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3926. A Dazzling Sight

Luke 9:28-36

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... in lamps with different wattages. One of the bulbs should be a great deal brighter than any of the rest. Good morning, boys and girls! Today we are going to talk a little bit about a very important day in the life of Jesus. It was a day that the disciples who were with him could not forget even though they were not able to talk about it at the time that it happened. Have you ever had something really important happen to you, and your mother or father told you not to say anything about it until they told you ...

3927. Spiritual Binoculars

John 16:5-16

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... that there would be many things they wouldn't understand. They would not understand all of the miracles he performed. They would not understand why he had to die on the cross for all of us. Jesus told the disciples that after he was gone, God would send down the Holy Spirit to help them understand. The Holy Spirit is like spiritual binoculars. When the Holy Spirit is with us, we are able to see things more clearly. The Holy Spirit helps us all understand God's word. The Holy ...

3928. The Healing of Jairus' Daughter and the Hemorrhaging Woman

Mark 5:21-43

Sermon

James W. Moore

... not allowed to set foot in the synagogue. In this magnificent passage, these two vastly different people, the down and out hemorrhaging woman and the upper-crust daughter of Jairus, are loved into life by our Lord. Remember the story with me. Jesus and His disciples had been going from town to town. He had been preaching the gospel and healing people. Large crowds were coming out. They were clamoring to see Jesus and hear Him. One day this man called Jairus came looking for Jesus. Jairus was the ruler of ...

3929. The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

James W. Moore

... powerful anonymous parable which I think expresses well what I am trying to say. It reads like this: “A disciple asked the Holy Man, ‘How can I know when the dawn has broken; when the darkness has fled? It must be the moment when I can tell a ... sheep from a dog. But the Holy Man answered, ‘No!’ The disciple then asked, ‘Is it then that moment when I can tell a peach from a pomegranate?’ The Holy Man answered, ‘No, none of these ...

3930. Saving the Best for Last - Sermon Starter

John 2:1-11

Illustration

Brett Blair

... harsh, so unlike him, and it has long puzzled biblical scholars. But you have to look at this scene in its historical context. Jesus, at this moment, had not performed a single miracle. He was thirty years old and he had just gathered together his disciples. He knows that if he performs a miracle, a clock will start ticking and it will not stop until he gets to Calvary. Crowds will flock; investigators will be dispatched. Is this the appropriate moment? Jesus thus makes his move and gives his first public ...

3931. His Cleansing Of The Temple

Luke 19:45-48

Sermon

Brett Blair

... year the tree would not bear fruit until late May or early June. Mark says bluntly: It was not the season for figs. Yet, when Jesus found no fruit he became angry and said: “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again? The next day, as the disciples reentered the city, they saw that the fig tree had withered over night. It was Simon Peter who exclaimed: Master, look, the fig tree that you cursed is withered. Jesus replied by rather unclearly urging his followers to have faith in God. There are reasons to not ...

3932. His Last Supper

Luke 22:7-38

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the evening of that day, an admirer of Jesus, we do not know who, loaned the upper Floor of his house to the disciples and Jesus to come together to partake of the first Seder of the Passover. In this ancient meal, Jews eat certain symbolic foods ... perhaps should remind us that we can end up hurting the ones that we love the most. We are told that after the Lord’s Supper the disciples sung a hymn and departed, as we will in a few moments. Let it be a reminder of the importance of our fellowship. And let it ...

3933. His Death

Luke 23:26-43

Sermon

Brett Blair

... for historical references). As we enter this special season, it might do well for us to reflect this morning upon the cross. Martin Luther said, “Man must always have a cross.” Jesus said: Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.” Every one of us this morning does have a cross to bear, but which one? Is ours the cross on the right, the left, or the center? Let us review for a moment this scene on Calvary. I The first cross represents the cross of rebellion. The ...

3934. Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead?

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Brett Blair

... people who are losing themselves in service, and in the process finding themselves. He is with those who are lost and those who are lonely. Why do you come seeking the living among the dead? He is not here. He has risen. The first century disciples were convinced of the resurrection, not because they could explain it, but because they experienced it. It was not their purpose to establish a new theological structure, they were merely testifying to that which they had seen. All those things that Jesus said in ...

3935. Do You Love Me?

John 21:15-25

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . You see we can get so caught up in really trivial stuff and miss the point. We ill get to the major point of this text in a few minutes but first what else is here? What do we see happening here physically? Well, for one thing we see the disciples fishing and this probably represents their temptation to give up, to throw in the towel, to go back to the old life. That’s always the temptation, isn’t it? Of people of faith? When times get tough, we are tempted to give up, to backslide, to go back to ...

3936. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

Luke 8:26-39

Sermon

James W. Moore

... running and shrieking out of the tomb. He is so unbalanced! He is convinced that he is being held captive by a whole legion of demons, who are pulling and jerking him in every direction. This is an eerie, grim, suspenseful, frightening situation. Jesus and His disciples have just come through a storm on the Sea of Galilee. It is nighttime and having survived that frightening storm they are thrilled to now set foot on solid ground. But, as they get out of the boat, they encounter a different kind of storm ...

3937. The World Is Crowded With Gethsemanes

Luke 22:39-46

Sermon

Brett Blair

... first question is: Who do we turn to? The second is: What are we to do? The answer here is obvious. We are to pray. When Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane he went there for one reason, to pray. Why are you sleeping, Jesus asked his disciples. Get up and pray! Prayer prepares the soul for suffering. Jesus understood what lie ahead and he knew that prayer was the only way to prepare them. Prayer does two things for us. It helps us cope with hardship. There is a story about a missionary family in Pakistan ...

3938. Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... position among them did not demand that - I was well respected. To be honest, I did not go to Jesus simply as a member of the council; I was interested in him myself. I chose the evening hour to approach him because his days were so filled with his disciples and the crowds. At any rate, since childhood the Rabbis had taught me that the best learning comes at night. Our minds are more receptive with the hustle and bustle of the day out of the way. Besides, it is cooler. We sat together in the garden of the ...

3939. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... convinced Pilate to post some soldiers there to prevent any of us from stealing the body and then claiming that Jesus had been raised from the dead. Those soldiers were under the strictest orders not to let ANYONE in, particularly those of us who had been his disciples. Pilate had even instructed that the seal of Rome be placed over the ropes that held the boulder in place to INSURE that no one would get to Jesus' body. Would the guards have cared about the pleas of grieving friends to get the stone out of ...

3940. The Grief Grinch

John 11:17-37

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... with grief during the holidays will respond to the same dynamic. Despite the temptation to shut yourself off, to find some quiet corner to curl up in, do not do it. BE WITH PEOPLE... people who are important to you. Back to the story. Jesus and His disciples arrived outside Bethany. Word was sent in to the sisters' home that the Master had come. Immediately, Martha came out to speak to Him: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died" (11:21). There was a bitter edge to those words, but ...

3941. A Theology of Work - Labor Day

Deuteronomy 5:1-33

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of corn, rubbed the kernels in their hands, and ate them raw. Perfectly acceptable. In fact, the Law expressly said that the hungry traveler was entitled to do just what the disciples were doing, so long as only hands were used in the plucking, not a sickle.(6) But this was a sabbath day. Big problem. By plucking the corn the disciples were guilty of reaping; by rubbing it in their hands they were guilty of threshing; by separating the edible from the inedible they were guilty of winnowing; and by the whole ...

3942. Good News in the Ashes

Psalm 51:1-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Yes, sin is a powerful and persistent reality, but God's grace is an even more powerful and enduring reality.(7) By the grace of God, a persistently disobedient people become partners with God in "an everlasting covenant."(8) By the grace of God, dull and disobedient disciples of Jesus become known as those "who have been turning the world upside down."(9) By the grace of God, Saul, the former murderer, becomes Paul, ambassador for Christ. And by the grace of God, you and I can be made CLEAN AND new as well ...

3943. The Handwriting on the Heart

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... they had even heard of what he had done in cleaning out their part of the Temple precincts from all the commercial traffic, the selling of sacrificial animals, the money-changing, that was constantly going on. They wanted to meet him. OK. They came to the disciples and asked for an appointment. We never hear whether or not they get their audience; instead we get this bolt from the blue about, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified." OK! A certain tingle of excitement must have raced through ...

3944. I'm On a Mission from God!

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

... through faith in Jesus Christ as the only Savior and Lord...The Church is called to present the claims of Jesus Christ, leading persons to repentance, acceptance of him as Savior and Lord, and new life as his disciples. The Church is called to be Christ's faithful evangelist: 1. Going into the world, making disciples of all nations. 2. Demonstrating by the love of its members for one another and by the quality of its common life the new reality in Christ. 3. Participating in God's activity in the world by a ...

3945. The Incomparable Christ

Matthew 11:1-19

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... ; Rome was still master of Israel; Herod remained on the throne. Here John was in prison. What was going on? So he sent two of his disciples to inquire: "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" Are you the one who is to come, or ... , suffering and dying? Really? "Are you the one or should we wait for another?" Thus, the strange answer to John the Baptist's disciples. Not, "Hang in there for just a bit longer and the revolution will begin." Instead, "Go and tell John what you hear and ...

3946. The Judas Gene

Matthew 26:14-16

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... of silver? He did have a reputation for dipping into the poor box from time to time(2) so the cash may have been part of it. But 30 pieces of silver was not that much, and he returned it after the deed was done anyway. If, like the other disciples, he was perennially worried about where he stood in the pecking order, he may also have been reacting to some imagined slight - after all, he was the only one of the Twelve who was not a Galilean. Shouldn't his job as treasurer have had him included with the inner ...

3947. The Imperatives of the Resurrection

Matthew 28:1-10

Sermon

David E. Leininger

3948. Peace in the Midst of the Storm

Mark 4:35-41

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... happens when disease or death actually DOES come near? How can we deal with it? Where can we find peace in the midst of the storms of life? And not just the storms we FEAR might come, but those that actually DO come? One thinks back to the terror those disciples felt on the Sea of Galilee that evening when the storm hit. Suppose for a few minutes that YOU are one of them. There is no indication in scripture that you or any of your compatriots have any inkling as you set out in your boats that there might be ...

3949. When Evil Wins

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... John the Baptist on a platter." Ever make a promise that you regret? As the text says, "The king was deeply grieved." But a promise is a promise, and in front of all the guys, at that. We know the rest. The end of the lesson grimly reports, "When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb." Chalk up another victory for evil. There seem to be lots of those, don't there. Not only back then but day to day throughout history on down to the present moment. Countless millions ...

3950. When Your Church Provokes You

Matthew 13:1-23, Hebrews 10:19-39

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... Spirit who reminds us of the covenant, and the surpassing confidence we can have as we approach the throne of grace. WE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE!!! Now, let us get to work. I especially love the reminder our lesson offers about the way we go about the discipling process: "...not neglecting to meet together..." Come to church. Come to church. Come to church. I realize that I am preaching to the converted here, because you ARE in church, but if you have ever needed an occasional reminder about why we bother to get up ...

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