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3651. That's Our God For You!

Luke 19:28-44

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... to be most free. He did not condone violent action; he would not be party to it. He didn't ask for 100 legions of angels to come and deliver him from the situation because he came to that hour for that purpose. Nor did he allow the disciples to take up arms and fight for him. When Peter grabbed his sword and began to do battle, Jesus rebuked him saying, "Those who live by the sword will die by the sword." Once order was restored, Jesus quietly, and without protest, led the soldiers back into town where ...

3652. Jesus Is Taken Up To Heaven

Acts 1:12-26, Acts 1:1-11

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

Suggestions: Use as an anthem. Readers: 1 woman 4 men of various ages Key: 1 = storyteller 2 = disciple 3 = Jesus 4 and 5 = men in white 1: So when (the Disciples) had come together, they asked him, 2: "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" 1: He replied, 3: "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when ...

3653. Take Off The Grave Clothes!

John 11:38-44

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... would raise Lazarus because he loved him so and understood that his mission of convincing others of his power would be partially fulfilled by this act. There were fellow Jews who needed to be assured of the truth and power of miracles. There were those disciples who lived with him, ate with him, walked and talked with him, and cried with him who still weren't convinced but needed to be told of the power and promise of his purpose. There were those bystanders, naysayers, and dream slayers. Those prophets of ...

3654. Holy Diet

John 6:24-35

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... those important requisites that make them completely satisfied in Christ. What were the circumstances that drew this strong and telling remark from Jesus? It was the morning after the day he had fed the five thousand on the Galilean hillside. He and the disciples had crossed the lake, but the people followed them. Uppermost in their thinking was the human cry for bread. Moreover, behind it all was their misconception of Jesus' mission and their notion that life was a matter of performing certain things, in ...

3655. Doing Our Homework

Matthew 9:9-13

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... and ministry of Jesus they would not have had to spend a great deal of time doing their homework. A paralytic is healed, both physically and spiritually. A tax collector, whose way of living spoke of graft and greed, is welcomed and offered a pew with the disciples. And sinners, souls and spirits tarnished by what society has done to them or said about them, find a forgiving word at the table of the Christ. Can it be that in doing our homework we rediscover what this means: “Thus says the Lord, I want ...

3656. Give Me A Break!

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Larry Goodpaster

... sarcasm. The kind of day some of us have far too often. That was the kind of day Jesus was having. The picture of that day is painted for us by Matthew in the opening verses of the 11th chapter. It started when Jesus received a group of disciples from the camp of John the Baptist. John was now securely locked away in a prison cell, but from that dark imprisonment, he had sent these followers with a question. “Are you really the one?” This question was not what Jesus wanted to hear, especially from John ...

3657. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... a few person-to-person telephone calls? James Stuart of Edinburgh used to say that Jesus had to leave in order that our religion would be spiritualized. Apparently Jesus wanted a religion that is a matter of experience and not of appearance or language. Jesus' words to His disciples are quite clear. They are recorded in John's gospel: "... you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will ...

3658. Of Seeing and Hearing

Mark 7:31-37

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... a deaf and dumb man to Jesus. Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. “Ephphatha,” he said. “Be opened.” The man’s ears were opened and his tongue released so that he spoke plainly. Standing nearby, the disciples looked upon the event and saw the marvel of God at work in Jesus. Jesus approaches you and me. Being able to hear and speak, we do not need our ears literally opened nor our tongues physically released. Nevertheless it may well be that our hearing ...

3659. The Rich Young Ruler

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the Son of God. He was simply a new prophet, with an exciting message, a magnetic personality, and eyes that gripped you when you spoke to him. He was certainly not the Christ of the Apostles’ Creed. At this point in his ministry, not even the disciples looked upon Jesus in that regard. The stone of Easter had not yet been rolled away. Under similar circumstances are we quite certain that our reaction would have been much different? For a few moments this morning I would like to champion the cause of this ...

3660. Such a Good Time

Matthew 17:4

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to do so much that I don't care if I ever stop. The reason I told you about the popcorn is because it reminds me of one day when Peter, James, and John were with Jesus on the top Of a mountain. Something wonderful happened. While the disciples were looking around, Jesus turned the whitest white they had ever seen. His clothes were so white they seemed to shine. Also while they were watching him there seemed to be two other people appear whom they had never seen before. They had not climbed the mountain, but ...

3661. Cold Water and Kindness

Matthew 10:1-42

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... know. Some people think they are kind but they are good only to their friends or to people who can help them. Kind people really do not live like this. They are the same to everyone. The Bible teaches us that Christians are kind people. Jesus taught all of his disciples to be kind people. It did not make any difference to Jesus if you lived next door or in another country, he taught us to be kind to everyone. Jesus did not care if you were black or white, red or yellow; you should be kind to all people ...

3662. An Our Good Works And Generosity

Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... determine our heart, as Jesus says, is just another way of claiming that our treasures determine our ultimate loyalties, our god. Jesus makes it clear that this is his point at the end of the chapter from which we have been reading, when he tells his disciples and us first to seek God's kingdom, and then all worldly things will be ours. Order your priorities, the first commandment teaches. But inevitably we fail to get it right. This is why all our works, even the very best ones like faith, commitment to ...

3663. The Majesty Of God's Love

John 17:1-11

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... today on this last Sunday of Easter, the Sunday after the festival of Jesus' ascension into heaven with the church's celebration of the Trinity not far off, the last sentence of our lesson for today is especially crucial to us. Jesus had been talking to his disciples about life after he left them (John 14:2-3, 18). By the time he got to the prayer in our lesson for today, he was addressing the theme of his glorification (John 17:1). Of course, Jesus' glorification happened both at the resurrection and again ...

3664. From Inferiority To Fulfillment

Isaiah 62:1-12

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... Jesus at the wedding feast at Cana is about this God of affirmation, although this may not be clear at first reading. On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited to the marriage, with his disciples. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine. "And Jesus said to her, "0 woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come. "His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you. "Now six stone ...

3665. Wedding: All in One Sentence

John 2:1-11

Sermon Aid

Raymond Gibson

... presence in Cana of Galilee.” The account of this wedding is found in the second chapter of The Gospel of John: “On the third day there was a marriage at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; Jesus also was invited, with his disciples.” (John 2:1-2) What lovely images confront us in those two verses! A Jewish wedding was an occasion of great joy and hilarious festivity. All who were friends of both families were invited, as well as all the relatives. And John emphasized, “Jesus also ...

3666. James · A Loyal Man

Matthew 20:20-23

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... king the world has ever had. Jesus loved James because he was loyal, so loyal that one day James actually died telling people about Jesus. That's right, James died because people who hated the good things that Jesus said and did killed his disciples. James was the first disciple friend of Jesus who died but we remember him still, even today. As a matter of fact, whenever I see a sea shell - any sea shell - I think about that friend of Jesus who walked many, many miles to tell people about his King called ...

3667. John · A Man of Trust

John 19:26-27

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... to trust him that much. Jesus had a friend whom he could trust. His name was John, and he was one of the apostles. John had a brother, James, and he was a good friend of two other fishermen named Peter and Andrew. John was the youngest of the disciples and he thought the world of Jesus. All the apostles loved Jesus and believed that he was the Son of God, but there was something special between Jesus and John. No one ever said that they were the best friends or that John was the favorite of Jesus, but ...

3668. Bartholomew · A Salesman with a Special Work

Luke 6:12-16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... door neighbors and anyone else I knew. But have you ever tried to sell something to someone you did not know? It is a lot different selling to people you do not know than it is to your family and friends. It is also a lot harder. Jesus had a disciple who was a salesman, and a good one. His name was Bartholomew, and he was one of Jesus' earliest friends. He listened to everything Jesus said and watched him closely so that he would know what to do if Jesus ever asked him to do a special work. Bartholomew used ...

3669. Crown Him Lord!

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

... the church's year, we have been hearing about the king who was coming, the anointed one of God who would save his people. Astrologers from the east came inquiring of Herod, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?" When called as a disciple, Nathanael answered, almost prophetically, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel." At one point in Jesus' ministry, the people responded so enthusiastically that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king. When Jesus rides ...

3670. Called in From Off-stage

1 Samuel 16:1-13

Sermon

Donald Zelle

... . The large number of reported child-abuse cases in the homes of Americans is alarming. It tells us that we have yet to understand the words of Jesus about the importance of children. Jesus put a child on center stage for the disciples, in order to tell the disciples of all time that he who receives a child, receives God (Mark 9:37)! We have not sufficiently learned that children are not commodities that can bear the brunt of our anger, hostility, and frustration. God has an important place for seemingly ...

3671. I Doubt It!

John 20:24-31

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... . Everybody tried to tell Thomas that Jesus was alive, but he wouldn't believe. He said, "Unless I see it with my own two eyes and touch him with my own hands, I am not going to believe." And guess what? (response) Jesus appeared again to the disciples and this time Thomas was there. Thomas saw Jesus with his own two eyes and touched him with his own two hands and then Thomas believed. Then Jesus said something wonderful. He said, "Thomas, you have believed because you have seen; blessed are those who have ...

3672. Feel the Wind in Your Face

Acts 2:1-13

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... setting and make sure that it rotates to hit everyone or manually direct the fan to sweep across the children. While their eyes are closed, explain Remember, don't open your eyes. Act as though you are praying. I want to tell you a story from the Bible. The disciples and some others were in a room, and they were praying. The Holy Spirit came upon them like wind. They were so excited about it that they ran outside and began to tell the other people what had happened to them. Turn off the fan. Now open your ...

3673. Finish What You Started

Luke 9:51-56

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... : Jesus has "set his face to Jerusalem" and is determined to fulfill the will of God. The Disciples are asked to put their hand to the plow and not look back, i.e., to finish what ... he heads straight for it. He never looks back. If he looks back, the plow might get crooked, and if the plow gets crooked, what happens? (the lines get crooked) Jesus told his disciples to keep their eyes on him and not to look back. When mom or dad ask you to pick up your toys or help out around the house, you can't be distracted ...

3674. Beasts, Saints and Chaos

Daniel 7:15-28, Daniel 7:1-14

Sermon

Paul W. F. Harms

... he was betrayed by violence into violence which ruthlessly violated him and the world he had created; in that night of betrayal when we could have expected him to do anything but what he did do, he took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, "This is my body broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Then after supper when he had given thanks, he took the cup and said, "This is the new covenant in my blood. Drink of it; all of you. Do this as often as you drink ...

3675. Remember, Rejoice, Revive

John 14:15-31

Eulogy

Richard F. Bansemer

... we ever let go of a loved one on our own? Would we ever cast the ballot to decide who's next? No, our voting would be cruel, and we would all be filled with guilt. None of us could cast the unprejudiced ballot.Yet, when Jesus talked with his disciples, he told them about the future and his coming departure. It was enough to fill them with dread. It made them revolt: "No, Jesus. Not you. Things are going well. You must tell us more about the way to live. A lot more people need your touch of healing. Think ...

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