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226. Crossing the Great Divide

Matthew 27:11-26

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... being a disciple of Jesus was a good deal as long as Jesus was around to protect him, but on his own, it was more expedient to be a nobody who knew "nuttin’." King Herod could settle only for a vacuum in his conscience, unable to make the only responsible decision he could make. Judas, of course, just couldn’t stand in Jesus’ way of being a martyr even though Judas knew legally Jesus had nothing to die for. And Pontius Pilate is our prime model for the man who looked long and hard into the valley but ...

227. Living in the Future Present

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Thomas Long

... , even though such labor is costly. We have seen the risen Christ, and we know that in him the image of God in humanity has been restored. Therefore, we work today for the poor, the outcast, and all others denied dignity in our age. It is a fearsome responsibility to have seen the future, but the future we have seen is God’s future, and it is sure. One day Peter’s wish will be fulfilled, and the booths will be built. "In that day," says John the Evangelist ... ... God will dwell with them and they shall ...

228. God's Training Wheels

Mark 1:9-13, Mark 1:1-8

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) Reading your Bible is like using training wheels. All of us--you, me, the minister, and your mom and dad--we all need God's help to keep us from falling and doing things that are wrong. Can you think of something other than the Bible? (response) Another thing that's important is baptism. Even Jesus himself was baptized. He received baptism because he wanted to be obedient to God. Some of you have already been baptized. We need to be baptized because that is another way in which God works in our life ...

229. Where Meek Souls Will Recieve Him Still

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Darrick Acre

... one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.” It is a careful, probing statement, trying to give neither too much nor too little away, but unmistakable in its hope. Jesus is neither careful nor probing in His response, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” A pointed conversation follows about second birth, water, Spirit, and the wind, a conversation meant to reveal, and lead Nicodemus to salvation. Nicodemus struggles with ...

230. Living Large for God (Part 3)

1 Chronicles 4:1-23

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a happier family, we want a larger bank account--but we want God to do it for us. We don’t want to accept responsibility for making the necessary changes that must take place if these goals are to be realized. I suspect this is one reason the little ... chair, is the central symbol of our faith. Jabez did not want more real estate alone. He wanted more influence--more responsibility--more opportunity to make a mark for God. Dying churches live in comfort zones--growing churches are willing to risk great ...

231. What If God Was One of Us?

Philippians 2:1-11

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... ). Application: Let me ask you something: If God wanted to talk to us face to face and be with us what do you think is the best way for him to do that? (response) We talk to babies with baby talk. We shake rattles and make silly faces to play with them because that’s what they understand. How can great God talk to us little people? (response) The Bible tells us that he became a person. Who is that person? (Jesus) He became Jesus so he could look us in the eye and shake our hands and be our friend. Just ...

232. The Lord's Devastation of the Earth

Isaiah 24:1-23

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... nuclear war, Isaiah 24 invites us to remember, among other things, that these are grim pointers to the last terrible day of destruction of which the Bible speaks. 24:14–16 In reaction to the vision of wasting, the visionary first hears voices all over the earth declaring their response to this scene of ultimate devastation (vv. 14–16a). We are not told to whom the voices belong. They might be angels, or Israelites, or survivors from the nations. Who they are is not the point. It is the content of their ...

233. Signs and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17, Ezekiel 6:1-14, Ezekiel 7:1-27

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... , once again, by the term toʿebah (8:6, 9, 13, 15, 17; 9:4; 11:18, 21). As we will see, prominent among those the Lord condemns in Ezekiel 7 are the priests (7:26 mentions them explicitly, vv. 10 and 14 implicitly), who are presumably responsible for leading their people into false worship in chapters 8–11. Even closer connections bind chapters 4–7 to chapters 1–3. There is no explicit transition between these two text segments: neither an ending formula at the end of chapter 3 (such as “I the LORD ...

234. Signs, Sayings, and Oracles of Judgment

Ezekiel 12:1-28, Ezekiel 13:1-23, Ezekiel 14:1-11, Ezekiel 14:12-23

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... if you insist on speaking when you should be silent, God will indeed give you a word, but it will be a false one, for which you will be held accountable (compare the warning Jas. 3:1 gives to teachers). To speak on the Lord’s behalf is an awesome responsibility, which we are never to take for granted. At its end, this oracle returns to the point of God’s purging judgments. God’s desire is to reclaim and restore Israel, to the end that “They will be my people, and I will be their God” (v. 11). This ...

235. Prologue to the Law of the Temple: The Lord Comes Home

Ezekiel 40:1--43:12

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... derives from the prophet or whether it is the end result of the editing and revision of this book. Although our final task is to come to terms with the text on the page as it comes to us in the canon of Scripture, we shrug off our responsibility to an honest reading of the Bible if we ignore questions concerning how the text got to be as it is. Indeed, only by considering the composition history of this material can we really understand its final form. Moshe Greenberg has made the argument for the unity of ...

236. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

Understanding Series

Gerald H. Wilson

... Job seeks. As in a marriage or any relationship, it is important for Job to be heard by God and to hear God in return. In fact, this is what ultimately happens in the theophany. Despite God’s bombastic approach, it is clear that his coming is a response to Job’s complaint and desire for meeting. Job has been heard! Job also sees and hears God in return, even if Job’s specific questions are not directly addressed. Job says he would consider what he would say. It seems more important in this context for ...

237. The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath

Revelation 16:1-21

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... been decided in favor of God Almighty because of the Lamb’s death. 16:15–16 This brief interlude functions as a footnote to the sixth bowl plague. As is true with each interlude found within the three judgment septets, this passage confirms the faithfulness of God as a response to the crisis of faith within John’s audience. Interpreted by the point John’s interludes make, the well-known caveat, Behold! I come like a thief! (cf. 1 Thess. 5:2–5; 2 Pet. 3:10; Matt. 24:43–44; Acts 1:6–7; Rev. 3:3 ...

238. The Ten Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Understanding Series

Christopher J. H. Wright

... of the mountain itself (cf. 1:26ff.; 11:2–7; and 29:14f.). The covenant was never a thing of the past, because Yahweh, as the living God, was the contemporary of every succeeding generation—a fact that could have positive or negative results depending on their response (cf. 5:9b–10). 5:4–5 Secondly, the personal nature of the covenant is stressed. The LORD spoke to you face to face should be understood metaphorically. It does not contradict 4:12 and 15. Even with the role of Moses as mediator (v. 5 ...

239. Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide

1 Kings 9:1-9

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... fled because he may not have realized that even in the things of God there had to be a measure of human and personal responsibility for his actions in relation to other people. It was Elijah that Ahab and Jezebel wanted to kill, not God. He could not do ... the comforting way out of such dilemmas, but a time comes when we must face the music, bear our cross, and carry the crucible of responsibility for our actions. Third, we can run for our lives, but we can't hide from God who gives us that life. We can run ...

240. Called To Serve

Matthew 23:1-39

Sermon

Phyllis Faaborg Wolk

... who was and who was not worthy to attend the king's banquet. They were freed to invite everyone. As children of God you are freed to invite everyone to church, to become a part of our Christian fellowship. As children of God you are freed from the responsibility to judge. You are called to humbly serve. Serve everyone who has a need. When Jesus described the end of time, he said that he will come in glory and all the angels will be with him. He will gather all people before him. The righteous will be ...

241. Two Sons: A Parable

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... arrived. 3. The kingdom is open to all. Entrance into the kingdom is not so much on the behavior or actions of the past or on profession of readiness to obey, but is dependent on readiness to act in obedience once the call is received. The readiness to act in response to God's will is evidence of true repentance. Precis of the Parable The owner of a vineyard had two sons. He told the first son to go and work in the vineyard. The son was rebellious and at first said he would not do it. Later he had a ...

242. Wicked Tenants

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... 21:33-46) The parable is of the wicked tenants who tried to obtain possession of the vineyard by destroying the servants and the son who were sent to collect the return due the owner from it. Psalm. (Psalm 19) The psalm is an affirmation of the response of the earth to the Creator. The psalmist proceeds to assert the value of the law and the reward offered to those who observe it faithfully. Context of Related Scriptures Psalm 118:22 ff. The stone that the builder rejected. Isaiah 8:14-15 A reference to ...

243. The Parable of the Talents

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... sins. These goods are also from the Master and they are given for use in furthering the kingdom. 4. The Adequacy of the Goods. The slaves in the parable were given differing amounts. They received five, two and one talent. The Master knew their abilities and gave them responsibility accordingly. We are assured that God never calls us to a task greater than the goods we are given to do them. We need not shrink back from the task for fear that we do not have the support needed to do it if we truly discern God ...

244. The Season Of Expectancy

Mark 13:1-31, Mark 13:32-37

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... the sharing up to the Spirit. Give times for people to respond. We become much too uncomfortable with silence. The idea is to get people to slow down and to consider what in the world their life, especially their life in Christ, is all about. Response: "Thanks, Lord, for this opportunity to prepare anew for the world's Savior." Say it, or sing it, several times. THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS Children's Message Are, or were, any of you Boy Scouts? Girl Scouts? Your motto. ("Be prepared.") For what, and in what ...

245. Amazement at Jesus' Teaching

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... us, worship then is never an obligation, a duty, a requirement. It is, rather, an invitation to examine our faith. It is not a rule of safety; it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. So, are you ready? (Wait for a response; if none, or only a meager response, ask again, with more energy) ARE YOU READY?e: Yes! Yes! Yes! We are ready! We are ready! We are ready for a God-event in our personal lives, and in the life of this congregation. Reveal to us, God, what you want us to learn ...

246. Jesus, the Bread of Life

John 6:25-59

Sermon Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... Jesus said, "I am the bread of life." People: We receive your gift. Pastor: I offer my bread to the world. You are to share it. People: In your name, Lord, we share your life with a world which is dying to hear about, and receive, it. Response "Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun" Prayer of Adoration Focus on the Bread-maker and Provider, the One who puts our expectations in the proper perspective. Perhaps you will want to conclude with a prayer similar to this: God, our Parent, Child, Spirit, we rejoice that ...

247. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 8:27-30

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... silence.) Now, I invite us to think about and write down our justifications, rationalizations, excuses we gave for ourselves this past week. And in all of that, who became our scapegoats? (silence.) Pray for the forgiveness of our justifications. Response Any of the "Lord, Have Mercy" responses. Sing it four or five times, until the people integrate it at the feeling and commitment level. Introduction to the Act of Pardon We have asked for God's mercy for our justifications. Repentance means to rethink and ...

248. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 10:17-31

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... we put ourselves in his place; or rather, do we complain that we are a part of the world's poor? I recall reading one time that if our income is more than 25,000 dollars per year, we are in the top twenty percent of the world's population. Response One minute of silence; ask if anyone wants to respond to the challenge. Hymn of Commitment "O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing". Before singing, remind the people that, to pray for a thousand tongues is one thing; to use the one we have is quite another. Change "me ...

249. The Season Of The Holy Spirit

Mark 10:46-52

Bulletin Aid

Wayne H. Keller

... for us to see. M: Thank you, Lord. Give us the courage to want to see when we are tempted to remain blind. P: Jesus the Christ promises to give us the courage to rise up as new people. M: We receive his gift of sight, and rejoice! COMMUNITY RESPONSE Message with the Children of All Ages As you come forward today, I invite you to keep your eyes closed; perhaps you will want to have someone lead you, that is, someone who can "see." As you arrive, keep your eyes closed. What are you thinking and feeling as ...

250. The Demanding Crowd

Mark 1:29-34, Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... he must outrun the the slowest gazelle, or he will starve. In the end it doesn't matter whether you are a lion or gazelle; when the sun comes up, you better be running.1 How true. We run from sunup to sundown. Chasing and being chased by responsibilities and expectations. Little is left after we deal with all of the demands of the workplace. The little that is left is gobbled up by community and family activities. But, often times, even when the sun goes down, the race still goes on. This morning we come to ...

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