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3126. What To Say When You Roll Out Of Bed

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

William G. Carter

... out a book that stretches your brain and fires up your imagination. Check out a commentary on a book from the Bible and work through it, verse by verse. Blessed is the person who seeks to love God through the labor of the human brain. As the apostle Paul described this mental work, "We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive in obedience to Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:4-5). To that end, we are called to love God with the mind. IV ...

3127. Light Living

John 1:(1-9) 10-18

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... and peace and love. Human explosions, which, of course, lasted for only a few minutes. And then God’s dazzling darkness reclaimed the moment — a darkness waiting for God to bring the lasting light — in God’s own time, and God’s own way. My friends, the apostle Paul, again and again, reminds us that we have a choice. We can be children of darkness. Or we can be children of light. Trust in Jesus Christ makes all the difference. But the simple point I want to make today is that we cannot be children ...

3128. Trusting Authority

Luke 7:1-10

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... of the Hebrew people, and her brother Barak is afraid to go into battle without her. Mary is the first disciple, and far from being a shrinking virgin, she is in the upper room when the resurrected Christ appears. She becomes one of the earliest apostles of scripture. How refreshing it is to see the Bible through the eyes of strong women! The retreat leader said something which unsettled me. She suggested that as strong women leaders in the church, we had to stop calling Jesus “Lord.” A lord means that ...

3129. Speaking from the Heart

Luke 6:43-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... s snide comments? Will you hold onto anger and resentment, or will you flush it down the drain and free yourself and the offender from your judgment? The things that go into the savings account will increase and build up interest. So choose wisely. The apostle Paul was concerned about an argument between two prominent members in the church at Philippi. After urging them in his letter to settle their differences peacefully, he gave some advice to the whole church on how to keep peace and unity. He wrote in ...

3130. It Is Always the Third Day

Luke 13:31-35

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... New Testament scholar wrote: Retell, renew the event In these planetary years, For we were there and He is here; It is always the third day.1 Treasure that assurance in the front of your mind. It is always the third day. As Jesus and the apostles walked toward Jerusalem, the group stopped now and again for Jesus to preach the gospel, heal the sick, and cast out demons. By necessity, these stops were brief because Jesus had a rendezvous with destiny in Jerusalem. In a quiet moment at one of these stops ...

3131. Can I Get Some Help Over Here?

John 14:23-29

Sermon

R. Robert Cueni

... than a gentle reminder of the near presence of God. When they call out, “We need some help over here,” they are talking about a fear that has the bitter taste of bile at the back of their throats; a fear that takes their breath away. The apostles were dealing with a similar depth of anxiety on the night of the last supper. Jesus responded to their call for help with the promise of “the Advocate.” This was nothing less than the Holy Spirit, the living presence of God, the power of the resurrected ...

3132. Retitle It

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Editor James S. Hewett

... a D if it's all that good?" The professor said, "Well, frankly, it's because of your sermon title. It is one of the worst I've ever seen. Nobody will want to come hear a sermon entitled: ‘The Pericopes of Jesus in Relationship to the Eschatology of the Apostle Paul.' I tell you what I'll do. You see if you can come up with a better sermon title and I'll reconsider the grade. What you want is a title that will reach out and grab people by the heart. A title that will compel them to come ...

3133. An Absolute Cure for Boredom

Philippians 3:7-4:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... to introduce you to a man who faced many obstacles in his life, but I guarantee you, he was never bored. You don’t get bored when you are changing the world. This man’s name was Saul of Tarsus. He’s better known to us as the Apostle Paul, a follower of Jesus Christ. You simply cannot give your live to Christ completely and unreservedly, and ever be bored! It’s impossible--for there are always new challenges. Paul came from a good Hebrew family. He was a member of the Pharisees, an elite group of ...

3134. Surprise--One Got Out!

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... again.’” Then they remembered his words. “When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles . . .” Somebody saw a cartoon of the women after they had visited the tomb on Easter morning. One woman is kneeling and weeping in joy, the other one is looking at her basket and commenting with a scowl on her face, “Well, I certainly hope you kept ...

3135. A Loving Parent

Revelation 7:9-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Thrown into gladiator pits, torn apart by wild animals, burned alive, the Apostle John, the author of Revelation, in exile on the isle of Patmos, had friends and fellow believers who suffered greatly under Roman rule. He couldn’t be present to comfort them in their sufferings. He could only pray and weep in their behalf ...

3136. In Which City Do You Live?

Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... 1500 hundred miles on every side. It has perfect symmetry and it is large enough for all who would to enter. It has a wall 216 feet high and 12 gates. The city rests on 12 foundations and on those 12 foundations are carved the names of the 12 apostles. This is the New Jerusalem. Within its walls is the new Israel. Its walls are of jasper and the city itself is pure gold. Its foundations are adorned with every known jewel. There is no temple in the center because God himself and the Lamb are the temple, and ...

3137. They'll Know We Are Christians by Our...

Galatians 5:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

Did you know that sometimes there is conflict in a church? It’s true. Churches are made up of people. And people, as we all know, have differing opinions about things. For example, there is evidence that the Apostle Paul wrote the letter to the church of Galatia because certain members of their congregation were stirring up trouble. Surely you would think that couldn’t happen in the church that early in Christian history, but it did. There was much disagreement. Here was the issue: many of the early ...

3138. A Mystery

John 16:12-15

Sermon

Robert C. Cochran

... Home Videos, one might be tempted to think so! In any case, even though the Son, the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove, and the Father’s voice were all present at Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan, it wasn’t until the writings of the Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed 300 years later that the concept of the Trinity really got fleshed out. The Trinity is a human invention designed to help us understand what cannot be fully understood: the true nature of God. Yes, there is God the Creator, God ...

3139. Get the Garbage Out!

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... Repent was the first word in the preaching instructions Jesus gave to his disciples after his resurrection (Luke 24:46-47). Repent was the first word of exhortation in the first Christian sermon (Acts 2:38). Repent was the first word in the mouth of the Apostle Paul through his ministry (Acts 26:19-20). (3) “Repent” is a critical word, yet you almost never hear the word repent in our society anymore. It’s definitely a churchy word—though it probably isn’t used very much even in church. What does ...

3140. If I Had Been There

Jn 20:1-18; Mk 15:21-32

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Brett Blair

... it seemed to me to come up short. It's about the slow conversion and baptism of Clovis I, the King of France. A really significant event for the Western world. Listen to it: In 496 Remigius was Bishop of Reims. He became known as the "Apostle of the Franks." He was about to convert the king of France to Christianity. What was about to happen was significant. It turned all of Europe to Christianity. But there was a problem. His discipleship was a slow transformation. King Clovis was seeing the crucifixion in ...

3141. Hard to Resist

1 Cor 4

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King Duncan

Listen to how Dr. L. H. Hough describes the change in the Apostle Paul’s life: “Paul became literally the most vital man in the Roman Empire. He had a somewhat definite system of thought, for his mind was, by nature and discipline, orderly, but it was his vitality which triumphed as he traveled about the Mediterranean Sea. Men might have resisted his ...

3142. Reading the Last Chapter First

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... this mountain, the disciples saw the One True God. No one else could imitate his glory. No one else could speak God’s perfect truth. No one else had the power to restore humanity back to God. Knowing the truth about Christ means making a decision. The apostle Paul wrote in Second Corinthians 1: 20, “For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God.” This is a glimpse of God’s promises fulfilled. This is ...

3143. Blessed

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... what I once was — a child of sin, and slave of the devil! Though not all these — not what I ought to be, not what I might be, not what I wish or hope to be, and not what I once was — I think I can truly say with the apostle, ‘By the grace of God — I am what I am!’” At the age of 82, Newton said, “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: that I am a great sinner — and that Christ is a great Savior!” His tombstone inscription reads: “John Newton, once an infidel and ...

3144. The Sign of Jonah

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... others he’s going fishing. They take their nets and go out that night to do the same. But they catch nothing. Peter is running away. Running back to what he knows and who he used to be. He is in effect “giving up,” deciding that he cannot be an apostle for Jesus. That he doesn’t have it in him. That he is after all only a fisherman. But he finds, he can no longer go back either. He is no longer the person he used to be either. And nothing comes of his attempt to flee from his new ...

3145. The Death of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29, Luke 9:1-9

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb. The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the ...

3146. Scandal

Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:14-23, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 26:1-5

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... ’s Witness to Jesus’ Prophecies of His Death and Resurrection (9:18-22; 9:44-45; 12:49-50; 18: 31-34) John’s Witness to Jesus’ Prophecies of His Death and Resurrection (7:12-24; 12:20-36; 13:31-14:7; 16:16) The Acts of the Apostles: Jesus the Son of God (13) 1 Peter 2: Christ’s Suffering 1 Corinthians 15: The Resurrection of the Son and the Promise of Resurrection for All Revelation: The Son of Man (1) Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ Prophecies of His Death and Resurrection From that time, Jesus ...

3147. The Light That Dwells Among Us

Matthew 16:13-20, Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... him. When we face the Truth of Jesus face to face….when we come face to face with Jesus with our whole mind, body, spirit, and soul, we also will be changed, be transfigured into the likeness of Jesus. This is the promise that we read in the apostle John: if we abide in Christ, Christ abides in us. “Abide” is a favorite word of John’s. And it’s the way he explains what it means to be entirely changed, transfigured by “seeing” the Truth of Jesus. In the Hebrew Scriptures, to see God face to ...

3148. Redeemed

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... that because of greed, the market for birds rose so much that not even the poorer woman of the community could afford them. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel the Elder, a leading rabbi of his time and a descendant of Gamaliel whom the Bible says trained the apostle Paul as a Pharisee, before Paul had come to Christ, took immediate action to lower the market price. The Mishna gives this account in Kritut 1:7: “If a woman had given birth five times during her life . . . after she brings a single sacrifice, she ...

3149. Little Ones

Luke 18:15-17, Matthew 19:13-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the angels guard children and as he later will entreat Peter…to feed his flock). Jesus it teaching his disciples what role they need to have in God’s kingdom (his kingdom). Hint: it won’t be a position of power! But a position of humility. As apostles, they will need to be good shepherds. As followers of Jesus, they will also need to be as gentle and innocent, as righteous and as faithful as a sheep, or a child! The stories here are directed to Jesus’ disciples….and anyone else who may be hearing ...

3150. True Colors

Acts 9:1-19a, Acts 9:19b-31

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall. When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name ...

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