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1426. Shepherds Who Will Shepherd

Jeremiah 23:1-6

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... and in aiding them to serve and love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and mind (Deuteronomy 6:5). The religious and political leaders — court prophets, priests, and kings — had conspired together to control information — they oppressed and ... of conscience that was disastrous for the people and the nation. Jewish and Roman leadership in the time of Jesus was also marked by the same failure, which resulted in an attempt at deicide (godkilling) when Jesus was crucified and put to death. The ...

1427. Give It Up

Romans 9:30--10:21

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Lent. Reflecting the forty days of temptation that Jesus spent in the wilderness, the forty days of Lent are supposed to be marked by some sort of personal sacrifice. Giving up great, greasy fried foods. Giving up meat. Giving up carbs. Giving up sweets. Giving up ... Paul cites Deuteronomy 30:14 to contrast his contention about “the righteousness that comes from faith” (Romans 10:6). But while Deuteronomy exhorted the Israelites to “choose life” and find righteousness through the Law, through obeying ...

1428. See Something, Say Something, Do Something, Be Something

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ’ disciples as he goes to the cross. Even as Jesus’ path to the completion of his mission leads now to the cross and “glorification,” the new way for his disciple is marked by a living commitment to the “new commandment.” This “new commandment” is not “new” in that it put forth an attitude never before considered. Deuteronomy 6:5, the “Shema” declared by all pious Jews, insists that Hebrews “Love the Lord your God with all you heart and with all your soul and with all your strength ...

1429. Two Sinners

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... Pharisee. There was very little hope for him because he saw no need for change. The prostitute knew she was missing the mark; Simon was blind to the entire target. Even worse was his attitude toward this woman. Instead of having compassion for her, he ... to the Bronx one stop early, just so he could eat at his favorite diner. But one night as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn. He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached ...

1430. Jesus’ Four Surprising Road Rules for the Missional Highway

Luke 9:57-62, Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to the past by investing in the future. What you owe the past is to own the future. COMMENTARY This week’s gospel text marks the end of Jesus’ Galilean ministry and the beginning of the fulfillment of his mission in Jerusalem. Yet even as Jesus sets out on ... just revealed a radical distinction between Jesus and Elijah, he now offers another connection between the two. In 2 Kings 2:1-6 Elijah’s disciple Elisha is three times instructed by his master to stay behind, to quit following. Yet all three times ...

1431. Are You in Labor?

Luke 10:1-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... Jesus say? “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners” (Mark 2:15). How did we get it so wrong? “The harvest is plentiful,” if you know where to look. Many of you are familiar with the ... shtml. 2. http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/i-want-the-church-to-grow-but-do-i-want-any-more-people 6-jeremy-houck-sermon-on-evangelism-fear-of-55342.asp. 3. Raymond McHenry, Something to Think About (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers ...

1432. Love to Life

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to be a spontaneous moment of overwhelming compassion. Something about this woman and her body warped into a question mark struck Jesus so strongly that he reacted without hesitation to bring a new sense of wholeness to someone who ... text is unique to Luke. It is the last time this gospel writer specifically locates Jesus in a synagogue. As in an earlier episode (6:9) where Jesus heals on the Sabbath, it raises the ire of the religious establishment. Jesus is “teaching” in the synagogue, so obviously he ...

1433. The Path of Joy

Psalm 118:1-29

Sermon

King Duncan

... joy in God as both its source and object. (2) Remember how King David danced for joy in front of the ark (2 Samuel 6:13-15). He was so exuberant in his expression of praise that he embarrassed his wife. This is probably not the only time ... be sad. This was a time of uninhibited joy. Joy is the Christian’s witness to the world of God’s love. “The surest mark of a Christian,” said that great saint, Samuel M. Shoemaker, “is not faith, or even love, but joy.” Theologian and philosopher Tielhard de ...

1434. Locusts Happen

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

... life to an overwhelmed people. “Its teeth are lion’s teeth and it has the fangs of a lioness” (Joel 1:6). Thousands, probably millions of these creatures blackened the sky and devoured almost everything in sight. It was hopeless, helpless misery. Locusts ... in a little while. Nevertheless, the water poured and the cross made on our foreheads at baptism are marks of God’s steadfast and forever love. The cross of ashes on our foreheads today will disappear soon. The body and blood of the ...

1435. Peace and Quiet in an Upside-Down World

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Tony Everett

Johnny is four years old and he stopped taking naps before his second birthday. From his 6:15 am wake up (all by himself, no alarm clocks) until his 8 pm bed time, Johnny is in ... service they might twist these same branches into a cross. It is the horrible and shameful cross, not the branches of the royal palm that God has made into the mark of victory over evil. During this week, the holiest of weeks, the week when God turned the world upside down, God twists leaves of palm into a cross of triumph. ...

1436. Ignite: Man on Fire

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

James Merritt

... and World War II 3. The Assassination of Julius Caesar 4. Invention of the printing press 5. Invention of the airplane 6. The Declaration of Independence 7. The invention of gun powder 8. The discovery of the Western hemisphere 9. The death of ... greatest events that ever took place in history and that is the miraculous conversion of a man named Paul. It is not short of the mark to say that of all the conversions that has ever taken place, his is by far the most famous. Having “a Damascus Road experience” ...

1437. One Thing

Philippians 3:12-4:1

Sermon

James Merritt

... Year’s Resolutions 1. Lose Weight 2. Manage Debt/Save Money 3. Get Physically Fit 4. Eat Healthy 5. Learn Something New 6. Drink Less Alcohol 7. Quit Smoking 8. Reduce Stress 9. Take A Trip Somewhere 10. Volunteer To Help Others Those are all ... ) The Greek word for “goal” is “skopos” which means “to look at.” We get our word “telescope” from that word. It means a small mark on which your eye is fixed. In other words, Paul said the key to living a productive life is to focus. Paul had a one ...

1438. Up Close & Personal: Drawing Near

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

James Merritt

... very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” (Mark 1:35, ESV) “But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.” (Luke 5:16, ESV) Jesus reserved a certain time and had ... in the morning - you turn on the radio or the tv, get on the computer to check email, or your cellphone to check text messages. Matthew 6:33 says we ought to “seek first the Kingdom of God.” Since you are going to do something first, you may as well seek God ...

1439. Lost Baggage: Flying Standby

Matthew 7:1-6

Sermon

James Merritt

... you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?” (Matthew 6:3, ESV) If you had been in the audience you would have been laughing your head off. The picture painted here is just hilarious. ... judgment that is done at the right time, in the right place, in the right way, with the right spirit. In fact, one of the marks of a spiritual person is someone who knows how to judge correctly. I Corinthians 2:15 says, “The spiritual person judges all things.” (1 ...

1440. The Journey Begins

Luke 5:1-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.” (Luke 5:6-7, ESV) It is one thing to know how to fish. It is another thing to know where to fish. You talk about a catch! [Show picture of fishing boat] This is a ... to the momentous. [1] H. G. Wells: Quoted From The Greatest Men In History in Mark Link, S. J., He Is the Still Point of the Turning World, Chicago: Argos Communications, 1971, p. 111.

1441. The Ice Bucket Challenge

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... summer. Maybe it’s time for an endofsummer evaluation of the "Ice Bucket Challenge." Yes, it has made a huge mental mark in our kids’ awareness of a dreadful, debilitating, deadly disease. The "Challenge" has highlighted the need to funnel money and brainpower ... and Lucas Aldrich are brothers. They live in Emmett, Idaho (a bit outside of Boise). Noah is 8 and Lucas is 6. They have been amazingly close and enjoying each other since they were born. But the younger brother, Lucas, was born with ...

1442. Let's Take This from the Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... Sacramento, California were linked together by 190 stations so that mail delivery could be reduced from 25 days to just 10. These riders rode 6 days a week, for that time, at a very high salary of $125 a month. Each man was outfitted identically with a bright ... I was in the British Museum. I was looking at the Rosetta Stone. For centuries, Egyptian hieroglyphics remained just strange markings to scholars and archeologists until a soldier in Napoleon’s army found the Rosetta Stone where the same text was ...

1443. Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-24

Sermon

James Merritt

... a free-fall from God. Just a piece of practical advice that you can pass on to your kids and your grandkids - never put a question mark where God has put a period. You don’t have to like what God says in His word and you don’t even have to agree ... one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.” (Genesis 3:6, ESV) We have just read the first sin ever committed. I know that is a word that is not used much anymore today. What God calls “sin ...

1444. No Turning Back

John 6:60-71

Sermon

King Duncan

... had been sending his disciples out with power and authority and they were casting out demons and healing the sick (Luke 9:1-6). And consequently his ministry was going viral, if you can say that about a movement that is being spread person-to-person. People ... For even the Son of Man, came not to be served but to serve others, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). An unknown writer quoted on the Internet tells of visiting a fast-growing church in Minnesota to learn from their staff. It was ...

1445. Right Answer - Wrong Conclusion

Mark 8:27-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... machine to respond with the words, “Why are you interested in . . .” followed by the proper noun and a question mark. For example, if the person says something like, “I understand that you live in New Jersey,” ELIZA, the machine ... from anyone else? Even the heathen do that.” (Mt. 5:47, TLB) Or, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” (Mt. 6:27) How about, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it ...

1446. Tranquil: The Blessed Village on a Hillside

John 6:25-59

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... rumor about his bringing the goose into Tranquil. Actually no one knew how the goose came to be in the village. But mark this, a goose that laid golden eggs lived in Tranquil and that gold was behind the village's motto: "Tranquil, Where ... we were a young couple with two children, living in a rented house, owned one car and I had a job that didn't pay much." John 6 opens with an account of Jesus feeding the five thousand. You know the story well. When the meal was over, Jesus and the apostles leave for the ...

1447. A Grayhound and a Kite

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

Mark L. Feldman and Michael F. Spratt in their book Five Frogs on a Log tell about a family visiting Mexico that found itself in a difficult situation. On Sept. 6, 1960, the Salado River in Sabinas, Mexico, overran its banks. Flood waters filled the main road leading from Sabinas across the border into the U.S. Numerous cars and trucks stalled while attempting to cross the border. However, a tow truck driver observed the mess with happy anticipation. You can ...

1448. Serendipity

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... of it. “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” (Matthew 6:33) Now the word serendipity is not too common, but we use it frequently—usually referring to something good that has happened ... the field, but here was another one. As he scratches around at the rock to throw it aside, he finds that there is a shimmering mark upon it, and he realizes that this is not rock but metal. And as he looks more closely, he discovers that the metal is part ...

1449. If You Are Looking for a Savior...

Matthew 11:2-11

Sermon

James L. Killen

... would happen when the messiah came to bring in God's new possibility. Jesus knew that John would understand (Isaiah 26:19; 29:18-19; 35:5-6; 42:7; 61:1). Should we be looking for a Savior? And if so, where should we be looking? We need to consider that question. Some of ... same message that John preached: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe the good news" (Mark 1:15). There is that word "repent." It means get ready to make some changes. And for Jesus, it was a part ...

1450. The God of Hope

Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12, Romans 15:4-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... time in our society. There was a “Doonesbury” cartoon during those turbulent times that showed the campus radical Megaphone Mark falling off to sleep. Above his head you could see this thoughts. “It’s Christmas Eve as a tired, ... leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.” (11:6). Of course, Isaiah was not anticipating a green vapor that would come down out of the clouds. He was prophesying “a shoot [that would come ...

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