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2576. Sunday's Here

John 20:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... s final word. And that brings us to today--Easter 2016. We are those who live on the other side of the resurrection. We are those who have the privilege of knowing that God is with us and that neither life nor death can separate us from God’s love. How is that being lived out in your life? So many people nowadays are filled with hopelessness and despair. So many are filled with anger and fear. Are we not Easter people? Have we not gotten the word that, though there will always be Fridays until the day the ...

2577. Living as Children of Light

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... work (4:27); harmful words give way to helpful ones (4:29); bitterness, passion, anger, and insults give way to tender-heartedness, forgiveness, and love (4:31–5:2). 4:25 The exhortation that each one must put off falsehood uses the same word (apotithēmi) that was used ... from their conversation. Such perversions are a contradiction to one who is called to imitate God and to walk in Christ’s love (5:1, 2). 5:4 The list of prohibitions goes on (in the Greek there is no new sentence) to include obscenity ...

2578. Thanksgiving and Prayer

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... particular stood out as a characteristic of this church, even though some of its members’ conduct left something to be desired (see disc. on 3:11f.). Both verbs in this verse are in the present tense, indicating that their faith and love were still growing. 1:4 As a result (hōste) of their growth, Paul and the others could boast about the Thessalonians among God’s other churches, here presumably the churches of Achaia (see note). “We ourselves boast,” he says, giving unusual emphasis to the pronoun ...

2579. All Night Long

Song of Songs 3:1-11

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... now holding on to him, but she has not yet brought him home . . . It is unclear whether she intends to bring him to her mother’s house right then and there or is resolving not to lose sight of him until she brings him home and makes their love public sometime in the future” (Song, p. 118). The room of the one who conceived me: The woman stops just short of saying that this is the room where she was conceived; the wording raises the association without making a claim. 3:6 Who is this: The Hb. expression ...

2580. If Only You Were To Me A Bother

Song of Songs 8:1-14

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... inviolability. The brothers here, like Solomon (and the tenants?) in the next subsection, are set up to be “utterly scorned” in the terms of verse 7. All of these men suggest thinking in terms of the wealth of the household/kingdom, rather than in terms of love. Others read verses 8 and 9 as spoken by the central woman about her own little sister. There is no textual motivation for doing so. The use of “we” makes it most natural to understand a group as speakers and there has been no indication that ...

2581. Timeout at Tiberias

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... the ministry to which I called you. But I am calling you out and commissioning you three times so that you know that I still have need for you to feed my sheep. I have applied my grace to your life and I have forgiven you of your past. I love you, Peter, and I need you just as I did before to fish for men.” And friends, that is Christ’s message to you and me this day, regardless of how many times we have failed in our lives. Christ still needs us to be instruments of his grace and ...

2582. No More Tears

Sermon

King Duncan

... their lives are very hard. Does anybody care? Yes, Somebody does care. Let me assure you that, if you are seeking to be a follower of Christ, then God is aware of your situation. You may not sense His presence now, but one day you will experience the love of the Father in a way that only the redeemed of the Lord can ever experience. Things may get dark in our lives. Situations may overwhelm us. ISIS may threaten in the Middle East. Boko Haram may seek to destroy in Nigeria. But none of them will triumph ...

2583. The Other Side of Christmas

Luke 2:21-40

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... until next Christmas along with the star off of the top of the tree, and our creche and some bells and some other very important reminders of the Christmas season. There is one thing I don't plan on packing away, however. That is the love I felt this Christmas. Love from my family and from people in our church. The love I saw in the faces of people as they sang their favorite Christmas carols. I'm not going to pack that away and wait until Christmas next year to bring it back out. I plan on keeping that ...

2584. Crucified, Dead, and Buried

John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37, John 19:38-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... embalming” of Jesus in advance is here matched by Joseph and Nicodemus in their preparation of his body now that the actual time of burial has come. Whether the extravagance is intended as a final testimony to Jesus’ kingship or simply as the expression of a love comparable to Mary’s, its effect is to place Joseph and Nicodemus once and for all in the circle of Jesus’ true disciples. Because of them, Jesus’ body was not taken to a common grave for criminals but was given its own tomb, a new tomb ...

2585. “Cast Your Cares on the Lord and He Will Sustain You”

Psalm 55:1-23

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... as its object, the dove that flies away from the city of this secular world finds a place of security in the ark of God’s rest (55:6). Although David has been betrayed by his close friend and finds no respite for his pain in the city he loves, he nevertheless finds it in the Lord: “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken” (55:22). This invitation is a welcome to grow deeper into God’s grace, an equivalent summons to enter into Christ’s rest ...

2586. “Truly My Soul Finds Rest in God”

Psalm 62:1-12

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... Invitation to trust in God rather than social status (62:8–9) d. Admonition not to trust in wealth or illegal gains (62:10) e. A final word from God (62:11–12) i. One thing: Power belongs to God, who dispenses it with unfailing love (62:11–12a) ii. Two things: God rewards human deeds fairly (62:12b) Historical and Cultural Background God is “rock” and “fortress” (62:2), terms taken from David’s military code book, and as Kidner observes, the Davidic psalms “are seldom free from some shadow ...

2587. What Can I Get By With?

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hours, and some only an hour or two. It’s not an easy lesson—that workers who work only one hour gets as much pay as those who had toiled long and hard all day long. The way this seminary student interpreted the passage is that God’s love and grace is offered to us without regard to worthiness or unworthiness. That’s the paradox of the gospel, seen in sharp contrast of the vineyard owner’s treatment of his workers and the attitude of those workers. The vineyard owner chose to meet the needs of the ...

2588. I am a Rose of Sharon

Song of Songs 2:1-17

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... through garden lattices for a glance of the maiden? If the maiden is confined in the palace precincts and Solomon and the lover are one in the same, why must she (even in a dream) steal through the streets of Jerusalem pursuing her lover? The anthology-of-love-poems approach considers this poem an invitation by the man to the woman to join him in a tryst (and addressing the issue of morality by assuming the context of marriage based on a canonical reading of the Songs [e.g., Longman, 116; cf. p. 70]). 2 ...

2589. Weeping at Christmastime

Matthew 2:13-23, Hebrews 2:10-18

Sermon

James L. Killen

... to live in it. But God wants us to have it. The suffering in the world calls us to move out into the world and live in love and obedience to the purpose of God so that God can use us to make the world better. The God who came to live among us will ... up and get busy living may be an agent of the God of high expectations. That may seem harsh at the time, but if it is done in love it may be a representation of God. And know for certain that the friends who are beside you as you cope with the trials of life are ...

2590. Fix It, Daddy

John 11:17-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... of Jesus weeping beside the tomb of Lazarus is such an important and unforgettable portrait. It allows us a look into the eyes of our Father. St. Paul tells us in Romans 8 that this is the eternal purpose of God, that nothing can ever separate us from his love. That is what we need to know. That is comfort to the breaking heart. The Father cares when his children are in pain. This, then, is the Good News from the story of Mary and Martha, and their brother Lazarus to all those whose lives are a forlorn wad ...

2591. A New Possibility

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

James L. Killen

... is an expectation that there will someday be an era of justice and well-being for all people, and a time when we will all learn to love one another. Belief in the kingdom of heaven is also a belief about the best way for us to put our lives together. It is an ... feel jaded and cynical. We find it hard to take hold of any kind of hope, much less hope for a world in which we will all love each other. We feel that we have to follow this world's ways if we hope to survive. Many of us suspect that if we really ...

2592. A Vexing Vision

Acts 9:1-6 (7-20)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... down, and the gospel prevailed and was pro- claimed like never before. The same vision and opportunity that was given to Ananias is given to us today. Jesus has given his Church the power to break down the walls that exist between our enemies and us. We have been given love to tear down the walls of hatred and build a path- way to our enemies. We have been given a voice to tear down the walls of injustice and build a pathway to peace. We have been given hands to tear down the walls of suffering and build a ...

2593. The Real Thing

Matthew 5:21-48

Sermon

James L. Killen

... for. How does that happen? How does God enable us to live up to his commandments? God does it by reaching out to us in love and interacting with us in and through our daily interactions with life. God is always working to rescue us from the things that can mess ... in our lives and responding in ways that can allow them to make a difference in our lives. Start by knowing that God loves you. Take that knowledge into yourself and let it transform your understanding of who you are and where you fit into things and ...

2594. Pop Verses!: Philippians 4:13

Philippians 4:13

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... little bit of strength would be good, amen? Maybe you come to worship today exhausted by life. Maybe you have a tough decision to make and you don’t know if you have the strength to make it. Perhaps you have so many things on your plate that you would love an escape button. You want off this train! The pressures of work, family, and business and life have you at your wits end. I just spoke to a lady the other day who said, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired!” It seems pretty clear from the ...

2595. Greetings and Doxology

Revelation 1:4-8

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... John concludes his initial salutation to the seven churches with an oracle from God that repeats his earlier confession about God’s eternality: God is who is, and who was, and who is to come (1:4b). Yet, in light of his confession about Jesus’ messianic love, John can also add that God is the Alpha and Omega, the Lord God … the Almighty. Alpha is the first and Omega the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Used together they symbolize entirety or wholeness. When used as a divine title, they refer to God ...

2596. The Divine King and His Universal Kingdom

Psalm 145:1-21

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... praise of the name the LORD and expands further the nature of his goodness. But here it is not the timely goodness that he initiates (at the proper time, you open your hand) but his responsive goodness: the LORD is near to all who call on him, fear, and love him. The horizon narrows from all he has made to all who call on him. With this shift to the human sphere there is introduced the possibility of choice: one may be counted among all who call on him in truth, whom he saves, or among the wicked, whom ...

2597. The Death of Jesus

John 19:28-37, John 19:17-27, John 19:38-42

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

2598. The Burial of Jesus

John 19:38-42, John 19:17-27, John 19:28-37

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

2599. Suffering for Doing Good

1 Peter 3:8-22

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... good days, he is in effect asking, “Who would like to live a long and happy life?” The apostle is more realistically not holding out the possibility of a trouble-free existence in this world. Peter uses the psalmist’s phrase to mean “Do you want to love life?” He is extending the OT words to include a spiritual sense, and he applies them not to quantity of life but to quality—to eternal life, the life worth having (v. 7), and to the ultimate full salvation in Christ which is to be revealed at ...

2600. What Does It Mean to Be Blessed?

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... , “No, it’s not, one of us is adopted.” Before she was even aware that she had asked, the words came out, “Which one?” The boys looked at each other and smiled. Then one of them said, “We asked Dad that a while ago, but he just said he loved us, and he couldn’t remember any more which one was adopted.” (5) It’s beautiful when it works that way. In God’s family we are all adopted--adopted to be children of God, adopted to be brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. What a wonderful thing it ...

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