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Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... do." Will you be a faithful member of this congregation? The answer: "I will." Finally, one last question: What is your annual income?1 You heard me correctly. When people join the church, Dr. Hauerwas thinks they ought to name their Lord and Savior and tell ... as blockheads who stood around and scratched their heads whenever Jesus said or did anything significant. Mark never says Jesus loved Peter, James, John, or the others. But he insists Jesus loved this man. Maybe that's because (a) the man sought the ...

1402. Expecting the Unexpected

Judges 4:1-24

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... that defenseless fig tree with a withering curse for failing to yield a little fruit ahead of schedule, or the time he instructs Peter to pay the temple tax by catching a fish and getting it to cough up a spare coin, are two which come ... hair of either her head or her people's, it would seem that to call her deed heroic is to stretch the term to the breaking point."1 Now, I suppose one could always file such a passage under the broad heading: "All's fair in times of war." However, according to Deborah, it's ...

1403. All-Surrounding Grace

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Elaine M. Ward

... there is a door in this house that leads to some other world ... if she had got into another world ..." "Sir," said Peter, "do you really mean that there could be other worlds -- all over the place, just round the corner, on some mountaintop, just ... of the book of Hebrews wrote that faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Charlie Chaplin mixed his comedy with tenderness. In the film City Lights, Chaplin is a tramp whom a rich man, intoxicated, rewards ...

1404. The Face Of God

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Steve Burt

... a man flees down all the darkness of his days until at last he cries out, 'I will not let you go, unless you bless me!' "1 This is a blessing he cannot gain by shrewdness or by deception as he gained his brother's birthright and his father's deathbed blessing. Nor can ... to God's will. Jesus' face at Gethsemane is, at the least, the face of disappointment. "Couldn't you -- at least you, Peter, my friend -- couldn't you stay awake just one hour?" It is a weary face, an exhausted one, with sadness and lines ...

1405. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... say "I hope so-and-so heard that. That's exactly how he acts." No, the point here is, when and where do you act like this? 1. If you want to be angry, take pride in being a perfectionist and expect perfection in everyone else. Be a picky person; make it a habit. ... . Mark says Jesus was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and looked around at them with anger. Jesus expressed anger toward Peter when he shot back, "Get behind me, Satan. Your way is not the way of God." Jesus was angry! The apostle Paul was ...

1406. Speak For Yourself!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

William B. Kincaid, III

... it all before. In the comfort zone we can relax and draw upon the spiritual capital we have accumulated through the years.1 A good past is hard to overcome. On the television show M*A*S*H, Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester III made it clear ... that I am? Isaiah responded, "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). Who do you say that I am? Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). Who do you say that I am? John of Patmos said ...

1407. I Am Who I Am

Sermon

Ronald Lavin

... Palm Sunday: "Who is this?" (Matthew 21:10). It is a familiar question. It was discussed by the apostles and answered by Peter at Caesarea Philippi: "You are Christ (i.e. the Messiah), the Son of the living God." It was asked in astonishment by ... . At the heart of the doctrine of the Trinity is the assertion that Jesus is "true God, begotten of the Father from eternity..."1 Some people in the church tell me that they have never heard this teaching about Jesus' divinity before. They have understood that Jesus ...

1408. Shouting At A Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

William G. Carter

... may be the only time in the entire Gospel of Mark when Jesus directly helps his disciples. Once in chapter one, he relieves Peter's mother-in-law of a headache, but that doesn't count. Apparently the disciples never asked for help, or he never offered, ... of scripture that he had memorized in Sunday School. "God is my refuge and strength, an ever present help in time of trouble" (Psalm 46:1). "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me" (Psalm 23:4 ...

1409. Choosing Your Spirituality

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... Mars’ Hill was a beautiful example of accepting and affirming people where they were and offering a wider interpretation of it. Peter did not condemn the first believers in Jerusalem for “pooling” their resources and living in commonality. To the contrary, he ... judge. Most of all, choose the spirituality that affirms Jesus Christ who came among us because God loves the whole world. 1. Cf. The New American Bible, The Good News Bible, The New English Bible, and others.2. Robert Schuller, Hour of ...

1410. Bread of Unwavering Commitment (Bread of Life V)

John 6:25-59

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... word, “Amen!” and the donkey stopped right on the brink. Overjoyed, the man raised his hands toward the sky and shouted, "Praise the Lord!" (1). I don’t like the picture of disaster, but I do like the symbolic implications about being on the brink. Whether we recognize it ... somebody, they voted with their feet. And Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Do you also want to leave me?” Peter replied, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Your words are words of eternal life. We have faith, and we know you are ...

1411. A Mother · A Canaanite Woman

Mt 15:21-28 · Mk 7:24-30

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... had likewise experienced a bitter encounter with a delegation Israel's hierarchy had sent to grill him on his teachings and practices. (Matthew 15:1-8) It had been a trying ordeal, and he desperately felt the need to get away for a while. So he had withdrawn to ... need above race and nationality. V Instantly the woman's reply struck a chord with Jesus, for in effect she was anticipating Peter's declaration to Cornelius that God shows no partiality. (Acts 10:34) And that being so "no case is too desperate for ...

1412. Words As Images

Sermon

Michael Rogness

... lost to its true Ruler.26 My faculty colleague James Nestingen preached a sermon on Matthew 14:22-36, the story of Peter walking on the water toward Jesus, then sinking when he began worrying about the waves rather than keeping his eyes on Jesus ... a story with no further explanation. One can also give the story a context at the beginning, as with the parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:1-2), add an explanation at the end, or both, as with the parable of the Good Samaritan. (Luke 10:25-29, 36-37) One tells a ...

1413. How To Become What You Are

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Erskine White

... more they think they are demonstrating their devotion to God. Of course, this is not the way to become more Christian. As Peter told Simon, a man who wanted to buy his way to faith: you cannot "obtain the gift of God with money" (Acts ... life of the spirit. "Be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us." (5:1-2). Imitate God as best you can. Keep playing your role in life like Christ, as you continue to become the Christian God has already made you ...

1414. The Lion, The Lamb And Herod’s Rage

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Erskine White

... s rage. I think of other Christmases and how the spirit of Herod has lived on in more recent times, in our own nation’s history.1 On Christmas Eve in 1776, George Washington and his men were crossing the Delaware River on a frigid night to launch a sneak attack. Soon, ... shall lead them. When will all this come, we want to know? The Bible says a thousand years are as a day with the Lord" (2 Peter 3:8). The important thing is to know that it will come. We are not helpless, as we do what we can for the cause ...

1415. Together In Christ

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

Erskine White

... people but also sacrifices community values. We are given the messages in hundreds of different ways: "Do your own thing, look out for Number 1, I've got mine and you've got yours to get, take care of yourself because no one else will do it for you." ... as individuals today. But together as a church, they were strong. Their enemies could throw Paul in jail and behead him. They could nail Peter to a cross. They could put Stephen in a pit and stone him to death. They could kill the members of the church, but ...

1416. Up And Down The Mountain

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Donald Dotterer

... important for us to note the context of the meeting between Jesus and his father in heaven. We are told that Jesus took the disciples Peter, John and James with him and "went up on the mountain to pray (9:28)." It was when Jesus was praying that his face was ... . Now may the love of God, the peace of Christ and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you always. Amen. 1. Sir Edmund Hillary, Nothing Venture, Nothing Win (New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1975), p. 130. 2. Ibid, p. 308. Quoted with ...

1417. Compassion

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... loved and was loved for a long time, and showered his compassion on everyone he met. Perhaps the truest statement is that of Peter: "Jesus went about doing good (Acts 10:38)." Jesus loved, and then when you do good you sometimes get hurt. Have you ever ... paid my entire tuition bills my last two years at Harvard; the doctors who hired my wife for a full-time job over the telephone 1,000 miles away even though they had never met her; she did not have one day's experience in the field, and she spoke Southern ...

1418. Coping With Anger In A Close-up World

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... miss some of life's greatest blessings. Look at Jesus, for example. Jesus got angry most often at his close disciples. He screamed at Peter and called him "a devil." He became irritated at the whole lot of them at Gethsemane when they all went to sleep on ... being pleasure centered to being other centered. May God help and bless all of us as we cope with anger in close-up relationships. 1. Leo Madow, Anger: How to Recognize and Cope with It (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972), p. 20. 2. Ibid, p. 29. 3. ...

1419. Managing Our Memories

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Leonard W. Mann

... ones up front and dress them well. The Apostle Paul had been among the Christian folk at Philippi, and afterwards he wrote to them (1:3): "I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." It had been good to be with those people. Paul took that goodness with ... the public road, we are likely to be more cautious if we can remember the last grisly auto accident we saw. Simon Peter, warming himself by the fire, vehemently denied his Lord. Then, says the Scripture, he "remembered the word of Jesus and he wept." ...

1420. The Sermon in the Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... this cup you are retelling the message of the Lord’s death, that he died for you. Do this until he comes again." (1 Corinthians 11:26, The Living Bible) Above and beyond the sermons in our pulpits, there is a Sermon in the Supper! I The ... 24:17, NEB) was transformed into a Cross of Light. Danielou is referring to "the Cross of Light" mentioned in the apocryphal Gospel of Peter. In this book, the Cross of Light was said to have accompanied Christ in his ascent into heaven. It was expected to precede him ...

1421. A House for God

Matthew 7:24-29

Sermon

Gary W. Houston

... a lack of discipline toward unfinished tasks. Even though there are so many things to take care of, irresponsibility and verbosity abound.1 The foolish person who builds a sand castle instead of a house for God upon the rock is not necessarily stupid. Rather ... . There the technique I had habitually relied upon - marshalling my wit and my volition and going strenuously after what I wanted - petered completely out. The harder I struggled, the worse I was. It was what I did the struggling with that was sick. I ...

1422. Battle Cries

2 Samuel 1:17-27

Sermon

Michael Mills

... broken soul as he poured out his pain on paper. In Flanders field the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row.1 In the Soviet Union twenty million persons died in World War II. Harrison Salisbury of the New York Times has written that ... so that death would not be ultimately triumphant. Faulkner was right, "Man can be defeated but he can’t be destroyed." A dying Peter Marshall whispered to his wife Catherine, "Goodbye - see you in the morning." Easter morning has dawned. Death has no longer his black ...

1423. A Glory Revealed in Truth and Faithfulness

John 19:28-37

Sermon

... those who wanted to seize him and make him king? Where would we be? To whom could we go, for Jesus alone has the words of eternal life, as Peter confessed. Only Jesus’ suffering and death could accomplish our Exodus from death to life. But Jesus did the Father’s will and accomplished the once-for-all-time ... " "Beneath the Cross" "Deep Were His Wounds" 1. teleo 2. Martin Luther, "Sermons on St. John," quoted in What Luther Says, compiled by Ewald M. Plass (Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, 1959), Vol ...

1424. In The Lion's Den

Daniel 6:1-28

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... (and help me get up)." --"It is Well with My Soul (but my back hurts)" --"Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (I’ve forgotten where I parked)"(1) One day a wife said to her husband, "You used to hold my hand." He reached out and took her hand. Then she said, "You used to ... ." (II Corinthians 12:9) The toughest lion we have to face is Satan, the evil one. We are warned about him in I Peter 5:8—"Be controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." You can ...

1425. Two Bodies for Two Worlds

Isaiah 26:1-21

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... their bodies shall rise. Like the people in Paul’s day, we ask, "How are the dead raised? With what body do they come?" In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul tells us that God gives us two bodies: a physical and a spiritual body. Are we as concerned about our spiritual ... relationships. Some of the joys of heaven will be speaking with old friends, relatives, and the greats like Paul and Peter, Augustine and Francis, as well as Luther and Wesley. Because of this communication made possible by our spiritual bodies, we ...

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