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John 21:1-14

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... apostle John realizes that this is Jesus risen from the dead and he cries out, "It is the Lord!" Impulsively and with joy Peter jumps into the water and swims for shore. Soon the other disciples arrive, they join in breakfast and have a wonderful time ... after the earth quake was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence (1 Kings 19:1 1b-12)." The sheer silence, that was the Lord! The RSV translates God's presence as, "a still small voice." The point is, God ...

1227. St. Jim, Your Halo Is Tipped

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that thou, 0 Lord, art God, and that thou hast turned their hearts back." (1 Kings 18:37) Fire from on high fell and consumed the burnt offering. Then came the rushing of the rain which saved the people caught ... of Israel. James is considered one of the greatest apostles of Christianity, a part of Jesus' special inner circle: "Peter, James and John." The prophet and the apostle had their glaring faults, tendencies toward selfcenteredness and self-pity, which ...

1228. Are You Still Frightened of the Dark?

Genesis 1:1-5 · John 1:4-5 · Psalm 139:11-12

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... these: And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. (Genesis 1:3-5) In biblical faith, light is synonymous with life. When the author of First Peter writes to his audience that they are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people" who have been called "out of darkness into His marvelous light," he is writing to a group of people ...

1229. The Only One Who Is Number One

Exodus 20:1-3

Sermon

James Merritt

... not even compute. When "anything goes" everything goes." We are living today in a world where "anything goes." James Patterson and Peter Kim wrote a groundbreaking work entitled, The Day America Told the Truth. Under a chapter entitled, "A new moral authority in ... , has in these last days spoken to us by His Son...who is the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person." (Heb. 1:1-3) Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father, because I and the Father are one." (Jn. 14:9; 10:30) If you ...

1230. Winners Never Quit and Quitters Never Win (Fruit of the Spirit: Patience)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." Job (42:1-6) Now in essence what Job said was this: "Lord, I learn things going through these demanding problems, that I would have never learned ... is because God is patient. He is longsuffering. Jesus is coming back. Make no doubt about it—that is His promise. But Peter said in II Pet. 3:9, "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward ...

1231. Fiscal Fitness

Proverbs 3:9-10

Sermon

James Merritt

... 13 Debt is wrong if it is used to pay for the luxuries of life. Debt is wrong if it is generated by co-signing a note. (See Prov. 6:1-6; 11:15; 17:18; 22:26-27) As a rule of thumb, just keep this in mind. It is all right to borrow for necessities, but you should ... 77. 14 Bill Hybels, Honest to God? (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervon Publishing House, 1990), 162. 15 James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Second American Revolution (New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1994), 79. 16 Dr. James Dobson, Straight Talk ...

1232. What Church Is All About

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

James Merritt

... victory. That's why a Christian ought to be one big hallelujah from the top of his head to the sole of his feet. Peter Bohler once said to Charles Wesley, "If I had a thousand tongues, I would praise Jesus Christ with everyone of them." Wesley was so ... good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly before Him." (Ps. 84:11) "Every good and perfect gift comes from above." (Jas. 1:17) How good is God? "His mercy is everlasting and His truth endures to all generations." (v.5) He is a God of everlasting ...

1233. The Perfect Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

James Merritt

... landing. It ‘s unfortunate in this case that this miracle is divided by a chapter ending because if you will notice chapter 5 and verse 1, we really read the conclusion of the story when it says, "Then they came to the other side of the sea"—just like Jesus ... performed before this one in the gospel of Mark that they had witnessed with their own eyes? In Mark 1 He cast out an unclean spirit; healed Peter's mother-in-law of a fever; healed an entire city of both disease and demonic possession, and cleansed ...

1234. Seeing God In The Ordinary: Others

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... what he did have, he offered to Christ. And as a result thousands of hungry people were fed. You know the story. John 6:1-15 (NRSV) [1] After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, also called the Sea of Tiberias. [2] A large crowd kept ... answered him, "Six months' wages would not buy enough bread for each of them to get a little." [8] One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, [9] "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so ...

1235. Let's Make A Deal

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... As you've seen, the title and the theme for today is Let's Make A Deal. It comes directly from the Gospel of Luke 16:1-13. [1] Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering ... himself after that Biblical Ferris Beuhler. Then, of course, there's David, who blew it with Bathsheba. And then of course there's Peter, who had a lion's heart and mouth but a hummingbird's courage and feet of clay. I also found it rather amusing ...

1236. The Vastness of Relationships

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. — Psalm 118:1, 5-6, 8-9 Today we bless God because of the work of salvation God has continued and brought to completion in Jesus Christ, a work that ... believers very clearly: "[The Lord] He is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). While most of us have heard Philip Yancey's story from What's So Amazing About Grace? at least once ...

1237. When Did This Start? — Part 2

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... his majestic opening line, "In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God" (John 1:1). And before too long, the local parish council wanted to know who this Baptist fellow was who was saying all these things, ... as humanity. What's your name? Who do you think you are? There was an old African-American gospel song, which I first heard sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary, but which turns out to have had its origin clear back in times of slavery: There's a man going around taking names ...

1238. What Is Our City?

Acts 4:32-35

Sermon

Ken Lentz

... the Corinthians, which he was passing on the message about the good news that he had already received from fellow apostles (1 Corinthians 15:1-2). If the scholars are right, the description of the community provided by Luke in Acts 4 was of a community ... or church leaders that trace the proclamation of the good news physically from one leader to another backward all the way to Peter, but all Christians agree that one mark of the continuity of the Christian church is the faithful passing on of the apostolic ...

1239. Look and Live

Isaiah 44:24--45:25

Sermon

James Merritt

... a Pharisee of Hebrews, one of the greatest Jews who ever lived, the man by the name of the Apostle Paul said in Romans 10:1: “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.” One of the reasons why I love to ... Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” 1 Timothy 2:4 “God desires all men to be saved and to come to the ...

1240. When the Unthinkable Happens

Mark 13:1-8, 24-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... monitoring station on the North flank of Mount St. Helens. It was May 18, 1980. What Johnston had witnessed, as he called in his warning, was the largest landslide in recorded history. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake had caused a wave of earth and ice to rush down the side of Mount St. Helens at 150 mph. By the time it petered out, the landslide had entombed 24 square miles of forest. This landside in effect left the mountain which contained a volcano with no cap. Without a cap of earth to keep it sealed under ...

1241. A Dove Descended

Luke 3:21-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One” (John 1:32-34). What a magnificent scene. In one compact event, Christ’s baptism, the three persons of the Trinity come together--the Son being baptized ... life, Father Lane was studying in Rome when the Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989. Then on December 1, 1989 he went to St. Peter’s Square and watched President Gorbachev being driven into the Vatican to meet Pope John Paul II. The two ...

1242. Unreasonable Mercy

2 Kings 5:1-27, Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The Lord’s Blessings for the Faithful (Deuteronomy 28) Psalm 41: God the Healer All People Will Be Drawn to the Jews (Zechariah 8:20-23) Jesus’ Healing of a Centurion’s Servant (Luke 7:1-10) Christ the Hope of the Gentiles (Romans 15:1-13) The Story of Philip and the Eunuch (Acts 8: 26-40) The Story of Cornelius and the Gentiles Baptized by Peter (Acts 10) The Healing of Naaman the Syrian Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly ...

1243. Job and the Mind Storm

Job 42:7-17, Job 42:1-6, Job 38:1--41:34

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of God doesn’t strike Job down for his impertinence. God simply puts Job in his place. Can you hear Jesus say to Peter…”Get behind me Satan!”? That’s a little what we have here in Job. God basically says, “I’ll be asking the questions ... (Isaiah 40) and the Word of the Lord (Isaiah 55) Jeremiah Encounters the “Word of the Lord” (Jeremiah 1) John the Apostle Explains Jesus’ Identity (John 1) Paul Explains the Identity of God and Jesus to Greeks in Thessalonica (Acts 17:16-34) The Victory ...

1244. New Life Goes On

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

David Coffin

... miracles, and was present at the casting out of demons. Jairus was certainly not one of the inner circles of disciples such as Peter, James, and John. Yet, he still had faith in Jesus’ power. We never hear of him again in this gospel, although Matthew 9 ... medical bills for the unpaid co-payments she owed to the medical establishment. She was still ill, and if she read Deuteronomy 15:1-6, she could file for bankruptcy once every seven years. Nobody wanted to be seen around a person like this. They are viewed ...

1245. The Promise Of The Spirit

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9). This is the message of Pentecost. The Promise Of Power First, look at Acts 1:8: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all ... before -- power. Prior to this experience they were so timid, uncertain, stammering and confused. Incredibly Acts 2:14-17 records, But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, ...

1246. Where's The Treasure?

Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Thomas Long

... of where God decided to leave the treasure, and this is the way he begins: "In the days of Herod, king of Judea ... " (Luke 1:5), almost as if to say, "Now there's a possibility!" God could have left the treasure with the Herods of the world, with the ... is proclaimed by human lips, it is not in the Roman Senate or in the Holy of Holies; it is not by Caesar, or Peter, or Paul. It is in a place the world would count for nothing: a conversation between two women, Mary and Elizabeth, facing their pregnancies. ...

1247. Delivery

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... left margin. You can glance at those words without looking at the text itself. (5) Some pastors follow the Peter Marshall format of writing. Each paragraph begins at the left, with following sentences indented. Important phrases or parallel thoughts ... down "L" shape covering the front and top of the fluorescent bulb along the front of the pulpit. I cut my sermons in half, 8 1/2- by-5 1/2-inches and laid them on the top board. I could look straight at the audience and glance down at the sermon without moving ...

1248. The Strength To Wait

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Erskine White

... or come to Him in prayer. We ought not just rush in, demanding instant gratification from God and expecting God to adjust Himself to us.1 A second and related point is that waiting for God is a sign of humility, which itself is a sign of authentic faith. Waiting ... Him to answer our needs or show us His will, we are forgetting how long God has been waiting for us! The first letter of Peter refers to "God's patience" dating back to the time of Noah (3:20), but in truth, God has been waiting patiently for us in ...

1249. What Children Can Teach Adults

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... she was to become the mother of Jesus she sang, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” (Luke 1:46b-47a) She was receptive to the voice of God. When blind Bartimaeus sat by the roadside and Jesus passed that way, he called, “Jesus ... showed his approval of her spontaneity when he said, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (Luke 7:50b) When Peter cried out in that moment of impulse, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” Jesus replied, “Blessed are ...

1250. In The Presence Of God

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Walter Kimbrough

... prayer are employed in the selection process. An excellent example of the selection process for a servant of the Lord is found in 1 Samuel 16: The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill ... , too, will go away bitterly. Shame, shame on us. The Bible teaches us that “obedience is better than sacrifice… (1 Samuel 15:22).” Then Peter informs us that “We must obey God rather than men… (Acts 5:29).” To obey has never destroyed anyone ...

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