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3576. The Poor In Spirit

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

John A. Terry

... . These are not generic "words to live by" that get published in the Sunday magazine section. These are words Jesus spoke particularly to the disciples. That is why they went up the mountain to be alone. The word translated as "blessed" is commonly translated today as "happy." Robert Schuller wrote a book titled The Be Happy Attitudes. There is a joy the word implies. The problem with the word "happy" is that it is rooted ...

3577. The Meek

Psalm 37:1-40

Sermon

John A. Terry

... heart." Izaak Walton "Selfish men may possess the earth; it is the meek only who inherit it from the Heavenly Father, free from all defilements and perplexities of unrighteousness." Woolman "Meekness is love at school, at the school of Christ. It is the disciple learning to know, and fear, and distrust himself, and learning of him who is meek and lowly in heart, and so finding rest in his soul." J. Hamilton "Meekness cannot well be counterfeited. It is not insensitivity, or unmanliness, or whine. It is ...

3578. A Man with Leprosy

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon Aid

Richard A. Jensen

... probably premature, however, to tackle the topic of "faith" in Mark's Gospel. Mark still has much to say on the reality of faith. A key passage will be Mark 4:35-41. Jesus is asleep in the boat with his disciples. A great storm arises on the sea and Jesus sleeps on! The disciples wake Jesus and cry out for his help. Jesus' response to their frantic behavior is surprising. "Why are you afraid?" he asks them. "Have you still no faith?" Two responses to Jesus are presented in this story. People can be in fear ...

3579. Second Sunday of Easter

John 20:19-23

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... with the hope for new life. In the name of our risen Savior, we ask you to bless others as you have blessed us, unlocking every door that confines one of your children. Amen. Commissioning and Blessing Ldr: Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which we have not had time to share in this service. But these have been shared so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. Cng: We do believe that ...

3580. Who Do You Say I Am?

Mark 8:27-30

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

The Community Gathers to Celebrate (Leader 1 and Leader 5 should be at microphones in the front of the sanctuary. Leader 2, Leader 3 and Leader 4 should be sitting in the pews, and just shout out their response from there.) Leader 1: Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" Leader 2: John the Baptist! Leader 3: Elijah! Leader 4: One of the prophets! Leader 1: Then Jesus asked, "Who do you say that I am?" Leader 5: "You are the Messiah." Leader 1: Then Jesus began to teach them about the ...

3581. Seeking Honor

Mark 10:35-45

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... kingdom of God is not what many would expect. Left: In the world, people who are recognized as leaders lord it over everyone else. Right: And people who reach greatness become tyrants over everyone around them. Leader: This is not the way it works among Christ's disciples. Left: For us, whoever wishes to become great must be a servant to everyone else. Right: And whoever wishes to be first among us must become a slave to all of us. Leader: Jesus, Servant King of the new world, we come seeking to learn this ...

3582. Only the Birth Pangs

Mark 13:1-31

Bulletin Aid

RobertT D. Ingram

... My Hand and Lead Me" *"O Lord of Light, Who Made the Stars" "Soon and Very Soon" *"Stand By Me" *"When Peace, Like a River" Reading the Scripture Recruit three people to read the gospel lesson. One should read the narration, one the words of the disciples, and one the words of Jesus. Have someone read verses 1-2. Then have the congregation sing the first two stanzas of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Then have verses 3-8 read, and after this the congregation concludes by singing the last three stanzas ...

3583. How Does Religious Conduct Work?

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... our communion with God." Our text brings us the story of one of Jesus' early miracles. His fame was spreading and we read of crowds of both curious and needy folk pressing in upon him so much that he was not able to be alone for a moment with his disciples or himself. Mark comments, "He could not be hid." (v. 24) On this particular day, on an excursion on foot from Tyre and Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, he was stopped by a small unidentified group who brought to him a deaf-mute, a man who couldn't hear ...

3584. Come Out!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... call it a miracle.” And, people who love God still hear the call to unbind the hands, and feet, and faces of those who are encased in various forms of decay and dying. The conclusion: since Jesus still works, restoring people to life, and his disciples still, in his name, unbind hands and feet, and unwrap faces, what reason do we have to doubt that in the time of his presence Jesus called forth Lazarus and instructed those around to serve his needs. 1. Unbind the hands. An American Indian, Stanley Hill ...

3585. Wisdom for the Living of These Days

Proverbs 2:1-22

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... God to do for you? Be careful! What you want you may get! One time Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus, “What do you want me to do for you?” Do you want wisdom? If so, how badly do you want it? More than anything else? A story is told about a disciple’s coming to Buddha and asking him for enlightenment. Without saying a word, Buddha plunged the man under the water of a nearby river and held him there for a long time. When he pulled him up, the man was coughing and choking, trying to get water out of his ...

3586. The Banquet Bowl

Mark 9:38-41

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... obey us, but he says that we should rather be glad because our names are written in heaven. Because we are first God's friends." James told Micah that this had happened to others too at the Banquet Bowl. James said that Jesus' words freed a few more disciples at every banquet and that it was only a matter of time and the entire world would be included in the Lord's kingdom banquet net. Thus for Conrad, his upcoming win would only be a Pyrrhic victory. But for Micah, even bringing one dispersed sheep to God ...

3587. A Formula For Greatness

Mark 9:33-37

Sermon

Robert Salzgeber

... the gift of greatness: when we do not think we are great we are then open and free to be great. "And Jesus humbled himself and became obedient even unto death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him ..." The fact that the disciples were arguing among themselves as to who was the greatest implicates them: they are not great. Jesus implies that if they were truly great they would not be arguing about greatness. Jesus said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must place himself last of all ...

3588. Living By Faith And Trust

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... carried him through trials and rejections. It was a faith and trust that opened to him the windows of eternity. In a moment of fear upon the heavy seas of Galilee, Jesus slept in the back of the boat. Later he quieted the fears of those distraught and sweating disciples. (Mark 4:35-41) Jesus taught this! Standing on the edge of some Galilean field he said, "Consider the lilies of the field; they do not work, they do not spin, yet I tell you even Solomon in all his splendor was not attired like one of these ...

3589. Have You Confronted Christ?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... this sermon from these verses in Mark's gospel! That is the point of the Christian faith! Each of us is involved in the confrontation. The confrontation came early and with great force in Jesus' ministry. As Mark tells the story, Jesus had just chosen his disciples. He had just begun his teaching times, and word spread quickly that his touch could heal broken lives. The crowds were eager to hear him and to receive from him. The beginning verse of the text tells of it, "the crowd came together again so that ...

3590. Listen

1 Samuel 2:12-26

Sermon

Charles Curley

... the Christmas season, when you're feeling nostalgic for simpler times. It seems weak and foolish in the harsh light of summer politics. We can be so sentimental about children. One day Jesus heard his disciples trying to prevent parents from bringing their children to see him and touch him. He became angry with his disciples and said, "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God." - Mark 20:14b Sometimes we look at this story and the only significant learning ...

3591. Dirty Hands, Clean Heart

Mark 7:1-23

Children's Sermon

... class when a teacher became ill at the last minute. This woman wasn't always clean but she always helped at church. She reminds me of this morning's lesson. In the lesson some men were trying to find things wrong with Jesus. These men said that Jesus' disciples didn't clean themselves the way they should. Jesus became angry when he heard this. Jesus told these men, "Just because you wash your hands one way instead of another does not make you a clean person. You are a clean person when your heart is clean ...

3592. Lent 5

John 12:20-36, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Hebrews 4:14-5:10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... the presence of Jesus. Our calling as the church is to refuse access to those who oppose the gospel and grant access to those who really want to meet the Lord. Outline: 1. Secretaries are doorkeepers, granting or withholding access to the boss. 2. The disciples were doorkeepers for Jesus (vv. 20-22). 3. The church is the doorkeeper for the Lord. What we do intentionally or unintentionally affects access to Jesus. 4. Are you introducing to Jesus those who want to see him and know him? 3. Sermon Title: The ...

3593. Proper 10

Mark 6:14-29, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... in heaven and earth under the headship of Jesus Christ. For the Church, Christ is to be the head. Is he the head of your life or are you a decapitated Christian? Outline: 1. John was decapitated because he witnessed to the truth. 2. This left his disciples without a head. 3. Jesus was also killed for his witness to the truth but still lives as head of the Church. 4. Some Christians and congregations are decapitated they don't honor Christ as their head. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 24 "The ...

3594. All Saints' Sunday

Jn 11:32-44 · Mt 5:1-12 · Isa 25:6-9 · Rev 7:9-17; 21:1-6 · Ps 24

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... alive, to heal him. "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" (v. 37). For them, it was too late. There was nothing Jesus could do now. They were clearly wrong. Death is the ultimate healing for those who are disciples of Christ. We awake from the sleep of death into the realm where there is no pain or sorrow or death. Outline: Many of the Jews felt that Jesus should have come to heal Lazarus (v. 37). Jesus purposely waited for Lazarus to die, so he could demonstrate ...

3595. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Deuteronomy 18:14-22, Mark 1:21-28

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... and be conscience stricken. The situation described by Paul doesn't exist any longer but the underlying principle remains: all that we do should be governed by love for the neighbor. Epistle: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 After calling four disciples, Jesus launches his ministry in the town of Capernaum, along the Sea of Galilee, by teaching in the synagogue. Jesus astounds his listeners by speaking with such authority; he taught as if he had a direct line from God, not quoting the noted rabbis ...

3596. Proper 24

Job 38:1–41:34, Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Mark 10:35-45, Hebrews 5:1-10

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... that he could be the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. Lesson 2: Hebrews 4:14-16 (RC); Hebrews 4:12-16 (E) (See Proper 23) Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 (C, RC, E) James and John, who with Peter formed a sort of inner circle of disciples, ask Jesus for a favor. They request that, after Jesus wins his victory and is established in his kingdom, they might sit in the places of honor, one at his right hand and one at his left. The concept of a suffering messiah was still foreign to them; what Jesus ...

3597. Love And Friendship

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Mark J. Molldrem

... in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins." When Jesus discusses friendship with his disciples in the Gospel of John, he speaks about it in terms of laying down his life, offering up his life. The sign of a true friend is the willingness to give up one's life for the sake of the one befriended. Against the Old Testament background of "sacrifice for ...

3598. Love One Another (or Strike Up The Band)

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Lee Griess

... one another what is most important for us -- God's love. As Jesus says this morning, "A new commandment I give to you: that you should love one another, even as I have loved you, you should love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." Note, dear friends, that most of all, first and foremost, that which God desires of us is that we love one another. We may tithe. We may teach. We may sing or serve or sacrifice. We may visit on behalf of our congregation, preach ...

3599. The End of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Dr. Raymond Bailey

... new growing season. The feast of Pentecost always occurred on Sunday, fifty days after Passover. Jewish pilgrims came from all over the world to be in the holy city for that celebration. Jesus died during Passover. He, however, came alive, conversed with His disciples, and ascended into heaven shortly before the Feast of Pentecost. He spoke to them of the Holy Spirit, whom He would send in His place to dwell in and empower His followers. He asked that they remain in Jerusalem in prayer. They did -- fasting ...

3600. A Big Fisherman · Peter

Mt 16:13-20 · Jn 1:35-42

Sermon

Gordon Pratt Baker

... numerous, tomorrow another to Asia Minor. But whether writing his appeal or making it in person Peter was careful to proclaim the law of love with equal vigor. Nor did Peter neglect Jerusalem while doing all this. Instead, as Henry K. Rowe reminds us, he led his fellow disciples "in a drive on the callous soul of Jerusalem and won many." Here was a man who might give out, but he would never give up. For he had the courage to follow the dictates of his heart, not the least of which was the conviction he held ...

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