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Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... aren’t,” the girl said, “but Jehovah is still God.” Friends, you know that I am not Moses. No pastor can ever be Moses or Simon Peter or St. Paul. But God will still be God and we come to worship to present ourselves and all we have to God, not to a mere ... to tell the story, ’twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story of Jesus and his love.” 1. Jack Maguire, The Power of Personal Storytelling (New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher /Putnam, 1998). 2. Peg C. Neuhauser, Corporate Legends and Lore ...

1752. A Chance To Start Over

John 8:3-11

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... says, "I can't. I'm not holding the stone." You know, there are a lot of stones and rocks in the Bible. There's Peter the Rock who sank like a rock when tried to walk on water. There's the stones which Jesus said would break into song on ... came back home to 215 Elm Street and hid in the closet. Mom found me and asked, 'Why are you hiding? What have you done?'" (1) I personally don't think anybody needs help locating their own Eden, do you? That's the place where we first knowingly betrayed and disobeyed ...

1753. No Instant Maturity

Matthew 7:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... will never grow. Paul said, “I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise” (Romans 1:14 KJV). When we never allow ourselves to be open we shut ourselves up in the security of relating only to our “own kind” we become ... -tempered. They came out of very much the same environment. One of these men was Judas Iscariot, the other Simon Peter. What made the difference? Commitment. Put any two persons in the same situation. On may come out a bigot, the ...

1754. No Longer Strangers

Ephesians 2:1-10

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Maxie Dunnam

... Ephesians. I Look first at verses 1 through 10. In these verses Paul minces no words in pronouncing our predicament, and he spares no image or metaphor in presenting the possibility that is ours. Our predicament: Verse 1, “You were dead in trespasses and sin ... painter came to see Pope Adrian to receive the pope’s blessing for his painting. The painting was called “The Bark of Peter,” which is a reference to the church as a ship. It showed the church being carried aloft by angels blowing trumpets. The ...

1755. The Wise Men: Going Home Another Way

Matthew 2:1-12

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Maxie Dunnam

... of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (Isaiah 40 1-5 RSV) So, Handel set the prophets word to music that hope may sing in our souls. Likewise, Paul’s word to the ... greetings from friends, far and near. Most meaningful are the personal notes added to the cards. That is how it happened - you remember to Peter, James, and John: He came to them while they were fishing and to Matthew as he collected taxes. John Woolman, a tailor, was sewing ...

1756. Liberated Women

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... . I wonder if this group included the wives of some of the disciples? I’ve often wondered whatever happened to Simon Peter’s wife. We know the impetuous fisherman was married. After all, we have the story of Jesus healing his mother-in- ... what brought us to this place in our lives. God wants to give us eternal life. Won’t you be liberated today? 1. Timothy Anger, merry-hearts-subscribe@listmonger.net. 2. William Barclay, Good Tidings of Great Joy (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999). ...

1757. Praising God All Day Long

Psalm 100:1-5

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... of coal only to find himself another day older and deeper in debt. You remember the refrain of that song. It will date us all. “St. Peter don't you call me for I can't go—I owe my soul to the company store." The head football coach of the Michigan Wolverines ... in a voice that was quiet and low said, “Now what are my bids for the old violin?" and he held it up with the bow. “A $1,000 and who'll make it two, $2,000 and who will make it three? $3,000 once, $3,000 twice, going and gone," he cried. The ...

1758. What Would Jesus Say About Medical Care?

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... to walk away. But more than that, he forgave the sins of those who stray. The gentle healer comes into our town today. [1] A full twenty percent of the gospels deal with the healing ministries of Jesus. Seeing the crowds he has compassion on them and ... Murray McCheyne was one of Scotland’s finest preachers in the 19th century. But McCheyne died of exhaustion at age thirty while pastoring St. Peter’s Church in Dundee. On his death bed this is what he said, “God gave me a message to deliver and a horse to ...

1759. Endless Line of Blunder

Exodus 1:8

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David J. Kalas

... vulnerable did those early disciples look when the local potentate, Herod, beheaded John the Baptist, killed James, and imprisoned Peter? Yet now, two millennia later, Herod's only real legacy is at the points where he crossed paths ... to the end: Though there be those who hate her, And false sons in her pale, Against both foe or traitor She ever shall prevail.1 When the Sanhedrin was weighing their options against the early followers of Christ, old Gamaliel cautioned them: "I tell you, keep away from these ...

1760. Not What You Expected

Hebrews 2:10-18

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John N. Brittain

... words of Gustav Aulén, that, "The work of Christ is first and foremost a victory over the powers which hold mankind in bondage: sin, death, and the devil."1 In his 1931 book, Christus Victor, Aulén drew attention to this theme of Hebrews, which was of enormous importance to the early church: that the significance of the ... able to help those who are being tested" (Hebrews 2:18). Amen. 1. Gustav Aulén, Christus Victor (London: S.P.C.K., 1931), p. 20. 2. Paul Tillich, The Shaking of the Foundations (New York ...

1761. Here I Am

Hebrews 12:18-29

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... people he had once terrorized. He is a living testament in his community of God's power to redeem a life. (1) Like Moses: after much debate. After much crawfishing and making excuses, Eddie Charles Spencer finally said: "Here I am." Conclusion You ... . Just like Moses. Just like Joshua. Just like Isaiah and Jeremiah, David and Solomon. Just like John the Baptist. Just like Jesus, Peter, James and John. Just like Paul and Timothy.Just like your favorite pastor. The only difference is that today I am calling ...

1762. Chosen

John 15:9-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... that he's a bad guy simply because of the friend he has chosen, simply because he's been hanging out with Roy. (1) Sometimes it works just the opposite, too. Look at the company Jesus kept. To the religious establishment, Jesus couldn't be the Messiah ... offer a hand and a kind word. And sometimes friends offer simply offer silent companionship. That's what Jesus was wanting when He asked Peter, James and John to accompany Him to the Garden to pray. He simply wanted to be with his friends. And He wanted to know ...

1763. There Will Be Light

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... find Jesus. It is to so live that people see in us year round the love of the Bethlehem babe. That is our part and it is the main part to show the world how to find Jesus. 1. The Timothy Report, http://www.timothyreport.com. 2. “The Cave Dwellers” by Peter Lane Taylor from “National Geographic Adventure,” published in Reader’s Digest, January 2005, pp. 134-141. 3. Charles R. Boatman, editor, The NIV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2009-2010 (Cincinnati, OH : Standard Publishing, 2009), pg. 379. 4. Ask ...

1764. A Child Will Be Born

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... I tried to prepare him in case of a disappointment. But he just said, ‘Don’t worry, Grandma, I know they will come.’” (1) That young boy didn’t know it, but, in a sense, he was speaking for all Christianity. A thankful people, more than one billion ... Ask Thomas what he thinks about Jesus, he’ll fall down prostrate before him and cry out, “My Lord and my God.” Ask Peter, what do you think about Jesus and he will tell you. “God has made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ ...

1765. The Evangelist Has a Shady Past

John 4:1-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the lake of fire to be with the Devil and bank robbers?” David thought a moment, then replied, “I want to stay right here.” (1) Sounds like a smart little fellow. Maybe little Debbie was not the ideal evangelist. But her heart was in the right place. It’s a ... Roberts headed a vast TV empire. He became so famous that he became the target of comedians. According to one joke Simon Peter knocks on the door to God’s office in heaven and says, “You’ll never guess who just arrived. It’s the ...

1766. Disillusioned Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... have been because he had been more intense in his devotion than the others. He was willing to die for Jesus. Peter had denied Christ. Judas had betrayed him. But Thomas was willing to die for him. Thomas’ expectations had been higher so ... to being dynamic. It can happen. Don’t give up. Trust in the risen Christ and your Christian friends and you will endure. 1. http://www.northraleighunited.org/Sermons/ontheroad.htm. 2. A. Dudley Dennison M.D., Shock It To Me Doctor! (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing ...

1767. When Christians Pray

Acts 1:12-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... about prayer. Then, why don’t we pray? Ah, that’s the question. Why don’t we pray? . . . Why don’t we?” (1) Powerful things happen when people pray. Our lesson from the book of Acts takes place immediately after Christ’s ascension into heaven. The ... s walk from the city. When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son ...

1768. In Our Own Language

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... soon the entire audience was roaring in laughter. Finally, someone told him that he had said, “Good evening, bathrooms and broom closets!” (1) I guess it pays to know the language of the people to whom you’re speaking. Of course it works both ways ... music and even a few to the sermon. People are different. Christ came to St. Paul in a different way than he did to Simon Peter. The point is that God comes to us individually as well as corporately. God speaks to us according to our needs. God comes to us ...

1769. Send Her Away!

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... . They’re rioting in Africa. There’s strife in Iran. What nature doesn’t do to us, will be done by our fellow man. (1) It’s satire, but it also is a pretty apt description of the human condition. Situations change, but human nature doesn’t. There is ... is interesting, don’t you think, that she called him, “Lord, Son of David”? This is a messianic title. Outside of Simon Peter, who else was ready to proclaim Jesus as the messiah? No one in Matthew’s Gospel. There’s more to this woman ...

1770. A “No Surprises” Easter

John 20:1-18

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... been removed, with the Bible that was to be placed in his hands sitting on top. The body is gone. What would you think? Simon Peter and the unnamed "Beloved Disciple" (whom tradition has presumed to be John) race to the tomb. There are the grave clothes and, off to the ... the captain," the sailor said. "He would like you to glance at the headlines to see if you'd still like to be rescued!"[1] Sometimes life does scare us. Sometimes we feel that the world is out of joint, that those in charge have no clue how ...

1771. Sermons In Stones

Psalm 19:1-14

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not nearly as lost as we thought we were, that all the time we thought we were dead inside, beautiful things were being born in us.[1] As a very wise preacher once suggested, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even ... 't you know that God is the same everywhere?" "Yes," the boy answered, "but I'm not."[5] 1. Joyce Rupp in Praying Our Goodbyes, cited in Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life (New York: Simon & ...

1772. How Can This Be?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... fact, when God chooses in the biblical stories, it is often in spite of some characteristic which the world might find disqualifying: Moses was guilty of murder, David was too young, Peter was a simple fisherman, and Paul had been a persecutor of the very one who called him. One thing we do know, and that is that God works in particulars. God ... Mary been filled with reason There'd have been no room for the child.1 Amen. 1. Madeline L'Engle, The Weather of the Heart, (Colorado Springs: H. Shaw, 1978), p. 45.

1773. Grand Opening

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Robert J. Elder

... sometimes have felt empathy with the clumsy poet whose little bit of humorous verse went: "How odd of God, to choose the Jews.1 This provoked an equally good-natured response: "Not odd of God, Goyim annoy 'im."2 Yet, because of the story we share ... and alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Romans 6:11). The dying to sin is not to be discounted — it is real. Paul Stookey, of the Peter, Paul, and Mary trio, said that once upon a time the most popular magazine in our country was called Life. That's a pretty broad ...

1774. Can Anything Good Come out of Our Town?

John 1:43-51

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Robert J. Elder

... s gospel do we hear about the disciple with the parochial ideas about Galilean towns. Picture, if you will, our man Nathaniel. Like Peter, he is a fisherman by trade. He hails from Cana, another in a long line of undistinguished little hamlets in the Galilean region. ... been on hand that morning on the beach — especially considering that unfortunate remark he'd made long ago about Nazareth.1 So that's about all we know about Nathaniel. The most remarkable thing about the story is not that Nathaniel believed ...

1775. Can Teach, Can Do

Mark 1:21-28

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Robert J. Elder

... be called teaching. How does authority show itself in our own words and witness? Consider the life of a man named John Woolman.1 He lived during the middle years of the eighteenth century when slave holding and trading was as common and acceptable as automobile ownership ... conclude with the confession that ultimately reached Peter's lips: "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God!" (Matthew 16:16). Amen. 1. See Robert K. Greenleaf, Servant Leadership (Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press: 1977), pp. 29-30.

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