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376. On Finding Pentecostal Power

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... teacher in Title 1, poverty-gripped, schools. This fall she will start doing that. One of our high school seniors made a speech the other day at the Chamber of Commerce who awarded her a scholarship. I went up to Rachael after the meeting and said, “I hope I am still alive to see you become president of the United States.” She is one woman who could handle the job. Somebody here needs to find a cure for cancer. Somebody here needs to solve our health care problem. Somebody here needs to take a stand ...

377. The Wise Men: Going Home Another Way

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... , for the mouth of the Lord has spoken” (Isaiah 40 1-5 RSV) So, Handel set the prophets word to music that hope may sing in our souls. Likewise, Paul’s word to the Philippians Isaiah looked forward in anticipation to Jesus’ coming, Paul looked ... with my fingernail On the walls of this prison. Valladares had experienced Christmas and he had a new way o being. He was sustained by hope. From Bethlehem, we can always go home by another way. II. A NEW WAY OF SEEING This new way of being gives us a new ...

378. How To Triumph Over Terrorism

Ephesians 6:10-18

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... ? Where else do we have to go in the moments of pain but to the Lord? Pray on all occasions, says Paul. Pray. Pray on full alert, he says. Listen. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Thomas Merton said, “Our real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some ways we cannot see.” I know absolutely nothing about the military. While my friends were in Vietnam, I was in seminary. As a civilian, I know that when ...

379. Boast in Our Suffering

Romans 5:1-8

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... your "To Do" list. You have ... cancer. You are not looking forward to the start of school. It will be another dreadful year of pain and loneliness and ridicule. All you want is a friend, but no one ever seems to have time for you. The social events you had hoped for over the summer never really happened. You know that it won't get any better once school starts. You are too fat, too ugly, too tall, too short, too odd for anyone to care about you. Life can be pretty painful. Any one who says it is not filled ...

380. Seeing God Work for Good

Romans 8:26-39

Sermon

Larry Lange

... good. Yet, we hear in today's lesson and in others, that Paul believed this. Just a bit before today's lesson, Paul wrote: ... in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.... in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. (Romans 8:24-25) How can we have patience? In his second letter ...

381. The Difference a Baby Makes

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... as their sister. Then she added, “I was that Christmas gift.” (4) She gave to this family of evacuees what she had once been given. The Bible says, “We love because God first loved us” (I John 3:19). Christmas began in the heart of God. Christmas is about hope. It is no accident that Christmas comes at the darkest time of the year. We don’t know the date when Jesus was actually born, so when the date was set for Christmas it was to symbolize the words of Isaiah that the people who sat in darkness ...

382. Good Hearts

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... also flows outwards. When God’s presence is let “out of the box,” revealed from “behind the curtain,” God’s presence is let loose upon the world. When God’s spirit is not hidden behind a curtain but is unveiled to the world through the faith, hope and love of those who confess and believe and have been “justified” by Christ’s redemptive actions, then God is truly let “out of the box.” Christians, those who have been “justified” by faith, are able to let loose the power of faith ...

383. Like a Butterfly

Mark 9:2-13

Sermon

King Duncan

... they are working diligently to see that every child gets his or her wish fulfilled as soon as possible. (3) Why did she do it? This little girl could have asked for almost anything in the world. Why did she give it all up for the sake of others? In Hope’s selfless, extravagant, loving decision, we catch a glimpse of God’s ultimate plan for humanity. Love God. Love your neighbor. Listen to Jesus when he says that this is what is critical in life. On the last day, this is how you will be judged not on the ...

384. Paul Before Agrippa

Acts 25:23--26:32

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... rise from the dead” (v. 23) and so had been shown to be the Messiah and the one who had fulfilled all of Israel’s hopes (cf. Rom. 1:4). 26:9–10 Verse 8 was something of an aside, and Paul now returned to the narrative of his early life. ... was his prayer that they all might become as he was, except for his chains. He had spoken of faith (vv. 11, 18) and hope (v. 6f.) and, in these closing words, had revealed a love that was “not rude” or “self-seeking” or “easily angered” and that kept “ ...

385. The Coming of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the return of Christ. The awareness that God has begun a good work in us and that he will complete it (see Phil. 1:6) is our best protection (armor) against the contingencies of an uncertain world. It is also our best incentive to holiness. 5:9 We have this hope (i.e., certainty, see disc. on 1:3) of future salvation, not through any merit of our own, but through the grace of God, or as Paul puts it, because (hoti) God did not appoint us to suffer wrath (see disc. on 1:10) but to receive salvation (lit ...

386. Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help

Esther 4:1-17

Understanding Series

Timothy S. Laniak

... would be harmed, but those in the palace would be safe. (Esther will tell the king in 7:4 that she would have kept silent if the threat were less grave.) Mordecai’s comments become even more pointed. If she does not respond to this call, he expresses hope that the Jews will be delivered somehow. But in that case, you and your father’s family will perish (v. 14). Perhaps Mordecai is suggesting that both of them will perish (at the hands of other Jews? or God?), and that this would end the family line he ...

387. The New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:1-27

Understanding Series

Robert W. Wall

... of burning sulfur … the second death” (21:8b) rather than in the Lamb’s book of life. The community of overcomers exists in harmony with the character of a holy God, disclosed in the life of God’s Lamb. Because of his redemptive work, the vital hope of the believing community now is for a finished transformation of character so that at his parousia they will be able to live a manner of life intended by God from creation (cf. 4:11). God’s earlier speech also indicated something of the nature of ...

388. New Tendons for Dry Bones

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’” Ezekiel brought a word of hope in a hopeless time. In 1665, the bubonic plague swept through the city of London. In his book A Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe described the devastation we would have seen if we walked the streets of London back then. People who had the means to escape the ...

389. Massah and Meribah

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... us for our Massah and Meribah. God doesn’t chastise us for our impatience, or our frustration, or our anger, or even our doubt. But God does give us signs of God’s everlasting and calming presence, and quenches us with the Living Waters of healing and life-giving hope. If only we can read the signs. So go ahead. Wrestle with God. Shout at God. Some characters in the Bible were even known to curse at God when the journey of life God too hard and long. God is God. God can take all your Massah and Meribah ...

390. We Will Be Changed

Ezekiel 37:1-14, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:12-34, 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army. Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore, prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know ...

391. The First Songs of Christmas

Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-56

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... folk and for the folk. It’s a Christmas Carol meant to cheer every heart who hears God’s message that all people will find hope in the seed God has planted in Mary! And Mary responds with one of the most beautiful affirmations in history, as she takes in ... I Will Raise Up a Prophet from Among You (Deuteronomy 18:14-22) Hannah’s Prayer (1 Samuel 2:1-10) Psalm 33: We Put Our Hope in You Psalm 47: God Reigns Over the Nations and He is Greatly Exalted Psalm 110: Sit At My Right Hand Until I Make Your ...

392. A Sure Path to the NFL

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

King Duncan

... idea of God as a loving Father who gives us our identity as His children was life-changing to new converts in the early Christian church. I hope it’s just as life-changing for us. I read a story this week that made me think of what it means to be a child of ... in his junior year. He ran out of money and had to drop out of school. His girlfriend broke up with him. He lost hope for the future. One night, he sat in the college library and contemplated the different ways he could kill himself. And in his worst ...

393. Out of the Darkness

Isaiah 9:2-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... year ago that, thanks to Mr. Putin, the fears of a new Cold War would be rekindled in Europe, after a half century of relative peace and tranquility. Though it never got that far, suddenly we were reminded of the specter of nuclear annihilation. We dared hope the days of training our children to hide under their desks in case we were attacked by our enemies with the most powerful weapons ever created, were forever gone. Suddenly that sense of security was taken from us. Some of us might remember a story by ...

394. A Light In The Darkness

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Robert A. Hausman

... into our darkness. He was born to die. On Christmas, Jesus already began his dying. But this death was different. His death was for the salvation of humankind. Titus says: For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all ... while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity ... (Titus 2:11, 13-14). This child is no stranger. His appearance in a crib tells us ...

395. When It Is Dark Enough

Luke 21:5-38

Sermon

Charles H. Bayer

... are dark you will see the triumphant Christ coming in glory. You might ask what all this has to do with us and with Christmas. It is a passing strange text for the beginning of the season to be jolly. Like many of Jesus' teachings, it is a call to hope for those facing hard times -- and that, unless I miss my guess, includes us all. Now if you have never faced tragedy in your life, or are sure you never will, I suppose you can tune out about now, go over your Christmas shopping list, or let visions of sugar ...

396. From A Distance

Exodus 24:1-18

Sermon

Paul E. Robinson

... a curtain, revealing a pudgy old man, moving levers and talking into a microphone. She discovered that the great Wizard was only a little man with a fancy machine. Remember how devastated she was? "You mean there isn't any Wizard? You mean there is no hope to get back to Kansas?" In fact, when the little Totos of experience and friendships and study pull back the curtain, exposing our imagined wimpy God or our wrathful, fiery God, we find a God like Jesus. But we find not a powerless pretender, but rather ...

397. Proper 27

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12, Haggai 2:1-9, Luke 20:27-40

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... prays for his people and he asks them to pray for him. Here is an ideal situation between a pastor and his people. It would also work in the family and on the job. Outline: Pray for each other. a. Like Paul pray for others vv. 16, 17, 5. Comfort, hope, and love. b. Like Paul ask for prayer v. 1. Speed and triumph of the Word. WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 "The Lord is just in all his ways." (v. 17a) Prayer Of The Day: "Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your ...

398. Not Defeated But Victorious

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Sermon

O. Garfield Beckstrand, II

... are also the children of God. These are but a few of the joyous memories we treasure this day, memories which will help and encourage us when the light grows dim, when the pathway darkens, and when the day seems hopeless. But God has also given us the gift of hope. ___________ not only knew the meaning of life, but he knew the meaning of death. He knew the promises of Jesus when he said: "I go to prepare a place for you." "Where I am, there you will be also." He knew that to say "Goodbye" here, means to say ...

399. Dim Visions And Blind Guides

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... were forced to live another. Today, thirty years after their death, a statue stands in Hiroshima. The statue was built in memory of their deaths. It is the figure of two children on either side and another child on top, their arms outstretched to express their hope for a peaceful world. For over thirty years, to this very day, Japanese children keep the center of that statue filled with many-colored paper cranes. It is the largest monument to peace in the history of the world. God's design of love holds. It ...

400. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

... takes? NANCY: Sure, why not. That makes it nice and easy. Tidy. KAREN: What are you afraid of? SHIRLEE: I'm afraid of false hope. I'm afraid of false prophets. I'm afraid of people claiming this outcast as the Messah because a few people claim to be ... it costs them money or position or worldly pleasures. PATTI: Our whole world is sick if it would kill someone for preaching words of hope to a hopeless people. SHIRLEE: He is still a radical, making a radical claim ... to be the Messiah. That is the issue. Do ...

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