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351. And On the Third Day...

John 2:1-11

Sermon

William G. Carter

... if we are to become new creations in Christ, we have to let go of the old patterns, the familiar ways, and the comfortable habits. That’s not easy. The work of Jesus Christ in our lives is always about making something new: beginning over, establishing new relationships, claiming a new start. Changes can be disruptive. They demand all the strength and courage we can find. But if we are able to embrace what God is doing, we may find that some of the best wine has been saved until now. All of this points us ...

352. Reproached Rolled Away

Joshua 5:1-12

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , faith, and determination coupled with God’s grace and mercy. They would no longer dwell as slaves in Egypt and be blamed and castigated for their own oppression. They would no longer live as victims forever beholden to their victimizers but victors who would claim the promises of God. They would no longer wander waywardly in the wilderness but would become serious sojourners who could now have a home and food of their own that would nourish their bodies as they did God’s work. God was pleased with ...

353. You Shall Receive Power

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... ’s anointing power in our lives. Somehow it is hard to bring ourselves to believe that this power is given to little old me. But Jesus promises it. He promised it to his apostles and promises it to his people today who have faith in him. You can’t claim what has been given or promised to you if you don’t have faith. If you have faith, you can believe and achieve what God has promised and then you will receive power. When the Holy Spirit comes on you — thus the power comes when the Holy Spirit comes ...

354. The Bedrock of Faith

Mark 13:1-8 · Luke 21:5-19

Sermon

Brett Blair

... end of the line was not amused. "Sorry, sir," she said, "but I don't know much about theology," to which the pastor responded, "Neither does the writer of the book you're selling." It is the greatest of all biblical mysteries. 23 of the 27 New Testament books claim that Christ will one day return but we have no indication of when or what will usher it in. The problem with predicting the Second Coming is that most predictions center on world events. Let me let you in on a little secret. World events are not ...

355. On Fooling a Mafia Don

Luke 16:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... 've got a family to feed. There's nothing else I can do." There's nothing surprising about such thinking. People do it all the time in our society today. A man in Florida had survived Hurricane Andrew. One day one of his neighbors asked him, "So, what claims are you putting in?" The man had not suffered any damage to his house or car from the storm, so he answered, "None." The neighbor couldn't believe it. "Hey, here's your opportunity to collect a few bucks," the neighbor said. "The insurance companies are ...

356. Peace

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... , of course, Three is the number that counts." But before he had finished Number Four said, "With four bells you’ve got the perfect square. I must be the most important." Then Five said, "But I’m one more than Four, so anything that Four claims, I can claim one extra." Six, of course, had a great deal to say for himself because six means half-a-dozen. Nothing could be more important than Six. Then Number Seven spoke, "Well, there are seven gifts of the Holy spirit, and seven cardinal virtues and seven ...

357. Superstition Or Authentic Faith?

Luke 13:1-9

Sermon

King Duncan

... there room for a cross in your life? Are you using God or is He using you? Why do bad things happen to good people? That's a tough one. Here's one even tougher. It is the question Charles Colson asked. With so many persons in this land who claim to be followers of Jesus, why are we not having more influence? Maybe it's because some of us are out searching for fourleaf covers rather than taking up a cross and following him. 1. Donald W. Morgan, HOW TO GET IT TOGETHER WHEN YOUR WORLD IS COMING APART, (Old ...

358. Victory on a Broken Knee

2 Timothy 4:6-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... off but its point sticking firmly in the rocky soil. He went to work and, to his amazement, just a few feet beyond where he had found the pick he came upon a rich vein of gold. Later he would learn that another man had once worked that claim. This man had invested many years of his life searching for gold. He also had begun with high hopes and great dreams. But those hopes dissipated into bitter disappointment when he labored and was not rewarded. It became harder day by day to sustain that dream, to swing ...

359. A Prize Is Waiting For You!

Matthew 13:44-46

Sermon

King Duncan

... Kingdom, but most of us would be greatly embarrassed if we were actually to catch up with the Kingdom."(4) Jesus says we don't have to chase the Kingdom. It's already here. It's already available. We have already won the prize - all we have to do is claim it. All we have to do is let God reign without reservation in our hearts. If we do that, we will discover a joy that the world cannot know. 1. Isaac Asimov, BOOK OF FACTS, (New York: Wings Books, 1979), pp. 16-17. 2. James Hewett, HOW TO LIVE CONFIDENTLY ...

360. Can We Really Trust God?

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

King Duncan

... as "being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Don't expect much respect in our society if you claim allegiance to a God no one can see, or to promises that will only be fulfilled in the future. Today, our Bible passage is about Abraham ... of a son in his old age, God's promises to us are vast and awesome--beyond our comprehension. For this reason, few who claim to follow Christ really base their lives on God's promises. When we come to a crossroads, we are more likely to choose the ...

361. A Green Couch For God

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

Sermon

King Duncan

... only place he felt comfortable. He began talking to the other bar customers about Jesus. At first, they made fun of him. After a while, they began to ask him questions. The man ended his talk by saying that he had brought fourteen of his friends to Christ. Jimmy Carter claims that no one remembered his or Billy Graham's talk from that night, but people are still talking about the truck driver's testimony. (5) The pull to conform is so strong. Don't we all want to fit in? Won't our life be easier if we don't ...

362. Are You Ready For Your Inheritance?

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... that glory will never end! That is God's promise that is sealed in the life of every believer. And this grand inheritance is ours for the taking. All we have to do is accept it. This inheritance already has our name on it. All we have to do is claim it. In the summer of 1961 the Leningrad Ballet was returning to Russia from a triumphant tour of the West. The plane that was to take them back home was ready to board at the Paris airport when suddenly one of the group, a dancer named Rudolf Nureyev, made a ...

363. Do You Know This Man?

John 6:25-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... to communicate that love. And in this way, Jesus changes not only our ideas about God, Jesus changes our relationship WITH God. Up until now, the people of Israel have been worshiping and serving God. Now it is time to know God. Author Bruce Wilkinson claims that most Christians fall into one of two categories: those who have a relationship with God and those who have a responsibility to God. Those Christians who have a relationship with God look to their faith for the answers to life's questions. They don ...

364. DO WE REALLY MEAN IT?

Drama

Angela Akers

... crowd that carried people away? Were we just swept away by fleeting emotions? Did they really mean it when they cried, `Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! King of Israel!''?" Did any of us really mean it? We can excuse our words by claiming that we were caught up in the moment, but we can''t excuse our actions later on. We called Him King one day, then in a span of a few more days, found it meet to spit upon Him. What were we thinking? He didn''t deserve that. “Of ...

365. Let the Son Shine In

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... is brilliant, but in the end it will flicker and die. But I am for you the Light of the world which will last forever; the one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life!” Again, Jesus is making a Messianic claim. That is why His words brought such a strong reaction from His audience. “No man has ever spoken this way before,” they said. “Why, he is making Himself equal with God!” (Not quite, for later on He would say, “The Father is greater than I” - John 14:28 ...

366. The Jesus Connection

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... people. John is saying nothing less than that Jesus Christ is really what life is all about. This is an astounding claim. The metaphor comes, as I said, from agricultural (or vinicultural) society. One wonders what metaphor Jesus might choose to use were He ... of our lives all of the diabolical and demonic things which harm us and drag us down. We can resist that spiritual housecleaning, or claim that we don’t really need it, trying to sweep all of the ugliness within our souls under the rug, as it were, but ...

367. When Tradition Gets in the Way

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... . Jesus was quite sure that any rule and regulation which prevented a man from giving help where help was needed was nothing less than a contradiction of the law of God. We must have a care that we never allow rules and regulations to paralyze the claims of charity and love. Nothing that prevents us from helping a fellow-man can ever be a rule approved by God.” (Barclay, William, Daily Study Bible, The Gospel of Mark, Phila: The Westminster Press, 1956, p. 174) When tradition gets in the way of love it ...

368. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... Bishop was once asked whether or not he had received the “second blessing.” “Well,” he said, “I’ve received the first, the third, the fourth, the fifth, and innumerable blessings, but when I got to the second one, I saw so many ornery people who claimed that they had received it, I passed that one by.” But for Wesley, the “second blessing,” the “second touch” of God’s grace was Perfect Love. The ability to see people not as things, but as persons, and to love them as Christ has first ...

369. Jesus and the IRS

Mark 12:13-17

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... draft. He opposed the war in Vietnam. Like many young men of that day, he became guilty of what some have called “premature morality.” He saw the wickedness of that war before the rest of us did. But, unlike some, Pastor Doten’s son refused to claim exemption as a student, nor did he to flee to Canada. Instead, he stayed here and openly defied the draft. For that he went to prison. About that time, his father’s church was producing a special dramatic program...something like we will be doing tonight ...

370. Holy Tuesday

Mark 11:27-33

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... included most of the priests. They were naturally collaborationist with Rome, for they wished to preserve the perks of their office. They differed from the Pharisees in certain matters, especially their belief (or non-belief) in life after death. And they could claim a long tradition. In the earliest pages of the Bible, there is no developed belief in life after death. At death, they believed, the departed go to “Sheol,” a shadowy place, where there is no real “existence.” Psalm 6:5 says: “...in ...

371. The Ultimate Thirst Quencher (Alternate Addition to the "I Am" series: Living water)

John 7:25-44

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... turn it on. The problem arises when we think we can do that in our spiritual life. Our circumstances are different from the people who lived in the hot and arid land of first century Palestine, but Jesus could easily use the same language and make the same claim today that he made to the people at the Feast of the Tabernacles. The point of the passage is powerful; it gets to the purpose of life. What is it that we thirst for? What are those passions which govern our thoughts and saturate our existence? What ...

372. Did You Leave the the Door Open? (I am the gate)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... our study of Jesus at the Feast of the Tabernacles. It is amazing what happens when Jesus goes to church. Last week we examined the bold claim of Jesus, "I am the Light of the world." Our lesson today is part of a larger block of scripture--John 10:1-21. This is ... sacrificial, substitutionary death of Jesus Christ for the sins of the world. All we have to do is to respond to this great claim by Jesus Christ. I share one of my favorite stories that I once clipped from the Readers'' Digest. A gentleman wrote in ...

373. Who Needs a Shepherd? (I am the good shepherd)

John 10:1-21

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... people than does a Good Shepherd, who authentically provides and cares for the sheep under his care. There is no more tender--secure--loving--enabling word in the English language than that of a Good Shepherd. Today, I want to share 3 reasons why the bold claim of Jesus Christ, "I am the Good Shepherd," has brought comfort and assurance to hearts and ears in every generation. First, the Good Shepherd knows us by name. I don''t know if there is anything more uplifting than for someone to know our name. That ...

374. Dying And Rising With Christ

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... mere sentiment, not so. It is the very heart of our faith that God will finish what he has begun, and nothing is finished in this world until God is finished with it. Nothing is finished in this world until God is finished with it. And John boldly claims that God will not be finished until he brings into perfect existence a new heaven and a new earth. Death has no power over us, because in Christ we have begun that new life which transcends death and is being perfected by God. Sharing Christ’s risen life ...

375. Miracles In Contrast

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... Matthew and Luke, he didn’t talk about the Bethlehem drama with Mary and Joseph and the baby, the shepherds, the wise men, and the angels, though even there the witness to miracles in contrast is our gift, but rather John began to make some stupendous claims about the life and character of Jesus, this one who came at Christmas time. These are assertions are flung down in a kind of wild abandon and confidence as though the writer is stumbling over himself, rushing hurriedly on, trying to get down on paper ...

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