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3176. Slippery Rock

Matthew 16:21-28

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... with hot heads, but people with cold feet. My friends, the Christian Faith is always within one generation of extinction. If we do not care enough to pass it on to those who come after us, there will be no Christian Faith in the 21st century. I think our Lord has a special place in His heart for impulsive people—people who see a need and jump in to do something about it. Remember that time when there was a storm on the Galilee, and the disciples feared for their lives? It was the middle of the night, and ...

3177. Believing Thomas

John 20:24-31

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... slogan of one of our telephone companies. It might also be the slogan of the Fourth gospel as well. Or, even better, let that Someone reach out and touch you! The history of the Church records that millions have experienced that healing touch as they gather about the Lord’s Table to celebrate the Eucharist. The story of Thomas was put into the Gospel to remind us that Christ is in our midst. He invites you. He invites me. He invites all. Reach out and touch and be touched. Listen again to the words of our ...

3178. Wining and Dining with Jesus

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.” (v. 19b) The image of Christ as bridegroom, which is used often in the New Testament, (Matt. 25:1-13; John 3:28-30; Eph. 5:21-33; Rev. 19:9) denotes joy in the presence of the Lord, and celebration of the fact that the Kingdom had already come into their midst. This whole incident of wining and dining with Jesus tells us that the characteristic Christian attitude toward life is supposed to be joy. That comes, I know, as a surprise to many people. It ...

3179. What Do You Want Me to Do for You?

Mark 10:46-52

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Donald B. Strobe

... blind. Remember how Jesus began His first sermon in His hometown of Nazareth? He was the “lay reader” of the day, and when they gave Him a Bible, he opened it immediately to a passage in Isaiah 61 which proclaimed the Messiah’s task: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind.” (Luke 4:18) And certainly, Mark would have in mind the prophecy of Isaiah that ...

3180. Holy Tuesday

Mark 11:27-33

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Donald B. Strobe

... friend who says that God doesn’t even care whether or not we believe in Him, just so we obey Him. I might not go quite that far, but it is an interesting idea. Jesus did say that He was not so much impressed with people who call Him “Lord, Lord,” as with those who actually try to do what he said. (Luke 6:46) In Shakespeare’s KING LEAR, (Act 1, Scene 4) the banished Duke of Kent returns in disguise to take service with King Lear. The king asks him, “Who wouldst thou serve?” “You,” says Kent ...

3181. Did You Leave the the Door Open? (I am the gate)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the kind and quality of life we choose, but also our eternal destination. Today we will examine the third "I am" statement of our Lord Jesus found in the gospel of St. John. We are continuing our study of Jesus at the Feast of the Tabernacles. It is ... the Light of the world." Our lesson today is part of a larger block of scripture--John 10:1-21. This is the image of our Lord as the Good Shepherd. We will study that next week. Today we will deal with the image of a door or gatekeeper. We know from John ...

3182. What Is Your Response toe the Resurrection?

Mark 16:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... , as Paul wrote, "we shall see face to face." But there is a way to live until then. Look to God! Keep the faith! Run the race! Reach for the finish line! Allow God''s spirit to transform you from a frightened, scared bystander to a winsome witness for our Lord and his Kingdom. You see, it is not true that this world and its people are doomed to die and be lost. This is true: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life." It ...

3183. The Greatest Table in the World

Mark 14:12-26

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... the tie where souls agree In Jesus' dying love: Then only can it closer be, When all are join'd above. (2) In all honesty, I would not consider being part of a Christian community that didn''t welcome all to fully participate in this Sacrament. It is the Lord''s Table--not ours. I would like to share two insights why I believe this is the greatest table in the world, and more important than the tables in Washington, D.C., Peking, Moscow, Tokyo, and London. FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A TABLE OF A LOVE SO PURE ...

3184. Titles, Credentials, or Resurrection Power

Philippians 3:1-11

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... party we have ever attended.'' "Of course, it is God''s kind of party. It is a party that brings people in who were always rejected. That is what our God does--He brings in people who have never been invited to much of anything. I can just see the Lord up there nudging Peter and saying, `Hey, Pete, look at this one. That is my kind of party.''" (5) This party, I believe, represents the Sea of Galilee. It shared and became an outlet for the grace of God to be given to others. May the church always be "Holy ...

3185. The Tender Touch (Part 1)

James 5:13-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... and pray for healing. Second, there is a connection between sickness and sin. We see this in verse 15. This Biblical reality is also expressed in Psalm 32:1-6. I quote it today: "Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven. Blessed is the man whose sin, the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit. When I kept silent my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night, your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of the summer." Then ...

3186. Thanksgiving - The Biblical Version

1 Chronicles 16:7-43

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... reaches Eli at Shiloh, the old man topples over backward off his bench and dies from a broken neck. One of his daughters-in-law is pregnant and brings forth a son out of season, and because of this they named him Ichabod, meaning "The glory of the Lord is departed." It wasn't exactly a happy time in the land of Israel. The Philistines now have the audacity to display the Ark in the presence of their god, Dagon. However, wherever the Ark of the Covenant was taken by the Philistines a series of plagues and ...

3187. Holy Vexation

John 2:12-25

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... , his cause committed to us, his power available for us -- then proclaim it, live it, implement it, for humanity's hope depends upon it.2 That's holy vexation, and holy vexation is very much a part of the reformed and reforming tradition in which we stand. 1. Raymond Council, "Lord, You Who Were Angry" (Alive Now!, Nashville: The Upper Room, May/June, 1983), p. 23. 2. Harry Emerson Fosdick, A Faith For Tough Times (New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1952), p. 124.

3188. Birthing the Kingdom

Mark 13:1-31

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... 's just say that many good people would rather not hear any of this! But of course we must hear Jesus' words and struggle with them. We're his disciples or else we think we'd like to be. And Mark's Gospel puts these hard words of our Lord in the last week of Jesus' life, when everything he says and does is brought to its sharpest, most piercing peak. Jesus wasn't a mere armchair speculator offering his opinion about what is to come. He wasn't spouting theories for examination and argument. Instead, he was ...

3189. What a Resume!

2 Corinthians 2:12--3:6

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... résumé continues: not only has he brought us up, he has also set us up. "He set my feet upon a rock and established my goings" (v. 2). After he has brought us up, he doesn't leave us to find our way alone. My dear friend, this same Lord has a specific plan for your life, a plan that was prepared before you took your first breath. Listen to his Word as it speaks clearly about this awesome provision. "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us ...

3190. Getting Ready for Advent

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

Curtis Lewis

... we are prepared or not, "He is coming." What will happen when he comes? Isaiah informs us that "the glory of the Lord will be revealed." With this expression, Isaiah reveals the universality of God's reign. Where God's glory is revealed and people ... Teresa related an encounter she had with an old man in Calcutta: "Who is this Christ of Mother Teresa's?" "He's our Guru, old man, our Lord and our God." "What God is this?" "He's a God of love, old man. He loves all of us -- me and you too!" "How could he ...

3191. First Light

Isaiah 9:1-7

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Curtis Lewis

... idea of the coming of Jesus Christ is connected with light because Jesus is revealed as the light of the world (John 1:4; 8:12; 12:35). Paul writes that as believers our walk must be in the light of Jesus Christ so that all who confess Christ as Lord become a light for the world (Ephesians 5:8; Philippians 2:15). The significance of Isaiah's light for us is that it has shined into our darkness and the greatness of this light has brought us "new life." In the Gospel of John 1:3-4, "... the life was ...

3192. The Game Is For A Team

Colossians 4:7-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... to meet those needs. Now we may not always be able to do so -- but we can try. We can reach out and touch. We can extend that word of compassionate concern -- that cup of cold water to a brother or a sister who is seeking to follow the same Lord that we claim as our guide. Let me plant a question in your mind that I hope will be your guide to relationships both within and outside the church. Will you continually ask yourself this question as you respond to other people -- "If I were to relate to this person ...

3193. Put My Tears In Thy Bottle

Psalm 56:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... . 461). Randy could find meaning in this -- and pray this prayer with a kind of joyous confidence because he had cultivated that confidence outside his time of calamity. How many do I run into who don't have that confidence. It is only in calamity that they turn to the Lord. Now, to be sure -- that's a good place to go in all times -- but certainly in a time of calamity. In fact, it's the only place to go. But listen, friends. If God is not the "shelter in the time of storm" that He might be, just remember ...

3194. The Dayspring From On High

Luke 1:5-25

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... m going to be preaching from Luke's gospel. This gospel is arranged in two great movements: "First, the Coming of the Lord from Heaven to Earth; and then his Going from Earth to Heaven. The turning point between them stands at Chapter 9, ... Angel visited her and told her that she was going to bear the son, Jesus – she responded in humility -- "Behold, the handmaiden of the Lord." And it would have been one thing for Zachariah to do that -- but did you note the basis of his disbelief. He asked the question ...

3195. The House Of Our Dreams

Luke 2:21-40

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... you imagine all that was going on in Mary's heart and mind? When the angel first appeared to her, announcing that she was going to conceive a child of the Holy Spirit, she was much troubled. The Angel assured her that she had found favor with the Lord. But, in retrospect, as Mary kept all those things and pondered them in her heart, that didn't necessarily bring her peace. If she knew her Jewish history well, she might have realized that being the object of God's favor could be a rather dubious honor from ...

3196. The Art Of Borrowing And Lending A Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

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Maxie Dunnam

... of guarantees were being made and when they would return his donkey. As is true with so much of scripture, a lot of what went on is not told. But enough is told for us to get the impact of what happened. When Jesus' disciples told the man, "The Lord has need of it," the man obviously gave in. Had he heard about Jesus before? Had he met Jesus? Were the desires and longings of the nation so intense -- the longings for a Messiah -- and was this fellow one of those who lived in great expectations for the coming ...

3197. A Rod For The Back Of Fools

Proverbs 25:1-28

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... that this was an explosive situation, stepped to the microphone and said, "It's time we sang a song." So he opened with a line, from a popular spiritual. "Do you love Jesus?" Most of them knew the song and responded, "Certainly, certainly, certainly Lord." Then the preacher went through the leadership of the non- violent movement for civil rights and human dignity, calling out name after name -- Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy and on and on. And the crowd, warming to the song, sang loudly in response ...

3198. Seeing the Good News

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

John P. Jewell

... ] "That which is possible for mortals..." When John the Baptist brought his message to the wilderness, he said there were two things we need to do in our relationship with God. First of all, we need to make room for God. "Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight." It is easy to find our lives so cluttered and busy that there is no room for our relationship with God. There are times when our religious activity is rather perfunctory. The hard thing is that the times we celebrate the central events ...

3199. The Hinge of History

Luke 3:1-20

Sermon

J. Ellsworth Kalas

... God's grand purposes. And we know, too, that there is much work yet to be done and great causes still to be advanced. There are great days to be alive. We are needed, my friends; you and I are needed. Our times need a new introduction to the Lord Jesus Christ, and you and I are favorably situated to be the introducers, the way-preparers. There could hardly be a more auspicious and challenging time. We will not be dressed like John the Baptizer nor will we follow his diet -- matters for which most of us are ...

3200. Return to the Father

Joel 2:12-17

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... our Old Testament lesson, the end of our lives, and in fact, the end of human history. Joel 2:1-2 concerns the Day of the Lord, the dies irae as it is called in so much music and liturgy. That is the final day, when God comes to earth to destroy ... of our text picture the blowing of the war trumpet, and God's army of heavenly hosts poised to do the final battle against the Lord's foes (cf. 2:11). Joel has been reminded of that final Day by the devastating locust plague and drought that have devoured Judah's ...

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