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Luke 5:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... the children, no matter how busy he was. We have the privilege of continuing his tradition, touching the little ones in his name. As someone has said, "One hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the size of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child." (2) Think what an army of "Christ-extenders" we can be. Did you know that on any given weekend there are more people in houses of worship than attend ...

3502. Leading a Friend to Jesus

Luke 5:27-32, Luke 5:17-26

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Bill Bouknight

... them." (Luke 5:29) There is a tendency for new Christians to develop friendships within Sunday School classes and Bible study groups. That is fine. But we shouldn’t forget our old friends who are as lost as a goose. Levi didn’t. He invited them to meet Jesus. What kind of friend am I to unchurched John if I play golf with him repeatedly, loan him my car when his is in the shop, and keep his child for him while he and his wife attend a funeral out of town, but never share with him anything about the Lord ...

3503. Don't Let the Parade Pass You By

Luke 19:28-44

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Bill Bouknight

... ? The northern European or English pietism or what?" Barb was somewhat flustered, not knowing how to respond. Finally she said, "Sir, I don’t know how to answer that question. I just know I love Jesus." Suddenly there was a profound peace in that classroom, the kind brought only by the Prince of Peace. Are we that bold in declaring publicly our love for Jesus? The Jesus parade is still passing by. Are you just watching it, or have you joined it? 1. Barclay, William, The Gospel of Luke, (Saint Andrew Press ...

3504. Zacchaeus

Luke 19:1-10

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Brett Blair

... a situation. So Zacchaeus comes to Jesus because he had heard the stories of how the Master had received adulterers, publicans, the crippled and the blind the outcast of society people just like him. He came because of the drawing power of grace. Its the same kind of grace that caused John Newton, a converted ex-slave trader, to write those immortal words: Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! Zacchaeus, being of short stature, could not see for the press of the crowd. So he climbed ...

3505. Train Whistle In The Night

Matthew 25:1-13

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... in the night? Who could care, much less listen! A season of preparation and expectancy was in the air, and the demands of regular worship left no time for the unimportant. Later maybe, but not now. But the train whistle had a haunting sound. There was a kind of mystery and wonder about it - where it had been, where it was going. But the mystery and wonder could never be known if the sound itself never was heard. And the fact that no one heard in itself became tragically haunting. What if the worshipers were ...

3506. Jailbreak at Midnight

Acts 16:16-40

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... of Jason, who had taken the disciples into his home as his guests. When the riotous mob stormed into the house and could not find Paul and Silas, they seized poor Jason instead and hauled him off to the city authorities, magistrates of the same kind as those in Philippi. Interesting and stimulating is the charge they levied against the disciples! "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also," they said, "and Jason has received them into his house and they are all acting against the ...

3507. Striking Silversmiths Start Riot

Acts 19:23-41

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... work. Sailors and sea captains were likely to overlook this sort of thing. They did not want to have any conflict with Roman authorities or even arouse their suspicions. Even if a captain knew about such a devilish plot, he would be likely to shrug off this kind of murder as a religious argument between Jews and of no interest to the Romans. The brewing mischief was serious enough to compel Paul to change his travel plans. He canceled his passage on a ship and went back up to Philippi, with a result that is ...

3508. Let Yes Be Yes!

Matthew 15:21-28

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... passed the word to her: "You know, there is that Nazarene evangelist. Maybe he could help. You know, he does amazing things. At least, that’s what they say." What! Turn to some fanatic Jewish preacher? But she may have started paying more attention to him: noticing the kinds of things he said and did; getting the big picture about what the God of Israel must be like to do such things through such a man; coming slowly to the painful conclusion that this Jesus might be whom she ought to go and see. If God ...

3509. It’s How It Ends That Matters

Matthew 21:28-32

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... get there after all). Or, he could decide to chart a course that leads directly to the finish, get on the road and stay immovably on course. Which of these travelers will celebrate the great reunion at the other end? It all depends. There are at least four kinds of travelers for whom we can chart progress on this imaginary map. Which of these four sounds the most like you? 1. No - First and Last Some who set out on the highway have no intention of approaching the King’s reunion in the first place. These ...

3510. You Figure It Out

Matthew 22:15-22

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... is promised, and the consequences which confront you in the case of each possible choice. Then you decide what is the best solution at this moment." Decide we must. For even if we say, "I don’t know what to do so I won’t make a choice of any kind," we’ve made a choice. We will be held accountable for such a choice, as surely as if we had actively decided something which was not responsible at all. As we live the Christian life and make decisions for the sake of Christ who loves us, we discover that ...

3511. Changing Styles

Romans 12:1-8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... , that a long time ago people would not go outside unless they had a bonnet like this or a wide tie like that or a pair of beautiful looking shoes like this? Everyone had to wear the same kind of thing or it was just terrible. We are still like that about our styles. We still think that we must wear the same kind of clothes that everyone else wears. We are also like that about our sinning. Very often when one boy does something bad another boy thinks he should do the same thing. One little girl tells a lie ...

3512. Returning: Real or Ruse?

Hosea 5:1-15

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Barbara Brokhoff

... not close enough for you to make me a loan!" "Oh," replied John, "I remember you did all of those things for me. What bothers me is, what have you done for me lately?" Such is the ingratitude of those who only make a ruse of repentance. The kind of repentance that is only wily subterfuge won’t do! God won’t accept it. God’s love, mercy, and grace are unlimited, but our desire for his grace must at least be honest and sincere. We can’t pass over our sinning so lightly. This attitude is reminiscent ...

3513. Christians Die Well

Acts 7:54--8:1a

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Barbara Brokhoff

... compelling, that his eleven-man guard was constantly changed to keep them from coming under his strong, spiritual influence. The Nazis knew they were dealing with a man who knew Christ, and they dared not take any chances with him. How he loved his enemies! This is the kind of man who is our example in today’s text. Stephen was one of seven deacons chosen to "serve tables" in the First Church of Jerusalem. This was not a job as a waiter in a restaurant. It was a job which was created to help the Apostles ...

3514. "Sneak Up On ‘Em!"

Acts 17:16-34

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Barbara Brokhoff

... brains?!" NO! Rather, he started with them. If those to whom we witness do not know God the Father as revealed in Christ, we do not and should not criticize or assault their intelligence. We might do well to start by talking about "their" gods. There are all kinds of gods today. Just because something seems real, doesn’t mean it is. Non-Christians have a wide range of gods. It might be a rock group. It may be a media personality. It could be a star like the late Elvis Presley. He was a god to thousands ...

3515. Is God Still God?

Isaiah 44:6-23

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John R. Brokhoff

... In the difficult days of your life, have you not asked, "Why me, God?" or "What have I done to deserve this?" We ask, "What kind of a God is he that lets or maybe even sends such hardships?" Our text comes from terrible times for the Jews. The Babylonians put ... us that he is king. As ruler, he governs the universe, and the nations are in his control. But as Jesus showed, he is a different kind of king from the kings of the world. Jesus, the Son of God, was born as a king of the royal line of David, lived as ...

3516. Sick Of A Sick Society

Jeremiah 14:1--15:21

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John R. Brokhoff

... to get morally and spiritually well. I spent last summer in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. One day I caught a cold and thought nothing of it. The cold got worse. I began to ache in all of my limbs. I thought I had the flu. I took all kinds of home remedies: aspirin, fluids, teromycin, Vicks vapo rub, a woolen scarf around a sore throat - and laid around the house. Still I got worse. I did not know what to do or what to take. Finally, in desperation, I went to a hospital where they found one lung ...

3517. The Church’s Fear and Comfort

Acts 9:19b-31

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Richard F. Bansemer

... became to teach us his hatred of sin. All of us know the story, else we would not be here today. The cross is the final message from him that sin is dangerous and must be ended. The resurrection is his response. I don’t know what kind of life you live and what kinds of justifications you make for the things you do, anymore than you know that much about me. But I know, and you know, that we’re not very fearful of God anymore. We’ve put sin on the back burner. We let the radio preachers talk about ...

3518. A Tale to be Told

Matthew 23:1-39

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George Bass

... name of God and righteousness. It has the ring of King Arthur’s word to Guinevere when she knelt before him in the nunnery, after her adultery was found out, "Lo, I forgive thee as the eternal God forgives." With those words of the most Christian kind of prayer on his lips, Stephen died and most certainly was transported to the side of Christ. And, don’t you suspect, that what Saul heard and saw outside the walls of Jerusalem that day was really the beginning of that transformation that changed him from ...

3519. Sowing to the Flesh

Romans 8:1-17

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Dennis Kastens

... ." You reap the same as you sow. If you plant onions, you don’t reap roses. Contrary-wise, when you plant delicious apples, you don’t reap gooseberries. When you sow dissipation, you don’t reap strength but rather corruption. When you sow kindness, you’ll eventually reap kindness. There is an old legend which comes down to us from the early Christians. It concerns the wicked Herod who slew the little babies in Bethlehem in his attempt to get rid of the infant Jesus. Wicked Herod, as we know, was so ...

3520. Overcoming Self

Philippians 1:1-11

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Dennis Kastens

... before he went limp to fall over the pretended cliff. For a moment the game came to a standstill as the cowboys and Indians gathered around to admire Cory’s talent for dying. It might be unthinkable for a captain in real life to choose a man for that kind of talent - yet, Jesus confronts us with this paradox: "Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Jesus is interested in people who will die to self, to pride, and to the assertion of their own ego ...

3521. Amazing Grace

Romans 3:21-31

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Robert G. Tuttle

... the harmonious beauty of the architecture. I can only say that for a few minutes my whole being was irradiated by a kind of heavenly joy, far more intense than anything I had known before. This state of mind lasted for several minutes, and, ... to God’s love (enabled by God’s love) I now produce good works. He is seeking to save us from unlife. How great is the kindness of God! We are God’s handiwork - created and recreated in Christ Jesus. The big question is, how do you receive this saving grace? As he ...

3522. Faith A New Potential for Life

Romans 4:1-25

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Robert G. Tuttle

... We think that God has hurt us (when we have only hurt ourselves), so we go on hurting others. Wake up! Come to! Realize that you are loved, so that you can truly love others. Remember? Jesus, knowing he was loved by the Father, lavished love on all kinds of people. They, being loved by Jesus, began to love others - and they, others. That’s it - the secret of God’s love. We experience God’s gift of love and discover that we are at peace; now, we reveal love in life’s tense situations (home, business ...

3523. Children of the Eighth Day

Romans 6:1-14

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Robert G. Tuttle

... ’s proper destiny. What is my special place in the second week of creation? I am glad we have outgrown Woodstock: 300,000 young people ebbing and flowing like a tide, two babies born, four deaths, four hundred treated for bad drug reactions. Is that the kind of world that God is trying to build? God cares for everyone of those stumbling kids; but he asks us: "Is that an investment of life? Will that produce a world of meaningful, joyful relationships? Is God calling us into a world of alcoholic numbness ...

3524. Life - The Womb of the Eternal

Romans 8:18-27

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Robert G. Tuttle

... the church and this was his prayer: "Jesus, it’s Mike I’m a drunk, but I don’t want to be one. I want to stop drinking I know it’s going to be hard. I know you can help me, Jesus. Amen." That kind of prayer opens the door to birth. Jesus found two different kinds of persons in one home. Martha was caught up in and strangled by the burdens of life; Mary was having her mind transformed by catching the spirit of Christ. Martha, made bitter by the burden of having to prepare the meal alone, called out ...

3525. Shepherding One Another in a Collapsing World

Romans 9:1-29

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Robert G. Tuttle

... . He loved them. Gorky said of Tolstoy, "I am not an orphan on earth as long as this man lives in it." The peasants of Tolstoy’s estate held a banner in his funeral procession: "Leo Tolstoy, the memory of your kindness will never die for us, your orphans." This kind of God-inspired caring becomes the framework of righteousness. Evil and love are deadly enemies! No one doubts but that Albert Schweitzer was a man of love. A friend of mine, Dr. Tom Stockton, was at Cambridge University when Schweitzer was ...

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