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2801. Fake News vs. Fantastic Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

... leave us alone. God is with us and, if we will let Him, God will use those times of struggle to grow into persons who are fit to share eternity with Him. But here’s the final thing to be said: when you meet Jesus in your struggles and understand the hope he offers, you find the motivation to share the good news with others. No one knows for sure where Emmaus was. It appears that the town itself doesn’t exist anymore. But Emmaus doesn’t need a physical location. Where is your Emmaus? Where is the place ...

2802. How Did That Hole Get There?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’” At this point they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” They still didn’t understand after all this time. He hadn’t come to set up a political regime. He was returning to establish God’s reign over all the world. Jesus brushes aside their question. He says to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father ...

2803. Breath of God · COVID-19 and the Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... light would some how break through. I've often thought how the realization of resurrection washed over them. Mary initially thought that the authorities had taken his body and disposed of it. It took Jesus appearing before them several times to shake them into to knowing, understanding the resurrection. So it didn't come all at once. That's where we find ourselves. Wary. Uncertain. Do I go out wrapped in garments or do I take the grave clothes off? Do I risk my presence among the people again? I can tell ...

2804. Desperate Times Call For...

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... Canaanite woman. And Jesus walked in our shoes all the way to the cross for no other reason than that he loves us. He shared our weakness, our questions, our pain. Remember that the night before his arrest Jesus prayed so desperately that he sweated drops of blood. Jesus understands what it is to be desperate. He didn’t come to wave a magic wand and take away all our troubles. But he did come to show us that we are not alone. His message and his ministry kept coming back to this one truth: There is a God ...

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Harry S. Truman

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Augustine

2808. The Rabbi's Apprentice

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... went to the regions of Tyre and Sidon. Now this is the most important statement in the story. Jesus hasn’t ended the lesson. Jesus is now entering a teachable moment. He is continuing his lesson, which his disciples are having a hard time understanding and swallowing without an example. So, he leads them out of Jewish territory and into pagan territory, into the gentile regions of Tyre and Sidon, location of the prior northern kingdom, corrupted by Ahab, and his Syro-Phoenician wife, Jezebel. This is a ...

2809. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love

... patiently living a life that is reflected as one of love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Let us not forget that Dictionary.com also uses the word “diligence” to define patience. This would be in keeping with Peter’s understanding of patience; that is, while we wait we must be diligent in our service to the Lord. We must have a purpose, a ministry, and a mission in serving the church and helping others. It is not enough just to have the spirit ...

2810. Rule of Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Sermon

Albert G. Butzer III

... this Yankee preacher say what I am about to say — that I actually prefer the document created by the Southern Church more than the one created by the Northern Church in which I grew up! The document produced by the Southern Church is called Presbyterian Understanding and Use of Holy Scripture and it lays out a number of important guidelines. One of those guidelines affirms The Centrality of Jesus Christ. Another way to state this guideline is to ask: “Do we worship the Bible, or do we worship the Lord ...

2811. A Message To You from God

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... us start off the New Year searching for something. Maybe we’re searching for closure from this past year. Maybe we’re searching for understanding or forgiveness. Some of us are searching for a second chance to get things right. Maybe some of you sitting here this morning don ... s in your view of God. This is the one issue that will affect every other area of life, so it’s essential that you understand who God is and what God’s plans are for you. God has a plan for you, a plan to adopt you into His ...

2812. A Nod of Recognition

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... became one of the leaders of the Christian rock movement. One of his classic songs was a parody of this desire to go back to Egypt. It was entitled “So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt.” It is worth a listen on YouTube and will help you understand the insanity of their wishes in a humorous light. One of the best images Keith Green conjures up is about manna: eating manna morning, noon, and night. You should look up the lyrics. They are very catchy. Nicodemus would have understood this story and the symbol for ...

2813. Get the Picture?

John 18:1; 19:42

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... and deeper into a relationship with the Savior. How would you be feeling at this moment as you stared upon your Savior hanging before you shedding his blood? Can you see why he is doing it? Do you realize that he is doing it for all mankind? Do you understand that he is being sacrificed like a lamb at the Passover for the forgiveness of sins? Do you realize he is doing it for me, for the person next to you, for your parents, for your family, for your children? Most of all do you realize that his death ...

2814. Be Reconciled with the Lord

2 Corinthians 5:20b--6:10

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... I will do him one better. You see that big pile of lumber. I want you to build a fence, an eight-foot high fence, between us so that I never have to look at his place again. Can you handle such a job?” The man replied, “I think I understand the situation. Please show me your tool shed and I will do a job that will please you.” The brother was going to town, so he got the carpenter all set up and then left for the day. The carpenter toiled all day, measuring, cutting, and pounding nails. At sunset ...

2815. The Eleventh Commandment

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... of the disciples. Jesus tried so hard to get through to them even though he knew that for a while, every one of them would desert him. Listen as John continues: “When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. ‘Do you understand what I have done for you?’ he asked them. ‘You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an ...

2816. We Need Some Good News

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... us. God is not hiding somewhere. God is not far away. God is not a cruel taskmaster. God is as near to us as the ground we walk on, as the blood that flows through our veins and as the breath that fills our lungs. The first Christians came to understand God as their Hebrew ancestors did: God is life — and everything that has life is from and in God. That would be bad news if God were an angry judge (as Martin Luther first believed). But since God is the source of all good, the One in whom we live ...

2817. And That’s All I Need To Know

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Timothy W. Ayers

... by a lion or a bear, our good shepherd would not run, not give up protection even if it was a battle to the death. Jesus was the kind of shepherd who would lay down his life for the sheep. When Jesus told them this truth, the disciples did not understand the prophetic nature of his comments. For at that time Jesus was marching toward the cross to do exactly what the Good Shepherd promised them he would do. He was going to lay down his life for the sheep. There is no sign that any of them understood at that ...

2818. The Power of Belief

1 John 5:9-13

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... will find life; those who do not will lose the gift God has provided. The apostle closes this section of his letter by initiating the epilogue to his message. He says that he writes to those who believe in the name of Christ so that they may understand and experience eternal life. Like Jesus, John wants all to be saved; he desires to seek out the lost and provide the message that will bring both the faithful and those who are non-believers back to God. John’s message provides both comfort and challenge ...

2819. Because We Are Chosen

Ephesians 1:3-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... choose a pet unless you plan to nurture and protect it. You don’t choose a spouse unless you plan to cherish and love that person. Now consider that God chose you and destined you for adoption as His child before the creation of the world. Once we understand this truth, how can we doubt God’s love for us or God’s plans for us? In November 1984, a young man named Patrick was doing his laundry in the dormitory laundry room at San Francisco State University. It was late at night, and Patrick was spooked ...

2820. The Dean's Dilemma

Ephesians 5:15-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” The first thing Paul wants us to understand is that the foolish person lives as if there is no God. If there is no God, life has no purpose. If there is no God, then it’s perfectly logical for everyone to simply do his or her own thing. Do you remember that tragic verse in the ...

2821. Ordinary People

Ruth 1:1-16

Sermon

Will Willimon

... about a family in trouble. Here is a middle-class family that's hit on hard times and has to move, a father who dies leaving his wife and sons poorly provided for, two sons who marry women of another religion and race, a stepmother who doesn't understand her daughters-in-law yet finds herself linked to them in misery. It's a story about a family so beset with problems, and bills to pay, and children who won't do right, and tensions between a mother and daughters-in-law, ordinary people; in short, a family ...

2822. Empowering the Powerless

Mark 10:2-16

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... trick? For every question about law, Jesus gives a relational answer. For every legal challenge, Jesus challenges back with a relational counter. While laws and guidelines are there for us, because we are a people who need structure to know who we are and to understand our goals and each other, our greatest goal is our relationships. God made everything and everyone to be in relationship. And this is where we find true growth, truth, revelation about who we truly are, and joy as a people and as a community ...

2823. Impetuous Faith

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... true discipleship, the true path of following Jesus, includes the path to the cross, persecution, and likely torture and martyrdom. Jesus isn’t trying to discourage them from following him. Quite the contrary. Jesus wants worthy, eager, passionate disciples. But he needs them to understand what they are taking on. Discipleship is not just a perk or favor but a commitment to do what it takes to expand the gospel through thick and thin, good and bad, easy and difficult. It can be a light or heavy load. Once ...

2824. For The Love Of God Is Biblical

2 Timothy 3:14-17

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... facts like genealogy and the census count in Numbers (I wonder who had to proof read that?) Not romance - but has passionate scenes in Song of songs. Contains poetry, letters and even hard to understand sections. Mark Twain said: "It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me. It is the parts that I do understand." It's our story, inspired by God and written by folks just like us, people struggling to be faithful in everyday life. B. It's our story. It's the Church's Book. Tells ...

2825. Shared Promises

Luke 1:39-45

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... s aunt, or cousin, or half-sister, or in-law. But we do know she was in some way related. And we do know that Mary obviously trusted her. Elizabeth she must have thought was older and wiser. She was the wife of a priest. Surely, she could understand Mary’s experience and what she was going through. Surely, she would know what to do. How wonderful it must have been to receive the welcome that she did –the non-judging, non-threatening, safe haven that was Mary and Zechariah’s home. There, the two women ...

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2801. Fake News vs. Fantastic Good News

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

King Duncan

2802. How Did That Hole Get There?

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

2803. Breath of God · COVID-19 and the Resurrection

John 20:10-18, John 20:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2804. Desperate Times Call For...

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Harry S. Truman

Niccolo Machiavelli

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Augustine

2808. The Rabbi's Apprentice

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

2809. Wavering Notes by an Uncertain Trumpet

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Ron Love