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351. Proper 5

Genesis 12:1-8, Hosea 5:1-15, Hosea 6:1-6, Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 9:18-26, Romans 4:1-25

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Russell F. Anderson

... used Abraham and Sarah in their sunset years to start a new nation 2. God is the source of generativity, not youth (give examples of older people who lead productive and creative lives) 3. To what new thing is God calling you? A Great evangelist of the nineteenth century, Dwight L. Moody, describes three different kinds of faith. First, there is struggling faith, which is compared to a person struggling to survive in deep waters. Second, there is clinging faith, which is likened to a person clinging to the ...

352. Christmas 2

Mt 2:13-23 · Jn 1:1-18 · Eph 1:3-14 · Jer 31:7-14 · Is 61:10--62:3 · Ps 147

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Russell F. Anderson

... of divine design. John takes pains to point out that God created everything that has being. This was to counter those who maintained that the material universe was evil, the work of an evil god. No, creation is good, Spirit ordered and animated, maintains the Evangelist. To yield up this truth would prove disastrous, resulting in a split between the material and the spiritual. God would no longer be the Lord of all life. There are many who would rejoice to exile God to the heavens. Then they could rape and ...

353. Any FAX, Or E-Mail From God Today?

1 Samuel 2:12-26

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Harold Warlick

... three wandering strangers. God phoned Samuel late at night. God placed a call to Jacob down a long ladder. God whispered to Elijah on Mount Horeb. It would be comparatively easy for God to place a call or give an interview to our world. The tele-evangelists claim to reach the whole world via the airways and cable television. If Jesus came "in the fullness of time," what about now? Wouldn't everyone pause and lend an ear if God used the telephone, the Internet, or a satellite just once and called earth ...

354. Times Of Refreshing

Acts 3:11-26

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E. Carver McGriff

... Is there such a thing as an unforgivable sin?" The answer is, "Yes!" It's the sin of thinking I'm not sinful. I can't be forgiven if I think I don't need to be forgiven. I once attended a meeting of pastors, at which a well-known evangelist was scolding us in a friendly way for the fact that most preaching is phrased in generalities that laity often find confusing. He then asked: "Is there someone here who can give us a concrete illustration of grace?" An elderly pastor stood up, drew a coin from his pocket ...

355. Jesus: The Only Way To God?

Acts 4:1-22

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E. Carver McGriff

... uncertain in the movie, so it seems is the case for us as we gather here. But faith offers this promise, perhaps best expressed by Jesus with these words as recorded by Mark: "The one who endures to the end will be saved." The famous nineteenth century evangelist Dwight L. Moody once told of the time his father scolded him rather severely for some act of misconduct, though he was basically a kind parent. So Dwight was especially upset and surprised at this anger. However, as he walked by his dad's room a ...

356. Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

Acts 10:23b-48

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E. Carver McGriff

... opened a two-game series against Dallas, the weakest team in the league. They proceeded to lose, getting only one hit, and that by the pitcher. The coach, Josh O'Reilly, and the team were beside themselves with discouragement. It seems there was an evangelist in the nearby community, a Reverend Schlater, who was conducting healing services in a tent. That afternoon Coach O'Reilly walked into the downcast team's dressing room, pushing a wheelbarrow, and asked each player to pick his two favorite bats and put ...

357. Standing Firm

Isaiah 50:1-11

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E. Carver McGriff

... . Jesus seemed to believe that if we can practice the ethic of love, we can avoid both extremes, each of us standing firm in what we truly believe. One Dr. White, a highly respected clergyman, was approached by church members who had decided to invite a certain evangelist to town for a series of tent meetings. This was a more conservative approach to the faith than Dr. White preferred so he told them they were free to do this but he hoped they would excuse him from participation. It so happened there was a ...

358. Easter Consecration

John 17:6-19

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Harry N. Huxhold

... present. It is in prayer that we reach up for the strength that God offers. Jesus teaches us how available God's grace is. The Prayer Of Jesus The prayer which Jesus prayed for the disciples is of excellent composition. We are not told how the evangelist was informed of the prayer. However, the prayer is of the most noble and spiritual substance. Prayed in a moment when our Lord knew that the zero hour had come for him to face his enemies and ultimately the death they would impose upon him, Jesus prayed ...

359. Jesus Transfigured

Mark 9:2-13

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Harry N. Huxhold

... people whom they had served so faithfully. God could not have sent better representatives to talk with Jesus. They were the experienced veterans who could talk about what they had encountered. And talk they did. Mark records simply that they "were talking with Jesus." The evangelist Luke is the one who tells us that they talked about "his departure which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem" (Luke 9:31). They were preparing Jesus for what he still had to face. The worst was yet to come. However, no doubt, they ...

360. Easter 4

John 10:1-21

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes The mixture of "shepherd" and "door" images for Jesus in this passage suggests two originally separate sayings of Jesus fused and interpreted by the evangelist. The more accessible, though dated, image is that of the shepherd (vv. 1-6 and again in 8 and 10ff.), the point of which here is the intimate relationship of trust between the care-giver and the cared-for: they know and heed his voice, while he protects their lives ...

361. Easter 5

John 14:1-4, John 14:5-14

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Dennis Koch

... elaboration does not occur until vv. 15ff., where it becomes clear that what John has in mind is not an event of the distant future, but rather precisely the gift of the Holy Spirit, which, in effect, makes the apocalypse a "now" event for both the evangelist and us. Liturgical Color White Suggested Hymns At The Lamb's High Feast We Sing Amid The World's Bleak Wilderness Lord Of All Nations Grant Me Grace Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me Easter 5 Lord, the news of the resurrection of Jesus turned the world ...

362. Epiphany 2

John 1:29-34

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Dennis Koch

... inferential, but the witness of the Baptist to Jesus is direct and unambiguous, the result of both visual and aural evidence: he sees the Spirit descend "like a dove" and rest upon Jesus; and he hears the very voice of God. The Baptist's (as well as the Evangelist's!) testimony, therefore, is unequivocal: "this is the Son of God" and "the Lamb of God who takes away the world's sin." Liturgical Color Green Suggested Hymns Lord, Speak To Us, That We May Speak I Love To Tell The Story Lift Every Voice And Sing ...

363. Lent 5

John 11:45-57, John 11:38-44, John 11:17-37, John 11:1-16

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes John's account of Jesus' raising of Lazarus is in many ways a traditional miracle story. But the evangelist's placement of this event near the end of Jesus' earthly ministry and his addition of the dialogues and discourses give his own theological "spin" to the story. The key Christological assertion comes in Jesus' pronouncement in verses 25 and 26, which portray him as a life-giver, for both ...

364. Maundy Thursday

John 13:1-17

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Dennis Koch

Gospel Notes John's account of the Last Supper differs from the Synoptics in placing it on the day before the actual Passover meal and in recounting a footwashing, an act that for the evangelist symbolically entwines two principal symbolic themes: cleansing and mutual submission. The former of these appears to refer mainly to the import of Jesus' crucifixion for the disciples, while the latter bespeaks the attitude that the disciples should display to one another. Liturgical Color Red Suggested Hymns We ...

365. Holy Friendship

John 6:60-71

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... of the congregation, but soon drop out. We see it with church leaders. They are called to think through the fundamental ideas of the faith; but many of them find this too demanding, and they retreat back onto square one. We see it with evangelistic campaigns where hundreds are carried forward with the crowd, but discover, all too readily, that Jesus makes demands upon them they cannot accept. We see it with others who were in the church by tradition, but became somehow convinced it was impotent in the ...

366. We Interrupt This Service

John 1:1-18

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Thomas Long

... phrases: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ... " (John 1:1). With these ethereal phrases at the beginning of John's gospel, it is no wonder that the church selected, as a symbol for John the Evangelist, the high flying eagle. If John's poem had ended after the first line, the noble Greek philosophers could have voiced their admiring approval. They, too, wanted to mount up with eagle's wings, to leave the earth behind, and to ascend into the celestial heights to ...

367. Easter 4

Psalm 23:1-6, Acts 4:1-22, 1 John 3:11-24, John 10:1-21

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William E. Keeney

... is, however, clear that he was a good shepherd who gave his life for people who were different from him religiously and who were the object of hatred, fear, and destruction by others. 2. Hirelings, Robbers and Wolves. A number of television evangelists have been exposed recently as betraying their office as a shepherd or pastor. Jim Bakker engaged in a scheme which essentially defrauded many people who thought they were investing in security for their old age with a Christian organization. His downfall came ...

368. The Fruitful Vine

John 15:1-17

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William E. Keeney

... to God? How does our life show the God whom we worship? A. Loving Fellow Christians -- Mutual Welfare B. Loving Our Neighbors -- The Welfare of Outsiders C. Loving Our Enemies -- The Ultimate Test of Love D. Winning Others to God -- The Evangelistic Impulse CONTACT Points of Contact 1. Dependence to Interdependence. Persons are not isolated individuals. We are born almost entirely dependent upon others to survive and grow to maturity. We never become entirely independent. We always need at least other life ...

369. Let's Have A Fruitful Christmas Season

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May Dembowski

Running Time Twenty-five minutes (including one two-minute break) What's It About? This is a skit written for a Christian Women's Pre-Christmas-Season program, suitable for a ladies' breakfast, brunch, luncheon, and so forth. It is not evangelistic, but rather an idea-filled dialogue which gives some practical suggestions for keeping Christ in Christmas and heading off the usual frenzy of the busy season. How Many Characters? The four characters are women who are meeting for their regular kaffee klatsch ...

370. Proper 13

Ephesians 4:1-16, 2 Samuel 12:1-31, John 6:25-59

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Russell F. Anderson

... unity. Paul begs them to lead a life worthy of the gospel, to maintain the unity of the Spirit. He reminds them that there is only one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all. We have all been assigned various gifts and roles pastors, evangelists, teachers for the building up of the body of Christ. God's aim for his Church is unity. Epistle: Ephesians 4:17-25 Gospel: John 6:24-35 The crowds search for Jesus and find him at Capernaum. They question how he got there. Jesus doesn't answer ...

371. The Transfiguration

2 Corinthians 4:1-18, 2 Kings 2:1-18, Mark 9:2-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... many people seek out the church as a means promoting their own needs rather than worshipping Jesus Christ as Lord. When non-Christians look at us, do they see Jesus? Gospel: Mark 9:2-9 No razzle-dazzle. In the movie Leap Of Faith the evangelist combined razzle-dazzle showmanship and psychology to milk the people's spiritual yearnings for his own gain. During the religious show he would put on a sequinned jacket that shined like 40 million dollars under the spotlight. He used the jacket to focus attention on ...

372. The Good, The Bad, And The Justified

Luke 18:9-14

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Larry R. Kalajainen

... have is that we don't act like God, and therefore, we are scandalized when God acts like God. Samuel Colgate, the founder of the Colgate business empire, was a devout Christian, and he told of an incident that took place in the church he attended. During an evangelistic service, an invitation was given at the close of the sermon for all those who wished to turn their lives over to Christ and be forgiven. One of the first persons to walk down the aisle and kneel at the altar was a well-known prostitute. She ...

373. Real Solutions To Real Problems

John 21:1-14

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Lee Griess

... the man's real problem. And that's the title for the sermon this morning -- Real Solutions To Real Problems. In some ways, this last chapter of John's gospel presents us with a problem. As we read it, it strikes us as strange. It's almost as if the evangelist John has concluded his gospel before writing the last chapter. At the end of chapter 20, he writes that his gospel has shown by the signs and wonders that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing (we) may have life in his name." As we ...

374. Forgiven!

John 12:1-11

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Lee Griess

... that we are forgiven, then gives us the power to offer forgiveness to others. If we know ourselves as sinners made acceptable to God only by the grace of Jesus Christ, how can we possibly refuse to forgive another? It is impossible. George Whitefield was one of the greatest evangelists that ever lived. He was a true man of God, and yet when he saw a condemned man going to the gallows he whispered the famous words, "There but for the grace of God go I." George knew the truth of Barth's words, "We all live by ...

375. Satan Goes to Church

Job 1:1-5, Job 1:6-22

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Dr. Raymond Bailey

... of other "do-gooders" as heroes of the faith. But, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. When they do fall, then it discourages many other "do-gooders. "You'd be amazed how many people I've made desert the faith, after a fall by a famous evangelist. Aren't we devils!?! When these people get real good, often they think they're special -- unlike the rest of you mortals. Even if I can't get some of these people to openly disgrace themselves, I can still use them. They're some of my best servants. They ...

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