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3001. What a Difference a Day Makes

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... a glass of cold water. He immediately recognized the rock as a huge lump of gold. In fact, it proved to be the largest gold nugget ever found east of the Rocky Mountains. Like the man who failed to recognize gold when he held it in his hands, the disciples failed to recognize the true nature of our Lord after spending three full years with him. Jesus holds all the keys of life, he holds life and death, heaven and hell, the abundant life, the authentic life, all of them are in the hands of Christ. But, you ...

3002. Party Time!

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... 16, that in God’s presence there is not just joy, but fullness of joy. A good example of joyless versus joyful worship comes from our passage today, Mark 2, verses 18-22: “Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, ‘How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?’ Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. But the ...

3003. Keeping Sunday

Mark 2:23-3:6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... . They had no special day of worship at first; so they observed the Sabbath along with the Jews. But as the resurrection of Jesus assumed increasing significance among them, it seemed appropriate to have a day to remember that distinctly Christian happening. Therefore, the disciples chose the first day of the week rather than the seventh day, so that they might have a weekly reminder of Easter. In 321 A.D., Constantine made Sunday an official day of rest for the Empire, and with that there began to develop ...

3004. The Hillside and the Basket

John 6:1-15

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... hillside of people or the basket? Would he count the crowd or the loaves? Would he look at his ability to begin the work or his inability to finish the work? Jesus was testing Philip, even as he still tests you and me today. He was educating the disciples to do what they could and leave the rest to God. He was illustrating the universal law: Resources and powers are given to those who use what resources and powers they have. There Was an Offering So, Philip flunks the test. He can't see Jesus for the crowd ...

3005. Is Your Love Shy?

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... and say, "Give it to me straight, doctor. Do I have cancer? Is it terminal? How long do I have?" Instead, patients edge around the facts, deal in generalities, and engage in subtle delusions. And isn't this how it was in our text? Why didn't the disciples ask Jesus what he meant when he predicted his death? They were afraid. They were afraid of what the answer might be. What would his death mean to them? Was the nature of the Messiah different from what they expected? And someone settled the issue by deftly ...

3006. The Impossible Option

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... adventure about it. We are so anxious to talk about "taking up one's cross" that we forget all about how Jesus himself looked beyond the cross' agony to the joy that was set before him. Maybe we sympathize with not only the rich man but also the disciples, who bluntly remind Jesus that they have given up plenty to follow him -- so what will they have to show for it? And sometimes we're just not in synch with the sweeping nature of Jesus' command or his invitation. Sell everything and give all the proceeds ...

3007. Stop the Offerings!

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... from not being able to carry it all out was a burden, not a pathway to God. Listen to the words of Peter at the Council of Jerusalem, as Luke reports: "Now therefore why do you make trial of God by putting a yoke upon the neck of the [new] disciples which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?" (Acts 15:10 RSV). Peter is referring to the myriad of laws which the Jews had tried to follow, and which some of the leaders of the new Christian community were insisting new, non-Jewish converts had to ...

3008. Height Advantage

Ephesians 1:15-23

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The resurrection which we celebrate on Easter Sunday is the event of God's raising Jesus from the dead following the crucifixion on Good Friday. Following the resurrection there were a number of appearances of the risen Lord to his disciples and to others, the most memorable ones being his appearance to Mary Magdalene near the tomb, to Doubting Thomas, and to the two followers on the way to Emmaus (cf. Luke 24:13ff, John 20:11ff and 26ff, Acts 1:3, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 ...

3009. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... ," when in fact what we're really thinking is, "Why isn't God doing things like that in me?" Over the years it's hard for a growing disciple not to wonder, "Where is the proof that my life is different because I am a Christian? What hard evidence can I muster?" We may even muse, "If ... lurking. People who follow Jesus routinely feel "Balkanized" in their inner worlds. Old desires battle new desires. That's why disciples still sin. Rarely does a week go by that someone with a heart for God doesn't resolve to be ...

3010. Who Needs a Doctor?

Mark 2:13-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... not be stopped--they would go to any lengths to get their friend to Jesus in order that he might be healed. Now, with all this healing happening, it was natural for Jesus to use the image of a doctor in response to the Pharisees' criticism about Him and His Disciples eating with sinners. He says it there in verse 31, "Those who are well have no need of a physician". That focuses the issue. The healthy don't need a doctor, it's the sick who do. And wouldn't it be strange if a doctor thought that he was ...

3011. Waiting for God

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... road. (1) Is there anything harder to do than to wait? Have you ever thought about what a big role waiting plays in Scripture? The children of Israel waiting in Egypt to be delivered from slavery. The Jewish people awaiting their Messiah. And now Jesus says to his disciples that they also are to wait. The writer Luke is telling the story. He begins by referring to his own Gospel. “In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven ...

3012. A Sovereign God With A Shepherd's Heart

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... in a sense continued to be independent, even after Jesus began his own public ministry. John, himself never became one of Christ's apostolic bands; his converts were regarded as his disciples (see 5:33); and though John's disciples frequently left John and attached themselves to Jesus (see John 1: 35-37; 3: 25-26). John still went on making disciples (see John 4:1). Moreover, John made such a great impact on the nation that many people wondered whether he was, in fact, the Messiah. He carefully and clearly ...

3013. The Little Madness Of Hope

1 Peter 1:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... sinful men, and be crucified and on the third day, rise. It was then that they remembered, and they returned to the eleven disciples to share the great good news. But do you remember that word -- verse 11: "But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and ... for a moment. One, God does for us what we are unable to do for ourselves. Go back to John's story of Easter. The disciples had locked themselves up. But Christ entered anyway. I like that. Christ is not stopped by our doors of fear or weakness or guilt or ...

3014. Who Needs A Doctor?

Luke 5:27-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

3015. The Road Less Traveled

Luke 13:22-30

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... there is more here, and we need to look at the more that is here. Let me put it this way. The narrow door is open to all, but to walk the way into which it leads is difficult and demands striving. Put another way: On the road of a disciple of Jesus, conversion is not merely a point, but the beginning of a process. So, let’s return to our image — the image of the road less traveled, and the narrow door. “The issue under discussion (in our scripture lesson) had to do with how many people would be saved ...

3016. To Live Is To Grow

1 Timothy 4:1-16

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... appears in a Scriptural text. Look up the word continue and read the verses that call you to continue. Here are some samples of what you will find. "Continue following the Lord your God" (I Samuel 12:14) "Jesus said,...'If you continue in My word, you are truly my disciples..." (John 8:31) "As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love." (John 15:9) Paul and Barnabas spoke to them "and urged them to continue in the grace of God." (Acts 13:43) When you look up the word grow, you will ...

3017. Baptized with Christ

Luke 3:21-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’” This is how Jesus began his public ministry. He was baptized at the hand of John the Baptist. And this is how we begin our public life as one of his disciples--with baptism. Our baptism is sign and seal that we belong to Christ. Each year, on the First Sunday after Epiphany, we affirm the meaning of our baptism and acknowledge its centrality in our lives. PART OF THE MEANING OF BAPTISM IS THE WASHING AWAY OF SIN. The ...

3018. God Shows No Partiality

Acts 10:23b-48

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... saw the wounds of the nails in his hands and the mark where the spear had been thrust in his side. After that, the Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus appeared alive to more than 500 people and to Paul himself. What is more, the risen Christ commissioned his disciples to go throughout all the world, and to tell the good news that he was risen. Because that good news, you see, means that our evil world cannot do Jesus Christ to death. And death itself has lost its sting and the grave has lost its victory. There ...

3019. If You Get Too Close to the Cross, You Will End Up Carrying It

Mark 15:21-32

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... hear all the great exploits of those who are the heroes of the faith – and especially to hear about the One who bore a cross for us. But then one day it happens – we hear the One Who bore the cross for us saying, “Let him who would be my disciple take up his cross and follow Me.” I wish you could hear the stories of our students at Asbury. They are there by the grace of God. They got too close to the cross. They wrestled with it. Many sought to run away, but they couldn’t. Even now, some ...

3020. Let Me Say That Again

John 14:15-31

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that has the power to break every shackle that binds us. Let me say it again: God loves you - you’re special, you have access to the Father, and you can be forgiven. II Now, a second affirmation. God calls you. He calls you to follow Jesus - to be a disciple, to witness. Let me put it radically: He calls you to be Christ in the world. It sounds trite, but it’s true: you are the only Bible some person may read. you are the only Christ some person may see. One of my favorite saints is St. Francis of ...

3021. To the Mountain

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Charles Curley

... s people accept the promise and live out the vision. Peter wanted to stay on the mountaintop and bask in God’s glory. Jesus knew that God’s glory was not on the mountain, but down in the valley where an epileptic boy waited to be healed, the disciples were arguing about who would be greatest in the kingdom, and Lazarus, Jesus’ friend, was dying. God’s glory was down in the valley where a cross waited on a Friday called Good. This is the glory of God, transfiguring the world. Some years ago, I took ...

3022. The Baptism Of Jesus

Luke 3:1-20

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... , if we ever take lightly our baptism. On that occasion your Spirit came upon us, and when we have ignored it, we have failed you and ourselves. Keep us ever mindful of our own responsibilities as your children, and strengthen us in our resolve to keep your commandment to make disciples -- baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Offertory Prayer O God, you have established your church as the Body of Christ, with instructions to go into all the world to make ...

3023. The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... love, greatly is your name to be praised in all the earth! Collect Almighty God, on the night before he suffered, your Son, Jesus Christ, did eat his last supper with his disciples. After they had eaten he took Bread, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. Likewise he took the Cup and after giving thanks, he gave that, too, to his disciples with the command that they should partake of this sacrament in remembrance of his death upon the cross for our salvation. We come now to do this, and we pray that we ...

3024. The New Commandment

John 13:31-38

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... show the world that we are Christians. We must confess, merciful Christ, that we failed time and time again to love as you have taught us. Forgive us, we pray, and by the power of your Holy Spirit make us to be faithful and loving disciples. Amen. Offertory Prayer Blessed Savior, in this time of remembrance our hearts are filled with thanksgiving for your great gift of forgiveness and reconciliation. Accept these gifts, we pray, that others may come to know you and to love one another as you have commanded ...

3025. The Promise Of The Holy Spirit

John 14:8-17, (25-27)

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H. Burnham Kirkland

... they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Come, let us worship God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Collect Lord of all creation, we remember with thanksgiving that you sent your Holy Spirit to give power to the disciples who were waiting in Jerusalem for this promised gift. Today, we are a band of your disciples gathered here to worship you and this is our plea: that you will send your Holy Spirit upon us so that the power of the gospel may be renewed in our hearts. With that power enable us with your ...

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