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276. David's Turn From Wisdom

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Sue Anne Steffey Morrow

... . But after all, David isn't king for nothing. He does a little scheming and sends a letter off to Joab to have Uriah rotated back to Jerusalem for a little R & R. When Uriah arrives at the palace, King David calls him in to see how everything is with carrying on Holy Wars these days, and the food in camp and the weather. But then David shifts the conversation a little. "Well, Uriah, you are here for R & R. I don't want to hold you all day. I know you're worn out from all that fighting, so why don ...

277. A Prayer for the Faithful

John 17:6-19

Sermon

George Bass

... at the tomb of Saint Paul and heard this lesson read in that setting, we would have comprehended more fully why Jesus prayed this prayer just before he went to the Garden of Gethsemane - and his arrest. Jesus knew that his followers would suffer and die if they carried on his mission and preached in his name. And they did. That’s what is really unique about a visit to the city of Rome. The marks of martyrdom are to be seen almost everywhere - and more clearly than at most other places in the world. In the ...

278. A Soap Opera For Saints

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

King Duncan

... and human intimacy as God intended it or to pervert it in a continual preference for forbidden fruit. C. S. Lewis spins a remarkable story, a parable really, in his book, THE GREAT DIVORCE. It is about a little red lizard that a certain ghost carries on his shoulder. The lizard twitches its tail and whispers continually to the ghost, who urges him all the while to be quiet. When a bright and shining presence appears and offers to rid the ghost of his troublesome "baggage," the ghost refuses. He understands ...

279. Who Is He?

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

King Duncan

... capture the essence of the divine Other? It was beyond man's capacity. Even more critically, bad descriptions of God 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). Bad ideas of God always produce corresponding behavior. If someone says to you, "Oh, it doesn't matter what you believe, just so you are sincere," ask them to consider the modern state of Iran, sending ...

280. Lord, Teach Us How to Pray

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

James McCormick

... you set aside for prayer. First, get comfortable. Assume whatever physical posture that will make you most open to God. Picture yourself, your whole being, as in the hands of God. One great man of prayer thinks of himself as a piece of driftwood being carried on the waves of a powerful and limitless ocean, except, to him, the ocean is the love of God. Second, think of God as being present, really present, as real as any of the material things in your presence. Some people place a chair nearby and picture ...

281. The Healing of a Boy With an Evil Spirit

Mark 9:14-32

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... upon to minister in the name and power of Jesus as did the Twelve. This is confirmed by the words of Jesus in 9:19 (How long shall I stay with you?), which anticipate the time when Jesus would no longer be with his followers and they would have to carry on in faith. Implicit in the account is that Jesus’ followers are expected to have full faith in his power, even when he is not with them as he was with the Twelve, and that they must continue his ministry in the same power that he manifested. The dialogue ...

282. Truth and Consequences

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... We don’t know if the “rich man” ever relented. But if he did, it surely wasn’t much. When he died, he went to be with Abraham. Later the rich man died as well. The rich man went to Hades. Lazarus was with Abraham. Oddly, they are able to carry on a conversation, even though Abraham tells him, he can’t do anything for him because a “great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.” This is interesting, and we ...

283. Good News From A Graveyard

John 20:1-9

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... all, we eventually all die. They were ready to pick up their lives where they had dropped them when he died. Many of you here today have learned to come to terms with grief. You have come to accept the grim reality of death. We learn to carry on. We have to. But part of the great astonishment for those initial followers was the realization that God works through suffering and death. The terrible tragedy which took place on Calvary was all part of God's plan! I'm sure that those first disciples believed that ...

284. COURIER

2 Chron 30:6; Esther 3:13

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... . And certainly the risk of damage must have been great. But - the mail did go through, as it has continued to do down through the history of man, whether carried in a modern car, or on a camel’s back; whether flown through the air, or carried on foot over weary miles. We salute all the guardians of the mails - past, present, and future. Who knows how couriers will function in times to come! We only know that the letters sent by courier, inscribed on tablets, and buried and lost for many long centuries ...

285. A Perspective on the Ascension

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... . This is what Jesus meant when he said he would send to his followers a Comforter, a word which means "strengthener." And whenever in the New Testament this spiritual power was given, it was for a purpose: that the work and mission of Christ would be carried on in and through his faithful followers. How can we get it today? We cannot get it; we can only wait to receive it. And when it comes, little companies of Christian men and women will form anew the phalanx of the church and face bravely a disbelieving ...

286. Noise Is Anything That Corrupts the Integrity of a Message

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Thomas D. Peterson

... taught that if we pray sincerely the Lord will answer. Since we feel we are sincere and our prayers do not come true, therefore, God does not exist. Finally, there does come the call of Christ, and we listen. We begin to persist in our prayers, carrying on genuine communication, until at last the Lord speaks to us and the message is received in all its integrity. We are called to be present for Christ. Noise comes from the outside. Others don’t go to church, why should I? Inside the message is corrupted ...

287. Good News For Broken Hearts

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... of love and grace and acceptance. Maxie Dunnam tells a powerful story that comes from a novel by Alan Paton, the great South African writer. In this story which takes place before the recent changes in South Africa, a white police lieutenant has secretly carried on an affair with a black African woman. In South Africa that was against the law in every way. Not only was it against the civil law, but in that stern, racist society, it was an abominable sin, an unforgivable sin. The lieutenant is confronted ...

288. Mark 6:1-13

Mark 6:1-13

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... a place with such symbolic finality, the disciples were proclaiming that the inhabitants were now left to the judgment of God. But Jesus' inauguration of a "sacrament of failure" does not send the disciples out to fail. His order includes instructions for how to carry on in the face of failure, but the mission is primarily one of great positive activity. As Jesus' emissaries and in Jesus' name, they are to preach, teach, expel demons, and heal the infirm. The disciples are to preach and teach with the aim ...

289. The Lord Will Call for Judah

Zechariah 10:1--11:3

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... clearly messianic in Isaiah 28:16 and in Psalm 118:22. Not only is stability in view here, but the cornerstone is the one on whom the whole structure of the kingdom of God is built. The tent-peg metaphor symbolizes one who both is prominent and carries on his shoulders the affairs of state. (See Isa. 22:22–24, where he carries the royal keys as a symbol of great authority.) The battle-bow metaphor obviously has a military reference. It is not used specifically of the Messiah elsewhere, but it is clearly a ...

290. Out of the Saltshaker

Mark 9:38-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... Marines don’t leave their fallen buddies behind, even if they’re only 9-years-old and even if the Marine is carrying a full backpack. It took almost 36 minutes for Boden and Kyle to run that 5K race together. Their story was carried on the Facebook page, Seal of Honor, which added these words: “By his unwavering commitment to help those in need through his ability to inspire others by his unequivocal level of motivation, Lance Corporal Myles Kerr reflected great credit upon himself and was keeping in ...

291. The Power of Good

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and on earth!” Because Jesus has authority and power, his disciples are bestowed with the same by Jesus’ commission. While Jesus has demonstrated to them his “way” of goodness, he now expects them to carry on his teaching to others, so that his brand of lifestyle carries on, propagates, and creates community upon community based in an alternative “good” lifestyle. These are meant to be communities of the committed –to God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Their creation depends upon ...

292. Bearers of the Seed

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , just as the Jews in the Hebrew scriptures, live in a kind of “diaspora.” Our culture is not “Christian-friendly.” It is not “Jesus-friendly.” It’s not always easy to carry Jesus’ Message of resurrection hope to the world. But we are commissioned to carry on the work of the Holy Spirit to God’s people even in the midst of turmoil, as Esther did long ago. We are commissioned to be “bearers” of God’s good news about Jesus, so that everyone can be in relationship with God. Jesus IS the ...

293. Beginning a Ministry

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

... how to live and think for the past ten years and, apparently, has helped him become a whole and independent human being.37 Jesus had only three years to prepare his disciples for the day when they would be on their own and have to carry on the communication of the Gospel without him. It wasn’t until after Jesus’ resurrection that the world could comprehend how well Jesus had chosen his disciples and how thorough their training had been. "Why did Jesus choose me?" Calvin once asked of Ethel Stanley. She ...

294. Family, Family, Who’s Got the Family

Drama

Sarah Walton Miller

... FAMILY! Sometimes I wish I’d been born an ORPHAN! [she storms out] SUSAN: [follows slowly, cradling her doll in her arms and talking to it] Did you get jerked around, baby? Bad old Barbara! GRANDMOTHER: My gracious! Such a to do. Edna, you didn’t carry on like that when you were her age. MOTHER: Didn’t I? I don’t remember. ***** TO TALK ABOUT 1. Did the grandmother fit herself properly into the family situation? 2. What about Barbara’s attitude? 3. What would you advise this family? 4. How much ...

295. Fans or Followers

Matthew 4:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... that it is time to move from being ‘ministered to’ to the work of ministry itself. Perhaps that was part of why Jesus chose not to remain with his disciples physically. He wanted them to understand that now they had the privilege and responsibility of carrying on the work of God. Remember that scene where Jesus asks Simon Peter three times, “Simon, do you love me?” Each time when Simon professes his love for Christ the Lord instructs Simon to “feed my sheep.” That is the final step in following ...

296. Breaking Loose

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... him out of all the rest of the children to be their son. We’re told by Bible scholars that St. Paul’s words carried that same idea. To be adopted in the Roman world was to be specially selected to be a part of a household in order to carry on the family’s name and to inherit their property. To be adopted was considered a great privilege. Do you understand that you are God’s adopted child specially selected to be part of His family and heir to life eternal? Don’t ever get to the point that you get ...

297. Saul Forfeits a Dynasty

1 Samuel 13:1-15

Teach the Text

Robert B. Chisholm Jr.

... ; his Christian influence was widespread, and his name continues to be remembered through the institutions of which he was a part. He knew many of the prominent Chicago businessmen of his time, and some of them contributed to his ministry. He carried on notable revival meetings in England and America and organized training for men and women, paying special heed to those who had little opportunity to succeed. Finally, he led in the founding of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Deficient faith coupled with ...

298. Sennacherib's Fall

Isaiah 37:21-38

Understanding Series

John Goldingay

... ). Here are words that directly address Hezekiah. As usual, a prophet’s words do nothing to make life easier. They promise a sign, but it is a sign that will be visible only in the future (cf. Exod. 3:12). In the present Hezekiah has to carry on living by faith, or start to do so. In order that this should be living by faith, there is no sign in the present. Further, there will be nothing immediately supra-natural about this sign. Yahweh does not promise a miracle that will instantly restore the community ...

299. All in God’s Time

Mark 13:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... yet to display and accomplish in our lives and in our world. All we can do is trust and wait, knowing that God’s miracles still happen, and that throughout our lives, God is still speaking to us and to those around us. All we must do is carry on with our lives in an attitude of “trust and wait.” Trust and wait keeps us from following temporary fixes, trends, or false ideals. Trust and wait means we lower our expectations. We don’t expect God to “make” things go the way we believe they should at ...

300. Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Acts 20:13-38

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... “shepherds” of their “flock,” a set of metaphors often used in depicting the relationship between God and his people (cf. Ps. 80:1; 95:7; Isa. 40:11; Jer. 23:2–3; Ezek. 34:8, 12; Zech. 10:3). In this context, Paul is urging the elders to carry on the work that God has already accomplished through the death of his Son on the cross, as he notes that this “flock” is the “church of God, which he bought with his own blood” (20:28). Paul then warns them of the “wolves” that are to come (20 ...

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