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Nehemiah 7:73b--8:18

Sermon

Tony Everett

... and were overcome with grief. They had failed the Lord and their heritage. They had not held fast to the very foundation of their identity and they wept. It's painful to see ourselves as the Lord sees us, sinners who have fallen short, who have missed the mark ... again. Guilt hurts. Shame eats away at our very souls. But God loved the children of Israel gathered for the reading of the law. God's law brought tears to their eyes, grief to their hearts, and their knees to the ground. God's love raised them to ...

3002. The Spirit Of Pentecost

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... than coliseums of praise for a living God. They have lost the spirit of Pentecost! They have lost their enthusiasm. They have lost their joy for Jesus and find themselves suffering from what William Willimon calls "Institutional and Spiritual Dry Rot." Pentecost marks the beginning of a new spiritual movement in Christ; a movement birthed through the fires of the Holy Spirit; a movement steeped in the spirit of hope, renewal, and spiritual transformation. It is a movement where souls are on fire with the ...

3003. How Long Will You Limp? (Because God Is Tired Of The Bull)

1 Kings 18:16-46

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... plains of despair, doubt, and uncertainty. They are bemused and confused by the god of Baal; the god of fertility and storm; a god of the winds, fires, and rains; a god of the natural, cosmic elements. Unlike Jacob, their limp is a symbol of doubt rather than the mark of a new identity. They have forgotten the God of Israel who has directed their paths; a God with whom they have forged a personal relationship; a God of the Exodus and the Jordan; a God who brought them into a new deal in a new land; a God ...

3004. What Money Can't Buy

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... respect of his master. But he had one problem which plagued him and caused him to be an outcast. He was a leper and he needed a cure. He was a great man, like many great men, with a flaw. Here was a fearless warrior who bore the telltale marks of the infirm and afflicted. After asking his king if he could go and see the prophet Elisha, he was granted permission and set out on his journey with ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of garments. As a respectable gentleman warrior, he ...

3005. Is This The Season To Seek Salvation

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James McLemore

... salvation in our childhood, do we? Because in our childhood we want to have time to play with toys and have fun with games, and be childlike. And it's all right to play with dolls, and to play with Power Rangers, but don't forget Jesus. Jesus says in Mark 10:14: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Youth, we don't want to seek salvation in our youth, do we? Because in our youth we are busy being preteens, and then we are busy being ...

3006. 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

... . 3. "Speck ... Log." (v. 42) Jesus uses hyperbole, which makes the point by exaggeration. Persons could not fail to notice a log in their eye. Other examples of Jesus' use of hyperbole are found in 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 ...

3007. Proper 12

Psalm 85:1-13, Colossians 2:6-23, Hosea 1:1-2:1, Luke 11:1-13

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William E. Keeney

... 11:23-27 -- Paul's words about the institution of the Lord's Supper with the breaking of bread. Jesus addresses God as Father: Matthew 11:25-27 -- Jesus relates to the Father as Son. Matthew 12:50 -- Doing the will of Jesus' Father in heaven. Matthew 26:29; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42 -- Jesus asks the Father to remove the cup from him. John 5:17 -- Jesus' Father is working and he is also working. John 5:19 -- Whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. John 14:10 -- Jesus in the Father and the Father in ...

3008. Proper 20

Psalm 79:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:1-15, Jeremiah 8:4--9:26, Luke 16:1-15

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William E. Keeney

... the afterlife. Context of Related Scripture Scriptures related to the steward: Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:16 -- Prohibitions against the charging for use of land or damage to it. Deuteronomy 23:19-20 -- Israelites are not to be charged interest on loans but foreigners may be. Mark 12:2 -- An account of rent in kind for use of a vineyard. Luke 12:42 -- A slave serving a master as a steward. John 12:36; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5 -- References to children of light. 1 Corinthians 4:1-2 -- Stewards of ...

3009. Proper 24

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, 2 Timothy 3:10--4:8, Luke 18:1-8, Psalm 119:1-176

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William E. Keeney

... . "Need to Pray." (v. 1) One of the characteristics of Luke is his interest in prayers. He often emphasizes it as a requirement. (See Luke 1:10, 13; 3:21; 5:16; 6:12, 28; 9:18; 11:1.) He calls attention to it more frequently than either Matthew or Mark. 2. "A Judge." (v. 2) It is not clear from the text but the judge probably refused to consider the case of the widow, both because she was a woman and poor. A woman without a man as her advocate would have had little influence in a public office. Also ...

3010. 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

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William E. Keeney

... matters of the law. Fasting: Leviticus 16:29 ff. -- Fasting in the seventh month on the tenth day. Matthew 4:2 -- Jesus fasting for forty days in the wilderness. Matthew 6:16-18 -- Do not make an obvious display of your fasting. Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:19 -- The disciples of John the Baptist wonder why they and the Pharisees fast but Jesus' disciples do not. Other Scriptures: Matthew 18:4 -- Being humble as a child. Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11 -- Exalting and humility. Luke 23:48 -- Sorrow expressed by beating ...

3011. Tempted By Good

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

Have you ever noticed that almost every mountaintop experience in life is followed by a valley experience? You graduate from school with the great expectation of making your mark in the world, but you find out that the world doesn't exactly welcome you with open arms. You get married with the full expectation that your new spouse will relieve your loneliness and solve your problems, but you find out you are still you. Life's high moments are ...

3012. The Tiger At The Edge

John 21:1-14

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... , a goat's voice. Once in a while there was a nagging voice inside him that said, " You don't belong to this life!" But always, he put it aside as fantasy, some disturbing intrusion from the world of dreams. If his present life didn't satisfy him, he just marked it off as the discontent that always hovers around the edges of any lifestyle. So, he, a tiger, stayed with the goat's way of life because he believed that was the way life had to be. Then one day a tiger came into the clearing. He was all tiger ...

3013. A Promise Is Given

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Glenn E. Ludwig

... not mention tearful farewells, last-minute pleas for Jesus to "stay just a little bit longer," or the numbing of grief setting in afterward. Luke writes, "They returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and spent all their time in the temple praising God." Mark, who also records this event, reports, "They went out to make their proclamation everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed their words by the miracles that followed." Why was this parting so different? That was the mystery I couldn't resolve ...

3014. Making Our Feelings Known

Job 23:1--24:25

Sermon

John A. Stroman

... to lay it all out before God for all to see. These feelings are still with us today, if not more so. We identify with Job and the lament of the other Old Testament writers because they express our own feelings. Life today is marked by what Walter Brueggemann calls, "disequilibrium, incoherence, and unrelieved assymetry."2 It is clear that a church or a Christian who goes on singing "happy songs" in the face of such glaring disorientation is very different from what the Bible itself portrays, particularly in ...

3015. Friendship? Yes, Please!

2 Samuel 11:1-27

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... all absurd. We were made for more! Why, in the Bible, the first negative statement God uttered was, "It is not good that the man should live alone" (Genesis 2:18). So God made us for relationships. He made us to love him and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:29-31). Think, if you will: Does not even our church building reflect this value? In the nave we learn to be friends with God in Christ as we worship. And then in the fellowship hall we learn to be friends with each other as we eat and talk ...

3016. You Can Create A Godly Heritage!

1 Kings 2:1-12

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... others also." He speaks of four generations of ministry here, reminding us that we each can bear a spiritual legacy of children for generations to come! Certainly Paul, single as he was, developed a Christian heritage that matched his words. Timothy, Silas, John Mark, Onesimus, even the Praetorian Guards were a part of his legacy. And even his letters became the book we call the New Testament. What a heritage! But the results of trusting and obeying Christ are not just an afterglow of heritage in children ...

3017. The Channel Between The Buoys

Proverbs 1:20-33

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... him have left. Such is life in the broader sense. For there are but two ways to learn. One may learn from God and others gone before. Or one may learn everything on his own, the hard way. The Book of Proverbs is a book of buoys marking out the safe channels of life. It represents the ripened wisdom of many generations. "Wisdom" in the Hebrew language is chokmah. A hard to translate word, wisdom vaguely means the ability to meet each challenge put before you so as to get the best results. No generation ...

3018. Queen Of Hearts!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... children and to her helpers. She's not cynical. She believes in God and his people. Reduce this laudable woman to her basics in attitude, action, and characteristics and you get someone living the great commandment. She loves God, and she loves her neighbor as herself (Mark 12:28-31). And how important are such mothers? A few years ago my wife was out shopping. I was home with my three children. My middle son, age twelve, walked in, saw mom was missing, and said, "Where is everybody?" Where are the mothers ...

3019. When The Fat Lady Sings

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... new heaven and a new earth. On that day all will be set right. On that day there will be no longer any doubts or questions. It will be clear to all. The fat lady has begun to sing. It's over. In the meantime, we live in a world marked by a sense of the already but not yet. By faith we trust that our final destiny has already been determined for us in Jesus Christ. But the final arrival of that fate has not yet come. So, we live "between the times," the time of our personal salvation and ...

3020. Miracle Three: Healing A Leper

Mark 1:40-45

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Harold H. Lentz

... forego all human relationships. The disease was terribly mutilating. Fingers and toes could rot and drop off. The face could become grotesque with the loss of a nose. Its awful effects have been aptly described by William Barclay in his book, The Gospel of Mark: It begins with pain in the joints. Then there opens on the body patches (discolorations). On them, little nodules form. The skin is thickened. The nodules gather especially in the folds of the cheek, the neck, the lips, and the forehead. The whole ...

3021. Miracle Five: Healing A Withered Hand

Mark 3:1-6

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Harold H. Lentz

... the holy place in the temple where only priests were allowed to go, and ate the holy bread and gave it to his hungry men. He followed this reminder with the famous maxim: "The sabbath was made for humankind and not humankind for the sabbath." Mark now adds another act of Christ which emphasizes this thought. He tells of Christ entering a synagogue and in the group of worshipers was a man with a withered hand. Jesus saw an opportunity to teach about Sabbath observance, as well as another opportunity to ...

3022. Will The Real Messiah Please Stand Up?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

William L. Self

... to watch his favorite team. If you don't believe this, do a study on what happens to the worship habits in a city when major league athletics are introduced. Or try calling into judgment our obsession with the football team at any state university. II. Marks of the real messiah. Out of the confusion over these false messiahs, we must ask the question, "Will the real messiah please stand up?" How will we know the real messiah, the genuine article, when he appears? After all, our record of running after the ...

3023. Have I Got News For You!

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

William L. Self

... violence, and the like. "On those who live in deep shadow a light is shown" (v. 2). To that end we follow him. Light figures brightly in Christ's later disclosure of himself. He announced to Israel at the Feast of Lights in Jerusalem, a celebration that marked the light that followed the night and day during the exodus from Egypt, that he was the light of the world -- no wonder they killed him. On November 11, 1918, the sun rose on the city of Mons, Belgium. All night long, the darkness had been shot ...

3024. Praying With Bloody Knuckles

Isaiah 62:1-12, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

William L. Self

... in rebuilding Jerusalem's glory as he had promised. To him, God appears stuck concerning his promise, so the prophet constantly reminds him. Jesus praised importunity and intercession in prayer, but we have neglected both. He prayed for the children (Matthew 19:13), the sick (Mark 7:34), the disciples (Luke 22:31), and his enemies (Luke 23:34). He also prayed for laborers (Luke 10:2) and for all of those who follow him (John 17:20). As Charles Spurgeon reminds us, "Some mercies are not given to us except ...

3025. Failure Is Not Final

Hosea 2:2-23

Sermon

William L. Self

... not the butt of jokes. He found the door of hope in his valley of Achor. Failure is not final! Many of the disciples whom Jesus chose were not known for their successful lives. For example, Levi (Matthew) was lumped right in there with sinners and tax collectors (Mark 2:13-22). He was not the most respected man in the community. In fact, Matthew was a well-hated man. Even as Matthew was sitting at the tax collectors' table, his heart must have been aching. He must have heard about Jesus and tried to catch a ...

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