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101. Dust Off The Throne

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:26-38, Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

David J. Kalas

... and employed in the larger crown of praising God. For that is the real meaning and message of this long sentence: glory to God! Luke 1:26-38 An understanding of this week’s Old Testament lesson from 2 Samuel will add a new layer of meaning to the gospel ... our limitations? That was surely Moses’ objection at the burning bush (Exodus 3:11; 4:10), as well as Gideon’s reflex reaction to what God wanted to do through him (Judges 6:15). The preposterousness of Mary’s question, of course, can be found in ...

102. A Commitment to Righteousness

Luke 3:7-18

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... He was thrilled at her thoughtfulness and covered her with hugs and kisses.” Moline, Illinois, Oct 1, 1977. Patrolman David Schafer was working the evening shift when he received a call on his ... of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Repentance: a part of righteousness (Luke 3:8). The people of John’s day were in need of what he was preaching ... been alienated from God because of sin. Paul spoke to that in Romans 5:6-11 in where he called unsaved people as “powerless,” “ungodly,” “sinners,” and ...

103. Mind Your Manners

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Sermon

Will Willimon

... and some starve, Jesus says, God is mocked (Luke 16:19-31). In Luke's church, the real test of whether the church was faithful was the church's ability to break bread with all people (Acts 11:1-3). After the resurrection, the disciples did not ... things, and the rich he has sent empty away" (Luke 1:46-53). Jesus' Sermon on the Mount: "Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied" -- "But woe to you that are full now, for you shall hunger" (Luke 6:21,25). Jesus advises that, when we give parties ...

104. Flight To Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... . In fact the two are inseparably intertwined. In Luke's Gospel, the story of the manger scene appears side-by-side with that of universal taxation by the occupation forces of Rome (Luke 2:1). In Matthew's account, there is no attempt ... 1. Capper's Weekly 2. Lynn Ridenhour, SEASONING FOR SERMONS, VOLUME 2, (Lima, Ohio: The C.S.S. Publishing Company, Inc., 1982). 3. CHRISTIAN HERALD 4. Don Emmitte 5. Harold E. Kohn, ADVENTURES IN INSIGHT, (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1967). 6 ...

105. A Reed Who Became a Rock

John 1:35-42

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... . Concerning Peter, let us first note several interesting details that we ought to remember about him. Every time the Bible lists the twelve apostles, Peter is named first - always, without exception. (Take time to double-check this for yourself: Matthew 10; Mark 3; Luke 6; Acts 1.) This doesn’t mean, necessarily, that Peter was the most important. Nor does it mean that he was the first one who was called. Indeed, it was his own brother, Andrew, who brought Peter (Simon, at that time) into the presence of ...

106. Lesson from a Chipmunk

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... appeared to them many times over the next forty days, eating with them and instructing them about the kingdom of God (Luke 24:12; Acts 1:6). So, this time when the apostles saw (the same?) two angels for themselves, they believed them and got moving. They heard ... them it would be “not many days from now” (Acts 1:5). Most Christians celebrate that festival day as Pentecost, or fifty days after Easter and forty days after Jesus’ ascension (Acts 1:3). God has already given us the gift that Jesus promised ...

107. Would You Please Listen To Me?

John 1:19-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... 6-9, NIV) Can you imagine a message more important than that? "The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world." Before he was even born, John was chosen for this most important job. An angel came to John's future parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, and told them that they would have a son. And this son would be an instrument of God. In Luke 1 ... in, plant yourself, look the other fellow in the eye and tell the truth." (3) That was John's method of spreading the message. He didn't use fancy ...

108. I Kid You Not

2 Kings 4:8-37

Sermon

... ) used to provoke her sorely to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb." (1 Samuel 1:6) You can imagine Peninnah fussing with her babies in front of Hannah, feeding them and ... to me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." (Luke 1:25) By speaking of her reproach, she meant her shame or disgrace. How sad. It seemed that ... intervened in their lives. He made happen what seemed unlikely to happen. 3. God programs the Unfeasible The word "feasible" refers to something that is ...

109. Will Names Never Hurt Us?

Proverbs 10:1-32

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... remaining years of my life in training them to do their duty in the time of peace." Nearly 3,000 years ago the author of Proverbs wrote: "A good name is more to be desired than ... of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6, NKJV). The classic example of one who used the power of a good name is Christ. ... of a good name. Christ said of him: "... for this man too is a son of Abraham" (Luke 19:9, NEB). How well Christ knew "a good name is more to be desired than great ...

110. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... diminishes.” And, there are churches that split and fracture because members and leaders have failed in their duty to listen. (6) Listening may be the most important sign of love. Let me say that gain: Listening may be the most important sign ... 3. http://myfamilyminute.com/dailyemail/signup/index.php 4. The Communicator’s Commentary: Luke (Waco: Word Books, 1983), p. 143. Original Title: God Sometimes Changes His Mind New Title: Forgive Us Our Trash Baskets Jonah 3:1-10 January 21, 2024 (Epiphany 3 ...

111. Time and Stewardship

Sermon

Larry Powell

... drawn 23,040 breaths? You have drunk 2.9 pounds of liquid and have perspired 1.43 pints. You have eaten 3 1/2 pounds of food. You have used 750 major muscles. Your fingernails have grown .000046 ... ; eighteen percent of American students study foreign languages; (6) in a comparative study of fourteen-year-old ... his spoil. He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters." (Luke 11:21-23) IN PRAISE OF DOERS Following morning worship one Sunday, some good lady, whose name I do not ...

112. God Hears

Genesis 21:8-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... wood above the pulpit of the first church in which I regularly preached [St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Pritchardville, SC], and my mother tells me it was the ... cry of supplication. In the day of my trouble I call on you, for you will answer me.(6) "Ishmael" - God hears. God hears the cry of Hagar in the wilderness before her son is ever born. ... mine and yours. God hears. And answers. Amen! 1. "Horseplay and High Stakes," Newsweek, 7/24/2000, p. 24 2. Genesis 16:2-4a 3. Genesis 16:9ff. 4. Genesis 21:9-10 ...

113. Soul Bread!

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6 NRSV). "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is ... 1-2). It was no momentary craving for a snack that Jesus needed. He was hungry for real food. In that time of extreme hunger, Satan tried to break the weakened Savior and undermine the kingdom of God. The passage goes on, "The devil said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.' Jesus answered, ‘It is written: "Man does not live on bread alone" ' " (Luke 4:3 ...

114. Driven to Their Knees

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Don’t be afraid.’” Later when Jesus appeared to them after his resurrection, Luke explains in his gospel that “they were frightened and terrified because, again, they thought ... my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” At this, according to Matthew 17:1-6, the three disciples “fell on their faces, and were filled with awe.” Driven to ... picture of the power of God and his Son Jesus Christ became abundantly clear to me.” (3) Who could not be affected by walking on the surface of the moon? And who could ...

115. Lost

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?” (Luke 15:3-4, ESV) This is actually a rhetorical question that Jesus asks. He finally found something ... eighteen cents. What is the big deal about one coin? What about one sheep? To lose 1-out-of-100 is not bad. Any businessman I know would be thrilled if he had ... Luke 15:6, ESV) “And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’” (Luke ...

116. Ten Pounds of Mercy, One Pound of Faith

Luke 19:11-27, Matthew 25:1-13, Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 6) Psalm 1: A Good Person is Like a Tree Planted Psalm 33: The Lord Sees All We Do Psalm 127: The Lord Builds Your House God’s Letter to the Exiles in Babylon –Build Homes and Settle Down in Babylon (Jeremiah 29) We Must Avoid Divisiveness and Work Together As a Unified People Saved by Jesus (Titus 3) Building on the Foundation of Jesus Together as the Church (1 Corinthians 3) Jesus’ Parable of the Ten Pounds as Told by Luke While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because ...

117. Superman: More Than A Super Hero

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

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... A SuperHero. Let's look at the scripture for today. 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 beginning with God. [3] All things came into being through him, and without him ... God. With Moses and Elijah pointing all of humanity to Jesus, God spoke and said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him." (Luke 9:35) (6) It's this Hero, Jesus, the Son of God, the Chosen One, who not only has all the answers to all the questions of ...

118. This Spirit Is Not Spooky

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... our sins and rose again. Jesus says, "No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). If you want to know God, get to know Jesus. How do we know we know Jesus? Through ... the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Luke 3:16). The presence of only one article before "Holy Spirit" and "fire" in the Greek ... awareness: "No one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God" (1 Corinthians 2:11). An impersonal being, an "it," cannot possess the ability to ...

119. God Powered Impact

Exodus 3:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... on is that where there is movement of wind, something will move. Something will be altered. There will be impact. Something or someone will change. In John 3:8, Jesus tells his disciples, “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where ... Nazareth (Matthew 13:54-58 and Mark 6:1-6) Jesus’ Rejection at Nazareth at the Beginning of His Career (Luke 4:14-30) The Parable of the Wicked Tenant (Luke 20:9-19) Stephen Addresses the Sanhedrin (Acts 7:51-53)

120. The Heart of an Intimate Matter

Matthew 5:27-30

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... was likely asked over and over why he never married; he had men and women as followers on the road together where proper boundaries had to be kept.6 He looked into the hearts of men and women he loved and saw a problem, and as the supreme physician of the soul gave an accurate diagnosis and ... Dobson, "The Family in Crisis," Focus on the Family [August 2001], 2-4; source: U.S. Census Bureau). 6. See Luke 8:1-3. 7. For this bracing idea, see Laren Winter, “Sex in the Body of Christ,” Christianity Today, May ...

121. Ignite: Fight Fire with Fire

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

James Merritt

... on the church and three-thousand people came to know Christ in one single day. In Acts 1-2 we see what a church looks like hitting on all eight cylinders. They were loving God, ... stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.” (Acts 3:6-8, ESV) A man who had never taken a step in his life is now standing and walking and ... influence, money and wealth, they were very weak and very powerless. Luke is very careful to paint a very detailed picture. He listed no ...

122. Go Hard or Go Home!

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon

King Duncan

... good is a tree,” asks Jesus, “if it does not bear good fruit?” (Matthew 7:19) “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’” he asks in Luke 6:46, “and do not do what I say?” Jesus calls his people to be productive. He wants us to use our brains and use our energies. He ... . Go hard or go home! 1. http://www.lectionary.org/Sermons/Hyde/Acts/Acts%2002.01-21,%20TimeDeliver.htm. 2. Raymond McHenry, Something to Think About (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1998). 3. John G. Hubbell in Stephen R ...

123. Make It Right!

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... contempt, the [one] who destroys another's good name, may never have committed a murder in action, but [that one] is a murderer at heart.(6) There is something else the Lord points out to us here: there is a relationship between our getting along with each other and our ... !!! After all, the same Bible that says BELIEVE also says BEHAVE. Amen! 1. Mark 3:1-5 2. Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 2:13-16 3. Quoted by Peter J. Blackburn, http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/pblackburn/sermons/pbcomm06 ...

124. Broken Pieces

Matthew 1:3, 5, 6

Sermon

James Merritt

... Because of this branch in His family tree, Jesus was legally the son of David and thus was qualified to be the Messiah. In Luke, we see the genealogy of Mary, the actual mother of Jesus. Because of this branch in His family tree, Jesus was literally the son ... was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah" (Matthew 1:3, 5, 6, NASB). What was the problem with these women? They were guilty of three of the most serious kinds of sexual sins that anyone ...

125. Safely Through The Waters

Isaiah 43:1-13

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... of the creator God: "He who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel" (v. 1). The reference, of course, is first of all to the creation of Israel as a nation. It ... called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made" (vv. 5-6). This is the restoration of the people chosen and beloved by God. It is a beautiful, tender ... the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire (Luke 3:16b-17). But that was only a part of Jesus' ministry. He identified with ...

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