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3501. Fire Wood
Luke 12:49-53
Sermon
John G. Lynn
... on it or it will die. Jesus, speaking to Peter, that blustery, Lodgepole Pine kind of a man, said, "Peter, I have a fire to cast over the earth, and how I am constrained until it be kindled!" What did Jesus mean? He knew that Peter, like all of his disciples, was a wilderness that needed fire or he would die. Peter needed the fire of God's Word to keep his heart from freezing over and to keep the passion of his soul from cooling down. Peter had left his fishing business on the Sea of Galilee. That was the ...
Sermon
Steven E. Albertin
... compared to the ordained "professionals" and "experts"? Today's scripture readings offer some help in answering these questions. In today's Gospel, John, one of the innermost circle of Jesus' disciples, complains about a man who was casting out demons in the name of Jesus but was not one of Jesus' select group of twelve disciples. Today we might say that he was not on a clergy roster or a properly seminary-trained and certified professional church worker. Such breaking of official channels and institutional ...
3503. Miracle Nine: Healing A Deaf-Mute
Mark 7:31-37, Mark 7:24-30
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Harold H. Lentz
... banded together, perhaps for mutual defense. Certainly, the much-extended journey gave Christ more time to be with his disciples before returning to the press of large crowds. This trip is said to have taken eight months, thus making it worthy of mention ... in Mark's writing. During this time Christ could have given his disciples considerable teaching, as well as increasing their devotion to his cause. It could well have been intended as a time for their ...
Sermon
Paul W. Kummer
... ,000 followers of the Way by then. But it wasn't only by the testifying of the apostles. It wasn't only by the joy on the faces of Thomas and Bartholomew. It wasn't only the empty tomb and not only the power the Risen Lord gave to the disciples at Pentecost. Above all else, the living Jesus was demonstrated by their giving spirit, their care for the less fortunate! A man complained to his pastor, "I've been listening to your sermons and to our leaders at church and what you are asking us to do here and in ...
Sermon
Alexander H. Wales
... or theological intrigue. It happens so quickly that we read it, swallow hard and move on. Just think about how it all happens. Jesus is continuing his itinerant preaching and teaching. He reaches the gates of the city of Nain, and you could read "Podunk" if you like. The disciples and a large crowd are with him as they notice a funeral procession heading out of town to the local cemetery. We are told by Luke that the person who had died was a widow's only son, although we don't know that anyone in the crowd ...
3506. Simply Simon
Luke 7:36-50
Sermon
Alexander H. Wales
... some of these hard-liners. "Anyway, when I heard he was going to be in town, I sent one of my servants to visit with his disciples to see if I could get him to eat at our house while he was here. Thought it would be good to have someone like him ... all. So he accepted and I invited some of my friends over as well. "Well, he arrived last Thursday night with all of his disciples. Can you imagine! Twelve of the scruffiest men you've ever seen -- fishermen, laborers. Why, he even has a tax collector in that group ...
Sermon
Gerald Whetstone
... word. To this end they received the laying on of hands from the twelve. Stephen's gifts were broader than that. So he preached. And his preaching was powerful enough not only to encourage believers but to threaten enemies. Had Stephen heard how Jesus had reassured his disciples the night before his own death? "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me...Peace I leave with you...not as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid." Haven't we all ...
Sermon
Gerald Whetstone
... to continue to question and struggle and seek to deepen our understanding of God. But in striving for what we don't understand, we dare never lose hold of what we know best: the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. The two disciples who had walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus remembered how their hearts burned within them as Jesus had opened to them the scriptures. Some of our understanding comes through words -- scripture, stories, hymns, liturgy and conversation. But some of our understanding comes ...
Sermon
Gerald Whetstone
... a long time ago. On another mid-morning, as the sun streamed into the streets of another teeming city, Peter raised his hands and his voice and told the crowds that the disciples were not drunk, but that they were filled with the exuberance of the Spirit of God, and that though Jesus died on the cross, these disciples still served a living Lord! The narrow streets were filled with busy and idle people. Everyone had a reason to drift by or hurry past. Cheesemakers were setting up shop. Peddlers were ...
Sermon
Paul E. Robinson
... do we find the road back to a mentality and approach to the world and our neighbors which is gentle and treats all life as precious and loved by God? It's a tough job and the way is long and tedious and frustrating, but it is a way disciples of Jesus Christ are called to travel. Most of us know something about Albert Schweitzer, the German organist turned missionary doctor, who gave his life to the needy people in Africa, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952 and died in 1965. If you knew anything at all ...
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Michael B. Brown
... countless others what she found around a table in a downstairs room with a group of church people who wanted to explore God's Word. Numerous people who have never heard of Karen give her money week by week, some of which is used to produce curriculum like Disciples -- curriculum that saves human souls and equips believers to go out into the world to save others. The most sacred title by which Jesus is known is "Savior" (one who gave of himself to save others). That is what he calls us to do, as well ... oh ...
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Gerald Whetstone
... for several years he had clung to his cause, or some changing cause. Yet it seemed all the more pathetic because whatever was in his briefcase was not likely to change the world; it may not even have changed him. How different the purpose that propelled the disciples! They too had a mission. "You are my witnesses," Jesus had told them at his ascension, "in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." They would never be the same. The whole world would never be the same again. This is ...
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Richard Hasler
... had a unique story to tell. We have a summary of that story in our lectionary text today. But before we hear the main elements of the story, let us examine briefly the events leading up to the telling of the story. Peter, one of the original twelve disciples of Jesus, extends his missionary work to the Mediterranean coast in Palestine. He resides at the home of Simon the tanner. One day Peter goes up on the roof of the house for his noon prayers and while there he has a vision that changes his life. In ...
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Richard Gribble
... put, says that as long as he, the groom, is with them the apostles cannot fast. No, they have a more active apostolate to engage -- that of welcoming the Jews and those on the outside into the life and ministry of Jesus. It requires energy -- thus, the disciples cannot fast. The ministry of welcome is an often overlooked aspect of our Christian call. Each day we have opportunities to give welcome to others. It may be a member of our family, a friend or a business associate. We may be called upon to offer ...
3515. Why A Cross?
John 19:17-27
Sermon
Robert Beringer
... I have ever seen. Looking at that movie, you can feel the injustice, the callousness, and the sheer brutality of Calvary. Executioners pound home huge spikes into quivering hands and feet. Rivulets of blood trickle down the side of the cross. On the faces of Jesus' disciples is a look of incredible bewilderment as they wrestle with the question of how God's Messiah could be put to death like a common criminal. The film is a forceful reminder that the cross is more than a decorative symbol we wear as a piece ...
3516. Our Helper
Acts 8:26-40
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Robert Beringer
... the wicked and godless city of Nineveh. Jesus lived by the Jonah Model. Over and over again he uses those telling verbs to describe the mission he has entrusted to us: come and see ... then go and tell. That is our calling as well as that of the first disciples, and many of us like Philip will have no peace in our hearts until we respond to that call. I remember a classmate of mine in theological seminary. He had been very successful in the business world, and resisted for years the call of God to leave his ...
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Robert F. Scott
... showed them his hands and his feet. While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate in their presence. "A ghost!"The disciples had just been exclaiming, "The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!" They had just heard that the living Jesus had been at supper in Emmaus. But they had seen him killed; the resurrection was too far out of their human experience. Of course ...
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
... of the great fun of parties and special events? It is the anticipation. Your imagination is filled with all the possibilities of joy. You get excited and more excited as the event draws closer and closer. Sometimes you feel like you just can't wait! The disciples of Jesus had an experience like that. Before Jesus went back to be with God, He told them to wait in Jerusalem because God was going to release his power on them. That day was called "Pentecost" and, after the anticipation and excitement of waiting ...
3519. Vine And Branches
Jn 15:1-11 · Gal 5:22-23
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
... branches which were not going to bear fruit, but while I was doing it, I remembered a story that Jesus told about vines and branches. He said that He was the true vine and He talked to his disciples about being branches that were supposed to be bearing fruit. What do you suppose Jesus had in mind when He told the disciples that they were to bear fruit? (Response -- Let the children express what it might mean to them.) The Bible tells us what the fruits of a Christian's life are to be. (Galatians 5:22-23 may ...
Children's Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... church? A long time ago we were told exactly how to put a church together. We don't use blocks like these, or bricks or wood. Can you guess what we should use to build our church? (Let them answer.) Those are good guesses, boys and girls. Jesus and his disciples told us that we are the blocks that are needed for our church! What do you think of that, boys and girls? (Let them respond.) That's right. You and I and your moms and dads and brothers and sisters -- all of us are the blocks that make up the ...
Sermon
Richard Hasler
... future, or worse yet, perhaps God's promises were not really true. Everything seems pretty much the same as it has always been. Most biblical scholars hold the position that the Second Letter of Peter was written by someone other than the apostle, probably by a disciple of Peter who was conversant with the life and thought of Peter and applied his teaching to the critical issues of his own later day. Confronted with the mood of skepticism concerning the last day, the writer is so bold as to affirm in clear ...
Drama
Dann J. Ettner
... 's House. I could no longer turn a deaf ear to His teachings. Was I nota defender of the Law and the guardian of the Temple inJerusalem? I could see how all of that would have been destroyedif Jesus and His ever-growing band of disciples continued to gounchecked. Suppose that group had foolishly decided to take onthe authority of the Roman government? Suppose that the belief,which said that this Jesus was the Messiah, the one who had cometo save the people of Israel from the Romans, had been heard inRome ...
3523. God's Power Over Death
Exodus 1:1-22, 2:1-10
Sermon
Steve Burt
... over Death is revealed. But we mustn't. We must look for them, witness to them and their transformative power, and keep telling our stories -- the way Moses' mother and sister did, the way Pastor Todd and Gary's mother did, the way Mary Magdalene and the disciples did. God is repeatedly and continually working powerful miracles in our lives. We must see them through the eyes of faith, and as a people of God, we must share the wonder of our God with the world. 1. Steve Burt, "The Power Of The Resurrection ...
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William E. Keeney
... :6-10. In the first part the emphasis is on the persons who would prey on the sheep, who lack qualifications as the true shepherd. They are contrasted with the true shepherd who puts his very life at stake for the good of the sheep. The disciples do not yet understand the full import of the statement prior to the crucifixion and resurrection. They do not see the contrast between Jesus as the good shepherd and the religious leaders who had just prosecuted and rejected the man who would follow Jesus and find ...
3525. Proper 4
Matthew 7:15-23, Matthew 7:24-29
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William E. Keeney
... the college, the student persisted and graduated from it. If it did not, the person transferred to another institution in search of one that harmonized with his or her own value system. Jesus called disciples to accept his hierarchy of values and to act upon them. Those who were hearers and doers became his disciples. Others went elsewhere in search of a similar value system. A clear example would be the persons who made various excuses for not following him immediately (see Luke 9:57-62). 4. Shifting Sands ...
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