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1201. Chapter I

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... would be lived between God and his people was to be determined by how much each meant to the other. Their relationship was to bear the marks of the love each had for the partner to whom they were bound. If God was loved enough to be central in their lives, his people ... , "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your mind (See Deuteronomy 6:4-5). This is the great and first Commandment. And a second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (See ...

1202. Chapter II

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Frank H. Seilhamer

... and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments." Exodus 20:2-6 Last summer I was invited to lecture to a group of faculty members at one of our large Southern state universities. The subject I was to ... two objects. They are relational in their root meanings. Chatah, for instance, has the basic meaning of "to miss the mark." It can describe an arrow that is shot at a target and flies past its intended goal. The target remains ...

1203. Marriage is Forever

Matthew 5:31-32, Matthew 19:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... . Note the double standard of the First Century. The man was not held to that same strict standard. In the Mark and Luke versions of Jesus' statement, not even unchastity is given as an exception. All divorce is condemned. That complete ... noted that God made them male and female, indicating by the way that same-sex marriages have no place in God's plan. In verses 5 and 6, we note that it was God's intention that husband and wife become one flesh. One flesh means much more than the merging of two bodies. It ...

1204. Song of a Poet Laureate

Psalm 2:1-12

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... of assuming his reign, the nations of the Gentile world are eager to take advantage of the fluid situation marking the changeover. Threatening as these conspiracies against Israel may be, however, they are fatally flawed. For in plotting the ... long since chosen him as his instrument for fulfilling the divine intent here. I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill. (Psalm 2:6) All that remains is for the king to accept the universal sovereignty the Eternal is pledging him. Ask of me, and I will make the nations ...

1205. The More Excellent Way

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Robert Allen

The 1988 Winter Olympics were marked by controversy for the U.S. team. The controversy centered around the fact that we had not won as many medals ... photographer for the school yearbook and he needed to take a couple of pictures at a basketball game. While he went into the gym to take his pictures, I sat in the car listening to the 6:00 news on the radio. As I was sitting in the car, I noticed an old woman with two children. One of the children was carrying an empty grocery sack and I watched as they walked ...

1206. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the Hymns of the church. If you will look again at the passage we just read you will notice in most of your Bibles that verses 6 through 11 are indented. The typeset is different than the rest of the letter of Philippians because it is a song. What we have here ... that love is tender. III Finally we learned that love is self-emptying. That is perhaps the most dramatic and most distinctive mark of love. That it empties itself on behalf of another. Paul uses this image by saying that God poured himself out in ...

1207. What Makes People Great?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... grow in his grace until his task within you is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns" (Philippians 1:6, LB). There are four qualities to this divinely inspired greatness: humility, helpfulness, hopefulness, heroism. I First, a person is made great ... When Jesus spoke about greatness, he said, "If one of you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the rest" (Mark 10:43, TEV). Far from being an other-worldly platitude removed from our daily lives, our Lord’s words underline a principle of ...

1208. Waiting

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) says his birth in Bethlehem is found in Micah 5:2 · Matthew (2:15) points the family’s flight to Egypt in Hosea 11:1 · Mark (1:2) finds the ministry of John the Baptist in Malachi 3:1 · Luke (18:32) recognizes the suffering messiah in Isaiah 53:3ff. · John ... ascension into heaven are all over the Old Testament, in Isaiah 53:7, Deuteronomy 21:33, Psalm 18, 2 Samuel 7:12-13. Hosea 6:2. There are dozen’s more in the Gospels. The other books of the New Testament, the books we call the Epistles quote the ...

1209. On His Way

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Larry Powell

... as a flint. If Isaiah had in mind a servant who would follow a determined course as perfectly as an arrow seeking its mark, he had indeed captured the spirit of Christ. At any rate, the upshot of the phrase bespeaks of resolve and singleness of purpose. Let ... , "Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me" (1 Kings 13:6). The prophet did as he had been requested and the king’s hand was restored. Desiring to reward the prophet, Jeroboam invited the prophet ...

1210. Do Children Like You?

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Richard Patt

... : "Above all be concerned with the Kingdom of God ... and he will provide you with all these other things" (Matthew 6:33). II By putting loving human relationships above everything else, Jesus was inviting not only to adults, but especially to ... got things on our mind. But when don’t we have things on our mind - something that distracts us, something causing question marks, something we’re thinking about? The height of our love in such times will be to realize that others are "going through things ...

1211. Cultural Revolution or Spiritual Problem?

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... over again. He even did that to the king. John does not sound very attractive; and yet the scriptures say about him, "There was a man sent from God, and his name was John ..." (John 1:6). While John may not sound very attractive by description, nevertheless there was something about him that attracted people to him. Mark tells us that all of Judea and all the people in Jerusalem came out to see him. Multitudes of people were attracted to him and believed what he had to say because they were baptized by him ...

1212. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... purposes entail. We do not pick and choose once the commitment is made. "Are you a wilted flower or do you have a calling?" queried the dean of a School of Nursing. The key verse in Mark’s Gospel is 10:45: "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (I learned that my freshman year at ... Warren Thomas Smith, "Justice and Grace" in The Upper Room Disciplines 1976 (Nashville: The Upper Room, 1976). 5. King Henry VIII, Act III, scene 2. 6. Ibid.

1213. Ready or Not - Here I Come

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... Ready or not -- here I come!" In today's gospel lesson Jesus is saying to the world, "Ready or not -- here I come." In chapter 13 of Mark, Jesus tells us that he will be returning to the earth "with great power and glory." As in the game, only it is not a game, ... was asked what he would do if he knew this was his last day on earth. He replied, "At 4 o'clock I would have some tea. At 6 I would visit Mrs. Brown in the hospital. Then at 7:30 I would conduct a mid-week prayer service. At 10 I would go to bed ...

1214. The Unexpected Universe

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... are changed forever. "The words spoken by the carpenter of Nazareth are those of a world changer," says Eiseley. "They mark ... the rise of a new human image, a rejection of purely material goals, a turning toward some inner light" (The Invisible ... raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is he who takes no offense at me" (Matthew 11: 4-6). (And yet we still take offense at him and have difficulty really believing what he said.) These were indeed Messianic answers taken from Isaiah ...

1215. Anything Better Than the Golden Rule?

Luke 6:27-36

Sermon

William G. Carter

... not what happened. “While we were helpless, Christ died for the ungodly ... While we still were sinners Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6-8). Jesus died at the hands of people who thought they didn’t need him. He forgave his enemies. He extended the mercy ... .” Yes, there is something better than the Golden Rule, and it is the marvelous love of God. Love is one trait that marks a church full of God’s children. Around here, you might say there is a striking family resemblance. 1. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, The ...

1216. Having to Stay When You Want Out

Titus 2:1-15

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... his Savior there in Crete. The past manifestation of God in Jesus of Nazareth and the future manifestation of God in hope and glory marked the boundaries of God’s plan of salvation. Today we celebrate the day of the birth of our Lord. The good news is the fact ... be it. 1. Beryl Cohon, Out of the Heart (New York: Vantage Press, 1957), p. 77. 2. E. Elizabeth Johnson, Proclamation 6, Series C: Advent/Christmas (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1997), pp. 40-41. 3. I am the minister in the story and published ...

1217. Exposed!

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... excited over this mountaintop experience. “Rabbi,” he said, “this is wonderful. It’s so good to be here. Let’s hold on to this forever. Let’s put up three shelters, three monuments, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah” (Mark 9:2-6). It was quite a scene and Peter wanted to make it permanent. Three permanent shelters with Jesus, Moses, and Elijah in them; what a tourist attraction that would be! Hundreds of thousands of people would make a pilgrimage to that place. Yet Jesus said ...

1218. There Could Be, Couldn't There?

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... crazy at times. The demands can be pretty intense. So maybe they just forgot that God had brought them out of the land of Egypt (2:6), that God had rescued them from years of bondage, that God had redeemed them from slavery. It probably just slipped their minds that God had ... by God, blessed by God would go after their own desires and whims and interests instead of the way that God had marked for them. It is astounding that those made in God’s image, would wrap themselves in images of their own making. It ...

1219. His Trial

Luke 22:66--23:25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... of the authorities at that time a man of some notoriety by the name of Jesus Barabbas. We know nothing of him other than what Mark tells us in his gospel. He is described as a man who committed murder in an insurrection. The Roman historian Josephus tells us that ... the Jewish Temple. Caiaphas, the high priest, immediately retaliated by ordering 2000 praying Jews to surround Pilate’s palace for 6 days and nights. Pilate threatens to massacre them, and they simply stuck their necks out and dared him to do ...

1220. Good Friday: The Three Crosses

John 18:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... if the sentence permitted. It is remarkable that all of this the Bible records with the simple words, "And they crucified Him." (Mark 15:24). It is interesting that Jesus is responsible for the abolishment of the cross as a means of capital punishment. In ... rebellion against the state or against society. It was used with horrible effectiveness. In the year 71BC Emperor Crassus crucified over 6,000 Jews who had rebelled against Rome. Their crosses lined the Via Appia, or we call it the Appian Way, on either ...

1221. Super Sunday

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... was the description of one of last year's services on Super Bowl Sunday. The ushers were dressed in referee-stripe shirts, the pews were marked off as yard lines, and at the beginning of the service the choir director and pastor came down to the front of the chancel fully ... Joy Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain, Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1954, pp. 49-51 3.1 Samuel 21:1-6 4. James Sanders quoted by Will Willimon in "Lord of the Sabbath," The Christian Century, 5/8/91, p. 515 5. Herschel Ford, Simple ...

1222. A Disaster of Biblical Proportions

Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... for a nation that spends approximately $270-million each day for the occupation of Iraq, and this past summer, some $13.6-billion in emergency funding to Florida after the hurricanes which resulted in significant property damage and the deaths of more than ... world welcomed a new year somewhat differently than before. Prayers were substituted for parties. Revelers in New York's Times Square marked a moment of silence as did those in other major cities; Paris draped black cloths along the Champs-Elysees. In ...

1223. The Trouble with Stables

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... have children. They create a lovely home. All goes well. And suddenly, it's over. You see, boy has met another girl...younger, prettier, no stretch marks, no independent opinions...and boy takes off, leaving girl number one with the kids, the mortgage, and a boat load of broken dreams. That is HARD ... ...to be with you. Have a blessed holiday. Amen! 1. Reuters, 12/6/02 2. Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, (New York, Villard Books, 1989), pp. 97-98 3. Emily E. S. Elliott, 1864

1224. The God Of Peace

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... something like it was on the first Christmas morn. The caption for the TIMES picture read like this: "In Bethlehem, Christmas is marked by tension . . . ." (1) In Paul's letter to the Philippians, we find one of the most popular benedictions in the church ... down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them." (11:6) A story from World War I concerns a very young Second Lieutenant who had been rushed through Officer's Candidate School because there ...

1225. Flight To Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... out of deference to "the spirit of the season." (4) It was a noble sentiment. Nevertheless, the way our Bibles describe the first Christmas stands in marked contrast. The Gospel writers do not tell about the birth of Christ with `two front pages.' When you turn to the New Testament there is no ... IN INSIGHT, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1967). 6. JohnW.Center, Center Associates, St. John, Minnesota. 7. BE A PEOPLE PERSON, (Wheaton, IL., Victor Books, 1989), p. 137.

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