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351. Making Christmas Last

Luke 2:21-40

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Brett Blair

... stand now on the threshold of two ages. This second millennium has closed and a new has begun and it is not the war on terror or the threat to our nation’s security that worries me. What scares me is the flippant regard we have one for another, the disrespect of authority, and the casual observance of traditions. Perhaps some of you remember Time Magazines 20th century polls conducted in 1999. These polls were conducted on the internet with Millions of people participating. Here is who the world choose as ...

352. Our Father Who Art on Earth

Proverbs 1:8-19

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Louis H. Valbracht

... out and purchase at the last moment. Let’s confront the fact that it’s only our American inborn sense of fair play that causes us to have a Father’s Day at all. After all, Mom had her day, and, so old Pop won’t feel badly, we’ll have one for him. It’s never quite come off has it? It certainly isn’t on our hit parade of the best days of the year. Whatever sentiments or emotions we manage to muster always seem to be a bit forced if not down right counterfeit. It’s sometimes a question ...

353. Follow the Signs to God and Eternal Life

Exodus 20:1-21

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Richard Gribble

... signs. It might have been a mountain peak, a river, or some rock formation. Each navigational aid told the traveler direction and distance to the desired location. Today planes, trains, and automobiles use more sophisticated methods, but they all have one purpose -- to get the traveler safely to a specific destination. Although every form of travel necessitates navigational aids, signs provided to mariners seem to be the best illustration. For centuries sailors have been using visible signs to navigate ...

354. The Real Leap Of Faith

Mark 5:21-43

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King Duncan

... . He had come to see Jesus. He pleaded with the Master, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live." Now is there a more helpless, a more desperate feeling than having one of your children become critically ill? Is there ever a time darker than that? Albert Miller is a Lutheran pastor in Houston, Texas. His son, Dale, had been killed in an automobile accident. Now one day a colleague asked Albert about his family. Albert told him that ...

355. No Room In The Inn

Luke 2:1-7

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Brett Blair

... realm. The law was cut and dried. It had been codified centuries earlier--all the way back to Moses. The law was clear. And I don't doubt that some of them said that tired old cliché, "They may not be good rules but they’re all that we have.” One of those laws read: Whosoever commits adultery shall be stoned to death. There it was in black and white. It was even one of the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt not commit adultery. They came down harder on the enforcement of this law (at least on women) than any ...

356. Laborers Needed for the Harvest

Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 10:1-42

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Dennis Kastens

... . If each professing Christian were to reach three individuals for Christ, then the Great Commission of Jesus would be fulfilled in one generation. In fact, it wouldn’t even take one generation to reach all people for Christ. Perhaps you are saying that to have one billion-plus Christians as personal evangelists for Jesus Christ is too much to expect. We are told that about twenty-five percent of professing Christians are overtly active in their faith. (This ratio dates back to the 500 persons who saw the ...

357. Epiphany 5

Psalm 112:1-10, Isaiah 58:1-14, 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 5:17-20

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Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... light, then we cannot help reflecting that light in all of our activity. In other words, the one blessed becomes a blessing to others. Read in this way, the psalm is advocating the same point as found in Isaiah 58:1-12. NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS The texts have one thing in common this week: Each has two distinct parts that are related to each other but that, in fact, form distinguishable thought units. 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) - "The Mystery of God and How It's Known" Setting. Paul continues to argue against ...

358. O Holy Night

Philippians 2:5-11

Sermon

James Merritt

... Walter?"—after all he was the chairman of the board of the largest corporation in the world. The boy replied, "Oh, no, I'm praying to God." Walter was so disturbed by this turn of events he returned to his office and sent for Milton the cockroach. He said, "I have one more wish. I want to be like God." So Milton granted Walter's wish. The next day Walter was back in the mail room.1 That's what Jesus did; left the penthouse and came down to the mail room that He might be our Savior. II. Christmas Is the ...

359. Ambassadors of The Lord

Ephesians 3:1-13

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Richard Gribble

... becoming frustrated and again yelled out onto the field, "You know the plan; give the ball to Calhoun." On third down the quarterback tried a bootleg, but achieved little. Not understanding what was going on, the coach again sent in a player and told him, "We have one last chance; the play is to give the ball to Calhoun." On fourth down the quarterback went back to pass and was sacked. With that time ran out and the game was over. The coach, frustrated beyond all belief, ran to the quarterback and asked him ...

360. Moving on Up

Luke 14:1, 7-14

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Mark Trotter

... a collector’s item. Here it is. Bernard Shaw sent two tickets to his latest play opening in London to Churchill with this note, “Here are two tickets for the opening night of my new play, one for you and one for a friend, if you have one.” Churchill sent them back with this note, “I cannot attend opening night. Send me two tickets for the next night, if there is one.” I suppose wherever you go, wherever there are hierarchical institutions, or any institutions for that matter, you will have concern ...

361. A Sympathetic High Priest

Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9

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Mark Ellingsen

... we remember Christ’s death: Since then we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested... (4:14-15) Yes, we have a great high priest who passed through the heavens. Jesus, the high priest who performed the greatest of all sacrifices, offered himself on the cross to die for us. We all knew that. This is ...

362. How Can We Restore the Christian Home?

Mark 10:1-12

Sermon

Donald Macleod

... ? But glaringly true! And we have ample evidence to support the inevitable and disastrous results. (One or two up-to-date national or local domestic crises may be cited here as examples.) Take a moment to reflect upon what in America we now have: one marriage in three ends in divorce or separation; the number of "latch-key" children, the offspring of single parents is alarmingly on the increase; the helterskelter of much contemporary home life leaves teenagers to follow the line of least resistance on their ...

363. The Big Meaning of a Small Gift

Mark 12:41-44

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... dollar as you hand them out. Indiscriminately give 20, 10, 5, and the two pennies to four individuals. First person: Ok, hold out your hand. You’re a person that has a good amount of money. You have one, two…ten. You have ten dollars; you’re pretty rich. What are you going to do with your money? (response) Second: Hold out your hand. You have one, two…five dollars. You are not as rich as he is but you have some money. What are going to do with your money? (response) Third: Hold out your hand. You ...

364. The Waters of Your Baptism

Colossians 2:6-23

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Bill Bouknight

... , our most important adjective, is "Christian." In baptism we celebrate our new identity in Jesus Christ. Dr. Doug Meeks is an outstanding theologian and Memphis native. Some time ago he was in Korea on a lecture tour. His host told him that while there he should have one of the local tailors make a suit for him. Their work is internationally renowned. So Dr. Meeks went to a Korean tailor whose name happened to be Smitty Lee. After getting to know him a bit, Dr. Meeks asked how he happened to get that very ...

365. Loving From The Heart

1 Peter 1:1-12

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King Duncan

... has love got to do with persecution and suffering. It was love that brought Christ into the world. It's the love of others in our church family that helps us keep going in our darkest hours. FINALLY, IT IS LOVE THAT GIVES US HOPE FOR TOMORROW. Ultimately we have one hope in this world, and that is that we are not alone. We like to think we are self-sufficient and maybe we are 99 percent of the time. But there are those times in life when we are helpless. Like Charlie Brown we have experienced one of those ...

366. Baptism of Our Lord

Luke 3:21-38, Luke 3:1-20, Isaiah 43:1-13, Isaiah 42:1-9, Acts 8:9-25, Acts 10:23b-48

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John R. Brokhoff

... put my Spirit upon him." (v. 1) When was the mission given? Answer: Baptism. Lesson 2: Acts 8:14-17 1. A link missing in your chain of Christian experience? 8:14-17 Need: As in the case of the rich young ruler, we may have one thing lacking. The Samaritan Christians had everything but one thing. The Spirit is lacking in many church members. Evidence for this is the apathy, indifference, and inactivity of church members. In an inductive style, the sermons will come to the missing link in Christian experience ...

367. Your Dreams Are Too Small

Mark 10:35-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the child and said, “Man, you sure hit that ball a long way.” The little fellow said, “I sure did!” “Yeah,” said the coach, “and you ran really fast to third base and surprised everybody!” “I sure did!” the little guy said. “I just have one question to ask you,” the coach continued, “why did you run to third base instead of to first?” The little boy replied, “Well, ‘cause that’s where I wanted to go and I could get there a lot faster that way.” Well, it does make sense ...

368. From Lust to Love

1 Corinthians 13: 1

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J. Howard Olds

... . Isn't it interesting, that St. Paul in the first century would write a statement that says "And now I want to show you a more excellent way"? I want to talk to you now about "I - Thou" relationships. Now the problem in the English language is that we only have one word for love. The Greeks were better than that and thanks to C.S. Lewis and his book on The Four Loves, in which he tried to define the different natures of our love lives with one another and with God. Love Is Affection - the Greek word for it ...

369. Why Are You Troubled?

Luke 24:36-49

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King Duncan

... the day speaks to our needs. Jesus taught his disciples that it was necessary that he be put to death "that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem." "Repentance and remission of sins. . ." We do have one way of dealing with guilt that is as potent as that of the Senoi. It is called confession and repentance and acceptance of Christ's forgiveness. What is it that is troubling you? Is it the future? Is it the past? Believe the Gospel. That is ...

370. The Bible: Head and Heart

Luke 4:21-30

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Gary L. Carver

... in our heart because God's presence lives there. We relate to our brothers and sisters out of true neighborliness because he says we are to love our neighbor. Jesus was trying to help them envision a new world. When we see that vision and truly hear his Word, we have one of two choices. We can accept it or we can reject it. In Jesus' day there were those who accepted his Word and became a part of the kingdom of God, followed him, and gave birth to the most powerful movement in the history of the world - the ...

371. Commissioned for Christ

2 Kings 2:1-12

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Richard Gribble

... do it. The work would take all God's children and thus the gifts given to accomplish the task were many. Saint Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:3-13 that we have received multiple gifts. All of the gifts, however, have one source — the Holy Spirit — and all have one ultimate purpose — to complete Christ's work on earth. We have all been commissioned and, like Jake Laboon, the commissions probably have been multiple. Possibly, we did not know it at the time but our baptism was our first commission. We ...

372. Same Question, Same Answer

Luke 3:1-20

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William G. Carter

... power it holds over us. When John began to preach, a crowd of people came forward and got baptized. They stood up in the Jordan River, their brows still glistening wet, and John gave them his charge. “Give away your extra coats, so that everybody who needs one can have one. Share your food with those who have nothing to eat.” Now, if you know the writings of Luke, you know this is the very picture of God’s kingdom. In Luke’s second volume, the book of Acts, a man named Peter stands up and preaches a ...

373. The Good Parent

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... coach of the Phoenix Suns shocked the basketball world, when he resigned in the early part of last season so he could spend more time with his family. "Anybody can coach basketball," he said, "but my wife only has one husband and my children only have one Dad." Most of us do not have the luxury of resigning our jobs to devote ourselves to parenting, but many fathers as well as mothers put their families first, ahead of their own needs. Still, it is difficult not to associate sacrificial love with motherhood ...

374. The Grief Of God

Luke 19:28-44

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King Duncan

... fact that I adhere to most traditional orthodox theology, and believe that the task of theology is vitally important to the life of the church, I have never wanted to be part of any movement to root out heresy. This is probably because I have one or two minor heresies of my own. For instance, I confess to being guilty of patripassianism. This is a doctrine which was rejected by the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451. I, along with the Armenian, Coptic, and Ethiopian Churches, disagree with the conclusion ...

375. When Someone Disagrees with You

Matthew 18:15-20

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King Duncan

... Sir Winston Churchill had several disagreements. Some of you will remember the famous episode where Shaw once sent two tickets to Churchill to the opening night of one of his plays, with instructions for Churchill to “bring a friend—if you have one.” Churchill sent the tickets back because he was busy opening night. He said he would come on “the second night”—and I quote—“if there is one.” Anywhere there are human beings there disagreements, conflict, arguments, maybe all out wars. It ...

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