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2826. They Should Have Fired That Shepherd

Luke 15:1-3 (8-32)

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... for it and eventually found the coin. No big deal so far. Then, however, she called everyone over to have a party to celebrate finding the coin! My guess is she spent much more than the coin was worth on the wine and food for the celebration! I do not understand this! Why not just get a piggy bank, put the coin in there and leave it there. Losing a coin and then after finding it, spending it to have a party to celebrate the finding makes me shake my head in confusion. And finally we get to the parable of ...

2827. Spirit Powered Anointing

Luke 4:14-21 · Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Justice would take on a new definition in Jesus’ ministry, and this would make him immediately provocative. [4] Often, lectionary readings contain only part of an important scriptural story. In this case, next week’s continued reading of Luke 4 is necessary to understand the entire impact of Jesus’ words and the synagogue’s reaction that day. In today’s reading, Luke tells us that Jesus was praised by everyone. Stay tune….a drastic shift is coming just a few lines later when Jesus “drops the ...

2828. Treasures from the Past

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Mary Austin

... the gifts of hard work, or principle, or a knack for listening to people. We receive a talent for making the perfect pie crust. We get a memory for sports statistics or the perfect barbeque recipe. We get a lesson in how to fix things, or how to understand people. We take on all these gifts as part of our inheritance. No matter how we feel about the platters and the watches, these gifts are precious. Writing to the church in Corinth, Paul goes deeper into this vision of our inheritance. Paul was a traveling ...

2829. When What You Signed Up For...

Acts 16:9-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... Bible, Roger heard God tell him, “Roger, I want you to leave police work and go into the ministry.” If God spoke to you today and told you to give up the life you love and start over in a new career, how would you respond? Roger struggled to understand and obey God’s leading. But a few weeks later, he finally prayed and turned every part of his life over to God. He even asked God to take away his love of police work. Over the next few months, he met with friends, a counselor, a college registrar, as ...

2830. A Day of Passion, Praise and Prophesying

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... , however. In an interview after the competition, a reporter asked the Brazilian surfer a question in Japanese. The Japanese surfer, who speaks Japanese, English and some Portuguese, realized that his rival surfer spoke only Portuguese and had no way of understanding the reporter’s question or responding to it, so he graciously volunteered to serve as a translator. Fortunately, the interview went off seamlessly much to the relief of all involved. (3) But think about it. What a gift this Japanese surfer ...

2831. Acres of Diamonds

1 Timothy 6:10

Sermon

Russell Conwell

... stories that I grew tired of his telling them and I refused to listen -- looked away whenever he commenced; that made the guide quite angry. I remember that toward evening he took his Turkish cap off his head and swung it around in the air. The gesture I did not understand and I did not dare look at him for fear I should become the victim of another story. But, although I am not a woman, I did look, and the instant I turned my eyes upon that worthy guide he was off again. Said he, "I will tell you a ...

2832. Show Us the Father

John 14:8-17, 25-27

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... be troubled and do not be afraid” (John 14:27). He does not give as the world gives. He gives the Holy Spirit — the best gift of all. Because the Holy Spirit now resides within the church (never to depart), we have that peace which passes all understanding. We can heed the words of Christ when he admonishes us not to be afraid. Our hearts don’t have to be troubled because we have the assurance of salvation and the authority to live lives worthy of the high calling of Jesus Christ. Jesus ascended on ...

2833. Three In One

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... . Still, it’s a handy way to remember how the three persons relate to one another (as well as to us). Trying to grasp the nature of God is no simple matter, but as we attempt to get a handle on things, we can certainly come to a better understanding. In Creation, for example, we have seen the presence of the Holy Spirit. We have heard God (the Father) say, “Let us make human beings in our own image.” Later in the prologue to his gospel (John 1:1-18), John indicated that all things were made through ...

2834. More Than a Popularity Contest

Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... the Prince of Peace. The one whose death healed our separation with God and with our fellow humans. So these words from Jesus sound like they’re out of character for him. That’s what happens when we take Jesus’ words out of context. To understand this passage, we need to understand the “conversation” around it. I want you to keep that context in mind as we read the first few verses in our Bible passage today: “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I ...

2835. The Thing About Evil

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... among their tombs and within their peer than it was for them to allow Jesus and the immense power of God to live among them. For in some sense, we all cower before the presence and power of God! More importantly, we fear what we do not understand. The people of Gerasene did not understand this Son of God, who could wield the power of God and vanquish evil in a single swoop. They knew Jesus was Jewish. They knew he was a foreigner. They were amazed at what he could do. But it was so outside of their realm of ...

2836. The Accounting

Luke 16:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and goodness create harmony in God’s world. Feeling a duty to complete “good deeds” benefits both you and others. The word was used in Jesus’ time to help people prepare for the messianic age, or what Jesus called “kingdom” living. In Jewish understanding, doing good deeds or mitzvot can precede and in fact provoke an actual change of heart. Through the act of doing mitzvot, an evil heart can become good. Doing encourages being. Mitzvah requires us to participate in God’s vision for the world ...

2837. Small Beginnings, Great Endings

Luke 17:5-10

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... his hope for a new South Africa could be achieved. In 1996, he saw the future of South Africa in its children when he dedicated a Children’s Village in Capetown. He called for patience: “It is my hope that within this community a culture of understanding, acceptance, and love can be nurtured. Let this Children’s Village be an example of tolerance and reconciliation so that we, as adults, can learn from these children.”[3] In the world of nature we note the sun rising and setting in its good time. In ...

2838. Are We Living In The Last Days?

Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Richard Hasler

... Luke, as well as the central point of the book of Revelation. John, the author of the book, wrote in symbolic language so that the enemy, the Roman Empire, would not know what he was writing, but only those being oppressed on the mainland of Asia Minor would understand its meaning. The book was written to give hope that in the midst of their persecution, they would not give up and realize that in the end God would be victorious no matter how dark the day seems now. For us today, the same message holds true ...

2839. Finding Your Dream Job

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... (3) I think the disciples said yes because they understood the story line. They understood that following Jesus means living an abundant life. In John 10:10, Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees who have criticized him for healing a blind man on the Sabbath. They don’t understand that he is God in the flesh. As part of Jesus’ response to them, he says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” The Greek word used for “have it ...

2840. Out of the Darkness

Matthew 5:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” To truly understand this teaching, we need to understand what came before it. Jesus had just finished teaching his followers that in God’s kingdom, the poor in spirit, the mourners, the meek, the pure of heart, the peacemakers are close to God. And then in verses 10-12 Jesus says, “Blessed are ...

2841. Rule Breakers

Matthew 5:21-37

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” I don’t think these two verses have anything to do with proper worship or sacrifices. They are about understanding what is important to God. In this passage, Jesus is emphasizing our sacred worth in God’s eyes. We are beings made in the image of God. Anything that violates that image of God within us is a sin. At their most fundamental level, sinful actions ...

2842. A Life-changing Question

John 9:1-41

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... his friend, Mary, who has had a hard life. No easy path for her. One Sunday morning, Mary found her son Robert shot dead in her neighbor’s yard. Evidently, Robert had been caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival gangs. In trying to understand why Mary’s son, Robert, died this violent and senseless death, Pastor Villegas writes, “I mean, of course I can explain it in terms of some cause-and-effect reasoning. Like, he died because he was hanging out with the wrong crowd. But that line never ...

2843. Into the Light

John 1:1-14

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... can not only empower but change people from the inside out—by “enlightening” them to the presence and will of God. Jesus’ power to heal, to forgive, to bless, to change all comes from his identity as “light” of and for the world. John wants to be sure we understand that Jesus may have become fully human, but he also is born of God. He is the Word become flesh. Because he came into the world and lived among us, we did not recognize him as of God. Yet he had and still has the power to move, form ...

2844. The Big Move!

Matthew 4:12-23

Sermon

John Jamison

... too early of a confrontation, and a place to find his disciples. He withdrew to Galilee. That gives me one other thought before we stop. We’ve only been imagining some things here, but I wonder if it might remind us of something that Jesus seemed to understand that we sometimes forget. When you are going to do battle with evil, you need to prepare. Part of that preparation is to see that you do not enter into that battle alone. If that was important enough for Jesus to remember, I’m thinking it’s ...

2845. Moksha

Romans 8:6-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... faithful eleven invigorated by the Spirit? Luke was not isolated in his theological perspective, for what Luke confessed was a part of the theology of the first century church. This is why Paul, who wrote decades before Luke, could incorporate the same theological understanding in our lesson this morning. Paul wrote, and I quote, “But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you.” Paul realizes that we live between the bookends. With Pentecost we have been ...

2846. The Ear of the Heart

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... will read about teachings. We will read about preaching. We will read about missions. We will read of the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. We will read about who Jesus was, is, and is to be. And we have a Christological hymn that allows us to understand that and give it emotional expression. We have a hymn that shares with us the life and meaning of Jesus. Bobby McFerrin is best known to us for his iconic 1988 feel-good hit song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” Since then he has received ten Grammy ...

2847. All We Are Left With...

John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... . Not through force, not through miracles, not through displays of overwhelming power. Through the simple act of sacrificial love. Our story continues in verses 12-17: “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 ...

2848. How Does Prayer Work?

1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words (1 Corinthians 2:10-13 NIV). These profound words of scripture remind me of that ...

2849. Sharing God's Vision

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... professor of linguistics at the University of Sydney in Australia. He and his colleagues studied 31 languages from 16 different language family groups, and they came up with the same conclusion: “Huh?” is the easiest and fastest sound to make when we don’t understand something said in a conversation. Conversations usually move quickly, and it takes less than a second to say “Huh?” It is also a sound that can be made when the tongue and mouth are in a relaxed position, so it doesn’t require much ...

2850. With Burning Hearts

Luke 24:13-35

Sermon

April Yamasaki

... . They even knew that Jesus’ body was missing. When they were joined by a stranger on the road, they freely related all of these facts. They couldn’t dismiss these things that they had heard, but they couldn’t quite put all of the pieces together and understand that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Instead of being overcome with joy that Jesus had risen, they were sad. Perhaps their grief was part of the reason that they were not able to recognize Jesus. As far as they knew, this stranger was just ...

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