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151. Leave Your Calculator Home

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... % of the people who do give, tithe their income. And the situation is getting worse, in spite of our increasing affluence. (6) One study shows that U.S. Christians give proportionately less today than they did during the Great Depression. Giving to Caesar is ... God. She returned to the church (she lived just across the street) and asked for her card back. She doubled her amount, then marked it out and tripled the amount. David Dykes says, “Folks, I had a hard time getting that moth in her purse . . . No, ...

152. Translucent Grace

Mark 9:2-13, Luke 9:28-36, Revelation 1:9-20, Revelation 2:12-17

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ) The Seal of the Multitude Washed White in the Blood of Jesus (Revelation 7) The Light of the Lord’s Eternal City (Revelation 21) Mark’s Account of Jesus’ Transfiguration After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they ... Gen 30:32-40; Daniel 7:9; Exod 16:31; Levit 13; Eccles 9:8; Zech 1:8, 6:3, 6:6; Isaiah 40:4; Jer 17:9; Hosea 6:8 Song 5:10; Isaiah 18:4 and 32:4; Jeremiah 4:11. ^See Barnes Notes and Robinsons’ Lexicon and the Israel Institute for Biblical Studies. ^^ ...

153. And It Came To Pass

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... more clearly seen, operative in the lives of believers. Coming back after the overwhelming debacle, wherein everything seemed lost, is the sure mark that Jesus meant what he said: "Lo, I am with you always" (Matthew 28:20). God’s power is never so available ... wraith, Although we know not what we use, Although we grope with little faith, Give me the heart to fight - and lose.6 A gentleman who instructed in a vocational school gave me a clue about teaching - and about life. When demonstrating the use of ...

154. When Evil Wins

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ancient world's National Enquirer, a sordid story of the excesses of the rich and famous. But it is surrounded by the ministry of Jesus. Mark's message in telling it right here and right now is that nothing in this world, not even the palaces of the powerful, are ... William Tell - he used a pistol to shoot a glass off his wife's head. He missed...and put a bullet in her brain instead.(6) How stupid. How evil. Yes, it often seems that the evil wins. But the message of our faith says that evil does not have the ...

155. Is Suffering Really Necessary?

Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... of brotherhood . . . and to see that we must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul." (6) Suffering does that to people. They get out of themselves and begin to see others in a different light. After going through a long and heart-breaking period of depression, Christian author Mark Littleton discovered that God had used his pain to soften his heart toward others. He became less judgmental, less self-centered, more willing to empathize with others ...

156. Choices

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... crowd of Roman citizens. What a choice to make! McKenna pictures the believers gathered in a secret meeting, hungrily reading over Mark's letter to them, searching for some words of encouragement. And here they are, in these four verses. Their Savior knew what ... ), pp.155-156. 5. Tommy Barnett. Adventure Yourself (Lake Mary, FL: Creation House, 2000), p. 126. 6. David L. McKenna. The Communicator's Commentary: Mark, edited by Lloyd J. Ogilvie (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1982), pp. 39-40. 7. "Tour de Force" by Lance ...

157. Wining and Dining with Jesus

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... problem is: they thought that they had done it perfectly! And they couldn’t stop criticizing others who, in their opinion, fell short. Mark’s Gospel tells us that one of the first people to respond to Jesus’ preaching about the Kingdom was a man named Levi ... it lasted only from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and after that normal food could be eaten. (Barclay, op cit., p. 52) To His critics, Jesus said simply: “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is still with them?” Only Mark adds: “As long as ...

158. What the Maid Said to the Fisherman

Mark 14:66-72, Mark 14:53-65

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... might not have been a literal rooster crowing that is meant here. The Roman night was divided into four watches from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. At the end of the third watch, at three o’clock in the morning, the guard was changed. Biblical ... COURTYARD COME FROM? There is only one source from which the story could have come – and that source is Peter himself. Remember that St. Mark was the “secretary” to St. Peter, and his gospel is made up primarily of Peter’s own reminiscences. In other words Peter is the ...

159. He Stands Alone

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... your son ended the story in a way different from any other child, ever. He wrote, ‘So the ant gave all of his food to the grasshopper; the grasshopper lived through the winter. But the ant died.’ “And the picture? At the bottom of the page, Mark had drawn three crosses.” (6) This is the Gospel at its most profound. We are the people of the cross. Christ died for us. We live for him and for one another. When you understand that, life takes on a new meaning and a new sense of purpose. Christ showed us ...

160. The Great Inescapable Question of Eternity

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels. — Mark 8:36-38 Let us consider what we know about who Jesus Christ is and, finally, ask ourselves, "Who do I say Jesus is?" Popular ... am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. — John 6:35 I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. — John 8: ...

161. Maker's Mark

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... Our bodies are becoming storyboards where in colors and cuts and carvings you tell your story. As of 2001, 1 in 6 American adults have or have had a tattoo or body piercing ("Ink Me, Stud," American Demographics, 23 [December 2001], 9). How ... him might warp or distort the image and message of Christ that he's committed to communicating to the world. Paul wants nothing less than to put Christ's mark on the world, and to do so he has to be believed, he has to be trusted that he is who he says he is: a man of his ...

162. A Kingdom Investment Policy

Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... us, Damian. No one is looking out for us. So we're looking out for ourselves." It is the same philosophy which stands behind Mark Twain as he mocks the first question of the Westminster Catechism: “What is the chief end of man? To get rich. In what way? Dishonestly ... ten pounds, you and all mankind [can] bear witness against me, that I have lived and died a thief and a robber."6 The early Methodists lived lean and talked straight. We also note that Wesley died a widower without children. Still, his example is ...

163. The Scarlet Letter

Exodus 20:14

Sermon

James Merritt

... call it. Adultery is a physical sin. Paul said in I Cor. 6:18, "Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside ... marked "Obedience." That's the only road that will get you to genuine happiness. [1] F. F. Bruce, History of the English Bible, (New York: Oxford, 1978), p. 108. [2] Michael Medvid, Hollywood vs. America, p. 117. [3] Russell Chandler, Racing Toward 2001, p. 96. [4] David A. Seamands, God's Blueprint for Living, p. 100. [5] Dr. James Dobson, When God Doesn't Make Sense, pp. 185-186. [6 ...

164. The Dark Side Confronted

Hebrews 12:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... 7. "For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every son whom He receives. It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?" (Hebrews 12:6-7, NASB) One of the marks that you are a child of God is that God will confront you and discipline you when you do sin. Understand this – God only confronts His children. If you are a parent you can relate to this. If your kids are playing in the yard with the neighbor ...

165. No Turning Back

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... today’s gospel passage some of the disciples told Jesus that his teachings were too hard. They wanted something easier. And many of them left because, as they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” (6:60) Jesus was not taking the easy road. Matthew, Luke, and to a lesser extent Mark tell us that Satan offered Jesus an easier road to messiahship. Satan told Jesus he ought to turn stones into bread for his own benefit when he was hungry. He should never have to suffer because surely God ...

166. The Passion of the Christ – The Rest of the Story

Matthew 27:45-56

Sermon

James Merritt

... state and bend down to pick up one coin, those would be the odds that he would choose the one that was marked. Now add to this that there are some 300 prophecies about the Messiah in the Old Testament and Jesus fulfilled every one of ... our sins. He not only died for sin, he died in place of the sinner. Romans 5:6 says, "When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners." (Romans 5:6, NLT) I Thessalonians 5:10 says, "He died for us." (I Thessalonians 5:10, NJKV) I Peter ...

167. The King on a Donkey

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... The Lord has need of it and will send it back here immediately.” (Mark 11:3) That is boldly underlined in the assertion of Jesus’ authority. “Say to them, ‘The Lord has need of it.” Mark it down friends: It is a strong word about how we must see ... to save for retirement, and we’re adding that to our pledge. Over 3 years that will amount to $18,000. Added to the other $6,000 we had decided upon, our pledge now stood at $211,000. But the more we thought about it, the more we were convicted that ...

168. Wonderful Opportunities for Mission

Matthew 9:35-10:8 (9-23)

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... , not to be targeting Gentiles or even those half-breed Samaritans, but only for the "lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matthew 10:6). What is the point of this story? New Testament scholarship has discerned that the context of Matthew's gospel is the experience of persecution, ... of John Wesley, Vol. 6 (3rd edition; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 1996), p. 133. See the use of this citation by Warren, p. 259. 8. John Calvin, Commentary On a Harmony of The Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (1555), in ...

169. Behold The Man Who Taught By The Sea

Mark 4:1-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... them in the open air. One such occasion is reported to us in what we call the Sermon on the Mount. Here in our lesson for today in Mark, chapter 4, we find Jesus teaching by the sea. So many people came to hear him that he had to get in a boat and speak to them ... these parables were plain stories spoken to common people. They were stories about life. They did not have some great hidden meaning.6 C. H. Dodd, a New Testament scholar, said of these parables, "They are the natural expression of a mind that sees ...

170. In Control

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... fall back on 2018.5 They are trying to set God’s timetable for him, and, like others before them, they are going to be wrong. Jesus makes that clear enough in Mark 13:32 "But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." At his Ascension, as recorded in ... United Methodist Publishing House, April 1986, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 8, 9. 6. Barclay, William, The Gospel of Mark, The Daily Study Bible Series (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press), 1975, p. 321.

171. How Do You See It Now?

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... , "if you don't look at the goalposts?" "I just look at the hash marks," said Wersching. "They tell me all I have to know." Madden goes on to note that Wersching is right. The hash marks, those chalked lines about 23 yards inside each sideline on a football field are ... and afraid. Then in the early hours of this morning, in the stillness of my room, I reached out my hand and someone took it." (6) That is what each of us longs for, is it not? To reach out a hand in the dark and have someone take it. May ...

172. Children in the Arms of a Loving God

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Michael Milton

... God like a child shall not enter it.” And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them (Mark 10:13-16). Suffer the Little Children We have all heard about the infamous novel where a mystery was supposedly encrypted in the ... your children to Christ? Are you trusting your little ones to Christ? How do you do that? By prayer, and as we learn in Deuteronomy 6, by living your faith before them in genuine lifestyle ways. We all know it is a dangerous world in so many ways—morally and even ...

173. Living in the Red

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... will pay a price: SCARS. Your body will carry the marks of discipleship. Of course, it's one thing to get scarred up doing half-pipes and half-nelsons. It's another thing to get marked up and branded because you're living for Jesus. The ... of the world, said of his living in the red, "May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Galatians 6:14). Perhaps the greatest hymn ever written on our text this morning is by Isaac Watts. Some call it the greatest hymn ever written, period ...

174. The Character Of Christmas; Herod: The Not So Great

Matthew 2:13-22

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... the third night he phoned the Harvard Observatory. Confirmation soon followed. And they named the comet Whitaker-Thomas, adding to Mark's name the name of the professional astronomer who helped in the confirmation. Commenting on this extraordinary accomplishment Marcus ... not because God made [us], not because God is all-knowing, but because God became a simple soul. God became a human being." (6) God became one of us. And that was the greatest act of generosity ever shown. One which nothing and no one, not ...

175. Peter, Our Folk Hero

Mark 14:27-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Rose Bowl. So no matter what Roy Riegels does, the world won’t let him forget that 50 years ago he made a mistake. (Mark Trotter, “How to Forget the Past”) I thought of Roy Riegels as I began preparation of this sermon, because we’re focusing our attention ... our steward ship emphasis. Our shared with an Advance Planning Group a schedule of what it would take for us to raise 6 million dollars. Some people are going to have to give some large gifts. This couple looked at the suggested schedule of giving ...

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