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226. Paul of Tarsus

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Drama

Michael L. Sherer

... know what treasure Christ has given us will need to do it, for the world around us isn’t very interested. Keep in touch. Your friend, Paul. ANTAGONIST: Well, I have to admit, Paul did turn out to be a good sort, in spite of that terrible first impression he made. But still, how can you justify pulling an innocent kid like Timothy in on a dangerous game like he was playing? I mean, a person could get killed doing that sort of thing. PROTAGONIST: Nobody said living under the cross of Christ would be easy ...

227. Memories

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... him die and then hurried back home again, we hear in the song, to get things ready for "when Jesus got back home." All these memories Saint Luke recorded for us quite a while after the Lord died, rose again, and ascended into heaven. One gets the distinct impression reading them that Mary looked back over our Lord’s whole life and saw how, from the very beginning, he came to be the Savior, to give joy to an old man, comfort to an old woman, forgiveness of sins, life and salvation to all who believe in ...

228. Just Follow The Signs

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... a colossal tragedy. Many people treat God just this way, however. They simply ignore him. Perhaps we could try to defend Herod and the priests by saying that they didn’t have the same chance the Wise Men had. The signs given to them were not as impressive as the sign given to the Wise Men. Maybe if they had seen a Star they would have followed it also. After all, bigger and better signs make for bigger and better reactions, right? Not necessarily. Besides, who says they didn’t see the Star? The problem ...

229. Jesus Knows Everything! Jesus Is God!

John 1:43-51

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... and bears the very stamp of his nature" (Hebrews 1:3). Just as it is part of God’s nature to know everything, so it is also part of our Lord’s nature. Jesus knows everything. Jesus is God. Nathanael is not the only one who was ever impressed by the knowledge of Jesus. That happened for the first time, Saint Luke tells us, when Jesus was only twelve years old. Together with his parents, he went up to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. They stayed several days. When the Feast was over, the parents ...

230. The Best Advertising of All

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... is tell the good news. God does everything else, but he does it through us, our word-of-mouth advertising. Word-of-mouth advertising isn’t very flashy. A full-scale Dr. Pepper musical is much more impressive. But word-of-mouth works better. Talking about Jesus doesn’t seem very impressive either. Miracles, stars, and angels get much more attention. Still God uses word-of-mouth, one person telling another, telling the same thing Jesus told: "The Kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel ...

231. How Can You Tell When People Are Religious?

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... when you pray and when you fast, do it in secret so no one sees you but God and he will reward you" (Matthew 6). How can you tell who the really religious people are? We can’t always tell because the truly faithful do what they do not to impress us but simply because they love God. That’s something that happens in the heart - and how can one look into someone’s heart? For this reason, Jesus told us to be very careful about judging others. Religion that happens in the heart first and then on the sleeve ...

232. Butterflies and Jesus

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Daniel G. Mueller

... takes care of me." What a beautiful confession of faith. Just like Peter’s, "It’s good, Lord, to be here." Sometimes I wonder how well we know what is good for us. From some of the things we do to ourselves one can get the distinct impression that we do not know what is good. Just recently I heard from a psychologist that the formula for success in our society is the classical formula for a nervous breakdown as described by psychiatry. We complain about our lives but we do nothing about them. We keep ...

233. Service

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Warren Thomas Smith

... theme of nineteenth-century evangelism. When one was converted at the protracted meeting, the immediate response after baptism and joining the church was go discover a place wherein a witness might be made and service rendered to people. "The expression deepens the impression." The more one shared the encounter with Christ, the greater the meaning for the one converted. An experience of grace was not to be hidden, never to go unused. It is sound psychology; it is good religion. Part of that expression is ...

234. What Must I DO to Receive Life?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... in order to keep his money. He wanted to be saved but not at the expense of losing his possessions. The first thing that impresses me when I read this story is that the rich young ruler was so near to the Kingdom. He asked all the right questions ... moral coward. But that conclusion is too simple. The fact is there are a lot of good things that can be said of him. I'm impressed with the fact, for example, that having talked with him only a few minutes, Mark tells us that Jesus looked upon him and loved him. ...

235. Hated, Excluded, Reviled, Defamed — And Leaping For Joy

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

William G. Carter

... power. The little flock danced and sang and praised the God of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.2 If the scene had been filmed on the evening news, the camera would have quickly passed over the worship service and panned the impressive skyline of the city. Anybody who knows anything about power would quickly affirm that the little congregation could easily be squashed by the imposing social order. Yet as my friend drove on, he found that his toes were tapping to the joyful songs of people ...

236. The Promising Child

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... ” (2:20). Those blessings became realities in the life of Elkanah and Hannah. Hannah was blessed with the gifts of three more sons and two daughters. In the meantime Samuel continued to mature and grow in his role as the servant of the Lord. One gets the impression that Hannah felt especially blessed in her role as a faithful mother. The Blessed Family The beauty of the Hannah Story for all of us is clearly how the faith of a wife and mother was not only for her personal benefit. She was to influence the ...

237. Light for Beauty

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... people are always the same. A Marriage The language that the prophet employs to describe the earnest effort God makes to impress us with the assurance of love is consistent with the language of apostles and evangelists. Christians are guilty of thinking of ... of God is absolutely sure and true. Like A Burning Torch The prophet uses the most heightened language he can in order to impress upon his people in their exile how attractive God’s offer of restoration should be for them. He began this section by ...

238. Journey To Jerusalem

Luke 9:51-56

Sermon

Brett Blair

... t know how the President and Prime Minister should handle the situation but I do know how Jesus handled it. Look at verse 55. Jesus rebukes James and John for their suggestion. We are not told what he said to them; we are simply left with the impression that destruction of one's enemies is not the Christian way. In fact, Jesus' choice to go through the villages of Samaria looking for hospitality tells us that he was extending a hand of friendship to enemies. Tolerance. It is a hard lesson. One that took the ...

239. Neighbors Who Never Met

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... all, Dives funeral must having been something that the community would remember for years to come. Apparently, however, that fact failed to impress Jesus. Oh, Jesus did add one additional fact about Dives death that may be of interest to you. His soul was sent ... part of the landscape to us. III Third, we are told that Dives begs to come back to earth to warn his brothers. We get the impression that they are on the same path as he was. He had five brothers we are told, but for our purposes we are going to ...

240. Beating Babel

Acts 2:1-13, Genesis 11:1-9

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... bridge those communication gaps. The task of the church is to make itself available for the Spirit to come in real power. If we can restore corporate prayer to the important place it once held, God is still willing to hear and answer. If we can impress upon members of the church the importance of gathering together for worship, even when there are other things we might be doing, the incredible bond of fellowship that those early Christians shared can be brought back. If we can focus our message upon God and ...

241. Family Feud

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... , here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep." And on cue, from stage right, in comes the best looking shepherdess anyone has ever seen. A perfect TEN! Jacob's heart turned to mush - he was as smitten as smitten could be. Now what? What can he do to impress her? "Hey everybody, it's hot as blazes out here; isn't it time to water the sheep?" The shepherds reply, "Well, not really. You see, around here we wait till all the flocks have gathered, then we remove the stone from the well together." "Uh-huh." No ...

242. The Ten Commandments #8: No Stealing

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Navy for the bargain price of $435? Or the Pentagon paying $9,609 for Allen wrenches that you and I could get for 12 cents?(4) Why would defense contractors do such a thing? Because one level of management wanted to impress the next level of management who wanted to impress the board and the stockholders who would then reward these clever minions with appropriate raises and bonuses. Greed. Pure and simple. Of course, the problem is nothing new. People have been that way for centuries. When God said to the ...

243. Wise Leadership

1 Kings 2:1-12, 3:1-15

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... . "After snaking through the streets in what felt to me like going in circles, we stopped in front of a gate. Some young boys who must have been watching for us pushed open the gates and we drove into a stone-paved courtyard with a modest but impressive church in the center. After the congestion and clamor of the Old City, the courtyard seemed like a peaceful oasis. "It was a hot Friday evening but still about 40 members of the church gathered to welcome us. After a time of coffee, soft drinks and delicious ...

244. Our Magnificent, Mysterious, Mischievous God

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... out in glorious Jerusalem, but over in the boondocks of dusty Samaria. To his credit, Naaman takes that in stride and makes the trek to Elisha's home. He arrives with his impressive caravan, all the trappings of money and might, his whole retinue of servants, not to mention all the gifts he was bringing. The prophet would surely be impressed by the show of power and prestige. But where IS the prophet? Elisha does not even bother to come out of his house. Naaman's presence, which had struck such fear into ...

245. John the Baptist

Matthew 3:1-12, Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... one of them, Andrew I think it was, asked the first thing that popped into his mind: `Where do you live, Rabbi?' Jesus said `Come and see.' So they went with him and spent the rest of the afternoon in his company...and were totally enthralled. Andrew was so impressed that he went and got his brother Simon to come and see Jesus. He was equally taken. Then more and more came to him. They were not MY disciples anymore. Now they belonged to Jesus. "Some who had been with me since the early days of my preaching ...

246. Jesus Says, 'Just Do It'

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Dr. Chane M. Hutton

... firm was interviewing an applicant for a sales job. "Why have you chosen this career?" he asked. "I dream of making a million dollars in real estate, like my father," the young man replied. "Your father made a million dollars in real estate?" asked the impressed sales manager. "No," replied the young man. "but he always dreamed of it." Have you ever noticed that the Bible never mentions the dreams of the apostles? It doesn't even mention the ideas of the apostles. However, it devotes an entire book to the ...

247. Thankful Day By Day

Philippians 4:2-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... how these people lived. One day the disguised king came to a simple hut, where he met a cobbler. The cobbler was a poor man who was just barely able to support himself, but he praised God mightily, even in his lowly circumstances. The king was impressed but he did a curious thing. The king issued a decree that no one could repair shoes without a costly cobbler's permit. That night, the king disguised himself and visited the cobbler again. Again he found the cheerful cobbler praising God. Since he could no ...

248. Living With The Aches And Alleluias

Mark 13:32-37

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... Sills. Internationally acclaimed opera singer. Retired director of the New York Opera. "Her phrases are sugared with laughter. Her face is softened with serenity. Upon interviewing her, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes stated that she is one of the most impressive if not the most impressive ladies I've ever interviewed.' "How can a person handle such professional rejection and personal trauma and still be known as Bubbles? I choose to be cheerful,' she says. Years ago, I knew I had little or no choice about ...

249. Resuscitating An Iguana

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... it was a pretty ugly animal to be kissing, but the last thing I wanted to do was tell this little boy that his iguana had died." The lizard responded to her efforts and is expected to make a full recovery. (1) Now that story may not impress you, but it impresses me. I think I would have difficulty bringing myself to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an iguana. I salute Officer Tori Matthews. She went beyond the call of duty. In Ephesians 2:4 the Apostle Paul writes to the church at Ephesus: "God, who is ...

250. With A Name Like That . . .

Acts 4:1-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... the wars of religion with France, we're told that the English liked to shout, "The pope is French but Jesus Christ is English!" Amazing. Or maybe you prefer that delightful story about an aged woman, born and nurtured in the South, who was endeavoring to impress upon her nephews and nieces the beauties of the South and its people. One of her nephews spoke up. "Auntie," he asked, "do you think that all the virtues originated in and have been preserved by the Southern people?" "No, not all, but most of them ...

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