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3851. In, But Not Of, The World

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... through our prayers. We have been talking about that. As we try to bring the Good News of Jesus to the world so that the world may be saved, we also make a contribution to the world. Our Second Lesson makes this point, claiming that this concern is what kept Saint Paul going (2 Timothy 2:10). The Christian contribution to the world also surfaces in less clearly spiritual, more worldly ways. When you get to work tomorrow, you have a great opportunity to contribute to society. You do that by undertaking your ...

3852. Your Sins Are Remembered No More! You Are Free!

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... and so we might say that they and all sin are “non-being,” nothingness.2 Why, then, do you keep on clinging to the bad memories of the past, to the regrets, to the suspicions, to the bad habits? God has forgotten them; you can too! Are you concerned about what other people or what society says about you, what your image in the community is? That does not matter either. God does not count such views. He has forgotten them along with the sins you have committed. What a freeing Word! All the behaviors and ...

3853. Living Free

Haggai 2:1-9

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... lesson for today ends, Haggai, on behalf of God, raises questions to the priests regarding proper worship practices (ritual cleanliness) (vv. 10-13). Apparently the people of Judah had not been observing all of the strictures on the performance of ritual sacrifices. Yes, Haggai’s concern to put an end to the impurity had a religious motive, but it can also be interpreted as a call for cultural reform. In essence he was saying, “Let’s get back to our heritage, to our cultural roots. Let’s not let the ...

3854. God's Gifts Are Free: Enjoy

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... good that we have is God’s gives incredible freedom from worry. Incredible freedom. For if the good things that we have belong to God, even one’s own life, then we can be confident that he will ensure a good and happy outcome of crises that concern his property. The good things that you have are not ultimately yours. Ultimately God will take care of them. Is that not a wonderful freedom? God’s gifts really are free, friends. Enjoy! We can never get around to saying thank you enough for all these gifts ...

3855. Why Earthly Powers Need No Longer Enslave

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

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... institutions will ultimately wither away. It makes sense, does it not? Americans do not fear Russia as we once did, now that its power has ebbed. You and I do not fear our teachers since we graduated. One day, when comfortably retired, you will not be so concerned about the power of your boss or the company. We know these truths already to some extent. But we continue to be in bondage to the same old institutions, to care too much about how Hollywood says we should behave or what the fashion industry says ...

3856. God Notices

Amos 8:1-14

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... as if our lives depended on it. If we believed that God noticed and God cared, we’d rethink our commitments and reshuffle our priorities. We’d be more interested in caring for the environment, this beautiful world that God has given us. We’d be more concerned about the abuse and oppression of people with whom we share this planet. We’d count blessings more than dollars and seek to enrich our souls more than our bank accounts. That’s what we might be like if we believed, like Amos did, that who we ...

3857. A Match Made In Heaven

Hosea 1:1-2:1

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... . A God who believes we cannot make it on our own. A God who somehow needs us, who seems to require our company in order to be complete. A God who will not leave us alone, but who also doesn’t want to be left alone. A God who is concerned by what we do and how we do it. A God to whom it does matter what we worship and whom we follow and what we give ourselves to. That’s the God who meets Hosea in this passage and commands him to marry a prostitute named Gomer. She is ...

3858. Do You Know?

Hosea 11:1-11

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... me? “It is I who continues to advocate that justice and righteousness be done. It is I who insists that those cast out and left out not be forgotten. I have seen your prosperity, but I have also seen what you have not done. I will not move from my concern. I know well that it’s easy to get caught up in yourself, to believe that your own needs are more than enough. Giving is hard. Reaching out is hard. Looking beyond yourself is hard. I know that. Do you know me? Absorbed in yourself, how can you know me ...

3859. God Knows

Isaiah 5:1-7

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... you think twice about that. If you believe that God is some kind of super-puppeteer, who pulls each string and effects our every move, then this passage has to call that belief into question. If you understand God to be an unmoved taskmaster without feeling or concern or interest, then this passage has to make you reevaluate that. Here is a vulnerable God. A God who loves what God has made, who is invested in creation. God longs for love to be returned and aches for potential to be realized and yearns for ...

3860. What If What They Say Is True?

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... York City. He is the oldest of several children. He lives in a tough neighborhood. Drugs and gangs and guns are regular features in his environment. Andy told me how he sometimes dodges bullets on his way to his girlfriend’s house. He shared with me his concerns about the safety of his younger brothers and sisters. He talked with me about his struggle to be a Christian in the violent place where he lives. Andy believes God has called him to be a witness of peace, but it’s understandably hard for him to ...

3861. There Could Be, Couldn't There?

Jeremiah 2:1-3:5

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... remain true, even when so many have wandered, the prophets, the preachers? Well, again let me give you an insider’s view here: preaching can easily be hijacked by the preacher’s personal preferences, pet peeves, attachments to social issues, or individual needs and concerns. A word that seems profoundly prophetic to the preacher can sound simply self-serving to everyone else. You’ve heard it. I’ve heard it. In fact, I’ve done it. It’s not hard for prophets and preachers to get lost in the swirl ...

3862. At The Potter's House

Jeremiah 18:1--19:15

Sermon

John W. Wurster

... seem to hurt anybody. I wouldn’t call it stealing or lying because as long as you know the right people everything works out okay. As for the adultery, sure it happens. I certainly don’t endorse it, but I’m not sure why it should be such a big concern to God. What does being faithful to your spouse really have to do with religion? Then there’s that bit about worshiping other gods. That’s a big one for Jeremiah. He claims it’s a big one for God, too. In fact, he claims that our exclusive loyalty ...

3863. Secondhand Religion

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... esteemed so highly. When we read the Bible and apply its message, life is always better, for it finds a solid standard to guide it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was said of each of us what is said of Abraham, “No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20-21)? The second faith principle is that faith prioritizes God’s preeminence. Elijah told the ...

3864. Plumb Line Prophecy

Amos 7:1-9, Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’” There is another significant difference too: Amaziah pursued his own agenda. He was concerned about his position. Amos pursued God’s agenda. “The Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ ” The focus of Amos’s message was God, not himself. “We do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as ...

3865. The Promise of a Son

Genesis 15:1-18

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... , the son, was sent by the father as a sign of God’s continuing favor to us. But unlike Abram who was wholly deserving of his son because of his faithfulness and obedience to God, we have not always been deserving, but it is out of God’s love and concern for us that he sent us his son to give us eternal life. For Abram, the son and his seed would continue for eternity. For Christians, the son Jesus and his seed give us eternal life. It is the promise that God makes to give that son that secures our ...

3866. While He May Be Found

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... and Golgotha. Come to the living waters. Come to the desert valleys. Come to the table of life. Come to the Lord of life and see what he will do with your life! But are we too busy to come? Too preoccupied with our lifestyles, responsibilities, and other concerns to come? But it is precisely we who need to come and return unto God for salvation. The prophet urges us to come and listen to God’s word. Hear the word, oh sinner. Could it be that we are tired of hearing? The words of the prophet burn ...

3867. Blind Man's Bluff

Acts 9:1-19a

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... this a bluff? Could this be a trick? Could this be a game concocted by the enemies of Jesus to lure us into a trap? How could a man who was feared by so many now be a blind, helpless squatter at a house on a street called Straight? Doubt, concern, anxiety, and trepidation came with the news. This man named Saul caused terror in the hearts of Jesus’ people. He would spare no mercy. He held the coats of the gang who stoned Stephen. He would bark to them instructions during the killing. He was a criminal; a ...

3868. The Hospitable Servant: A Woman Named Lydia

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... . No one ever welcomed him or made him feel a sense of belonging in that church or the city. He later left the city, discouraged because there was no hospitality among the believers of that church. It is not enough to be baptized and believe, we must show concern and hospitality for those in the body of Christ as well as those not in it. Paul and his friends were overjoyed at the invitation to come into the home of Lydia. She cared enough about them that she wanted them to experience the comforts of home ...

3869. You Shall Receive Power

Acts 1:1-11

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... about the kingdom of God, the importance of waiting for the gift “my father has promised,” and their coming baptism by the Holy Spirit. They anxiously anticipate and question him about the restoration of the kingdom of Israel and Jesus admonishes them not to concern themselves about times or dates of the coming kingdom, but promises them that they shall receive power when the Holy Ghost descends upon them so they will be witnesses to the ends of the earth. The power of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost power ...

3870. A Town of Promise

Micah 5:1-4

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... s Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Jesus did prove to be the Second David of whom Micah wrote. The Second David brought unity to the children of this world who have faith in God through what Jesus had accomplished for them. All else the Prophet Micah had described concerning the Davidic figure matches the profile of our Lord. We can make an overlay of our Lord’s career to fit the word from the prophetic text. It was not an accident that the Second David was born at Bethlehem. Clearly, God did want to give the ...

3871. The Promise of Sight

Isaiah 60:1-22

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... of what happened to the media in general. The growth of the media made them highly competitive, and Mr. Cronkite dubbed their new kind of reporting as “infotainment.” The emphasis is more on winning an audience than on reporting the news as it is. Mr. Cronkite’s concern was, and ours should be, that we be an informed people who know how it really is. That is very important to people who are free and want to remain free. As Christians who live in the light of the gospel which God has shined in our ...

3872. The Fruit of Forgiveness

Genesis 45:1-28

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... what an incredible life he had led. Hughes responded that if Francom had been able to trade places with him, he was sure Francom would be willing to swap back before the passage of the first week. Surrounded by a bevy of aides who were concerned more about what they could get from him than to care for him, Hughes literally starved to death in Mexico, forlorn and naked. Consequently, the many states in which he had operated businesses had to carry on a serious investigation into all his affairs in order ...

3873. The Fruit of the Word

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... could look for the word to bring about positive results in their lives. No matter how remotely possible the people may have thought the possibility of being delivered from their captivity, they were to think differently. Concentrating upon the promises God had made concerning the effectiveness of God’s word or promise, they could have a different feel for their future. The prophet says, “You shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace.” To emphasize the possibility the prophet says that the creation ...

3874. Keeping the Glow On

Exodus 34:29-35

Sermon

Harry N. Huxhold

... the things and forces which detract from the promise of what the Christian faith can be. In an interview about the nature of his books, he remarked how Christians have lost the ability to think seriously about the problems they face. He was concerned especially about the encroachment of popular culture into the life of the church. He is greatly distressed by the fact that we have raised an entire generation of what he described as “consumatons,” people who have come to the conclusion that their main ...

3875. The Spirit Has Landed

Luke 3:1-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... after a period of discipleship we too begin to minister to the world around us sharing Christ with those we know. Unfortunately there are many in the church who don’t become ministers for a long long time. As far as faith is concerned, they are late bloomers. It takes a while for them to gain understanding. Will Willimon tells about a church gathering where people were taking turns giving testimonies about their religious experiences. One man stood and said, “I was a Methodist for 38 years before ...

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