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1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... explain it. You measure its reality and effectiveness by the results. This was no self-generated orgy. This was God at work! Then blustering, blundering Peter stood up to speak. Only this time he didn’t muff it. He told it like it was. And he called on the people to ... There is that amazing arithmetic again. 1 - 12 - 120 - 3,000 ... and then after 300 years ... seven million converts have been added to the Christian church and it has gone 1,500 miles east and west and 1,000 miles north and south, beginning ...

1427. Voluntary Blindness

Matthew 6:1-15

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Herchel H. Sheets

... personalities? No, with purposeful exaggeration he is simply emphasizing that "theatrical virtue does not count in the Kingdom of God,"1 and that we, therefore, should pay little attention to our good deeds. Some of the people among whom he lived ... I do not ask the grace which thou didst give to St. Paul; nor can I dare to ask the grace which thou didst give to St. Peter; but, the mercy which thou didst show to the Dying Robber, that mercy, show to me."10 Jesus knew that being aware of our goodness might ...

1428. Pilgrim Living in a Vagabond World

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... world, however, is pretty much the vagabond kind. This is not a new development on the human scene. In his day the Apostle Peter found it necessary to say to the people to whom he ministered, "Save yourselves from this untoward generation" (Acts 2:40). In ... your wagon to a star." There is no better quest than the one Paul spoke of when he said, "Seek what is above" (Colossians 3:1). Although we may never reach all the summits we aspire to, the pilgrimage has rewards of its own. In a drama the question is ...

1429. Never Underestimate The Power of a Cup of Cold Water

Matthew 10:1-42

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Brett Blair

... . So for the record here is the cost: History tells us… 1. John died of extreme old age exiled to the island of Patmos. 2. Judas Iscariot, after betraying his Lord, hanged himself. 3. Peter was crucified; head downward, during the persecution of Nero. 4. Andrew ... think of the personal wealth of someone like Bill Gates. He is worth over 100 billion dollars. Several years ago he earmarked 1 billion dollars over a 20 year period to endow a charitable trust for education and health. None of us will come close ...

1430. God’s Chosen Country

Isaiah 40:1-31

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Susan Hedahl

... bound; to proclaim the year of God’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn ... (Isaiah 61:1-2 ILL) Special language and writings were used in the life of Israel to focus on the Expected One. The urgent speech of the prophets ... person ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God...." (2 Peter 3:11 RSV) There has certainly been a clearer sense among Christians in the past several years about the nature of the gifts ...

1431. Party in Room 210 ... Everyone Invited

John 1:35-42

Sermon

Thomas Long

... follow Jesus. In terms of the question, What does it take to make up a call? at this point the score seems to be: poetry 1, prose 0. But if we look closely at the rest of the passage, the story begins to speak of other, more prosaic and earth-bound realities ... surely must have been a startling statement, "So you are Simon. I’m changing your name. From now on, you will be called ‘Peter.’ " What does it take to make up a "call"? The picture John gives us, when we inspect it closely, now seems closer to ...

1432. The Kingdom of God Is At Hand

Mark 1:9-13

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Richard A. Jensen

... that the kingdom of God is at hand. (See Mark 1:21-29.) Mark’s story of Jesus continues. Jesus left the synagogue. He entered the house of Simon and Andrew. As they came into the house, it was discovered that Simon Peter’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever. ... ’s judgment is restored to the fullness of human life. That, too, is a sign that the kingdom of God is at hand. (See Mark 1:40-45.) Just one more example. Jesus went to dinner one day in the home of a tax collector named Levi. The room was filled ...

1433. Go ... Be the Church ... Do the Gospel

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... according to the purity of the Gospel." 5) Our Lutheran parents remembered according to the admonition in the letter of Peter which was read to us this morning that the church is not necessarily a building with stone walls - even a ... ... BE the Church ... give a united visible witness. C. Go ... and BE the Church ... But "be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only." 1) The stone building is only the church when the people of God that are the Church are here worshiping and learning. 2) During the week ...

1434. Coping When It Seems Impossible

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... love renewed. There is power available for life and its demands. "The vast resources of his power open to us who trust him" (Ephesians 1:18). When God calls us to something, he sustains us in it. You can count on that. Read through the New Testament book ... to heal and enable can be put in another way: It was a naive but impressive tribute ... when Kenny Everett said about the "Peter Pan Christian," Cliff Richard, "I don’t know what he’s on, but it works!" (Derick Greeves, Expository Times) I know what ...

1435. But God...

Genesis 50:15-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... day of the week for worship because we recall another first day of the week, another "BUT GOD" event. Listen to the way Peter describes it in his sermon in Jerusalem on Pentecost: "[People] of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited ... into the world, you do not go alone; you go with each other, and your God goes with you. Vaya con Dios. Amen. 1. Anthony de Mello, Sadhana: A Way to God: Christian Exercises in Eastern Form, (St. Louis: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 1979), 134 in Homiletics ...

1436. Sermons in Stones

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Groundhogs might be looking for love, not their shadows," Associated Press, Warren Times-Observer, 1/29/03, A-9 2. Joyce Rupp in Praying Our Goodbyes, cited in Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), p. 134 3. Matthew 6:28-30 4. Clara Null, Christian Reader, Mar/April, 1996, p. 50 5. Peter J. Gomes, The Good Book, (New York: William Morrow, 1996), p. 321 6. "Lessons from Arabella," http://www.homileticsonline.com, 10/3/99 7 ...

1437. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... there is now a division there between the good and the bad. Another is Tartarus. We run into that only once (in II Peter(3)) in describing a place to which fallen angels are condemned. The third word is Gehenna. Gehenna was the name of a ... , even though it might not be the kind of Hell we have tended to picture. But even that is not necessary. Thank goodness! Thank God! Amen! 1. "Westminster Confession of Faith," XXXV:2, Book of Confessions, (Presbyterian Church, USA), 6.181 2. BOC, 7.139 3. 2:4 4. 8:12 5. 13 ...

1438. Prayers That Work

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... man was watching the performance with amused interest. Grinning, he suggested, "Why don't you just try putting on the emergency brake?" (1) Our subject today is prayer. To the mind of the unbeliever, watching someone pray is the equal of watching someone say " ... arrested, and the following year the last Lutheran Church property was confiscated by the Soviet authorities, the Church of St. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg. The Lutheran bishop of that city, Arthur Malmgren, had written to his people beforehand. " ...

1439. When What's Lost Is Found

Luke 15:8-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... hit me. It was also the last time I ever took her wedding ring." (1) Great story! It reminds me of an item that was in the newspaper sometime back. A new bride accidentally flushed her $1,800 diamond wedding ring down the toilet. Her husband, who was still making ... the Pharisee who thanked God he wasn't like the tax collector. His sins fell within a range of acceptability. British actor Peter Ustinov said he once dreamed he had been elected Pope. In his dream he saw smoke rising from the chimney pots, and ...

1440. Stealth Christians

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... instruction. A Nashville, Tennessee newspaper carried a tongue-in-cheek story about Mrs. Lila Craig who hasn't missed attending church in 1,040 Sundays, although she is in her eighties. The editor commented, "It makes one wonder, what's the matter with Mrs. Craig? ... gospel to the people of the Huaorani tribe. The five men ” Nate Saint, Jim Elliot, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Peter Fleming ” thought they had made contact with a friendly, welcoming group. But not long after they landed in Ecuador, a ...

1441. A Society Out Of Control

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a polite tap on the shoulder, it's a howling reproach. What Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai were not the Ten Suggestions." (1) There is a growing consciousness that our society is out of control and that such a society is sick. John Morley once traveled ... we should not do. They do not give us that ingredient that Jesus gave us to make life countthe ingredient self giving love. Dr. Peter Rhea Jones once told about a lady who had that kind of love. In a church he once attended there was a predictable ritual ...

1442. Who Will Take Away This Burden Of Guilt?

Hebrews 10:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... who see the sign panic and make an immediate illegal U-turn. They are stopped and searched. The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting. (1) A farmer was trying out his new car. As he approached his farm, he decided to see how fast it would go. He raced ... asked for a bill. He received a telex. It read: "We have no record of a Rolls Royce with a mechanical failure." That is what St. Peter will say to us some day when we ask him about our sins. "I don't have any record of your ever having done wrong." Do ...

1443. When More Is Never Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... had no answer. Levine says that when his income was $100,000, he hungered for $200,000, and when he was making $1 million, he hungered for $3 million. Berglas says that oddly enough people who find that $200,000 did not make them happy ... save us. What Jesus told his disciples both shocked and amazed them. They had left their families, their jobs, everything they had, and Peter reminded Jesus of this. Jesus replied that in following him there will indeed be many rewards. "Truly I tell you," Jesus said, " ...

1444. Sinner Or Saint?

Hebrews 7:11-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... hitter and say, `There's no way you can ever hit me.'" Two days later Orel pitched relief and in 3 innings, he gave up only 1 run. Lasorda's talk (he calls it his "Sermon on the mound") had worked. (3) The question here is how we view ourselves. Can we believe ... Hebrews we are those who have been purified by the offering of our great high priest. In James we are brothers and sisters. In Peter we are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. In John's epistles we are ...

1445. Will This Be On The Test?

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... had to pass certain tests in order to enter the kingdom of heaven! One day Moses was watching the Pearly gates for Saint Peter. While in charge, Moses decided to give a quiz to those desiring entrance into heaven. To all who had arrived that day he ... she could inevitably see it and recall the meaning of it in her mind. Maybe we should do the same by writing Deuteronomy 6:1-9! The other place the Hebrews would keep these very important verses was on little scrolls within a small ceramic case that hung beside ...

1446. The Cry Of Freedom

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... human life to provide meaning, purpose, power and structure: The Home (Genesis 2:8-15) The Government or State (Genesis 9:1-17) The Church (Acts 2) Now, let us turn to our lesson from Romans 13 for today for insight about government ... was declaring in his letter to the Galatians. You can only be "Absolutely Free" by faith in Christ alone when you walk by the Spirit. Peter Yakovlevich Vins wrote his family from his Russian prison in 1936. He asked them to pray that Jesus would empower him so he could be ...

1447. One Came Back

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

King Duncan

... good question: "How could they come into God's presence Sunday after Sunday without breathing in the joy that danced in the very air?" (1) Jesus was traveling near the border between Samaria and Galilee. He was on his way to Jerusalem. Near the border was a group ... in your heart this morning - a song of thanksgiving for all God has done for you? 1. Gert Behanna, "The Joyous Way," THE GUIDEPOSTS TREASURY OF FAITH (New York: Bantam Book, 1980), pg. 56. 2. Michael Vitez, "Paying his Debt to the ...

1448. Who Is God Anyway?

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... cannot know. Knowledge is exploding all around us. Go back with me to the year 1292. The Sorbonne Library in Paris housed 1,338 books, most handwritten, representing nearly all of humankind's accumulated knowledge spanning a few thousand years. In contrast, today, worldwide, about that ... a god in our own image ” a god who fits our particular situation and our particular needs. Psychologists Peter Benson and Bernard Spilka studied descriptions and definitions of God as given by Catholics and related it to ...

1449. Rejected

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... the existence of "a key if I could only find it, if you would only let me look for it which would unlock both our hearts." (1) The man who would one day provide a strong voice for the aspirations of the British people was once rejected just like many of us may have ... Hindu from New Delhi, India. The Hindu told the conference that a few years before he had visited Rome and seen, at St. Peter's, the world famous Pieta by Michelangelo. He conceded that the sculpture of the dead Jesus held in the arms of the ...

1450. Offer Them Christ

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

King Duncan

... of fire to be with the Devil and bank robbers?" David thought a moment, then replied, "I want to stay right here." 1 Debbie might not have presented the gospel with much sophistication, but she is on the right track. She was trying to offer ... every evening after school to study the Bible and to read great Christian books. While reading Catherine Marshal's book, A Man Called Peter I discovered that Jesus Christ is personally interested in every individual's life. I knelt in the library of the church and offered ...

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