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176. Prison Theology: Bait and Bail

Philippians 1:12-30

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Leonard Sweet

... written from prison is not by Paul but by John, who wrote from Patmos, the Dachau death camp ... "Monopoly" were in providing a "get-out-of-jail-free" card. The US has 5% of the world’s population and 20% of the world’s prisoners. There has ... Punitive Nation," TLS: Times Literary Supplement, 1 September 1995, 34.) Some people, by birth or breeding or biology, seem to ... to "Remember me when you come into your kingdom" (Luke 23:42). It was a "deathbed" repentance brought about by a "deathbed" evangelism ...

177. Lent 1

Sermon

Betty Lynn Schwab

... booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt" (Leviticus 23:42-43). Reader 2: Each year every family in Jesus' time built a temporary ... is Jesus the Christ. In His name we pray. Amen. Lent 4 Minister: "The Lord spoke to Moses: ... you shall set up the ... coming to you ... mounted on a donkey ...!" (Matthew 21:2-5). Reader 2: During the Festival of Booths, the Old Testament ... they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him ..." (John 12:12-13). Reader 2: When a family built their booth, branches of ...

178. Family Reunion

Mark 3:31-35

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the bride or groom. (The Hungering Dark, New York: Seabury Press, 1969, p. 42) They are all different, but their love for the bride or groom unites them ... wine”; (4) “a member of the British Royal Family was the first Bishop of Rome”; and (5) “Jesus was ... of English descent - his grandmother came from Cornwall...and the grave of the Virgin Mary’s uncle was found at Glastonbury.” (LONDON TIMES MAGAZINE, December 1, 1985, quoted in Conrad Hyers, And God Created Laughter, Atlanta: John ...

179. Prayer: A Way of Life

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... apostles to pray as well (Mark 14:32-42). When Jesus' hour had come he prayed for those who would be left behind; he never forgot his friends (John 17:1-26). Besides being a man of ... pray, go to your room and shut the door and pray to your Father in secret" (Matthew 6:5-6). Jesus then went on to tell his friends the multiplication of words was not important, rather a ... yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving" (Colossians 4:3). Paul in essence was telling his fledgling Christian communities ...

180. Saturday: The Week Of The Cross: Lazarus, Come Forth

John 11:1-7, 17-44

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... 4] But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." [5 ... away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for having heard me. [42] I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the ... idea how those who espouse this philosophy come up with it but Jesus very clearly states in John 16:33: "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world ...

181. A Faith I Could No Longer Count On

Psalm 73:1-7, 13-18

Sermon

Robert G. McCreight

... and be glad. Taunted by enemies to the point of death (42:10), like sheep blindly being led to the slaughter (44:11 ... my own guilt, You gave me life anew. Amen. Hymn No. 3 Psalm 5 (Tune: Melita, "Eternal Father, Strong To Save") As morning dawns, Lord, hear our ... my prayer, or keep back his constant love from me. (Psalm 66:1-4, 16-20) Call to Confession If anyone sins we have someone who pleads with ... ; and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone (1 John 2:1-2). Let us confess our sins before God and one ...

182. Just What The Doctor Ordered

Numbers 21:4-9

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... but all they had was an attitude: "We detest this miserable food" (v. 5)! It was manna, heavenly food, angel's food, but they were tired of ... of the children of Israel: first, their impatience (vv. 4-6); second, their petition. (vv. 6-7); third, God' ... accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly" (42:8). Paul wrote to the new Christians at Rome with such "great ... am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32). This account is the last recorded complaint of the wandering ...

183. Going the Second Mile

Matthew 5:38-42

Sermon

James Merritt

... to give up some rights. Bill Walton learned that to play basketball for John Wooden you had to give up some rights. Coach Wooden had a rule ... 125; milk storage department $75; dispensing device—4 spigots at $10 each $40; genuine ... and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away." (v.42) Now the implication here is that the person doing the asking has a ... a handout, and those are two different things. The Bible says in Ps. 112:5, "A good man deals graciously and lends; he will guide his affairs with ...

184. His Way is the Right Way

Psalm 23:3

Sermon

James Merritt

... dangers is that a sheep will become a cast sheep. In Ps. 42:11 the psalmist cries out, “Why are you cast down, O ... that is true, the Good Shepherd has a word for you. It is 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to ... to paths that are right for you. What a path it is! Prov. 4:18 says, “But the path of the just is like the shining sun, ... liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” (James 1:5) Ask God to give you the wisdom to make wise decisions and to correct ...

185. The True Olympians

Romans 12:1-8

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Leonard Sweet

... , Germany, Japan, Britain, Italy, Ukraine. Then there is a second tier of 10 countries that get 5 to 10 medals each. Then about 30 nations get 1 or 2 medals. But that leaves ... Rock of Ages. And on that Rock is written this: “For God so Loved THE WORLD.” (John 3:16) I love that #1 Olympics commercial from VISA: “GO World!” [Let’s here you all ... events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon ...

186. Stand Together or Fall Apart

Acts 2:42-47

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Leonard Sweet

... story of Jesus and the woman who was being prosecuted for adultery (John 8:1-11). Here is a typical scapegoat scenario: The woman is ... what should be the true nature of this new community. In Mark 10:42-44 he responded to the petty but disruptive rivalry among the disciples by ... unique nature of "kingdom" community. In Acts 2:41-47 and 4:32 ff. Luke articulates one method the early Christian communities used ... . The story of Ananias and Saphira in Acts 5 demonstrates how utterly Christians may "fall apart" when ...

187. Reviewing Our Hungers (Series: Questioning Our Values)

Luke 6:17-26

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J. Howard Olds

... your cares on Christ, because he cares for you” (I Peter 5:7). Learn to pray without ceasing by making prayer the essence ... love. I have been reading the story of Jim Lawson, John Lewis, Diane Nash, C. T. Vivian, Bernard Lafayette, Jim ... ’t ignore it. Let it rise and make you restless. Psalm 42:1 says, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so ... father in the New Testament who exclaims, “I believe, Lord, help my unbelief.” 4. Live the Life– Let the Holy Spirit help you become what you were created ...

188. The Shepherd Who Loved His Sheep

John 10:1-21

Sermon

George Bass

Nearly everybody who visits the Holy Land seems to buy an olivewood carving of the Shepherd with the little lamb upon his shoulder. It is one of the most beloved symbols portraying the nature of Christ to people. But that type of carving is radically different from the representation of the Good Shepherd which has graced the apses of Christian church buildings ever since they were first built. High on my tourist-agenda, when I first visited Rome, was the Church of Santa Costanza, mainly because I had heard ...

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