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101. Get off the Throne and Learn Wisdom

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... picture and began describing each classmate. "This is Robert; he hits everyone. This is Stephen. He never listens to the teacher. This is Mark. He chases us and is very noisy." "And this is me. I'm just sitting here minding my own business."12 We ... 5. If it oinks and barks, don’t preach to it but keep praying! It is finally not your responsibility. Only God can crack tough nuts. Verse 6. That’s all I know to say. You ponder the mystery and figure the rest out with God. Let me know how it works. I need the ...

102. When The World Goes Crazy!

Genesis 6:1-8:22

Sermon

King Duncan

... all your friends have a certain hostile attitude. I like that. 7. Here's a credit card and the keys to my new car. GO CRAZY!! 6. What do you mean you wanna play football? Figure skating's not good enough for you, son? 5. Your Mother and I are going away for ... s the matter with him? Can't he see they're having fun? What's he being such a stick-in-the-mud about? Pastor Mark A. Tabb writes that Christians "are surrounded by people who would love to see us fall." He notes some of their favorite phrases: "Come on ...

103. Driven To Serve

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... experience significantly more loneliness (as well as burn-out and diminished marital adjustment) than a comparable group of Christian lay people. (6) Loneliness is pandemic in our society. The divorce culture has added to the numbers of the lonely. If we could simply ... there seeking the lost ” people who did not know what he knew. Christ does not expect us to comb the beaches as Mark did telling people that God loves them, though there are young Christians who do that every summer. Most of us have not been ...

104. Do You Know How to Listen?

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... sympathetic. Tune in to the emotions behind the words. 3. Make [it a habit to take] time to listen to the people around you. (6) This is to say that listening is hard work. It has to be something you are committed to. Listening to your family, listening to ... Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” Mark tells us that he did not know what to say, they were so frightened. Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from ...

105. The Messiah’s Mark

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... knows Jesus’ selection of the “first” must come. Jesus’ response is both utterly traditional and uniquely creative. He first cites Deuteronomy 6:4-5, the “Shema” (Hebrew for “to hear”) — “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one: you ... Torah that brings this Scribe “not far from the kingdom of God.” It is the man’s reception to Jesus and his words. Mark’s final comment on this exchange asserts that “After that no one dared to ask him any question.” Though this may seem ...

106. Deliverance: The Forgotten Third of Jesus' Ministry

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... 16:17; Luke 10:19). It is helpful to get the demon to name himself. A name is an essence and knowing it strips a demon of his darkness (Mark 5). The person must renounce the demon. And one must forgive (Matthew 6:15). Exorcism can be an unsavory ministry. Manifestations of demons leaving can include screaming, weeping, convulsions, shaking, vomiting, nausea, fainting, laughter, retching, and other unsettling behavior. Can Demons Return? Jesus spoke of a man who swept his house and put it in order but did ...

107. If You Are Willing

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... shall know in fulfillment what we now believe in faith--that all things work together for good in His eternal purpose. No longer will we cry, “My God, why?” Instead, “alas” will become “Alleluia,” all question marks will be straightened into exclamation points, sorrow will change to singing, and pain will be lost in praise. (6) We began this message by saying that you can never tell what people are going to do. And that’s true. But I can tell you what God is going to do. There will come a time ...

108. A Not So Simple Story of Demons and Pigs

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

... can he calm wild waves, he can even calm wild men." But concerning which body of water Jesus calmed, the writers cannot agree. Mark suggests it was the Sea of Galilee. Luke thinks it was LakeGennasaret. There is good reason to believe Luke on this one. Go ... us to visualize an entire Roman legion, consisting of 6,000 foot soldiers. If all 6,000 are marching in the same direction, one gazes upon a marvelous display of integration and power. But if the 6,000 soldiers are going every which way, they can tear ...

109. A Clock or a Compass?

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

David T. Ball

... before the “righteous” Pharisee (Luke 18:10-13); the laborers in the vineyard regain the land controlled by a greedy, absentee landlord (Matthew 20:1-16; Mark 12:1-12); a desperate and persistent widow receives mercy from, of all people, a judge (Luke 18:2-6); a peasant farmer is miraculously able to find the land and seed he needs in order to cultivate a sustainable harvest (Mark 4:1-9).1 To the extent we lock in on our modern, linear, precise sense of time and view Jesus’ words from this perspective ...

110. Soul Food

Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... .com/hub/israelsevenspeciesbarley Based on the Story Lectionary Major Text Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Feeding of 5000 People Mark’s Witness to Jesus’ Feeding of 5000 People Luke’s Witness to Jesus’ Feeding of 5000 People John’s ... The Apocalyptic Apocryphal Book of Baruch: The Prophecy of the Messiah and Feasting from Leviathan (29-30) The Apocryphal Book of 2 Esdras 6:49-52: The Prophecy of God’s Provision From Leviathan Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Feeding of 5000 People [Now when Jesus ...

111. When Others Serve Your Head on a Platter

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... much as he hates endangering his own position of power and prestige by not honoring his foolish oath to a teenaged dancer. Mark’s text doesn’t discuss the relationship between Herod Antipas and John the Baptist. John was a prisoner, but apparently Herod was ... neck. 5) When fiscal concerns overwhelm faithful connections — when you choose promotions over relationships that’s a hack to the neck. 6) When doing what is safe and sanctioned replaces doing what is right and just that’s a hack to the neck. ...

112. An Announcement from the Wilderness

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” Our introduction to the coming of Christ in Mark’s Gospel isn’t angels singing in the heavens or a bright star moving toward Bethlehem. Instead, it is John the Baptist out ... little maverick out on the prairie and that man put the Jesus mark on my forehead so that when Jesus sees me He will know that I am one of His children.” (6) Well, yes, baptism is something like that. It does mark us as one of God’s children. But it is more ...

113. Dust in the Wind

Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21

Sermon

Timothy Cargal

... to you? Shouldn’t the expectation of these things be an “obstacle” to any reasonable person? Of course, those were not the only marks Paul identified of his ministry. His ministry was also characterized by “purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, holiness of spirit, genuine love, truthful speech, and the power of God” (vv. 6-7a). Now here are things that truly do “commend [his ministry] in every way” (v. 4a). But one might ask, “Which is it, Paul? Does your ministry of reconciliation ...

114. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... IGNORANCE ACCORDING TO ACTS 17:30. "AND THE TIMES OF THIS IGNORANCE, GOD WINKED AT; BUT NOW COMMANDETH ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT." 6. Is the book of Hezekiah in the Old Testament or the New? Answer: NEITHER, THERE IS NO SUCH BOOK IN THE BIBLE. Extra ... Lord with all our might, and that means with force and strength, or with all of our energy. In the gospel of Mark the words by Jesus also include loving God with our mind ” which for us encompasses all our mental capacities ” thinking, reason, intellect ...

115. The Day of the Lord

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... ). Many of the prophets who came after Amos affirmed that dreadful message, as does Joel here in 2:1-2 (cf. Zephaniah 1; Isaiah 2:6-22; Ezekiel 7; Malachi 4:5; 3:1-5). Sinful Israel is not going to get off scot free with her sins against God, but ... Christ. There on Golgotha, he pours out his forgiveness, even while we are still sinners, and so the mark of ashes on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday becomes not the mark of death, but of life and love to all eternity. Yes, apart from that sacrifice of Christ on ...

116. My God Is Real

Psalm 14:1-7

Sermon

James Merritt

... . In that same address, William Murray went on to make this observation: "Look at the schools with God gone—now we have guns, rape, drugs, condoms, police patrols, metal detectors, violence, and Aids."6 Mark this truth down. You can get what you want without God, but you won't want what you got without God. The foolish are marked by intolerance. "Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread?" (v.4) Not only does the unbeliever attack the person of God, he attacks ...

117. The Great Depression

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Because he gives us in this Psalm two do’s and one don’t. I. Do Face The Fact Of Depression Three times in verse 5, verse 6, and verse 11, David asks the question: “Why are you cast down, O my soul?” Now that’s a good start. He did not deny he was ... when the various hormones in our body get out of sync, and it stimulates within us the emotional reaction of depression. You can mark this down. When your body is physically run down and worn out, when your diet and nutrition is bad and unhealthy, when ...

118. What’s the Big Deal about Baptism?

Mark 1:9-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... the Sprit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven. "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Mark 1:9-11 If you went back in time, two thousand years to the days of Jesus, you would have heard a Greek word ... water? Because in order to be baptized, you've got to be buried beneath the water which is exactly how Paul describes baptism in Romans 6:4: "Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the ...

119. Your God Shall Be My God

Ruth 1:1-18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... asked Jesus to name the commandment which is first of all. Jesus went right to Deuteronomy 6:4-5. Jesus answered, "The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength' " (Mark 12:29-30). To that Jesus adds, as was customary, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31; see also Leviticus 19:18). How serious these commands were for the tradition one ...

120. On Panicking Close to Shore

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... In fact, in John 21:1 the exact same words are so translated. In John 21 the words mean walking by the seashore, and that translation has never been in question. Is there a possibility that over the centuries the translators of chapter 6 had what Matthew and Mark said about the event so firmly entrenched in their minds that they routinely translated the words “walking on the sea,” even though that is not strictly what the Greek says at this point? I suggest it only as a possibility. As competent and ...

121. Oh, You'd Better Watch Out!

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... on his forehead that some said was the mark of the beast. But how about Reagan? And how about John F. Kennedy? Kennedy was there because he received 666 votes at the 1956 Democratic Convention and a head wound killed him. Bill Gates was there because he would enslave the world through computers and even the old folk singer Pete Seeger was there, though we are not told why. (6) But surely none of these is the anti-Christ. The parts of the Bible that foretell the end of time, the apocalyptic literature as ...

122. Accepting the Unconventional in Life

Mark 2:13-22

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... walked through the standing grain and ate the grain heads in violation of the law (Matthew 12:1-8). On another occasion (Luke 6:6-11), Jesus cured a man with a withered hand on the sabbath. He asked those watching, "Is it lawful to do good or ... the wine will burst the skins, and the wine will be lost, and so are the skins; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins" (Mark 2:21-22). Jesus' words perfectly describe how his message and mission have broken the conventions of his day. The new wine is the ...

123. Caesar or God?

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... known for his emphasis on tithing. W.A. Criswell, Great Doctrines of the Bible, vol. 6, 140. Cited by Robert J. Morgan, Preacher’s Sourcebook Creative Sermon Illustrations (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2007), pp. 346-347. 7. “Christian book prompted Mark Richt to sell Lake Hartwell home,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 26, 2011, https://www.ajc.com/sports/christian-book-prompted-mark-richt-sell-lake-hartwell-home/uqCle6SMiRsadCng38c5EJ/. 8. “Ringgold resident Johnny Jennings honored with state ...

124. The Dark Side Arrives

Sermon

James Merritt

... the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys his own soul." (Proverbs 6:32, NLT) These are strong words from a man who understood what happens when the ... marked, "Purity." [[1]] I told you last week the dark side is always revealed. Every play-boy has his payday; people talk, wives find out, reporters snoop, pregnancies occur, disease is spread, guilt builds, and God works. You cannot outrun the dark side of sexual sin. When it catches you, you are burned. Listen to these words in Proverbs 6 ...

125. Take a Close Look (At the Widow)!

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... ’s Gospel. "The rich widow everyone hears about - the one with three gold bracelets on each wrist, and equal number of eighteen-carat chains around her neck, a condo in Palm Beach and another one here - is a rare bird."[6] There was once a poor old widower who, like his female counterpart in Mark, was "rich toward God." His white head was bowed and his feeble frame bent from long years of toil over his workbench. His modest house was as time-worn as he. The roof was going bald and the asbestos siding was ...

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