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1201. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

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Timothy W. Ayers

... to insert a personal loss here.) I know and you know it. Try to imagine the pain of Mary, Jesus’ mother; Peter, his disciple; John, a faithful follower; or even Mary Magdalene, a wretched soul saved by his loving spirit. Can you feel their horror as the hammer ... plucked off the hair; I did not hide my face from shame and spitting?” Or could the words of David in Psalm 22:16, “Dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers have encircled me; they have pierced my hands and my feet…” have come to their ...

1202. Meeting Jesus

John 3:1-17

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... my job, and move in with you and your followers to await the end of the world then it doesn’t come on July 15, on July 16 I will probably have found a reason that I can still believe in you and actually start trying to recruit other people to our little cult.1 ... the man who can do them the most harm, even Pilate, himself. This is the invitation, the challenge and the promise that John brings to us in this story. Behold, the light of the world who casts out darkness, who answers our questions and embraces ...

1203. It Helps If You Laugh

John 15:9-17

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... NO! Mom made me get up and help around the house or go and help my Dad out at the farm. The real cruelty came when I turned 16. Mom forced me to get a job. I had to go to work because Mom made me pay for my own car, the auto insurance, the gas, ... God's Holy Spirit will help you through those trying times. God will fill you with joy. And that's the Good News. We're never alone. In John 15:4 Jesus said, "Abide in me as I abide in you." And in Matthew 28:20 Jesus said, "And remember, I am with you always, to the ...

1204. Public Sex

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Sunday, in public, in church, on Parents' Weekend? Well, the Bible talks about it, Jesus talks about it, in today's gospel (Mark 10:2- 16). Early on, right at the first of creation, first book of the Bible, Genesis, there is talk of sex. In fact, no sooner has ... , How to be faithful disciples. Look at the Service of Marriage in most churches. Note that the pastor or priest never asks, ''John, Susan, have you had sex?'' Not one time have I ever asked a couple at the wedding, ''Are you virgins?'' At weddings, ...

1205. Do You See Lazarus On Your Doorstep?

Luke 16:19-31

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Richard Hasler

... their own inclinations to equivocate. They too had Moses and the prophets; they even had the witness of the greatest of them all, John the Baptist; they had the testimony of Jesus’ preaching of the good news of the restored rule of God; they had the ... has become a sign of God’s swift and certain judgment. But is that the last we hear of Sodom and Gomorrah? In Ezekiel 16:53 we read: ”I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters… Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state.” ...

1206. Seeing Is Believing

Isaiah 9:2 · John 1:14-18

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Will Willimon

... grace...No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. --John 1:14-18 Sometimes we get confused into thinking that Christianity is a spiritual religion, as if our faith is mostly a ... seen food as a gift of God. Thus the Jews gave thanks before meals. Israel's God is the God who gave food in the wilderness (Exod. 16) and water from the rock (Exod. 17) so that the chosen people might not perish. The ravens bring Elijah food so that God's fearless prophet was ...

1207. Glimpses of Eternity

Luke 9:28-36

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Will Willimon

... day when God and Israel would be joined by the people of all nations to tabernacle again in the wilderness (Zech. 14:16-19)? Peter, in seeing Moses and Elijah come back from the dead, naturally assumed that this hoped-for day of joy had arrived ... to Sunday lunch in the cafeteria, different, because for one shining moment, you have seen. "Well, that was all wonderful," Peter, James, and John must have thought to themselves on Monday morning as they got back to business at hand in the valley. But what good does ...

1208. Ready!

Mark 13:24-37

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David E. Leininger

... church that one of the best ways to share the gospel is by the way we live. Most importantly, we learn, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). You scholars know the name Karl Barth, probably the best-known theologian of the last century. Dr. Barth was asked near the end of his remarkable career to state the most significant truth he had come across in his lifetime of study. After a moment ...

1209. Gathered Around Jesus

Mark 6:30-34; 53-56

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David Coffin

... not to tell anybody what had just occurred. Jesus even did this during the Transfiguration event when Peter, James, and John saw Jesus’ appearance change into dazzling white. They were not to tell anybody about this event, until “the Son of Man ... had done before. The people marched out of the town singing “Onward Christian Soldiers.” As this might relate to Mark’s gospel in Mark 16:6-7, the man in the empty tomb told the women to tell the disciples to meet Jesus at Galilee. New ministry could begin ...

1210. The Ominous Invitation

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... up for?” “Are you prepared to take the risks?” Now here’s the kicker. In 2023 alone, African Safari Tourism netted 16.9 billion dollars! In fact, Safari travel increased in the last year 111%![2] Even knowing the risks, our spirit of adventure ... part-naive, part-adventurous spirit in Jesus’ disciples James and John in our scripture for today. The sons of Zebedee the successful and entrepreneurial fishing mogul of Capernaum’s docks, James and John are up for the adventure. They’ve been along for ...

1211. Holy Wisdom From On High!

Proverbs 8:1-36

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Barbara Brokhoff

... functions. With its 206 bones, 639 muscles, 4 million pain sensors in the skin, 750 million air sacs in the lungs, 16 million nerve cells and 30 trillion cells in total, the human body is remarkably designed for life. And the brain! The ... keenness and astuteness that we can never claim as our own. It is rather that wonderful, divine Wisdom from him which quickens the believer. John and I were invited to preach for a week on the campus at the Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. While there, we were asked ...

1212. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?

Isaiah 25:1-12

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Zan W. Holmes

... , denomination, nation, culture, and neighborhood, which exclude others from our understanding of who "everybody" is. We are reminded that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Our text is one of the selected readings for the celebration of All Saints. It inspires us to remember and thank God for "all saints" who have given their lives that all of God's people might be invited to a banquet that will ...

1213. Cheers For The Healed

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... the temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? ... His temple is holy -- and that is exactly what you are!" (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). Let's hear it for us all, for us who have heard, who hear the word of the Lord. The man once deaf was also ... , 25). We might well wonder what this man did after he could hear and speak. People might have thought of all this after Peter and John healed a man who had been lame from his birth. Peter took him by the hand and raised him up. "Jumping up, he stood and began ...

1214. Love And Resurrection

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... was a day deemed so important that the first Christians stopped worshiping on the traditional Jewish Sabbath, Saturday, and began worshiping each week on the day which brought Christ to life -- Sunday. John 20 tells us that Mary Magdalene was encountered by the living Christ near the tomb. So great was her relief at seeing him, so great was her love, that she tried to ... , pointing forward to a living contemporary of ours, a friend who stands close by and whispers, "No matter what you do, I love you." 16"

1215. When God Steps Out Of Shadows

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

William L. Self

... and lame, as well as strong (v. 8). This sounds like an early word that Jesus later echoed, "I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18). God will gather; Jesus will build his church. Then why do we fret about his church, his people? He is ultimately in control. ... He provides leadership for every church, and each leader has the leadership gifts appropriate to the need of the group. John Clendenan, retired CEO of BellSouth, relates a story from the Galapagos Islands. As you may know, the Galapagos Islands are ...

1216. Decisions, Decisions

Acts 1:12-26

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Paul W. Kummer

... Who would be chosen as the replacement for Judas? Who would be put on the stained glass windows alongside Peter, James, and John? Who would probably be martyred for the sake of the gospel? No, most importantly, who would "become a witness with us of ... him. "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7). 3. God's will is always to be a witness. God's will is always what the apostles prayed for in verse 22: "Which one of ...

1217. Let's Live

Isaiah 1:1-31

Sermon

Richard L. Sheffield

... it done, do we? Living as God says to live? God says: "... Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow" (Isaiah 1:16-17). (If you don't) "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?" (Isaiah 1:11). Don't just pray about it, do something about it. Do what you pray and do not pray ... . Frederick Buechner. Listening To Your Life (San Francisco: Harper, 1992) p. 56. 5. The Book of Common Worship (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993) p. 21.

1218. Week Of Ash Wednesday

Sermon

Richard Gribble

Ash WednesdayJoel 2:12-182 Corinthians 5:20--6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Spring Training As all those who follow baseball know, this is the time of spring training. Although in ... the dawn. All of these acts as well describe the ministry of welcome to those whom society has forgotten. Jesus also speaks of welcome in today's Gospel. The disciples of John the Baptist want to know why Jesus' apostles do not fast. Jesus, simply put, says that as long as he, the groom, is with them the apostles cannot fast. No, they ...

1219. The Essence of Spirituality

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... not do the job. Any heavy object will pull the nail out of the soft board. Underneath the wall, however, are 2x4's, spaced about 16 inches on center. You cannot see them, but they are there and they hold up the wall, indeed they hold up the house. When you ... it is the essence of spirituality. 1. Walter Brueggemann, Genesis, in Interpretation: A Bible Study For Teaching And Preaching, (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982), p. 2. Kansas City Star, Focus section, February 22, 1994, p. 1. 3. Rabbi Michael Zedek, "The ...

1220. The King Of Hearts

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... lays down his life for the sheep ... I know my own and my own know me ... I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd" (John 10:11, 14b, 16). For the church, today is Christ the King Sunday -- the last day of the liturgical year. Next week we shall enter the season of Advent, and in effect, start the sacred journey all over again. But inasmuch as this is the final Sunday of the Christian calendar ...

1221. A Faith I Could No Longer Count On

Psalm 73:1-7, 13-18

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Robert G. McCreight

... . People: I praise God because he did not reject my prayer, or keep back his constant love from me. (Psalm 66:1-4, 16-20) Call to Confession If anyone sins we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf -- Jesus Christ, the righteous one. And Christ ... himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven; and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone (1 John 2:1-2). Let us confess our sins before God and one another. Prayer of Confession (Unison) Merciful God, we confess that we ...

1222. Stop Being Afraid

Matthew 10:1-42

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Marc Kolden

... it must be understood in light of Peter's bitter weeping when he realizes what he has done and the subsequent word of the angel at the tomb to be sure to include Peter in the news that Jesus is risen (Mark 16:7) and the marvelous account of Jesus' threefold restoration of Peter (John 21:15-19) after the resurrection. Today that same crucified and risen Lord is in our midst, allowing us to stop being afraid because of the powerful love of God on which the promise is based: "Even the hairs of your head ...

1223. The Promise Of Belief

Genesis 15:1-18

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Rodney Thomas Smothe

... s promise was again seen in the victory over the four eastern kings that were defeated by Abram's small but victorious army (14:1-16). After all of that we would think that Abram would have total confidence in God's promise. No, Abram's response: "But God, I ... me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father" (John 14:12). This covenantal nature of God through faith that begins with Abraham continues today with the covenantal nature of God through ...

1224. For I Have Chosen You!

Haggai 2:20-23

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... of the brightest of angels in the dim and distant past. And Jesus himself said, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven" (Luke 10:19). This was in the middle of his ministry. Yet John quotes Jesus, not long before the crucifixion, as saying, "Now is the judgment of the world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out...." That's towards the end of the ministry ... , the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- Ezra 6:14-16

1225. What A Friend He Had In Judas

Matthew 26:47-56

Sermon

Thomas Long

... in polite company. For less obvious reasons, the word friend is also a verbal slap in the Gospel of Matthew. In the Gospel of John, friend is a good word. "What a friend we have in Jesus." Not in Matthew. When someone calls somebody else "friend" in Matthew, ... has a kind of "Okay, Buster, back off" flavor. For example, in the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), when the workers who have worked all day long begin to grumble about their wages, a provoked vineyard owner looks one of them ...

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