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176. Being Open to the Impossible

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... see someone up against it, feel compelled to do something about it themselves. There are those who say, “What I have, I am willing to share.” (William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark, The Daily Bible Study, p. 160) I want you to know my faith at this point has been confirmed over and over again. We can raise this $6 million. It was confirmed dramatically recently. Dr. Grant, the “grand old man of this congregation”, our beloved Minister Emeritus, who was the founding pastor of this church, is due our ...

177. It Was a Dark and Stormy Evening! Father's Day

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

King Duncan

... us in the light. I am always amused by how this story ends. Jesus has stilled the storm, the wind and the waves. Now, says Mark, the disciples are really terrified and ask each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” Before they were terrified by ... pace his daughter reached up and took his hand and said, “I don’t have to know how to get home. You already do.” (6) In the same way that a small child might have a sense of awe and reverence about her parent’s ability to do the right ...

178. When the Unthinkable Happens

Mark 13:1-8, 24-32

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the entire population of Europe when it struck between 1347 and 1350. It also affected millions in Asia and North Africa. (6) There have even been flu epidemics through the centuries that have killed millions of persons. Each time a great tragedy has occurred ... it very clear that nobody knows when the end of time will be. Jesus said even he didn’t know. We read in verse 32 of Mark, “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” It might be ...

179. Where Did He Get Such Authority?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. While he was teaching a man in the synagogue who, Mark tells us, “was possessed by an impure spirit,” cried out, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy ... another. That is how people were to know they were his followers, by their love. And so many Christians survived the plague. (6) One of the sources of Christ’s authority through the ages has been his influence on those who follow him. Leonardo da ...

180. Bearers of the Seed

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of the gospel. *The photo for this sermon is taken from www.fragrantica.com. ** See Genesis 1:22; 1:28; 8:17; 9:1; 9:7; 17:6; 17:20; 26:3-4; 26:22; 28:3; 35:11; 41:52; 47:27; 48:4; 49:22. The command appears also in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and ... Jesus’ Commissioning of His Disciples (28:16-20) Paul Explains the Fruits of the Spirit (The Letter to the Galatians 5) Mark’s Witness to Jesus’ Commissioning of His Disciples Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, ...

181. Easter Fear

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Will Willimon

... others have come for the music. Or you are a parent visiting a daughter or son at Duke. Or the Easter bells woke you at 6:30, so you said, ''What the heck?'' But I'm not concerned with that. What I'm talking about is not how you have come ... disciple of Jesus when he's dead, isn't it? When he's dead, you can count on his being in one place. Throughout Mark's gospel, there is this breathless, ceaseless account of peripatetic Jesus. ''After this he went there....immediately Jesus led them to....then they went on ...

182. Anger - Eleven Ways To Blow Up, Seven Ways To Cool Off

Matthew 5:21-26

Sermon

R. Curtis Fussell

... fuss loudl about bills and letters misplaced, typewriter mistakes, late appointments. You will hit the boiling point in no time and help others hit the mark quickly, too. 2. If you want to be angry, don't listen to anyone else's view but keep pushing your own. No one else in ... to prevent a blowup. Thomas Jefferson said, "When angry, count to ten before speaking, if very angry count to 100."6 But then Mark Twain said, "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear."7 I think what Twain was referring to is ...

183. The Resurrection Is Freedom

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... another reminder of Jesus' own resurrection, of the stone that the angels rolled away on that first Easter [John 20:1; Luke 24:2; Mark 16:4; Matthew 28:2].) Lazarus' sister Martha noted how after four days the body would smell if they removed the stone (John 11: ... given a new life that day at the tomb. It is rather like the new life that God gave you in your baptism (Romans 6:4-11). The new life that Jesus gave Lazarus was a life loosed from bondage, loosed from the bandages and the cloth that bound him ...

184. A Vision of Freedom

Isaiah 65:17-25

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... an era of disappointment for the returning Jews. The golden age that they had anticipated was not happening (Haggai 1:5-6). Although free in the sense of no longer being under the rule of the menacing external control of the Babylonians, there was ... earth come? In a sense, as we have noted, it has come, or at least will soon come. It was initiated with the incarnation of Jesus Christ (Mark 1:14-15). But we can better discern how it has already come and what impact this vision can have on us today if we take ...

185. On "supersizing" Our Vision

Mark 12:41-44

Sermon

Siegfried S. Johnson

... are free. Now, can you imagine Americans in the 50's drinking a 64-ounce Coke on the way to work? Remember those tiny 6 oz. bottles? They seem like toys now. I suspect today's kids would have a hard time believing Coke was once marketed in those ... money were he to take the few necessary seconds to stoop to pick it up. That's SUPERSIZED WEALTH! (2) In our text from Mark, Jesus did some of this type of proportionate calculations of wealth. He saw the rich giving enormous sums to the temple treasury, and ...

186. A Terrorist among the Twelve

Luke 6:12-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... of just who was the unnamed individual who drew a sword and struck at the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. (Mark 14:47) The sword wielder is not identified in the first three Gospels as a disciple, but simply as “one of those who stood ... the feet of the Master, we begin to hear Him say startling things: “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.” (Luke 6:27) Now we are faced with a dilemma. We must either make some radical changes in our lives, or get off the Jesus bandwagon. I ...

187. Only the Abba Knows

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark 13:32) In his excellent book “Jesus Against the Rapture,” Professor Robert Jewett says: “The most shocking and unexpected thing Jesus ever ... who hate Him (Luke 6:35-36). He listens to the prayers of all of His children, even if they lack eloquence or completely accurate theology. (Matthew 6-8) He cares for all of His creation, crowning even the lilies of the field with beauty. (Matt. 6:28-29) He notes ...

188. Loving Like God Loves

Matthew 5:43-48

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... . Why do I not hear any prayers for Muslim leaders or personal enemies? Perhaps we should be honest and have a time of prayer marked only for enemies. As I have asked this week, Who are my enemies, and who do I feel justified in putting outside my circle ... are great teachers; they rarely hold grudges or withhold love. These are all good so far as they go, but it was Nikka, aged 6, who came the closest to the heart of the matter, “If you want to learn to love better,” she said, “you should start with ...

189. When God's Rule is Taken Out of the School

Job 21:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... studied in the library dropped from 27.4% to 10.1%; those who checked out a book over the course of a year dropped from 51.6% to 26.7%.11 What is the result of both our illiteracy and illiteracy? A 1988 study by the Department of Education found that: 40% ... is no but about it. It is settled. I'm telling you now he's not going to read it, and he's not going to be marked down." So they brought some egghead in, and this guy looked at Dr. Hyles and said, "Now Mr. Hyles, your son is not going to read anything in ...

190. Try a Little Kindness (Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness)

Galatians 5:22

Sermon

James Merritt

... the part that tells us to love our enemies. But do you know why we are told to love our enemies? Jesus said in Luke 6:35, "But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons ... friendliness, and a gentle touch are always stronger than force and fury. I believe with all of my heart that one of the greatest marks of leadership is kindness. It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice. One time Abraham Lincoln was sitting ...

191. The Empire Strikes Back

Jude 1:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... his day, he was a prophet for our day. Because there were basically three characteristics that marked his day, and they mark ours as well. His day was marked by disobedience. Genesis 6:11 says, “The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.” ... certain sport in many cities, you have violence. It is a day of disobedience. It was also an age of disbelief. Genesis 6:5 says, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the ...

192. Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... and testing. Note that in Luke, the Holy Spirit's presence appears almost as an internalized force in Jesus' life. In Mark, the Holy Spirit acts as the external force that drives Jesus out into the wilderness (1:12). For Luke, the Holy ... The devil's claim that he has full authority over the kingdoms of the world and the power to "give it to anyone I please" (v.6) is not consistent with Old Testament theology, which clearly keeps God's authority intact both in heaven and on Earth. This is not the first time ...

193. Eight Days until Eternity

Mark 11:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . . . To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever. It is in your very skin . . . [Voldemort] could not touch you for this reason. It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.” (6) The reason Harry could not be killed was his mother’s sacrificial love for him. The reason you and I can be victorious over sin and death is Christ’s sacrificial love for us. That’s the reason Palm Sunday is so important to us. That is the ...

194. Good News about Faith

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

King Duncan

... faith, said the Master, you can move mountains. Not even a lot of faith, he said. Even the faith of a mustard seed will do (Luke 17:6). Faith can change your life. Take the case of the blind man in today’s Gospel lesson. We don’t know his real name. Bartimaeus simply means ... would give us that kind of faith. That kind of faith moves mountains. 1. Reverend Jim Pye, http://www.sermonsplus.co.uk/Mark%2010.46‑52.htm. 2. “A Couple of High Climbers” by Carole Bula, Time, June 18, 2001, p. 62. 3. Dr. R. ...

195. Live the Questions

Exodus 5:22--6:12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in such drastic, destructive ways - but some who are present here today know how a person could come to that. A big question mark hangs like an ominous cloud over our lives — a cloud holding the snow that may freeze our spirits, or holding the rain that ... I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.” (Exodus 6:6-8 RSV). That’s a power- packed passage. Live with it for a moment. Look at all the affirmations that are there. Some one has ...

196. Sick People Like Us Will Always Need The (Divine) Doctor

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... is selfishness. The essence of sin is selfishness, what the great African theologian of the early centuries Saint Augustine called concupiscence.6 You and I, he contended, are so starved for satisfying our needs, that we are almost like sex addicts, looking to ... doctor! Amen. 1. For more details on tax collectors in the Roman Empire, see Eduard Schweizer, The Good News According to Mark, trans. Donald H. Madvig (Richmond, Virginia: John Knox Press, 1970), p. 65. 2. New York Times magazine, 7 May 2000; Barna ...

197. Blessed Are Those Who Believe

John 20:19-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... a Christian. He concluded, “Unbelief is usually due to indolence, often to prejudice, and never a thing to be proud of.” (6) He’s right. Unless you have been taught to doubt, the evidence for belief in God is overwhelming. Look at how ... on the side of the believers? Anybody can be a doubting Thomas. It takes no particular strength of character to say, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.” It does take ...

198. Sheep Without a Shepherd

Mark 6:30-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... her child. I wish every parent was that forceful when dealing with a predator. God is angry when anyone tries to harm one of His sheep in any way. (6) That is why God sent Christ to be our shepherd. “I am the good shepherd,” Christ says in John 10:14. “I know my sheep and they know ... Edition. 4. http://www.timothyreport.com/. 5. Mark Adams, http://www.redlandbaptist.org/sermon/i-am-the-good-shepherd/. 6. Rodney L. Cooper, Holman New Testament Commentary--Mark: 2 (Kindle Edition). 7. http://www.jrtalks. ...

199. What To Say When You Roll Out Of Bed

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

William G. Carter

... some singers that what they may lack in tone quality, they compensate in volume. The last time Guy stayed in our home, he woke me at 6:45 one Saturday morning by blasting out, "O God of earth and altar ...." Over a bleary-eyed cup of coffee, I put our friendship on the ... upon to love God with every possible human ability, the implications are clear for the first audience of the Gospel of Mark: we are to love God with our minds. This has always been a Jewish notion as well. A minister was getting acquainted ...

200. Praise God! Selah!

Luke 1:67-80, Luke 1:57-66, Luke 1:46-56, Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:26-38, Luke 1:5-25, Luke 1:1-4

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in the Essene-like eschatology and call for repentance and baptism that they upheld.^ We learn that Mary is inseminated 6 months into Elizabeth’s pregnancy and visits her, remaining with her the remaining 3 months until John’s birth. ... messiah! “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:39) “And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he ...

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