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301. Winners, Losers and the Gospel

Mt 16:25

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... admittance to schools, for just about everything. In ways subtle and not so subtle, we move to have the edge on other people. From one angle of vision it can be said that competition is only an expression of the way it is and has to be. If you have one job and twenty-five applicants, there is no way you can divide the job twenty-five ways so that everyone wins. Very obviously a church, for example, cannot call twenty-five ministers. One must win the job and the others lose the job. Also part of the picture ...

302. The Mountain

Matthew 17:1-9

Sermon

John Jamison

... believe. It is easy here. Can’t we just stay? Do I really have to leave the mountain and go back to everything else? Can’t I just stay here? I don’t think Peter was being selfish, he just felt what I think most of us feel when we have one of those top-of- the-mountain experiences. Can’t we just keep it going and stay up there? Why do we have to go back down? We look for more opportunities to climb mountains and find ways to feel good and avoid spending time back down there among the things ...

303. Not Defeated But Victorious

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... peace forever,Safely home in heaven at last. Did you wonder I so calmlyTrod the valley of the shade?Oh, but Jesus' love illuminedEvery dark and fearful glade. And He came Himself to meet meIn that way so hard to tread;And with Jesus' arm to lean on,Could I have one doubt or dread? Then you must not grieve so sorely,For I love you dearly still;Try to look beyond earth's shadows,Pray to trust our Father's will. There is work still waiting for you,So you must not idly stand;Do it now, while life remaineth -You ...

304. Are You in the Right Place?

Matthew 6:1-6

Sermon

King Duncan

... : If you have come to this service tonight to make a show of your piety, you do not belong here. Jesus has enough people who claim to be his followers, but whose actions tell a different story. It’s one thing to wear a cross around your neck or have one smudged on your forehead. It’s quite another to bear a cross in your daily life. Bearing a cross is an act of humility and service. Bearing a cross is an act of contrition and commitment. Ultimately it is an act of devotion and love. It is not noisy ...

305. Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

Matthew 17:1-13

Sermon

Dean Feldmeyer

... was a reliable determining factor for prison populations ten years later. It was such a startling concept that I wanted to share it with all of you, but being naturally cautious about such things, I wanted to be able to adequately footnote and site my source, and I didn’t have one. I sent a text message to my son, who is a criminologist, asking him to give the old man a hand and tell me where I could find the data on this concept. It didn’t take him long to get back to me: Sorry, Dad, there is no such ...

306. A Dirt Story

Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon

King Duncan

... in those days planting seed. He wouldn’t have had sophisticated technology like some farmers have today. Did you know that John Deere now offers an air-conditioned tractor equipped with a GPS guidance system? Boy, wouldn’t farmers in days gone by want to have one of those? Have you read that this year self-driving tractors are supposed to hit the market? None of these, of course, were available when Jesus walked the earth. Sowing seed was done by hand. Imagine Johnny Appleseed with a sack of apple seeds ...

307. You Figure It Out

Matthew 22:15-22

Sermon

... nagging at us. Some of us worry that no matter what we do, no matter which way we turn, there is no good and truly acceptable solution. It’s almost like finding yourself trapped in an alley by a man who holds a gun on you. Unknown to him, you have one underneath your coat. He wants to search you and to take your money, but if you let him, he will find the gun and likely kill you. Should you kill him first? Which choice is better? 2. God Gives Us Resources to Cope Is this some sort of cruel joke ...

308. A Time for Tears

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... But I rejoice, somehow, that the Bible records for us the fact that Jesus wept, for if our Lord shed tears, then we may be assured that there is something that we may call "a good cry," and I am glad that there is, for, so often, I feel like having one. I don’t know about you, but I find this world a place in which the "time for weeping" seems inevitable. Stanton Delaplane, the columnist, often wrote a very gay column, but one time several years ago, he wrote in a different mood. He said: "No life can run ...

309. The Cathedral Within

II Corinthians 9:6-15

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... that what I set out to do I accomplished." Cathedral builders don't work that way. They don't start small. They start big, with a master plan that is so grand that they will never see the completion of it, and so vast that they will only have one small part in it. Cathedral builders are those who use their gifts, their talent, their money, to make that kind of a vision come true. It was no accident that cathedrals were created by Christians. The heart of Christian faith is the dream of a Kingdom of God ...

310. Something to Brag About

Galatians 6:11-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... in our faith, the element of a changed life. Pastor Tom Rietveld notes that in the United States, we have a nickname for tow trucks. We call them “wreckers.” However, in England they’re not called wreckers. In England tow trucks have one big name on the side of each truck “Recovery.” “Isn’t that interesting?” asks Pastor Rietveld. “The same vehicle, the same function, but a totally different perspective. We say, ‘There goes a wrecker.’ They say, ‘Here comes recovery.’” (4) The ...

311. The Sacred Power of a Listening Heart

1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19

Sermon

King Duncan

... her about a 30-year‑old insurance executive he met at a party. Doug learned that this young man, Bob, was a new Christian. Intrigued, he asked how things were going. Have you found a church? He asked. Yes, Bob said. Have you found a Bible Study? Yes, I have one of those too. Finally Doug asked, How about your relationship with God in prayer? Bob didn’t have much going on there, and said that he didn’t know much about that. So Doug laid out a challenge for him: to pick something to pray over every day ...

312. A Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:12-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... grace. Karl Barth was once asked what he would say if he met Adolph Hitler. This great theologian responded, "I would say to him Jesus Christ died for your sins." This is not to make light of sin or our responsibility for sin. It is to say we have one who sympathizes with us in our sin, who understands our weaknesses, and who is able to forgive us for all our transgressions. There is a story about two little boys who were fighting, as little boys are often prone to do. One of them yelled at the other ...

313. Found Of God

John 20:24-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... IS NO SUCH THING AS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF THE REALITY OF THE GOSPEL. Many people would like to have such proof, but unfortunately it does not exist. Our relationship with Christ is a matter of faith ” not absolute scientific knowledge. Let's suppose you have one of the Near Death Experiences. You've read about such things, haven't you? Let's suppose that during the course of a serious operation, your heart quits beating. You feel your spirit leaving your body and hovering above the operating room. You hear ...

314. You Have Outwitted Me

Hosea 11:1-9

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... ago. I preached a sermon similar to this, about God's providence. After the service I was greeting people. A man went by. He said only one thing. "What about Auschwitz?" Then he walked on. Mercifully, he didn't hang around for an answer, because I didn't have one. I have thought about it a lot since, and I still don't' have an answer. "What about Auschwitz?" A woman made an appointment to come and see me. She said, "I have stopped believing. I am not coming to church anymore, because God did not answer my ...

315. Baptism - FAQ's

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

James Merritt

... Bible belt there is a famine for God's word. I read a story about a man who wanted to buy a parakeet. So he went down to the owner of the pet store and told him what he wanted, and the owner said, "Well, I have two parakeets. I have one for $100 and one for $25. The man said, "They look alike, what is the difference?" He said, Well, the $100 parakeet sings and talks all the time; the $25 parakeet just doesn't talk quite as much." The man said, "Well, I think I will save money and buy ...

316. They Drew Back And Fell

Drama

Dann J. Ettner

... against Jesus. I was onlyordered to follow this zealous group of Jews who were saying thatthis Jesus was making himself king. That, I must admit, did worryme. I knew how these Jews hated us Roman soldiers and we did notshare any love for them either. To have one man start callinghimself the king of the Jews could be dangerous. What I did notunderstand was that the Jewish leaders were the ones who drew ourattention to this Jesus and were very set on making sure He wascrucified. With the way they hated us you ...

317. A Good-bye Topping All Others

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... and mainly ignored the crucifixion. From ecumenical observations that appears to have changed for the good! The Messiah is "to suffer" (crucifixion) and "to rise from the dead" (resurrection). As he prepares to ascend, our Lord does not deal with them by dividing the events. To have one is to have the other. Aren't we blessed and, in a way, relieved by this? As we reflect, how else can we have the doctrine and practical power to live out our faith? We would assuredly hate to attempt to live by the teachings ...

318. Too Light A Thing

Isaiah 49:1-7

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... a week in your Disciple class on Monday evening. I call you to have an intensive scripture study going every night of the week to counter the violent, cynical, faithless fluff that people are inhaling daily over the airways. "It is too light a thing that you have one pastor and a few lay people trying to reach out to the membership of this congregation. I call your pastor to train 100 people who will reach out to thousands in your community and beyond. "It is too light a thing ..." Do you get the idea? Why ...

319. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... . The theory of relativity and the theory of quantum mechanics are at odds with one another. Scientists are on the verge of creating four theories about the universe. However, as Stephen Hawkings has pointed out, science cannot be comfortable until we have one theory of force in the universe. Consequently, physicists are working hard on a theory they call “the theory of everything,” TOE. This theory would unite all forces, or theories, of the universe into one. That force is hidden so deeply in ...

320. Who? Me Worry?

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

King Duncan

... the changes in his son, rushed to embrace him. At his father's touch, the son said, "Father, I have seen life." (3) What he had seen is the way many people live: THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH. If they accumulate a thousand dollars then they want a million. If they have one million, they want two. If they have a Toyota, they want a Lexus; if they have a Lexus, they want a Ferrari. Most of us are rich in comparison with half the people who live in this world, and yet for many of us, it is not enough. That is ...

321. Solomon's Adversaries

1 Kings 11:14-25

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... . 1–11 to discover that cloak, Hb. śalmâ, has almost exactly the same consonants as the name Solomon (Hb. šelōmōh). The division of the cloak thus speaks particularly forcefully of the division of Solomon’s kingdom. 11:32 He will have one tribe: It is difficult to know why the authors felt that Davidic rule over Benjamin could be presupposed and not explicitly mentioned. One possibility is that they regarded Benjamin simply as Jerusalem’s own territory, on the analogy of the Canaanite city-state ...

322. The Woman on the Beast

Revelation 17:1-18

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... 16:12, 16; Revelation, p. 258). If this is correct, then we understand why it is that “the beast and the ten horns” (17:16) will finally turn against Babylon’s whore, whose only influence lies within the city’s borders. Although they have one purpose and will give their … authority to the beast, the authority of the beast’s confederacy lasts only one hour (cf. 18:10, 17, 19) “for the Antichrist himself speedily goes to perdition” (17:11; Beasley-Murray, Revelation, p. 258). While these clues ...

323. Jeroboam Rebels Against Solomon

1 Kings 11:26-40

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

324. Solomon's Death

1 Kings 11:41-43

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

325. Not Guessing

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... abilities. In all of this remember the words of Jesus. Be of good cheer, rise up, he calls you. Go in peace! In wholeness. With Shalom. Remember: Mark tells us that the blind man followed Jesus down the way. What about you? Let us follow Jesus down the way. We have one advantage over everyone else that day. We know that way travels to the cross. But we also know that way continues past the empty tomb to the risen Jesus. Let us be of good cheer. Let us be of good hope! We serve a good Lord. Amen. The quote ...

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