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376. Elisha is Jeered

2 Kings 2:23-25

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... Jesus who is most often connected with Elijah in the Gospels; it is John the Baptist. Here it is Elijah’s preparatory role that is in view (1 Kgs. 19:15–18, picked up in Mal. 4:1–6). He prepares the way for God’s final victory over the powers of ... –49; Mark 6:14–16; 8:27–30; 15:33–36; Luke 9:7–9, 18–20). It is, of course, natural that such a view should have arisen, given the ambiguities of Elijah’s fate in 2 Kings 2:1–18 and the apparent similarity between his experience and that ...

377. Faces of Failure: Nicodemus

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Don Tuttle

... of God and how God work that he can’t imagine anything different. He is so committed to what he just knows to be true that he fails to see God doing something new in Jesus. We see this failure of imagination in his view of Jesus. When Nicodemus comes to Jesus he is very complimentary. “Rabbi,” he says, “we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” First, Nicodemus recognizes Jesus as a rabbinical colleague, a fellow teacher ...

378. Travel Arrangements

Luke 24:44-53

Sermon

John Jamison

... the world around them. It is easy to lose sight of what it was that the ascension would have been for. We get wrapped up in trying to prove things that are very difficult for us humans to prove, when we perhaps would be accomplishing more if we focused our view on those around us who are hurting or homeless, and doing what we can to help. We spend too much time worrying about how science might threaten the stories from the Bible, when we could be focusing on how to use that science to figure out how to give ...

379. A Vision of Beauty and Hope

Isaiah 2:1-5

Sermon

King Duncan

... , in the last days, when God’s people finally turn back to God. This is a good Bible passage to kick off our Advent season, the season when we prepare ourselves for Jesus’ coming, for Emmanuel—God with us. Because Jesus is our second chance. Jesus is our view from the mountaintop. Jesus is our reminder from God that God has a plan to undo the damage of our sin and restore us to him. Jesus’ birth is the first step in the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy more than 700 years ago. So what does Isaiah ...

380. Get Out of the Jungle!

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Michael L. Sherer

... , and their times together only reinforced their shared opinions. The young man ended up in a work environment with so much diversity that he soon had to confront his own world view. Few of his colleagues shared it. In time, he began to think differently. He realized that some of those who became his best friends had points of view completely different from his. And yet, they liked him, respected his opinions, and even taught him to laugh at himself once in a while. Then the inevitable happened. The twins ...

381. A Law Against Dying?

Luke 20:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” In this moment, Jesus is challenging our limited view of God’s love for us. Think about it. God made us for a relationship of completeness in Him. Why does it matter that in the resurrection, we will neither marry nor be given in marriage? God created marriage to fulfill our needs (Gen. 1: 27) and for creating ...

382. Why the Cross?

Hebrews 2:17-18

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... .com/blogs/formerlyfundie/if-jesus-had-to-die-before-we-could-be-forgiven-i-have-a-few-more-questions 5. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/the-one-word-that-could-change-your-view-of-the-atonement/ 6. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/the-one-word-that-could-change-your-view-of-the-atonement/ 7. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/the-one-word-that-could-change-your-view-of-the-atonement/ 8. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/formerlyfundie/the-one-word-that-could-change-your ...

383. Casters and Menders

Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... soundly. Jesus’ choice of men for his life-changing, world-changing mission may look strange to us, but he knew exactly what he was doing. Jesus took a group of 12 entirely different personalities, with different political and economic views, different religious views, different views on life, different ways of interacting, and different feelings about society –and he taught them to respect each other, work with each other, bond with each other, and be in mission together for years to come. Because he ...

384. What Time Is It?

Matthew 24:32-44

Sermon

Will Willimon

... be a tomorrow. It's in the Bible. “There is nothing new under the sun,” says the writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes. Something comes, something goes, thus it has ever been, thus it will ever be. Life is one thing after another in endless procession. Ecclesiastes has a Greek view of history. For the Greeks, time is a circle. There is no beginning to the world; no end either. Everything is in a cycle. There is a time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to reap, a time to build up, a time ...

385.

Psalm 128:1-6

Understanding Series

Craig C. Broyles

... problem was so much a part of Israel throughout their tumultuous history that the abolition of this futility became part of their vision of a “new heavens and a new earth” (Isa. 65:17, 22–23). This psalm obviously reflects the man’s point of view: your wife and your “children” (NIV sons, Hb. bānîm, the same term translated children’s children in v. 6) will be healthy and fruitful, like “the fruit of your labor” (though a different Hb. word is used here for “fruit”). Implicit in the ...

386. “Lord, Our Lord, How Majestic Is Your Name in All the Earth!”

Psalm 8:1-9

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... (e.g., Isa. 43:15; 44:6), is the most we can expect of the Psalms. Sabourin speaks of “messianism without a Messiah,” although he recognizes the messianic interpretation of the Psalms as it developed in the history of interpretation.2 For example, this critical view recognizes that at some point the prophets connected God’s rule to a new Davidic king (e.g., Isa. 9:6–7; Hos. 3:4–5), and many of its proponents insist this occurred only after the Davidic monarchy ended in 586 BC. This is essentially ...

387. The Interpretation of the Vision

Daniel 8:15-27

Understanding Series

William Nelson

... 10; Ezek. 22:31; Nah. 1:6; Hab. 3:12). In one instance, the Assyrians are the rod of wrath in God’s hand to punish Israel for their iniquities (Isa. 10:5). In another, the Babylonians are the means of reproof (Hab. 1:6–11). Perhaps Antiochus was viewed as an instrument of punishment at a later time (Hartman and Di Lella, Daniel, p. 237). 8:21 For shaggy goat, the MT has hatsapir hassaʿir, “the he-goat the he-goat.” The NIV translates the second word for “he-goat” as “shaggy.” To be sure, it ...

388. 2025 Lent Sermon Series

Sermon

Various Authors

... the Storm by Schuyler Rhodes 1. Treasure Hunters – Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 2. “Until an Opportune Time…” – Luke 4:1-13 3. Long View – Long Haul – Luke 13:31-35 4. One More Year – Luke 13:1-9 5. They Should Have Fired That Shepherd – Luke 15:1-3 (8 ... 8-13 3. Enemies of the Cross - Philippians 3:17 - 4:1 4. Passing the Test – 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 5. A New Point of View – 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 6. Running the Race - Philippians 3:4-11 · 2 Timothy 4:7 7. A Bloody Cheer! – Philippians 2:5-11 ...

389. Talk Show I

Luke 10:38-42

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... sure are. MARY: No, we're not. PHIL: A conflict already. Help me out here. LAZARUS: No conflict, Phil. We just think of our Christianity as a relationship with God, not a religious duty. MARTHA: Speak for yourself, brother, dear. LAZARUS: I was. PHIL: So, Martha, you view your Christianity as more of a duty? MARTHA: "It is better to obey than to sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22). PHIL: So, you're saying that doing your duty, in a religious sense, is more important than giving time to prayer? MARTHA: No, I'm not ...

390. Nobody Owes You Anything

Luke 17:1-10

Sermon

Richard Patt

... when we serve that neighbor and are finished serving, we ought to say, "I am an unworthy servant; I have only done what was my duty." That is not false modesty; that is having the mind of Christ. That is seeing Christ in our neighbor. Imagine how such a view would bring a new dignity to all other persons. But imagine how it would bring a new dignity to you, too! Now you are through and through a woman of Christ, a man of Christ. Your motives are (for once) totally clean. Love bathes your outlook. Self means ...

391. God On His Knees

John 13:1-17

Sermon

Don M. Aycock

... many people missed it. "God belongs up there in the heavens or down here in the temples -- anywhere, but not walking around in our midst." It may sound strange, but many of us have too high of a view of God. This view says that God could not really love me -- not like I am. On the other side, we have too low of a view of ourselves. We think, "I'm so bad, or messed up, or I've done so many terrible things, God could not love and accept me." Yet, here is God on his knees, saying, "Yes, I do ...

392. Do You See What I See?

Mark 10:46-52

Sermon

Steven E. Albertin

... world and the residents of the undeveloped countries of the third world. A divorced mother of three is obviously going to look at marriage much differently than the couple who is celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. With the way Republicans and Democrats view the political issues of our society, one wonders whether they live in the same country. The bottom line in such a world of relativism, pluralism, and diversity is that truth and value are ultimately determined by those with the most bucks ...

393. Uplifted By The Blues

Lamentations 1:1-22

Sermon

Thomas G. Rogers

... make Raymond one very miserable person. He turned to his friends for comfort and support. They all agreed that it was tough to go through a divorce, but many of them were divorced themselves and considered it a pretty standard part of life. From their point of view Raymond still had it pretty good. They reminded him that he had his health and a good job and they told him that his kids were just going through a stage. The comfort that Raymond received from his friends was pretty minimal and generic. He spoke ...

394. A Law We Can Live With

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

Robert S. Crilley

... rich in significance, so immense in meaning, that attempting to negotiate its terrain in a single sermon is like trying to rake leaves with a comb! In fact, it's difficult to know where even to begin. Some commentators, for example, offer a broad panoramic view of the landscape, suggesting that the most helpful way to understand the Commandments is to see them in their entirety; to step far enough back, so to speak, to gain a historical perspective in order to chart their position against the larger map of ...

395. Two Sons: A Parable

Matthew 21:28-32, Matthew 21:23-27

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... person when empowered by the Holy Spirit to move into the future as a new beginning. 3. The First in the Kingdom. (v. 31) Contrast the conventional views about who is a good person with the way Jesus would give priority. A. The World View. Those who lord it over others, who control and dominate, are usually looked upon as number one. B. Jesus' View. Jesus gives priority to servanthood as the measure of who is number one. C. A Reverse Priority. The kingdom of heaven goes contrary to conventional wisdom about ...

396. Christ the King

Psalm 100:1-5, Ezekiel 34:1-31, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... to an awareness of the end to which they were tending. Then they could repent and, with God's help through the Holy Spirit, realize their highest destiny. 4. Hidden Opportunity · The same humanity found in Jesus is found even in what appears from the human view to be the least of persons. Jesus saw in the human need both an opportunity to help to fulfill their humanity and at the same time afford the actors to demonstrate by their ministry of Christian love their own divinity. Every person in need whom we ...

397. The Man Born Blind

John 9:1-12

Drama

Dallas A. Brauninger

... , I had been blind all my life. What delightful words reached my ears when my mother and father first owned me, then affirmed my accountability. Interviewing The Parent Of The Blind Man Asker: On the one hand, you surprised us by acknowledging to the Pharisees that you view your son as an adult. Parent: I would not also take away my son's having become an adult. When our son came of age, he did all he could do at that time. Blindness is less formidable in your time. You have schools and adaptive electronics ...

398. The Backside Of God

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... back to Moses' request to see God's glory and his chance to see the back side of God. In his Life of Moses, the early church father, Gregory of Nyssa, says that the reason Moses was permitted only to see God's back is that that is the proper view of one who follows, of a disciple. Seeing the back side of God is, thus, not only not a slight, it is a beautiful metaphor of the wonderful privilege of being able to follow our God. Gregory's image contrasts the desires of the people in Exodus 32 to have ...

399. Fools For The Sake Of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Sermon

John N. Brittain

... our own sin and need for redemption. On the other hand, Sine asks, "How is it possible, that the political agenda of the religious right looks so much like that of the secular right, when the leaders of the religious right contend that their views come directly from the Bible? Either the secular right has been divinely inspired all along and no one noticed or the religious right has allowed their agenda for social change to be determined by right-wing political ideology instead of Scripture ... I believe ...

400. Who Is God?

Matthew 16:13-20

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... Do you know what? I don't think I can relate to God. PLAYER 2: Me neither. Not at all. PLAYER 1: It is fun relating my views to you though. PLAYER 2: Yes, it is fun. We must do it again sometime. PLAYER 1: Yes, we must. PLAYER 2: I wonder what God would ... TAKING LADDER AND PROPS) PLAYER 1: Do you mean all those things we were saying about God were untrue? JESUS: You both have a pretty narrow view of me. PLAYER 2: How do we find out about who you really are? JESUS: Just spend time with me. PLAYER 1: That's too ...

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