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301. The Lord Calls Samuel

1 Samuel 3:1–4:1

Understanding Series

Mary J. Evans

... Samuel to be viewed as in some sense a replacement for Eli’s sons. Eli is pictured in this chapter and earlier (2:18–21) as graciously mentoring the gifted young Samuel, grooming him for a task that he must have wished could have been carried on by his own family. It seems probable that the writers intended to provide a contrast to the later picture of Saul as he, with ungracious resentment, sought to prevent the gifted young David from replacing his own family. 3:1 An editorial comment precedes the ...

302. In All Things Be Thankful

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Brett Blair

... She underscored a universal truth. When trouble slams us, we do have choices. Ralph Sockman, a renowned [Methodist] minister of a generation ago used to express it this way. He said, “A grief is a sorrow we carry in our heart. A grievance is a chip we carry on our shoulder.” All of us must face trouble. None are immune. Indeed, I stand before you this morning as one whose clerical robe provides no shelter from misfortune. At one time or another trouble will come up to all of us and place its hand on our ...

303. Looking For Mr. Right

James 4:13-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... troubling. That's sad. You have noticed, I am certain, how easy it is to observe couples in a restaurant and to determine which are courting and which have been married for some time. The courting couple is attentive to one another, they are carrying on rapid conversation, there is lots of eye contact. If a couple is sitting silently staring off into space, they are usually married. When couples are determined to be right for one another, there is lots of conversation, they laugh together. They are not only ...

304. Jesus Announces His Ministry

Luke 4:14-30

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Leader: As the Body of Christ on earth we are called to carry on his ministry. People: Yes, we are chosen to bring Good News to the poor. Leader: He has also sent us to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind. People: We are to set free the oppressed and announce that the Lord will save his people! ...

305. Christianity and Patriotism

Illustration

Editor James S. Hewett

... to note that: Our patriotic hymn, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," was written by a Baptist clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith. The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was written in 1892 by a Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy. The words, "In God We Trust," carried on all of our coins, are traced to the efforts of the Rev. W. R. Watkinson of Ridleyville, Pennsylvania. His letter of concern, addressed to the Hon. S. P. Chase, was dated November 13, 1861. Seven days later Mr. Chase wrote to James Pollock, Director ...

306. No More Tears

Revelation 21:1-27

Illustration

Richard A. Jensen

... who grieve the loss of loved ones, however, Clapton desperately wants to communicate with him again. Clapton's song continues. He envisions heaven for a moment. He knows that heaven is a place that he does not belong. That means that he must somehow find the strength to carry on when he knows, "I don't belong here in heaven." The singer gets a glimpse of heaven, a glimpse of hope. But in heaven he does not belong. Verse two of "Tears in Heaven" returns to the same theme. He wonders if his son would hold his ...

307. "He Ain’t Heavy"

Mark 6:30-44

Children's Sermon

... in his yard one day, and he saw a boy coming up the street with another boy on his back. It was obvious the younger boy was crippled and unable to walk. When they came by the man he said, "Son, isn’t he too heavy for you to be carrying on your back?" The boy replied, "He ain’t heavy. He’s my brother." Some years ago someone took that story and made a popular song out of it. "He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother." Our Scripture for today tells us that when Jesus saw the crowd he had ...

308. Abraham’s Test

Genesis 22:1-24

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

Sometime later God tests Abraham. It is not clear how much later, but Isaac is old enough to carry wood for a fire and carry on an intelligent conversation with his father. For the first time the verb (but not the idea) “test” occurs in the Bible. As early as chapter 12 God tested Abraham when he told him to leave Ur with his family, and Abraham went out not knowing “where he was going” (Heb. ...

309. The Church Is Christ's Body

Ephesians 1:15-23

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

Call To Worship Welcome to this time of worship. We are part of the Body of Christ, and are called to carry on his ministry. As we sing God's praises and offer up our prayers of thanksgiving, may we be renewed in spirit and call upon the power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill our task. Come, let us worship together! Collect We give you thanks, Almighty God, for all your blessings. ...

310. What Kind of Ruin Do You Want?

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... businessmen were talking at a prayer breakfast one morning. They were discussing putting their faith to work in their businesses and about making God their partner in their various enterprises. One man spoke up, “But what would happen to me if I should undertake to carry on my business as Christ teaches? Why, it might mean financial ruin for me!” There was a moment when no one said anything, for everyone there knew what he was talking about. Then, finally, one of the men spoke up in a soft voice. “And ...

311. Titus' Task on Crete

Titus 1:1-16

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... authentication of his apostleship, Paul now moves to the address and greeting proper. As with Timothy (1 Tim. 1:1), Titus (see the Introduction) is to be recognized by the Cretans as Paul’s true son; that is, he is a legitimate child of Paul in carrying on Paul’s ministry. His legitimacy comes at the one crucial point, in our common faith (i.e., common to Paul the Jew and Titus the Gentile). Thus he greets Titus with his own Christianized salutation: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus ...

312. I Knew You’d Come

John 6:16-24

Sermon

Richard Hoefler

... , "Get thee behind me, Satan." And during the dramatic hours of the trial of Jesus, Peter hovered beside a fire and covered his face, denying that he had ever known this man. Yet this is the man Christ chose to lead his followers and carry on his work. And that is the point - that is the man Christ chose. The greatness of Peter was not his personal capacity, not even his great confession of faith, for his failures far outnumbered his expressions of faith. NO! Peter’s greatness was exclusively grounded ...

313. Instructions on Worship

1 Timothy 2:1-15

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... that appears to be at odds with the plain sense of the text. Various suggestions have been offered, such as all meaning “all kinds of” (that is, people from all races and stations) or “all the elect.” Much of this discussion has been carried on quite apart from Paul’s context and thereby assumes the text to be intending some kind of theological pronouncement; or else an author’s theology has been already in hand before approaching the text, and the discussion has been a kind of skirmish with ...

314. God Gives the Pharisees the Finger!

John 7:25-44, John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... she would be revealed infertile from her sin), the man could divorce her. If she passed (meaning she became pregnant with a period of time and her loins remained fruitful….that is God-blessed in their minds), then she would be rendered innocent, and would continue to carry on the bloodline of the man, and he would be bound to keep her.** However….here is the rub: “Only when the man is himself free from guilt, will the waters be an effective test of his wife’s guilt or innocence; but if he has been ...

315. How To Triumph Over Terrorism

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... perfectly honest, I would much rather preach a sermon that invites you to a party than to talk today about preparing for battle. But like I said, things are different now. And after we have done it all, we still must find a way to stand and to carry on. So let us listen to the instructions of this prisoner of ancient times. I. THERE ARE FOES TO FACE Verse 12. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against the powers of this dark world. All of us have flesh ...

316. As I Am A Witness

Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... who would see Jesus within them. The fish also reminds of the Sign of Jonah, which Jesus himself alluded to prior. As Jonah was three days and nights in the belly of a fish, so was the Son of Man in the tomb, until he was brought forth to carry on God’s mission in the world in a new way. Jesus’ sign of peace, the shalom aleikhem perhaps was necessary to precede the opening of their minds in order to reveal the wonders of Jesus’ resurrection. The tomb (or rock) is significant too as a sign of Jesus ...

317. Taming the Tongue

James 3:1-12, James 3:13-18

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

... : God and a person-in-the-image-of-God. That shows double-thought and thus sinfulness. It is specifically this duality of speech (the “he speaks with forked tongue” of American idiom) that biblical tradition rejects (e.g., Ps. 62:4). This rejection was carried on in later Judaism (the apocryphal work Sirach 5:14 speaks of the “double-tongued sinner”) and Christianity (e.g., Didache 2:4, “Do not be double-minded nor double-tongued, for the double tongue is a snare of death”). So James is on the ...

318. Two Kinds of Wisdom

James 3:13-18, James 3:1-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

319. Suffering for Being a Christian

1 Peter 4:12-19

Understanding Series

Norman Hillyer

... Summing up, Peter declares that all this means that believers who suffer in the course of following God’s will are to express their trust in the Lord by a deliberate handing over of their lives to him. Meanwhile, regardless of discouragements, they are to carry on with the good work he wants them to do. Those who commit themselves to God can be assured that, far more faithfully than the most loyal of human beings, he will accept each one of them individually as a sacred and inviolate trust. Believers can ...

320. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

Drama

May Dembowski

... one who monopolizes every conversation at the big family party? Loud? Coarse? Argumentative? CAROL: (Interrupting) A boor and a pain in the neck! Yeah, I've got an Aunt Del like that. MAY: (Laughing) I'll bet they come early and stay late, too. (ALL groan and carry on at once about this.) CAROL: I used to dread seeing Aunt Del coming. MARCY: Whaddya mean, "used to"? MAY: I know. You moved and didn't give her your new address, right? JANE: You prayed her into a condominium in Florida? MARCY: I know. She died ...

321. Guided by the Spirit

John 16:12-15

Sermon

David R. Cartwright

... transfer of power from Jesus to his disciples. This is the decisive question. How will they know what to do after he leaves them? The Spirit will set out before them all that the inheritance means. He will spell out the legacy they are to live up to and to carry on. Some of the disciples did not get it. Some of them resembled that television commercial where one of the relatives has the remote and is fast forwarding the video of their loved one's will to get to the part that's coming to him/her. We know for ...

322. A King Like No Other

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

King Duncan

... because he deserved it, but because of God’s free gift of eternal life. It is the promise that you and I cling to every time we ponder our own mortality or as we stand beside the grave of a loved one. It is that promise that allows us to carry on with our lives when life crashes in on us with its worst. “Today you will be with me in paradise.” In the musical Godspell, after Christ’s resurrection, Mary Magdalene didn’t want to let go of Jesus. She sang to him, “Where are you going? Where are you ...

323. Adam, the Law, and the Curse of the Covenant

Romans 5:12-21

Teach the Text

C. Marvin Pate

... out now in 5:16: Christ’s one act of obedience did not merely overcome Adam’s one act of disobedience, as if it were a tit-for-tat move; rather, Christ’s obedience overcame the snowball effect of Adam’s sin by which the whole world carried on his transgression. To paraphrase Paul in 5:15–16: if Adam’s one act of sin was influential, how much more was Christ’s one act of obedience influential in that it overcame both Adam’s transgression and a whole world of trespasses that followed.4 5 ...

324. Pentecost

Jn 14:8-17, 25-27; 20:19-23 · Acts 2:1-21 · 1 Cor 3-7, 12-13 · Gen 11:1-9

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the Spirit. Charismatics and Pentecostals have brought the subject to the forefront. In addition, many have a misunderstanding of the Spirit and need a sermon of clarification. Who can deny that the average church today does not need a new birth of Spirit to carry on her work zealously? Through preaching, as on the first Pentecost, a new Pentecost can take place in the church. If it is neglected, the congregation may miss the experience of the Spirit. 3. What to preach on Pentecost The subject of the Spirit ...

325. Good Neighbors

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’s foundation set up a meeting between the boy and his hero, Mr. Rogers. Upon meeting Mr. Rogers, the boy became so nervous that he began hitting himself, and his mother had to take him to another room to calm him down. When he returned, Mr. Rogers carried on their conversation as if nothing had happened. And then Mr. Rogers ended the conversation by asking the boy a very special favor: would this boy pray for him? The boy was floored by this request. Would he pray for Mr. Rogers? He had always been the ...

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