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2751. On Polishing Up the 24 Karat Jesus

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

James Weekley

... chairs. In his introduction he misquoted Jesus as follows, "I have come to heal the dead, cast out the sick, and raise the devil." Jesus did not want to be misquoted. In fact, he wanted to make his lasting impressions stick. How could the disciples ever forget his last impression, the Great Commission? With the mandate, he commanded they go and make his love the change agent. He wanted them to comprehend - more than they would understand anything in their entire lives - the agenda of that assignment. He ...

2752. Stephen, God's Good Worker

Acts 7:1-53

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... flat stones used to make a walk or a path. Some stones are really pretty and can be very useful. But this morning I am going to tell you a story that is not so pretty. It is the story about a man called Stephen who was a disciple of Jesus. Stephen became a disciple when the church was just beginning. He worked hard in the church and a lot of people learned more about Jesus. He told everyone he knew about the love of God and the wonderful things that you could do after you began to follow the teachings of ...

2753. James, God's Hero

Acts 12:2

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... the Son of God, became a follower and shared in God's love. James taught here and there, and then one day, while James was with some of the people in the church, the King of Judea became very angry about the good things that people were saying about the disciples and Jesus, and he decided that he would put a stop to it. He did not like people talking about Jesus as a great king, and as the one who gave everything that people needed. The King thought that he should be the only one that people spoke about, so ...

2754. Let's Go Fishing

Mark 1:14-20

Children's Sermon

... (or people)." Do you think there are any lakes with people in them to catch on the hook on the end of the fishing pole? (Let them respond.) No, of course not! Did you know that another word for Jesus' friends is disciple? Do you know what the word disciple means? (Let them respond.) Disciple means learner. Jesus' friends were learners. What Jesus was going to teach them was to go fishing in a new way. They would learn by watching Jesus, just like you learn to fish by watching someone else who knows how to ...

2755. Proper 9

Galatians 6:11-18, Galatians 6:1-10, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Isaiah 66:1-24, Psalm 66:1-20, Luke 10:1-24

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... to Sunday, or, at least, to bring him and his "devotion unto death" into the worship of the day, particularly in the sermon. The faith not only is given to us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, but it was preserved and passed to us because the disciples of the Lord were willing to face all foes - even death - in order to tell the story of Jesus, the kerygma, to the world. They were witnesses to Christ; that's what a martyr is, a witness to someone or some cause and in this case to the death ...

2756. Proper 12

Luke 11:1-13, Psalm 138:1-8, Genesis 18:16-33, 2 Kings 5:1-27, Colossians 2:6-23

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... pray, not only that they will be able to survive in the end times, but no doubt, that they might face and defeat the temptations in this life, especially in view of the pressure to renounce the Lord that they will face as witnesses for Christ. Jesus assures the disciples that the Father-God knows how to bless his children and tells them, "how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" SERMON SUGGESTIONS Luke 11:1-13 (RC, E, L, C) - "A Prayer We Can Count On." In a sermon ...

2757. Proper 19

Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:1-7, Psalm 51:1-19, Exodus 32:1-33:6, Hosea 4:1-19, Hosea 6:1--7:16, 1 Timothy 1:12-20

Sermon Aid

George Bass

... it? We never persecuted the church of Christ, have we? 2. Actually, Paul lost his heart and soul, not his mind, to Christ, who came to him in a vision and claimed him for himself. That's why there was the transformation from the "foremost of sinners" to prominent disciple of the lord. 3. We may be more difficult for God to deal with and reach than Paul was, because we tend to be lukewarm, even ambivalent, to Christ and his church. The result is that we don't really engage in the work of Christ as we should ...

2758. Epiphany 2

John 1:43-51, John 1:35-42

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... : At a church trial some years ago, one of the members of the congregation seeking to leave the denomination, said, "No new truth has been revealed since 1620." We may feel that way in attempting to say something new about the calling of the disciples. Those early disciples, despite their constant misunderstanding of the life and ministry of Jesus, surely must have caught a glimpse of some new hope, faith, and love in the person of Jesus. And despite the odds, they were willing to take the risk of obedience ...

2759. The Transfiguration

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon Aid

Wayne B. Keller

... , ask the people to respond, verbally, with the message they heard from God. The Act of Confession Try this: Again, begin, be still; listen for God's voice. (give three minutes of silence) Ask, what did you hear about yourself as one of God's disciples? Focus on your brokenness. Offer a prayer of forgiveness. Then, continue, be still; listen once again to God's message of forgiveness, pardon, reconciliation. (give three minutes of silence) Now, what did you hear about God's message to you? Focus on new life ...

2760. You Provide The Bread

Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon

William J. Carl

... How many loaves have you? Work with what you’ve got.” You are in some deep trouble. There seems to be no way out. You are at the lowest point and Christ turns to you and asks, “How many loaves have you? Examine your resources.” He says to the disciples, “Work with what you’ve got.” By the way, what have you got anyway? They replied, “five loaves and two fishes.” It’s not much by any standard. Not for 5,000 people. People of lesser faith in the power of God would have said, “Well, I see ...

2761. The King of Life

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

Thomas Slavens

... the social and political world. Neither through greed nor hate shall world peace be found. World peace and security are possible only if people will practice the love taught by the Christ. On that first Palm Sunday, as Jesus approached Jerusalem, he sent two of his disciples to a village nearby; there, he told them, they would find a colt upon which no one had ever sat. His instructions were that the colt was to be untied and brought to him. If anyone asked them, “Why are you untying it?” they were to ...

2762. The Journey of Life

Luke 24:13-35

Eulogy

Tom O. Miller

... life. But you and I, we still travel our road of life. We still are on our journey in life. The Gospel writer, Luke, tells us something about his faith as he tells the story of the two men walking along the road to Emmaus. These two disciples were desperate, despondent, disillusioned, and discouraged. Their Lord had died and he was nowhere to be found - they could not even see his body. So they were traveling - fleeing, really - from the pain of the day he died. They hurt. They could not find him, so they ...

2763. Jesus Calls Matthew, Jesus Heals The Leaders Daughter, Jesus

Matthew 9:18-26, Matthew 9:9-13

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... 1: While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader of the synagogue came in and knelt before him, saying, 5: "My daughter has just died; but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live." 1: And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples. Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, 6: "If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well." 1: Jesus turned, and seeing her he said ...

2764. Peter's Declaration About Jesus

Matthew 16:13-20

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use in ordinary sequence with the scripture readings. Speakers: 1 woman 6 young men Peter speaks with hesitation Key: 1 = woman storyteller 2 = Jesus 3, 4, 5, 6 = disciples 7 = Peter 1: Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, 2: "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" 1: And they said, 3: "Some say John the Baptist, 4: but others Elijah, 5: and still others Jeremiah 6: or one of the prophets." 1: He said to them, 2: "But who do you say that I am ...

2765. Redrawing The Landscape

Multiple Scriptures

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... man, the son of God, who could calm an entire sea in the middle of a raging storm and tell a leper he was healed. Yet, as Matthew's twentieth chapter indicates, He could not prohibit a jealous woman from making an idiotic statement or keep the other ten disciples from getting angry at her two boys. That's life, isn't it? We can often run a business or recover from surgery or complete a great service project or make the dean's list easier than we can dissipate our feelings of anger toward those closest to us ...

2766. The Needle’s Eye

Mark 9:42-50

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... counters, “There are lots of people out there doing kindly deeds in my name. If they keep up these good works, soon they will be unable to speak ill of me. After all, if the person is not against us, he is for us.” Jesus calls for his disciples to be reasonable. They should show common sense. “How can you expect the cause to grow,” Jesus says in effect, “if you don’t invite new people in? They come and will grow into a closer relationship with us.” A lesson is here for us all. Doing quiet ...

2767. Do You Know the Voice?

John 10:5

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... away from the voice of a stranger but follow the voice of their shepherd. Sheep trust the sound of the voice of the one who takes care of them and protects them. But they are afraid of other voices because those voices steal them and hurt them. Jesus taught his disciples that he is the shepherd for all people. He is your shepherd and my shepherd and we are like his sheep. We can trust what Jesus teaches us because he loves us and cares for us. If we listen to his voice, then we will always be safe. But if ...

2768. God Works Through Opposites

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... we would like him to do. I am talking about the times when he hides himself, does not seem to answer our prayers. In the doubts that we have about him, then, we see our sin more clearly. Indeed, you and I really are like that fickle crowd of disciples on Palm Sunday. Yet we need such experiences. We need to see and to feel in our hearts that we have nothing to offer God. You need your false security, your false gods, destroyed. I do too. Only then are you truly ready to receive the forgiveness that Easter ...

2769. The Glorious Company

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... is finally God's gift to us. We cannot self-generate faith. We should feel no guilt when faith flags. Instead, we should turn to fervent prayer, asking for faith sufficient for the trial. 3. Jesus appears to show little concern about whether the disciples can hear and appropriate this difficult and demanding ethic. Only insofar as they are "in Christ" will they be able to respond affirmatively. God's grace enables us. The point is not that the Christian life is necessarily sad, poor, broken and beaten. The ...

2770. Affecting Eternity

Romans 12:1-8

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... it was Christ who commanded us to go into all the world and teach. It was Christ who talked about the relationship of a student to a teacher (a disciple is not above his teacher); it was Christ who was called "teacher" by the disciples. Christ taught with authority. The Marys and Marthas of Holy Writ sat at his feet while he taught. He taught the disciples how to pray the Our Father. Even his enemies admitted: "You are a teacher, come from God." Mary, when she sees Jesus fresh from the grave, says, "Rabboni ...

2771. Honor by Serving

Revelation 14:6-13

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... ) to death.Dead man's talk cannot bear to hear what you will hear now, the one way left to honor the dead: We honor the dead by serving the living. We honor the dead by serving the living Lor4. That's what Jesus said when he told his disciples, his bereavea disciples on the seashore: "Do not be amazed. Yes, I'm alive again. Here, let me eat some fish with you. Now, Go! Baptize! Teach! Feed! In other words, get the Word out. Honor me by work. Honor me by service, and by believing that the last death is the ...

2772. Oh Me of Little Faith

Matthew 14:22-36

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... of life Jesus comes, walking on the dangerous waters, feeling the force of the spray on his face, tasting the salt water on his lips, feeling the strength of the wind pushing at his back, but fearing nothing. Jesus knows the danger, but he comes to join his disciples, to accompany us through the storm and save us from the waves. Does this mean that the storm will stop if we keep our focus on Jesus? Maybe not. The storm may continue, sometimes for what might seem like a long time. But through the spray and ...

2773. Life on the Roller Coaster

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... in front of me. It’s your job to follow me in the way I choose, not to try to lead me in the way YOU would like me to go." Certainly what Jesus said immediately after his rebuke of Peter would support that interpretation. He told all of his disciples, including Peter, that not only did HE have a task that was set before him by God, but that THEY also had work to do. "Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me," Jesus said. "Get on this new thrill ride with me. There will be many dangerous twists ...

2774. I Hate To Rain On Your Parade, But

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Johnny Dean

... at Corinth? "I decided to know nothing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:2). And it wasn’t just old morbid Paul who took that approach. Jesus himself made his death central to his mission. How many times did he tell his disciples that his death was unavoidable? It wasn’t because he had a melancholy spirit. Remember that among the many rumors that were circulated about Jesus was one that accused him of being a party animal – well, they called him a glutton and a wine-bibber, but ...

2775. The Lantern

John 18:3

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... told them was dangerous and an enemy of Rome. He didn't look dangerous, and He certainly was different from any other enemy. But it is hard to tell when you have such poor light. The torches were burning down and the lanterns were dim. One of His own disciples, Judas, had turned Him in, and the priests said He was dangerous. So the soldiers did what they were told to do and arrested this man called Jesus. I have a drawing of a lantern that will help you remember the story of how and where Jesus was arrested ...

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