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3826. A Vision and a Voice

Mark 1:9-13

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... for life! What magnificent graciousness for God to make such a promise to us right at the start before we've even had the chance to botch things up! Unfortunately, this is where Christians begin to quibble among themselves. Some say we've got to be old enough to understand what we're doing before the promise can be given to us. Others say that we can lose the promise if we don't stay on the straight and narrow. Folks, such arguments put the focus in the wrong place. I am convinced that when we come face-to ...

3827. Missing the Point

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

Paul E. Flesner

... a theme that runs throughout Mark's entire Gospel. Jesus would teach or heal or tell parables, but his disciples would not understand the meaning or purpose of them. I find it strange that Jesus' messiahship was not understood by those closest to him. Back to ... the top of that mountain. If we are not steeped in Jewish tradition, we really can't understand how dramatic that mountaintop experience was for those three men. Moses and Elijah were two of the great heroes of the Jewish faith ...

3828. Life: From the Inside Out

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... the "sound and fury" of Shakespeare's Macbeth and says, unlike the bard, such has significance. It reads, and not reacts, to human behavior; it sees in the words of others disclosures that even they may not, in the short term, see. It understands how each human life is a mini-series, featuring the grand themes written about by philosophers and theologians, musically expressed by the great composers, and painted by the great artists. Sam Miller was getting at this fifty years ago when, in a little volume ...

3829. The Ministry of Fading

John 12:20-36

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... Jesus says: "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (v. 24). One doesn't have to be a farmer to understand this. Always, and every day, we are planting seeds. Parents, teachers, advertisers, ministers, funeral directors, writers -- you name the people -- all are planters of seeds. Congregational families are the matrix that births persons interested in the pastoral ministry. Congregations cry out for ...

3830. No Angels, No Shepherds, No Star

John 1:1-18

Sermon

King Duncan

... him? Why did the world not receive him? The problem is quite clear. If you can imagine the difference between a keeper of an aquarium and the fish in that aquarium, then you might begin to understand the difference between humanity and God. God is Spirit. Have you ever seen a spirit? God is the creator of a universe that may be billions of light years wide. Can you even begin to imagine a Being of that extraordinary Power and Knowledge? How could God even speak to ...

3831. What Gets Into People?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... us to pray, regardless of our situation: In me there is darkness, But with Thee there is light. I am lonely, but Thou leavest me not. I am restless; but with Thee there is peace. In me there is bitterness, but with Thee there is patience; Thy ways are past understanding, but Thou knowest the way for me. Christ does know the way. He is the way. He is the Great Physician. He is the Great Counselor. He longs to be our Great Friend, helping us in our time of need. What gets into people? There is hope in all of ...

3832. If You Are Willing

Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Mark tells us that Jesus sent the man away at once with a strong warning: “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. It was a simple request stated clearly: “Don’t tell this to anyone!” What part of those words didn’t the man understand? “Don’t tell this to anyone! But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” Jesus healed this man of a dread disease, and asked only one thing in return. Silence. But you ...

3833. With a Little Help from My Friends

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... read that Kevin would not have jumped if only one person had reached out to him. What would have happened if you had been on the bridge that day? Would you have intervened to try to save Kevin, or would you have simply passed him by? I hope you understand that as I ask you that question, I am asking myself, as well. Word got out in Capernaum that Jesus was in the village. You know what happened next. We’ve seen it happen before. Crowds started lining up outside his door. So many gathered that there was no ...

3834. Party Time!

Mark 2:18-22

Sermon

King Duncan

... it’s so NOT fun.” We can admire their discipline. But they were guilty of one joy-killing sin, a sin that we still commit today: they were more intent on obeying God than understanding God. Let me explain: obedience to God is a pathway to joy. But in order for us to obey God’s commands, we must understand God. And that requires a relationship with God, a relationship that, in its fullness, is only available through knowing God’s Son, Jesus Christ. When we know God, then we know that sincere worship ...

3835. Bearing the Cross

Mark 8:31--9:1

Sermon

King Duncan

... to the world. This is also what God had called Frederick Buechner to do, and he hadn’t heeded the call. He had been wrong. Later, he was able to write, “The shattering revelation of that moment was that true peace, the high and biding peace that passeth all understanding, is to be had not in retreat from the battle, but only in the thick of battle.” (1) That was the situation. Now, how would you have reacted? Have you ever had a friend who had a deep need, but you chose to look the other way? It’s ...

3836. Is Anything Unforgivable?

Mark 3:20-30

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... is forgivable, and blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which he says is not forgivable. Christians reading these words are likely to understand Holy Spirit in the sense of the third person of the Trinity, and feel that, somehow, it is possible so to offend the ... Holy Spirit as to be forever unforgiven. I think that we need to understand the Holy Spirit as Jesus' Jewish audience would have understood it, for no idea of Trinity had yet been introduced. For them, the ...

3837. You Are Free to Fail

Mark 6:1-6

Sermon

David G. Rogne

... closer to finding one that will." What all of this says to me is that failure is a part of life, but God can redeem even failure and work it into the pattern that God is weaving. Jesus failed to turn the world or even his own people to his understanding of God and God's place in our lives. His enemies seized him and killed him. But God was able to use even Jesus' apparent failure -- his crucifixion -- as a way to capture our attention, and to woo us toward reliance on God's grace. If God could use such ...

3838. The Dangers of Being Religious

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... but Jesus and the cross? Jeremiah 9:23-25 warns, "Thus saith the Lord, 'Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, or the strong man boast of his strength, or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord ...' " 1 Corinthians 1:31 says, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord!" Never, "I did it!" Always, "God did it!" Conclusion First Corinthians 10:12, "Let every man that thinks he stands take heed of himself lest he fall ...

3839. Deliverance: The Forgotten Third of Jesus' Ministry

Mark 9:14-32

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... Satan's emissaries (Matthew 12:26-27); they are numerous (Mark 5:9), seek embodiment to do evil (Matthew 12:43-44), are unclean, sullen, violent, and malicious (Matthew 8:28, 9:33, 10:1, 12:43), know who Christ is, recognize his authority (Matthew 8:31), and understand their fate is to be tormented (Mark 1:22-24; Matthew 8:29). One discovers the demonic throughout the scriptures. There is no escaping it. It's there on the first page of scripture at Eve's temptation. It's there in the center of the Bible at ...

3840. Hanging the Law on Love

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

Cathy A. Ammlung

... he shares with us the Holy Spirit of his loving union with his Father: so that we can love rightly and beautifully, with his own love! The scribe who came to Jesus with his question about the greatest commandment heartily endorsed Jesus' answer. He had a deep understanding of God's Law. Of him, Jesus said, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God" (v. 34). Which begs the question: Why did Jesus say, "You are not far from," rather than, "You are in," the Kingdom of God? Could it be that Jesus was "teasing ...

3841. With a Bang or a Whimper?

2 Peter 3:1-18

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... as possible in her "Aurora Leigh": Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries ...3 The Christian heart -- and mind -- is content in assenting to Peter's understanding of the earth's origin: "In the beginning God." Then Peter moves on to discuss the end of all things: "But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be ...

3842. The Story behind the Glory

Galatians 3:26--4:7

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... Dorothy Sayers, "then what, in heaven's name, is worthy to be called exciting?" And to put it even more precisely, Ms. Sayers continued, "From the beginning of time until now, this is the only thing that has ever REALLY happened. When you understand this, you will understand all prophecies, and all history." Think of it, fellow Christian, here is the mystery that unlocks the meaning of all history. And what is history but his-story, the story of the God who became man on that first Christmas day. Recall his ...

3843. Who Can Ask for Anything More?

1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... is not that we can see, but that we are seen by our Father; not that we know, but that we are known; not that we understand, but that we are understood, and that all of life, and every event within it, is part of our Father's gift. Nothing can separate ... in God's heaven has passed beyond my vision? Who in hell's depths where I may never fare? May none, then, call on me for understanding, May none, then, turn to me for help in pain, And drain alone his bitter cup of sorrow, Or find he knocks upon my heart in ...

3844. What Are You Going to Do with My World?

1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon

Fredrick R. Harm

... can go on and on. We have only to look at Jesus, the model man, to see the measure by which we have spoiled the image, the distance we have fallen from being the creatures God intended us to be. The closer we come to Christ, the more we understand the precious worth of a human soul with its capacity to respond to the love that is at the heart of all creation. And the more precious we discover life to be, the more terrible the fact of human sin becomes. Robert Luccock offers an excellent analogy.1 Suppose ...

3845. Growing Faith

Romans 4:1-25

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... back into relationship with God, right while we were knee-deep in sinning against God? What can you do to be sure you are right with God? Saint Paul was well aware of this struggle when he wrote his letter to the Romans. Some folks were so captivated by Jesus' understanding of God's grace that they went way to the other extreme, thinking that all one had to do was have faith, to believe in God, and what one did didn't mean a thing. Others were still stuck with the idea that what matters is simply what we do ...

3846. Stop the Offerings!

Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... This scripture reading from the tenth chapter of Hebrews deals directly with this issue. It's hard for us today to feel or understand the radical nature of what the writer of Hebrews was saying. Remember, up to this time the sacrifice of doves and lambs and ... often we cannot love! Not consistently. Not fully. Not radically. Instead we have to say with Saint Paul my personal theme-verse: "I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate" (Romans 7:15 RSV). If this ...

3847. Learning from the Spider

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... most important thing, which is "abiding in God," absorbing the mind of God. For Christians that means coming to know the mind of Christ. You see, according to the author of 1 John, the reason those who stand outside the community of faith don't know us, and don't understand us, is that they do not know the God we worship. Those who have not heard of or come to know the God revealed through Jesus Christ, only know a God who pats you on the head and answers your prayers if you are good, and sees that you are ...

3848. Grace in the Midst of Exasperation

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... stay away from pornography; I promise I will no longer go through life feeling afraid." What happens when we send such good intentions to war against our sinful desires? The result is a spiritual catastrophe -- precisely what Paul chronicles in Romans 7, beginning at verse 15: "I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." Verse 19 continues, "For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do." It is exasperating indeed. The climax ...

3849. Grace in the Midst of Unanswered Prayer

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Sermon

Glenn McDonald

... God knows is ultimately misguided or pathetic or dangerous stand no chance of being answered. That's grace. We may picture a Plan A in our minds, and cry out to God to make it happen, but God has envisioned a Plan B -- perhaps one that we cannot yet understand -- that is infinitely more strategic. It is impossible for God to give up on Plan B just because Plan A would get us out of a lot of trouble today. In Gethsemane Jesus requested a specific outcome: "Remove this cup from me." In other words, "I don't ...

3850. Humility

John 13:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... part with me.” And good old Simon Peter, in his own exuberant manner replied, “Then, Lord, not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” When he had finished washing their feet, the Master put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you ...

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