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251. A Messenger of Promise

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... or wrote the oracle that constitutes the First Lesson for today is unknown. The name Malachi simply means “My Messenger.” The Hebrew name was assigned the prophet on the basis of the lesson before us. This prophet carried on his ministry in the period of the Return of the people from the Exile in Babylon. He carried on this work before Ezra and Nehemiah. The original intent of this word of promise was that God wanted to use his messenger to announce the return of the Presence of God in the Temple at the ...

252. The Servant-king

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Angela Akers

... results. Jesus taught the value of patience and perseverance. The disciples wanted easy answers. Jesus challenged them to ask different questions. In our Bible passage for today, Jesus knows that he will be returning to the Father soon. He will be leaving his disciples to carry on his message. And so Jesus takes this opportunity to teach them one last valuable lesson. As our first verse says, "Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love." And then Jesus did the ...

253. A Passion for Christ (New)

Acts 3:11-26

Sermon

King Duncan

... once used this analogy. Suppose a woman’s husband died. She couldn’t bear the thought of being away from him, so she embalmed him and kept him at home, in a prominent place where she could always see him. Even though her husband was dead, the woman carried on her normal schedule around him. Some time later, the woman fell in love with a new man. After the wedding, the woman brought her new husband home for the first time. And what should he see when he walked through the front door but the embalmed body ...

254. Breaking The Cycle - God’s Answer In Forgiveness

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... another factor which made his existence even more lamentable. Our landlord became a bitter man. Even though (at that time) he was thirteen years removed from the war ... even though he had been safely released from the concentration camp and was now able to carry on physically ... even though he and his wife owned a lovely dwelling and had a comfortable income, the crippled man was bound by the grip of bitterness. He was still fighting a battle that should have ended years before. In a very real sense, he ...

255. I Wonder about Life after Death

John 14:1-3

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... hour. But when the path of life leads us to some vantage point where the scene around us fades away and we contemplate the distant view right to the end, let us not close our eyes. Let us pause for a moment, look at the distant view, and then carry on. Thinking about death in this way produces love for life. When we are familiar with death we accept each week, each day, as a gift. Only if we are able to accept life—bit by bit, does it become precious.” Now, this is the right attitude about death! Death ...

256. Bringing in the Sheaves

Ruth 1:1-22, Ruth 2:1-23, Ruth 3:1-18, Ruth 4:1-12, Ruth 4:13-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... for a broken world. Some of those tears may be our own for the things we’ve endured in our own lives. Some may be for others. But many times, life isn’t easy, especially when you’re devoted to God amid a world enmeshed in conflict. But we carry on, knowing that someday, the harvest will come, and we will be filled with the joy and love of God. Or as the psalmist says in Psalm 30: “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” For Christians, we know the joy of Jesus’ sacrifice ...

257. The Wind Came

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... the church was born? Who would have protected the Holy Scriptures with its very life if not the Church of Jesus Christ? Who would have sent out evangelists and teachers and missionaries to tell the Good News if not the church? Who would have carried on Christ’s ministry of healing bodies, minds, and souls if not the church? I am aware that it has been fashionable among some Christians since the 1960s to say “Jesus, Yes”– “the church, no” but what short-sighted thinking that is. How will future ...

258. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

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Russell F. Anderson

... and hit his head on the ark. I find such an interpretation facetious. Others have suggested that the Lord was angry that the ark was not transported properly by the Levites, who would carry the ark on poles strung through rings in the ark. Instead the ark was carried on a cart. Either David didn't know about these regulations or else he disregarded them. Thus, the sin consists of handling the ark in a common or unholy manner. Some have suggested that it shows a lack of faith on Uzzah's part. He didn't think ...

259. Where You Do Not Wish To Go

John 21:18

Illustration

John E. Sumwalt

... ordinance which would prevent landlords and employers from discriminating against persons with AIDS. She spoke to church and civic groups, pleading with them to support the human rights of all persons. On the day that she died, Wilma asked Kevin if he would help to carry on her work. He promised her that he would, and he thanked her for all that she had done. He said, "It will be easier for me because of you." On the Sunday following Wilma's funeral, Kevin stood up in church during the time for expressing ...

260. God Forsaken

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Erskine White

... what Jesus felt Himself? Instead, we are meant to know that out of our defeat comes the victory. Out of our darkness comes the light. Paul says, "I boast of my weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9). It is in our weakness that Christ gives us the strength to carry on. This is the abiding power of the Christian faith, the enduring message of a God who hung on a cross to die. Jesus speaks to us today in His own language, but they are words everyone can understand: "Eloi, Eloi, la'ma sabachtha'ni?" He knows what it ...

261. Good News Or Bad News?

Sermon

Rolf E. Aaseng

... Satan and his angels and conquered them. It has already been done. The victory was decisive: the devil and all his party were cast out of heaven; the war was won. But although he has been defeated and cast out of heaven, Satan is allowed to carry on his activities on earth for a time. As sometimes happens in earthly wars, although the conflict has been decided, the fighting continues. We may find it hard to understand why this should be, for it makes our lives more difficult. Perhaps God in his wisdom knows ...

262. If Only We Would Confess ...

Ezekiel 18:1-32

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... of them and they spoke with such persistence that they proved to be nuisances. As long as the prophets spoke in generalities and as long as difficulties could be explained away as the corporate commmunity’s fault, the people let the prophets carry on. It was when thay became specific, as did Amos and Jeremiah and Ezekiel, that the listeners tried to silence their messages. The congregational prayer of confession was, perhaps, 100 specific, but I have discovered in my personal life that I must be precise ...

263. The Return to Catholicity

John 17:6-19

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... that he is there, and that he’s with you. I remember the day we stood together and were decorated for valor before the whole Division - not for our valor, but for the hundreds who died, so that miraculously, impossibly, he and I came through unscathed to carry on our ministry. So we wear our medals in their honor, not ours. Oh, yes, our theologians, you see, had a joint commission studying the Eucharist, but we have to be very patient with them. You always have to be patient with theologians. But you’ll ...

264. Ready For A Change

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... in one eye. For years, he struggled with fear and anger over the attack. And to make matters worse, the police just couldn't make the case stick against McAllister. He was still a free man. Young Christopher Carrier tried, as best he could, to carry on with his life. As a teen, he found spiritual healing in his church. He went into youth ministry, and became a very effective counselor to teens. But deep in his heart, Christopher wondered what he would do if he ever met McAllister again. In 1996, police ...

265. A Fantastic Feast

Luke 14:1-14

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... he lacks joy and celebration. The father is very possessive and close to his daughters and prevents them from marrying. The father eventually dies leaving the two daughters to carry out the rigid discipline of this faith community. The daughters carry on with great attention and detail to the religious discipline of their father. However, the religious community is growing older and many of its devoted members are dying out. Unfortunately, the community begins to fight a great deal amongst themselves. This ...

266. God's Battle Against Sin

Zephaniah 1:1-3

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

Can we believe that God is carrying on a war against all sinners? He is, of course, according to the scriptures. Jeremiah gives us pictures of God attacking his sinful people in the form of that mysterious Foe from the North (Jeremiah chapters 4-6). Ezekiel declares that there is a breach in our wall of defense, caused ...

267. Back to School

Luke 2:41-52

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... toward legislation and coercion. The educational task of the church involves many arms - individual, congregation, seminary, eeclesiocracy. But the primary task is that of the congregations. This is where the church's teaching ministry is largely carried on. Congregations need to reconceive themselves as "seminaries" - literally, "seed-beds" for faith. This is how church members become disciples, participants in the tradition and "guardians of the faith, handing on its central meanings and extending them ...

268. Where Is Jesus?

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David O. Bales

... The Dalles, Oregon, for Memorial Day to be with my wife’s relatives and to decorate graves in the cemetery. One thing I notice as we visit that cemetery: When you’re in the western, older side of the cemetery, visitors are chattier, even happy, carrying on humorous conversations as they stand next to gravestones of people who died a hundred years ago. But, as you enter the newer portion of the cemetery where people have recently been buried, you feel the emotion around. You see families you don’t know ...

269. A Cry in the Dark

Luke 21:25-36

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... love. Frankl said that in that moment he began to believe. And in that moment he began to live again. Advent often reminds us of our similar need. The grayness of our bleak days is stifling. The loneliness of the moment overwhelms us. Is there a reason to carry on? Is there meaning beyond the drudgery of today's repetitive struggles? Is there hope and is there God? With David (Psalm 43:3), we shout, "Send out your light and your truth!" Don't leave me alone. Give me some sign. Light a candle in the window ...

270. Ready for the Kingdom of God?

Luke 13:31-35, Luke 13:22-30, Luke 13:18-21

Teach the Text

R.T. France

... may have been kindly intended (for Pharisaic interest in Jesus, see “Historical and Cultural Background” on 11:37–54) or simply designed to scare him away, but Jesus does not regard Antipas as a serious threat and plans to ignore him and carry on regardless. “Fox” is a contemptuous term for someone without honor, perhaps also with the implication of being devious. 13:33 today and tomorrow and the next day. This repeated phrase emphasizes that Jesus’s course is already set, and he will not ...

271. Fifth Vision - Zerubbabel Empowered

Zechariah 4:1-14

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the people when the foundation was laid (Ezra 3:10–13). Verses 8 and 9 give specific encouragement to Zerubbabel. The task is difficult, even mountainous, yet by God’s enablement he will carry it out. God finishes what he starts. Verse 10 carries on the thought that there will be joyful acknowledgment of God’s hand in the temple project, even by those who have despised “the day of small things.” Many have minimized the rebuilding efforts as insignificant and futile. But now this negativism will be ...

272. Who Is This Man?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... Other? It was beyond the capacity of the human brain. Even more critically, bad descriptions of who God is have caused persons to perform outrageous rituals such as infant sacrifice, temple prostitution and the slaughter of unbelievers (a practice that is still carried on in parts of the world today, as you know). Bad ideas of God always produce correspondingly bad behavior. If someone says to you, “Oh, it doesn’t matter what you believe, just so you are sincere,” ask them to consider those armies ...

273. All Dressed Up

Luke 12:32-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... no matter where we are or whom we are with, we are attentive to our discipleship identity, to our identity as a follower of Christ, our identity as an apostle to the world and a servant to God’s people. How will this change how you carry on your week? How will this change the way you live your life? For each person it may be different, for each one of us is unique in our personalities and our expressions. Just as some may be artists, some photographers, some sculptors, some architects, we as disciples ...

274. The Feast of Leviathan

Luke 24:36b-48

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Lori Wagner

... which we receive as our world is not a mere trifle in God’s plan but a vital and important part of God’s past, present, and future. Without a “body,” God’s work cannot be accomplished. When Jesus ascends, then it must be we who carry on God’s worldly mission. Unlike the gnostics, who would argue that only the spirit matters, Jesus drives home the importance of the “flesh.” For him, the flesh is not evil. The flesh is beautiful, for we remember in Genesis that God created the material world ...

275. The Rain Of Bread

Exodus 16:1-36

Sermon

There is nothing like heading out into the back country, carrying on your back everything you need to survive. Enjoying nature, listening only to the sounds of wildlife, having a bit of creation all to yourself. Of course, there is one downside to it all -- the food. Cans are out of the question, they're too heavy to carry. That leaves only ...

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