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3026. Moving Heaven and Earth

Acts 16:16-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... up for many days. That sounds like a positive thing, but St. Paul didn’t think so. We’re not sure of her motive but finally, Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and spoke to the spirit in her, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. This presented a problem for the slave girl’s owners. They made money off of her predictions. And they wanted to punish Paul and Silas for interfering with their source of income. So they dragged Paul ...

3027. A Question of Trust

Romans 5:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... He is. How often we are guilty of seeing Him as we’d like Him to be.” She says that the only way she survived that painful time was because she wasn’t suffering alone. As she wrote, it was Christ living in her by the power of the Holy Spirit, making his power perfect in her weakness, that allowed her to persevere and find hope. (6) It is only in our suffering that God’s power is made perfect in weakness. We can never understand the nature of God, we can never understand the power of God, and we can ...

3028. Fertilize Your Faith

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of descendants, should he adhere to the covenant that God has provided. Barrenness for those who long for the ability to reproduce is the worst possible fate they can imagine, akin to Sheol (Proverbs 30:16). Yet God has the ability to resurrect barren wombs, lands, and spirits, and to re-create in them a condition of fruitfulness and prolonged life (ie. Deut 7:13, Levit 26:9, Ezek 37, and others).[2] Even “one bad apple” can be cast out, but a barren tree has nothing at all to offer. From the beginning ...

3029. More Than a Popularity Contest

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

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He knows he will be leaving them soon, and they will suffer greatly as they try to carry on his mission without him. They will pay a price for following him, so they’d better be prepared for it. But he can also see how the Holy Spirit, his Spirit living in them, will lead them to change the world. Many leaders gauge the success of their ministry on its popularity, on the number of followers they have. Jesus gauged the success of his ministry on his obedience to God. And he warned us that obedience to ...

3030. Selling Out

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

Dave Zuchelli

... the most high God?” (Luke 8:28) Then he begged Jesus not to hurt him. Can you imagine being an innocent bystander in that scene? I’m guessing it was a bit uncomfortable to say the least. No one else knew who Jesus was, but some alien spirit recognized him immediately. Then Jesus did something probably no one else would do. He asked the name of the demon(s). Why bother? I’ve never heard a good explanation for this, but it helps us to understand the severity of the demoniac’s problems. The answer was ...

3031. Shiny Objects

Matthew 4:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... if he will bow down and worship him. And Jesus answers, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” That’s our true purpose: to worship the Lord and serve him only. To carry the presence and the Spirit and the intentions of God into every moment of our lives, every interaction, into all our plans for the future. There are so many Bible verses on worshiping and serving God. But the overwhelming theme of them all is to put God’s love into action and ...

3032. Flash Mob

Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and collectively cheer and celebrate together.[1] It had been a long, rough season. People needed this. The laughter and smiles were infectious, and a new sense of hope swept through the country. Music, dance, and celebration have a way of lifting people’s spirits. Such was the feeling too the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem, on a donkey no less. Not everyone knew what was going on. The disciples who accompanied him by the hundreds were shouting and singing the verses from psalm 118: “With boughs in ...

3033. Sola Fide

1 Peter 1:3-9

Sermon

Dr. Ronald Love

... should be familiar to us: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. The Gloria Patri affirms the Trinity that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit were together at the beginning of creation and are equal representatives of God. I hope that when we come to worship this first Sunday after our great Easter celebration, and for every Sunday in the months to follow, that we have the same excitement for our faith as ...

3034. More Fully Understanding Christ

Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... who have spent their life in church. “Aren’t I good enough already,” we ask? But spiritual growth isn’t about being good enough. It’s about being more like Jesus. The more we understand the message and spirit of Jesus, the more our thoughts and values and actions will align with his. His Holy Spirit living in us changes us. And other people can see that change. Just like the tendrils of a plant break through the seed’s outer coat and invade the earth, our inward spiritual growth will affect the ...

3035. Be Near, Ye Faithful

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Sermon

Ronald Love

... then went forth to tell others. This is reflected in the verse: O Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing all that hear in heaven God’s holy word. Years after the Bethlehem event, the leaders of the first century church went to the manger in spirit and saw the Son of God. They then felt duty bound, as the shepherds did, to share this good news with everyone. The leaders of the first-century church believed in immediate return of Christ. They held so strongly to this belief that they expected to ...

3036. We Have All Become Nicodemus

Romans 16:25-27

Sermon

Ronald Love

... of God dwells within us. This, certainly, has changed us. To use some biblical imagery we are the shepherds of the flock, not hirelings; we no longer live in darkness, but have come into the light; we no longer live by the flesh, but we now live by the spirit; we are no longer the sons of predation, but we are the children of God; we no longer live a life of judging others, but we now live a life that understands forgiveness; we are no longer guided by hate, but we now are motivated by compassion; we are ...

3037. Living In The “In Between” Time

Titus 2:11-14

Sermon

Ronald Love

... may not want to admit it publicly, but we all have temptations that we fight off daily. We have to accept this as a part of being human. It would not be wrong to say that we are doing battle with Satan, who has a very strong and powerful evil spirit. But now, as we are able to listen to God, we have the spiritual strength to say “no” to the wily evils of Satan. As Paul wrote the gospels “teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions…” But don’t only live in a world of “no ...

3038. Fine Tuning

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... on our own differences but on our combined mission––God’s mission. The power of Jesus in the form of the Holy Spirit will fall upon all who seek harmony and resolution within the great community of faith, who practice fine tuning of their own spirits toward the purposes of God, and who encourage those around them to join in the Great Choir of Praise, aligned in spirit, and aligned in mission. In today’s world, we find ourselves surrounded often by cacophony, dissonance, and a plethora of discordant ...

3039. Seize the Now

Philippians 2:1-13

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... Hugh needed to be.” (1) If there is any meal that forces us into the now, it is the Lord’s Supper. It is truly engineered to feed rather than impress. It feeds our deepest need to know our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—to carry his Spirit in us, to confirm our identity as children of God and as members of the Body of Christ, the universal Church. You know how Jay Rayner encouraged Hugh Paton to “carpe diem” or “seize the day”? The Lord’s Supper encourages us to “carpe nunc” or “seize ...

3040. The Mustard Seed

Matthew 17:19-20 · Mark 4:30-32

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... spinach and brussel sprouts. Is there anyone here who is growing stronger? Tremendous! You can rake the yard, carry the wood, and move heavy boxes. How many of you have grown spiritually? Do you know what that means? Some of you are not so sure. Has your spirit grown? (Get some answers as to how from those who say yes.) The Bible teaches us that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature. He not only understood and learned the things that made him tall, smart and strong but Jesus also grew closer and closer to His ...

3041. The Great Reveal

Luke 2:22-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... easy. Growth never comes without a period of struggle. Simeon warns Mary that the times to come will not be easy, but that the favor of God was upon them, and her son would change the world. Jesus’ presence still today in the power and presence of the Holy Spirit continues to pierce and test our resolve, to challenge our practical minds, and to ask us to pay attention to what God is doing in our lives and in the world. God continues to reveal himself to us in a multitude of ways, if only we will open our ...

3042. Things That Open

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Mary Austin

... . And yet Jesus reminds us here that we can only go forward. The old chapter has already been torn away, and we have no choice but to go on to the new. Even Jesus can’t stay in the river, basking in his baptism, and feeling the grace of the Spirit. He has to go out into the wilderness, for the first chapter of his work. In Jesus, in his life and example, God opens a door for us. God tears open the heavens and comes fully into our lives. When life is ready to rip us open, when we’re ...

3043. Embarrassing Visits

John 3:14-21

Sermon

Mary Austin

... faith… born into new ways of being church… born into connecting with people outside our walls. We have to be born into who God calls us to be, and into the life we have. And we are not alone in this. We are born from above — and the Holy Spirit, blowing where it wants to, is our partner in this. Glennon Doyle said that moment in the church of her childhood, and the power of sitting with Mary, reminded her of a moment in her childhood. The ice cream truck came to her neighborhood, and while the man in ...

3044. That Mountaintop Moment

Mark 9:2-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of our world. John Wesley called those vehicles “means of grace.” What he meant was that during those times of prayer, meditation, worship, or holy communion, through faith, we have the ability to connect with God on a relational level in a spirit-driven, intuitive kind of way that offers us an “overview effect” experience, an encounter with God’s grace that has the ability to transform us from the inside out! Following Jesus is not simply an intellectual, rational path. We can spend time learning ...

3045. God's Fullness Within Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Eulogy

George Reed

... glory. And his prayer is direct. He is praying for these folks to be strengthened in their inner beings with power through the Spirit. That strength will allow Christ to dwell in their hearts and to ground them in love. It is a wonderful prayer for the ... grief, we open up our hearts to God’s love. That is the result of our being strengthened in the power of God’s Spirit. This is the result of our allowing Christ to dwell in our hearts. We begin to comprehend that which is incomprehensible: the depth and ...

3046. Bearers of the Seed

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... . 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 master gardener. He is the vine and the Tree of Life. He is the One with the Father, and One with the Holy Spirit. And we are the bearers of that knowledge, that wisdom, that relationship, that covenant, that resurrection truth that is Jesus the Christ. On the altar today is a large bowl [or basket] of fruit. I’d like you come up to the altar today, commit yourself to ...

3047. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’t be the last time blood would be spilled throughout the Hebrew scriptures. And it wouldn’t be the last time that shepherds, those who were supposed to be watching out for the sheep of Israel, failed at their jobs! Or enabled a wolfish spirit instead of the Spirit of God to guide their actions! Sheep may not be simply naïve though. In some cases, they may be weak in power, status, ability, or agency. Perhaps they’ve been marginalized to the extent that they find themselves at the mercy of wolves ...

3048. All In God's Time

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... told them all they need to know and do. Now, he tells them to wait: “Stay here in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Then he ascends to the Father. Jesus leaves them alone for a while with only the promise that the Holy Spirit will come to them. They don’t know when. They don’t know how. All they’ve been told is….wait for it! How hard that must have been! How that must have tested their faith! I could imagine them saying, “Wow, do you think he’s really coming back ...

3049. Pressing On In Faith

Philippians 3:4b-14

Sermon

Bonnie Bates

... . There are things we need to do, but our way to faithfulness is not through doing. Our way to faithfulness is in being the people God is calling us to be, living in the path Jesus has created for us, accepting the strengthening and encouragement of the Holy Spirit, being open to all God has to offer and then being the light of those gifts in the world. Another thing to think about as we read this passage. Paul speaks to our Lenten context of giving up or leaving behind something during the season. That is ...

3050. Memento Vivere

John 12:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and anointing it with oils and spices was a ritual of purification and allowed for a dignified departure on the part of the deceased. Almost a kind of second “baptism with oil,” the ancients believed that the ritual purified the body and soul, soothed the spirit, and surrounded the body with God’s protective presence. It was also a sign of devotion and love on the part of the person who washed the body ritually for burial. But why would Mary choose to do this six days before? In her “pouring out ...

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