all God's people flows ...

1222. A Prayer for Persecuted Christians Everywhere

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... government sponsored chat-room. Acceptance starts at the table of the Last Supper — where Jesus looked out and saw a Judas, and a Peter, and ten other frail and fragile followers, and yet proclaimed to God in prayer that “those whom you gave me from the world ... persecuted Christians everywhere: Sovereign God, we worship you and acknowledge that you know all of those who suffer in your name (1). We remember those who are imprisoned for their faith (2) and ask that they would join with the Apostle Paul ...

1223. The Raising of Paul

Acts 14:8-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... doubt or in error, they could ask that God heal, and their prayers would be answered! Paul, Timothy, Barnabas, Peter, many others –they believed, they prayed, and there WERE miracles accomplished all the time and everywhere! Let’s ... Messiah Daniel’s Vision of the Sovereignty of Man (7) Ezekiel’s Vision of God’s Coming Judgment and Sovereignty (1-3) Jesus’ Healing of a Paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26) Jesus’ Healing of a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5) The Healing ...

1224. From The Redemption Of A King To A King Of Redemption

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... of biblical saints that had been placed in great niches along the high walls of the cathedral. Included among them were Moses, David, and Peter. Suddenly he remembered that each one of them was also a person who had sinned and made mistakes in life. But by the ... been redeemed and were now counted among the saints in the Bible. To be sure on Christ the King Sunday, our text (2 Samuel 23:1-7) deals with the last words of a king who was redeemed by the grace of God. We remember the occasion of his most notable ...

1225. Death Of A Dream - Birth Of A Church

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... expectancy. If one thought they ought to be "doing" something, one might well ask, "Don't you have any place else to go?" "Peter, couldn't you at least go back to fishing for awhile?" "Matthew, couldn't you return to collecting taxes?" Or, "Have you thought ... way. The mighty breath of God (the Hebrew word for breath is ruach) was moving among them. Breath is life! We breathe 18 times a minute, 1,080 times an hour, 25,000 times a day. At age 40 you will have had 365 million breaths, each a gift from God, the ...

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