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2901. You Are My Witnesses

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... a Messiah-to-come. God was being messianic toward these people all along. Jesus personified the saving acts of God. A Completion Jesus explained to the disciples how it was that the scriptures were really an account about him. Luke reports, "He opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and he said to them, 'Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise on the third day.' " Jesus gave the disciples a key to the reading of the scriptures in the light of his suffering and death. The life ...

2902. The Sending Plan (Alternate title: Our Human Predicament)

Mark 6:7-13

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... of cleansing. That is why we need Christ as our Lord and Savior. Jesus sends his followers out to heal, facing the predicament of sickness. He also sends us to cast out demons, facing the predicament of evil. The Predicament Of Evil We do not fully understand the nature of demons or their arenas of activity in the interior dimensions of the human being or the exterior dimensions of what Saint Paul calls "the powers of the air" (Ephesians 2:2) or "the Principalities and Powers" (Ephesians 1:21; 6:12; Romans ...

2903. We Can't Contain God In Our Cups!

Job 38:2-7; Job 40:4-5; Job 23:6-7

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Zan W. Holmes

... out of the whirlwind: Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements -- surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy? -- Job 38:2-7 As soon as God ...

2904. When The Odds Are Against Us

1 Samuel 1:1-20

Sermon

Zan W. Holmes

... well-intentioned pity of Elkanah further compounded the odds against Hannah. He tried to console her but he did not understand the depth of her unhappiness. Although she was his favorite wife in spite of her barrenness, that did not ... with alcohol, he said to her: "Daughter, you know better than to come to church drunk like this." She said, "Pastor, please let me pray. You don't understand. I had to fight my husband in order to get out of the house to come to church and I will have to fight to get back in. ...

2905. The Sign For Home

John 6:1-15

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... rule wanted to take him by force and make him king. Jesus withdrew, practically fled, to disabuse them of that dream in a hurry. Those who correctly interpreted the sign said, "This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world." We, too, should be sure our understanding of this sign is correct. It is a vital sign. God chose Israel as his own people to make them a sign for all the world, a light to the Gentile nations, a sign that God was for real, that God was involved with human life, that God loved ...

2906. Cheers For The Healed

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

George W. Hoyer

... merely because we have much to be glad about, but in order to let others hear the good news that they, too, can be glad. Our tongues have been loosed, not for loose talk, but for the words that free. James cautions us about thoughtless talk: "You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak ..." (James 1:19); that is, slow to speak in anger. We could add, slow just to chit chat, to simply pass the time of day, to share the latest news. Doctors can see that something is ...

2907. It Is Blessed To Receive

Luke 17:11-19

Sermon

William G. Carter

... puts us in their debt, and he wants us to acknowledge it. Anyone, therefore, who does not show gratitude to other people betrays ingratitude to God as well."7 One goal for the entire Christian life is to affirm God's generous dealings with people like us. It begins by understanding the Bible as a story of how God has given gifts to his people. When God's children were slaves in Egypt, God brought them out of slavery with an outstretched arm and a mighty hand. God said, "You're free! It's a gift." When God's ...

2908. A Tree Well Watered

Jeremiah 16:1--17:18

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... the faithfulness of the God of the covenant. Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthly boast in their wealth; but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord (Jeremiah 9:23-25). It seems to be human nature to trust in self rather than God. We are fearful creatures ...

2909. Anything But Trivial

Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Tony Everett

... the people of God, as he reads from the book of the law of Moses. Remember that the law was written in Hebrew, no longer the language of most in attendance. So Ezra, along with Nehemiah and other Levites, clearly interpreted its meaning so that all could understand (v. 8): "And the ears of the people were attentive to the book of the law" (v. 3). The text states that they were all standing as they listened from the early morning to midday ƒ about five hours, so this is even more remarkable. And Ezra only ...

2910. A Christian With A Conflict Of Interest

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

James McLemore

... the eagle flies, and Saturday I go out to play." Sunday was a good day, but it wasn't a church day. He had to rest Sunday from Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. He thought about church, but as he looked at himself he was a good man. He didn't understand that his good just wasn't good enough. He was a Christian, but he had this conflict of interest. His wife was a Christian woman. At least she did Christian things. She went to church on Sunday, clapped her hands on Sunday. But she talked about people all day ...

2911. The Blind Guiding The Blind

Psalm 92:1-15, Luke 6:46-49, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58, Isaiah 55:1-13, Luke 6:37-42

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William E. Keeney

... Matthew 23:24 in the contrast between a gnat and a camel, or in Mark 10:25 and Luke 18:25 in the contrast between a camel and the eye of a needle. 4. "Heart." (v. 45) The heart for the Hebrew people was the seat of the intellect and understanding. It was not the seat of feelings and emotions as is the view more recently. 5. "Lord, Lord." (v. 46) The word in Greek is Kurios, which can be translated as "master." It came to have meaning loaded with implications of deity. To repeat it twice moves to the ...

2912. Prepared Servants

Luke 12:35-48

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... may, however, be any sin which breaks our relationship with God or the neighbors. That is why Jesus calls people to repentance, to a reversal of their direction that is self-oriented to one that is God- and neighbor-oriented. 3. Role Reversal. Jesus turns the normal understandings of roles on their head. Normally the striving of people is to be master over others and to eschew the role of the servant or the slave. People want to be in control. The usual politics of the world is to coerce people to do what ...

2913. Proper 25

Psalm 65:1-13, Luke 18:9-14, Joel 2:28-32, 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... to God; the other praying for mercy from God. Two people are approaching the kingdom: one by obedience to the law; the other depending upon the grace of God. 2. Public Prayer. The parable raises the issue of the nature of public prayer. Some Christians understand Jesus to teach that a person should not pray in public or audibly. One should only pray in private and in silence. They feel that prayer is a private conversation between the person and God. No one can pray for another person, according to their ...

2914. Why Be Good?

Luke 6:37-42

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... notion of the pious life is so self-evident nobody would dare argue, not today and not in Jesus' day. Nobody except Jesus that is. After the long Lukan Sermon on the Plain -- Jesus' plain talk -- he concludes the discourse by turning on its head this traditional understanding of good conduct. The image he uses, as were many of his images, is drawn from nature. He talks about trees and fruit. Good trees bear good fruit and bad trees bear bad fruit. To turn the image a bit, a tree does not produce apples in ...

2915. On Golf, Swimming, Gardening and Lent?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... him as the most human -- so human, in fact, that we almost wince for him a time or two. It seemed he was always saying something he would later regret or taking a stand he would have to back away from when more evidence came in. When it came to understanding what Jesus was going to go through -- well, let's just say he flunked Theology of the Cross 101. "No, Lord," he said when Jesus said he must die on a cross, "this will never do." "No, Lord," he said when Jesus said they would all run away, "I'll ...

2916. What's So Great About Jesus?

2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... New Testament forever is reminding us that God has come among us in the person of Jesus to share our lives. Regarding that fact there is no doubt. Jesus' coming was so different from the world of the Greek and Roman gods that it was hard for the masses to understand God in these terms. As Bishop Robinson reminded us in his penetrating book Honest to God, God is not out there, or up there, but God is here with us. The life of Jesus is the fact of God's friendship. Jesus was made of woman under the law. God ...

2917. Godly Sexual Passion For An X-Rated World

Song of Songs 2:1-17

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... spine to see if he really was reading from the Bible! Believe me, this is hot stuff! Of a truth, Solomon's song is difficult to understand. After all, it is a poem. It is a love song. And it is 3,000 years old! Imagine scholars 3,000 years from now trying ... refrain, "Love cannot be bought, no matter what is offered" (8:7). Nuptial Poem The third interpretation of Solomon's love song understands it as a nuptial poem. A celebration of the sexual union between husband and wife. I can see seven snapshots, seven " ...

2918. Take Up Your Ministry

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... all, preaching is for preachers and not lay people. That's my job, not theirs. Eventually I was able to find a substitute, but this nervous crisis on the church council revealed a problem that afflicts Christian congregations everywhere. We have trouble understanding not only the nature of preaching but also the nature of the entire ministry of the church. I suspect that most think that ministry is only for the highly trained, for the seminary educated, called and ordained professional pastors. When we ...

2919. Judgment Day

Mark 13:1-31

Drama

Steven E. Albertin

... heaven? Man: Some. Woman: Look, have I got it wrong? In heaven the streets are paved with gold, isn't that so? Man: That is correct. Woman: And hell is a burning pit where you burn forever. Isn't that right? Man: That is correct. Woman: Then I fail to understand why anyone would choose to ... (She starts toward heaven. Hesitates, come back) What's going on here? Don't you know I've lived all my life in fear of this day with the view of getting into heaven and cheating hell? What are you trying to get away ...

2920. No Freudian Slip!

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... . We decided that we did not want to be associated with such boors. So, whenever the ugly American tourists would approach us to ask for help, we would pretend to be German and not able to understand them. "Ich verstehe nicht." But occasionally our deception would fail. An English word would slip from our lips, and we would betray our identity. Inadvertently we had revealed a truth we had wanted to keep hidden. In our popular vernacular such slips of the tongue are called "Freudian slips." The ...

2921. Miracle Three: Healing A Leper

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Harold H. Lentz

... Christ went against the grain, not hesitating to touch the leper, and so to heal him. Christ's pity was in stark contrast to the condemnation of society. Should we not follow Christ's example today? There is a crying need for pity and understanding for those whom the world would reject. An advertisement once headlined the words: "There are no bad children." It aimed to turn criticism from the action, which was unjustifiable and replace it with consideration of the child who deserved our love. This sort of ...

2922. Famous Last Words

Deuteronomy 18:14-22

Sermon

William L. Self

... off?" "The odds of that happening have to be a million to one!" The last words of outstanding individuals have fascinated me for some time. Somehow their whole lives are measured by their words at the end of their lives. From their words we can measure our understanding of the world. This fourth Sunday of Epiphany brings us to some famous last words -- those of Moses as he was preparing to leave his people. For forty years he had led Israel across the Red Sea and the burning desert. For forty years he had ...

2923. What It Takes To Be A Winner

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

William L. Self

... of it. Then he says, "While you wait, you appropriate the future." The future response and answer becomes strength for life now. Faith is not a means by which you achieve victory but living by faith, hopeful waiting, is the victory itself. Victory is achieved when we understand God's timing and live with hopeful waiting. Do you ever get up in the morning, look at your calendar and know the wind is in your face even before you put on your shoes? Do you feel like you are running through life? Do you think ...

2924. No Shortcut To Glory

2 Kings 2:1-18

Sermon

William L. Self

... come expecting instant recognition of their spirituality and become weary of the work and interaction with those who do not agree with them. I heard of an incident where one student in particular was so impressed with his own insights that he couldn't understand why he was not given an immediate degree and sent on his way. His fellow students found an advertisement in a religious journal selling a theological diploma for 25 dollars and a Doctorate in Theology for a mere fifty dollars. They all pitched in ...

2925. Shameless Passion

Isaiah 50:1-11

Sermon

Paul W. Kummer

... to him. He was not shamed, because he bore the weight of our sin all the way and was vindicated when he said, "It is finished," and gave up his life voluntarily. He was ultimately vindicated, by his dad, when he burst forth from the tomb three days later. Jesus understands shame. He went through it like no else ever will and his desire is that the one "who trusts in him will never be put to shame" (Romans 10:11). There was a woman who had a problem. She had the worst case of bad breath ever smelled. Nothing ...

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