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3226. Keeper of the Keys

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... first, and if in doubt, he will act upon God’s guidance in the Holy Spirit’s teaching. We see evidence of this in Peter’s dream of the unclean animals. By no means does Peter’s position mean that he knows everything already, that he has the ability to make decisions and judge people of his own accord. It means instead that he has open access to God’s voice, that he listens to God’s guidance, and that he is willing to adapt and learn, change and grant access, based not on his own thoughts, but ...

3227. Get Ready

Mark 13:24-37

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... we do know. We know Who holds the future. “He’s got the whole world in His hands.” God loves His creation with a love that cannot be comprehended. Here’s what you and I need to do. Make good decisions about the future to the best of our ability and then trust God. The future is in God’s hands, not ours. The century in which Jesus spoke these words was just as turbulent as our century. In 70 A. D.—about the time Mark was writing his Gospel, the Roman army did the unthinkable—it destroyed the ...

3228. Fine Tuning

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , communicating, agreeing, giving, compromising, and aligning all create the kind of fine tuning that makes for a successful relationship. Whether in your marriage or in your church community, fine tuning with God is always a first necessity toward having the ability to fine tune your relationships with each other, and with others in the world. Yet every musician knows that even the most beautiful pieces of music are not completely and always harmonic. Grace notes, passing tones, and dissonant chords, while ...

3229. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan & Angela Akers

... s the thing: two people can live very similar lives, enduring similar challenges and heartbreaks. One person looks back at their life as a series of hardships and injustices. The other person looks back at their life as a series of blessings. What makes the difference? The ability to see God with us every step of the way. The second thing I think Moses saw when he looked back at his life was that God had given him the strength to accomplish far greater things than he could have imagined. As Moses stands on ...

3230. Avoiding the “F” Word

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... beings and children of God. We have a choice in our lives. We need to choose our “F” words carefully. F can be for festering or F can be for forgiveness. The one we choose will define the health and direction of our lives and our ability to offer something healthy and beautiful to the world around us. Angry people cannot create beauty and wellness. Healthy people create beauty and wellness, and so much more. This week, I urge you to look deeply inside of yourself. Can you identify any hurts that are ...

3231. Spirit Soaked

Matthew 25:1-13

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , infuse us with his peace, and light up our lives with love. Our faith is our only fuel. He will do the rest. Jesus lets us know that he is the Bridegroom. He is God’s Son, the one who cares for us, sacrificed on our behalf, and has the ability to unlock every door for us in our lives and in our future. When we allow him to take up residence in our hearts, he will bring his supernatural light into the darkest recesses of our hearts and will warm us and remind us who we are and the amazing ...

3232. Fearless

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... with one employer for most of your working life, gaining wisdom and experience that proved valuable to business, the technological revolution shifted the image of the ideal employee to one with adaptable learning, multiple work experiences and environments, and the ability to shift jobs frequently in order to adapt to changing workplace needs. No longer was long-term wisdom valued but short-term adaptability became the desired hire. The internet also changed our ideas about authority. No longer do we value ...

3233. Fear of the Light

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... We have testimonies of those whose lives have been permanently altered by God. Not old ones but current ones –stories of today that happen everywhere each and every day. We have stories of healings, recoveries from addictions, of forces of saving grace, of a miraculous ability to forgive, stories of compassion, of love, of over-the-top faith. These are people who have seen and recognized the presence of Jesus in their lives and have trusted to open up and let in the Light, have allowed Jesus to take their ...

3234. Dynamic Preaching January 2024 Sermons

Sermon

King Duncan

... ’t it? How could Samuel not know God. It probably doesn’t mean what it sounds like it means, that Samuel is dull spiritually or that Eli is a poor teacher. It probably means that Samuel has never had an encounter with God and doesn’t have the ability to understand what’s happening. So, a third time the voice called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that Samuel was hearing the voice of the Lord calling him. So, Eli told Samuel ...

3235. Liz

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

John B. Jamison

... do good things for others because we were created to be an ambassador for Christ, and that is what that job calls for. That is the role we have been prepared for. You may not have been prepared the same way I was prepared, but your background gives you the ability to understand and do things I can’t understand or do, and mine does the same for me. And whatever path brought us to this place, we both stand as equals here, with an unearned salvation and the job of doing what we can to ease the suffering of ...

3236. Casters and Menders

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... The hope would be that after a period of time (often after lying there all night) the net would fill with fish. At that time, they would drag the net to shore and there sort the fish. This was a pretty hit or miss venture. And the ability to cast and drag required significant strength. Interestingly, the Greek word also had a second meaning: to vacillate or be doubtful. Casting was not a “sure thing.” The catch for the day could vary. Some days could be great; others completely void of viable fish. The ...

3237. The Last Human Freedom

Illustration

Maxie Dunnam

... prison camps, Victor E. Frankle says, "the last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Frankle's words describe individuals, who, in the deprivation of Nazi death camps, found within themselves the ability to comfort others, to give away their last piece of bread. These individuals are dramatic examples of the idea that it is not what we live with that makes us who we are, but what we live for. In essence, you choose the person you want ...

3238. The Practice

Mark 1:9-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... , and love. Difficult? You bet! And yet, this is our commission. And the way we learn to grow in our discipleship and in our love of Christ. These kinds of qualities, these kinds of “fruits of the spirit,” do not usually come as innate abilities for us human beings. They require preparation. They require practice. But they will always result in our growth and in the growth of faith and reassurance in others. For Love is a practice that defines us. Forgiveness is a practice that frees us. Surrender is ...

3239. A Time

Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

Eulogy

George Reed

... and a time to die. And as we are experiencing today there is a time to mourn. But we must also remember that there is a time to dance. There is a time to weep but also a time to laugh. We have been granted a wondrous gift in our ability to understand time and to remember. We can imagine things that are to come and we can summon the past and relive it in our minds. This is part of God’s gift to us as children of God. It is also God’s gift for us to eat, drink ...

3240. God's Fullness Within Us

Ephesians 3:14-21

Eulogy

George Reed

... -21] Paul has a prayer for the people of Ephesus and he knows that his prayer is based on substantial resources. He prays out of the riches of the glory of God for the Ephesian Christians. He bases his prayer not just on his good wishes or his ability to make a difference in their lives but on the riches of God’s 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 ...

3241. The Propriety of Praise

Psalm 84:1-12

Sermon

Will Willimon

... Satan is nothing more than an angel -- out of place. Yet what is more beautiful than that which is fitting and proper? Just the right card, at the right time. Someone who always has just the right word to say. That's what a minister prays for, the ability to say just the right thing when you enter the hospital room and face the silence of someone in pain. This matter of propriety was behind disagreement between the father and his older son as recorded in Luke 15. The father had two sons. The younger one ...

3242. Raising Power

Mark 16:1-8

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the surface of what the human brain can do, or what we know about space, the ocean, and what lies at the center of the earth. Every new discovery both thrills and chills us because we barely can fathom the powers that lie beyond our comprehension and abilities as human beings. It’s no wonder then that we find it both intriguing and terrifying to think about the reality of the resurrection! It’s often simpler for us to say, well that can’t be really true. There must be some other explanation. That’s ...

3243. Growing Into Our Scars

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Mary Austin

... denied him, deserted him at the cross, and then gave in to fear. But still Jesus came and what he said was: “Peace be with you.” Don’t fret, he was saying. Don’t get stuck in the past. The one with the scars is also the one with the ability to heal. Thomas spoke to us about doubt, which we all have, but also about the power of not giving up. He missed the big reveal when Jesus came the first time. Instead of saying “oh well,” and moving on, Thomas asked for what the other disciples got. He ...

3244. The Feast of Leviathan

Luke 24:36b-48

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in order to be the apostles he needs us to be. Jesus’ urgency in this brief time he has yet on earth is to help his disciples and apostles understand his bodily resurrection and his place within the scriptural heritage. Why? It’s vital to their ability to carry on his mission. In these power and meaning-packed passages in which he appears to them again and again in various ways, he seeks to leave them with deep messages that will essentially seep into their souls and take up residence there, informing ...

3245. Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

John 10:11-18

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 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 who determine their fate. Without a shepherd, they lie surrounded, helpless, and without hope. Fearful, they can trust the wrong people or succumb to their own ...

3246.

Psalm 139:1-24

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... activities one may engage in. God’s knowledge goes beyond mere activity to my thoughts and my ways. One’s speech is also singled out as an area of divine interest. God’s comprehension is comprehensive, both around and over us (v. 5). And so our ability to comprehend is limited, such knowledge is beyond us (v. 6). It is difficult to know whether God’s actions in verse 5 are comforting or oppressive (e.g., Hb. ṣwr, hem . . . in, is often used in the OT for “besieging,” and God’s hand upon ...

3247. “Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”

Psalm 8:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... both a Jewish and a Christian phenomenon, and its roots are deeply fixed in prophetic thought. There are many contributors to messianism; we will mention two. First are the towering personalities of Hebrew history, like David, whose exceptional abilities and accomplishments exceeded those of all other monarchs of biblical repute, and reminded Jewish and later Christian believers of the surpassing potential of human personality, especially when divinely equipped. A second is located at the other extreme of ...

3248. Can I Get a Witness?

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Mary Austin

As you all know, one of the pleasures of being part of a group — a family, a sorority or fraternity, or a church — is the ability to share memories with each other. We get to live through our experiences again through the memories, and other people fill in details we missed at the time. You know this happens with friends, or civic groups, or church friends. “Remember when…?” someone starts, and then everyone chimes in with ...

3249. All In God's Time

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of the time it may take to cultivate them? Do you bail frequently on new ventures because it’s taking awhile to receive your desired results? Do you neglect to cultivate time with God in your day, because the time you take in silent meditation impedes your ability to rush on to your next big thing? As 21st century humans, we feel we are owed immediate gratification. But sometimes waiting makes the difference between life or death. A week or two ago, I re-saw the theatre play about the Diary of Anne Frank ...

3250. Breaking Through

Acts 2:1-21 · John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... knowing it walked right into a spider’s web? You sputter, trying to clear the sticky web bits from your face and hair, as you look around to make sure the spider didn’t come with it! But the spider is actually an amazing creature in its ability to build intricate webs that can trap potential food. The more the unsuspecting creature struggles, the more tangled in the spider’s web it gets until it lies immobile and suspended, waiting for its predator to come. Now that sounds like a terrible way to start ...

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